22" loveeee

my brand new toy. The picture really doesn't do it much justice. You'd have to be sitting in front of the monitor to be impressed. It costs me $385... but definitely don't regret it. Its a decent entry level LCD monitor. Haven't had any problems when playing WoW or watching anime. And no dead/bright pixels so far *fingers crossed*

The colours on it are so so.... good enough, but not what u'd call great. Its quite distracting if theres too much white on the screen. Gotta change the background of all the windows explorer windows. But not sure what I can do for webpages. Not all pages get centred... stupid developers. I guess thats a quirk with having a widescreen monitor with a funky resolution.

But its still absolutely gorgeous!!! I'm in ecstasy! ^_^

leet snow jacket!

I bought myself a nice snowboarding jacket today. Got it pretty cheap... in comparison with the original price. Its only $360 from $600. Fits me perfectly for a snow jacket too. I'll take some pictures of it later to show off :)

Right now just wanna finish watching my anime. I think this is the first night in a long while (KL exluded) that I didn't manage to watch an episode of anime once I reached home. Been discussing the New Zealand trip plans with Thos. So annoying to organise things...especially since we want things to be a little cheaper. At least the dates are prett much confirmed for now. Will be gone for the week of 6th August, and it'll be 7 nights there. We just have to decided how we are getting to Queenstown from Christchurch on our 1st day... the problem being that our arrival time is abit stuffed up, and we dont' want to drive at night.

More on that next time. Its anime... and my protein shake time.

pnwed by stupidity...

i just realised something seriously off with my Fitness First membership today. I was paying off my credit card bill, and only just noticed that I've been making 2 payments for my FF membership each month.

I was thinking bloody hell... I've been overcharged for my gym memberships, working under the assumption that my membership is $36.95 per month. And thats what I have been happily telling everyone as well. I even called them to find out what was going on, but then Accounts isn't open on a Sunday.

Decided to read over my membership form... and it says $36.95 per fortnight. MCH!@#!!! I thought I was only paying that much per month. So so so stupid... I feel so conned. Dumb ass fortnight payments. Now I'm actually paying $73.90 for my membership. Aihs... and I'm locked in for another half a year plus. Not that I can quit at this stage anyway. Gym-ming is part of my routine now.

I'm feeling so depressed now... I think even Tho's membership is cheaper than mine. Since he got someone on the inside to do it for him. ARRGGHHHH. I shall go drown my sorrows in Jagermeister & Red Bull.

Well... its not really a lot of money once taken in perspective. Instead of paying $443.40 for a year worth of Fitness Firsting. Its only $886.80. Oh wait... thats 200% more!! Its an extra $443.40 to spend a year! Thats 4 very nice shirts from David Jones. Thats RM1234... Thats ARRRRGHHHHH!!!!

*bangs head on keyboard*

New Zealand plans

right then, we'r finally gonna go New Zealand after 2 years of saying that. Now that Thos has a girlfriend... so much easier for him to be active :)

anyhoo, its gonna be for about a week in August, since there is a public holiday (banks only) for Thos then. My leave has been informally approved too, so its all cool. Now we just need to make the actual bookings and what-not. We'r planning for 3 days worth of snowboarding... and doing the rest of the NZ-type stuff. I'm soooo looking forward to doing the bungy and Shotover jet ride. Its gonna be wicked!

Apart from that...I've also got an snow trip with my company, and also with Thos . Just pray that I don't get injured again. Thats my biggest fear before going NZ. Its gonna be crap if I can't board there.

New Zealand aside... was planning to go Verandah tonight (some bar/club in the city) but then not so sure anymore cuz of the weather. It was so bloody hot earlier in the day, and then it started pouring in the evening. At least the rain seems to have stopped, but not sure if Swan still wants to go drinking later. Aihs.. I'm just gonna be stuck at home watching anime and playing WoW for another weekend.

no new news...

my 2nd weekend back in Syd, and i'm back to my old aussie lifestyle - not doing anything. Both lazy to go out...and noone to call out as well. Aihs. Being back in KL now would be nice, especially since its Brenda's wedding today. I miss out on all the fun as usual.

