Sunday, July 25, 2010

Cinema Alone

since last month

felt like going for movie alone

《Love in A Puff》

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wanted to go so badly that

during the last day it was shown at GSC

planned to catch the 11 am show

then headed down to work

but it was raining so heavily

great, so that’s how i missed it

*

hopefully i can get the DVD set at HK

simple reason

i like Shawn Yue

and would like to watch him smoking

puffing in and out

*

yesterday after the breakfast hunt

went cinema with Teddy Lim

wanted to watch La Comedie Humanie

empty cinema at 10am     La Comedie Humaine

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went checked out the time

first show at 11.45 am

that means i have to go work late

i already went late on Monday

and it was my very last day at work

so just walked around the mall

and ended up going to work early

*

supposedly today had a date with

my manager, Ms Yap

to go for food hunt at Muar

we never meet since last Aug

why Muar?

because it lies between

Melaka and Segamat

and full of all the traditional goodness

and there’s direct public bus just in front

all the way to Muar

about 30mins – 1hr journey

*

have to FFK

because mom doesn’t allow me to go

and Carly’s mom has arranged

a salon appointment for her too

*

so today i woke up

kinda in bad mood

no more meet-up

continuously gaining weight

printer was out of order

stuffs for travelling were not packed

not very sure i can meet him on 27th

blah blah blah

arrgh.. all these were creping into my head

felt my brain was not functioning anymore

oh man i need a break

*

decided to go for movie alone

and my first choice would definitely

be LCH

because it is a comedy

and it is to commemorate our

failed Muar trip

Carly wanted to watch this movie badly

great fan of Wong Cho Lam

we even said that we wanted

to go catch Wong Cho Lam live

too bad when Wong was in town

she was still at UK

enjoying her touring, shopping

*

so here i was

walking towards Dataran Pahlawan

equipped with an umbrella

this time round

because i can’t afford to get darker

landmark - Eq Hotel

*

after all it was not that far

thinking of walking to work too

when i started my new job

hoping to bid goodbye to

the thickening fat on my thighs

ok will see how it goes then

*

reached GSC at 1pm

grabbed my ticket 

F06 right at the middle

*

so that’s how i killed the 40+ mins

wandering alone in the supermarket

snapping photos around

enjoying my lunch cum dessert

my fav and Ah B's fav both in pink      lunch time       shoe snap, again??

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everything was so empty

empty bench

empty supermarket

empty sushi bar

empyt yogurt can

empty purse

and most importantly

an empty mind

*

i came out with less than 20 bucks

to avoid accidental shopping

empty and alone entrance = emptycashiers = empty sushi bar = empty

*

eco-friendly bag

outdated phone

sweater

water bottle

umbrella

all the signs of aging

my bag content

*

nice weather today

clear blue sky

a bright day

yet not too burning

from level 4

*

even the cinema was quite empty

cinema = empty

*

i was trying to capture the screen showing

Wong Cho Lam and tag Carly

but due to the darkness

i ended up with

Fiona Sit  

*

the show was starting already

now i realized the Malay subtitle

was so clear in this shot

ya.. there was actually a pair of

Malay couple in there

kita akan berjalan seperti begini

*

since the show had started

see ya

tata

*

after the show

i was all cheerful again

1/2 price  promotion at FOS

went in, patrolling

can’t help but went ATM

*

today lookbook

宅女 (anti-social home gurl)

who would like to minimize

the chance of becoming snatch theft victim

because she walked all the way

for 20mins on the road

the auntie look

*

tried out three pieces

finally got one only

the answer is quite obvious, isn’t it

slightly younger look        omg.. next    it's not grand.. just acceptable

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stayed like another 1 hour in the mall

hunting for a backpack

this HK trip

luggage is strictly banned

because i want to be a backpacker

*

my Pierre Cardin for dad

for myself

i was trying to look for

the Snoopy backpack i used for schooling

it was so cute and nostalgic

after few days of futile ransacking

i got the mystery unveiled

mom had passed it to a relative

but glad to hear that

the boy is still using it till today

praising it durability

*

so i have indirectly done a good deed

by passing down my schoolbag

and extra bonus

it gives me a valid excuse

to get a backpack

*

remained in QS for so long

40% off

checking all the bags

for the design, prices and capacities

luckily i did not have enough money

with me

otherwise would have grabbed one already

*

couldn’t make up my mind

ok no way

get one at HK ok

buy a bag and use it immediately

that’s what i am always good at

*

an unique one

and it would not be too late

if i come back for it after the trip

just in case i don’t find a suitable one in HK

can still come back for it next week

*

so for the time being

just KIV

i shall be back

imagining myself carrying a cool backpack

at the streets of Bangkok next year

and more adventures are yet to come

*

從《合唱歌》到 G.E.M.

