The Butterfly Effect

Posted May 26, 2005 at 11:45 am in Movies

“The “Butterfly Effect” is the propensity of a system to be sensitive to initial conditions.Such systems over time become unpredictable,this idea gave rise to the notion of a butterfly flapping it’s wings in one area of the world,causing a tornado or some such weather event to occur in another remote area of the world.”

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Touted as one of the best movies of 2004, something different for a change, not a sequel, not a remake, an actual original idea. I’ve been meaning to watch it for a long time, since I first heard about it.

I finally got around to watching it tonight, I grabbed it along with a load of others during one of my Sungei Wang 3 for 10 trips I think.

It’s a thought provoking movie, which would you have chosen? Your perfection or others…

Definately not a feelgood movie, but tragic and dark, makes you wonder, imagine and try and work out what will happen next as things inevitably go from bad to worse.

The acting on the whole is good, it was written off my most serious ‘critics’ due to the lead actor only having played cheesy teen movie roles, I personally think he did very well though and the support actors were good too (Kayleigh, her brother and her father).

It’s definately worth watching, something a little out of the ordinary. The concept itself is not original (time travel, changing the future by altering the past), but it’s well done and artistic and the way in which it’s done is original.

It’s a shame it was taken off the cinema so soon too, I guess a lot of people wouldn’t get it, or it’s too much effort to watch, oh well that’s commercialism for you.

I saw the Directors cut, so extra scenes and a different ending from the theatrical release and ending I prefer, I always prefer the darker ones rather than the theatrical endings which are cheesed up for the happy American style ending. It’s happened in a lot of movies, the cheese at the end kills it for me, when I see the directors cut I’m like “Wow this was actually a good movie”..

If you haven’t seen it, go ahead.

I give it a well worth it 8 out of 10.

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Tioman, Salang Indah – First Dive of the Season

Posted May 24, 2005 at 9:54 am in Malaysia, SCUBA Diving, Trips & Travel
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As I mentioned in my last post, my friends were heading to Tioman[/url] on Friday night after work, so I tagged along..

I dutifully went to work on Friday, finished a bit early to beat the jam, came home and prepared my stuff..

Knocked out a couple of games of DOTA, then headed off to Pudu around 10pm to catch the 11pm bus to Mersing.

Cost of bus = RM23 each way

I arrived there around 5.30am and bumped into some old diving friends and my previous instructor, so I caught up with them, sadly they were staying in a different part of the island (Panuba).

Got to the Jetty just as the sun was rising.

Cost of speed boat = 35RM each way

Saw the actual sun rise as we started out our journey to the island..

We reached there an hour or so later, (Salang is furthest along the way), and checked into to our little home on the island..

Amazingly cheap at RM30 per night for a double room, so RM15 each if you share, ensuite bathroom, decent condition, fan (No air-con or hot water though). But when diving you hardly spend any time in the room anyway, if you want to nap in the day you lie in a hammock on the beach or something cool!

A nicely laid out place, very relaxing.

The resort is called Salang Indah, you can find out more information at https://www.salangindah.com/

This was the view from the balcony on our chalet:

The first day diving was a disaster, as we rested in the morning after the overnight journey and headed out in the afternoon, right into the heart of a raging rain storm, thus visibility was around 2metres…I didn’t dare take any pictures in case my camera got more fucked.

The sky was beautiful after the storm cleared tho..

Yes, yes I know I’m a prosu photographer 🙂

The next day was clear blue skies and clear blue water, so we kitted up and headed out early..

Super hot weather, hence my pink tan..

I’ll try and get hold of the underwater pics we took later in the week and post them up.

We dived with Dive Asia[/url] at Marine Park (first day) and Chebeh and Batu Malang (second day).

Worked out at about RM80 per dive (including rental of BCD and Regulator as I have everything else).

After that took it easy in the afternoon and lazed around in a hammock..

..and strolled around taking some pics…was a beautiful day.

