Weblog Wannabe

The Voicemail Megamix 2 is already out at Fairvue Central but my computer's still mute. Now I really feel like beating my computer up. How could it do that to me. I want to listen to it *sniff!* ♥

If you have a common family name, chances are you'll be able to get a firstname@lastname email address plus a www.firstname.lastname.com redirecting web address for free from Nameplanet. Of course they don't have my family name. I'm so uncommon, in every way. In other words, I'm weird. There I said it. ♥

Miss Elian Gonzalez already? Well, somebody seems to be so sure that he'll be back. He's even come up with some money making scenarios for him. Check them out! They might give you some ideas for your future business. ♥

Now you can get a suntan while surfing the 'net with CyberTan, the internet's first and only online tanning salon. It's free. Who wants to pay for anything on the internet anyway. ♥

HandSpeak is an animated sign language dictionary. Very cool. I just learned to say "I love you" in it. If there's a language that I'm dying to master, it's the sign language. I used to be able to spell my name with it but now I've forgotten all about it. Oh well. ♥

Girl's Guide to Elvis Presley? Ewww! How 1960's! But I think Elvis would've been approvable to me had he never worn that dreadful outfit and sunglasses or had that dreadful hairstyle and sideburns and just acted normal on stage instead of keeping on doing that dance that made him look like he was being electrocuted. But then again, if he'd never done all those things, he probably wouldn't have been the King. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Have I mentioned that
I love Saturday mornings?
The birds are singing.

So I didn't keep my promise to blog more last night. I fell asleep, as usual. Come on, you can't blame me for being such a sleepyhead. I wake up before 5am every morning just so that I won't be late for work! You've got to give me some credit for that. I mean, how many of you actually wake up that early every morning against your will? But I'll blog like there's no tomorrow this morning. Just watch. ♥

Ever wondered where it would take you if you typed www.olympisc.com instead of www.olympics.com? Well, just click the link and find out for yourself :) ♥

Sorry for yet another day with very few updates. It's the end of fiscal year here at work so I have tonnes of things to do. But I promise to make up for it tonight. Scout's honour! :) ♥

There's a new post in MetaFirda *hint, hint!* ♥

Weblog Wannabe³? ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Happy birthday, Mum!
I know you don't read this, but
Still, hope you're happy.

My mum turns 57 today. I might be physically stronger than her but she's so much stronger than me mentally. I'm too much of a softy. I don't know where I get that from. Mum always tells me that if I ever get out of this country, don't ever come back and that I should not worry about her. I can't not worry about her so I guess I won't leave here while she's still alive. I practically live for her. When she's gone, I'll definitely leave to find something else to live for. I don't know where I'll go yet, but it'll be somewhere far, far away from here. ♥

Joe Jenett, the internet rockstar behind Coolstop.com, has the best <meta> description:

<meta name="description" content="webstream | we wanna be like weblog wannabe (hey! there's an echo in here)">

I feel guilty for liking the new Weblog Wannabe design I'm working on because it has no duck on it. But I'll try every possibility to include the duck, so not to worry. The duck will be there in one way or the other. I know how much you love the duck and how you'll be lost without it. Heh. ♥

Check out the Bizarre American Holidays homepage. I bet you didn't know that September 28 is "Ask A Stupid Question Day". To observe that day, ask me a stupid question and I'll gladly answer! ♥

Hey, let's join the Monkey Army! But don't ask me why. I just thought the site was cute and so were the monkeys so why not blogged it? *shrugs* Be sure to check out the "Who" section. Who knows, you might find your photo there. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

It's only Thursday
I so wish it was Friday
Can't wait for weekend.

Well, I'm in a pretty good mood now even though I had trouble getting up this morning. I already had a 5 hour sleep when I woke up at midnight (I actually went to bed at 7pm since I only slept for less than 2 hours the night before), but my body didn't seem to recognise it. It only recognised the sleep I had from 2am to 5am. Needless to say, I'm so sleepy now. Oh well, at least I'm not feeling sick anymore and my mood is not too bad so I shouldn't complain.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be able to find something to blog this morning since I have so much work to do, but I'll try. But if you don't find any links above, that would be the reason. I hope you'll forgive me sooner or later :) ♥

I hate it when I'm feeling down because I will have to lift myself up since I don't have anyone to do it for me. Lifting other people up is so much easier because you're not the one who's feeling down, but lifting yourself up is tough as hell. ♥

I heard the Love Theme from "St. Elmo's Fire" playing on the radio when I was on my way to work yesterday and the song was kind of stuck in my head. It still is. It makes me feel so mellow. Sigh. ♥

I know it's not the 27th yet over there but it already is over here so what the heck: Happy Birthday, Andre and Jason!

Andre is now a year older than me. Yay! And Jason is the same age with me. Yay again! 27 year-olds rule! Sorry, Andre. Can't say the same about 28 year-olds *grins* But my big brother is 28 and he's cool so 28 year-olds can't be that bad :) Anyway, many happy returns! ♥

Anyone can have fun with foreign names at the Heathrow Airport, London. Well, as long as you can trick the PA announcer to do it. Things people do when they're bored... ♥

Get your handwriting analysed by The Great Goosini. My handwriting analysis is not very precise. In case you want to know, here it is (and my comments):

You are even-tempered and extremely reliable. You have control over your emotions, and you like rules. You should be a substitute teacher.

Me? A substitute teacher? No, thanks. I was a study centre supervisor as well as a computer lab assistant in a prep school for 9 months and from that experience, I'm convinced that I could never be a teacher. I just don't have the patience. And I hate rules. I'm not an anarchist, but I hate rules.

You often have difficulty communicating, and you can be quite gullible. However, you are very adaptable.

Probably. Just don't send me to the middle of a crowd and I'll be adapting just fine.

You are very creative. Your imagination runs wildly around your head. You also have an incredibly strong libido. By the way, The Great Goosini is free next Friday...

The part about my creativity and imagination might be true, but I'm not sure about the incredibly strong libido bit.

You are very precise. Organization is very important to you, and you use your self-control to get the job done. The Great Goosini does not want to mess with you.

Um, okay. It sounds good so I won't argue.

You are meticulous and have supreme concentration. Don't get too cocky! The Great Goosini could out-think you any day of the week. And, The Great Goosini can fly. Beat that!

Yeah, right. And cows have wings. Or something. But I'm so not meticulous and I've been having problems concentrating lately. Maybe I should try that Ginkgo Biloba thingy one of these days. ♥

The Fine Art of Nosepicking, Volume 3, Enhanced. Need I say more? ♥

Test your knowledge on company logos by taking the Leggo My Logo quiz. Not being American nor a couch potato or a rabid consumer, I only got 9 out of 16 logos right and they say that it's "Not bad. You have a fair hold on the world of corporate logos, but if you slip down any farther, someone might suspect you of being a communist." Whatever. ♥

Tired of all those Everything of the Week sites already? Well, don't be before you see the Car Wreck of the Week. "Accident Simulator Button" is also available. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I'm feeling so sick
I wish I could call in sick
Already at work.

Last night I was so sick that I really felt like dying. I thought about the few people I wanted to say "I love you" to but couldn't, and it made me want to cry. I can't say that I'm feeling better now. Maybe I should call in sick anyway from my desk at work. My stomach is killing me. I couldn't sleep last night because I kept on wanting to throw up. I think I only got one and a half hour of sleep in total. I don't know how I'm going to get through the day. I just hope I won't pass out. ♥

Today we had lunch with the trainer from Washington D.C. There were the 12 of us but it had to be me seated right in front of him. As you know, I'm not a very chatty person when I'm with strangers, but since he was there right in front of me, I had to say something, whether I liked it or not. So I told him that I was a meatatarian. I'm glad I did because it was quite an icebreaker. He then told me about this restaurant in Nairobi called "Carnivore" that served only meat that he thought I might like, and then he scolded me for eating rice because he thought rice was a vegetarian stuff. I then told him that rice was the Indonesian staple food and that I wouldn't call it a meal unless I eat rice, and he was like, "Oh, okay." And that was the end of it. You can count on me to kill a conversation. I'm very good at it. ♥

I was reading jason kottke's bio just then and read about the 1986 event when the Challenger exploded and it reminded me of that event in 1984 or 1985 when I met up in person with two astronauts from the Challenger's first mission when they were visiting Jakarta: Rick Hauck (the mission commander, I think) and John Fabian (probably one of the pilots). I got their autographs, a really cool badge and a sticker from the mission and some photographs taken with them. They said that they were hoping to see me on space someday. Weren't they sweet? ;) They made me dream of becoming an astronaut. Later I found out that you could not become an astronaut if you were visually-impaired. It made me totally lose interest in science. I can't say that I don't regret that because I do. Hadn't I lost interest in science, I might've become a scientist and my life might've been more exciting. ♥

Hey, I just got an idea for a design! Well, I've always got an idea though they're mostly pretty raw, but the thing is, as soon as I get home, I'm always either too tired or too sleepy to think or to do anything so I never managed to get any of the ideas materialised. It sucks to be me *sighs* ♥

Hmmm, I wonder what that nosey [?] thingy in Power Bloggers is good for. Care to explain, Andre? ;)

Update: Andre says it's so you can keep track of how a particular blog is doing. If you like my blog so much, go here and bookmark the page so you can see when I update my blog! :) ♥

This has got to be one of the best quotes I've ever read:

"When someone says "How-do-you-do," just say that you didn't."

