Been a week since I last posted, and I really didn't have much to say in the past 7 days so there. A lack of ramblings can either mean I'm getting used to whatever used to be bitch-worthy around me so there's no need to specially mention them anymore, or maybe my life is just getting way too boring.

It definitely feels like the excitement-o-meter on JR's life is plateau-ing though. Questions like 'how are you' and 'how's your day' can largely be replied with 'same old' almost every day. Does this signify, as my friend mentioned, a quarter-life crisis? I really don't want to spice up my life by buying models of Lamborghinis (since I can't afford a real one) or dyeing my hair bright green or getting a nipple piercing. Perhaps I just have to find more meaning in the things that I do again.

Or maybe I just need a person to show me the meaning of my life.

As you know I love to dream about cars and gadgets, so I’m gonna dream again today that tomorrow after the $10 million Toto sweep my family will be worth several millions. Also, imagining that after becoming millionaires, I get a driving license out of nowhere. These are the cars that will make up my garage on a million dollar budget.

Fiat Panda 100HP

Would you just look at how amazing this little thing looks? You need no less than a Mini to look as cool in a small car. However only the $57k cooking 1.3 litre version is available in Singapore, so I’ll predict a price tag in the region of $70k to import this baby.

BMW Z4 3.0Si Coupe

If you want to see me go gaga over a car on the road, this is one of them. To keep my garage within $1mil I had to go to sgcarmart.com to find a used one and this slightly tasteless-ly overdone white example costs $185000 and is just less than a year old.

Maserati Quattroporte

This Italian luxury car is on my shrine so no need for introduction. How can I not have it in my garage if I’ve got the dosh for it? Hands down the most sensual looking car in the 7-series cum S class cum Lexus LS segment so dump those and come sit in ‘my’ one year old $325888 sex on wheels!

Range Rover Sport

Now for a person who owns a 1000 Gs worth of cars, one luxury vehicle is not enough. Massive road presence this premium off roader has, and although there’s no terrain that can be remotely be classified as ‘off road’, I want to know I can drive through muddy fields if I ever feel like. $309888 brand new.

Mazda 6 2.0 Hatchback / Subaru Legacy 2.0R Sedan

Rich people have senses too I believe so on a normal day while mummy takes the Panda out, I’ll drive the 6 or Legacy. Biggish Japanese semi-executive saloons should be more than spacious and reliable enough. Plus these 2 look pretty great to boot too. Fresh out of the factory Mazda 6 costs $89888, and the Subaru Legacy $86388.

So out comes the abacus. If I pick the more expensive Mazda as the sensible car, that’d bring my grand total to $980664. The remaining 20k, well I’ll set that aside for insurance then.

Wow I’m really good at dreaming.

Today is already the 12^th day of Lunar New Year and the whole relaxing and holiday mood is just about to end. 3 months worth of less and less meaningful holidays that seemingly only managed to squeeze your wallet dry have passed and now, it’s time to start our engines! And boy do I have to start my engines big time this semester. Well I’ve already told the story before so no more boring everyone with that again.

Talking about holidays, Lunar New Year is seriously becoming a season to binge on both food and greediness. Pineapple tart after pineapple tart, greeting after greeting that mostly hide ‘just gimme that red packet man’, CNY is nothing but get fat time. It’s evil, I tell ya. So everyone let’s stop celebrating this evil holiday! HAHA!!

Okay, so the day of plenty of cheesiness (especially for people who are single) is almost over. No longer do singletons have to cringe and shun away from couples once they step out of their doorstep. So no more avoiding and hiding in another 10 minutes! Well while St. Valentine's little day has become terribly commercialised by now, are any of the ladies complaining of receiving some flowers and chocolates and love from the gentlemen? Whatever it is, hopefully everyone's got a good day. And for those who are indeed hitched, please treasure your loved ones!

Talking about what this day represents, sometimes when it comes to love you never know when it hits you. One fine day you find yourself pretty much bowled over by someone probably quite unexpected. But what do you know? When it happens it happens eh? Embrace those special feelings for that someone!

I had wanted to post something today but my closing eyelids are fighting a strong battle. They seem to be winning against my will to do work on the computer and.... it's...... difficult to....... keep..... my peepers........ open............ zzzzzzzz.

I'll be back tomorrow. Good nig..................... zzz.

Happy Lunar New Year to all! I'd expect all the Chinese to be binging on pineapple tarts, melon seeds, loveletters, peanut cookies, kueh bangkit, belachan shrimp rolls and blah blah blah now. So since all of us is immersed in our very Chinese traditions this period of time, let's talk about something Chinese!