I managed some real nice shots this trip.

I had some other really awesome ones too, but anything with white in it (including the sky) came out pink, so they looked horrible (like the hammock pic above, but that’s not toooo bad). If anyone knows what causes this please LET ME KNOW[/url].

I think this is probably my favourite, really could be a SCUBA diving advert!

They have however built one completely hideous monstrosity in Salang…the ‘Salang Complex’

It was beautiful the day we left too, headed off the island around 3pm after lazing around eating ice cream in the sun..

After that it was back on the sweaty speed boat and off we went..

Full picture gallery HERE.

So total cost around…

Bus: RM46
Speed Boat: RM70
Accomodation: RM30
Dives: RM240
Food etc: RM200

TOTAL = RM586

Reached back KL around 11.30pm, grabbed a burger, headed home, whacked some DOTA, next thing I know it’s 5am and it’s time to leave home (after I’d uploaded and messed with all the pics trying to fix the pink problem).

Left KL at 7.25am and reached JB around 8:15am, did my work then slept in the meeting room till 1.30pm, had lunch at a Penang resturant (some not so great Prawn Mee)…and caught the 3.50pm flight back..got home around 7.30pm due to the horrible jams and rain in KL..

And here I am (after running to the laundry as I had zero underwear for tommorow…)

Enjoy!

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Pukers, Partiers and Perverts

Posted May 19, 2005 at 10:43 am in General Nonsense

Yeah check out my alliteration!

Well was a party on Saturday, it was in honour of Margie the Goddesses[/url] 22nd Birthday, neh neh you getting old!

Loads of hot chicks

And I brought loads of chicken wings of course, all gone pretty soon, best chicken wings in the world kthx!

Just beware, looks like sharksfin soup when regurgitated as you’ll see later..

Carol was insane as usual, humping, licking or fondling everything in site..

The bday cake

Gay Wahchai looked damn cool, like a HK movie star…yeah a gayish one

People watched pr0n

You can see it in the background here

Loads of drinking went on of course

Hugging..

and Lesbian action YEAH

And gay action NO THANKS

Me and Dave did the obligatory ‘yeah we are fucking tall’ picture

We got Margie completely blasted of course

And she puked all over herself, nice one! I cleaned up the puke, seen as though I’m a nice boy.

Then proceeded to pass out on the sofa..

She looks so happy 0_o

Was good, great to see everyone together again having a good time, drinking, chatting, eating and being merry, that’s what life is all about.

Full gallery HERE.

Loads of pics from Cass HERE and some from Suan HERE.

I’m off to Tioman[/url] tommorow night for a Diving trip, FUCKING ON, haven’t been since April last year and been missing it like crazy, wanted to go since the season started.

Better go pack my stuff anyway, laters gators, see you on the flip side!

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I will, I will…I WILL

Posted May 19, 2005 at 2:57 am in General Nonsense

I will update soon, honest..

I am still here, I didn’t drop off the face of the planet, man my average daily unique visitors is crawling down to 200, when it goes below 200 I’ll cry!

Used to be 450 in March, then Sri Lanka screwed me, now being stuck in an office with only limited dial-up for a couple of months isn’t going to help me either.

Halved in 2 months, the fickleness of people eh?

Oh well must resolve to try and blog more from home, instead of just playing DOTA[/url], watching movies, drinking cold beer and eating chicken wings.

At least I still love my site and the new news pages even if no one else does (first post in ages that got 0 comments LOL)..

Oh well, I been doing some shitty ass business impact analysis all day and I’m about to die, hardcore concentration on a monotonous jumble of figures and statements and conclusions and DIE MOTHERFUCKERS DIE!!!

Oops sorry.

Anyway I’m gonna go to the toilet and cry.

Laters.

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Wappening, It was Happening!

Posted May 16, 2005 at 2:22 am in General Nonsense

Well been kinda busy, and am online now but in the office, thus on dial-up, thus not able to upload pictures.

