Finally. It's Friday. With the last two Wednesdays off, I was used to work for two consecutive days and rest on the next one. This week seemed long and terrible. I was so tired last night that I dropped on my bed before 11pm. My sister was playing Mario Kart Wii trying to stand on the podium for all cups in the 150cc level (hard). I was too tired to coach her last night. I didn't have any muscle aches after yesterday's training, meaning that I can really increase my physical limits to the next level.
My sister was given a fake $10 bill and didn't even know until the cashier in a food court told her. She was pissed for not noticing at the touch. According to that cashier, she, the cashier, encountered lots of fake $10 circulating around. I'm not surprise. I believe UV lights are used to detect watermarks in dollar bills, and if so, I might just build a portable one using solar cells and small toroid bead.
Speaking of building things, I was really frustrated in finding the stupidest mistake I've made so far in my "programming-life". There's a function called "GetOptions" in PERL. Just like in any programming languages, you write out as follows:
GetOptions (arg1, arg2, ...);
with arg1 and arg2 being the input/output arguments of the function. So what mistake I made?
I haven't felt physically terrified for ages. I managed to tough it out, but I'm still feeling a bit uneasy. Ever since my trainer gave me a new training program last Sunday, I had lots of trouble breathing large amount of air. My lungs want to expand but my rib cage seemed to have reached its expansion limit. When that happened, my ribs and the sternum hurt like needle piercing my chest. At first, I thought it was just a quick pain. I tried holding my breath once my rib cage can't expand anymore to see whether the pain will go away. It didn't. For the first time in ages, I wanted to consult a physician to see whether this is normal. The new program is a bit less intensive than the previous one, but this one works the shoulders and the abdomen a lot more, something that I've requested. My left shoulder is very weak even though the shape suggests otherwise. As for the abdomen, I'm not a fan for 6-pack, but I didn't feel them as much as I should be in the previous 2 programs. I nearly blacked out again last Sunday. Maybe it was because I didn't had breakfast and lunch wasn't as delicious. The appointment was 1pm. After the appointment, my upper part of the abdomen hurts even when I'm walking. I did have trouble walking at first because I was really tired. Then, I went back home and my parents wanted me to move things here and there. Consequently, I re-watched Wimbledon's 5th set at night. Then, last Tuesday, I tried the program again. The pain still didn't go away, but I did feel better. This morning, when I woke up, the pain was completely gone. Maybe it was just a matter of time before my body gets used to it. I haven't felt this kind of pain for ages (that's the third time I'm mentioning this).
Up to some point, my trainer feels a bit bad. He wanted to test my physical limitations. Up until now, he and I still don't know the full extend since I adapt way too fast. He did nicknamed me "The Beast". He now made me do side-twists while hanging myself in the air. He first wanted me to do chin-ups and lift my knees touching my elbow, but that was the exercise that killed me flat. He certainly didn't expect that. Some of you believe that I'm already fit and there's no need to train to this level. Honestly, I still feel weak, and that I'm far from even reaching half of what I'm capable of doing. Sure, I've gained weight and my cardio is the best I've ever been, but I feel weak. Personal wish to drastically increase my non-existent potential, or am I just watching too much anime?
I didn't check the web much yesterday so I missed the NEWS by 24 hours. The title says everything (4 words, simplistic idea, sounds familiar?), but I'm going to develop the story a bit for you people because I love you all. Don't take it the wrong way or *** refer to "End of this post" ***. A-N-Y-W-A-Y, Google pulled its sword and pointed it in M$'s representative, the Four-Eye-Suit-Guy (FESG) Give it up everyone (try to smile).
Ok, he's PC, but he only uses Microsoft and claims that M$ is so much better. M$'s main consumer end-product is their Operating System: the famous degenerative Windows! FESG has already been challenged by many in the Internet browser battlefield: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Opera, Iceweasel (Fire, Ice; Fox, Weasel), Konqueror, Chrome, and a whole lot more. Still Internet Explorer seemed to have prevailed with only a slight margin from where I stand (about 3/4 of road left to reach the top of the mountain). And of course, FESG tried and still tries to dig their way in the search engine: Live Search VS Google's Famous Search Engine. I think it was FESG who wanted to acquire Yahoo in order to improve their search engine, but dropped it for financial issues (not from M$ but Yahoo at the time praised that their market value should be much higher).
