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… is the game I just completed a while ago… I’m so gonna die, am suppose to be studying on my Software Engineering subject that’s due for exam in 7 hours time!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Gosh I so love classic LucasArts and Sierra PC games!
Oh yeah, I rediscovered Pig Latin earlier from one of the lines in Monkey Island 1, where the cannibals were speaking in pig latin in order to hide some info (about the Head of the Navigator) from Guybrush Threepwood

… hmmmay, odaytay iway eelfay ikelay oggingblay inway igpay atinlay…

ellway, erethay’say onlyway oneway oremay examway aperpay orfay emay omorrowtay andway enthay iway ancay ackpay ymay agsbay andway ogay ackbay otay ivilizationcay orfay away oodgay 2 onthsmay! ayyay!

oblempray isway, iway’evay otgay anway entireway extbooktay otay udystay orfay ethay oftwaresay engineeringway aperpay andway owhay ethay ellhay iway’may onnagay ebay ableway otay inishfay itway?

ohway eahyay, eckedchay ithway oanjay (assistantway ophay) ofway ocitsay andway eshay aidsay eshay eckedchay ymay ilesfay inway icsjway alreadyway - iway amway ullyfay exemptedway omfray anlay oursescay! oubleday ayyay!

illtay enthay…

…………
Oh yeah, if you need translation from English to Pig Latin, here’s the pointer below:
With words beginning with vowels (a,e,i,o,u), simply add ‘way’ to the end of the word. Thus:

‘I’ becomes ‘Iway’
‘eat’ becomes ‘eatway’
‘every’ becomes ‘everyway’
With all other words (i.e. those beginning with consonants), take all the consonants up to the first vowel (or ‘y’)and move them to the end of the word and add ‘ay’. Note that ‘qu’ is classed as a consonant. Thus:

‘cat’ becomes ‘atcay’
‘cathy’ becomes ‘athycay’
’symptom’ becomes ‘ymptomsay’ (note the ‘y’ is a vowel here)
‘quick’ becomes ‘ickquay’ (note the ‘qu’ is classed as a consonant)

To translate the above blogpost into English, just reverse the process… aren’t you glad you learnt a new language today?

… is what I received a while ago. My mobile phone rang and I looked at it, coming from a witheld number (must be those cheapo companies using VoIP or similar solution in their phone system). The conversation went like this:

Girl: Hi, I’m Isabel calling from Intel. Can I speak to Mr…err… Au..Yong… err Au Yong Tien Ch… Aw Yeung (in Cantonese dialect)… ummm? (she sounded like she’s trembling and very anxious, can hear that she’s just a young girl - probably an intern)

Me: Yes, I am. You can call me Au Yong.

Isabel: Oh, Mr. Au Yong, did you receive our invitation to the “whatchamacallit, sorry, didn’t hear exactly what she was mumbling” event that was sent out to you?

Me: I wouldn’t know, I’m not in town at the moment. So I don’t have an access to my mailbox.

Isabel: Oh okay, it’s an invitation to … bla bla bla… yada yada yada… wasn’t paying attention… yada yada yada… bla bla bla… the event on Nov 4. Will you be able to attend?

Me: I don’t think I’ll be back by then (though in reality, I would have already returned to civilization by then… teehee). So you’re calling up for RSVPs to the event?

Isabel: Err, what?

Me: RSVP.

Isabel: No no, I just call up to find out if you would be coming for the event.

Me: That’s RSVP! So you don’t know what is RSVP… are you new? Are you an intern with Intel?

Isabel: Yes I’m new, and I’m calling on behalf of Intel, not Intel itself.

Me: So, you’re an intern with a PR company that works for Intel…

Isabel: Yes. (can hear her blushing, or panting, whichever ler…)

Me: (play nice, Au Yong, play nice) I’m sorry, but I really can’t make it for the event.

Isabel: It’s okay then, you have a nice day, Mr. Au Yong.

Me: And you have a nice day too, Isabel.

Isabel: Thank you! (I bet she was smiling at the end of the call!)

