Weblog Wannabe

God, how I hate saying goodbye, but I have to. I've got to say goodbye to my partner-in-crime today *sniff!* From Monday on, I'll be a single fighter again, fighting against corporate culture. Sad, sad, sad... ♥

My cute little stuffed elephant Ellie that mummy bought me yesterday looks more like a mouse with a very long nose than an elephant. But I love it nonetheless :) ♥

By the way, if I owe you an email (that means you, Jordan), you're going to have to wait until my computer's back to life again before you can expect a reply. Hopefully, it won't be too long from now. ♥

OK, here's the second dream I had last night. I'm going home (I don't know from where) walking through a muddy road in the middle of the rain at night. I see people getting drunk and walk pass a couple who are walking topless and they look drunk too. Anyway, when I get home (and the home doesn't look like my house -- more like my dream house because it looks just perfect), my mum greets me and makes me a cup of hot tea and then we go to the porch and watch the night sky. It's still raining with lightning and thunders. We see a hurricane coming. Suddenly the sky turns greenish. I mention it to my mum but she simply says, "Well, that's Jakarta sky to you." And I think to myself, we're not even looking towards Jakarta. Jakarta is in the east. We're looking towards the west. And then I see it. The UFO, that is. It's only in the form of a bluish light moving in a lightning speed from north to west and north to west. It looks out of control. Suddenly, "Bang!" The UFO crashes. The earth shakes for a few seconds and then I hear my father complains about the TV. He says the screen has gone blank. The rain stops. I see some little green men walking on the street. And then I wake up. ♥

Reason why I'm such a dork #325: I just encountered a bibliographic record that I made from scratch when I was searching the Library of Congress Online Catalog and I was like "Wow! I made this! And it's on the database!" Who would've thought that I've been working here for almost a year... ♥

Last night was my first night offline in ages. I read a book instead of surfing the 'net before I went to bed at 8 PM. I had a restless sleep and had 2 dreams in a row. The first dream was a blogging dream. Yeah, I am such a dork that I actually have blogging dreams. Anyway, in my blogging dream last night, Uncle Joe is quitting blogging and Nikolai updates Fairvue more than once a week. If that doesn't make me a dork, I don't know what will. The second dream was longer and weirder. I'll write about it later. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

This is unusual
But I'm not glad it's Friday
Computer's broken.

Yeah, my computer at home is broken. Hence the lack of links yesterday. I don't know what my brother did with it but but it just won't work :( If you think 24 year-olds can't do any harm to your computer, think again. The thought of having to spend all weekend offline really makes me feel depressed. Sigh. ♥

I can't wait to go home to meet Ellie! Ellie is my new cute, little stuffed elephant that my mummy bought me this morning. I love stuffed animals. I have about a dozen of them on my bed but when I wake up in the morning, I'll find all of them lying around on the floor. Mind you, my bed is so tiny. I'm still sleeping on the same bed I slept on when I was in junior high! ♥

Ooooh, oooh, I just got yet another idea for a redesign but this time the idea is for the redesign of the whole site. I've also got some pretty grand ideas for new site features. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to work on those ideas until weekend. Nik, consider yourself warned! ;) ♥

Thanks for the lovely voicemail, Jish! :) Jish's voice was the first human voice I heard this morning. Technology is a wonderful thing.

To Nikolai, Matt and Lasara: I miss your voices! *hint, hint!* ♥

Here's a webcam pic I managed to save when I was at the IT section this morning. That's me in the middle, looking like a dork as always *grins* ♥

This afternoon we're going to have a farewell party for my partner-in-crime at work who is going back to Australia. I will have to try hard not to cry.

Beneath the tough exterior, I'm actually a softy. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

There are things we do
For the wrong reasons, but alas,
We've no way to know.

Some start blogging for the wrong reasons. Some start friendships for the wrong reasons. Some start relationships for the wrong reasons. All has the same ending: they don't last. And yes, it is sad. ♥

I couldn't care less about the British Royal Family, but this is just too good to pass: The Prince of Wales a.k.a. Prince Charles official homepage. If I were him, I'd hire a better web designer. ♥

Have you ever heard the saying "frog in your throat"? I just read it for the first time in Ye Olde English Sayings and the story behind it really made me glad I wasn't born in medieval England. I still don't know what it means, though. ♥

Have fun with Monalisa. Give her a moustache, or something. Try it. It's fun! ♥

Did you ever notice just how predictable sports commentaries and speeches are? They're so predictable that someone bothered to create The Sports Cliche List. ♥

I finally found a website that deserve to be called "the web's best home for ideas that never seem to materialize" more than Weblog Wannabe: Halfbakery, the home of half-baked ideas! ♥

I love beanie babies, but I love meanie beanies too! Somebody buy me Sunny the Preemie Chickie, please? ♥

Some people like it bare and dirty. Guess what "it" is? ;) ♥

You missed your cute little fans, didn't you, Tarsh? ;)
♥

Random useless fact about me: I carry a neon orange parachute bag to work. A medium-sized one. There's nothing in it but my wallet and an umbrella but if I didn't carry it to work, I'd feel like I go to work naked! ♥

This got to be the most entertaining MetaFilter thread I've ever come across *<|:o) [That's a clown smiley, in case you couldn't figure it out yourself.] ♥

These are a few of my favourite quotes:

"When all is said and done, there's more that's said than done!"

"Money is not everything. It's not even enough!" ♥

You know what's so cool about being me? I always wear t-shirts/flannel shirts, jeans and sneakers wherever I go and I never bother to put on any make up, so getting dressed only take about 5 minutes at most. After taking a shower, I usually have 15 minutes before I have to leave for work and you know what I do to spend those precious 15 minutes? Yes, that's right. I go online and surf. I'm such a 'net addict... ♥

I didn't get to work on the redesign idea for JT2FKAS as I felt blah as soon as I got home and I went to bed as soon as I was done with the obligatory blogging, but hopefully I won't feel as blah tonight. Well, it's not very likely but I'm trying to be optimistic here.

I'm definitely on the lookout for a new job right now. If I stay here much longer, I think I'm going to go crazy. ♥

You know what sucks? Everytime I update my office website, Windows always crashes when I'm already halfway to finishing the update, and today was no exception. Grrr... The thought of having to enter all the data into the maze of tables all over again really turned me off. Don't cry, Firda. OK, I won't... *sniff!* ♥

I'm feeling kind of blah today so if you see me online on ICQ, please say hi to me. I promise I won't start complaining, moaning and bitching, unless you're willing to listen to it. Please? ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

There's no better way
To start a day than with a
Kiss, sweet kiss, from Chris :)

I just woke up and decided to go online for a while since it was only 4:30 AM. I signed on both AIM and ICQ and suddenly there was a smooch on my AIM coming from Chris the BloggerBoy (who was not even in Buddy List then). It was just so cute. Anyway, since I don't get a kiss every morning, I just had to blog this. Thanks, Chris! :) ♥

In Bad Fads Museum, you can find "the fads you wished would stay forever (or never come back)." Unfortunately, some bad fads, like cutbray pants and sideburns, seem to come back every 20 years or so. ♥

Oh, the Humanity! is a website dedicated to the worst movies on earth. Too bad "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" wasn't listed there. It was actually the worst movie I've ever seen. But then again, I've never been a big fan of Jim Carrey nor slapstical comedies in general. ♥

Planning to start college this year? Well, you have the whole summer to master the college slang if you want. The College Slang Page is allegedly Da Bomb, whatever that means. ♥

Remember the mattl.com versus mattel.com case? Well, while Matt L. fought back, the owner of Keeping Ken, which was a website dedicated to Ken, Barbie's loyal companion, decided to move to a new address at Mattel's request. ♥

Crate Research and Application Project will show you how an otherwise-lifeless crate can be put to a variety of innovative uses. Among others: a girlfriend who, obviously, never talks back. Isn't that just what you want, guys? ;) ♥

Oooh, I just got an idea for the journal-type-thingy-formerly-known-as-Scrapblog (JT2FKAS) redesign. Can't wait to go home! ♥

Firdinator? Hmmm, I like the sound of it. Yeah, I know I owe you an email, Jordan. I'll tell you what. Why don't you just go to bed, have a good night sleep, and when you wake up and check your email first thing in the morning (or should I say afternoon?), you'll find an email from me in your cute little inbox. How does that sound? ;) ♥

Yay, Jish is back! He's like a guiding light to me in these Dark Ages of Weblogging :) ♥

I accidentally found a picture of the-guy-who-hates-me-so-much. It is nice to be able to put a face to all the nasty comments :) ♥

Remember Haiku the Blog? It could use some new haikus, you know *hint, hint!* ♥

Vah! Denuone latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. ♥

The Kama Sooty shows you *interesting* things to do with your hand puppets and your lot of free time. ♥

Guess what? I'm out of Beebo! WooHoo! WooHoo is less depressing than BooHooHoo, isn't it? ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I'm curious 'bout
What's in store for me today
It's unusual.