It's from "Winnie the Pooh", I think. ♥

If you're in marketing business, you might find the 3 Rules of Marketing useful. But you probably knew about it already. But if you're not in marketing business but interested in the advertising culture (just like me), you'll find it quite amusing. ♥

Writers & Artists Snacking At Work is reviews of snacks by writers and artists. Pretty obvious, huh? My favourite chocolate, Toblerone, rates pretty good so I'm happy :) I don't really mind the nougat, though. ♥

To Hell With Science. Whatever you do, do not try this at home. Seriously. ♥

"It's easy to be cynical. Especially today, when it looks like all our heroes are crooks, our role models frauds. Every now and again, however, when you least expect it, the real thing comes along: someone who can find the heart inside the cynic and give those who hold nothing sacred something to believe in. It's not always easy telling the good from the bad, even if you do get tomorrow's paper today. Why, is why. Sometimes, to find the answers, you have to look in your heart." From "Early Edition" (1996)

God, how I miss that show. I'm just sick of all the "Beverly Hills 90210" of the world. ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I don't want to go
I just don't feel like going
But I have to go.

Work really sucks. I can't wait for the day I can afford to be self-employed so I could work from home and start working anytime I want. Anyway, I only got 8 responses from 4 people regarding frames. One just said "No, frames are cool" but I think he was just amused to see that the subject field was self-filled. The next one didn't seem to be able to make up his mind because he sent me 5 responses: three "Yes, I will hate you forever" and two "No, frames are cool". The one after that said he wouldn't hate me forever, but frames were not cool and were so 1996, unless I was Derek Powazek. The last one thought frames were cool and he said, "Gimme da Frames baby!" So the conclusion is frames suck, so there. I won't use it. Blech. Thanks for responding! :) ♥

A workmate told me that I looked more and more serious with each passing day. I don't like it. I'd rather look goofy than serious, really. Firda that I knew always looked goofy. I hope my workmate was wrong. I would hate to change. ♥

I've decided that my new design theme is going to be simplicity. Cute and simple. Just like me. Ha! So Tarsh, that crappy design I showed you this morning is history! :) I'm feeling so much better now. I'm not going to try to create anything sophisticated anymore. It's going to be simple and minimalistic, meaning that there will be few graphics and a lot of html and css. I suck at graphic design anyway. Yep, that's it. I can't wait to go home and start designing! I'm sure you can't wait for my new design :) If not, just lie to me, okay? Humour me! ♥

If I decided to use frames in my new design, would you hate me so much? [Yes] [No] ♥

Hey, but you are an internet rockstar! Now show me your <meta>, baby! ;) ♥

In case you're wondering about the redesign, it's not going very well. I suck. Very much. ♥

By the way, if you want to listen to a cool Indonesian song, just go to Fairvue Central, find the "Latest Listens" box on the right sidebar and click on the song called "Kuldesak" by Achmad Dhani and Andra Ramadan. You'll need RealPlayer to listen to it. If you've ever heard me singing, once you hear that song, you'll see that compared to them, my singing really sucks. I'm so untalented *sighs* ♥

Try your creativity at copywriting by joining the World's Worst Slogan Game. All you have to do is write a slogan for "a beautiful prototype G7 GGIF computer (Golly Gee It's Fast)". Good luck! ♥

Do you want to be the Duke of Iowa or the Emperor of Canada? Just go to Internet Royalty & Nobility and register your title. You might have to pay but, well, the price is up to you! I would say that I'm willing to pay $0 for my title. I wonder if they'd accept that. ♥

TechTales feature the funniest tech support stories on the internet. And they are actually really funny! What a surprise! Well, the ones I've read anyway. Which aren't all that many. Heh. I know, I suck. How could I expect people to click the link with this kind of description? Oh well. ♥

Rue Main Street is a site celebrating franglais. It's French-English, in case you're wondering. I think the Canadian folks speak this language. I think it's kind of funny. Not as funny as Japanese-Engrish, but still it's funny. ♥

I think Jordan only updates his blog if I blog him so here it is: Jordan, I blogged you! Now go update! Oh by the way, how was your radio show? ;) ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

I so hate Monday
This Monday's no exception
Can't wait to go home.

All morning, "Manic Monday" by the Bangles had been playing in my head. "Just another manic Monday. I wish it was Sunday. That's no fun day. I don't want to run day. It's just another manic Monday..." or something like that. Ugh. Not to mention that I have to go the bank at lunchtime to pay my internet bill. I hate going to the bank. That's why I always wait until the bill is due, which is on the 25th every month. Well, better start working. Either that or I'll find some links to post first. Hey, I don't want you to leave here empty-handed! Aren't I nice? ;) ♥

Just for your information, I'm redesigning. That's right! I would hate to get rid of this design 'cause I love it so much, but I have to. You might find out the reason later but I can't promise you. No, it's not because anyone's suing. It's nothing like that. Anyway, I've decided to close the guessing contest because it's too lame *grins* Besides, I don't think anyone would be interested to participate so, well, that's it. It's closed :) ♥

Are you Heterochromatic? If you have different-coloured irises then you are. This site is about a heterochromatic guy fighting for the Natural Acceptance for People with Different-coloured Irises. ♥

Ever wanted to see French people buying their bread? Check out the BaguetteCam Webcam. The bakery must be a very well-known one. Everytime it refreshes, it always shows new people/person with their baguette! ♥

Check out these Unusual Photos taken by speed cameras in Victoria, Australia. I think some of the people knew that there was a speed camera in the area so they decided to do some actions in front of it to amuse the police. ♥

Bill's Best of Everything is the best place to find the best of the wackiest people, places and things on the planet. Well, in the United States anyway. ♥

If you enjoy good crime stories, you'll love The Crime Library. Well, actually, it's more like a tribute to criminals. A pretty classy one. One of the sections is called "Gangsters, Outlaws and G-Men". I thought G-Men were men wearing g-strings, but it turned out to be gunmen. Oh well. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Sunday already
Wish it was still Friday night
Weekends gone so fast.

I didn't receive any email to make my morning. All I got was something useless from my university mailing list and a junkmail offering degrees from non-accredited colleges in America. Do I look *that* stupid? Who wants to get a degree from non-accredited colleges anyway? Besides, I'm quite happy with my local university education, thank you very much. At least I went to the best university in the country. And if I ever get the chance to do my master's degree, I'll make sure that it's at a highly reputable university instead of a non-accredited one. Yeah, I'm snobbish like that when it comes to education. Just sue me. ♥

Long-time readers of mine might still remember my Gloat! idea. You know, the weblogging 'zine thingy? Well, I'm going to start working on it again. Please stop groaning. I might be able to realise it this time, you know. Do you want to contribute an article? By all means, please do! Email me for further info. ♥

I need to do something. Something web related. Something productive. Something that when I look back next Monday will make me think, "Hey, I actually accomplished something last weekend!" But I can't think of anything. Any suggestion? ♥

So I was bored and decided to check out what's inside the <meta> tags of some internet rockstars' HTML and here's a few of the more interesting ones:

From kottke.org:

<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="jason kottke, kottke, kottke.org, weblog, blogger, weblogger, blog, derbis, silkscreen, mini7, mini 7, sevenet, bitmap fonts, 0sil8, osil8, 0sil8.com, osil8.com, yoink, yoink.org, fishbulb, aleksandr, diary, journal, DVD, film, music, movies, television, media, technology, hypertext">

<meta NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="Jeffrey Zeldman for www.zeldman.com. Allow us to write zeldman one more time.">

The Killer Japanese Seizure Robots are ... You just have to see it for yourself. They're definitely lethal. ♥

If you ever feel the need to compare information or statistics of two countries, Your Nation is the way to go. I just compared the GDP per capita of Indonesia and United States and learned the sad fact that the GDP of United States was 6.57 times that of Indonesia. I think if the data was more current, it would be even worse because the last time I heard, our GDP per capita was merely $1,600. Per year. ♥

I wasn't going to blog A Brief History of Banned Music in the United States, but then I read that in April 1971, 'Officials in Illinois release a list of popular music that contains drug references. The list includes the popular children's song "Puff The Magic Dragon" and the Beatles "Yellow Submarine."'. I love both songs, especially "Puff the Magic Dragon", but I've never thought of them to have any reference to drugs. It's either the officials in Illinois were paranoid or my English comprehension is not very good. ♥

Insects might be disgusting, but they do have some very appealing colours under microscope. Even the roach has some pretty nice colours. Ugh. How I hate roaches. ♥

I think the next Kottke colour will be green. But of course, if Jason reads this, he will make a mental note never to use green in kottke.org. I bet you my best pair of socks on that. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Who would've thought that
An email could make your day
One made my morning.

