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) Wizardry 8

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


12th January 2002
11.20pm

Senan is sick....... so you can observe a sleeping figure in the house throughout most of the day. I hope it's not contagious....... we both share the same room. If I get sick next week......... it wouldn't look good during the evaluation.....

Today finally got down to buying the damn mosquito repellent. Last night they kept buzzing in my ear.......so benci!!! But then it's so darn expensive now!! RM8.40 for one!! What the heck??

Overall, nothing much happened today. Can't put any thoughts down now as well. Too many things happening at once. If I had time to sit in front of the PC before I go online it wouldn't be a problem.

Oh yes..... Sandra!! If you read this, are you CSing tmr? My friend tiba tiba asked me to play, so I figured I could join you two.

Next....... CINDY!!! Which weekend are you free??? I still need to give away these shoes!! haahah...... also nak pick up some PS games :) Don't mind ya?


11th January 2002
11.07pm

Bleh.....dull day...... nothing to do except housework, read papers, play games and watch anime.

Which brings this to mind. Ruriko (Gatekeepers) has the best male bashing technic I have ever seen!! So disarming.......yet so painful....... In today's episode, she told Ukiya (her childhood friend): "Ukiya, I haven't noticed it until now...." *gently caresses Ukiya's face, AND THEN gives a big tug!* "you called me Ruripe!!! (meaning Ruri the sniveller) Bwahahah!! It's not the first time she did this. A few episodes back she used disarming words instead.

Heheh... I'm still Sakura Wars crazy. Hunting down its mp3s like mad. I never thought that I'll do this sort of thing.....

Hmmm.... I really have nothing much to write about today........ oh well.....tmr's another day!!


10th January 2002
11.25pm

Unbelievable!! Hahah.... Terence actually came home before 10pm. His pickup time was at 9. I'm not complaining. Woo hoo!! I don't have to leave halfway through blogging and chatting. But then next week, he might be sent to Labuan for a week. Not confirmed yet though.

Today went out with Yu San and Samantha to college. Visited SAO, met up with James and Chuen Ian as well. Had lunch at the new Chicken Rice stall in INTI. Well...not too bad I guess. Then went to McDonalds for....... ICE CREAM!! Yipppeeeeeeeee!! However, the ice cream that fella twirled for me.....well....... looked like..... how would I describe it? Scrawny? It surely didn't look like the normal shaped ice cream that McDonalds gives.

Later, played CS with Yu San and Samantha. The place was freaking cold!! I couldn't do things right. Can't buy guns fast, can move mouse right, and slowed reactions. Bleh.... also haven't recovered enough to engage Yu San in CS combat. Kept losing!! Bah!!! How the FISH does she always single me out from a whole group of people! Probably the only time I killed her was in the Dust map where I sniped her foot. Overall, played okay only lar. Held my ground against the rest. Even kill to death ratios.

Then Yu San wanted to get her comics. She got her comics alright...... except those issues she missed, but then the most recent issues were......well...... silent. Her Young Justice issue wasn't even part of the story and her Spider Girl was...... wordless!! hahah Silent movie style. As I was sending Samantha to the KTM station, I found out that I was supposed to drop her off at Carrefour instead. Get this......she didn't even tell me when I turned the corner into the KTM road. Yu San was the one who made the most out of it. hahahah.... got an earful alright.

Lately, I've started thinking the way Cindy does..... like an anime. Oh dear.... I finally got infected after all these years. At least the infection hasn't been limited to me. Yu San's going "yosh!!". Hahah... as for me, I'm thinking about reactions anime style.

Waaaaa!! I'm listening to "Sakura" from Sakura Taisen the game....... I'm nuts......

Oh yes, Chuen Ian dropped a big hint today. "I'm free after 12 on Saturdays". Hahaha... okay lar Chuen Ian, if you read this entry then you message me okay? Coming Saturday I will have lunch and play CS with you. Poor fella. Like he's all alone in College.

Hey Cindy, Lilian, do you know where I can go and get anime soundtracks and VCDs? Besides Sungai Wang of course.


9th January 2002
10.52pm

Absolutely nothing happened today except the usual. Dull? Well..... had plenty of laughs watching Gatekeepers and You're Under Arrest. FY does have its moments too.

Hmmm..... now......what can I blog about today? *Scratches head*

Well, I found out that my CD Rom doesn't like the MPEG editor CD which I recently lent to Yu San. Oh well..... I'll get another one later. Too bad Adobe Premier doesn't read certain vcd formats..... otherwise I would have been very happy making my own music video from FF9. I'll wait until I can install the converter.