Usually, I just think, "Blech. Here comes another boring, uneventful day." When I look at my days materialistically, they've all been pretty blah. But when I look at those days qualitatively, I can see that I learn something new everyday. I learn from the people I meet, either online or offline. Mostly online. If you know me, you can be sure that I've learned something from you, and for that, I thank you. ♥

That's all the links for today, folks. I'm off to bed. Good night (or morning or afternoon or evening)! ♥

Have some good clean sex at telephonesex.net. Seriously. ♥

Have you ever seen Star Wars: Macbeth? If you haven't, now is a good time. Just download the movie and hear Darth Vader say, "The instruments of darkness tell us truths. Win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence." ♥

I think The Real World shouldn't have been called The Real World because in The Real Real World, you don't have MTV to pay your bills. Anyway, here's The Real World Blows, "The website for those who love to hate The Real World and Road Rules." ♥

If you think you're working for the worst company in the world, a visit to the Conceptually UnImpaired UnIndustries International is guaranteed to change your mind. ♥

Do you do a lot of navel gazing? If you do, you're going to love this page: The Incredible World of Navel Fluff. The guy who runs this page actually collects navel fluff and store them in some jars. Yeah, it is gross but I'm sure you want to see it anyway. Go on, just click the link! ♥

Have you ever bought a product with warnings that really insult your intelligence? I'm sure you have. You can read a bunch of them here at Dumb Warnings. ♥

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAVID!

Finally, David is 27 like me. Mwahahaha!!! What's so cool about being 27 is there's nothing cool about being 27. That means, no pressure! Well, actually there is something cool if you're 27 and single (which David is, unfortunately, not *evil grins*): you are now eligible to post a personal ad in your local newspaper! At least that's how it is here in Indonesia. You're not an old maid yet until you turn 27. Right.

Anyway, if you feel like doing a good deed today, you can call David's voicemail number: 1-877-376-8046 and tell him that Firda sent you to wish him a happy birthday and that Firda is cooler than him. Do it, and I promise you, you'll feel better about yourself. ♥

What is your Pagan Name? Mine is Jumped On Ear Wax. Oh, whatever... ♥

You know, sometimes I wish I wasn't so smart. Being smart sucks sometimes. ♥

eCRUSH. Find out if your crush likes you without the risk of rejection. It's anonymous and it's free! I'm sure a lot of webloggers would find this service useful since almost all webloggers I know seem to have a crush on another weblogger. Hell, some even have a crush on more than one weblogger. Just try it. It should be fun :) ♥

True to my wannabe nature, I'm going to complain about my low Beebo Ratings. Why, Bloggerville, why? Don't you love me anymore? :( ♥

Wheee, Jordan reads me twice a day, and proud of it! *grins* And, ahem, I've returned your email, by the way ;) ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

On my way to work
I found myself thinking hard
About life in 15 years.

In 15 years I'll be 42. Whoa! How old. I wonder what I'll be like when I'm 42. Will I be happier or crankier? Will I still be worrying about never finding my soulmate? Will I have made peace with myself? I hope I will. Not that I haven't made peace with myself right now. I've made peace with myself but I haven't made peace with my life. And I think I'm thinking too much. ♥

Yet another blog bites the dust.
♥

There's a new entry up in my Scrapblog, which I shouldn't have called a Scrapblog anymore but I've just been too lazy to make the title graphic for the new title. I used to want to call it "Tidbits", but only good and happy things can be called "tidbits". I don't always write about good and happy things, so when I get around to changing the title, I'll just call it "Something", because the few entries I've put up there mean something to me. ♥

Maybe it's just me but I get the impression like people are too ashamed to admit that they read my blog. I wonder why. Is reading my blog some kind of guilty pleasure to you or do you really, truly enjoy it? Let me know. ♥

Whoa! On Sat Jun 24 23:05:43 2000 PST, the whole davidgagne.net site was down! This has been a public announcement service brought to you by Firda the Great, the letter D and the number 7. ♥

It's summer and you plan to go to the beach but you're not sure about which bathing suit to wear that would make you look good. Have no fear. Here's an article about Bathing Suits That Help Hide Figure Flaws. Even if you don't like going to the beach like me, this article will still be good for a laugh. ♥

I loved blowing bubbles. When I was a wee little girl, my mother would take me to a park every Sunday and we'd do just that: blowing bubbles and I would chase the bubbles wherever they went until they popped off. It was a great fun. The Bubblesphere brought back those memories. ♥

I didn't know how much I sucked at Chinese Checkers until I played it online. ♥

I felt like posting some pictures. You might have seen them before but what the heck. And no, the pictures are not clickable.

Yay! I just finished downloading "Go West" by Pet Shop Boys from Fairvue Central. Thanks to the football (soccer) match last night, that song is stuck in my head. And thanks to Nikolai whose taste in music is similar to mine, now I can listen to the song anytime I want. Yay! :) ♥

It's almost 4 in the morning. I'm so sleepy. Must go to bed. Enough blogging for tonight. Was trying to get to the top of the lamers list and be the biggest lamer of all for at least 15 minutes, but now I know it's impossible. My lovely bed, I'm coming! ♥

BritSpeak: English as a Second Language for Americans. I just love this page :) ♥

Has your name ever been among The Most Popular Names? ♥

MSNBC Mysteries Archive answers questions from serious ones ("Did the cosmos arise from nothing?") to curious ones ("What's behind balding and why are men most affected?"). Excellent resource. ♥

I've always wanted to learn how to waltz as I love waltz music so much, but some of you might prefer to learn how to do salsa or maybe to swing. Too bad I'm too clumsy to ever become a good dancer. ♥

Hey, I found The Slow Food International Movement Home Page! In case you're wondering what on earth is slow food, it's the opposite of fast food (doh!). But I'm so hungry that the last thing I want right now is some slow food that takes ages to cook. Now pass me those fries, please? And the ketchup too. Thanks! ♥

ACK! There's a dead dragonfly in my room! [Great blog entry, I know *grins*] ♥

I can't believe I missed yesterday's episode of the Daily Report! Violation of copyrights is an everyday thing in Indonesia. It's not something to be proud of, but I have got so used to it that when some chick copied my blog design without permission a couple of months ago, I just took it *very* lightly, much to everyone's dismay.

Speaking of that chick, her current design looks familiar. Don't you think?

Ooops, she did it again... ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Watch a football match
Portugal's kicking Turkey
In quarter-final.

It's European soccer to you, Americans; EURO2000 to us, civilised people *grins* And it's not even morning yet. More like midnight. But I've had my share of sleep. Now it's blogging time! The song "Go West" by Pet Shop Boys has been sung over and over again by the supporters during the match. I like it. Somehow I find it very appropriate. ♥

You know what's funny? I'm such a one man woman that I can't make myself have a web crush on more than one guy! Stupid, huh? ♥

I just spent the last half an hour browsing the lyrics to Cyndi Lauper's songs and I realised that I actually grew up listening to her songs. Some of the songs brought back so many fond memories from my junior high school years. I had fun in junior high. It was high school that sucked big time. My friends and I used to sing "True Colors" all the time. It was a cool song with great lyrics. Time to find all those old Cyndi Lauper tapes again. I hope I haven't thrown them away. ♥

You know what I hate? It's text written in tiny light-coloured font on a dark background. Why? Because I can't read it without torturing my already poor eyesight. Mind you, my monitor has a goth videocard so everything always seems darker than they really are. If I had some money to spare, I'd buy a better monitor, really. But since I don't, I guess I'll just have to pass up on every single webpage with text written in tiny light-coloured font on a dark background. Unless the text is in bold, I can't read you. Sorry! ♥

Sold Out! catches western stars in Japan who would not be seen dead in their own country pushing products. I guess Japanese Yen is more valuable than US Dollar. ♥

What is a geek? What is a nerd? Geek Glossary has all the answers. ♥

Ancient Chinese Parlor Tricks. Learn how to make your arm
unbendable and your body impossible to lift, and more. Impress your friends! ♥

If you are a single guy in New York, you might want to check this out: Kristine E - The Original New York Dating Diva. ♥

Now for something that's incredibly stupid: Fart Calendar. Find out what kind of fart you are based on your birthday. According to the calendar, I'm a clever fart. "Farts and coughs at the same time." Should I be happy to know this? ♥

Basic Rules for Cats Who Have a House to Run. Just replace "run" with "ruin". ♥

Here's a guide on How To Be Funny. I would recommend that you read this guide before posting anything to MetaFilter, because, as Kottke put it, "You're probably not as smart or funny or interesting or insightful as you think you are." Better be sure that you're funny before you post! ♥

It feels great to have your talent recognised. Now if only someone would take advantage of this talent. It's free, you know. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

It's not morning yet
But it's Saturday all right
Hungry at midnight.