Thanks to Mike from Magnetbox for the email that made my morning :) A nice email about my blog was exactly what I needed. Not that I don't get them often. I get them a lot when I update a lot but when I don't update a lot like I did yesterday, I'll be lucky enough just to get one email, which I did, so, well, I'm happy :) It's so easy to make me happy. One doesn't need to buy me anything. But of course if someone would buy me a new computer, I'd be the happiest girl in the world *grins* ♥

Think Sydney, Australia is a nice city? Well, check out the Real Sydney Guide and think again. The guide is available in two versions: American version and Non-American/World version. Not being American, of course I found the American version funnier. ♥

The project I mentioned below left me all brain drained. I really can't think right now. Yes, I finished it right on time. I rocked. But I wasn't too happy about it because it turned up to be a save-the-boss's-face kind of project. "Thank you. You just saved my face," he said. But why did I feel so unhappy? ♥

I've just got a major web project to finish in 5 lousy hours. Argh! God save me from days like this... ♥

Mike and I didn't become blog siblings for nothing. Guess what, Mike? I was going to work on a Yahoo!-like blog directory this weekend, but of course Blogstart had to beat me to it. Don't you just hate it when it happens? ;) But maybe it's for the best. I don't think I'd be able to make it a big hit if it was me who started it. ♥

Here's The New Yorker Inane Ad of the Week. Because someone told me last night that he might get a new job in NYC :) Yeah, I know. I'm the Queen of Irrelevance. ♥

Someone won the Spam carving contest, and was very proud of it. I hope that yellow Spam t-shirt was not the only thing he received for winning the contest. He deserved so much more. ♥

Hmmm, Neale gave me an idea. Bryan, may I borrow that Paypal account of yours again to enter the SXSW web competition? ;) Not that I know which category to enter. I didn't even design this site. Nikolai did. I'm only responsible for the content (if there is some kind of content in this site, which I doubt). For the unknowing ones, I got this domain through Paypal begging scheme too (it was Bryan's brilliant idea), so if you're skeptical, don't be. It really works. I think we managed to collect US$60 overnight back then. Yeah, we rocked! :) ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

It is a Friday
It's still an early morning
I write a haiku.

That's why it's called "Friday Morning Haiku". I'm sure you're dying to know about it. Heh. Well, I only got less than 5 hours of sleep last night so don't expect me to make any sense today or to come up with anything brilliant. I wish there was a way to get rid of drowsiness without involving caffeine. I can't stand coffee. I could stand Coke but there's no Coke here. There's always Coke at home but not at work so it's hopeless, really. I don't know how I'm going to be able to stay awake. Oh well. As I always say, let's just wait and see. ♥

I'm sleepy but I can't sleep. I know it doesn't make any sense but it's true. I guess I'll just blog until I fall asleep. Not sure that I'll be able to find anything bloggable but it's worth trying. ♥

The Official Site of Fertnel Snak Corporation. "Snak Leader of the Free World. Working hard in Communist Countries too!" Yeah, what they say! Um, maybe it's not the right comment. Oh well. I'm sleepy. Good night. ♥

Have I mentioned that I've been avoiding mentioning anything about SXSW like a plague because all the talks about it never fail to make me like there's a party going on in the neighbourhood and I'm the only one who is not invited? I haven't? Well, now I have. So now you know :) ♥

Yay! Indonesia just won one Olympics gold medal from badminton! We rock! So now we've got one gold medal from badminton (men's double), one silver medal also from badminton (mixed double), and two bronze medals from women's weightlifting (Indonesian women are very strong - stronger than the men *grins*). Not bad compared to other Southeast Asian countries. Even Malaysia and the Philippines haven't got any medal. Yeah, Indonesia rocks! :) ♥

How come no one ever said anything to me when they saw me wearing my <body> t-shirt? Well, unless you count my brother's comment about the <body> implying something obscene. Men... No, scratch that. Non-geeks... ♥

I'm on a 10 minute break. I just had a chocolate bar some nice person put in my drawer when I wasn't looking. Now I think it's time to go back. Ack! The guy is nice but his voice makes me sleepy... ♥

I haven't checked this Symbolman, the International Symbol Animation since I have to go to a training, but it's supposed to be the Winner of the Shockwave World International Animation Contest Category 2 "Best Animated Graphics" so it's got to be good. ♥

Nene's Interactive Suicide is exactly like what the title suggests. ♥

Do you have problems remembering your dreams? Dream Visor EyeScan might be able to help you remember. It can collect dream residue and play it back to you online. I had no dream last night but it played back something for me anyway. Weird. ♥

Aunt Nettie is allegedly the oldest person still active on the Internet and is one of the Internet pioneers of the previous century. Right. Previous century would be the 1800's since we're not in the new millennium yet. I didn't know the Internet had already existed back then. She's pretty funny, though. ♥

Most of the chat logs in Chatgonewacky.com are pretty lame (I would hate to be the victim), but I kind of like this Matt Damon Impersonation one. ♥

You know what's funny? It's Jordan spelling "humour" "humour" instead of "humor". I mean, he's supposed to be American. I'm so easily amused :) ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

I don't want to go
To work, but I have to go
Anyway. It sucks.

Well, I'm just nervous because I have a training session today. A private training session to make up for all the sessions I missed last week due to my illness so it'll be just me and the trainer from Washington D.C. Blech. He's a nice guy, but the thing is he's a stranger. I hope he's chatty enough. I'm really quiet when I'm with strangers, unless the strangers are being chatty. Oh well, let's just wait and see what happens. ♥

Jordan asks how one pulls a publicity stunt in Bloggerville and since I'm close to falling asleep at work, I've decided to make a list of ways to pull a publicity stunt in Bloggerville, in no particular order:

1. Pretend to quit blogging. Post a dramatic last entry or just a blank, black webpage with the word "goodbye" on it. I will blog it, even if I knew that you don't really quit. That's what friends are for, right? ;) The next day, come back to Bloggerville, preferrably with a new design.

2. Pretend to have died or committed suicide. Post an entry where you pretend to be someone else informing the departure of Jordan. After a week or so, come back to Bloggerville like nothing happened. This is kind of sick but I knew of someone who pulled this kind of stunt some time ago and it seemed to get a lot of publicity (read: linkylovin') at that time.

3. Have a love affair with a well-known weblogger. Drop some subtle hints in your blog about the affair. Let the public wonder. When they're convinced that there really is something going on between the two of you, go on vacation together to Hawaii or some exotic place in Italy such as Bardi. (Not applicable in Jordan's case)

4. Start yet another popularity contest. The existing ones are just not enough! Besides, Beebo Ratings and Weblogs.com Hotlist have stopped getting updated and only God knows when Bloat! is going to return. The only popularity contest we have now is only the evil Power Bloggers. No fun! Of course there's always Jim Roepcke's Weblog Fan Favorites but really, who's checking it these days other than me?

5. Start a Blog War (tm) with a team of webloggers. Just call their blog stupid and the webloggers a bunch of morons. Don't worry, I'll take your side (this offer valids for Jordan only). Together we're invinsible! Yeah! But I know Jordan wouldn't do this, and neither would I, even if the blog is really stupid and the webloggers are really a bunch of morons. We're pacifists, Jordan and I.

6. Mention the names of some popular webloggers who didn't reply to your emails in your blog and link it to their weblogs. If you're lucky, you might get a link back, not necessarily with a nice comment. I don't think Jordan would do this either but some people can be that desperate for linkylovin'.

Hmmm, I can't think of anything else to add to the list. If you can think of something, please send it to me and I'll add it to this list. Please note that this list is just a joke that I wrote when I was bored and with Jordan in mind, so don't take it too seriously. I wouldn't mind another popularity contest, though :) ♥

Thanks to everyone who has emailed me about how to chmod files using WS-FTP. Because of you, I've now become a chmod expert :) Now if only I could make any of those PHP scripts to work, my life would be complete... ♥

By the way, I finally got my new cgi-based journal type thingy called Readme.txt up and running. Yay! :) I plan to integrate it into this domain using a frame tonight. That is, if I don't fall asleep too soon like I did yesterday. Anyway, there was only one entry in the journal, which was yesterday's entry. I fell asleep shortly after I finished writing it *grins* Yeah, I suck. ♥

What is a URL? Here's the wrong answer. ♥

If you have a flatbed scanner, try to scan your head and send it to headscan (scanned in faces from across the globe). They'll add your headscan to their scan gallery. I just love this site. ♥

Did you know that Greg is the winner of The Brady Bunch Survivor? Did you even know that there was The Brady Bunch Survivor at all? To be honest, I didn't know about it until I came across this site this morning. ♥

The Drawing Board is blatantly copying Sam Brown's Exploding Dog, and proud of it. ♥

Ever wondered just what some of those metal band logos actually say? Check out this logo deciphering page. I wouldn't even try to decipher those hideous logos... ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

What a hot morning
I can't think of anything
To be haikuised.

