This is the second and last week of my bumming days before the semester starts.  Been very busy lately but the fun was much needed.  Attended Nissan Track day a while back and was way too lazy to load some photos up.  Got to see the new GTR in the flesh.  That thing is huge, and so godzilla like.  Completely stock, the car keeps up and bones most other heavily modified vehicles in the A class race without really pushing it.

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I feel so wasteful and bored yet I love the boredom and the endless time I have during the day.  Ever since I’ve stopped FT work, this semester break has been awesome.  It gives a sense of nostalgia to when I was on my MMORPG every hour of the day.  I can sleep when I want, wake up when I want, and do whatever I want without having to account for work the next day or events going past my bedtime.

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Have always wondered which would be better.  I knew from ages ago Projector gives you the most movie like experience and projectors are coming down in price.  However, there are heaps of cons with projectors.  When you compare them to LCD TVs, I think the LCDs win hands down.  These days, a 46″ LCD TV costs a bit over $3,000AUD and this price is a really good full HD supporting 1080p.  

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Previous end semester exam results are out and I’m glad that I passed.  No spectacular results, just a distinction but I am pretty pleased because this is my first semester of study with full time work.  I have to say, full time work and study is pretty tiring.  Will be enrolling in full time study next semester so I can get this masters over and done with.  If I keep going at the rate I am going, it would take me 6 years to complete.

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A while ago on my old xanga blog, I posted some mac setups which I thought was quite nice.  Here is another lot of desks and mac setups that inspire me to clean my room, desks and everything else.  Clean desks are always pleasant to work on.  Currently my desk is a mess from exam week a few weeks ago.  Work and study = no time to clean desk.  Hopefully I will have some time soon to organise a few things and tidy some stuff up.
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Haven’t had a holiday in a while and have been a bit tired from juggling work and study.  Exams are finally over and since I am studying full time next semester and working much less, I figured it would be time to have a bit of a break.  Been relaxing at home and surfing the net, doing some housekeeping, and washing the car.

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My clock arrived finally arrived!  Been wanting one of these clocks for a while now.  I have a screensaver that emulates this type of clock and ever since my friends saw it, everyone’s been using it.  This clock was sourced from Hong Kong as the ones in Australia are either too expensive or too hard to find.

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Yesterday marked the longest time I have spent at work.  A total of 13 hours spent at work from 8AM - 9PM.  In Australia the tax is so high that the more you work the more you get taxed.  Depressing isn’t it.  Tax return is coming but I think this year I will actually be getting close to nothing back.  I just hope I don’t have to pay additional tax.  I have racked up just under $24,000 AUD tax this year.

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Yesterday = 10 hours of work, 2 hours rest, 4 hours study + a cheese burger at the end = TIRING

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Had the opportunity to try the new set of car detailing products I bought on my friend’s classic Nissan Skyline R32 GTR. The products made the wash so much easier. When I arrived at his house in the morning, you could see the state of the car. Tar and grime everywhere especially on the back left rear sections as that is closest to the exhausts.   Quick use of the products quickly lifted the gunk off the car and all we had to do was give it a light wash and rinse. Usually it would take a fair bit of scrubbing. So to preserve the paint from swirl marks, these nice tar removers were used to lift it all out.

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I found these Tshirts a while ago while surfing looking through Hong Kong fashion publications Milk, and Monday. They tend to give the style of clothing I am after. Ever since I saw these shirts I’ve always wanted one but could not find real ones on ebay. Seems like ebay habours a lot of fake branded clothing and I was very skeptical in buying it as I’ve had bad experiences with buying fake stuff from ebay.

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Here is the infamous Carnuba wax that world renowned car detailer Paul Dalton uses.  It costs about 10,000 pounds and gives cars an incredible shine and lustre.  I recently bought some carnuba wax that some of the professional detailers use (not the 10,000 pounds one -_-’) and have tried it on one of my cars.  Gives amazing results - love it!  

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Finally, Apple has released the second version of their iPhone, 3G capable.  This is good news because being 2.5G / Edge previously really made its key feature (portability and internet) a double edged sword for Australian consumers.  Previous iPhone owners in Australia that bought overseas unlocked phones may have charged ridiculous amounts for their use of GPRS on the iPhone.  Now that the 3G version is announced, the internet speeds and pricing will improve dramatically, making it truly a mobile device that can be used for enterprise and personal.  

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Been gathering ideas on how to redesign my workspace so I can reduce the wires and put shelves in.  One thing that bothers me immensely despite all our efforts in innovative gadgets and technology is the amount of wire mess we have to put up with to use all this stuff.  Seriously, there are wires everywhere in my work area.  I run a Macbook Pro and you would think I would not have to worry about wires annoying me.  The fact is, I plug in both external hds (since the mac does not have enough space), then the dual monitor, the power, the speakers and the list adds up.  

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