Don't you just love stupid haikus? ;) Well, I felt guilty for not blogging any non-weblog related stuff yesterday so I decided to wake up early and make it up to you. Not that I can guarantee that the links are going to be good but I guess even bad links are better than nothing. No? ♥

Remember Nikolai's Blog Song? Well, now you can hear him singing it. Trust me, he's done a better job than Sisqo! ;) ♥

Matt has posted the blogs his blog would like to marry (or rather, would like to appear on the Dating Game with) in response to this post. Who's going to follow his lead? ;) I tried to think of the blogs (not bloggers) my blog would like to marry, but I couldn't think of any. I'm not feeling too connected to my blog today to know what it's feeling. Maybe some other time. ♥

Uncle Joe: "MeFi for Everyone!"

Hooray for Uncle Joe!!! Have I mentioned that Uncle Joe looks great in orange? ;) ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

It's one dull morning
Where nothing is happening
The birds do have wings.

It's probably one of the dumbest haikus I've ever written, but what the heck. I can't think. I'm too sleepy to think. Yawn. ♥

I'm drinking iced apple-flavoured tea. It tastes like heaven. Mmmmm... Want some? ;) ♥

Thanks for the song, Matt! :) ♥

Your Weight On Other Worlds. Enter your weight and find out how much you weigh on other planets. If I lived on Planet Mercury, I think I could pass as a supermodel! ♥

Fire Eating and Fire Breathing FAQ. Kids, don't try this at home. It's very dangerous! ♥

I think RhymeZone would make a great resource for poets and songwriters. Just enter the word that you want rhyme and teda! It's better than magic. Well, almost.
♥

You're not a hot shot computer programmer yet if you can't write a program to play the Rock-Paper-Scissors game to enter to the RoShamBo Programming Competition. The deadline is July 10, so hurry up! ♥

Here's the famous people's answers to the age old question: Why did the chicken cross the road? ♥

What Nik told me about a blog being a page with links got me thinking. Maybe I should change my other blog title from Scrapblog to something else. I mean, it's not really a blog. There won't be any link there. But if I changed it, what should I call it then? Scrapbook? Scrappy Doo? Scrappy Dappy Doo? Oh, nevermind. ♥

My workmate told me that I've been grinning all day. I didn't even realise it. I think I'm weird... ♥

Kottke just discouraged me even more from posting in MetaFilter. In case you haven't noticed already, I'm the queen of one-liners. ♥

Wooo, I made it to The Brad's sidebar! OK, so it's lame, and it's probably been there for ages and I just didn't notice. Just sue me. I just feel like blogging something. Blech. Three "justs" in one entry. I need to start reading that thesaurus again. ♥

Uh, I did write back to you :( ♥

Guess what you just missed? Seeing me at work through a webcam! I was upstairs at the IT section, showing a guy the nuts and bolts of the database and there was a webcam in the room up there, only I didn't have time to steal the webcam image and put it up on my blog so, well, you just missed it 'cause now I'm back in my sad, webcamless little quarter downstairs. Oh well, maybe next time. ♥

Lasara called my voicemail to tell me that she's happy to know that I'm happy. Thanks, girl! :) Thanks also to Chris for "test driving" my new email address *grins* I've been promising to send Chris an email for ages but I still haven't delivered. I'm a bad, bad, girl! *poke myself in the eye* ♥

I blogged this because Matt is a linkslut *grins* Just kidding :) I blogged this because I think it's about time for Pyra to start implementing the comments system on Blogger and Matt has a great idea for it. If Pyra decided to use his idea, Matt only wants a Blogger t-shirt in return. Isn't he sweet? ;) And I would love to get a song from Matt for posting this *grins* ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

A fine, clear morning
Makes me wish I was outside
And be one with it.

But no, I'm stuck here in my office. Sigh. I'm going to have to train a guy from IT section on database maintenance again today. It was so frustrating two weeks ago, I'm sure it won't be any less frustrating today. I'm a bad teacher. I'd like to share my knowledge, but I'm lousy at delivering the knowledge and I just don't have the patience. Oh well. It's less than halfway to weekend. I should cheer up. ♥

By the way, thanks to Bryan who set it up for me, I've now got an email address with my own domain: firda@wannabegirl.org. Why don't you test drive it? *hint, hint!* ♥

There's an ongoing discussion at Metafilter that involves PayPal. I had to blog it because I got my own domain through a fundraising started by Bryan by means of PayPal. I think Bryan should've patented that idea. It was brilliant, and most importantly, it worked! ♥

These folks at MIT are right. Personal computers should be wearable. ♥

Why Ask Why? Why? I don't know. If I knew, I would've been rich. Well, maybe. ♥

Are you going to jail? Check out A Prisoner's Dictionary and master all the lingos. ♥

Read the FAQ on Kissing and learn how to kiss the right way! ♥

Cat lovers, here's a simple and easy way to wash your cat. ♥

I finally posted something in the Scrapblog. Go check it out! ♥

I really can't wait to start working on my new blog idea. I was going to start working on it yesterday, as soon as I got home from work, but after blogging for a couple of hours, I was just too sleepy to do anything. Hopefully tonight I'll at least get the layout done. All the three webloggers whom I've told the idea to gave me positive comments so I'm sure you're going to love it. Aren't you excited? ;) ♥

If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need.
No cigarettes, no sleep
No light, no sound,
Nothing to eat, no books to read.
Making love to you,
Has left me peaceful and warm inside
What more could I ask?
There's nothing left to be desired.

Sometimes,
All I need is the air that I breathe
To love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
Just to have you now,
All I need is the air that I breathe
You're all I want.

"The Air That I Breathe" - The Hollies

No, I'm not in love. Well, maybe I am. But I'm not sure. Nah, I can't be in love. ♥

My supervisor has been complaining and bitching and yelling all morning. Not at me, mind you. But still it makes me wish I could turn my hearing off. If you knew her, you'd wish for the same thing, too. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Grey sky above
Cold wind is blowing softly
I am half awake.

Well, I was half awake but my workmate brought me some yummy cakes so now I'm about three-quarter awake after eating it. Still 8.5 hours to go before I can go home... ♥

I'm so sad. I can't check my site stats :( It kept on reporting yesterday's stats, even after I refreshed. Sigh. ♥

I know you are bored so here is a list of things to do when you're bored. ♥

Skip, don't walk! Feel like a kid again! People might think you're weird, though. ♥

Are you a single lady from USA or England? This guy might be your perfect match. He "liek milk". ♥

Aspects of American Society That May Be New to You. Well, "you" here means foreign students, but I think even some Americans might find some of those aspects new to them. ♥

Here's a proof that cat whiskers are collectible: Cat Whisker Digest. ♥

Some of you (OK, so it's only one of you) might have known that I was seriously thinking of quitting last week. Luckily, I soon realised that I had no reason to quit. Everybody loves me. No one is bitching about me. Why quit? So I didn't. Aren't you glad? ;) ♥

Am I the only weblogger who ever called in sick just to blog? ♥

It doesn't take much to make me happy. All you have to do is call my voicemail number (the number is on the left sidebar) and sing me your favourite song of all time. Don't worry if your voice is not good enough because I simply don't care. I'll be just happy to hear your voice. Please? ♥

My current goal in life is to prove that (the late?) Sally Tenpenny's theory about Weblog Wannabe being "the web's best home for ideas that never seem to materialize" is not a valid one. ♥

Forget my silly Matchblog idea. I've got a much better idea and it's going to be a meta-collaborative blog, just like Haiku the Blog, but with different nature. Curious? Email me, because I'm not going to break the news until everything's set. Now if only I could come up with an idea for the blog design... ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I am so sleepy
I left home before sunrise
To make a living

Yet another corny haiku by me. But I am sleepy and I'm at work right now, wishing I was still sleeping on my warm, comfy bed. Still 9 hours to go before I can go home. Boo hoo hoo! ♥

The post below gave me an idea for my "Firda Goes Meta" project. I think I'll start a matchmaking blog where I'll match your weblog with another weblog for some reasons only known to me and me only. After all, matchmaking is one of the things that I do best. Oooh, I can't wait to start!

