Yes..i have exams and i still have time to do something like this..im sick of studying and somehow everything else seems more interesting..
Anyways, by tweaking the registry and the task scheduler for the system tray in the taskbar, my startup and running has been quicker.
The one i found that made most difference and has no risk at all if you follow instructions is tweaking the windows prefetcher.. dont be afraid.. its kinda easy
Tweaking the windows prefetcher.
By adjusting this, it assigns more resources to the system to prefetch application data during the startup of windows.
first open the run window by holding down (windows key + R)
key in "regedit" in the open field
Then click OK.
Then browse your way through the directory tree to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management \ PrefetchParameters]
Once you get to that directory, you will be able to see a file named "Enable Prefetcher".
Double click it, and a window will come out with fields for a value name and a value data
Change the value data to 5, the preset setting was 3, change it to 5. Dont change the base settings, let it remain in hexadecimal. Click Ok and close the window. Restart your system and notice the difference.
Verdict - Extremely fast windows startup times (Jc, i really recommend you do this to speed up your startup)
Removing unwanted background programs in the system tray
This removes all the stupid irritating program running in the background that is sucking up the system resources. If you can't remove those programs manually at the bottom right of your screen by right click and setting it not to start up when the system starts(called system tray),
this is what you can do to get rid of it once and for all manually
Windows key + R
In the open field - key in "msconfig"
a window will then popup
click the Startup tab
uncheck all the stupid irritating programs that always sucks up your resources at start up
becareful to only uncheck programs that you know and which is the one you want to remove.
do not remove any system files.
Verdict - Starting up at faster speeds, remove stupid programs irritating at startup.
There are other things you can do, but i think these 2 are the simplest and the most effective.
Other tweaks i have done, remove thumbnail cache
This is kinda tricky and you have to follow carefully and you might screw up..so proceed with caution from the site link. How does this improve your system speed? when you have a folder full of videos or pictures, windows xp stores all those picture in cache and it may take up lotsa memory, and system cache is important so it rather be storing some other important files than thumbnails. So by editting this, the system only opens the thumbnail when you open the folder and its not preloaded.
Verdict - Slightly faster system performance, if you have lotsa images and vdos, i think it will make more difference to you
For a full explanation and guide go to
http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/sgp-tweaks.ars
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
haphazard cogitation
thoughts of you never left my mind
your presence reside in my conscience
wanting nothing but you beside me
to be whole again, together and whole again..
the feeling inside is numb and dull
the need to fulfill a void
a void deeper than my soul
taking a day at a time
begging for mercy from seconds
wishing the future would fly past
to a time where everything can be constant again
things doesnt feel so good anymore
satisfaction and pleasures are all temporary and shallow
i guess there is a deeper meaning in life
a meaning where being alone is insignificant
wish things could be how it were. dont you think so?
your presence reside in my conscience
wanting nothing but you beside me
to be whole again, together and whole again..
the feeling inside is numb and dull
the need to fulfill a void
a void deeper than my soul
taking a day at a time
begging for mercy from seconds
wishing the future would fly past
to a time where everything can be constant again
things doesnt feel so good anymore
satisfaction and pleasures are all temporary and shallow
i guess there is a deeper meaning in life
a meaning where being alone is insignificant
wish things could be how it were. dont you think so?
Friday, October 20, 2006
Black Jack Birthday!
11.25 pm 19th october
Jian Cai and smalls came to my room. They said, "its time". I told them i need to change(hehe, but i took a bottle of baby oil) They were escorting me to a certain death. I was walking the green mile to my celebration..my doom... The walk from my room to the Richo games room was a long one. I stopped and checked every corner making sure no one ambushed me. or threw something at me.. It was as if i was playing live counter strike with my life at stake.
11.30 pm
Games room. The gang was there. (Aik, Tots, Li Yee, Joleen, Boon Kiat, David, Kit Mey). I was expecting them to throw flour at me when i least expected it..but noooo...they had something worse..They made me sit on a chair. They tied me down with lashing, bounded my hands to the arm rest, legs to the legs of the chair. The hell began..From what i overheard when being tied down was...lets start the first stage now..