說好了是合唱歌

當然還有女主角啊

*

G.E.M. = get everybody moving

出道兩年多

2008年 叱咤女新人 金獎

*

不過那年很明顯她略勝一籌

競爭對手不是很強

*

銀獎是胡杏兒

不是說她不好

但是要兼顧電視工作

和其他女新人比起

付出在做音樂的時間少了

她跑宣傳的時間也大量少了

在自家的頒獎禮就說能十拿九穩

還能在站在叱咤臺上領了個銀獎

犀利喔

*

重溫2008年叱咤的post

已經寫過兩篇

這里那里

到今天還在喋喋不休

看來我真的很喜歡2008年這屆的叱咤

過分留戀著從前

比較昨日的美好

*

跳回 G.E.M.

拿到金獎后

最重要是今天她還站在舞臺

這是我很喜歡看回

舊頒獎禮的緣故

有些新人一出來

紅爆樂壇 橫掃所有新人獎

但是過后走得不甚理想

或者兩三年后就銷聲匿跡

*

到了今天她的這首歌

讓我突然好想認識她

說真的 之間對她的認識

只是麻麻地

知道她很年輕

唱功也不錯

有點衛蘭的感覺

*

下午才聽到她上 903

咦 很可愛的一位女生

尤其是她笑的時候

很有真性情

阿占阿奴他們也是這樣講她

她沒有被娛樂圈污染

*

她講話唱歌都洋腔

還以為她是喝過洋水

或是那種  ABC

原來不是 是道地香港人

不知道她有沒有因此被評論過

我對她認識不深

所以也不能下什么定論

只能說

不定要喝過洋水或是 ABC

英文也可以很好

語言能力是可以鍛煉的

*

可能是她早出道的關系

其實她今年才 19 歲

出過的專輯

嚴格來講也是兩張罷了

2008 年 Debut 同名 EP

*

然后18歲后推出的《18》

搞了一會

我才知道有三個版本

*

2009年的 《18…》

類似慶功版有 bonus tracks 的

《18 Plus》

2010 的臺灣版《18》

*

她的歌曲

有點 Avril Lavigne 的感覺

少少搖滾

加 dd 少女情懷

有別于 Canto Pop

學生哥肯定會喜歡

*

但是超過 20 歲以上

長期受 Canto Pop 熏陶的聽眾群

可能就比較小

*

到目前為止

最接近主流 canto pop

的還是《合唱歌》

也還是我的最愛

*

surprisingly

她唱華文歌很字正腔圓

哇 這個詞 很久沒有用了

幸好還想的出

既然華文市場的潛能比較大

她還有很大的發展空間

*

從《合唱歌》到側田

繼上一篇文

喜歡這首歌的程度到

我甚至 rediscover 側田

其實側田一出道就蠻喜歡他

*

從第一首的《好人》

到會買他的專輯那種程度

第一張的同名專輯

還有第二張的 紅色的

忘了叫什么名字

(就叫 No Protection)

*

想當年2008年 叱咤男新人

銅獎:張繼聰 (他的得獎感言好感人)

銀獎:方大同 (他很像沒什么變,只有變帥了)

