Exams are finally done. Although the last exam I sat on Thursday was one of the most difficult I have ever sat, it’s not very encouraging to enjoy the holidays until we get our results. But I guess there is no point to worry about it now. I can’t change anything. Just hope I pull through.
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His efforts in music were overshadowed by his accusations of child molestation, plastic surgery and baby dangling antics. But no one can deny he IS one of the greatest artists of all time. The influence he had on music, how he revolutionised music videos, pioneered dance moves and his awesome songs should take better focus.
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So it seems this was the reason why Jobs has been off from his CEO duties at Apple.

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially.

Mr. Jobs didn’t respond to an email requesting comment. “Steve continues to look forward to returning at the end of June, and there’s nothing further to say,” said Apple spokeswoman Katie Cotton.

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Have been swamped with study and exams lately, and not only that, it has been a rainy week as well. Cold and gloomy, we decided to have hotpot to boost our spirit up. Havne’t had dinner at home for some time now with the family so it was good to do so. Nothing special, just some bought some fish balls, meat balls, tofu fish, vegetables, some seafood and other random stuff and chucked it in the pot or as some people like to call it, steamboat.
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Wow for tiltshift lenses. Impressive indeed. Full link here. Some awesome timelapse scenery around Japan. Very interesting. Do you think these are done by recording video or just taking heaps of shots of still pictures?

Image snagged from Dannychoo.
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iPhone 3.0 is out. Grab your update via iTunes. You will need iTunes 8.2 for this. Why would you want to upgrade? Stability improvements, some new features – so why not? It is 250Mbs so be careful if you’re about to get capped.

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Procrastination yields wonders as you spend all your time surfing and not studying.  Stumbled across this dream setup.  Clean and bright.  Perfect environment to design and work in.  The guy is a professional photographer using Nikon D3 and performs all his editing on a Mac Pro with 2×30″ Cinema displays.  Talk about ballin’.
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So out of my close group of friends, it seems the most unlikely candidate has tied the knot first, to the surprise of everyone. Congratulations to him, but I still can’t take him seriously when he says he is married. In the midst of exams, I attended Dong and Yujin’s ceremony. Much to my surprise, it was all in Korean and I understood the words: “Dong” and “Yujin”. Big turnout from all of their church friends.
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So Kobe is on road to win his 4th championship ring in the NBA.  I haven’t followed it for a long time but with the new free to air sports channel, I could follow a game here and there.  I missed following the NBA and my god has it changed.  I watched NBA back in the late 90s.  Back then, all the hype was on Jordan, Pippen, Malone, Mourning, Shaq, Barkley, and Ewing just to name a few.  Then it was Iverson, Garnett and Kobe.  Now its Kobe, Lebron and Howard.

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A good few days ago, on the 3rd of June, Miriam and me celebrated her birthday with a quiet dinner at Sono Japanese restaurant in the city. Although I was sick at the time, the food was still delicious and we pigged out on some slightly more authentic sushi and random dishes that we can’t usually eat normally.
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I’ve been severely sick lately and have pretty much been bed-ridden for the last 4 days.  There is no worse time to get sick as I have exams coming up and coming week is study week.  I had originally worked out a study timetable, but obviously that is now out the window, and I have to cope for D-Day.  What makes it worse is I caught a stomach bug, AKA gastroenteritis – usually from eating something incorrect, unclean or not cooked properly.  Essentially food poisoning.  So for the last 4 days, I’ve been residing on top of the toilet seat every 10 minutes working very hard.  To top it off, the fever that comes with it was persistant and would not subside no matter what drugs I through at it.  I even resorted to taking both Ibuprofen & paracetamol together but still not much luck.  Luckily the most aggressive phase is over and I’m feeling a lot better.

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Tried something different on the weekend, and instead of the usual asian food we get, I went with a few gaming comrades to Enchilada’s for Mexican food. If you haven’t had Mexican food, it is essentially lots of salsa, tomatoes, cheese, corn chips, flour, chilli with some sort of meat such as mince beef, steak or chicken.
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As mentioned in a previous post, it’s close to exam time. So what better time to procrastinate? As with most students, most people will procrastinate the most during or before their exam time. Do you feel the same way? I have a habit of trying to organise my notes, my desk, my house, and cleanup things I have never touched for the past 12 months. It seems I get a little obsessed about preparing a clean environment to study in but not actually doing the study.
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One of our good friends, Dan visited Brisbane for the weekend and we had a lot of fun over the last few days. So much that I even forgot to study. Being close to exam time, I started thinking about my study plans but that obviously went out the window. Dan arrived on Thursday, but I was too buggered to go out and meet him since he his arrival in Brisbane was delayed until 10:30pm. The next day after work, everyone gathered at my house and we bummed around, eating, drinking and playing Guitar Hero World Tour, as well as Rock Band.
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