-click-

Nope I didn’t ask for her number, nor her ICQ or e-mail addy… I’m just being nice today coz my first exam paper came out pretty good… only studied this morning and I think A is not a problem for this subject…

To Cheok Yeen and all, don’t hate the player, hate the game!

*Oh yeah, RSVP means Répondez S’il Vous Plaît. It’s french for Please Reply, commonly seen on invitations….

… and I have yet to flip open a single book or notes to study yet… I’m so lazy and slacking here…!

Yesterday was saddened and shocked by the news of Johan’s departure to a better place and today I have gone into what I call the Lazy Mood… sigh…

How to study like this?

Oh yeah, on a brighter side, Man Utd beat Leeds 1-0 and Chelsea finally lost, to Arsenal 2-1 and Pompey stabbed Liverpool 1-0 with the goal coming from ex-Reds player, Patrick Berger.

Also, before I forget, if you peeps want me to put up the wallpaper of the pix I took at KLIMS 2003, please vote at the poll on the right –>

I think I’m going back to sleep. Bah!

Johan Ismail , a popular figure and a fellow blogger at Project Petaling Street has just passed away peacefully early this morning.

I would like to extend my deepest condolences to Joe’s family.

According to Jeff Ooi’s Screenshots, Joe’s blogs and website have been taken offline by Dinesh and Joe’s friends as a mark of respect.

I didn’t have a chance to meet this great guy, although I’ve been an avid follower of his blog, especially all the spills on Mediface and others…

mat’s comment in Jeff’s blog posting said that “it’s confirmed. he came home before midnite, vomitted blood, sent to damansara specialist and died there soon after. post-mortem due this morning. burial after asar prayer either at kiara or kg tunku. al-fatihah…” - so that’s all we know for now, there’s no further news about the cause of death.

al-fatihah.

… mark is 36 out of 40… cool! I managed to help him score his project marks in this Database subject… spent a few days helping him with the ADO connectivity within ASP and he did all the nice interface and interaction… and ended up highest… now I wanna make him buy me seafood dinner liao… tee hee!

Was asked by a friend, what would I get to do in the programme, so I answered:

^_^ tsE*WeI says:
malaysian angkasawan programme?????
^_^ tsE*WeI says:
out of the blue???
Au Yong says:
lol
Au Yong says:
just for fun
^_^ tsE*WeI says:
wat will u get to do anyway??
Au Yong says:
hahah
Au Yong says:
they’ll only select the elite few to go thru some interviews and tests to begin with
Au Yong says:
then shortlisted ones are sent to Russia for some vodka and when you’re drunk enough… they’ll train you up on how to operate heavy machinery like a space shuttle, a space station and a satellite
^_^ tsE*WeI says:
haha…. really???
Au Yong says:
and then if you could pass with flying colours, you get to drink more vodka and make your country proud by being the first Malaysian sent to space
^_^ tsE*WeI says:
sounds like real complicated stuff
Au Yong says:
it’s another Malaysia Boleh crap
^_^ tsE*WeI says:
n when do they plan to send ppl drunk on vodka to infinity n beyond??
Au Yong says:
well, the Russian have been doing it for ages
Au Yong says:
and like some say, it’s a fasttrack to getting a Datukship or Tan Sri-ship

… and I just reached home from all that… raining damn heavily on the drive back summore… well, decided to go down to Subang for pool with the guys from college mar…

Went down to Subang for dinner first with Alwyn… decided to eat at Subway in Subang Parade, hmm, got 10% discount if you’re a INTI, Taylors, etc etc college student with the student card… I had a 6 inch Italian BMT sandwich with the parmesan oregano bread (yum! )

Then walked to Carrefour since I remembered that I’m fresh out of A4 papers.. wanted to get the Double A brand 80gram ones… went into Carrefour, 1st floor, I saw that the color box (a cheapo wooden 3 layer rack) is on sale - RM 11.50 only nia… okay, decided to grab the A4 paper first… it was on the 2nd floor… since the 2nd floor’s got checkout counters, thought I’d give the color box a miss since I was lazy to go down 1 floor to get it again, then realised that there were no branded A4 paper except some el cheapo ones… ewww.. I don’t like it, they’re not as white and bright as the good ones…