金獎:側田

*

三個都是我的心水

到今天還是

當然地位不一樣了

方生鎖著金獎位置

第三張的 JTV 就覺得還好而已

除了一首《男人 KTV》

我還寫過這么一篇文

叫著兩個男人的KTV

因為這首歌有兩個版本嘛

華語的又胡彥斌來唱

在這里哦

就這樣就要快過了三年

*

過后就漸漸沒有

這么喜歡他了

尤其是和那個曹先生

扯上關系

好友兼鄰居

我接受不到咯

*

最后還鬧出這么大的事

haiz…

那條友真是累街坊

言歸正傳

因為這首《合唱歌》

突然重新喜歡側田了

*

而且有股沖動

這個 這個

他這么多 K歌

總可以來個全場大合唱

《好人》《Kong》《命硬》《情歌》

還有他也蠻喜歡唱英文經典的

*

看到了這個

*

怎么辦

人就是這么不知足

下個星期香港見

明年春天 曼谷血拼行

再來這個那個

錢永遠賺不夠花啊

*

算了

還是繼續陶醉在這首《合唱歌》

繼續我的悠然 OL 生活

花錢的事 埋搞啦

《情歌》

那首我真的很喜歡

Kary + 方力申 + 側田

《戀愛初歌》

故事劇情一般

但是歌曲都很正

*

明白我生死都也為愛

孱弱得為了一粒砂感慨

聽遍世上勾引眼淚能迷魂的歌

纏綿華麗已經綁架我

美化了我 眼淚算得甚麼

*

聽側田的歌

從中學開始

那年會考

下午點歌時段的指定曲是《命硬》

*

我竟然還 sms 去電臺點歌

結果真的有被 DJ Simon 念出來

但是大概只有我自己聽到

同學們都不聽電臺的

大概沒有人像我 沒有電臺簡直不能活

*

原來這么土的事情

我也做個

這個年頭 連 sms wish 都懶惰

有個 forward sms 也算有心人了

大概都是在 Facebook tag 一 tag就算了

*

《Kong》《情歌》

曾經陪我度過很多 A-level

在 G Block 宿舍的一個人夜晚

*

希望他能依舊作多些好歌

認真的音樂大男孩 

帶少少靦腆

不必多說話

不必太多包裝

不必太多花邊新聞

好人 Justin

*

人間喜劇

原本同卡莉一起看 

原本同泰迪一起看

最后是我一個人看

重要還是電影好看

*

一個人進戲院的感覺

除了進場和散場時

有點尷尬

害怕別人的奇異眼光

都是成群結黨的

或是成雙成對的

*

但是我又沒有做犯法的事

害怕什么呢

隔壁兩旁都空

卻自然地笑出來

*

片名就明示是部喜劇

不看片名看卡氏也猜到吧

王祖藍的熒幕處女作

表現很好

是那種很認真的角色

不輕浮不夸張

可愛得不得了

但又不由得讓觀眾笑出來

*

這絕對不是一出鬧劇

just for laughing 那一種

有很強烈的社會信息

動作場面也拍得很逼真下

還有些些感情戲是完全

很扎實的那種卻不會感到肉麻

*

其實這部戲還有一個深沉的信息

就是近年的港產片為了迎合

兩岸三地的市場

比較不 localized 了

我很贊同這一點

*

尤其是今年的電影

都喜歡找大陸演員來合作

不是說他們演得不好

他們在大陸片的演技很精湛

但是不能光為了開拓市場

而穿插一些根本不適合

大陸演員的角色啊

他們根本發揮不到

再加上那半咸不淡的廣東話

再不然就是配音

而讓電影大打折扣

*

范冰冰在《導火線》

飾演古天樂的女朋友

versus

《十月圍城》的妾

兩個都是女配角

或者就叫半個女主角吧

*

但很明顯《十月》

的那個角色更為深刻

雖然電影星光熠熠

但她的發揮空間更大

*

看過報道甚至還說到

近年大陸女演員搶灘

香港的得靠邊站

*

這是誰說的

《人間喜劇》里的

薛凱琪演得很好

起初很 sweet

后來的精神失常

*

其實她也沒什么不好 

漂亮 歌也唱得不錯

演技也是不容置疑的

*

大概是有很多像我這種的粉絲 

偶像要和誰在一起

需要和粉絲們交代末

真是無關痛癢

*

開場白的那一句

在結尾也重復了一次

“究竟是殺手影響了電影

還是電影影響了殺手

還是互相影響?”