I also have plans to finally take down my yucky last minute website and revamp it! Darn.... why do I get urges when I'm not going to be free anymore? Was thinking of making flash animations and dedicated pages to certain stuff I enjoy :). Hahah.... it'll take a while I guess. Slowly lar :)

Downloaded this new list of PS games that has been successfully been tested and ran on my emulator. Woo hoo!! Now....... CINDY!! Pinjam Parasite Eve and Xenogears!!! I guess I could try out other games too...... after all, the virtual game console by Connectix seems to be very stable.....and there are loads of people out there that tackle any programming problems such as the one found on FF9.

I went on to Ebay last night, just for fun of course, and I found Sakura Wars VCD set on auction!! The current bid was US$17 (now over already). Sniff!!! I wantch!!! But... I don't want to pay for online stuff until I have a credit card to my name in a seperate account. Oh well...... I can........live.......

Chee Onn asked me out for another CS outing, but then I had to get some things done. Sorry Chee Onn!

I gave my dad Adobe Photoshop in a compilation CD. I gave him instructions on how to find it. Yet today he says it's not there!! I had to rerepeat myself again. He says I'm bad at giving instructions, I say he's deaf. ahahah....wonder who's right? True, my oratory skills have taken a dive since the last college brain burnt out.

Need to learn how to wake up before 8am again. Not good.....4 months of goofing off has really taken it's toll on my sleeping habits. Not to worry! I can drive up and early because I send my brother to the LRT station every morning. It's the getting up before the "nick of time" that's going to be a painful readjustment.

Hmmm.....Wizardry 8 has a small bug which should be fixed by downloading a patch. Senan can't proceed to the last stage of the game because it refuses to load. Oh well... I'm having trouble jumping over this river of lava (because the game doesn't allow you to jump!) so I have to try run across and bounce up and HOPEFULLY land on the other side. Irritating process.


8th January 2002
11.31pm

I miss Sakura Wars...... hahha... thus my obsession for my first anime has begun. I've been contemplating buying a Dreamcast just so that I can play Sakura Taisen 1,2 and 3. It's cheap no doubt (about 50 US dollars only) but then it doesn't have a bright future. So I feel that it's not too good a choice. However, good news is....... Sakura Taisen has plans to be released on the Playstation 2! And there is Sakura Taisen 3 version for the PC. Time to go hunting........

Speaking about the Playstation 2, I am totally amazed at how powerful the machine is compared to the PC. Hmmm.... for gaming purposes, the PS2 has outstripped the current PCs about tenfold. Looking at it that way, I'm waiting to see which is more worth it to get. An Xbox or a PS2. Currently I'm leaning towards the PS2 (except the fact that there's not many games for PS2) but it too can play PS1 games hehe.... the Xbox has not yet been really tested against it. I think I should be able to save for it within a year or so. Could be shorter but I prefer not to rush into things.

Went out for lunch with two of my high school classmates, Chee Onn and Kok Wing. I took them to Jonny's at 1 Utama. Did a bit of catching up with them. Was interesting listening to them compare their austrialian lives. Bumped into Siew Chuan, another high school person. He studies in APIT. And I warned him about Tan. Big warning :) heheh.... I have to prepare him for the worst!! Nope.....Tan, your fame has not really spread far and wide. He doesn't know you are a lecturer there.

While in 1Utama, I wanted to check out Tower Records (funny, I've never been there even though I go to 1Utama quite recently). But then due to the construction going on, we could not find our way to the place. I don't even know if it's still there! Sigh..... I bet someone's laughing now......

After I sent Kok Wing home, Chee Onn wanted to play snooker. Sigh....one round of snooker. Guess who won?
Yup!
Not me.
But I did put in a couple of balls in the weirdest manners (chicken shots). Hahah... I also fouled a LOT!!

After that he wanted me to teach him how to play CS. Okay...down to the cyber cafe we went. I was named "Trainer of escaro". Taught him the basics of the game and tried to stick with him, except for the rounds I got tired of not being in the front. Strange thing.... Trainer was quite good!! Top of the list :) hehehe. Wonder how I managed to pull that off while jagaing someone.

Played a little Starcraft before the CS though. Stopped halfway because well..... I think it was going to be a long standoff, with me so defensive and the fact that I managed to sneak a secret base behind his lines and blasted away his resource gatherers at his main base.