Hmmm, I wonder if Matchblog is already taken. If it's not, it's going to be the name of my matchmaking blog. ♥

Here's a (silly) question: if your weblog could marry another weblog, which weblog would it marry? ♥

Bored at work? Try these tongue twisters from the Tongue Twister Database. Read out loud, guaranteed to convince your employer that you really need a break. ♥

Check out these people who have had their share of 15 Minutes of Shame. ♥

Meet Mr Insult! Insult him and he will insult you back. What a surprise. ♥

Is it just me or is this Computer Generated Rant really doesn't make sense? ♥

Nerdly Jaikus? 'Jaikus'? Isn't it supposed to be 'Haikus'? ♥

http://screwface.com/top/ = Power Bloggers.

I just love my referrers log :) ♥

If I had to be a superhero, I'd be Superman. But if I were Superman, I'd be gay Superman. I love men that much. If I were gay Superman, I don't think I'd fall in love with Lex Luthor. He's not really my type. And I don't think I'd fall in love with Lois Lane either because I'm not sexually attracted to women. Lois Lane may date Lex Luthor for all I care. I could see myself going out on a date with Jimmy Olsen (is that the clumsy chap's name?), though. He's more my type. Am I making sense? ♥

I love your self-prepared Bugger Blogger entry, Nik! But I think my weblog is bound to end up there more than yours. Let's just wait and see ;) ♥

David, I think you need to check if you're listed in the database of State of Florida's Sexual Predators *grins* ♥

You know that Bloggerville is having a new low when Weblog Wannabe is sitting on top of the Power Bloggers list. Hey, I just linked to my own weblog! How lame!

Somebody talk to me, please? ♥

Once again, I get the feeling like there's a party somewhere in Bloggerville and I'm not invited. It's just so quiet. The silence is killing me. ♥

Bah, I hate the design I've come up with. Time to start doing Plan #2. Not that there is Plan #2. I just made it up just so that I could look like someone with, you know, plans. Oh, nevermind. ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

The morning is cold
But my body's nicely warm
'Cause I'm still alive

Blech. What a horrible haiku, but what the heck. I'm calling in sick today. There's nothing better than being home on a Monday. Anyway, the plan for today is to finish the design for the "Firda Goes Meta" blog. I've decided to go for it because Uncle Joe seems to be really desperate for a competition *grins* I don't think I'll be good at it but still it's worth trying. ♥

I just noticed that I use "actually" so much in my posts. Oh well. ♥

I don't know why you guys are complaining so much about Blogger's Recently Updated list being stuck. You can always check the recently updated blogs on Power Bloggers list or Weblogs.com. It's not really the end of the world Bloggerville! ♥

Blogger has finally created a How To page where you can learn about how to set up Blogger on your site. It's about time... ♥

Nikolai and David made my weekend. Thanks, guys! :) ♥

Oooh, pressure! ;) ♥

Here's a list of 714 Things to Be Cynical About, just in case you need it. ♥

I know you guys think you rule, but to make it official, you still have to pass the Guy Rules Official Random Test. I tried and I didn't pass. They said I needed more practice. Ha! But then again, I'm a girl :) ♥

Hmmm, I didn't know that front passenger seat of a car was called 'shotgun'. Anyway, here's The Official Shotgun Rules Homepage. The rules are kind of stupid, though. I've never had to say "Shotgun!" just to stake my claim on the seat. ♥

Jack McCracken Fights Dirty, and he actually has reasons to do that. When I was in 5th grade, I actually had a crush on a guy who sounds a lot like Jack. Yeah, I used to be one of those stupid girls who are attracted to jerks but now I think I've wisened up. ♥

When someone mentions movieparodies.com, what would you think the site is all about? Yes, you're right. That's what the site's all about. Easy, huh? ♥

Are you addicted to eBay? Take this Auction House Addiction Self Help Test and see if you need professional help from the shrinks. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

One hot, humid night
The mosquitoes woke me up
Must go back to sleep.

Well, actually, I was going to do today's blogging tonight since I won't be home for most of Sunday but now I'm not so sure I could do that. I'm too sleepy. It's not even Sunday yet though it already is according to Pyra's version of Bangkok Standard Time (which is an hour too early -- wish you'd fix that one, guys).

I'll also have to postpone my plan to create another weblog (just because I feel like designing something). Not that I know what the weblog's going to be about. l'd probably do a blog blogging blog, just to give M³tacubed a competition. There hasn't been enough blog blogging going on in Bloggerville lately and we all know that what the world really needs right now is another blog blogging blog *grins* Just watch this space for update! ;)

Ooops, it's already Sunday now. I guess I rambled too much. ♥

Mum: There's more to your life than just the internet, you know.
Me: Really? Name one.

She couldn't answer. My life is really *that* pathetic. ♥

By the way, I made David look like a punk with spiked hair and long goatee. Well, he already looks like a punk as he is but I made him look even more like a punk. Just check it out! ♥

New York Subway Instruction Page. Some of the rules and regulations are pretty amusing. Did you know that you may not be sleeping inside a subway? You may not be gambling either. ♥

Work Well With Others, or How to Teach Flies to Teach Us How to Work Well With Others, or How to Torture Some Poor, Innocent Flies. ♥

Are you sick of Pokemon? Try Punkemon. ♥

If you regret being circumcised, you can join The National Organization of Restoring Men and learn how to restore your foreskin. I know it's gross but as I told you, today is cheesy links day so deal with it. ♥

I feel like blogging some cheesy links today. The first one is How The Internet Got Me Laid. Enjoy, and maybe you could learn something from it. Heh! ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku
by Nikolai Nolan

Saturday morning
I can't think of a haiku
That's unusual.

Well, it was me who couldn't think of a haiku, not Nikolai. Otherwise he wouldn't have written that one. I don't feel like doing anything this morning. I don't even feel like blogging. I'm such a lazy bum. ♥

Big Empire may not be "The World's Only Website" as they claim to be but it sure is a lot of fun. ♥

Desperately in need of a vacation but are broke like me? Here's a solution: just take Virtual Reality Vacations. It's free! ♥

Doh. I should've known that the voicemail message was from Chris. For some reasons, I kept on thinking that he lived somewhere in California instead of in Colorado. Anyway, thanks so much, Chris! You're such a sweetie :) ♥

I love you, I love you, and I love you, because you are you. Aren't I sweet? ;) ♥

I really can't wait to go home because work sucks and also because I just got a voicemail message! WooHoo! I can't listen to it at work, you see. I have no privacy at all at work. Anyway, the voicemail is from someone in Colorado. I don't think I know anyone in Colorado. Hmmm. Weird. ♥

Sometimes, as you are browsing the 'net, you encounter a site with a design that you really, really want to copy. thehouseofreign is it. ♥

I just read the emails people sent, stating the reasons why they should be admitted as the citizens of Geek Nation, and I realised just how ungeeky I am compared to them. I want to be a geek so much that it hurts! ♥

Have you ever wished you could read Brad Pitt's diary? Me neither. But you can if you want. That is if he is the real Brad Pitt. ♥

I think the reason why he'll never have a girlfriend is because he thinks too much, which is also the same reason why I will never have a boyfriend. ♥

I can't believe this thing exists: Society for Future Husbands of Britney Spears. Future *husbands*? Be sure to read the comments in the list of members, it's hilarious *grins* ♥

I often feel so ancient as I walk around the streets of Bloggerville. Everyone seems to be younger than me. Those who are my age seem to have made it while I still don't know what I'm going to make out of my life. Depressing, isn't it? ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Cold, cloudy morning
The shade of grey all around
Made me feel drowsy

Well, actually it's the fact that I went to bed at midnight and woke up before 5 AM that made me feel drowsy but I just couldn't think of anything better for the last line of the haiku. Thank God it's Friday (and yes, I write God with a capital "G" -- just sue me)! ♥

Bah, I can't sleep! Now don't look at me like that. It's 11 PM on Thursday over here, honey. It's Indonesia. It's Bangkok Standard Time we're talking about. It's late. It's way past my bedtime (if I had a bedtime at all). But I just can't sleep. Sigh. What to do, what to do... ♥

Did you notice that Weblog Wannabe was actually on hiatus for 17 hours? ;) Next time I decide to go on hiatus again, I'll make sure that it lasts for at least 24 hours. ♥

If you happen to be in the Haiku the Blog team, go post something, will you? That last haiku posted by Tarsh makes me feel kind of sad. Don't ask me why. Now I'm going to go find a weblog to be the next victim, er, I mean to be haikued. ♥

Planning to go to London? Check out LondonSlang.com and learn to speak like a native! Hmmm, 'bread knife' means 'wife'? ♥

Rap Name Generator is really cool and very well designed. I entered my newly made up IRC nickname, Snoop Duck E. Duck, and I got Chunk Street Playa as my rappa' name. Sweet! ♥

I wonder if Tracy has ever blogged this: 'Ouch' in many languages. ♥

Do you really want to know how fresh these guys are? ♥

Infidelity Busters is a company that specialises in catching cyber cheaters. If you're married, be afraid. Be very, very afraid *grins* ♥

If you're really into karaoke, you might want to check out the online karaokerooms at eatsleepmusic.com. It's kind of like the real thing, only without all those cheesy videos of couples running along the beach. ♥

I have to mention David because he thinks Snoop Duck E. Duck rules *grins* ♥

Today has been a good day voicemailwise. I got Nikolai singing Enigma's "Return to Innocence" and Matt singing "Memory" from "Cats". Yay!

