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Hm. So on a whim, after my sister told me about how she found some friends on Facebook (I'm on, by the way, look for me, the picture of a guy wearing a black scarf), I did a search for some friends. Couldn't find a whole lot of them (one of my best friends from elementary school, for example, is Jeffrey Wong, and there's like 500 results for him). But I actually found someone that I remember quite well, and while I'm tempted to add her and be like "wow what's up" I can't help but feel it'd be a little weird (she's from...2nd grade I think. And 3rd. We were bestest friends or something).
So, advice? Contact her or no? I'm not really sure what to do in this situation.
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Apr. 1st, 2008 @ 01:06 pm
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Damnit but I love reading webcomics on April Fool's Day.
Also, hey look, Blizzard's coming out with a console MMO: Molten Core!
Also, a <a href="http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html>Zelda Movie,</a> anyone?
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Mar. 20th, 2008 @ 01:22 am
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Fuuuck. I feel...not good. I can't describe it. There's definitely a physical element to how I feel, but I suspect it's mostly mental. I wouldn't describe it as depression, because I'm still all "wanna do stuff nao"...I think anxiety is the right word. A lot of anxiety. And it sucks. I've felt this way for about the last few months (since mid-December) and I'd reaaaaaallllllyyyyy like it to stop, now, please. It's not really inhibiting anything I do, but it is making me feel like total crap at random points of my day, especially at night, and I really hate it. Eccccck. It's odd to explain.
Anyway, Honours Project. Going well, doing my report now, and I have no reason to believe I shouldn't be finished by the due date. And then I shall be done university! YAY! And weird. But still, it will be interesting.
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Holy cow, this snow is retarded. There is some serious white-out-age here. I think we're supposed to get about 50 cm overnight or something, some big-ass storm coming up from the States. Boooo. But thing is, I'm going out tomorrow to pick up Smash Bros Brawl. Oh yes. I will be braving this white crap if I must.
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Feb. 28th, 2008 @ 05:04 am
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Arrrrgh I hate my body. Namely, my inner clock. Or something. Anyway, so it's 5 AM and I'm awake. I swear, it's like I can function so much longer on less sleep, but I have to actually get up. If I get up after only five hours of sleep, I'll be pretty weary, but I'll be awake for 16+ hours. This of course does not gel with the rest of the world. Hence, it is 5 AM and I am awake. Playing ForumWarz, which is a suprisingly interesting game. I am a level 2 emo. Yeah.
-WKCurrent Mood: Sleeeep I want youuu Current Music: Persona 3 Music - Persona 3 |
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Maaaan what is it about Saturday morning shows? Not the cartoons, mind you, the other shows that are usually played on the weekdays. I mean, it's one thing to show reruns a week or two old, but reruns that are over a year, maybe more, old? I mean, this tech show is talking about the 'new' cgi film, "Over the Hedge". Another show mentions Windows' new project, "Longhorn". Incidentally, Longhorn was the code-name for Vista when it was still in development. So old!
-WK
Feb. 24th, 2008 @ 08:13 am
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Heh. Shown is an email and some photos my dad sent me:
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Attached are a couple of photos I took from my apartment on Wednesday. Amman usually gets the odd snow fall of 2 to 5 cm each year and it paralyzes the city. On Wednesday and Thursday, we got 45 cm ! You can imagine the absolute chaos as there are no snow plows in the country! The snow drifted on my balcony and covered half the window!
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There's something odd about seeing snow on those kinds of trees.
-WK
Feb. 3rd, 2008 @ 06:21 pm
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Jeeeeesus snow is everywhere. I think we're supposed to get 30 cm or something. It started blizzard-ing sometime this morning, and hasn't stopped. Wooooo. And I was going to go out to get my clothes washed. Damnit...
-WK
Feb. 1st, 2008 @ 05:14 pm
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So I saw Cloverfield last night. It's an...interesting movie. Did I like it? Couldn't say, I was too busy pacing back and forth at the entrance to the theatre, feeling ill. Some antibiotics have been working against me lately.
