i have wished to fly over to next year, but now i am kind of wishing for a longer week. i need more time relaxing and stduying this gmat monster.
i did test practice twice and i think those give me a preview..... i would run out of time and yet not sure how reflective the score is. my last resort: crossing my fingers real tight and hard hope my prays are heard. Amin!
how could u solve a problem with 30 lines calculation in 90 seconds??!?!?!!
I went to the post office sending off my two graduation applications, SPU and SU. eN the storie goes.........
Station #3
Clerk (mid 40s korean lady): next in line please!
bubbLe: hello! these with delivery confirmation please.
Clerk: is this school applications? *reading the addresses on the envelopes*
bubbLe: yes *is there any special rate for school application? is it free? can it get to the destinations faster?*
Clerk: are these yours?
bubbLe: yup. *is it really gonna be free?*
Clerk: i want to make sure you have the right address. *frowning eyes*you have graduate admission office here, it is right? *pointing at my writings*
bubbLe: i believe so... *this clerk is weird!* Clerk: oh okay. Are you in a senior year?*with doubting voice*
bubbLe: yessss...... *gawd! gets the electronic stamps faster mam!*
Clerk: ah ic. i thought you are applying for undergraduate...
bubbLe: *dangggg am i too shortie? am i too babyface? -yucks- ^____^ does my face look pure innocent? she suspected me a minor?!?! cmon! should i take this as a compliment or a complaint eh?*
i couldn't sleep well yesterday, it was probably i took too much evening nap. it was not really a nap tough, what happen was i fell asleep during my gmat study ritual LOL.
i do not have much apetite thesedays.. dunno why. so i took late supper last nite. another possible reason why i had a hard time falling asleep.
waking up every two hours ruined what i call beauty sleep. agrGh...
i also got a crazie mathematical dream *like my twin did* while she dreamt about + and - numbers, i dreamt about inequalities. gawd, i think i should start to believe the thoery that ur brain review the things that u experience during the day. aiks i woke up then i saw 1 miss call, and it read "Huan Sg" oH, she is in sg already? gosh. opie's boss is ready for the reunion with the mambo-jumbo-meal-group hihihihihihi but why she called me?? something important?? and the calling time was very weird... early morning dawn? what's going on??? i texted her and she didn't reply. so still dunno what's wrong or right. 'sigh'
to make my feeling worse, i got this another phone call from hanafi. but then it was in rush for a conference call so i said i call him later the day. i just texted him and again no response. anyone knows what's going wrong? 2 utama people called me and they didn't leave any clue.
signing MSN and no utama people can confirm this random coincidence.
really i got this unease feeling and at most of the time i do have this kind of feeling - something is gonna happen for good or bad! *crossed fingers* or maybe it's just me... being sensitive... all i feel is insecure and i know i miss him... si pejantan tangguh! hohohohohoohohohohoho baby- you make my sleep short and my apetite down.
gw rasa ntar malem gw ngigau "chiko chiko chiko chiko chiko mommy is home......"
Ready, Set, Play: Zune Challenging iPod by Kim Peterson (Seattle Times)
Can Microsoft harness cool in a 5-ounce music player? And can it do it in the long shadow of the iPod, which has charted a course in cool for five years? The company will find out starting Tuesday, when the chunky, fits-in-your-pocket Zune music player goes on sale in the U.S. for $250.
The Zune sets off on a path filled with the corpses of upstart music players that have gone before, a trail of survival that ends with toppling the seemingly untouchable iPod. And while much has been written about what's inside the Zune — 30 gigabytes of storage, an FM radio, the ability to interact with other Zunes wirelessly — the first test of the music player will be what's on the outside. How does it feel in your hand? What's the screen like? Would you want to be seen in public with one?
The outside appearance starts with color. Apple audaciously chose white, and before competitors copied the look there was no denying that someone bopping around on the sidewalk with white headphones was an iPodder.
Microsoft is also staking its place with color, but it went for the other end of the spectrum: brown. Or "suede," as it's known internally.
The Zune also comes in white and black, referred to within the company as "cotton" and "flannel." No word on whether the accessories are called Downy or Tide.
"They're extensions of the clothes that we want to wear every day, soft fabrics," said Steve Kaneko, design director of the Zune. "They're warm and they're everyday, and that is what we wanted to bring to this category." OK, fair enough. But brown? Consumer electronics don't come in brown. Even the LG Chocolate, one of the hottest cellphones out right now, is black.
A store shelf standout But that's exactly what will set the Zune apart, according to Microsoft. The company found that when shown all three colors at once, people would often pick up the brown one first. It's that different. But that didn't necessarily mean they liked it.
"The brown color actually has people working," Kaneko said. "They're thinking really hard if they like it or hate it, or all of the above. It's doing exactly what we wanted to do."
Brown is extremely fashionable now, said Margaret Walch, director of the Color Association of the United States. Many people say it's the new black, she said — and she was serious. "Brown in the past has been somewhat earth-related," she said. "It's been grounded and practical. But I think the new browns are purple browns and blackened browns and interesting buffy browns."
