Fabian's Blog........ yeah yeah, somehow I got 'convinced' to get one.

A wee bit about the blog author:

Identified as: Fabian Chong

Also known as:
(Now this would depend on who you are)

Number of rotations around the sun so far:
21

Current Title:
Unemployed Fresh Graduate Who Graduated From Coventry University

Part of:
1) YCCians (Honoured to be part of this zany bunch of..erm...people)

2) INTI ex-Chairpersons club

Loves:
Ice-cream (who doesn't?) and chocolate

Currently playing:
1) Counter Strike
2) Dungeon Siege

Email: fabchong@yahoo.com
(YCCians use the group email pls)

Links:

Yu San
Nina
Haz
Jean
Hani
Li Lian
Alex
Choon Ling
Tariq
Ash

Archive:
19th to 25th August 2001
26th August to 1st September 2001
2nd to 8th September 2001
9th to 15th September 2001
16th to 22nd September 2001
23rd to 29th September 2001
30th September to 6th October 2001
7th to 13th October 2001
14th to 20th October 2001
21st to 27th October 2001
28th October to 3rd November 2001
4th to 10th November 2001
11th to 18th November 2001
19th to 24th November 2001
25th November to 1st December 2001
2nd to 8th December 2001
9th to 15th December 2001
16th to 22nd December 2001
23rd to 29th December 2001
30th December 2001 to 5th January 2002
6th to 12th January 2002
13th to 19th January 2002
20th to 26th January 2002
27th January to 2nd February 2002
3rd to 9th February 2002
10th to 16th February 2002
17th to 23rd February 2002
24th February to 2nd March 2002
3rd to 9th March 2002
10th to 16th March 2002
17th to 23rd March 2002
24th to 30th March 2002
31st March to 6th April 2002
7th to 13th April 2002
14th to 20th April 2002
21st to 27th April 2002


25th April 2002
11.59pm

Boy was I really in the dumps yesterday. Nothing seemed to go right. First, my car gets taken by my brother for college work (can't argue with that). Got angry because he never tells me beforehand. So I had to ask Yu San to pick Lilian up. But whaddya know....she left her phone on Silent mode making it extreamely difficult to call her. Then tried to call Lilian to inform her, somehow her phone was busy and I didn't know where I kept her handphone number either.... my handphone's dead.

And CS didn't go well.... I couldn't concentrate.... kept killing teammates too.... was very very unhappy.

Couldn't join the rest for dinner..... another reason to be unhappy.

So the whole day was one depressingly sulking day.

Today felt better. With the fact I'm out of Standard Chartered, I'm rather calmer now. Sakura Wars search has also made me happier. The only thing to go wrong was public transportation. I had to walk home today. No bus was ever going to pick me up before it rained and taxi's were just not coming my way. Grr.... walk walk lar!! Lucky thing it rained at the last 50 meters or so only.

My current handphone (mom lent me) can't sms!!! Me going to buy a handphone soon I guess.


24th April 2002
11.25pm

I'm soooo tired.... mentally tired..... all that stress was so unwarranted and I'm not used to it anymore....

Wanted to try to find someone who had a CD writer and could read my Internet Project on my CD. Went to Ian's house, went to SAO and even went up to Yeap's office. No luck. I was destined to go to the interview without being able to show it. Big blow to my chances I guess.

Was interviewed by the 3 directors of the company (3?? Did they have so many?) Showed them my Multimedia project, gave comments on the Carlsberg website. Asked questions, answered questions..... took one and a half hours. Time flies during an "interrogation".

So did I get the job? Ermm..... not yet. Apparently they have another candidate to grill. Darn.... competition.... just what I needed. But I should be informed rather quickly. They said next week they'll call me. Oops.. forgot to tell them my handphone kaput. Anyway.... even if I don't get the job, they are thinking of giving me projects to do on a part-time basis. Well, sort of mean's I'll be working at home like a freelancer. Problem.... I don't know how to charge!!! Incoming project... a simple promotion game for SunSweet. If I need help any volunteers? I'll pay :)

Anyway.... I'm stopping work at Standard Chartered. Friday will be my last day. Going back to the realm of unemployment. Why? Well, if I get the job then everything goes well. If I get the part-time job instead then I'll still be busy. But if I don't get any of the above, I'm going back to studying. Will spend the month thinking about courses and looking at uni's to go to. Will also have that month to go all out to see if there's still a job out there that wants me. The deadline I set for myself is approaching fast.

