Little Joe Joe

This is a British short hair cat species, very very cute~~~~~~~

百感交集

很久没在早上游泳了，那种感觉很棒，一跳下水，整个身体都放松掉。。昨天考完最后一张考卷，现在比较有时间做自己要做的事。我本身属虎，根据计算我是火性，脾气从小就不是很好，很容易发脾气。后来因为来KL念书的关系，也搬了几次家，现在住的地方有游泳池，久而久之也变得爱游泳了。经过一段时间，发觉脾气也有改善了，不知道是不是水性中和了我的火性?

在我游泳的同时，我脑海中不断浮现着她昨晚所说的话。。。很莫名其妙的，我的心就是很刺痛，原因是她婉拒了我。。算了吧，我还可以说些什么？勉强是没有幸福的。我尝试用很乐观的心情去面对，可是心里还是很刺痛。。我想我需要一点时间去复原。被拒绝的原因？我也没想那么多，就当作是我不是她喜欢的类型咯。可能我们之间保持朋友的关系对她来说比较好吧。。起码，我们还是朋友。我没有后悔跟她表白，因为付出本来就不一定有回报，可是没有付出就一定什么也没有，至少我有勇气对自己喜欢的人说出‘我喜欢你’这四个字，没有遗憾了。虽然我很怕受伤，一旦伤了就很够力，可是只有这样，我才能够成长，心脏的负荷能力也比较geng. 感情的事，顺其自然吧。

另外，我的其中一张考卷靠得很差，所以去UK的事今年是不用想了，加上那件事，可以说是双重打击。无论如何，I need to move on with my life. 希望借着为自己编排的忙碌生活可以让自己好过一点。就这样。

Ikea Shopping - Side table

another recent purchase is this side table (birch color). It was packed neatly and easy to carry. A table top, 4 legs, and a pack of screws for assembling the legs.


there are 4 screws included, which the screw threads are 2-way designed for super easy assembling.


Here is the instructions: place the table top with its screw holes face upward, put a screw on the hole, rotate clockwise until it is just enough to stand firmly, put a table leg on the screw and rotate clockwise until the leg has tight contact with the table top.


Here is how it looks like after fully assembled. I prefer birch color since dust is barely noticeable and is of greater aesthetic IMHO..compare to other plain colors, this has texture look but smooth surface, which I think it's special...another satisfied purchase from Ikea..*thumbs up*

Ikea Shopping - Table Lamp

Recently saw a table lamp in the latest Ikea brochure and attracted me, so went there to take a look...price is cheap RM15.90, but then..eii, I realize the price is not including the lamp, need to buy separate..and it'll cost me another RM29.90..walao err, like that also can, what a marketing trick! Anyway that's fine for me, since I already feel that the price couldn't be that cheap given its Ikea brand..ok lo I bought one then...after bek to home I cant wait to assemble the table lamp and it is my 1st time buying Ikea thing...so the result is quite impressive given it's affordable price.

this light bulb, which Ikea claimed that it last up to 8 times longer than a light bulb found in average table lamp (dunno real anot), who cares to calculate how long the table lamp operates on each usage? Anyway, I presume that the claim is true since Ikea brand quality is no doubt better in many senses. By the way, it's the 1st time i see this kind of light bulb with transparent body showing its circuitry within...



this is how the table lamp works, before and after...(this table lamp takes about 3-5 mins to reach its max lighting capacity depending on ambient temp, i wonder why?). After all, a nice purchase experience on this Ikea item.

Bye Bye Mr. Xtreem D9

On 18 Oct, somebody called me for the DDR2 ram (team xtreem 2x1GB). We had agreed on the deal and he would come to meet me in half an hour time. I have mixed feeling that time: happy becuz can get some cash back; sad becuz i know i have to give away this ram, indeed it's very good ram for overclocking, however i value capacity over overclocking (due to limited budget on proper cooling and restricted o/c margin of chipset), I prefer 4gb kit for future upgrade (win 7 64 bit + demanding applications & games). Before going to meet the buyer, I took this pic for memory...