*

我們從電影角色看見了自己

那個在人群中孤獨的王祖藍

自己在生活中偶爾也會

想學學電影里的某某人

*

在你學會看電視機那天起

就注定和它分不開了

王祖藍在電影里拿著遙控器

也講到

但是當現在選擇越多的時候

不停轉臺卻找不要一個

真正想看的節目

*

情節的開始

令我想起了

另外一部類似的電影

也是杜汶澤

*

那部《情意在我心》

開始很擔心是類似的情節

這擔心是多余的

大概是杜汶澤

太能夠勝任這類

有良心的壞人角色了

還有還有

《無間道》的傻強

*

很喜歡電影最后的那句

人間,總有喜劇的角度

人間,總有喜劇的國度

*

“戲”終人散

燈光亮起

步出戲院

大家又投入回自己的生活

各自繼續忙碌

*

可能

某個時候想起某個情節

想起司徒春運的某一句話

笑一笑

*

可能過后什么都不記得了

但是至少

從生活請個2小時的短假

以被喜劇感染的心情

再從新出發

也何嘗不是一件好事

*

Friday, July 23, 2010

好聽的《合唱歌》

這個禮拜來

除了猛聽周柏豪

突然間狂戀上這首

*

合唱歌 / 側田 featuring G.E.M.

從前奏 歌詞 編曲 合唱部分

到mv 無一不喜歡

*

只是覺得如果歌名

可以改改

不叫《合唱曲》

會是怎樣

*

叫《一個人的情歌》?

很熟 很像有了這首歌

叫《安靜的情歌》

哈哈 都還是不好

*

還是特別版的那個歌名好

《一個人唱《合唱歌》》

不然就叫《寂寞的合唱歌》

*

凡人的無奈 像是一袋赤手的紅塵

這倒帶 消失的愛追不來

要去忍受 在笑顏後有難過的時候

古人曾經說過 知己難求

*

原本不打算想起

一刻太靜卻想著你

*

繼續重復聽《合唱歌》

讀著村上春樹之時 

狂播 10 次以上

原來孤獨也是一種享受

靜靜地慢慢地

*

Saturday, July 17, 2010

我不要被你記住

記憶里 他還是是一名新人

最熟悉的作品

應該是和鄭融合唱的那首《一事無成》

這首歌正是小女現在的寫照

光看歌名就是了

*

至于其他作品嘛

就是模模糊糊咯

還一直將周生和陳偉霆搞混淆

不知道誰打誰

*

最近頻頻在微博看見他

關注方大同時

他是方大同在華納的師弟

而且最近做了方大同X蕭敬騰

那場 show 的嘉賓

哈 愛屋及烏

開始留意起他來了

*

最近的派臺歌曲

《乞丐王子》

《我不要給你記住》

都很不錯

后者還是他一手包辦詞曲

*

重聽他以前的作品

哦 其實都有聽過

只是沒有特別去留意

i heard Pakho’s songs before

but didn’t really listen to them

*

記得小殺牙同學

也是跟我推薦過他的歌

應該最喜歡的是那首

《Loving You》吧

你應該很少推薦 Canto Pop

自認比你在行

但周柏豪

之前的確我卻走寶了

*

亡羊補牢 未為遲也

幸好他至今只推出過三張專輯

專輯名稱也很好記

《Beginning》《Continue》《Follow》

最后一張還是一張精選

如果你從未聽過周生的歌

推薦直接聽《Follow》好了

*

他雖然不像方大俠

是全能創作人

但也算是會搞音樂的歌手

他以前是香港青年籃球隊代表

模特兒出身

身兼多職

*

可能方大同說得對

當你的樣貌出眾時

人家就可能會忽略了

你的才華

容易被 label 為偶像歌手

*

這是人家問他為什么要以眼鏡照型示人

他就這樣回答了

還開玩笑到

說自己如果不戴眼鏡

Brad Pitt 般的外形讓人

很容易忽略了他創作的這一環

看來最近方大俠對自己的外形

有回多少信心

在最近北京的訪問說到

自己走紅全賴帥氣呢

*

我想周柏豪也是這樣

所以我才會一直把他和陳偉霆混淆

兩個都是高高的帥哥

哈哈 不好意思

*

2010 派臺

《我不要被你記住》

柏豪加油 我真的認真記住你啦

*

《乞丐王子》

 
 
強力推薦的舊作

一手包辦詞曲的

*

《最后的三分十六》

此MV是承接另外一首《宏愿》

和阿 Fi 的故事。。。。不錯

*

《想太多》 

很喜歡歌詞

 
 