I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise to blog last night. I didn't plan to go to sleep. I only wanted to lie down on my bed for a bit, but I fell asleep and didn't wake up until morning. I slept like a log. I guess I haven't really been on my tip top shape. I still hate what I see when I look at myself in the mirror as I look so pale. My face normally looks brown with reddish cheeks. That's the way I like to see myself. Anyway, I'll try to find something to blog this morning before I start working. Please don't hate me if I can't find anything interesting. ♥

Why does time have to go by so slowly when I'm at work? Come on, time! Speed up, will you? This is no "Unchained Melody"! ♥

Who is your favourite geek? I'm serious! I need to know. It's for this top secret project I'm working on. If you want to help, just send me the name of your favourite geek along with his/her url. I'd really appreciate your help :) ♥

In case somebody cares, I don't like kottke blue. I want kottke yellow back! ♥

The Crappy Computer Museum features computers made before the 1980s. I didn't know that computers had already been so small back then. When I thought of the computers before the 1980s, what came to my mind would be all those gigantic mainframe computers. Silly me. ♥

Food I Fear is not the food *I* fear. It's the food whoever the owner of the page is fears. The only food I fear is vegetables. I only love fruits. Does that make me a meatatarian? Anyway, the food the guy fears sounds horrible. I can't believe you Americans call those things food. And to think that you guys think Asians eat anything... ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Back to work again
I'm so, so, so, so sleepy
Can't wait to go home.

Yeah, I'm back to work, back to reality. The only good thing about being sick is not having to go to work. Other than that, it sucks. But still it feels good to just stay at home and not having to deal with any boring and depressing work-related stuff.

Anyway, I might not be able to blog a lot this morning so you might not find too many new links, but I promise to make up for it as soon as I get home this evening. I was going to blog some stuff last night but then I got too sleepy. And yes, I do feel guilty about it. Will you ever forgive me? ♥

Hey, would anyone be interested in meeting up in Athens, Greece in 2004 to see the first summer olympics of the new millennium? ;) I've made it my goal to go there. I used to want to see the winter olympics in Salt Lake City (is it in Utah?) in 2002 but then decided there wouldn't be much to see there, so I guess Athens, Greece is the way to go. I'm already so excited even though the event is still 4 years from now! :) ♥

Cloning Experiments Gone Awry is more like a collection of celebrity lookalikes. Well, clones are supposed to look alike, aren't they? Did you know that A. Gore is a clone of a lamp? ♥

I've blogged this ages ago but I just came across it again and it still cracked me up so I decided to blog it again: Congratulations on Becoming a U.S. Citizen! ♥

All Purpose Spray really lives up to its name, though I can't understand how something that could work as rodent poison could also work as asthma inhaler. ♥

What's in your name? Don't tell me. Your name is from the Swahili root meaning "Failure". Am I right? Of course I'm right. I'm psychic. I have ESP. ♥

I didn't know that making potentially revolutionary contributions to physics was really this easy. You get 20 points just for suggesting that you deserve a Nobel prize! ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

It's Monday again
I'm calling in sick again
I feel sick again.

Well, not really sick. I just feel cold but I'm sweating like I'm in a sauna. It doesn't feel too nice. Anyway, I'll go back to work tomorrow. It's better going back to work on a Tuesday than on a Monday :) I still haven't decided when I'm going to resign. I won't be resigning next month as planned. Too many people are against the plan.

I've been messing with CGI and PHP all weekend and guess what? None of the scripts work. Grrr. I got myself a free webspace account just for this purpose, but as it turned out, the server only supports PHP and CGI. It doesn't support MySQL, and since most of the PHP scripts I've been messing with have MySQL in the backend, they just wouldn't work. It's so frustrating. As to the CGI, I still haven't figured out how to chmod files using WS-FTP. If you know how, please let me know. I'll love you forever. ♥

IT3C allows you to send a gift to anyone anywhere in the world for free. Well, they probably won't buy or deliver the gift but, hey, it's the thought that counts. And did I say it was free? ♥

Amtrek is a parody of, you guessed it. Be sure to check out their gallery but do not click on the Update Express, even if they suggest you to! ♥

I've never seen Late Night with Conan O'Brien so I'm not familiar with the Actual Items. Most of the items are hilarious, a few I just couldn't understand. ♥

Vending machines are not very popular in Indonesia. I guess it's because we Indonesians know better :) Reading this guy's Vending Machine Experiences made me realise just how lucky I am not to have to deal with any vending machine at all in my life. ♥

I don't know about you but the longer I've been blogging, the more I feel the need to post only links to politically-correct sites. It makes finding links to blog get more and more difficult. It can't be too hard to make a site that is funny and politically-correct. But why are there so few of them? ♥

I admire the Billboard Liberation Front. I truly do. Check out their history for the pictures of some of the billboards they've altered. Of course my favourites are the altered cigarette ad billboards :) ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Warm Sunday morning
Neighbour's pigeon's been singing
The same tune for hours.

My neighbour across the street has all sorts of birds at their place. They used to have some chickens too, but that was before the mother passed away. They also used to have lots of pigeons, but that was before the oldest son got killed in a car accident. Now I think they only have that one pigeon that's been singing the same tune for hours and that won't stop singing until it's dark.

The pigeon apparently is the father's favourite. He keeps it in a bamboo cage. Every morning, he raises the cage up on a pole, just like a flag. I remember when there was a storm some time ago and the cage was stuck at the top of the pole, the father climbed up the pole just to save the beloved pigeon.

My neighbour across the street is quite a weird bunch, but that's what makes them very interesting to watch :) ♥

I think Britney Spears didn't get breast implants. She's just wearing bodyperks (tm)! Well, maybe. I don't know which one is better, though. Both the implants and body perks are fake. ♥

Here's a site that gives out awards to the most excessive, embarrassing fan sites on the web: Obsessive Fan Sites. I've never created any fan site in my entire web life because, well, what's the point? By the time I finished the site, I'd probably not a fan of that band or artist anymore. I get bored that easily. ♥

Need parts for that world-dominating robot army of yours? Automaton Dominion Products might be able to help. They actually specialise in that. Just make sure you can afford them. ♥

If you live in the US of A, you can find out if there's a serial killer in action in your area by checking out The Serial Killer Atlas. Apparently, there are more serial killers in the East Coast than in the West Coast. ♥

Do you think your cat is ugly? Well, why don't you enter it to the Ugly Cat Contest? It could be the next Ugly Cat of the Month! ♥

Here's a conversation I had with my [American] boss yesterday that I still can't figure out the meaning:

Boss: Hey, how are you feeling?
Me: Um, not too well.
Boss: We'll beat you up to make you feel better. LOL.
Me: ?

Of course he didn't say LOL. I don't think he knew what LOL stands for. It's just that he always laughs at his own joke, no matter how lame they are, and trust me, nine out of his ten jokes are lame. Besides, he looks like the type who would end their every single sentence with a LOL in chatrooms. I'm sure you've met the type. Aren't they annoying? I personally prefer the plain, old "HAHAHA!!!" to LOL. It sounds more human :) ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

I will be all right
I'll stop looking for my head
It's right on my neck.

I'm still laughing hysterically everytime I think of the AIM conversation I had with her last night. I must be scaring her off to death because I was looking for my head *grins* All the drugs have made me weirder than usual. But I think I'm getting better. At least the headache is gone. Hopefully tomorrow I'll already be on my tip top shape and I'll be ready to save the world again by Monday :) "You'll never guess my secret identity..." *humming* ♥

Am I the only one watching the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics? ♥

Something just made me smile. It was to see that there are less cookies and candies inside my cookie and candy jars on my desk than the last time I saw it. My workmates must've been really hungry :) Glad I could do something to help them ease the hunger even when I wasn't around. ♥

From the creator of Metascene: Ten Tips for a Firmer, Slimmer, Sexier Weblog! I like. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

My body feels weird
I feel like floating on air
Have I lost some weight?