Oh yeah, before I reach the stationery section, I bumped into Mr. Mah! My high school chemistry teacher (one day will blog about him… reminiscing old times in skool like Dr. Liew in his blog.. teehee)… chatted a bit with him, seems like after 5 years I left high school, he’s gotten so old… he’s still having his dream of passing the Bar exam and becoming a lawyer (I wish him best of luck, sincerely, coz he’ll really need it… his BM sux! )… and I saw his daughter… hmm, not bad, quite good looking… I remember back in high school, a classmate once said that his daughter is chun… right… but ack! The thoughts of having Mr Mah as my father-in-law sends chill down my spine…

So found no A4 paper, but on the way out that floor, saw one corner they had the same color box on sale stacked there as well, I suppose it’s kinda fate that I have to get it… so paid for it and left for my car to the pool club… That’s the thing with shopping isn’t it? The things you plan to get will not be available, but you’d end up buying all sorts of other stuff?

Went to Club 7 in SS15… started playing, that’s around 9.10pm… played for almost an hour I think, and CheeV and 2 of his housemates arrived and took another table beside ours… played until past 12 midnight.. 3 hours! It was fun playing 9-ball with Alwyn and CheeV… (note to self: should do this more often…)

Then adjourned to Darulsalam mamak nearby that’s been upgraded to a cafe style liao… food price went up.. no longer can get the cheap food there - drinks are still priced reasonably, but it’s a tad watered down (due to too much ice)… chatted a bit, joked a lot and CheeV agreed with me about how we hate seeing girls smoking…

I mean, generally, if a girl smokes bcoz she has to, then it’s fine, but when a girl lit up a cigarette, perhaps take 2 - 3 puff out of it and all the time just let it linger on her fingers macam ada gaya, mutu, keunggulan (like got Style, Quality, Excellence) is damn lame okay… it’s damn pretentious and a major eyesore everytime I see one…

Okay enough of it before I get flamed by the ladies who smokes and stalks my blog… then out of the blues, I suggested an hour of CS in one of the cybercafes nearby… they took me up on the offer and we started fragging our lil ass off for close to 2 hours… crazy fun! It’s been a terribly long time since I last play CS in a cybercafe… after I retire from serious CS gaming, kinda no fun to play with strangers especially with no teamwork and strategy… then we decided to host our little game for the 5 of us… much nicer… I came in 2nd highest in terms of frags…. ReVeRsE_OsMoSiS (my CS nick) is back! tee hee

So with all that, it ended at 3am and we drove back.. and then it rained hard…. real hard on the highway coming back to Nilai…
Shall blog more tomorrow.. time to hit the sack!

So I jumped onto the bandwagon and applied for the Malaysian Angkasawan Programme (Malaysian Astronaut Programme) at the Malaysian National Space Agency website…

Just for fun… teehee…
Malaysia BOLEH! Tapi I nak apply TMnet streamyx here in Timbuktu Nilai TAK BOLEH!

Blardy hell… my group’s due up for a presentation on the Computer Communications subject and there’s this pig fucker here in a group way before mine keep talking and presenting all the off-topic stuff non-stop…

I can say that nobody here give a flying fuck about whatever crap he’s talking - everything is not what he’s supposed to be doing in the first place…!@#$#@$@!#

Instead of explaining about the company’s network he’s supposed to research, he’s giving all sorts of theory crap about campus network, how to build it… WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!

Chee, Andi, Wilson, Jawad, James… you guys blardy lucky no need to come for the presentation today… I tell you, we’re all here dying to kill that bastard…!!

If only it’s legalized to kill such a bastard who’s giving an annoying and offtopic presentation…. he’d be dead by now…

If only…
let’s see if I’m sane enough to wait until our group’s turn to present…. *sigh*