My Sold Items (Feb '09 - Oct '09)

1. XFX Geforce 8600GT 256MB Fatal1ty Edition
2. Plantronics GameCom 367 Gaming Headphone
3. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value sound card
4. HP 10bII financial calculator (8 units)
5. BitDefender Antivirus retail pack (1 user)
6. KWorld Plus TV Analog Lite PCI TV Tuner Card + Indoor antenna + antenna cable -
7. Corsair 1GB ValueSelect DDR2-667 long-dimm (2 pieces)
8. 1GB Hynix Korea DDR2-667 PC5300 Sodimm
9. Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
10. Canare mini to RCA cable 2 meter (2xF10+F12, L-4E6S)
11. Team Group Xtreem DDR2 800 2GB Kit
12. Nokia handsfree HS-5
13. LCD cleaning kit

PC DIY - Part 2: Cleaning Graphic Card Cooler

To make the cleaning job easier, I use a battery-powered mini vacuum (4 AA). You can buy one at computer shop for RM15-20.


The card shown here is Sapphire Radeon Toxic HD4850 512 MB. Aside from high performance, Radeon HD4800 series is known for it's high heat, too. Zalman VF900-Cu cooler is used to keep down the heat more effectively than reference cooler. Nonetheless, it cannot run away from dust like any other cooler. You can see that after one month of usage there's a lot of dust clogging the gap between cooling fins, I hate that! Fortunately the fan is removable, all you need to do is just unscrew the 3 screw that set the fan in place with the cooler by using small cross screwdriver. The screw could be easily located by looking from side. After that, unplug the fan cable from the extension.

Close-up view of the dusty cooler

After finish cleaning the heatsink, use some cotton bud dampen with water to clean the fan blades, and it is ready to be installed back into the heatsink. Please note that the screw should not be overly tight as this will increase the vibration generated by the fan to the card itself. This is often overlook by many people and shall be avoided for installing other pc components like harddisk, dvd drive, motherboard to prevent damage.

Close up view of the cooler after cleaning. Clean & clear ^_^

Conclusion

Well, dust is unavoidable regardless whether your case has any fan filter or not, the only difference is that one with fan filter installed will accumulate less dust compare with the one without the fan filter in a given period. Since dust will build up on components surface, it'll affect heat dissipation and eventually shorten components lifespan, and makes your case looks bad too (for cases with transparent side panel). It's advisable that you clean your case at least once every 2-3 months for case without fan filter and 4-6 months for case with the filter. You shall clean it more often if you care about your pc more than average users. For the filter it's better to be cleaned twice in a month since clogged filter would allow less air pass through your computer case, and hence hinder cooling. Graphic card is one of the hottest component inside a system unit, and it should receive extra care on the dust cleaning. Spent a little time to do some housekeeping for your pc and it shall better serve you in long term.

PC DIY - Part 1: Aftermarket CPU Cooler + CCFL

As mentioned in my last post regarding the new cpu cooler and cold cathode fluorecent light (CCFL) that I bought in pc fair last December, this is how my system looks like after the cooler and CCFL have been installed...

System view

Front view

Side view

Back view

Case view

Ventilation holes view (illuminated by CCFL)

Ventilation holes view 2 (mainboard decorative LEDs)

well, there's more upcoming components update photos to be posted, stay tuned...

Christmas Purchase

Zalman CNPS9700NT. One of the best processor air coolers in the market. It has stunning cooling performance, thanks to its 'figure 8' heatpipe design, pure copper base and fins allow better heat dissipation, with an aesthetic green LED 110mm low noise ball bearing fan. Bundled with Zalman high performance thermal compound. Bought in PC fair at RM230

Cold Cathode light (dual kit) by Cooler Master. Blue colour. Best to use for case with transparent side panel, giving a good interior components illumination. Bought in PC fair at RM30

Top-rated antivirus software for the year by BitDefender. Perfect score for ease of use, effectiveness, updates, feature sets, ease of installation, and help/support. It comes with the lowest price in the crowd. Bought in PC fair at RM49 (1 year license for 2 users)

Mont Blanc Individuel fragrance. Scent composition - bergamont, cinnamon, corriander, juniper berries, rosemary, lavendar, mint, geranium, orange blossom, violet and jasmin, patchouli, sandalwood, oakmoss, vetyvert, black chocolate, tonka beans, raspberry, amber, vanilla and musk. Bought in Parkson@KLCC at RM251 (free Hugo Boss travel bag + miniature fragrance)

This is the ‘family photo’ of my Christmas purchase. Pictured Philips portable storage is the freebie of HWM IT magazine annual subscription offered in PC fair, worth RM199, and also a cakebox of cd-r media bought at RM5

Total money spent: RM709

Kick Ass Home Office Setup

这么hardcore的电脑摆设，哪一个又是你梦寐以求的组合呢？