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  gyuwool
Untouched... is coming...

Slowly recovering from the illness. Not by choice, but rather... by me. Of course, who else could possibly make me feel better? :p

Finished reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami after a long struggle with the book. Unsatisfying ending, I'd say. Maybe I read too fast; I didn't quite catch some details. Nonetheless, I just ordered three other books by the same author. I figured, I might as well take advantage of free shipping while I'm in California. Especially with the new US J-1 VISA policy, I don't think I will be returning anytime soon...

Found a bug that's been haunting me for a couple of days. Instinctively I knew it was something trivial. And of course, I went through the trouble of what can be better described as reinventing the wheel, in vain. All I needed was one simple line of commmand:

C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705>aspnet_regiis.exe -i

The pain this solution gave me was beyond anything I could've ever imagined. It was as if the mountains on both side of Silicon Valley had trembled down, collapsing everything in between. The energy of my anger had ignited all volcanoes, both live and dormant, of the world, melting every living beings on its way down... an apocalyptic event!

But that's alright, winter is coming to near. :)

When you lose the train of thoughts
Get on it at its next stop.
 
 
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  gaeul
You know what this means... is leaving...

That's right. The end of autumn is near. I thought about something smart to write for this entry, but I couldn't come up with anything intelligent. And I know that I will somehow end up filling the blank void space out, just as I would when I myself hungry in the most inconvenient time ever: I always end up eating something. @.@ Anyways...

Last night, I went to watch a couple of films at UNAFF held at Stanford University. Really nice campus, I must admit. I wouldn't even compare University of Waterloo, because it's just not comparable. It'd be like comparing some elementary school's library to the one we have at UW. So, naturally, for someone like me, I can't help but to sense how miserable it is to be.. me. Anyways, that's not the point.

The first one was about the strugglings of garment workers in Saipan. How they were constantly lied to, used, abused, treated badly, and so on and so forth. Life over there seemed pretty bad. Just as when I thought I was watching a depressing film, the second documentary started. It was on the trafficking, particularly in Thailand. Throughout the whole movie, which lasted about 90 minutes, I felt like there was a collision point of hot and cold fronts right above my head. Some girl in front of me and one on my left were sniffing even before I started to notice many people bringing hands to their eyes, wiping their tears off. And here I was, complaining about how UW's campus stinks and all. I felt so small in that crowd...
 
 
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  shiwol
Early (or late) Valentine's? My boss is back

Which means that I will be getting some more exciting stuff soon. I worked on another OSA (some dumb machine that costs big bucks) and finally got it to work. It's been bugging the heck out of me for some time and I am glad that I don't have to see it ever again! Hmm.. Come to think of it, I only began to work on it last Friday, but for some reason it feels like I've been wrestling with it for ever now. ^^

I am also working on another website (well, just the lay-out). I don't know when the new one will be released but I fear that it's going to take some time. And knowing the history of my previous attempts in making something new and fresh - most of them were abandoned to rot, by the way - I cannot guarantee anything to myself. But I do know one thing: its dull-looking, depressing white-on-black concept, and some of its useless contents really gotta go. Also, I find those pop-up ads really annoying. It's been real fun working on this site, but it's time to move on, don't you agree? :p
 
 
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  mesme
Infinite And Boundaryless 12d, eh?

Seriously, it was about the osti calice de time you did it! Well, it looks like this month will be a month that we'll be talking about in the future! :p I'm really happy for you man. Thanks for being a huge part in keeping me so fond of Montreal, to where I never fail to go back every chance that I get. :)

Tous ce temps qu'on a pass?ensemble ?boire ces caf? noirs (et ces cr?es et sucres baign? dans tes tasses) et tous ce temps qu'on a absolutement rien fait ne m'ont donn?la chance de d?ouvrir un vrai ami que j'en suis enti?ement fier d'avoir. On joura le trou d'cul d? que je reviens. hehe (tabarnacle, c'est difficile d'?rire en francais!!)

I'll be uploading more pix soon! :)
 
 
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  just because
when you need to.. why not?

Are you bored at work? Join the club. Actually.. Are you bored due to the fact that your laziness is now in control over your body and soul? Then you may join my club. :p

I was just browsing through the picture albums and came across this picture. Why did I take it? I don't know. As matter of fact, I don't even remember taking this picture, to tell you the truth. Pretty shiwon, isn't it? ;)

Picture taken in Victoria in August. And now, that's a cooooooool picture... literally! hehehe

Wow, I love it when I surprise myself like this. :p
 
 
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  tale of a tiger in korea
Long way to go... Here's a story that I want to share..

Once upon a time there lived a wood cutter full of wit. One day the woodcutter went into the woods to cut wood. On his way he heard a sound from the bushes and then a huge tiger appeared with his mouth open wide.

The woodcutter was so scared he was shaking when suddenly he hit upon a plan. The woodcutter kneeled down in front of the tiger, shedding tears saying, "Brother, I have finally met you. Mother always told me that long ago my brother went into the woods to cut wood but never came back. She thought he was dead, but one day in her dream he appeared saying he had become a tiger and couldn't return. And now having met you, I feel I must be dreaming, Brother." With the woodcutter talking without even stopping and shedding tears, the tiger believed his words. The tiger, thinking of his mother, began to weep. "Brother, come with me and see mother," the woodcutter said in an even more friendly manner. "No. How can I, looking like this. I will catch a wild bear for you two times every month. Be twice as good to her." Next morning, there was a wild bear in the woodcutter's yard. "The tiger I met yesterday has kept his promise," he said to himself.

Thinking of the tiger who had done his duty to his mother, the woodcutter also devoted himself to his mother. Years later the mother died.

After the mother's death the tiger never came back. One day when the woodcutter went into the woods he saw tiger cubs with hemp cloths tied on their tails. ( a sign of mourning) The cubs were the children of the tiger he had met before. Knowing of his mother's death, the tiger had eaten nothing at all and wept and died a few days before. The woodcutter was deeply moved by the tiger's filial piety, and took good care of the cubs.

By the way... Happy birthday to you! :)
 
 
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