Hey, if I've lost some weight, it's great! I've barely eaten anything all week. If I ate more than two spoonfuls of anything, I'd throw up. Anyway, I'm at work now and I really regret going to work today. As soon as I got here, everyone, including my supervisor, told me to go home and see the doctor again because I looked like hell. What a warm welcome, huh? Anyway, I'm taking a half day off again today so I'm going home at 1pm. Yay. ♥

Have you ever had some random memory come to your mind and it made you smile? Well, my mother caught me smiling alone tonight at dinner. She asked me why I was smiling but I couldn't tell her because she wouldn't understand. The real reason was I suddenly thought of that time I told Nikolai that, um, someone's head look like an eggplant :) I know it's really lame, but when you're on drugs and your mind is idle, you'll find things like that highly amusing. Trust me. ♥

Hmm. This is interesting. PawSense helps you catproof your computer. But I think if your cat is a playful type, it might backfire. The software makes the computer look and sound like a new toy. But who am I to say. I've never owned a cat. Well, apart from Agon. The poor, orange Agon. I won't even go into the details. The story is just too sad. ♥

Did you know that you can buy British monarch elite titles like Lord, Lady, Duke, Sir, etc. for only 195 poundsterling each? So it's not inheritable. No big deal. You can always buy another one for your kid. ♥

Chateau L'Ego is the wine that makes you think people think you're sophisticated. Their motto is "It costs enough to look like it's worth it." Um, whatever. I don't drink wine anyway. I just love the company history and the owner's honesty. ♥

"Which Religion is Right for my Complexion?" I'm sure you are dying to find out. Heh. They're not talking about religion and race. They're talking about religion and fashion, baby! ♥

Sorry, Kitty. I couldn't help it. I was on drugs... ♥

I'm in such a weird mood today. Listening to "Nightswimming" by R.E.M. brought tears to my eyes, which was really stupid because the song is not a sad song at all. It just made me think of all the great time I had when I used to do night trekking in the mountains with my college friends centuries ago. The knowledge that I could never go back to that time was what saddened me. Things seem to just go downhill ever since the day I graduated college. Exciting things just stopped happening. If only I could turn back time... ♥

I just received the sweetest get well message from Jann. It really brightened up my day. It feels so good to be appreciated. Thanks a million, Jann! :) ♥

This is an Empty Web Site�. ♥

Does Todd Alan Johnson Look Like John Travolta? Does anyone care? ♥

I blogged this Hearses in the Movies site just to show you the kind of site that can only be viewed with my goth monitor only after I select all the text. But I'm sure you have a better quality monitor than me so you should be able to read it just fine :) ♥

You know what sucks? I just joined #BlogIRC only to find that the moving text and all the colours gave me even more headache. Sighs. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

Better yesterday
But now it's got worse again
Better tomorrow?

Ugh, I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow. My body still feels weird and I keep on thinking about some weird stuff, like how stupid the song "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton is. The couple in the song sound like they're so lacking of self-confidence. Not to mention that the woman is stupid enough to ask the man if she looks all right. I mean, does the man really have a choice but to tell her that she looks wonderful? It really annoys me. I personally would like the song better if the man answers the question with "you look horrible, but I love you anyway". But then they might have to change the song title into "Horrible Tonight". That doesn't sound very commercial, doesn't it? Oh well. Don't mind me. I'm delirious. ♥

I dunno, but this is just not right. If you decide to join, shame on you! ♥

iSmell? ♥

Uh-oh. My blog won't show all Monday's posts (well, there are only 2 of them) even though I set it to show 3 day's posts. The setting hasn't changed, the entry's still there, but it won't show up on this page. Weird. I hope it's only a Blogger bug and not because I've been hacked. Can anyone help me solve this problem? ♥

To the Fairy Blogmother who gave me an extra 4 updates in Power Bloggers the other day, I love you! I really, really love you! Please do it to me more often, please?

(I swear I only updated 7 times, but when I checked the list a few minutes before it was reset, the update count showed "11". It really made my day :) So I'm a dork. Just sue me.) ♥

Better take a nap now. I'd rather be sleeping when the medicine wears off. Yeah, it is that bad. Sorry if my weblog's getting boring and the posts are getting rare. I promise to make up for it as soon as I get better. Love you all! ♥

Picture this. You're in a foreign country where the people don't speak your language, and the only phrase in their language that you know is I can eat glass, it doesn't hurt me... ♥

Learn Quantum Physics the Brady Perspective. Hmmm. I didn't know you could learn anything from the Brady Bunch show. ♥

Apparently, impeding electrical current is not the only use of resistors. There are 10 other great uses of them. You can use it as a toothpick, among others. ♥

Zero Gravity Toilet Instructions will discourage anyone from becoming an astronaut. ♥

I don't think you'd show Tell-My-Mom.com to your mom. Am I right? ;) You, naughty you! ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I hate being sick
It gives me some holidays
But still I hate it.

I don't think I've ever been as sick as I am now. I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, and I can't move a lot or I'll get a terrible headache. The fever still hasn't gone yet, by the way. Anyway, I had a dream last night which was not too weird. In fact it was kind of nice. But the thing is I can't remember it. I just remember that it was a nice dream. Am I weird or what? Ooops, better get my breakfast and take my medicines now before my mother kills me. I'll be back to blog soon! ♥

Did you know that my name is pronounced "fear-duh"? ♥

I want to be a Blogger ninja master! Does anyone want to do something together and become my twin Blogger ninja master? ;) I would have nothing to do at home for the next couple of days as I won't be back to work until Friday. I need something to keep myself amused. If you have any idea, let me know. ♥

I'm nice *sighs* But I called him Ranta, which is his family name, instead of Andrew or Andy. My bad. Somebody email him, please? ♥

Oh, I almost forgot. Thanks for the get well card, Bruddah! I just love the duck :) ♥

Never underestimate the power of bad poetry. Enough said. Oh, the title of the page is "Reusable Love Poems". You've got to see it to believe it. Now it's really enough said. ♥

Um, is Nyetscape Russian for Notscape or Netscape? Anyway, Nyetscape is your guide to the Russian net, or so they say. You've got to see the picture of their "latest hard drive". Pretty amusing stuff :) ♥

According to the Center for Science in the Interest of Publicity, everything you like is bad for you. If I like you then you're bad for me. Hmmm. Interesting. ♥

Now you can read various email spam without actually receiving them in your inbox at Historical E-Mail: Spam Through the Centuries. Most of them are worth a grin or two. ♥

Think you're a spelling bee contest material? Take the Spelling Test. I only got 8 out of 50 words wrong. Yay me! ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

It's the first day of
My 3 days off, thanks to the
Lovely doctor. Yay!

It's not really a holiday, though. I'm feeling like I've just been back from hell. Did you notice how people who are having a fever sweat so much in movies? I'd always thought it was exaggerated, until I experienced it myself last night. I woke up at 2 AM with a wet t-shirt. I also had weird dreams last night but they are too weird to even make sense.

Anyway, I'm sorry I didn't blog anything yesterday. I was simply too sick to blog. The doctor thought I was crazy not to see a doctor earlier since I'd been having the fever since Friday. When the doctor touched me and said something like "Gee, you're hot!" I was tempted to say "Tell me something I don't know, Doc." But of course I didn't. I just took it as a compliment *grins* Well, better get blogging now... ♥

My mum and I just teamed up to get a huge rat out of the house, and we made it! Woohoo! Well, more like my mum did it. All I did was screaming in terror upon seeing it. I'm such a coward. My mum has got to be one of the bravest women in the world. I don't know what she's done to deserve me, the coward. ♥

Monday Afternoon Haiku

I'm home already
With a terrible headache
Well, at least I'm home.

I can't remember the last time I posted a daily haiku in the afternoon. I didn't post it earlier because I really couldn't think of any. A bad case of Mondayitis plus a terrible headache don't really make me a happy camper.

By the way, as you probably noticed, the little comment thingy is gone for now, but hopefully it'll be back in the near future. Right, Chrish? ;) ♥

Isn't life funny? Just when I'm in a really good mood, I have to be sick. But still it doesn't ruin my mood. I don't even mind the fact than no one has sent me any get well card yet *ahem!*

In case you're wondering, I am really, truly sick now. It's not just another pathetic attempt of mine to avoid work. Really. Honest. Scout's honour. Have I ever mentioned the fact that I used to be a girl's scout? I have? Good. So you should trust me :)

I think my body temperature is getting higher. Everything I eat is beginning to taste like paper. Not that I feel like eating anything at all. I'll still go to work tomorrow because I have a training, but I think I'll go home at lunchtime.