Google announced the release of their Operating System for the second half of 2010. It'll be free for download. This OS, strangely called Chrome OS, mainly targets netbooks for the moment: lightweight, secure, rapid Web connection at machine's startup. Chrome OS is also open-sourced. Yes, you're correct if you immediately thought of Linux kernel (Long live Linus Torvald). With Google on the free, open-source community, FESG will be sweating, and that's a good thing. As we all know, FEGS has been dominating the operating system market by thousands of miles. The Linux operating system didn't really cut deep enough to make serious impact into the market despite Vista's failure. In case some of you aren't aware, FESG will extend Windows XP'sEnd of Life Cycle (EOL) for a while longer (until 2012 I believe, the "Apocalypse"). Now, with Google "embedding" Linux, it should be make things much more interesting. Maybe FEGS will then go back into the gym and start training hard again to deliver better products.
Google Chrome OS will mostly use its own Web applications making it much more lightweight than existing operating systems. Their Web applications is the compatible across all OS platform from Windows to Linux (Mac is a hybrid of Linux). The only downside for now, at least to me, is that you'll most likely need to be connected to the Web at all times. That's why this OS is suitable for netbooks. To me, that's a BIG downside. Even developed from scratch, the security feature will be compromised at some point, and constant connection to the Web only makes the task more convenient. It's only a matter of time. Unethical programmers have all the time they need while big companies' software developers don't have such luxury. No matter how secure your residence is, the thieves will only need to pick the correct lock among thousands or to find the slightest crack in a wall to hammer their way in and steal everything of value in your house. When that happens, unless weapons are installed, my Mobile Suit Security Camera Project, currently designated "VESTIGE", will be of little use. In the virtual world, you'll have to find TRON and Jet Bradley to help you.
For more information about Google Chrome OS, click here.
*** End of this post *** *** Guys: I'll snap your d*ck and jam it up in your @$$ *** *** Girls: I'll rip your t*ts and stuff them in your mouths *** I know, I'm evil, I'm aggressive, I'm not "nice". What's wrong with me all of a sudden? For newly readers, I'm usually not that psycho, or am I? Can anyone confirm that?
Frustration: ----------------- I haven't been quite MSN active lately. Maybe it's because there are things in my mind that I'm going through and sorting them out right now. It's also my obsession in getting starred driving ranks in Mario Kart for the Wii. I'm not that good, but I'm learning quickly in how to bounce people off into magma in the air. Not getting stars as quickly as I want isn't the source of my frustration. Remember D.G. standing for Dumb-Girl? Yeah, I haven't talked nor seen her for roughly 3 months. She started talking to me on MSN last night. It didn't bother me that much at first. We haven't talked for this long so I guess it's fair to do some catching up.
DG: Hey, comment ça va la vie? (Hey, how's life?) Me: Elle est plate. (It's boring. "plate" means "boring" or "flat") DG: Ah? La mienne est ronde. (Oh? Mine is round.)
At that time, I hit my forehead onto my head, stick it there for a few seconds, and repeatedly hitting my forehead onto the same spot for a few more times. What kind of answer is this? It's not funny, it's not serious. I tried viewing it being nothing by answering back with my "stupidity side". This "topic" went on for a few minutes. Then, I've determined, through stupid equations in my mind, that her answer was exactly as mine. The next thought crossed my mind: Assuming that I'm the only exception in that specific moment, who on Earth will think about going all around the trouble only to give a few simple words as an answer? The answer was there before the thought even crossed my mind. Then the next topic was even worst. She asked what's new with me. Honestly, lots of things happened during these few months, but there are things that I'm still not ready to reveal to everyone just yet. Instead, I told her about my Mobile Suit Head Security Camera Project just so that she stops saying "There must be something new with you. A few months is a long time!" Is it so hard to believe? I'm a geek, I'm a technical person treating life as 1's and 0's, at least I try to since there are times the values fall within that range in decimal... And after explaining the purpose of my project, she just stabbed me saying it's useless and even if I manage to capture people damaging my property, they won't pay for the damage. You might find it useless, and I'm sure some of you don't actually need one, but I'm doing it due to an increase of cars speeding on my street and neighbour's kids/relatives fooling around that I'm not going to start accusing anyone without proof. In addition, this project requires me to re-visit the realms of electronics, something that I've been hungry for some time since graduation. Power usage, circuit design, software development, and creativity are all in this project. It's a hobby and very useful to me.