So anyway, I was still watching it, just not getting too involved. Additionally (and unfortunately), I now have a mental connection between Cloverfield and being sick. So whenever I see or hear trailers for the movie, my stomach starts to churn and I feel a little dizzy. AWESOME :(. Bleh. It's a monster movie, but with an excellent take. There's a lot of what can vaguely be called 'lore' about the film that the movie doesn't explicitely tell you - like what the creature is, where it came from - that those who are interested can look up, which I appreciate. I hate having things explained to me like a moron (Silent Hill, I'm looking at you)
Also because of my queasiness I wasted a hotdog and a slushie. I hate that the most.
-WK
Jan. 19th, 2008 @ 01:10 pm
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I am reading a book right now called The Zombie Survival Handbook. It might sound silly, but it takes a very serious approach to the threat of zombie attack. The world of the book is one where a virus called Somnabul can actually kill, then reanimate someone as a zombie, so in that context it makes sense as it's trying to tell you how to prepare yourself against waves of the undead. It's chilling, really, and while it's fascinating the level of detail that the author goes into, some of the scenarios are, quite frankly, terrifying, and despite any thoughts I had before of "Oh man zombie attack would be cool I'd be all like stab stab bang bang," the idea of it is kind of frightening (however fantastical) to me now.
By the same author, I picked up World War Z. This is even more chilling. It's written in the same world, but it takes a much more personal approach to a zombie attack. It's not even written like a narrative "I did this, Joe jumped over the fence," but it's actually a collection of oral interviews with a variety of people who lived through this "World War Z". The way its presented makes it feel real in a way that's kind of disturbing, like when an otaku describes how he looked out of his apartment building and saw that hell had descended on his prefecture, or how a banker must now rely on his maid, now his CO, to order him into battle against living corpses.
They're excellent books, and definitely give a 'real' side to a zombie scourge. It's even inspired me to design a video game about it.
-WK
Jan. 18th, 2008 @ 01:25 pm
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Aaaarrrrggggh my fingers won't stop smelling like ONIONS.
Jan. 13th, 2008 @ 04:31 pm
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Ugh, poopy weather. Severe windstorm warnings across the board here in Southern Ontario, the wind outside blows all kinds of shit around...ugh. Screw class, I'm staying home.
Although I did get a haircut. And damn. I seriously am lacking hair now.
-WK
Jan. 9th, 2008 @ 04:17 pm
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| » New Year |
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Welllll it's 2008. I wonder what will happen this year.
Incidentally, a 'time traveler' once said that there would be a war between Russia and the US in 2008. Let's see if he was legit or a big pile of poop.
Also you may have noticed I posted this at 9:30 AM today. I never actually slept last night. What fun!
-WK
Jan. 1st, 2008 @ 09:28 am
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Right now I have an unbelievable urge to build a box made for storing cards from collectible card games. I have no idea why, but all sorts of designs are running through my head. For example, using an old encyclopedia-size book, chopping out a large hole in the middle of it, gluing the pages together, lining the insides with thin slats of wood, and using that. Of course, I don't have the tools, the materials, or even any cards, so there's no way I'm actually building it. Still, the urge is crazy strong.
-WK
Dec. 17th, 2007 @ 07:40 pm
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| » Oh the Weather Outside is Damn Frightful |
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Well it's five in the morning.
Sometimes I swear my body hates me. Or something. All today I've been exhausted. I went to Ann's work's Christmas shindig, which was a fun time at one of her co-nurses houses (and a great opportunity for me to use the word 'shindig' in a non-ironic manner) in which much food and some alcohol was consumed until, as is often the case with me, my stomach started hurting from the alcohol and I had to stop. But there was much talking.
I felt really out of place, seeing as how, except for Ann, I was the youngest one there. Except the kids, of course, but noting the fact that there were kids there made me feel even more out of place. Everyone else is like 40 years old, and though Ann may have the slightest connection with them from work, I just feel...weird. Like "Oh, you have a start up company, oh and you are a project manager at this big company? Awesome, I'm in my last year of university and still get money from my parents!" It's...awkward, you know?
So anyway, I'm exhausted almost the entire time, which may or may not have been from the alcohol, get home, watch some TV with Ann, get ready to go to bed and oh look I'm wide awake argh.
Also, we're expected to get ~50-60 cm of snow over the next couple of days. Soooooo glad I'm not leaving my house. I'm just going to curl up with my new reviewable copy of Crysis, my happy new nVidia 8800 GT graphics card, and some coke. Okay maybe I'll have to go out to buy coke.