I guess li yee was incharge of this..she took out a make up kit.. applied eye shadow, blusher and lip gloss. They were making me a drag queen. Then out of nowhere, they took out a bra...i guess it was A cup, but all of them didnt know whos was it.. And it smelled like grass, not nice.. They then took out huge ribbons and tied me down firmly to the chair.. When they were done with their make up..Tots said, "Stage 2!!!"
Stage 2 comprised of
- EVERYONE tickling me simultaneously
- Random ppl pinching and flicking my nipples(mainly boon kiat...sick sick)
All this was done when i was bound to the chair. I couldnt run, i couldnt move..and i was at their mercy. I laughed so much till i wasnt ticklish anymore. They then decided to give me a break..and continue tickling again when my nerves were refreshed.
Stage 3
When they were all done, they carried me to the lake, yes together with the chair. From the games room to the lake, it was about 200 meters. Yes they carried me. I felt like a victim of
some tribal sacrificial ritual.
We passed by the security guards and strangers, i was yelling "help me" from the chair. hahaha. and they just ignored me..what if i was really dying or getting kidnapped? So next time if you wanna kidnap someone, just say its their birthday and laugh along with it. They put me down on a jogging path somewhere beside the lake. Then they had their revenge. Aik poured a whole packet of flour (he got floured on his bday).
Tots poured vinegar on me(to even scores with the gravy i poured on his bday), more like splashed it on my body, i didnt know what vinegar will do to my delicate organs below, so i was like bracing for a burning sensation..luckily there was nothing, . Jc threw a rotten egg at me and book kiat threw a fresh one. The rotten egg.. looked like lotus paste..like some coffee jelly..OMG...Btw im still tied down to the chair.
By now,my underwear was soaked with vinegar, i looked like a sourdough bread with eggs..and make up that made me look like a rape victim.
11.55pm
Stage 4
When they were done with all that. They carried me and the chair nearer to the lake. and they laid down the chair with the back rest on the ground and me looking into the sky.
They waited to 12, then they lit the candle and placed it on a krispy kreme doughnut (which i didnt eat, coz it was contaminated with all the stuff they baked me with). They sang happy birthday AND they put me into the shallow part of the lake with the chair(david,boons and tots revenge for throwing them in the lake). My feet to my shin was submerged with lake water. Then they left me there to bake in the lake for a few minutes. When they figure out i was ready, they came back and decided to untie me.. but everyone was reluctant..scared that i would chase them. Tots said that it my birthday wish to chose who i want to untie me. So i chose him. Hahahaa. but i didnt do anythign to him because he was removing the knots. I tried to splash water from the lake out to the other..but i failed..Tots was having problems removing the knots, so they called hui wen to bring scissors down when she joined us. While waiting for the scissors, we decided to burn the lashing loose..so he did from under the arm rest..and...yes yes..it caught fire.. and tots looked at jc and ask him what to do when my hand was going to catch fire. Then tots decided to splash lake water on the fire.. good thinking man...i was glad he didnt run away. =) . Sooooo when the scissors came, tots cut me lose and pretended that he was still cutting me lose, he was telling me who i should chase and we were discussing my plan of attack. I decided to catch the mastemind, JC first.. then go for the faster ppl then chase the slower ones later. tots counted to 3, (i grabbed the baby oil from my back pocket and uncapped it). I ran to jc, squeezed a fair amount on him and hunted down everyone and sprayin everyone with it.. Joleen ran and fell, so..i rubbed all the flour and egg on her. while i hugged the rest. hahhaha
that was fun. We then headed to the games room for a post mortem.
I told larnee all these, and shes said "They must really love you to plan all this and the fact that you let them do it, you must love them loads too"
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Dinner time till late
The twelve of us went for dinner at a hot pot place at Glen Waverly (aik, tots, joleen, li yee,smalls,kit mey,boon kiat,david,hui wen, yee vonne and Jc). Buffet style which was kinda ok. Kinda sad that we didnt make reservations and had to sit at 2 seperate tables but luckily next to each toher. Then there was the cake and champagne.
Hot pot..