After that, he wanted to try Aliens vs. Predator 2. Didn't play for long because my comp hanged after a while. Thus ended the cybercafe session.

Now........back to the hunt!!!


7th January 2002
11.45pm

Today I went to the same place Yu San went to in the morning for an interview. In fact, I made two appointments for two different posts on the same day!! That was weird because it was in different ads too. Oh yes, Yu San offered to show me how to get there..... the reason? Fishcakes! (turns slightly green). Oh well. At least I know I can drive there and everything :).

Anyway, my interview was one of the shortest I have ever gotten. Hmmm... and also one of the least informative ones I have ever had! The fella was... come for next week's training for more information. Ah heck.... go only lar.All I know is.... I applied for a position as IT executive. But that one overflowing with ppl. So the guy tells me that I may not get it. If that happens, I would be placed as a Marketing Executive. More details during and after the training period I guess.

They replaced Sakura Wars with Fushigi Yugi!! Whoopee!! I get to watch where I left off!

Don't feel like blogging long today. Have to maintain chats and fight off mosquitoes.

Oh yes, thank you ash for the email. I will have to add you to my links soon. :)


6th January 2002
11.30pm

Guess what my older brother did? Before I took a bath just now, I lowered the blinds in my room and closed the door after I sprayed insecticide all over the room. Those darn mosquitoes just won't quit! Anyway, after I finishing bathing, I opened the door (it was still closed) and found Terence at the computer playing Wizardry 8. And he raised the blinds!! Well...in a way that's good because he wouldn't poison himself. But then I asked, "didn't you smell that I sprayed the room?". His answer.... "so that was what the nice smell was." I can just faint there and then you know.....

Time for recapping my weekend. On Saturday afternoon I played CS at the nearby cybercafe. I did ask Terence whether he wanted to play. He declined and thus I went there alone to challenge the local crowd. Started out quite badly, but then I improved over time and played quite decently. Over the CS chats I sort of made new "virtual" buddies. There were two excellent players, p and Pik (short for Pikachu I guess) and one fella about my standard, Sadam. Sorry lah, I don't know them personally. So the 4 of us were chatting throughout the game. Mostly when we die of course. Thus I made the name "Bullet Magnet" finally recognised in DJ. Nife didn't make a big impact yet.

At night, my parents were invited for a neighbour's house warming party. Children not invited. So we had seperate dinner than my parents. Later Ian Jon Albert came to pick me up for the supper gathering. Didn't bring my handphone because my dad forbade it but then I really should have brought it. Why?? Couldn't call Michelle or Chuen Ian until Joyce finally showed up. Supposed to meet at 10, but then Joyce was still out with her parents sending her brother off at KLIA and thus she came back quite late. So gave Chuen Ian a call and found out that he was at his house and not at michelle's. Apparently he was supposed to wait for Michelle to pick him up. First went to Michelle's house. IJA got down to discuss with Michelle, and then we went to pick CI up. Returned back to Michelle's place. There we waited for Kok Keat to show up. Saw Michelle, her brother and CI play DDR. Hahah.... I feel more comfortable with a group of bad DDR players than with a group or good DDR players. No offence but I'm very self concious.

Finally left her house and went to Rafi's near Sri KL. Originally supposed to be Puchong or Ampang. Oh well...... sort of expected something to happen. Additions to the group was Michelle's brother, and her cousin too. Ding was supposed to join later but Joyce, IJA and I left earlier due to curfew reasons (not IJA though, he definately no curfew).

Today, I made a point to meet Sandra and Daniel at the Cybercafe so that I could collect the amount owed from the new year's eve dinner. Joined them for CS too. That Daniel!!! I played as Bullet Magnet again, and he first puts "Nife" then he switches to "snx8" (don't ask me why, he changes when I scold him) and later he switched to "Bullet Magnet". Even Sandra played as "Bullet Magnet" for a while. Eventually everyone was getting fed up of there being more than one "Bullet Magnet" because when a new map changes the people who were teamed up with me didn't know whether I was on their side or not! So I told them I would change my name into something that the "fake Bullet Magnet" would not change to. And Voila!!! Another nick of mine makes it's debut in DJ. Enter "Perempuan Garang"!!

Anyway, played a good game today. Wasn't frustrated with my playing style. Yay!! Hahah... managed to beat the camper's scores too! Nyeh!! Pbbhhhttt!!!