I'm sorry, Matt. I didn't know you hated that song! Had I known, I wouldn't have asked you to sing it. How about singing me "Someone Else's Story" from "Chess" next time? ;) ♥

I had fun in #BlogIRC today. I think as long as you guys keep on talking about sex and nipples with minimum American pop culture references, I wouldn't feel so alienated *grins*

Anyway, I won't be able to join the chat again until August 17. I know at least one guy who'd be happy to hear this since he seems to hate me so much, but I'm not telling. Besides, if you've ever been in #BlogIRC with me, I'm sure you already know who he is ;) ♥

Thursday Afternoon Haiku

Partly cloudy day
The gentle afternoon breeze
Will put me to sleep

Even though I woke up after 6 this morning, I'm still so sleepy. Well, I wasn't sleepy this morning but I definitely am now. The weather is just perfect for a nap. But if I really had a nap, I'd feel dead tired when I woke up. Oh well. ♥

The post below got me thinking. If I go on hiatus, what am I going to do? Blogging is practically my life! I spend most of my waking moments blogging. I didn't realise what a dedicated blogger I am until now. I impressed myself.

Go on, tell me I'm pathetic! I'm waiting! ♥

I'm sorry, I still don't feel like blogging. Maybe tomorrow. If I still don't feel like blogging tomorrow, I'll definitely go on hiatus (as the cool kids say). Sorry. ♥

I've never submitted my site to any search engine (at least not since I got my own domain), but somehow Northern Light spidered my site anyway. Today I found that if you search for rubber cow fetish at Northern Light, Weblog Wannabe will show up as result number 10. Kinky! ♥

There are 12 13 batches which consist of about a gazillion of records to be processed by me (who else?) on Friday. Lovely. NOT!

Somebody hire me, please! I'll do HTML for food! ♥

Here's a joke a workmate forwarded to me. I just thought it was kind of funny though you might find it really lame:

"A mother had three daughters, and on their wedding day, she would ask each of them to write home and tell her about their sex lives.

The first wrote back on the second day she got married. The letter arrived with only a single message, "NESCAFE." The Mother was confused at first, but finally noticed a Nescafe coffee ad on a newspaper, and it said: "SATISFACTION, TO THE LAST DROP..." So, the Mother was happy.

Then the second daughter got married and after a week she sent home a letter. There was only one message, read; "BENSON & HEDGES." So the Mother looked for a Benson & Hedges' ad, and it says: "EXTRA LONG, KING SIZE." The Mother was happy.

After the third daughter got married, the Mother was anxious to receive a message from her baby. It took 4 weeks for a message to arrive. When it did the message simply said "BRITISH AIRWAYS." The Mother was concerned. She frantically looked through all the newspapers at home for a British Airways ad. She finally found one and fainted. The ad read: "THREE TIMES A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BOTH WAYS."" ♥

Sorry for the lack of updates but I promise I'll make it up to you as soon as I get home from work. Happy now? ♥

I finally found the reason why nice guys seem to be out-of-stock. Nice guys don�t flirt! ♥

A Cynic's Dating Handbook has an interesting definition of marriage: "Marriage is when we find someone so horrible that just breaking up with them is no longer enough. We have to divorce them to really tear their hearts out. In order to do this, unfortunately, we must first marry them." ♥

Uh-oh, I can feel the bad mood creeping in. Oh no, no, no, no, no!!! Stay away from me!!! Damn. It's finally here. Blech! :( ♥

I don't know, I just don't feel like blogging today. Tomorrow is a holiday, which means I can join the chat in #BlogIRC if I want to. I think I'll drop by for a few minutes. I feel like using my new nickname that only David and I know *grins*

On a different note, I think Bryan is ignoring me *sniff!* ♥

Oh yeah, my so-called haiku street cred and I are very good at harrassing innocent people ;) With our terrible haikus, of course. Mwahahaha!!! Lovely haiku, Josh. A thousand times better than my roadkill ones :) ♥

The reason the judge broke up Microsoft. Lovely new computer you have, Judge! ;) ♥

Yesterday I fell in love with this cheesy, poppy, happy song, "Bring It All Back" by S club 7 and thanks to the link to a lyrics search engine posted by David today, I managed to find the lyrics. Yay! :) ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I fell fast asleep
Watching the golden full moon
Out of my window

Somehow the time before I fall asleep at night is the most memorable time for me. I always remember every single detail. Anyway, I woke up feeling blah this morning but my mood was improving after I took a shower. I hope today will be like yesterday when I managed to keep myself in a good mood until the time I went to bed. ♥

Dawn just emailed me the URL to the site from which I stole the idea for the poem thingy below. It's explodingdog.com. Thanks, Dawn! :) ♥

I came across a site a couple of days ago where the person who ran the site made some drawings based on the titles supplied by the visitors (I forgot the site name and URL -- can you help?). Anyway, that site gave me an idea. No, I'm not going to draw since I'm hopeless at drawing. I can't even draw a straight line. The idea is you send me a title and then I'll write a poem with that title. What do you think? ;) Come on, it'll be fun, fun, fun! Well, fun for me anyway. Just don't expect the poem to be a masterpiece. I'm no e.e. cummings! ♥

Some people really need to grow up. I'm included. ♥

I know we write terrible haikus but we're only haiku master wannabes! :)

I personally prefer (English-translated) traditional Japanese haikus. Issa Kobayashi and Matsuo Basho are my favourite (real) haiku masters. ♥

I have a new web crush! You want hints, I give you hints: he's a weblogger, a middle child of three (just like me), I've never mentioned him or link him in my weblog but he's linked to me once, and I don't know him personally and vice versa. Can you guess? ;) ♥

Kottke on Blogger's Blog of the Week: Has it come to this? Has the weblog format run out of steam? Is anyone out there doing anything interesting with tools like Blogger? Or are all the weblog writers reading the same how-to manual?

May I suggest Haiku the Blog to be the next Blog of the Week? ;) OK. So I'm a lamer for suggesting my own site. Just sue me. But you have to admit but the idea is a novel one. Isn't it? ♥

URL now has a new meaning. ♥

The Bananarchist's CookBook. How to make bombs and weapons out of bananas. Yes, very useful indeed. ♥

The Kitty Porn Store: Help Save Abused Kittens by Buying Something. Right. Furrari With Wheels? ♥

By the way, University of Bums on Seats is still accepting new students. Apply now! ♥

Enter your URL to The Wonderful Wankometer and find out your wank factor. I have a wank factor of 0.42. Yeah! ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I think I was drugged
A sweet smell covered my room
And I fell asleep

Weird as it may sound, that was what happened last night. I was sitting in front of my computer when I smelt a sweet smell of male perfume. It choked me and I started coughing but then I felt really sleepy. I decided to lie on my bed and then I fell fast asleep. It was not even 7 PM yet. I woke up at 4 AM this morning, feeling strangely happy even though my throat was still sore as hell. ♥

Sanrio Fortune Corner. As if producing Hello Kitty the Evil Mouthless Cat wasn't bad enough, now Sanrio wants to tell you your fortune. What it has to do with any of the Sanrio characters is beyond me. ♥

Thanks David, Uncle Joe and, I dunno, was that Brad? Ooops, it was Billy (whose voice is strangely similar to Brad). Anyway, thanks for passing me the very important message. I don't really understand what that means but thanks anyway. David, your crazy accent still got me stumped. Sorry! But you're welcome if you really want to call me more often :) ♥

Isn't it frustrating that just when you feel like saying something to anyone just for the sake of saying something to anyone, the only person you have near you is one whom you can't say anything to or else they'd think you're a freak?