Sad eh, had a mad party again on Saturday night 🙂

Friday night was home well early so chilled..

Saturday went and serviced my car, changed oil and oil filter, changed brakepads (just ngam ngam, less than 1mm left 0_o), swapped wheels front to back to distribute tyre wear (the thing with front-wheel drive cars), skimmed brake discs, tightened compressor belt (it was squeaking)..

It’s shcmoove again now.

After that went and bought a massive chest of drawers, I have too many clothes in my wardrobe cos of lack of drawers, so it was overflowing, also nowhere to put linen or towels..

Noticed a couple of missing things aswell that the fat bitch dobi cunt lost, my favourite tailored pearlescent scarlet shirt 🙁 And my sexiest white shirt hehe

FUCK EM….

So yeah kinda spent a fortune at the weekend…but it didn’t stop there.

Anyway will post on party later so I won’t mention that, there some pics up though with Suan[/url] and Cass.

Sunday woke up and decided it was time to buy a fridge!

So I can have cold beer now at home…cold beer and hot chicken wings, omg, that is gonna be the pwn!

I’ll have ice….I’ll be able to cook things! (After I get some gas that is..)

I got another summons too, just arrived from february, when I paid all my summons off in March…it wasn’t showing up yet. Oh well have to pay it off so can get the car transfer done.

Will take some pics of my new stuff soon..

Am also having phantom mouse sydrome, you know like amputees still feel itches and pain in their limbs when they are gone..

My laptop mouse has completely gone tits-up, and I feel like it’s still there, I keep reaching to move it to unlock the machine or click something, only to find it’s deserted me 🙁

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Aggregated Asia Pacific , IT, Infosec News & Virus Alerts

Posted May 13, 2005 at 1:02 am in Site News

Yah I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time, had to hack the RSS backend plugin to get it to accept more than 9 feeds, but that’s sorted now!

I’ve aggregated General News, including Malaysia[/url] specific and Asia-Pacific region feeds.

One stop shop for all your news needs!

Saves browsing through dozens of sites, can just pick out the news stories that interest you, RSS is teh pwn!

Also done the same for IT news and Information Security news, mostly my interests. Includes the normal big boys like Slashdot[/url], The Register[/url] and CNET[/url].

The final section would be Aggregated Virus Alerts, just so you can keep an eye what is going on.

Spread the word, make life easier for people, all the news in one spot!

Don’t forget the links page either with a massive IT and IT security links list! It also contains links to my best articles and some things I’ve written on other sites.

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Road Rage Incidents in KL & My Experience

Posted May 11, 2005 at 8:42 pm in Deep Thoughts, Serious Issues

They are on the rise..there have been a few fatalities too..people stabbed to death, beaten into a coma and so on.

There are adverts on the radio too about ending up in prison because of road rage, must be getting serious.

Even our own Kimberly de Cun kena before..

I have a bit of rage now and then, I get pissed with those people hogging the express lane, like I wrote about previously[/url]…

Or those Mercedes with permanently ‘broken’ indicator bulbs..

Those moto’s that NEVER have working back lights, I mean wtf, the bulb costs like 50 cents.

Mac also encountered a situation, with polis some more..

Do you guys suffer from road rage? Or have experienced the other side before? (Been followed/tailed/attacked?)

I’ll outline one situation I recall from personal experience.

I was driving along the LDP towards SS2 from Sri Damansara on the express lane, not going particularly fast or weaving in and out of lanes..

I came up behind a car going considerably slower than myself, probably 80km/h to my 110km/h so I slowed down (middle lane was empty so he could have pulled in to let me pass) but he didn’t, so I changed to the middle lane to go past (probably gave him the finger too I can’t remember).

Anyway little did I know there was a moto rider riding on my rear quarter panel (one of the blind spots), literally, so when I pulled in the middle lane I gave him a nudge.