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Pakho X Angela Baby

Adidas 2010 AW collection

Neo Label

我個人相當喜歡這冊廣告

雖然很久沒有進 Adidas 的貨了

*

Sunday, July 11, 2010

雙手的溫柔

《雙手的溫柔》

N 年前的歌曲

今天突然在腦袋浮現

簡單的歌詞 動人的旋律

這就是經典

*

記憶力MV是有長長海岸線

有點昏暗

原來 MV 男主角就是吳克群

*

小美當時的K歌還不少

歌紅人不紅

只因她和“美女”兩個字

扯不上太大的關系

*

梁靜茹剛出道時

也是那一副 baby fat 的模樣

還是過江龍

結果憑著一首又一首的情歌

奠定情歌天后的地位

*

其他小美的經典

《親愛的你怎么不在我身邊》

《我多么羨慕你》

《我又想起你》

《朋友的朋友》

    * 

出道之作

《對我好一點》

讓我感覺很“傻女”

小女孩嘛

蛻變過程

找到自己的定位

很正常啊

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2006年加入新東家

和光良“混在一起”

以小女人的形象

嘗試再打入市場

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2007年的那張《驚嘆這美麗》

翻唱了很多經典的歌去

如《寫一首歌》《我愿意》《至少還有你》

仿佛是一個全新定位

那個很會唱的女生回來了

而且能夠詮釋 diva 的歌曲

很不簡單

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同時她也一改情歌曲風

翻唱了《看我72變+愛的主打歌》

但是這也很難改變聽眾對她的印象吧

畢竟深入民心

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這兩首歌就是屬于那兩大天后

兩首都拿來唱

而且還“撈”在一起

自古兩大陣營對立

這算是什么嘛

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所以從新出發的小美

成績也不是很閃亮

我們只能說她的時代已經過去了

新人輩出的時代

才女美女創作女比比皆是

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她最好聽的翻唱曲

應該是收集在

2003年的那張《美樂地》專輯

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很明顯

翻唱那些鮮為人的歌曲

比翻唱那些天后的代表作

反應來得比較好些

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《最美》 原唱:羽泉

《明天愛誰》 容祖兒

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很奇怪市場不 buy Joey 唱國語歌

叫你馬上講出她一首國語代表作

可能會停頓下

啊。。那首《我的驕傲》國語版咯

啊。。還有那首《越唱越強》國語版咯

那首周董寫給她的。。

忘了什么名字 旋律也忘記了

(是《小小》啦)

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對。。終于有一首了

《愛情復興》

復興當然是復古曲風的

但是歌詞都不記得了

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結果這首《明天愛誰》 

叫小美唱紅了

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大馬唱作人陳威全的創作

過后他想借再把這首歌重唱來

打入臺灣市場

但是最后還是無功而返

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其實小美這一路走來

感覺有點半紅不紫

但至少到了今天我還記得

她的歌曲還有五首以上呢

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同期出道的侯湘婷

當時跑在她的前面

人美歌甜

高居新人王的位置

但是消失得也很快

音訊全無了 

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而小美卻還在漂浮著

既然她對光良唱《對你有感覺》

未免讓人聯想

兩人會走在一塊 

祝福她咯

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重看回這幾首小美的共同點

不難發現有幾個共同點

詞都是淺白容易記得的

所以朗朗上口

旋律起伏也不太大

屬于不折不扣的K歌

但是單靠 K 歌

來捧紅一位歌手

談何容易

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當歌曲退熱時

歌手也逐漸被人淡忘

等待下一首K歌神話的出現

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就很像阿杜

我們第一時間想起的還是

《他一定很愛你》

第二首要停頓五秒

4個字。。《堅持到底》

后來再后來的

每況愈下

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到了最新的那首。。

“一只牛賣五千塊”

我也很難記得是什么歌名

對。。《聽見牛在哭》

簡直慘不忍睹了

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

WLAN Autoconfig is Disabled, How?

ok i gonna share this

i am not really IT savvy

but today been spending the whole day

fixing my laptop, Tammy

can’t detect any wireless network

that’s really bad

what’s a laptop without Wifi

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i thought it’s due to some adware

as the Malay proverb goes

prepare the umbrella before raining

am doing spyware scans, updating the database

to catch the culprit red-handed

from forum.. they said it’s something

known as Bagle or something

nope, i can’t detect it

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erm.. i know

kepo-ly ran some registry optimizers

because Tammy was running slow 2 days ago

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tried so many solution

finally one is working for me

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solution 1: not working (it did work for many peeps)