Sorry for not making sense. I'm still sick. I'm one sick puppy. Sniff. ♥

Here's a collection of puke synonyms. I like the "give an oral sacrifice at the altar of the porcelain god " one. ♥

Looney Tunes Karaoke. "We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony, and we're all cartoony..." Uh, sorry. I got a little carried away *grins* I don't think that song is available on that page, though. ♥

The Amazingly Awful Almanac of Absolutely Agonising Alliterations. ♥

The Sex Life of Socks or "What's Really Going On In Your Drawers?" ♥

The BDSM Purity Test. Need I say more? Not that I know what to say about this. ♥

Feeling lost? Captain Spock's words of wisdom may enlighten you. Refresh the page for a new quote. ♥

The Drop Squad reminded me of an idea Harlan and I once had to start a computer throwing company. You know, like in "throw your computer out of the window". We thought it would be great if we could get paid to do that *grins* ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Back to work again
Hope it won't be a blah day
Had enough of it

I didn't call in sick because I felt somewhat better when I woke up this morning though my throat is still very sore. I just felt like going to work though I might not be able to get much work done since I'm not really in my tip top shape. I still have to do so many updates to my office website. I almost finished doing a major update last Friday but then Windows decided to crash and I lost everything. Blech. ♥

It looks like people don't make desktop wallpapers for 800x600 anymore these days. Sigh. ♥

Danny is no longer hosted in Geocities and I must've been the last to know. Sigh. I'm so lousy at keeping up with anything. ♥

I'm sick. Again. Just how cool is that? And It's Sunday evening already and I'll have to go back to work tomorrow and there'll be no day off until Thursday. Oh well. At least I won't have to wait until next weekend for a day off.

If I'm still feeling like this tomorrow morning, I think I'm going to call in sick. If I go to the doctor on Monday evening, chances are the doctor will make me take a week off from work. I'm quite sure that it's bronchitis. My throat is so sore it almost makes me cry.

Well, enough complaining. Email me or leave me a voicemail message (the number is on the left sidebar) if you feel like cheering a sick girl up. ♥

Check out the new feature at Fairvue Central: blog.elements. It's very cool. Find out your element! Mine is W, of course :) ♥

Business and Training Acronyms. NATO is Not A Team Operator? I thought it was No Action, Talk Only. ♥

How to identify where a US driver is from from the way they drive. ♥

Is your company having an e-dentity crisis? eNormicom will create a new image for it. That includes new name, new logo, and new tagline. They'll even give you an eGADS package as a bonus. Yes, that's true, David. There really is such thing as eGADS. I think they came up with it first *grins* ♥

There are ruins of Athens, ruins of Rome, and now ruins of Detroit? ♥

Dot2Dot Pornography. Just in case you have nothing better to do. ♥

This is probably the ultimate useless page on the web. ♥

Mirsky's Drunk Browsing Test. I'm sober enough to stay online, thank you very much. How about you? ♥

Lost in the Translation. A collection of mangled English from around the world. ♥

Significant Others Speak Out. Significant others of the nerds, that is. I'm sure you already know what to expect ;) ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Grey morning again
After night of restless sleep
Was sleeping in fear

Somehow I was terribly worried that an earthquake would shake my island last night. I was awaken every one hour or so because I thought there was an earthquake. Mind you, it is predicted that the earth won't settle down until after June 15. Anything could happen until then and it's making me nervous. ♥

Do you know the only thing that made me laugh today? It was Nikolai singing Spice Girls' "Wannabe" from beginning to end in a voicemail. I don't think anyone else would do it, even if I asked. Nik's cool that way :) ♥

From odd links found in my referrers log department: Peterme and LanceLog2000. Well, the sites are not really odd. It's the fact that they showed up in my referrers log even though there was no link back to my site that's odd. It's the same with yesterday's case when Who Wants to Marry a Sysadmin? showed up in my referrers log when there was obviously no link to my site there. Could it be that some lovely people, while they were on those sites, thought, "Hey, I haven't visited Firda today!" and then entered my URL which made those sites showed up in my referrers log? Hmmmm? ♥

I wonder how many of you are watching the LA Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers basketball game right now. I'm not really watching it. It just happens to be on TV but I just don't feel like getting up and change the channels since my old TV has no remote control and it's like 5 steps away from my computer. So I'm lazy. Just sue me. ♥

What is your Glam Name? Mine is Opulence Sparklepill. Yech! ♥

Boy the Bear's TV Age Gauge will show you your place in TV history. Well, sort of. I was 2 years old when Saturday Night Live first aired and 21 years old at the time the TV series Friends began. You could care less. ♥

Cat owners, do you still have your CAT Users' Manual? DOG Users' Manual also available. ♥

If you love being lied to (yes, I know some of you actually do so don't even try to argue), you will enjoy the Lie of the Day. ♥

WebSmurfer is like Smurfalizer, only different. Just see it for yourself. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Have you ever heard
That too much sleep will kill you?
I just made it up

But I'm beginning to believe it. I had too much sleep last night and now I'm feeling tired as hell. I swear I won't go to sleep before midnight tonight.

By the way, I already feel like redesigning again. I think I've caught the redesigning bug! ♥

I used to believe that people who eat white bread only will someday rule the world since I eat white bread only myself, but after reading this page, I don't believe it anymore. ♥

Adventures of the Evil Stomach Monster is a fun read. It consists of scanned doodlings from the margin of a chemistry notebook. Things people do when they're bored... ♥

"Being me is a full time gig."

I read it somewhere (can't remember exactly where) and I just felt like blogging it because it's so true. ♥

Found this site in my referrers log (don't ask): Who Wants to Marry A Sysadmin? ♥

The next model to show just how cool Weblog Wannabe t-shirt is is Nikolai. If you wear this t-shirt, you'll be able to create sites as cool as Fairvue Central. Well, maybe not, but you know what I mean ;) ♥

Wooo! I just blogged 13 links in an hour! The reason for this blogging frenzy is I felt guilty for not posting enough links yesterday so I decided to make up for it today.

Yesterday I spent most of my time at home designing a t-shirt for a certain weblogger but I think he didn't really like the final result because all he said was, "I am a duck wannabe!" Oh well, at least I got to keep my promise :) ♥

Jigzone Online Jigsaw Puzzle. I've never told you this but I *lurve* jigsaw puzzles. That's why I'm happy to know that now I can play it online :) ♥

Do you usually dine at the kitchen sink? If you do, you should consider joining the Sinkie International. ♥

Two Minute Noodles on the WWW. Somebody likes noodles too much. ♥

Have you ever wondered what's behind fuck.co.uk? It's not really like what you think, you dirty minded you! ;) ♥

World's Hardest Trivia. Test your knowledge of useless information here! ♥

Hungry? Have some Snax! ♥

Get a Penis Pillow and enjoy the company of a huge penis any time of day! ♥

The Milk Sucks! site makes me feel like reconsidering my love for milk. The cows look so sad... ♥

Nuclear Blast Mapper. Nuke your town virtually and see the results. Too bad my country is not listed in the list of countries to nuke. ♥

Tim's Scratch-and-Sniff Page. Wow! It actually smells like the real thing! ♥

Do you think you have a sexy voice? Enter the Sexiest Voice Contest. I think they need more female contestants. ♥

The Craverscope Zodiac Wheel will tell you your burger personality. I'm a Cravies, which means that I'm one of those people who "have a sparkling creative energy that usually prompts them to eat the pickle off their cheeseburger first". And you know what's funny? I *hate* pickles. ♥

Give your mother a yacht for her birthday! Well, you wouldn't need to deliver it until 10 years later but it's the thought that counts. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Thank God it's Friday!
That phrase is haiku-friendly!
Wow! What a surprise!