At least Swan is in Sydney for work right now. Should be meeting up with him tonight if the rain subsides. Didn't get to meet up with him back in KL, so its quite cool that he got sent here for work. Can't remember what he does now... some kind of telecommunications engineer?

Gym-ming is working out well. I seem to be getting quite into it. I think this has been the longest that I've consistently stuck to an exercise routine. Somewhere between 3 - 4 months I believe... Its become something to look forward too since my progress can be measured. Its like levelling up in a game :-) I started out doing 70kg squats... and now I'm up to 105kg. For bench press, its 40kg at the start and 52.5kg now

I'm gonna start working on my diet now. Not diet as in the crash diet sense, but developing a proper eating/nutrition plan. I'm starting out by cutting out the unnecessarily fatty stuff from my regular diet... stuff like the fat on pork, and greasy chicken skin. I'm also gonna try to eat more frequent, but smaller meals through the day. Bodybuilders seem to recommend a small meal every 3 hours. That bit is going to be difficult though... it seems hard to fit that kind of eating plan into a chinese-y type of diet.

Lets see how it goes...

australia shopping sucks

shopping in australia can really suck... especially if you want to buy items that are sourced from the States. I'm thinking of getting an electronic scale. The $20 scale I got from K-Mart doesn't really cut it. It doesn't seem to be measuring my correct weight.


The Tanita scales seem to be quite popular. I'm thinking of getting the one above. Not cheap though. I remember seeing it at Rebel Sport before, but can't remember the exact price. Should be more than $250. The RRP listed on the Tanita Australian website was $349. Bloody hefty. Then I decided to check Amazon... and its only US$120. Damn wtf man.... after conversion, its more than twice the US price. Shipping does not bloody cost that much... fucked up. I can get someone to express courier to me from the states for cheaper. So so so stupid...

Sometimes I wish I went to the states instead. Things are so much cheaper there, and I'd get paid more doing what I do too...aihs.

no new gadgets for me...

my intents of getting a new monitor and speakers are temporarily suspended. no stock at MSY, the items were too hot. aihs. Well.. not that I can't get it elsewhere, but MSY has the cheapest computer parts around. Usually buy from stuff from them. I'm thinking of getting another gig of RAM as well, beef up my computer a bit more. I wonder how much performance gains I can get from having 2 gigs of RAM on the computer.

Hope they get stock in soon. I might opt for a different monitor though. Maybe the Acer 22". Its just a rebranded version of the monitor I initially wanted, albeit $50 more expensive. It comes in black though. I will finally be able to color coordinate my compute.r I got myself a black keyboard and mouse when I was back in KL. Should take a picture of it... The mouse it pretty cool. Quite nice too use.

doggie pics

bobby and silky

at least thats how i assume the names are spelt. Could well be Bobbie and Silkie. Doesn't really matter... they are still awfully cute. Rather spoilt though. The terrier gets way too excited. Jumps up and down and nips at your feet.

The poodle is quite manja too. Very attention hungry... and licky too. Can keep licking at you nonstop. But the fur is really damn nice. Soft and fluffy. It feels like what a lamb would feel like

I've got nothing much else to blog about actually. Kinda sad. A little lazy to upload what little photos I have. I'm trying to watch this Jack Black show, Pick of Destiny.The DVD was ok in the beginning, but my com can't read the disc halfway through the show. Aihs... so annoying.

home away from home

i'm back in australia after a 3 week hiatus. going back to kl is awesome as usual. so much more fun than being over here. not gonna blog much in this post. i didn't take much pictures this time around. kept forgetting to bring my camera around.

gonna have a quick lunch then try to nap in the afternoon. feeling quite stoned right now. watching movies throughout the whole flight.