I checked back and he was fine so I continued my journey and exited at TTDI, I saw the moto flying up behind me and thought hmmm….maybe he wants something..

So anyway I carried on, then I noticed him riding along side me shaking his fist at me furiously like a rabid chimpanzee.

I proceeded on not wanting to have to get out of the car and kick the shit out of him, but then the inevitable happened, I reached a red light..

So I stopped, he squealed to a halt next to my car and started hammering the window.

So I wound down my window and the conversation began..

Me: Wassup?
Guy (Jabbering at 100 words per minute): Blah blah, almost killed me, blah blah idiot driver, blah blah, police, blah blah, arrest you blah blah, idiot, blah blah *shakes fist more*
Me: What you talking about?
Guy: I’m gonna make police report about you
Me: (Peers out the window, looks the bike up and down, checks guy out) Are you hurt?
Guy: No..
Me: Is your bike damaged?
Guy: No..
Me: So what the hell are you going to report?
Guy:…..*dumbfucked silence*…
Me: *Smiles*
Guy: (Waves his fist some more) I know you, I’ll see you around

Then he proceeded to speed off, scary eh, he’ll see me around 0_o

Anyway saw some good guidelines from from an OSAC (Overseas Security Advisory Council) report.

The following practices and tips can be used to avoid becoming a victim of road rage. Please share this security notice with your family:

* Avoid eye contact and if you need to use your horn, do it sparingly
* Get out of the way. Even if the other guy is speeding, it’s safest to not make a point by staying in your lane.
* If someone is following you after an on-the-road encounter, drive to a public place or the nearest police station.
* Keep your doors and windows locked at all times.
* If you are involved in an accident notify the police immediately.
* It’s a good idea to carry a cell phone in your car, making it possible for you to call for help for yourself or someone else.
* Most of the violent incidents occur late at night. Use prudence when planning your night out and try to return home at a reasonable hour.
* Never fully roll down your window to talk to a stranger. If required, roll the window down only enough to be heard.
* Do not stop to aid disabled motorists. Telephone for help instead.
* If you are in need of help, make sure you have police emergency numbers available at all times.

The tips are not meant to cover every single situation that you may face. Each situation is different and you must use your judgment on what the appropriate action should be.

This be a public service announcement from teh ST 😀

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Sleep? What is it….

Posted May 8, 2005 at 10:53 pm in Hacking & Infosec, Ranting

Sleep..

I..

Need…sleeep *yawn*

Stupid deadlines, stupid risk assessment, stupid lack of templates, stupid no guidelines, stupid project, stupid assholes, stupid lack of questionaire answers, stupid stupid *yawn*

I slept for 3 hours yesterday morning, then another few hours in the evening, then reading and writing about a crappy risk assessment till 4am then slept a while and came to work at 8.30am…

I NEED SLEEP, WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THAT!

Was playing with my connection over the weekend aswell seen as though I was stuck in front of the PC the whole time anyway..

I’m having a major problem with HTTP downloads stalling, Torrents, FTP, MSN, IRC everything else seems ok, I’d hazard a guess to it’s something to do with a transparent proxy at Tm.nut side.

Connection seems to have gotten worse since the 1MB upgrade came through..

Speeds seem to be getting better though, I get 1+MB to Malaysian sites with 45ms latency

I get 750+kbps to Japan/Korea sites with 200+ latency

I get 200-600kbps to US/Europe sites with 300+ latency..

The international link latency still leaves a lot to be desired….

Found some great resources though, will post a summary soon..

I’ll hassle them about it soon.

Dial-up still blows a big nut.

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Tidak Apa…Who cares? Malaysian Business Attitude

Posted May 5, 2005 at 11:04 pm in Ranting

Damnit hate working for local companies with civil servant attitudes, am on a project now with those horrible political implications..

One PC can be under the jurisdiction of THREE companies, yes that’s right.