The best thing about Friday, apart from its being the last work day of the week, is that I get to wear my favourite Mickey Mouse polo shirt to work :) Yeah, I'm cute that way *grins* ♥

Get a taste of Australian humour at Gorskys.com. Check out their feature articles. They're hilarious. ♥

I just learned that a horrible thing happened to a 20 year old student in Texas on the exact same day as my 27th birthday. ♥

The reason why popularity matters so much to me is this: I want to prove the world that you don't have to be good-looking to be popular. You can call it the Weblog Wannabe's Mission Statement if you want :) ♥

So David is the Crush of the Week at Malapropism. Congrats, Gator! It's too bad that the little known fact bit is not surprising at all. Hell, I even know who his web crush is, but I'm not telling *grins* I think I know an even lesser known fact that once made him stop talking to me for - what? - 24 hours? But, once again, I'm not telling. It's a blackmail material, baby! ;) ♥

Love Letters written by the desperate people of the world. I've probably blogged this ages ago but I just re-read it and it still cracked me up so I decided to blog this one more time :) ♥

If you're wondering about the Scrapblog, I've decided to make it a weekly column where I'll babble about anything that strikes my fancy, be it deep or shallow, meaningful or meaningless, amusing or depressing, anything. Just watch this space for update! ♥

Have I mentioned that I HATE politics and that I just couldn't care less about it? No? Hmmm... ♥

Yay! I finally got a picture of Bryan wearing the Weblog Wannabe t-shirt! Doesn't he look cute? ;) ♥

I'm supposed to be updating the office website today but the ugly, boring templates really turn me off. Ugh! I'd update my own site anytime, really. Anyone want to trade jobs with me? Didn't think so.

I really can't wait until weekend so I can start experimenting with SSI. I'm always too tired and too sleepy to do anything when I get home from work. I find home really depressing but at least I get to do things that I want to do rather than things that I have to do.

Anyway, two of the three buyers of Weblog Wannabe t-shirts have now got to wear it, but sadly none of them has sent me a picture. Come on, guys! That's the least I can get for designing such a cool t-shirt, don't you think?

And Nik, let me know when you've received your t-shirt! :) ♥

If you ever wish to know the news from Indonesia, you can check out The Jakarta Post. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Grey and cold morning
It's been that way for so long
Why, Mother Nature?

It's the greenhouse effect, I know. The season hasn't changed for ages here. It's always been wet season. Rain and rain and rain. I don't mind the rain but sometimes I miss the warm touch of the morning sun on my face. Do rain, but please, not in the morning! ♥

[Begin lame mode] I know it's lame to talk about the number of your site visitors but I just have to let you know that Weblog Wannabe hit a new high yesterday with 456 hits! Woooo! They like me! They really, really like me! [End of lame mode] ♥

Sweetheart name generator will generate a sickeningly sweet and stupid pet name for your lover. I personally wouldn't want to be called "bouncy silken petunia". What kind of pet name is that?? ♥

Do It Yourself Divorce Services. The divorce comes in several packages, from Titanium Divorce through to Dissomaster. It kind of reminds me of all those credit card offers. ♥

Clone Your Bone or Match Your Snatch and then send it to an old flame. That's their suggestion, not mine! ♥

Cat lovers, this one's for you: Kitty Litter Disposal Tips. It's not really as innocent as it sounds *grins* ♥

If you manage to read the Rules for Considerate Dating until the end, feel free to send me a summary. I have such a short attention span. ♥

I found http://stuff.pyra.com/stuff_main.pyra in my referrers log and it apparently is a password protected area. It's making me nervous. ♥

By the way, I didn't post my voicemail number for nothing *hint, hint!* [see the left sidebar menu] ♥

What's so wrong about redesigning? Why's all the hype? I personally think that it was just a coincident that so many webloggers decided to redesign at the same time. I mean, people redesign everyday! When I redesign, it's purely because I think have a good idea for a design and I just have to materialise the idea on my site. Nothing more and nothing less. ♥

The office walls are being painted and the smell of paint is making me feel sick and dizzy. I can't wait to go home. ♥

Hmmm, I've never been insulted in Spanish before. Oh well, there's always first time for everything.

Update: Becky convinced me that that person didn't mean it as an insult. Quite the contrary, I should take it as a compliment. Damn Babelfish. Thanks, Becky! :) ♥

Blogger *finally* got rid of the useless hot list tab because they've decided that we're all hot *grins* Why didn't they just say that they couldn't come up with a script that worked? Yeah, I know. Dumb question. Wouldn't be good for their image. Sigh.

Update: Here's Matt Haughey's explanation on the disappearance of the hot list tab: "It was going to measure traffic, but we couldn't come up with a hack-proof way to do it, so we decided to drop it. Plus, measuring popularity isn't the best way to promote weblogs, it's not all a popularity contest..." [via ICQ]

Thanks, Matt! ♥

Do you know what's so wonderful about eatonweb portal? I never let Brig know about my new url (very nice of me, I know) yet when I checked my address in the portal, it's already changed into my new address! Wow. I wonder how she did it. Must be hard keeping up with all the weblogs in the world. ♥

I've been blogging for about 4 months now yet I still get that warm and fuzzy feeling everytime I see a link to my weblog on someone's sidebar. It makes all the hours (and money) I've spent online to bring you all the links seem worthwhile. Thanks! :) ♥

David emailed me yesterday to let me know that he's got his Weblog Wannabe t-shirt and that he thought it was cool, which is great, but the downside is he won't wear it because it has the word "wannabegirl.org" on the back and he's a boy. It really saddens me *sniff!* It makes wish I'd come up with superwannabe.org before it was too late... ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Have this theory
That the world we're living in
Is one-size-fits-all

Silly, huh? Not that the world has any other choice than accommodating obnoxious creatures like us that just keep on breeding endlessly and keep on getting dumber every day.

Don't mind me. I'm in a weird mood today. ♥

Oh yes, now I'm officially smooth, because Mikel says so. ♥

I just thought of something I said in #BlogIRC last week and it really amused me. I said, "Firda puts the 'me' in 'lame'." God, I'm so funny! Heh! Told you I was a lamer... ♥

Because I'm a lamer, I have to blog this historical moment *grins* ♥

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JISH! :) ♥

BRAD: the game. No, not *that* Brad. Playing this game is like reading one of those Choose Your Own Adventure books. ♥

You may have heard of the Rock-Paper-Scissors game but have you ever heard of Rock-Paper-Scissors-Spock-Lizard? ♥

My Miserable Life: A Compendium of Suffering. Would you believe that there are people who are more depressing than me? And, uh, there are a few *bonus* links on top of the page that you might find interesting, but I won't link to those here *grins* ♥

Also from the guys who came up with the guide below: Interview Tips. ♥

Post-Apocalyptic Survival Guide. You'll never know when you're going to need this. ♥

Yeah, I think they do look like worms from afar *grins* ♥

In a pathetic attempt to boost my ego, I managed to compile what the "critics" say about my new blog design:

David Gagne: "It is better than excellent. It is duckcellent."
Bryan J Busch: "... your new design rocks." [via ICQ]
Nikolai Nolan: "... your design is most definitely your best yet." [via ICQ]
Jordan Running: "Spectacular!"
Harlan Landes: "wow!! your new redesign is beautiful!" [via ICQ]
Matt Kingston: "I *LOVE* the new site design. More than you can possibly imagine." [via email]
Jish Mukerji: "... fresh, clean, simple and you gotta love that old typewriter font ..."
Joe Cool: "I totally dig the scanline look."
Tammy: "... looks GREAT!"
Verbal Diarrhea (no kidding!): "Your new blog design is absolutely stunning! Great work!" [via email]

Thanks, guys! You really rock my world! :) ♥

Thanks to all of you who are so concerned about my well-being after the earthquakes. I'm OK (obviously). More details are coming into your inbox very soon :) ♥

It's nice to know that some people haven't lost the haiku bug :) ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I woke up happy
After nine hours of sleep
Longest sleep in weeks

Yes, I'm proud to announce that I've made a new sleeping record! After having no sleep at all the other night, I went to bed at 8 PM last night and woke up at 5 AM this morning. You should congratulate me because normally I only sleep for 6 hours at most.

The downside of this sleep-a-thon was I didn't get to experiment with SSI as planned and also I didn't get to make a t-shirt design for David. Yes, I'll design you one anyway, David, even though I know it will end up in the trash bin *sniff!* ♥

Words You Can't Write With a Calculator is the ultimate guide to killing boredom with your calculator. I think. ♥

Stupid boy! No, not you. I'm sure you're not stupid. Stupid boys don't read my blog ;) ♥

You draw if you can and you might get your drawing published in a book. I'm one of those very unfortunate people who can't even draw a straight line so this site is definitely not for me. ♥

Ooooh, look at my new look about me page! I think I look great in orange ;) ♥

Interesting theory, Andre! :P But guess what? Weblog Wannabe will keep on expanding until it can sell at least a dozen t-shirts *grins* ♥

After reading this, I'll be damned if I didn't invite Mike to join the Haiku the Blog team :)
♥

Note to self: Change "here" on the sidebar into something else because David already uses it and he came up with it first. Also change the background colour on my about me page into some other colour because Nik knows someone else who also has a yellow-tinted about me page.