Group shot
Another group shot
Some of us at PI
look who i found at the city? sorry brenda, owe you a picture next time
The mastermind of my torture..The head of the torture camp
Thanks guys for making it a memorable 21st..thanks for the "night" in the city too.Thanks for the presents too.yeah you guys broke me..for the love of God are you guys happy now? please no more next time ok? Thanks all of you back in Msia for the sms and the calls. If i didnt answer them at midnight, you know why...Thanks larnee for the bday present :)
Jian Cai and smalls came to my room. They said, "its time". I told them i need to change(hehe, but i took a bottle of baby oil) They were escorting me to a certain death. I was walking the green mile to my celebration..my doom... The walk from my room to the Richo games room was a long one. I stopped and checked every corner making sure no one ambushed me. or threw something at me.. It was as if i was playing live counter strike with my life at stake.
11.30 pm
Games room. The gang was there. (Aik, Tots, Li Yee, Joleen, Boon Kiat, David, Kit Mey). I was expecting them to throw flour at me when i least expected it..but noooo...they had something worse..They made me sit on a chair. They tied me down with lashing, bounded my hands to the arm rest, legs to the legs of the chair. The hell began..From what i overheard when being tied down was...lets start the first stage now..
I guess li yee was incharge of this..she took out a make up kit.. applied eye shadow, blusher and lip gloss. They were making me a drag queen. Then out of nowhere, they took out a bra...i guess it was A cup, but all of them didnt know whos was it.. And it smelled like grass, not nice.. They then took out huge ribbons and tied me down firmly to the chair.. When they were done with their make up..Tots said, "Stage 2!!!"
Stage 2 comprised of
- EVERYONE tickling me simultaneously
- Random ppl pinching and flicking my nipples(mainly boon kiat...sick sick)
All this was done when i was bound to the chair. I couldnt run, i couldnt move..and i was at their mercy. I laughed so much till i wasnt ticklish anymore. They then decided to give me a break..and continue tickling again when my nerves were refreshed.
Stage 3
When they were all done, they carried me to the lake, yes together with the chair. From the games room to the lake, it was about 200 meters. Yes they carried me. I felt like a victim of
some tribal sacrificial ritual.
We passed by the security guards and strangers, i was yelling "help me" from the chair. hahaha. and they just ignored me..what if i was really dying or getting kidnapped? So next time if you wanna kidnap someone, just say its their birthday and laugh along with it. They put me down on a jogging path somewhere beside the lake. Then they had their revenge. Aik poured a whole packet of flour (he got floured on his bday).
Tots poured vinegar on me(to even scores with the gravy i poured on his bday), more like splashed it on my body, i didnt know what vinegar will do to my delicate organs below, so i was like bracing for a burning sensation..luckily there was nothing, . Jc threw a rotten egg at me and book kiat threw a fresh one. The rotten egg.. looked like lotus paste..like some coffee jelly..OMG...Btw im still tied down to the chair.
By now,my underwear was soaked with vinegar, i looked like a sourdough bread with eggs..and make up that made me look like a rape victim.
11.55pm
Stage 4
When they were done with all that. They carried me and the chair nearer to the lake. and they laid down the chair with the back rest on the ground and me looking into the sky.
They waited to 12, then they lit the candle and placed it on a krispy kreme doughnut (which i didnt eat, coz it was contaminated with all the stuff they baked me with). They sang happy birthday AND they put me into the shallow part of the lake with the chair(david,boons and tots revenge for throwing them in the lake). My feet to my shin was submerged with lake water. Then they left me there to bake in the lake for a few minutes. When they figure out i was ready, they came back and decided to untie me.. but everyone was reluctant..scared that i would chase them. Tots said that it my birthday wish to chose who i want to untie me. So i chose him. Hahahaa. but i didnt do anythign to him because he was removing the knots. I tried to splash water from the lake out to the other..but i failed..Tots was having problems removing the knots, so they called hui wen to bring scissors down when she joined us. While waiting for the scissors, we decided to burn the lashing loose..so he did from under the arm rest..and...yes yes..it caught fire.. and tots looked at jc and ask him what to do when my hand was going to catch fire. Then tots decided to splash lake water on the fire.. good thinking man...i was glad he didnt run away. =) . Sooooo when the scissors came, tots cut me lose and pretended that he was still cutting me lose, he was telling me who i should chase and we were discussing my plan of attack. I decided to catch the mastemind, JC first.. then go for the faster ppl then chase the slower ones later. tots counted to 3, (i grabbed the baby oil from my back pocket and uncapped it). I ran to jc, squeezed a fair amount on him and hunted down everyone and sprayin everyone with it.. Joleen ran and fell, so..i rubbed all the flour and egg on her. while i hugged the rest. hahhaha
that was fun. We then headed to the games room for a post mortem.