Earlier I was wiki-ing what my friend's Hokkien surname is in Mandarin and came across this article showing the most common Chinese surnames in China as of 2006, using a sample size of 296 million people. Here comes the top 10!
1. 李 6. 杨
2. 王 7. 黄
3. 张 8. 赵
4. 刘 9. 周
5. 陈 10. 吴

My surname is number 18 woot! Not bad, and it shows how fertile people with these surnames are. Hah. Once again 恭喜发财 and 身体健康 to all and I hope no one balloons up after the New Year!

Apple’s iPhone has certainly received a mobile classic status since its announcement at the Macworld Conference a little more than 12 months ago. A whole slew of products with similar working concepts have been announced in the year that passed so check out what other touchscreen products that mainly utilizes the fingers rather than a stylus there are!

Samsung has 3 such announcements for now, 2 of which you can already buy overseas in the form of the F700 smartphone and the stylo mylo Armani P520. The F490, a 5 megapixel LG Viewty challenger is coming soon and will also be packed with the gorgeous Croix interface of the other two. F700 sports a sliding full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2” display and 3 megapixel autofocus camera. No wifi though. Pity. But look how gorgeous! To prove that Samsung’s really produced a one-arm operable touchscreen phone, all 3 models don’t even come with a stylus.

Much praise has already been heaped on the Prada’s design and Viewty’s 5 megapixel snapper, so LG’s next full touchscreen product will now focus on functionality. It sports Windows Mobile 6 OS, a 2 megapixel autofocus camera and wifi! And all in a package the size of a Prada too, which makes it yummylicious for any tech geek. A modified WM6 OS allows some functions to be operated by fingers alone but there’s no escaping the use of a stylus sometimes though.

HTC provided the first smart phone alternative to the iPhone in the form of the very stylish Touch and now there’s an updated but uglier version, the Touch Cruise. The modified WM6 home page (TouchFLO) still features but upgrades like GPS receiver, a faster processor and 3G have been thrown in. With possibly all the connectivity features included in this powerhouse, maybe a sacrifice in the form of looks can be forgiven for road warriors.

Motorola’s ailing mobile phone arm actually came up with a widely finger-operable phone a couple of months before the iPhone was announced. The ROKR E6 was marketed as a Linux based entertainment phone with Realplayer, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack and cheap SD card expansion loaded.

The W960i and P1i may have a numerical keypad and QWERTY keyboard respectively, but Sony Ericsson’s offerings actually adds to the usefulness of its almost finger-operable Symbian UIQ OS. W960i is a more direct competitor for the iPhone with its 8GB hard drive. Unfortunately as a fashion statement and the coolness of its touchscreen interface, SE won’t be giving Apple engineers any sleepless nights yet.

Finally, Nokia. Surprisingly the number 1 mobile phone maker has only produced 1 touchscreen phone ever and the iPhone’s strongest rival yet may be appearing soon. The Symbian S60 touch OS has already been shown and we’re now just waiting for the finished product to hit the stores. Keep your fingers crossed, because if Nokia’s presentation at Nokia World ‘07 is any indication, Apple had better be working on iPhone version 2 already.

Despite running late, I couldn't help but post this before I forget. This is to report the appalling behaviour of the bus driver whose bus I was in earlier.

That dude certainly is miles away from being a good driver from the way the bus jerks along rather than move and accelerate smoothly. Okay, I get that he's probably trying to drive a little faster so people could reach their destinations faster, but his driving style required young people like myself to definitely have to hold on to something or take the risk of being flung to the front of the bus.

A 60-ish year old lady boards the bus, and he got ready to move off once everyone boarded. She hasn't sat down or really grabbed onto anything yet cos she's got to put the purse in her bag and stuff and with one jerk of his goddamn bus she fell on the floor, hitting her head on the ezlink scanner in the process. She didn't start bleeding, but that definitely caused a substantial amount of pain in her head I'm sure.

You're not gonna believe how the bus driver reacted to this. While a couple of passengers went forward to help her up, that mother fucker said 'Auntie, must hold on properly when you board the bus next time.' Like what the fuck? She rubbed on her head for awhile then he had another comment. 'Need to go to hospital or not? If very pain must go, or else the next few days something happen then you go and report me then I'll be in big trouble you know.' Stunning. Absolutely stunning. A couple of passengers then helped her down the bus, presumably bringing her home.

It's just amazing how disgusting some people can be. The one obviously more at fault barking his ass off at the victim. I sincerely hope the same thing happens to this son of a bitch one day.