Am I ridiculous or what? ♥

I'm glad I did this redesign. I've received a lot more lovely feedback than I did with the previous design. Thanks, everyone! And thanks, Nik, for the encouragement and also for the "duck that fits"! :) ♥

Work hasn't been so bad so far. I felt at home the minute I arrived in the office. I chatted everyone I met. I didn't know I could be chatty. Found that I have to train a guy from IT section to do database maintenance for 2 months before I could dump the work completely to him. Oh well, I guess everything has its cost. ♥

We had an earthquake tonight but I didn't realise it was an earthquake when it happened. I thought I just felt dizzy because of a headache I got due to the lack of sleep. It killed 6 people so it was pretty bad. It was in fact the strongest earthquake we've had in years. ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Both my eyes were closed
But I knew I was awake
Had no sleep last night

The thought of having to go back to work today was depressing me. It still is. Email me, please? Say anything. Tell me what you think about my new design. Anything.

I have to go to work now. Wish me luck! ♥

I hope you like the new design. Well, it doesn't really matter whether you like it or not because I love it. I was going to get rid of the duck as it didn't really fit in with the other images but Nikolai made it fit so you duck lovers should thank him for that. ♥

Sorry for the lack of updates today. It's partly because I'm redesigning (again), I already blogged too much yesterday which left me with no more cool links to blog, and no one ever gave me mad props for finding cool links. The mad props always go to other people, never to me *sniff!* And I always find the cool links myself, never from other blogs! It's rather disheartening. ♥

The new Haiku the Blog is now up and running. It's looking better than ever, big thanks to Nikolai :) ♥

By the way, I've cut the price of the Weblog Wannabe t-shirts as much as $2.49 off the original price. The original price was meant to be a "special price" for my co-conspirators anyway. Mwahahaha!!! I bet David is going to kill me now *grins* Anyway, just check it out. You can have it if you like it ;) ♥

Sorry for the pathetic post below. Keep in mind that I'm having PMS which never fails to make me feel a lot more depressed than I already am. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Sad and grey morning
So cold and so depressing
End of holidays

It's back to work tomorrow for me. It sucks. I hate my job. I really, really, really want to quit, but I can't. I have to think of other things too. I have to think of my family and how I'm not going to be able to help pay the bills if I were jobless. But I hate my job so much it could drive me to suicide. Life's such a bitch. ♥

I haven't installed the new version of BlogThis! but it looks like it has installed itself. Weird. ♥

Is it just me or is Bloggerville unusually quiet today? I mean, just look at the Power Bloggers list. The weblog on the top of the list *only* has 16 updates! Is there a party somewhere and I'm not invited? ♥

Did you know that The Simpsons offer free internet access? ♥

Outrageous Lawsuits. If you're broke, you might be able to get some interesting ideas on how to make money just by suing someone or some company. Cut your finger? Just sue the knife manufacturer. Heh. ♥

Ooooh, RatCam! You can even help them name some rats. Cool, huh? Well, maybe not. But some of the rats actually look cool. Really. ♥

Boogiecards.com boasts itself as the home of irrelevant postcards. Is sending condolences using a postcard with a picture of tombstones on it irrelevant? ♥

Psychoanalyze yourself! It didn't work too well with me, though. The analysis was just not right. But maybe it's just me. ♥

Sushi Fortune Telling. This site makes me long to go to a Japanese restaurant. It's pretty nifty, though. You choose 5 kinds of sushi that you think you'd like to eat and then the Astro Prince will read your sushi and tell you your fortune. Sounds weird? Well, it is weird. Otherwise I wouldn't have blogged it. ♥

Seen any UFO lately? Here's a UFO Report Form you can use to report your sighting. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

A cloudy morning
No sign from the sun to shine
Sky's dark blue, not grey

It's not 6 AM yet but I've been up for nearly 3 hours. I have such a random life pattern. But I think it's still better than following the same routine day in and day out. It must be really boring.

I'm hungry. I think I'll have another chocolate bar for breakfast. ♥

I was hoping to see some twinkle twinkle little stars up in the sky tonight but there isn't any. How sad. I haven't seen any rainbows for quite awhile either. I think my country is doomed. ♥

Bryan sent me a link to the Unit Conversion Calculators and I learned that I'm only 5 feet foot 2 inches tall (or should I say short?). How depressing. 1.60 meter doesn't sound as depressing. ♥

The Guys Versus The Girls Burping Contest. Guess who are winning? ;) It's very predictable, really. ♥

Satori's Tarot Game. I actually got the Death Card to represent the Present. Go figure. ♥

Do you want to be funky? Learn the Periodic Table of Funk. The first element is, of course, JB. James Brown! ♥

Online Mood Ring. It kept on turning green everytime I passed my mouse over the ring. Green is said to be the colour of sensitivity. I'm having PMS. See the coincidence? ;) ♥

WooHoo! Two Weblog Wannabe t-shirts sold already to two of my favourite people in the world (you know who you are)! Now if only people I *don't* know would buy my t-shirts too, my life would be complete. ♥

Sh*t is the new orange? Oh dear... ♥

Country Western Song Generator. I wonder if it could write the lyrics to "No Train to Tampa". Don't ask me. Ask David *grins* ♥

Virtual Soda Machine. It's so realistic that it can steal your money and not giving you your soda! ♥

If you want to have a groovy title graphic for your weblog but you just don't have the skills, CoolText, the online graphics generator, will create one for you. I found it to be very useful in the past. ♥

I love the whales and I love poetry. Therefore I love the whale poetry. They're pretty funny. Hey, everything in this post rhymes! ♥

Have you ever wished you had your own camel? I haven't either. But with the Hump-O-Matic, you can create your own camel and dress it up the way you like. ♥

Forget the Metallica vs. Napster lawsuit. Learn to play the guitar like the Metallica folks at Guitallica - Guitar in the Metallica Style. That is, if you play guitar at all. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Weekend's approaching
Holiday's almost over
Three more days to go

And I still haven't done anything that's in my to-do list for this week, apart from finishing the t-shirt design that no one has bought yet. Sigh. I think I'll just add some new interface to my weblog instead of doing a total redesign. I feel like experimenting with mouseover effect. But since I'm a javascript clueless, it's going to be a hard work! ♥

After a week of procrastination, I proudly present *drumrolls* Weblog Wannabe t-shirt! Help a penniless webmistress pay her site hosting and be a better person! Or something. ♥

Oh no, my weblog is pregnant and I don't know who the father is! It's either this blog or this blog or this blog. It shouldn't have linked to so many male blogs too often *sighs* ♥

Heretical Rhyme Generator. It can generate some lovely little poems that actually make sense sometimes. OK, make it "if you're lucky" instead of "sometimes". ♥

Lance said he felt cheap for emailing me. Was that because I'm an email whore? Don't feel cheap, Lance. You're not the only one to email me out of the blue. A lot of people did and I don't think they felt cheap. They probably felt stupid, but never cheap :) ♥

Bryan made fun of the typo I made in #BlogIRC. When I typed "why", it was supposed to be "way". But as the case with typos, I didn't realise it until it was too late. The song should've gone as follows, "I got lost couldn't find my way, and I guess there's nothing more to say..." It's from "Everyday" by Phil Collins. Yes, I do listen to Phil Collins. Just sue me. And I really got lost in #BlogIRC and I had nothing more to say, so I left. Not that you care or anything. I'm just running out of things to blog. ♥

Do you still remember the first Blogger-powered weblog you came across before you joined the army of webloggers? I do. It was Fairvue Central. I can't remember where I learned about Blogger, though. Probably from Fairvue, too. The very first weblog that I came across, however, was MetaContent, which is still on hiatus. ♥

Joe always has something nice to say about me, and even though I don't know him personally, I believe him :) ♥

Are you special? I know I am :) ♥

Finding the Right Career; Knowing You Want to Be a Superhero is Half the Battle. Yeah right. ♥

Scary Clowns Gallery. I personally think that all clowns are scary. There's just something evil about them. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Too early to blog
Morning has not broken yet
I'm a blog addict

I went to bed with a tummyache and woke up with a tummyache. Blech! And I thought sleep really cured all. Boy, was I wrong. I'm trying to put myself into a good mood. Think happy thoughts, Firda. Think yellow.

Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow...

I think my brain is yellow now :) ♥