As for DG, she's moving to "upstairs" in her house and needs to buy furniture. She also came back from her European trip. Of course she has done lots of things. But the way she put it last night was a blastful of excessive information that I managed to summarize into 4 words while she used 40. I couldn't stand it, I just went offline to play some Mario Kart Wii instead. In that game, I can hit cars and bump them off a bridge or into lava, something that I cannot do in real life. And it was too late for me to head for the gym to let out this frustration. I feel like talking to a kid in elementary school, not a 25 year-old person. Maybe I should treat her as such.
Admiration: -------------- Thinking about the above made my blood boiled. But watching "Roger Federer's Road to his 15th Grand Slam" soothed my mind and am feeling at peace. If you cannot see the video below, click here. Enjoy~
I opened my eyes at roughly 8:30am this morning preparing myself to witness history. This morning was the Wimbledon's Men's Single Final between my favourite tennis player, The Swiss, Roger Federer (left) and The American, Andy Roddick (right).
First set was incredible. At that time, Roddick earned my respect just by the way he put pressure on Federer. Both men held their service game, but Roddick was the first man to break and won the first set 7-5. Roddick is well-known for his big serves but that wasn't the only thing. His forehands and backhands have improved so much compared to what it used to be that he's a whole different player. The proof? Well, Federer had 4 chances to break Roddick, but the American fired back and was saved from defeat. At the same time, he forced Federer to cover the entire court running back and forth, which is something you don't see that often.
Second set, both men held their service games until the tiebreaker was won by Federer. Still, it was very hard because Federer did not had a single chance to break. During the tiebreak, it was 6-2 for Roddick and, like all commentators previously said, "let see how the genius in Federer is going to play out here" and that's exactly what he delivered after winning the next 6 straight points earning him the second set.
Third set, similar to the second set, went to the tiebreaker and looked somewhat more comfortable for Federer as he used every opportunity to win this set 7-5.
Fourth set, championship set, was so close for Federer to make history but Roddick wasn't done yet. He fired up like never before and broke the Swiss early in the set and ultimately won this set 6-3.
It certainly doesn't look like Federer held a record against Roddick 18-2 (Federer won 18 times and lost only twice to Roddick in his career) to play a 5 setter. Both men were giving it all battling all out. Aces after aces. You rarely see Federer firing serves at over 130mph. Since there's no tiebreak in the fifth set, meaning that one must break the other, it was painful, heart-staking, and it was hard as the fifth set took more than an hour and a half to complete.
In the end, Federer finally broke Roddick. He had 6 chances to break in all previous 4 sets and got another opportunity to break and took the last set 16-14. You just love watching this epic battle and it's so incredible. If you love tennis, you just can't sit comfortably as tension runs through your veines and you just started screaming. Almost every aces picked up dirt from the ground like shooting pistols to the ground.
History was made once more as Federer prevailed: - Breaking Pete Sampras' record for winning the most Grand Slam titles (Sampras 14, Federer 15) - Back into the world's #1 spot. - Holding 6 Wimbledon titles regaining his crown with a tie record to Bjorn Borg (Borg 6, Federer 6, Sampras 7) - Having a record of 19-2 against Roddick. - Played the longest set in Wimbledon's history (if not in tennis' history) - He delivered 50 aces in a game, his own career high (72 in total during this tournamen; Roddick has 27 aces but a total of 160 in this tournament).
Holding the Trophy high above his head.
Holding the Trophy next to him.
Waving to his fans.
Standing at the main entrance for fans to take pictures up close.
Picture of Legends (from left to right): Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and Rod Laver (Where's Bad Boy McEnroe?)
As Federer was holding the trophy, Roddick looked away from disappointment. A great battle took place and I must admit that it's hard to lose like this. But you've beaten your way through and put pressure on a great player until the end. You should be smiling. You didn't see Federer doing the same thing last year when he lost to Rafael Nadal. Last year, Federer held that second place dish high up above his head and walked around the court. You're the world's #6 and what do you do? Looking away? You cry, and that's fine. I feel your pain too you know. Losing is part in any sport. Gosh, I started respecting you but your attitude is simply horrible.
Whenever I see this kind of attitude, my blood boils like crazy. So there you have it. The final score: Federer DEFEATED "rotten d*ck" 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 16-14