This has got to be the worst fever I've ever had in my entire life. I'm glad I have a weblog to record it :) ♥

Since kottke.org has been redesigned, Nikolai will update this weblog design soon :) ♥

I just remembered that I hadn't asked you the question of the day. Anyway, today's question is very simple: what is your website address? I'd love to return your visit :) Please answer using the little comment thingy --> ♥

American citizens, check out The Declaration of Independence for Modern Readers. Of course Microsoft has to be mentioned in the modern version. ♥

I don't really understand California Speak. That I know for sure. I've met two Californians in real life and to be honest, I had to think hard in order to understand what they were talking about. The site shows you how to talk like a native Californian. Is Britney Spears Californian? I think she talks like one :P ♥

I wish I'd found this site earlier when doing "view source" was the rage in Bloggerville. It would've been very fitting. Anyway, WitCity's Website X-Ray is a site that shows you the meta keywords of popular American presidential candidate websites. I think Quayle has the funniest set of keywords. ♥

Not everyone wants to live forever, but if you have less common sense than "normal" people (there's no such thing as normal, you see), Bandersnatch's Guide To Living Forever might be able to help you live just a little bit longer. ♥

Putzsumi Computers. Innovation costs more. They cost less. Whatever. But they've got the point. I mean, how many of us really know anything about computers? I know I don't, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Aren't I? ♥

I used to have problems with some of my English teachers because I had more English vocabularies than them. One of them even bothered to tell me to use "more common English words" in my compositions. Hah! Anyway, here's a link to dumbteacher.com, which is a collection of stories about, well, dumb teachers. ♥

Writing CV (resume to you, Americans) can be so frustrating. CV-O-matic will make it a bit easier (emphasis on "a bit"). Just copy and paste, and voila! ♥

Oh, I forgot to mention that I heard from Will Try again after what felt like ages. We started blogging at about the same time, but he disappeared from the face of Bloggerville months ago. But now he's back with a new url, a spiffy new design, and his own comment system. Woo! Welcome back, Will! :) ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Come closer and meet
A hot Asian chick, that's me.
My forehead is hot :)

Today is my third day with the fever. It still hasn't gone yet. Ack! I'm beginning to feel more than just weird. And it's so hot, hot, hot! I don't know if I'll have the energy to blog today.

Anyway, I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed of taking an exam and I don't get to answer all the questions because I'm already running out of time. I'm so nervous about it. It's like the exam will determine whether I'm going to live or die. Then I find myself going on a field trip to see a rice field at the foot of a mountain. The weird thing is when I take a closer look at the rice field, I find that it's not really a rice field. It's carpet. Green carpet. And then I hear someone says that they grow carpet around here. I remember thinking to myself that carpet is not organic so you can't grow carpet. Besides, when it rains and the carpet is wet, it's going to smell so bad. Just when I'm beginning to think that I must've gone crazy, I wake up. It's nice to know that I'm still sane. Well, sort of. ♥

If you live in San Francisco or plan to buy a house there, you'd better check the San Francisco Cemeteries. The place you live in or plan to buy might be built on the site where they used to bury the dead. Spooky! It reminds me of that "Poltergeist" movie *shudders* ♥

Do you spell "judgement" with or without "e"? I've always spelled it with an "e", but A.P.C.S.W.J. or the Alliance for the Preservation of the Correct Spelling of the Word "Judgment" insists that you spell "judgment" without "e". If you agree with them, you can sign their petition. ♥

Wooo, I'm inspiring! Who would've thought! You're welcome, Linda! :) ♥

To add to the despair and disappointment caused by this year's MTV's VMA, that's what we non-Americans call American culture. ♥

blot*spot does rhyme better than blog*spot :) ♥

Today I learned that my big brother is an N'Sync fan and my little brother writes gossips. The gossip is about a local, hot shot, tennis player (the girl) who broke up with a local, hot shot, badminton player (the guy) because the guy found someone else, who is a hot shot singer, but the guy started dating her without breaking up with the tennis girl first. Still the tennis girl promises that she will support the guy all the way in the Sydney Olympics. I really don't know what to say. ♥

Just read in Fairvue Central that "I Try" by Macy Gray won the MTV's Video Music Award in "Best New Artist In A Video" category. It makes me happy :) I love both the song and the video. And no, the award show wasn't aired here. Not that I'd know if it did. I suck at keeping up with TV programmes.

I try to say goodbye and I choke, try to hide away but I stumble, though I try to hide it, it's clear, my world crumbles when you're not here... ♥

Since only a few of you have taken advantage of the little comment thingy, I'm going to have to ask you a question and you're going to have to post your answer in the little comment thingy because that's what beta testing is all about, isn't it? We have to take advantage of it to the max. Right, Chrish? ;)

Ok, the question of the day is: what is your rockin' song of the moment? (Question inspired by saturn.org) ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

What a hot morning
But maybe it is just me
I'm still feverish.

Yeah, I'm still literally a hot Asian chick this morning. And I feel like throwing up. Ugh! I think I'll go see the doctor today. Who knows, she might order me to get a week off from work ;) ♥

Geeks, watch The Geek Eroto-Cam to see some almost-live stripping actions by iGeek, G3 and the Delectable Dell. They bare all! If you don't get turned on then you're just a geek wannabe, just like me :P ♥

I haven't posted any stupid webpage translator for ages, have I? Well, here's one: The Universal Translator. It will translate any webpage into n3W! k3W| hAcK3r, Skinhead, Pimp, Smurf, Ozzie (Australian), Cockney Rhyming Slang and Redneck languages. ♥

Chris and Luke are looking for sponsorships for their college education and they're doing it like no one has done before. Very original and hilarious. I wish I'd come up with that idea. ♥

Welcome to America is a collection of photos of welcome signs in all 50 states of the US of A. I think welcome signs in the provinces of Indonesia are pretty generic. Well, at least the one that welcomes you to Jakarta when you come from the direction of West Java is pretty generic. I don't think I've ever paid attention to the others. But then again, I've only been to 8 out of 26 provinces in Indonesia, most of which I visited ages ago, so even if I paid attention to them, I don't think I'd remember what they were like. ♥

Hey, look what I've found! It's The Periodic Table of Poetry! There's a poetry for almost every element in the table. My Blog.Element is W (Tungsten/Wolfram) and here's the poetry about it. Pretty cool, huh? :) ♥

Did you notice that safety cards in airplanes don't have captions on it? That's where Airtoons come in handy. They tell you what those airline safety cards REALLY mean. Well, according to them anyway. ♥

Someone made a website just to prove that Britney Spears didn't get breast implants. What a dedication. But I think they've got the point. Read with an open mind! ♥

... and to top it all off, I've got a fever. Now I'm literally a hot Asian chick. Blech. ♥

"When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan is stuck in my head again. Argh! Somebody make it stop, please! The thing is, the song makes me feel so sad :(

Through the summer and the fall
we had each other that was all
just she and I together
like it was meant to be
and when she was lonely
I was there to comfort her
and I knew that she loved me

So the years went by
I stayed the same
but she began to drift away
I was left alone
still I waited for the day
when she'd say
I will always love you

Sad, sad, sad... ♥

It is normal for people to change over time, right? But I've always stayed the same. I've never changed. Does that make me a freak? ♥

By the way, if you feel like doing a bit of charity, please reload this page, time how long it takes for it to completely load, and let me know about it by using the little comment thingy. I would greatly appreciate it. ♥

At the moment, there is nothing I want more in my life than going home. Work sucks. Big time. And it's still five and a half hours before I can go home. I think I'll just go to the corner and cry now *sniff!* Anyone have some Kleenex to offer? A clean hanky will do too... ♥

I'm beta testing this blogger comment system for Chrish. If you want to beta test this thing too in your blog, you'll just have to contact Chrish. He needs more beta testers. I think the system is pretty neat. It's orange, but neat *grins* Go on, leave me a comment! You know you want to *wink, wink* ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

I just love Fridays
Love the anticipation
Of the weekend. Yay.

I want to do a lot of design this weekend. My goal is to be able to create a good looking site which is purely HTML and CSS, with no graphics whatsoever. It is possible, isn't it? Please say yes, please? I mean, I'm good at HTML but I suck big time at graphic design. "No Artistic Talent" is my middle name. Firda "No Artistic Talent" Beka. You can call me Firda N.A.T. Beka for short. Heh. ♥

Help! I need to... dress like a porn star! And Help! I need to... is supposed to be a free student advice site. Hmmm. It's funny, though :) ♥

Check out the hilarious photographs of Dean and Nigel blend in! I guess this is what happens to British blokes when they have too much free time. Still I'm glad they didn't decide to blog instead to kill the time. ♥

Earth From Above is beautiful. That's the reason I love flying. That's also the reason I've always wanted to become an astronaut. I think it would be totally cool if I could see the Blue Planet from the outerspace. ♥

Americans, find out how vulnerable you are to missile attack at Coalition to Protect Americans Now only by entering your ZIP code. I entered 90210 (you know, from Beverly Hills 90210) and learned that the inhabitants of Beverly Hills are at risk from at least 17 different types of missiles from China, North Korea, and Russia. Boy, am I glad I'm not American :P ♥

Working at Burger King must be such a horrible experience that someone bothered to build The Burger King Therapy Center. We used to have some Burger King outlets here in Jakarta but I haven't seen any for years now. I guess they weren't really all that popular here. ♥

Do you know what a dope slap is? Well, either way, here's an illustrated guide to administering a perfect dope slap. Be sure to practice your dope slap regularly. Convenient targets include siblings, moron friends, and any politician. Hey, it's their words, not mine! ♥

I just posted a conspiracy theory in MetaFirda. Why don't you check it out? ;) ♥

I wonder if Wendell has ever read these Literal Answers to Rhetorical Questions. It's pretty amusing. ♥

Basic Rules of Driving in Metro Atlanta are no different from the basic rules of driving in Jakarta, especially rule number 18. ♥

There aren't really 1001 facts in 1001 Internet Facts but that's okay. It made me smile. Anything that can make me smile is good in my book. Besides, I don't think you'd want to read it if there were really 1001 facts on the page. ♥

Shakespeare's Little Instruction Book is a page that adapts Shakespeare's advice to modern situations. Hmmm. That sounds boring, huh? Well, it's not. At least this one is not science-related :P ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

A rainy morning
After a really hot night
I am so sleepy.