  1. regedit
  2. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \System  \CurrentControlSet\Services\ndisuio
  3. Change Start to "0x000000002 (2)"
  4. Restart
  5. nothing happended
  6. tried with a few other relevant services too

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solution 2: not working

  1. looked up the services module
  2. 'WLAN AutoConfig', check all the dependencies
  3. Run all the dependencies, and turn them on
  4. Extensible Authentication Protection and CNG Key Isolation, also RPC.
  5. but EAP can’t be enabled

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solution 3: not working, but popular too

  1. Type 'CMD', then hold down Ctrl-Shift and press the Enter key.
  2. This should open a command prompt elevated to Administrative level.  (click continue at the prompt).
  3. Type 'sfc /scannow'
  4. Let it do it's thing and scan your system.  When it's done, restart the computer.
  5. nothing was detected

p.s. Ctrl-Shirt doesn’t work for me, right click CMD and Run As Admin

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one of my reference pages.. 

so many solutions as above, none work for me

my saviour page thanks…

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The following steps got the wireless back up:

  1. Added a new "Expandable String Value" Where Name = "ImagePath" & Data = "%SystemRoot%\system32\lsass.exe.
  2. Started "CNG Key Isolation" service
  3. Started "WLAN Auto Config" service

reason: "ImagePath" had been removed/erased/deleted from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\KeyIso.

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bravo…

thank goodness

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Thursday, July 8, 2010

MCF : Those Shoes to Remember

welcome to the second episode of

Memory Case File

the first investigation about pencil cases

was a mediocre piece

because till today

i still can’t find a few pencil cases

which i thought still exist all this while

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if you are my secondary classmate

you would have heard of this epic

on a windy morning, the sun was shining bright

the birds were chirping cheerfully on the tree

okay.. sorry

i was trying to get myself into the

secondary student mode again

*

during recess time

we were taking our own sweet times

doing own stuffs

the rules is no-one is allowed in the classroom

what a stupid rule, right

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i ordered these two pairs of Pepsi shoes

from Sue-yin via a catalogue

tsk.. tsk..classroom shopping

was happily trying them out

till Miss Ang, the discipline teacher

appeared at at the door

and chased us out

*

somehow i was rebellious

or trying to be funny

or maybe i just didn’t have the time to change

i went out in this pair of blue sneakers

*

and went down ground floor

hanging around the corridor

till the bell rings again

you may wonder

didn’t i have to eat during recess time

won’t i go hungry

no worries

we always ate during class hour

once Sue-yin got caught

with mouthful of Mamee Monsta

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later Miss Ang went down too

seeing me hanging around there

she shouted,

“Hey HT, would like to talk to you later

about the competition stuffs”

and she went into another classroom

where students were making loads of noise

*

stunned…

how on earth can i talk to her

in this pair of blue sneakers

so got a friend, Li Ting

to exchange shoes with me

she was wearing my pepsi

while i walked confidently in her white shoes

towards Miss Ang

*

so we had a talk

and i went back to Li Ting

to change back the shoes

thinking how smart am i

to avoid this mishap

*

while we were changing

guess who was walking towards us

and saw the whole process

Miss Ang!!!

oh no…

god saves me

*

but she was too busy

entering another classroom

to “treat” the students

and she said

“hold on, i will deal with you later”

*

i felt that my heart was shrinking

beating faster and faster

so after she treated these students

it’s my turn

maybe i will be “showcased”

in front of the whole school tomorrow

maybe i will be made to run

in my blue sneakers

thought of hundreds of possible ways

that i will be dealt with

and most importantly

Li Ting was the innocent party

i had dragged her into this

*

she took quite awhile to

treat this mischievous class

i felt i have been standing there

for ages already

why didn’t the bell

just ring and i would run back

*

so she came out of the

after-treatment classroom

with her XXL cane

all quiet

they must be staring at me right now

*

then she said

“how many times have i told

you basketballers?? ”

huh? was she talking to me?

“after training you must change your outfits

and shoes by 9am”

*

so she had mistaken me

as a basketballer

and this pair of sneakers

were my training shoes

*

haha that’s the advantage

my besties is a basketballer

and i am considered quite tall

so after all i was save

what a close shave!!

