BSOD....and along came Windows 7

I never used Windows Vista. Except in university of course. All my machines never even heard of this Vista thing.

Because of all the horrendous review I've heard of it.

But my main computer keep having this BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death) thing that makes me cannot do anything. And I couldn't find the solution with my good friend, Google.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="BSOD. The Bane of all Windows."][/caption]

So I decided to reformat my machine. But I kinda bored of Windows XP since it doesn't have DirectX10. I wanted to install Ubuntu but I want to play games. So I install the Windows 7 RC.

Installation is quick. Less than 30 minutes and I can login to the desktop and begin downloading stuff.

So far so good. RAM usage is below 600MB when there's nothing in my desktop.

But I still prefer Ubuntu though, since it virus-free, anyware-free. Too bad I'm a gamer. A hardcore gamer.

Let's just hope there will be no BSOD from now on.

After a long wait....

I've got my Guild Wars game! Confused? Let's start from the beginning...

First the God created a man, He named him Ray and told him to game all his life or his balls will be shot by lightings I ordered the game last week after I finished the 10 hour trial. By the time I finished, the words "Guild Wars" kept swimming back and forth in my mind.

So I just decided to buy it from here. After some email sending and receiving, they told me they don't have Guild Wars Trilogy anymore. But they offer me Guild Wars Factions Platinum Edition + Guild Wars Eye of the North + Guild Wars Night Fall Bonus Pack for RM138. I thought it's damn cheap for 3 stand-alone game and 1 expansion. How naive I was.

Anyway, I cash-in and was waiting from them to send it to my home. What really sucks was that I woke up too early. By too early I mean 6am. 6 AM! And I had to wait for the package to come in which I have no idea when it would arrive.

6~8am : reading feeds.

8~9am : reading newspaper outside my home, so I can get ASAP.

9~10am : I started jumping around nervously.

10~10.55am : Almost got an heart attack, but the package finally arrived. How happy I am.

Here are the pictures of my lovely game.







Anyway, I should have known that the deal is too good to be true, "Guild Wars Factions Platinum Edition + Guild Wars Eye of the North + Guild Wars Night Fall Bonus Pack for RM138". Apparently Guild Wars Night Fall Bonus Pack is just the bonus pack. There's no NightFall game included. It's my stupid fault for not asking it earlier.

Anyway, now I'm looking for NightFall game. Gonna go to nearby games store to check out the price. If you are interested in the Night Fall bonus pack, just send me an email at limraychee[at]gmail[dot]com. Then we shall discuss further...

Damn, next time I should really ask before I buy something online.

Invisible man in The Star

I took this picture from The Star. Click on it to get a better view.



See anything different? If you can't, perhaps this can help you.



Don't panic.......don't panic........WE ARE BEING INVADED BY INVISIBLE BEINGS!

RUN RUN RUN!

Want to buy some thermal goggles?

Free Dawn of War 2 Soundtrack

Free things are meant to be shared, and if you're a Warhammer 40k fanatic, this is even better as you can download the soundtrack from it's newest Warhammer 40k game : Dawn of War 2.



You can read more about the game here or download the soundtrack here.

To me, I love the songs! Because I'm a Warhammer 40k fanatic~ I play the game and read the books~ Playing the soundtrack while reading the books makes it even more immersive in their universe!

Project Fix DVD player

My dad's DVD player had a little bit of a problem long time ago. And I don't have time to look into it until today. The problem is that the DVD tray wouldn't come out.

And so I stripped the DVD player's cloth outer shell.



After much tinkering, apparently the problem is that the motor is too weak to move anymore. So dad, next time can you buy a DVD player that's not made in Malaysia!?!?

That DVD player is cheap for a damn reason, it will automatically malfunction after >2 years. Just think it as a long investment. Buying branded DVD players can last a you a long time. So we don't have to waste our $$ next time to buy another no-branded DVD player (I'm a thrifty freak, okay?).

Sims 2 + Hot & Cold

What do you get when you make a music video using The Sims 2?



You have no idea what the hell they are singing.

You can download the high quality version here.

Transformers...and having lunch at Brem Mall

Went to watch Transformers 2 : Revenge of the Fallen on Wednesday. With Brem Mall being virtually unknown to other people, we (jitren, shyshy, tiny and me) booked our ticket easily(okay, we arrived early too).



Perhaps we arrived TOO early (movie starts at 2.30pm and we came at around 1pm), having 1 and a 1/2 hour to waste, we went to get some food. At first I thought we gonna eat at the food court.



Since we were at a new place, we walked around before deciding which restaurant would have 4 nothing-to-do boys coming to their place to eat. Of all the places, they decided on a CHINESE restaurant.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="180" caption="Chinese name of the restaurant...Wang Jiao Cha Chan Ting (I think)"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="The English name...more like teaching you how to speak Chinese"][/caption]

Okay...now I shall let the food do the talking~

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="I think this is mushroom soup"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Szechuan Hot & Sour soup?"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="I don't what drink this is..."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="180" caption="This is my chinese tea. Cost me 90 cents. It's so cheap that they don't even gave me a straw."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="That's my food. Noodle + Pork slices + Pickles (A LOT OF THEM) + Dunno what Vegetable."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Jitren's and Tiny's Nasi Goreng. Both ordered the same food =="][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="And the dessert that comes with the nasi goreng. Tiny asked me to eat some because he was full."][/caption]

After we finished the food we went and walk around the Brem Mall. And there's hardly any human there! It's like we are the only person there. I kid you not!

Saw some interesting seats while walking around.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="Didn't your parents told you never to play while eating?"][/caption]

Anyway, we walk back to the cinema. Jitren and Shyshy decided to buy the popcorn + pepsi because they might have a chance to win Transformers T-Shirt. And that cost us not being able to watch 4 minutes intro of the movie. 4 minutes >< &^%Q^%W&E&(Q*&W(

Now, about the movie. IT's FREAKING GOOD! And so many Chevrolet cars too (God bless America)! That movie was so funny that I thought it was comedy flick rather than action. It's entertaining see how those Decepticons squashed the helpless humans. Muahahaha! Who told them to stand so close to them? Not to mention how Autobots and human could cooperate so good like they are best buddy.

What angers me the most was that someone dare bring a >5 year old kid into the cinema. And that kid siting a few chairs beside me. Thank god that kid didn't cry, he/she just make some sound and mimic how the Autobots talk. If that kid dares cry, I swear I will slap his/her face and kick him/her out of the cinema.(Joking, of course)

P/S : Michael Jackson died this day. Let us mourn him for all the songs he had made. RIP, MJ. Just don't go to the heaven and find little boys to play with again. OK? I'm Bad, I'm Bad, You know it~