I told larnee all these, and shes said "They must really love you to plan all this and the fact that you let them do it, you must love them loads too"
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Dinner time till late
The twelve of us went for dinner at a hot pot place at Glen Waverly (aik, tots, joleen, li yee,smalls,kit mey,boon kiat,david,hui wen, yee vonne and Jc). Buffet style which was kinda ok. Kinda sad that we didnt make reservations and had to sit at 2 seperate tables but luckily next to each toher. Then there was the cake and champagne.
Hot pot..
Group shot
Another group shot
Some of us at PI
look who i found at the city? sorry brenda, owe you a picture next time
The mastermind of my torture..The head of the torture camp
Thanks guys for making it a memorable 21st..thanks for the "night" in the city too.Thanks for the presents too.yeah you guys broke me..for the love of God are you guys happy now? please no more next time ok? Thanks all of you back in Msia for the sms and the calls. If i didnt answer them at midnight, you know why...Thanks larnee for the bday present :)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
hari yang panas bagaikan kayu membara
Seperti biasa, saya bangun selewat saya boleh supaya saya dapat menghadiri class tanpa mengabaikan pelajaran. Perkara pertama saya buat ialah, pergi ke peti sejuk, tuangkan semangkuk susu dengan bijirin jagung saya. Lepas itu, duduk atas kerusi saya dengan mata saya separuh terbuka dan melayari internet untuk mengetahui suasana dan suhu hari. Dengan kekaguman, suhu hari ini , 30 darjah. GILA...
Penukaran suhu dari semalam ke hari in amat drastik. Kebanyakan kawan saya, dengan kebarangkalian 50 peratus mengalami sakit kepala. Kesakitan ini amat mengacaukan apabila saya cuba sedaya upaya untuk mengulangkaji untuk peperiksaan yang akan mula tidak lama lagi. Terasa bingung dengan kesakitan, saya pun tidur untuk melegakan kesakitan. Apabila saya bangun, kesakitan..masih berada di tempat yang sama..celaka...
Cuaca diluar amat melegakan selepas mengulangkaji. Apabila saya berjalan untuk mengambil baju saya di mesin pencuci, saya terhenti dan terharu dengan bunyi angin yang meniup sunyi ke atas pokok yang berhampiran. Matahari pula tidak begitu panas dan silau, rumput dan pokok-pokok renek bergerak mengikut irama angin yang bertiupan. Tanpa menyedari, saya telah berdiri di tempat yang sama selama beberapa minit untuk menghargai cuaca yang indah yang jarang berlaku.
Melainkan cuaca yang panas gila pada masa pagi and tengah hari, suasana di sini amat indah apabila matahari terbit.
Penukaran suhu dari semalam ke hari in amat drastik. Kebanyakan kawan saya, dengan kebarangkalian 50 peratus mengalami sakit kepala. Kesakitan ini amat mengacaukan apabila saya cuba sedaya upaya untuk mengulangkaji untuk peperiksaan yang akan mula tidak lama lagi. Terasa bingung dengan kesakitan, saya pun tidur untuk melegakan kesakitan. Apabila saya bangun, kesakitan..masih berada di tempat yang sama..celaka...
Cuaca diluar amat melegakan selepas mengulangkaji. Apabila saya berjalan untuk mengambil baju saya di mesin pencuci, saya terhenti dan terharu dengan bunyi angin yang meniup sunyi ke atas pokok yang berhampiran. Matahari pula tidak begitu panas dan silau, rumput dan pokok-pokok renek bergerak mengikut irama angin yang bertiupan. Tanpa menyedari, saya telah berdiri di tempat yang sama selama beberapa minit untuk menghargai cuaca yang indah yang jarang berlaku.
Melainkan cuaca yang panas gila pada masa pagi and tengah hari, suasana di sini amat indah apabila matahari terbit.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Happy 21st birthday Chiong.
Happy birthday bro, tried calling you twice, and came online to wish you, but guess youre just tooo busy partying. Anyways, all the best, thanks for being there for me since highschool. thanks for everything you have done. Will meet with you when i get back, very soooon!!
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