And in the Zune's case, green brown. The brown Zune has an overlay of green, almost that glowy, antifreeze green Microsoft chose as a highlight for its Xbox video-game consoles. It's an interesting choice, given that some key Xbox creators developed the Zune. But unlike the Xbox, the green in the Zune is so subtle, it doesn't stand out unless it's at a certain angle. The green adds what Kaneko describes as "acidity," and it makes the Zune seem even more out in left field.
But there's no mistake here. Every aspect of the player's look has been carefully studied and given focus-group treatment.
Mix and match Kaneko's design team started out with piles of color samples, mixing and matching them to get a sense of how they paired up. Kaneko said the team analyzed at least 50 color schemes, including rich purples and blues and beautiful pinks. But ultimately, they wanted to do more than just offer a color. They wanted emotion. They wanted people to look at the Zune and feel something.
To the designers, brown represented the independence of spirit they wanted the Zune to convey. "Who in their right mind would produce a brown electronic product?" Kaneko asked. "Artists would. Musicians would. This is very underground. This is Seattle grunge. This is our Kurt Cobain."
Just to drive that point a little further, every Zune has the phrase "Hello from Seattle" engraved in the back.
Not everyone is sold. "I'm a winter, and browns and winters don't go together very well," joked technology analyst Rob Enderle. He doesn't think Microsoft will sell many brown Zunes, and said he thinks the iPod looks better.
After years of pushing white, Apple seems to be moving to black as a standard color. But Enderle admits he might not be in the demographic Microsoft is going for. He still prefers a Porsche to a Scion, but the Zune's target audience tends to like the cute, hip Scions.
Color is just one of a host of factors that could determine the Zune's success. It has a bright, 3-inch screen, bigger than the iPod's, but it doesn't have the iPod's scroll wheel and uses a click wheel instead.
It works exclusively with the Zune Marketplace online music store, where users can buy individual songs or a subscription plan to download songs for a monthly fee. It comes with a built-in FM radio, a feature the iPod lacks. It also has a unique, limited sharing system that allows users to share songs with other Zune users through a wireless transfer.
Early reviews are in the so-so range. A New York Times columnist called it "barren," without any of the standard iPod amenities, including games, a calendar, equalizer, world clock or address book. Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg said it has "too many compromises and missing features to be as good a choice as the iPod." But Microsoft has gone out of its way to establish good relationships with music and retail partners for the Zune, kind of like a parent who might make nice with other parents before the first day of kindergarten.
The Zune will go on sale at an estimated 30,000 retail locations, far more than the iPod started out in. And it comes at a time retailers are pretty fed up with the way Apple treats them, Enderle said. When iPods are in short supply, for example, the retailers don't get many shipments while Apple's stores seem to have plenty.
Music labels are also frustrated with Apple and have quarreled for years about pricing and profit distribution. Microsoft, by contrast, has struck a deal to give Universal Music Group a payment for every Zune player sold. In return, Universal will give the company broader music rights and access to artists.
The Zune has the opportunity to steal market share from Apple, probably more than any other player that has existed in this space, Enderle said. But on the other hand, it's untested, and you never really know what will play well on store shelves.
"It's either going to be a really big hit or a really big dog," Enderle said. "I just don't see this falling in the middle."
CANCER Most amazing kisser. Very high sex appeal. Great in bed... Love is one of a kind. Very romantic. Most caring person you will ever meet! Entirely creative. Random and proud of it. Great tellin stories. Great fighter and will Knock your lights out >>>> my twin is the best in storie telling :D
LIBRA Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone they meet. Their love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Have own unique sexiness. Most caring person you will ever meet! Amazing in Bed..!!!Did I say Amazing in Bed? Not the kind of person you wanna ........ with...u might end up crying... The most irresistible >>>> lili kan eamng nice to everyone :)
ARIES Outgoing. Lovable. Spontanious. Not one to ........ with.....u might end up in a wheelchair Erotic. Funny. Take you on trips to the moon in bed. Excellent kisser. EXTREMELY sexy. Loves being in long relationships. Addictive. Loud. Best in bed. >>>> HAHAHAHAAHA i don't want to end up on a wheelchair ah~
afterall, smuanya great in bed ^LOL^
bubbLe has a bad day. the day starts with the careless me forget to put moisturizer on my face! i dun knoe what am i thinking bisa kluar rumah ngak pake moisturizer and it's so dry! antoher stupid mistake is i leave my cell on bed! then another bad thng is i ride the wrong bus! i suppose to take no. 18 and for whatever reasons i get on the 8 instead. after siting down for 2 minutes, lho kok busnya belok?!?!?!?! DANG i got to get down and walk like 3/4 mile to the nearest 18 bus station. it was chill!! i dun have any good rain jackets coz i sent it home in the mid year! next, coz i feel so cold - i went to *$ for a cup of green tea latte... en u knoe what happen lha yah next to make my day gets worse. DAMN it! i miss chiko i miss my baby :X
congRats to dumb-O who finally nailed down a b*atch LOL you r pimped to join the xu-tgif gank ;P so how's 1st day? en how about our cia? also the congRats goes for lili for getting her LPR approved. it seems to me that the kewl nice and sweet breeze is coming on everyone's way yah :D
Spontaneous. Freak in Bed. High sex appeal. Rare to find. Great when found. Loves being in long relationships. The one. So much love to give. Not one to mess with. Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone they meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA what do you guys think? are these best describing myself? I got it from someone's fs - bulletin board posting.