Darn.... depression is creeping back. Maybe tomorrow's outing will cheer me up.

Note: Handphone still dead..... did dad actually do anything? He took the phone from me today. Couldn't send it to the shop myself.


23rd April 2002
11.20pm

I'm having a lousy day!!! Someone run me over with a bus!! Quick!! Before anything else happens!!

My handphone died on me!! It just turned off and wouldn't turn on again. I swear I've been taking such good care of it. Now now..... I can't SMS anyone from work!!!! I won't be reachable anymore too!!

Next crappy thing, the technician came to the house and discovered that the fan was fine. It's still the motherboard! The powerpoint of the motherboard is spoilt so that caused my processor to burn (Athlons burn very quickly) So yet again I have to wait for them.. I AM SOOOO NOT HAPPY!!

More crappy things to come....
I'm trying to find out which CD of mine contains my Internet Applications project. The CDROM I'm using now can't read the CDs!!! I need it for the interview tomorrow!!!! The multimedia one works fine but why can't I read any of the other ones?????? I'm sooooooo going to die....

I was sure I had a backup for it in one of my CDRW's.... but I can't find that one!!!! Where the heck is it????

PLUS!!! I think I managed to get Yu San into more trouble...... oh boy, can't anything work right today???


22th April 2002
11.33pm

Haven't been blogging for a while. Mostly it's because my upstairs computer is still out of order. On Saturday, well... I went to bed early. Nice and long regenerative sleep. Sunday, was out and came back at 11. Decided that I needed to hit the sack to wake up early tomorrow.

Well then, where do I start?? On Friday, went to Lil's and Yu San's language center area to... well... play CS. Started out quite poorly, but as time passed (and me getting all angry at the players there) I recovered and took down those mangy terrorists who seem to have a knack for judging where I was all the time (the all had a third eye). And that kid next to me!! Not only was he looking at my screen all the time, but he was also looking at Lilian's screen who was next to me!! He also had one heck of a foul mouth. The lack of manners is appalling!! Kids nowadays... seriously it's making me doubt the "wonders" of having children.

Oh well.... that brat got bullets through the wall from me for his ghosting habits.

Oh yes... Chuen Ian likes Iris among the girls in Sakura Wars. He finds her cute. He did mention that he likes it when Sumire and Kanna fight.

On Saturday, went out in the morning and afternoon with Chuen Ian, Phang and Samantha. Met up in INTI first. There was a large banner on display there. It was Ms. Koh's birthday that day. The banner was kinda sweet too. Hahah.... Benjy joined us for lunch.

Played Starcraft.... Gundam Version. It started as a free for all, but then we realised that if any of us made a move, that would signal another player to attack. So we ended up allying, Samantha and I vs Phang and Ian. Which was balanced off. Ian's carrier fleet was even managed to fly over Samantha's base to me... again I say "SAMANTHA!!?!??? How you let a big fleet get over you?? While my supply base was being destroyed and my Gundams dying, I tried to use my Science Vessels.... with an ability called energy cannons. Wow!! Those cannons rock!! With only 3 vessels I destroyed his entire carrier fleet! Wooo hoo!! Even Phang's Zergs faced the Science Vessel wrath and his army of flyers died very very quickly. Hahaha... I love the Gundam Version :). However, I still lost the game because (I consider it unfair though) Ian converted one of Phang's drones and effectively made his army have 2 times the normal size. In other words, it was like having 3 vs 2. Samantha got overwhelmed....even with my superships blowing holes in the horde. But I didn't have enough ships nor enough energy to sustain a long war of attrition. Sigh..... I demand a rematch!!!!