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my pair of school shoes

hunted it for quite awhile

don’t want any Bata

and want it to be more stylish

Converse-like, from Carlton

THE CHAMPION MAKER

school shoes

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with low wedges

shoelaces not properly tied up

this was considered trend already

         

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my first pair of Nike

my first pair of blue

since then it is never-ending

Nike Air Havoc III        

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the pair of Adidas Superstars

that we were so crazy about

4 pairs were walking around

among our gangs

not comfie

Adidas SS

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not a girl

not yet a woman

high time for a pair of

proper heels

right brand

appropriate height

wrong colour

i remember i only wore it once

to my Cousin’s wedding

it had got cracks already

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stupid shoes

that is nice to see

but not so nice when worn

too difficult to match

far too bright

but it’s not the Mary Jane series

this is way before MJ

it’s Yoga inspired

it’s knows as Refresh

and the curry stain on there.. oops

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Shoesunday… swee!!

during that outing last month

before Cheryl left for UK

we saw this at Hush Puppies outlet

50% off flip flops

but only size 9 left

ok fine

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two weeks ago

during another trip with N

saw them again at Voir Gallery

and there were size 8

but we were on our way to lunch place

thought will come later

oops…i just forgot till i got home

and along the way had grabbed

another pair of flora sandals

*

thought will go back on Monday

but something happened at home

and the scheme went pending

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till last Sunday

back at Aeon again

no more sales at the HP outlet

so was Jusco

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and last Saturday

back at Voir Gallery

disappointed again

sales period was over

*

next day, Sunday

went Madam King with mom

that is the oldest departmental store

in Melaka, at Jalan Bunga Raya

*

there was sales

no worries, it’s not meant for me

all those housewives’ stuffs

kitchen utensils, towels etc etc

and cosmetic and personal stuffs

always got my St. Ives here

*

i didn’t expect to buy anything from here

casually browsing the shoes section

checking out a pair of sandals at Scholl

*

that’s so old school

Scholl

when i was young i always mistook it as School

*

told my mom how i missed the HP flip flops

and she encouraged me to get this

and no more not-for-raining-days Roxy

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for aunties of the earlier generation

ehem, am not talking about my mom

Scholl is the super brand

market leader for sandals and casual shoes

“Scholl leh, at least rm100 one”

“but can tahan mah, and not pain one”

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comfort is the promise

but talking about style...erm…

yet i just realized

the tagline is actually

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Comfort with Style

tagline

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do i really give up flip flops

and going for Scholl?

haha

so this is how my pair of Scholl looks like

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in my view

it is the most colourful range already

it’s called Tropicana

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not as stylish as HP

and no doggie’s paw print

aww… woof woof

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i guess i don’t really need it for the time being

there are two pairs of yet-to-be worn

Roxy Cherry        Thai flora

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it’s to extinguish the “ambition” in me

in hunting for the HP flip flops

and i don’t own a pair of white sandals yet

do I? maybe…

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moreover this can be shared with mom

we used to share one pair

pink-yellow, brandless one

imitation of Crocs design

which lasted more than 6 months

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on that day itself

after lunch

i tidied up all the shoes at home

took me whole afternoon

although all this while

i thought i wasn’t really a shoe buyer

*

the problem is i have been wearing

the few pairs over and over again

most of the time flip flops

the rest were abandoned just like that

especially most of the covered shoes

they were meant to please my mom

she doesn’t like me to

wear flip flops all the time

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from here

the mess         

*

my sports collection

hey i thought i am not really a sport person

orange dominates

*

but i gonna continue my mission

on the white sneakers collection

Puma from India

HK is the next stop, hehe

whitezz

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finally

everything done

it can last me for a month

without repeating the same shoesthe tower

*

i was motivated by G-fun

from her lookbook

look at the shoes tower of her

sifu sifu salute her

*

yet most of the time

she was wearing that pair of

transparent Converse

that’s the problem with shopaholic

when i am wearing flip flops

over and over again

i have the illusion that i have

very very few pair of proper shoes

just flip flops

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The Complete Short Stories of…

BOOK!!