As it turned out, six hours of sleep is not really enough. Need I say more? ♥

Learn How to Catch a Lion the physicist way. I like the Schroedinger method best :) Did you notice that I've been posting a lot of science-related links lately? Well, I don't like it either but it looks like all the links that aren't science-related have already been blogged :( ♥

Laundry: A Quantum Mechanical Approach shows you what happens to all the socks at the laundromat. Some people think way too much. Well, it's either that or he's just obsessed with his missing socks. ♥

If you have a green thumb and a dark mind, Gothic Gardening is just perfect for you. You can even check out the Grave Goods, which is a list of some plants that you can take in your gravesite with you when you die. It's funny that beans have to be on top of that list. I mean, I don't think it would be very comfortable to lay on beans in the coffin. I'd rise from the death with a backpain after a couple of hours if it was me. ♥

If you're American and you feel like breaking the law, ITAR Civil Disobedience will help you do that. Just by filling out and submitting a simple form, you'll be listed on the list of International Arms Trafficker. Fun, huh? ;) ♥

Oh, brother. Again? ♥

Is it just me or does time really fly so quickly when you're online? I only planned to be online for 2 hours this morning so I could still get another hour of sleep before I had to get ready for work. But before I knew it, it was already 5 A.M., which was the time for me to take a shower before going to work. Needless to say, I'm so sleepy right now. I keep on falling asleep as I work. if you want to wake me up, feel free to message me on AIM and say "Boo!" ♥

Awww, Geeks In Love are so cute! :) Makes me wish I was a real geek. I might not be a real geek, but I am a real dork. I wonder what dorks in love are like. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

It is Wednesday
And it is 7 A.M.
Already at work.

I work from 6:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. which makes me have to wake up so early in the morning. That's why the only thought I have as soon as I get home is to go to sleep. Well, of course the first thing I do as soon as I get home is go online and check my site statistics but that doen't make me less sleepy. If you see me online at very early hour my time (which is probably afternoon your time), that would be because I feel guilty for not blogging anything the day before and decided to wake up early in the morning just to find some links to post before I leave for work. I am such a dedicated weblogger. I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed about it. ♥

There's always a dumb crook every day at Bozo Criminal of the Day. Now that sounds somewhat better than the original description. If you didn't read the original, be happy. It was stupid, really. I just haven't felt like thinking in English lately. I don't know why. Identity crisis, probably. I actually write better in English than in my own language. It's just so sad. Makes you wonder how bad my Indonesian language is, huh? Well, you don't want to know :) ♥

Do you own the Worst Car of the Millennium? If you do, my deepest sympathy. But even the worst car of the millennium can't be worse than my family cars. Yeah, they are that bad. ♥

Apparently, the Brazillians have just as wide-ranged body language vocabulary as the Italians. Find out how to express things Brazillian way in Brazilian Body Language. ♥

You can find anything on the internet, even The Letterman Hall Of Haircuts, available in several categories, such as "Days of Early Struggle" and "Standards", with amusing commentaries.

Gee. That must be one of the dullest things I've ever written. And I used to want to be a copywriter. What a joke. ♥

In case you're wondering, I'm not really fearsome. I just like the sound of "Fearsome Firda". I'm more fearless than fearsome. Well, at least I'm good at looking fearless :) The truth is, I'm afraid of chicken, especially hens. They are just so fierce *shudders*

I got chased by a hen once, would you believe? She thought I was harrassing her chicks when I was just walking past them and they got scared away by my presence. It wasn't my fault, but the mother hen obviously didn't think so she chased the poor little me. Sigh. I know, I'm pathetic. ♥

The song stuck in my head right now is "When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan. It's supposed to be a song with a happy ending, but still it makes me sad. ♥

Anagrams?

Weblog Wannabe: ownable web nag.
Haiku the Blog: about high elk.
MetaFirda: admit fear.

I am Fearsome Firda. ♥

Life is a series of Plan Bs. I don't know why Plan As rarely work. Could it be because Plan As tend to be too ambitious? ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Back to work again
At least today's not Monday
Four days to weekend.

Going back to work on a Tuesday is indeed better than going back to work on a Monday. Knowing that this week I only have to work for four days did help to make getting up easier this morning. Hmmm. I don't really know what else to say. All morning I've been teaching my supervisor some stupid MS Excel tricks (again). Working with MS Excel is fun, but teaching it to other people is another story. Well, better start working now. ♥

PC Gunk's Fun Things to Do with a 486, with difficulty ratings and cost estimates. Most of them cost nothing, though. The easiest of all these is, of course, to leave it to slowly rust in the corner. The level of difficulty is 0/10 and it costs you nothing. But where is the fun? I have no idea. ♥

The ten most bizarre objects found inside PCs include chicken wishbone, placed inside the CPU to prevent the machine crashing. It sounds like a good idea. ♥

Have you ever tried Dilberito from Scott Adams Foods? Was it any good? I didn't know there was such thing as Dilbert Burrito until I found this page. It looks pretty nauseating to me. ♥

WorstCaseScenarios.com provides you with all sorts of survival tips, from how to escape from quicksand through to how to survive if your parachute fails to open. If *my* parachute failed to open, I don't think I'd be able to remember anything I read here. I'd pass out before I hit the ground. ♥

It looks like I'm suffering from weblogger's blog block. Does anyone know the cure? Let me know. ♥

Somebody read MetaFirda, please? I know the design is really lame, but I promise I'll redesign it if you read it. Scout's honour! ♥

To celebrate its first anniversary, Fairvue Central is featuring 366 : the first year of Fairvue Central. Makes me wonder if my weblog will ever make it to the big 1. For some reasons, I'm not too sure about it. Anyway, it's funny that Nikolai had to mention my linking to Fairvue for the 27th time in the timeline because I wouldn't have known it hadn't he told me earlier that day that I'd linked to him 26 times and he'd only linked to me 9 times. But Nik does hold the record for linking to me the most on the same day. On 16 April 2000, he linked to me in three entries out of the seven he posted that day. Seven posts within a day in Fairvue is a record in itself *grins* ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Nothing better than
A holiday on Monday
Happy, happy, joy...

... joy! If I put the "joy" in the haiku, the line would become a 6 syllable one. Not that you'd care or anything. I just thought I'd point that out :) I've got to get a design ready today. Ugh. I hope I can finish it in 5 hours or it would be too late. I'm not going to the movie today as previously planned. Not that I mind. I already went to the mall yesterday and bought myself a couple of tapes and a book, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" which I bought just because I was curious about what you guys were talking about and why you bothered to queue for hours just to buy this book. I still haven't finished reading the first chapter so I can't give any comment yet. Maybe later. ♥

Everybody should listen to "Nightswimming" by REM and tell me that I'm not crazy for liking this song so much that I've made it one of my favourite songs of all time even though I've only heard of that song today. There's a RealAudio file of that song on the site I linked to. Download and listen to it. Please? It would make me happy. ♥

Joey Anderson is a self-confessed loser. That makes him funny. ♥

Here's another one for Jordan (because he kissed me *grins*): Professor-to-Student Phrase Book. Apparently, when your professor told you anything at all, you need to read between the lines. I guess I was lucky because my professors back in college were just as blunt as myself. ♥

This one is for Jordan: The 9 Types of Roommates. The only roommate I've ever had in my entire life was my big bro. We shared a room until I was 11. He was a neat freak and he actually enjoyed cleaning up, which was good for me since I was a messy type. ♥

I really can't tell which one is better, work or prison. But prison does sound like a better place to be. ♥

Do you have a job interview coming up? Well, prepare yourself by checking out these Snappy Answers to Stupid Interview Questions. I do think that "Why did you apply to this job?" is the stupidest interview question ever. It's so stupid that I didn't know what to say when being asked that question for the first time. I finally said something like "because I needed a job to earn a living?" in a really sarcastic tone. I got the job, though. They liked my bluntness. ♥

Note to self: Avoid reading blogs that you know contain materials that could piss you off. ♥

I think this Labor Day weekend is officially a "Not Speaking to Firda Weekend". My family's not talking to me for no apparent reason and no one but Amelia (I'd link to you but your diary's password protected :P) has talked to me online. I think I should start talking to my fish. Hi, Mr. Fish! How are you feeling? Crappy? Me too! Let's feel crappy together! ♥

Ugh. I hate it when I posted to the wrong blog. Anyway, I just posted some really lame haikus in Haiku the Blog. You may want to read it. ♥

According to The Weirdness Test, I'm "quirky - in a somewhat disturbing way." I don't know if it's good or bad. ♥

Apparently, there are aquariums at the Netscape offices. You can watch the cute little fishes swimming around on The Amazing Netscape Fish Cam. ♥

Do you want to be a ghostbuster? Check out Ghost Hunting 101. They say there are only 2 kinds of ghosts but I'm sure there's more. Not that I've ever seen any. Well, I probably have seen one but I'm not sure. It was a woman in red dress, sitting on my bed. She was there, smiling at me, when I woke up in the middle of the night. I thought it was my aunt so I closed my eyes again. But then I remembered that my aunt wasn't here. I opened my eyes again in terror but she was no longer there. Spooky, huh? ♥

I think Jordan has the potential to become the next Mahir Chagri. "I kiss you!"? Oh dear... I kiss you too, Jordan! *grins* Glad to see your blog's up again.