Up for it Ian?? hahahaha!! Need some practice though... hehehe.

Oh.... Cindy called me up at 11pm to tell me about her now working DVD-Rom..... she was practically squealling. Hahaha.... I'd thought the boyfriend would get it.... not the brother/pet gunea pig.

Sunday had dinner with Yu San, Tan and Lilian. Then as usual went to play CS. But then had a hard time getting out of the parking area. Some darn car deserved a scratching that night.... but not on my car's account!!!

Hehehe.... played well that night too. But then it took me a while to get into the game.

Wednesday is the day I find out whether I get the job or not!! Wish me luck people!!

Oh yeah...have a nice trip TJ.


18th April 2002
11.50pm

Technician came. Installed new motherboard and new RAM. Yay!! It worked!! Sent him off, took my pc upstairs and booted it up again. Hmmm.... why was my display cacated? Rebooted.... now it's fuzzy.... what went wrong? *open casing and inspect* Oh no.... now the fan's spoilt making my AMD Athlon overheat. Darn. Call Gateway again. Long chit chat. Fan + processor will be arriving sometime next week.... sniff!!

But good news is, I'm kinda confident on being hired for a new job next month! Hurray for me!!

I broke my toenail!! The one I was trying to grow out. So now it's taken a step back in the healing process. I-TA!!! (ouch)

Oh no!!! Sakura Wars is ending tomorrow morning!! I have no access to Sakura Wars after that!! I want my DVDs back!!! I want my pc to worrrrrkkkkk !!

So much to get, so little money to spend. That's what I'm thinking at the moment. While Cindy got her DVD-ROM, I was busy considering whether to get a VCD/CD/MP3 player for RM300. Soooo tempting!! Made from Sony parts and on promotion.

In the end didn't get it. Why? My target is a PS2 which I can already afford.... but I've decided to put aside some savings in the mean time. Will buy that expensive gizmo in August (or July :))

And for ONCE I'll be able to play an FF game before Cindy attempts to spoil it for me


16th April 2002
11.20pm

I think it's going to be yet another short entry.

Work will be very slow tomorrow. I cleared out the backlog from the weekend already (damn). Sigh.... going to be bored stiff waiting for little scraps of work to come in at a time.

The new anime, Steam Detectives, well, reminds me of the other anime called Power Stone. The animation is sort of the same.... kinda ugly if you ask me. And the most outstanding thing I see when I see that anime, my, those EARS are HUGE!! Not to mention ugly too. Ewwww... I think I'll not watch that anime.

Now keeping track of Vandread. The FY OVA is coming soon! Must watch that one!

Didn't I say this is going to be one short entry? hahah


15th April 2002
11.48pm

Darn.... my computer died. The one in my room that is. I suspect the motherboard has failed. I already called Gateway, they said they'll send a technician with the parts earliest next week.... until then.... waaah! I don't have my PC to play around with!! *sob sob*

What's worse, my MP3s are in there!! Now I blog without sound....

And Nina, I don't CARE about the Sakura Wars on TV3. The ones in my DVDs are sooooo much nicer.... my..... preeeeciooouuusssss hahahah!! But then.... I can't watch them yet.... pathetic aren't I?

Poor Cindy.... hope you get your DVD ROM working.... damn!! I wish I had one..... then again I'm wishing for more money too hahah.

Congrats Maz!!! Join the uncle/aunt club! I'm uncle to 5 on my father's side and not sure how many on my mom's. This is what happens when I am one of the last of my generation.

Oww... papercut from work bugging me..... hahaha.... did Chee How ever find out what a papercut is Cindy? That fella was so incredibly duh! "How do you get a papercut, come let me cut you with paper." Truly if he did that to anyone he'll deserve a pounding.

Geee.... I noticed I didn't blog about my weekend.... well I'm just not bothered to I guess.... my computer spoilt my mood. Not to mention my brother using the computer at night to do his project. Funny, he was playing Dungeon Siege when I got home last night.

TJ, when are you coming back? I still need to belanja you ice cream. And if I don't do it soon I'll forget all about it.