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In recent months, I’ve had to clear my blog from the hundreds of spam comments before I start blogging.

While none of you actually see any of it, since every comment must be approved by the administrator (me) before it’s visible to the public (you), it makes blogging far more cumbersome than it should be. And I have, on several occasions, been discouraged by the 400+ pending comments that I gave up writing altogether.

It has been this way since the WP author of Spam Karma 2.0 gave up his quest to rid the world of spam. One could understand his need to do something else, but still couldn’t help missing him for all the good his widget had done for blogs like mine. Even if I don’t even remember his name.

But something caught my eye while clearing through my spam today: A registry cleaner. Spam comments don’t usually talk about anything vaguely useful or interesting. Not to me anyway. But a registry cleaner! One always needs those to clear out unused registries in one’s computer (read: make computer faster).

And then a thought came to mind…

When will they ever spam me with a comment promoting a good spam cleaner?

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Note to self:

Page is looking tired. Get a new theme.

My very own Xbox 360 console!!

Now my Rock band can finally be played.

I just have to wait till it arrives… *drums fingers*

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Update (1/6/10):

The console arrived last night. But the spare TV exploded.

Now, I have to wait for a new TV to arrive.

*drums fingers harder*

Does anyone know where I can get a HDMI cable??

My 1 year old nephew… kissed me.

*swooon*

I make these every year. And they don’t ever seem to change.

:(

1. Love God Most
2. Love people (even when they don’t really deserve it)
3. Love myself (even when I don’t really deserve it)
4. Sleep more
5. Read more
6. Worship more
7. Tidy up more
8. Make pictures, don’t take pictures.
9. Be more informed.
10. Get more pay. Or get a better paying job.
11. Save more.
12. Buy less.
13. Procrastinate less and…
14. Don’t procrastinate by blogging when there’s still TONNES OF WORK TO BE FINISHED!

opps.

My silly ex-colleague got me checking out these pretty rangefinder cameras.

The shop carrying these cameras is located at Excelsior, so there isn’t a need to pay shipping or whatever nonsense. One can walk in, get a feel of the cameras, pay up, and carry out. No hassle, no fuss, no guessing, and no silly waiting time. I like that.

These rangefinders come in full manual, and aperture priority. Lenses are made with M mounts (read: Leica-M), so if I ever come into a fortune and buy only Leica cameras, I can still use these lenses.

[Why I would be using these lenses when I could probably afford Leica lenses with said fortune, is still a mystery. But allow me to continue dreaming...]

At a starting price of S$860 for the R2M body, and pretty fast lenses starting from S$480, these babies are looking like my first fully manual kit that I can still afford to dream about…

*drool*

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Update:

Now my silly ex-colleague introduces me to Zeiss Ikon… Equally pretty, but a lot more pricey. Great.

I’ve always had a problem with the concept of “packing light”.

Whether it was packing my school bags, my handbags or my luggage when travelling, it always seemed like there was nothing I could do without. I would have all these “what if” scenarios playing in my head as I pack another book to read when I’m bored, the 7th extra tee shirt in case the previous 6 spares got wet or couldn’t match my spare shorts. And that, commonly resulted in my buying larger and larger bags to fit everything in, and carrying bags that were the weight of a small bag of rice.

I attribute the problem to Home Alone 2.

Back when I was just an impressionable little girl (yes, i know. hard to imagine), I watched wide-eyed as Macaulay Culkin got separated from his family at the airport and ended up with a neat bag of stuff and a holiday alone in New York.

It should’ve made me more excited about exploring new places on my own. If he could do it, I should too right? But no… I was young, and a coward. I found myself worrying that if I ever lost my parents in a crowded place, I’d need to take care of myself. So I decided it would be best to ALWAYS have my most important things with me.

Problem was, the phrase “most important”  was pretty vague.

The things of Most Importance went from my favourite pencil case and books, to my best sweater, spare hair accessories and walkman, till today where it includes makeup pouches, mini laptop computers, power adaptors, small cameras and even my guitar when I can help it.

I loved to write down these long lists of things that I would want to have with me if I ever found the need to run away from home. Fortunately, the need never arose. Even if it did, I was gonna have trouble leaving anyway. Based on the ever-increasing length of my lists, my mode of getaway transportation evolved from running away on foot, to leaving on  a bicycle, and finally to driving away in a small van with lots of storage space and a small bed to sleep in.

Yes I know. I’d never survive in a war.

Needless to say, this inability to pack light is starting to take its toll.

The backaches are a small thing. I like to blame those on my office camera bag, which everyone knows I have to carry around everyday. It’s merely a concidence that my own bag weighs slightly more than the office camera.

The bigger problem is when a certain someone’s car trunk seems to only get smaller and smaller with each passing week, the weight of my stuff causes the car to have enough momentum to roll into a lorry even while braking, and when that certain someone finally complains that my bag (not my camera bag) gave him bruises on his shoulder.

Opps.

… 2 more people in the world, wearing matching rings, with tiny fake rocks, on their fingers.

=P

… the phrase “Site Working”

I have newfound respect for our web managers, IT technicians, and all the great and wonderful people at Hostgator & Name Cheap.

Thanks guys!!

My site is working again!!!!!

… that’s happened in a long long time.

“We just couldn’t get enough of each other… And she’s worth it.”

I couldn’t be happier for a friend. =)

I hate stating the obvious.

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you should probably know that by now. In fact, if anything sounds like it’s too in-your-face obvious, then you’re probably missing the subtext. =)

And don’t expect me to tell you what that is, because that would be stating the obvious wouldn’t it?

If you’re really that curious/confused, you might wanna try google. It might work, it might not.

Google is a geekette’s BFF.