As to the meme, I am guilty for including Digital Swirlee's URL into the meme code. I'm also guilty for including a few British blog URL's into the code. They were not in the original code made by Uncle Joe. I just thought the more's the merrier *grins* And I deleted my own URL off the original code. I'm not really that much of a linkslut. Heh. Please don't kill me! I included you because I loved you! ;) ♥

It looks like while I was busy complaining, they took care of the problem. Now everything's back to normal. Yay! :) ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

A lousy morning
My ISP's screwing up
It's so slow as snail.

I can't even log on to AIM or check my email, let alone browsing. It took me an hour just to access Blogger. Grrr. My ISP's been royally screwing up all weekend. Even yesterday it was already so slow. Anyway, if you think I don't blog enough today, that would be the reason. Hopefully they'll take care of the problem soon before Monday comes. I just hate spending my Sunday at home and offline. I would get a withdrawal syndrome. Well, better post this now. It might take yet another hour just to post this. Sigh. ♥

I love you. ♥

Create your own genetically healthy child online at Genochoice. According to them (after "scanning" my thumb), my DNA has the following defects:

98% Homosexuality
85% Novelty-seeking
69% Attention Deficit Disorder
20% Anxiety
10% Addiction Susceptibility
8% Bipolar mood disorder
7% Velocardiofacial (Shprintzen) Syndrome
3% Glottal Stop

To upgrade my DNA, it would cost thousands of dollars, but to choose the baby's gender, hair colour, eye colour, and the expected height of the child at the age of 18 is free. So I decided to skip the DNA upgrade (I wouldn't mind having a homosexual child, really) and choose to get a baby boy with brown hair and hazel eyes who will be 6 foot tall by the time he turns 18. It only costs me $0! Yay! ♥

Missed reading James Joyce's "Ulysses" when you were in college? Well, you can always read the short, illustrated version at Ulysses for Dummies. I think it's more interesting than the original version. I managed to read it until the last chapter. I could never finish reading the original one. ♥

I'm always curious about the equivalent of some American English words in British English. This American-to-British Dictionary pretty much satisfied my curiosity, if not amused me. Is ATM really called "Hole in the Wall" in UK? What if the hole in the wall is just a hole in the wall, and not an ATM? What is it called? Stupid question, maybe. But I'm really curious! ♥

Combo #5 is the Chinese restaurant version of Mambo #5 by Lou Bega. I couldn't hear the song since my computer was still mute, but even without sound, it's still hilarious. It should be even more hilarious with full sound effect. Let me know what the song's like, ok? (Macromedia Shockwave required) ♥

Find excuses for any given occasion and situation at excuses by excuses.co.uk. I really like today's excuse in their "Daily Excuse" section: "I didn't fall asleep at my desk... I'm trying to become as one with my computer!" I'll have to memorise that one. It may come in handy at work. ♥

I don't know what The Sarcasterizer does other than putting quotation marks to some random words on a webpage. I don't even know why I blogged this. I must be "really" bored. ♥

Learn How To Twirl a Pen. It's not really a useless skill, you know. It makes you look sophisticated during lectures. I mean, while others taking notes, you are twirling your pen because you don't find it necessary to take notes. It makes you look like a genius! Just make sure that you don't make the pen fly and land on the professor's forehead.

I used to twirl my pen all the time during lectures back in college. Not because I was a genius, but because I hated taking notes. I've always been better at remembering things that I hear than things that I read. I was so good at twirling pen that my friends thought I was a smoker. For the unknowing ones, I'm straight-edged. I don't drink and I don't smoke and I have no plan to start doing so. ♥

This really cracked me up. If you want to make your date swoon (literally), check out this illustrated guide to making your head disappear right in front of your unsuspecting dining partner. It's really easy if you know how. Don't worry, it won't kill you. ♥

In case you read the original post below, I've decided not to go on with the collaborative blog idea because I'm worried that it would become some kind of a clique and God knows how much I hate cliques. High school made me like that. Long story. I want to create something interactive that anyone can join. Something like Haiku the Blog.

A-ha! I've got an idea. No, I'm not going to tell you now. Later! ♥

Suddenly I got this urge to design something. No, I'm not going to redesign this blog. I still love this design. Hmmm. What to do, what to do... I could redesign Openlog but it looks like with the current situation there, the design won't stay too long and I'd be really sad if my design only lasted for only a week or even less. So redesigning Openlog is out of the question. I could redesign the layout of one of my unifinished projects but I'm not too sure anymore that it's going to work so... ♥

The Inscrutable 8-Ball Revealed. Just when I was beginning to think that the Magic 8-Ball was truly magic... ♥

It's official. I'm not going anywhere today. Not that I mind. I feel like slacking. By the way, would you believe if I told you that I dreamed in HTML last night? I don't really know how it works, but in my dream last night, you really can use HTML to communicate orally. Don't ask. ♥

For the unknowing ones, if you messaged me and I didn't message you back, that means it was my little brother who was online and not me. He never let me know if anyone messaged me when he was using the computer and since AIM doesn't have a history folder like ICQ does, I have no way to know. So please don't take it personally and feel free to message me again.

Another thing is, if you message me when you're on my site and I message you back, don't run away. I don't bite, really. And I love to talk. With that said, now on with the show! ♥

Just a Tip sends a free, anonymous friends, telling them about their annoying problems, from nose picking through to bad performance on bed. I hope no one would send me this for being a dork. Some of the things that they consider as "problems" are really things that you don't need to change. So you think a friend of yours has a poor taste in music. So what? If they're happy with it, why ask them to change it? And I don't think a guy can be blamed for having a small penis, so there. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

It's a warm morning
The sky is partly cloudy
I'm going shopping.

Not with my old college friends, though. They said they'd call on Friday but they didn't so I guess it's either we're going on Monday or we're not going anywhere. Anyway, I'm going grocery shopping with my mother and big bro today. Well, actually I haven't decided if I'll go or not but if the weather's nice, I'll go. If it's raining, I'd rather stay home. Not that you'd care. I just feel like rambling. I always feel like rambling on Saturday. It's my favourite day. Have I mentioned that I was born on a Saturday? Well, now I have. If you were born on a Saturday too then we're birthday twins. Cool, huh? ;) ♥

Au revoir les inmates is a collection of last words from the death row. Most of them are actually pretty funny. ♥

Frequently Asked Questions About Men contains questions that most women already know the answers to. It's men who need to read this. ♥

Geek guys, learn how to talk to girls. I have no problem talking with geek guys. It's the "normal" guys that I have a problem with. You don't need this to talk to me, really. ♥

Scooter-Poot seems to be a good name to give to your baby. Just read the name analysis at Kabalarians.com. ♥

When in doubt, view source. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

It's Friday! Hooray!
I'll have a 3-day weekend
Starting tomorrow.

Either tomorrow or Monday I'm going to hang out with a couple of friends from college. I can't wait! We're all broke at the moment so I guess we'll have to make the most out of the few pennies we have :) If we decide to go out on Saturday, it'll be only for junk food fest, window shopping and people watching, but if we go on Monday, we're going to see a movie because on Mondays, they sell movie tickets for half the normal price! We're broke, remember? I miss them and I miss college. It was the only place where I felt belong. ♥

Battle of the Bills is a war in haiku between a Bill Paxton's fan and a Bill Pullman's fan. Even their cheesy haikus are still better than mine. Sigh. ♥

These Geological Howlers have been taken from actual student examination scripts, essays and reports at the School of Earth Sciences and Geography at Keele University, UK. Gotta love the British sense of humour. ♥

Administratium is the heaviest element known to science, has a normal half-life of approximately 3 years and doesn't actually decay but instead undergoes reorganization in which assistant neutrons and vice neutrons exchange places. It sounds strangely familiar... ♥