finally i am blogging about book

in the very very first place

i thought this blog is gonna be

quite related to book and reading

but…erm…

obviously some other topics are prioritized

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ok finally i finish reading this

after two months

i know it is a little long

you should congratulate me already

who will read a 19th century book

on school vacation

especially on summer

*

i got this book on 29.06.2009

at Banglore Airport

because i really don’t know

what to do with the meagre Rupees

i was left with

got three books

can estimate the thickness from the shadow ya

*

since May i was reading it at Igloo

the progress was really miserable

since after i returned to work

i forgot where i stopped

and had to re-read those paragraph

which i had already gone through

*

and during those weekdays afternoons

that the customer flow were almost zero

i was dozing off

using the book as cover-up

at Igloo

*

twice my colleagues asked

how come the book costs so much

and another one predicted that i couldn’t finish the book

till the day i stop working there

ultimately she is quite right

since i quitted the job earlier

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June, since i landed on the clerical job

after facing figures, bills, excel sheets for

the whole afternoon

i was too tired to read the book

so it was abandoned

*

till i met Yi Hing on T.sina

he revealed his reading list for the month

and we started to talk about this book

and i was all serious to finish it by July

so i succeeded

there’s will there’s way

especially there is such a huge motivation

*

content

short stories

the great thing about it that

you don’t have to clung on the storyline

for months

getting sick of the characters

trying hard to recall

what was the last thing that happened

*

the stories written by Twain

made up of various genres

adventure, sci-fi, travelling, and even mystery

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there are quite a few imaginative one like

Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven

how on earth(heaven) could he imagine

the way heaven is in great details

 

and The Mysterious Stranger

an angel named Satan

who twisted the fates of people

but he does not know right from wrong

so the consequences turned out to be

worse than the predestined one

*

we always find animals’ conversation

as a cute scene in movies

animals’ monologues and dialogues

appeared in his stories too

namely

The Horse’s Tale,

A Dog’s Tale

both will leave animal-lovers with

tearful eyes

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there are some sarcastic pieces too

like those about The McWilliamses

anecdotes about a sensible husband

and his nervy wife

the humorous incidents over and over again

drove him nuts

*

there is a thoughtful piece about

moral and love

a dying mom vs a miserable sweet girl…

in between there are

two strict great aunts who never

tell lies in their life before

in Was It Heaven? Or Hell?

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ok after Mark Twain

next up i have The Bleak House

in the house

but don’t think i will be 

so keen on reading it

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Revisiting Denim Legging? Not Again…

last Sunday

i was pretending to mourn

for this pair of denim legging

an eye for an eye

since my sis’s pants are the culprit

you know what i mean

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so during Monday outing with princess

i can’t wait to go MNG

i came on Saturday twice with Ted n gf

Sunday once with mom

(finally i collected my contact lenz, thx mom)

so this was the 3rd day in consecutive

and this time round i should not go out empty-handed

*

i had been eyeing it since last year Dec

here

31.01.2010

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till the price dropped by 3folds

till i have already got at least 3 pairs elsewhere

all in different colour

*

this is the cheapest ever

i have seen at MNG

under rm50

even cheaper than those i got at Padini

*

i guess because this colour

is far too unique

i cant’ really name the colour

greyish… no…

brownish with tinge of grey

no… greyish with tinge of green

ok normal lookingworking towards the curve 

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ok the official site

names this colour, khaki

so slim

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hey after seeing this photo

then i was convinced that

khaki can actually looks good

because initially i thought

i have made a wrong decision

because this colour was too difficult to

match with any other colours

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no wonder it’s heavily-discounted

but what to do

i have already own most of the typical colours available

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how come the way she presented this pair of jeans

is way so different from mine?

how come she looks so thin?

how come there’s no flabby thighs

how come it was of the perfect length

arrgh…

maybe i need a pair of wedges like that too

maybe maybe…

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Our Shopping Princess

she inherits it from us for sure

it is running in her blood

and the “training ” she has been undergoing

*

this Monday…

the only difference between me and my sis

is that she spends more on food

so is our princess

this is bad.. real real bad

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list of food that she needs to grab

along the journey

started from the fountain snack corner

crepe, bubble tea

something from the snack stall    

cut fruits in cup

something from Guardian    

and sweet corn  

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free sand-art at the center stage

provided by Slimming Sanctuary

what a good marketing strategy

kept the kids busy and quiet

while the moms were being hypnotized 

into signing-up some promo courses

choc stain            artwork

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my bf’s wedding

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the diva

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she loves this dress so much

cos she got the strawberry skirt at home

which she insisted on wearing everyday

till all the strawberry turned ripe and fell

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