-WK
Dec. 16th, 2007 @ 05:10 am
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Arrrgh. I've been to like half-a-dozen korean/asian restaurants around here, and I'll be damned if not one of them serves kimbap. Well, the stuff I like, anyway. Yeah, they all serve sushi (kimbap is Korean for sushi. Kim is seaweed and bap is rice), but it's all with raw fish and stuff inside. I want the kimbap with delicious beefs. The key word here is 'cooked'. But then I've got to figure out how to duplicate the sauce that I had in Arirang...that stuff was also awesome, and I daresay it was half of the reason I visited the place. Soy and spices...that's all I can remember.
Went to Absolute Comedy (comedy club) last night with Ann for her Loblaw's Christmas party thing. Pretty fun, enjoyed myself more than I expected to. Some really good food and desert, good stand-up acts, and fun overall. I was exhausted by the end of the night.
Also, my clothes washer is broken. This saddens me greatly.
-WK
Dec. 10th, 2007 @ 09:48 pm
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| » Welcome to Canada |
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Just got home from school. Nothing like driving through this (a friend drove, not me). Also, it's 1:30-ish. AM.
( A couple photos and a movie under the break )
And I have a midterm and a presentation later today. JOY. Can't wait to go back.
-WK
Dec. 3rd, 2007 @ 01:20 am
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Ever wonder about what could've been? About who you could've known, what could've changed?
Hm. Kinda did just now, perusing some pictures. Don't get me wrong, I'm quite happy with my current situation. I have a girlfriend, will graduate by next year (you know, assuming) and have good relationships with everyone I know. But...I wonder.
Way back when, back in Dhaka, I knew someone that I was fairly attracted to, and she had the same thing for me. But I never made a move. At all. This was because back then I was a complete pussy. I really enjoyed her company too, and it was one of those things of "Oh man what if she just thinks of me as a friend" and all that malarky. I spoke to her later, when I was in Ottawa, and she said she would've liked it if I had made a move. This made me sad. Regrets suck.
There's also the fact of someone I knew here in Ottawa, like three years ago. More of a one-way thing this time, I very much liked her, not so much the other way. I was more of a reclusive nerd at that time (even more so than now, so you can imagine how bad that was), and in retrospect, was probably more attracted to her interest in video games than the rest of her.
Ah, to know what if. An interesting glimpse into what could've been would be so enlightening. But like I said, right now I'm happy.
-WK
Dec. 2nd, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
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I don't know why I don't use LJ very much lately. I think it's cause I'm more busy with other things, like school and the site and stuff. Content managing is teh neat. I finished up a large batch of game profiles today, felt pretty good to get the workload completed. Woot.
In other news, I've finally gotten a project accepted for the Honors Project. Basically, I'm doing a Schedule Creator for students. That alone wouldn't necessarily be enough, but I'm going to be accessing the class data via SQL, and that my sponsoring prof is interested in. So, he wants me to make the program with an emphasis on the SQL so that he can show it to his students in his Databases course as an example of Java with an SQL backend. Woot. I hope I do this right. I've just got to get the stuff on paper and give it to him to sign...shit. Before this Thursday. Damn stupid office hours.
Programming a tree object is pretty easy (an actual tree, not a data structure). Rendering it is...not so easy. Mleh.
-WK
Nov. 25th, 2007 @ 12:53 am
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Wheee I is wearing a toque. I hated when people in AIS/D called it a beanie. A beanie?! That's the hat with the propeller. Arr, you Americans.
I'm just waiting for my ride to arrive. He said 1-ish, so it's only natural that it's 1:53 right now and I'm still waiting. Eh. I know he'll get me there eventually, and I don't have a test or anything today, so that's fine.
Oh man. Mario Galaxy comes out tomorrow. IS MINE.
Also, programming assignment due on the 16th. Hurray. Nothing like using shaders on models, what fun! Except when they don't work! :( That and figuring out lights. Like why this pulsing light isn't changing color. DAMN YOU PULSINGLIGHT.CPP, DAMN YOUUUUU.
-WK
Nov. 12th, 2007 @ 01:51 pm
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