The I.T. company that maintains it, the owner of the business process and the back-office company using it, and they all want to lay blame and responsiblity with one of the other parties.

Trying to get information from the I.T. company is like trying to get bloood from a stone as they made up some bullshit about us being a competitor so they won’t give us any information, yes but WE GOT THE PROJECT so stop being childish and give us the fucking info you pricks…

*sigh* What to do?

At least our contact in the company that chose us for the project is helpful and royally kicks some ass, the Network diagrams they gave us were a joke too, I showed the manager a ‘proper‘ network diagram I had on my laptop, he was like “Oh, yah I see the difference“.

The manager of the maintenance office turned out to be a joker who didn’t know what he was talking about and kept contradicting himself…hmm oh well, that’s our job, to identify all the things that are wrong, which is good as I am very effective in criticising 🙂

In the meetings you get to see the circus of people, can be 20-30 people bunking work to go to a meeting, and then they are all fighting with each other…for example..

If one dept didnt call the other it’s:

“Why didn’t you call me, I should have been involved”

If they did call them it’s:

“Why did you call me, I have so much other more imporant stuff to do”

Stupid right?

The I.T company are completely clueless too and extremely work adverse, but they have nailed their lazy asses a 10 year contract, so good for them…

The parent company thinks they are god-like too, which is good for them, bad for the rest of the world.

Oh well better get on and do some work, risk assessment is really interesting *yawn*

Also the dobi (laundrette) closed down, and kept my clothes and stuff, now they’ve disappeared, wtf, oh well guess I’ll have to live with that too.

Times The Bookshop Warehouse sale is back too, some info HERE.

Date: 29th April – 8th May (Preview day for Times privelege card-members on 28th April)
Time: 10am – 7.00pm
Venue: 4, 2nd Floor, Jalan 13/4, Section 13, Petaling Jaya (behind Colgate-Palmolive)

Life sucks sometimes.

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OMG Dial-up Sucks

Posted May 2, 2005 at 10:07 pm in General Nonsense

Yeah sorry I promised to post..

But well now am on a new project, in KL (thankfully) with no network and no Internet, so I’m jacking a lousy dial-up connection which gives me a ph33rsome 28.8kbps..Yeah and you thought your Stimx was slow?

STFU!

Been a bad time technologically for me I guess, my camera is getting weirder and weirder, my laptop mouse keeps disappearing and coming back every 45 seconds (USB connection), my beautiful flat screen 19″ monitor with trinitron tube went out of focus and my awesome wireless, slick, Logitech mouse (MX700) is wearing out so it’s really really hard to get it to charge..

I took my monitor apart and adjusted the focus yesterday, I think it’s still a little bit out, or a little bit too sharp…but it’s infinitely better than the ghosting on white text and general fuzziness the past week.

The other stuff I don’t think I can do anything about apart from:

1) Buy a new Wireless mouse
2) Buy a new Laptop mouse
3) Buy a new Digital Camera

Sounds far too expensive for my liking.

Went clubbing sort of (well not really) on Saturday night, which you can read about from Suanie[/url], Kim and Cass, with some pictures HERE.

Was pretty crappy, never like Savanh and Passion got raided when we just arrived, sucks to the MAX.

Played DOTA till some stupid time, and woke up like 7 PM haha..had dinner and watched 2 movies..

Blade Trinity[/url] was ok, not too bad, not too great.

Confidence[/url] however, I thought was GREAT, watch it!

Stylish, funny, well narrated, something like Oceans 11 or any other con man film 🙂

Was told in an interesting order too, the main character winding up dead, then tracking back and showing how he ended up there.

Some nice twists.

Headed to Mid Valley yesterday, checked out the Holland show, not much there, was some cat-walk action too (skinny ugly bitches) had some Sushi and awesome cinamon buns!

Wanted to check out the cinema too but by 11.30am the queue was stupidly long.

Anyway will post last few pics of Colombo soon I promise…

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