A Dog

Am watching Bolt now on xunlei. Suddenly I feel like I want to have a dog again, although not necessary a super dog. Wait, Bolt is not one, wrote this half way watching.

In my memory, I have had 4 dogs before. The first one was a mixed breed, a very loyal watch dog. Unfortunately one day when I was back home on a school bus, I saw my mum and sis crying at the front gate... she was knocked down by a car... the whole family was very sad for a long period and my mum decided not to have a dog again.

The second one was a Shih Tzu. When I was 16, a friend who didn't know how to take care of a pet bought it and tied it outdoor all the time. It was suffering until finally one day my friend decided to give it away. Without my mum's permission I brought it home and had a hard fought to keep it in the house. She's very smart and brought our family a lot of happy moments. Every night she'll jumped up to my bed and if I locked the room, she'll scratch the door begging me to let her in. 2 years later when first time in my life I moved away from home to go the uni, my mum decided to give it away as she has got no time to take care of it despite of my strong objection...

After many years, I graduated and started my first job in JB. My mum moved into the new house in BP and one night some god damn Indon broke in and robbed the house. It was a new development and the area was quiet so I decided to get a watch dog. Went to SPCA for a look around, there was a quiet Rottweiler who looks friendly but certainly I didn't want to take the risk which it might hurts my mum. Next to the it was a mixed breed dog which keep barking and challenging the Rottweiler. It looks like the first dog we had so I decided to give it a new home. She did a good job for few years as she hates Indon. However she was afraid of fire crackers and dissappeared one night.

The fourth one was a Shih Tzu when I was in KL but that was a stupid story which I don't wish to repeat.

It's a huge responsibilites to keep a dog. They need our company too. That's the reason why I am not prepared to have one. I still haven't find a base yet. I will definitely keep a dog when I settle down and live with the family.

By the way, finish watching the movie while writing this, brought me some laughter on one of the coldest day since I came to London.

Seven Pounds

I can't remember when was the last time I watched a real good movie, seriously. Have not got a clue what seven pounds mean before I decided to go for this as there isn't any other more interesting movie available here.

A small mistake in life could come costly but how many has the courage to make amend?

Not to be missed.

Happy New Year

2008 had been a tough year, lots of sh*ts happened, however I'm lucky that the woman has joined me and has been with me for the tough time.

Life is not always the way we want it to be however we have to face it positively. In this new year hopefully all of us will get over all the obstacles and have a better year.

Fantasy Football

There are so many fantasy games in the UK hosted mainly by the newspapers. Others than picking up 5 teams for free in Metro Fantasy Games, I have paid for GBP6 to join the Telegraph Fantasy Games. 20 of my company colleagues have also joined and formed a private Super League. Each of us has paid an extra GBP5 and the winner will takes it at the end of the season.

This is my reshuffled team after 6 weeks. Made some early mistakes by picking up Cesc Fabregas, who was injured for the first 3 weeks and picked up 2 yellow cards on the recent two games. Also Joleon Lescott was another flop which earned me some negative points.

The defenders chosen are mainly from the top teams as each clean sheet will earn +4 and each goal conceded will get -1. Patrice Evra and Bacari Sagna are two safe pick as they are the regular first team players. Clichy is a replacement for Nemanja Vidic as he's a bit expensive to fit in my current team. Corluka is the only defender who is not from the top four, but he has got the scoring ability and I keep in faith that Tottenham will gets better under Ramos.

The midfielders chosen are those who have good assisting and scoring ability. I don't think it's wise to pick up a defensive midfielder in any fantasy football game! Joe Cole, Shaun Wright Philips, Ashley Young and Fabregas (yes still!) are my choice. I am in dilemma whether or not to transfer Fabregas out and bring in Samir Nasri or Theo Walcott who is almost a million pound cheaper. Ronaldo was my first choice however at 7 million he is the second most expensive player after Torres.

At the beginning of the game I picked Van Persie and Anelka as my strikers and they had earned me some decent points. When Drogba came back from injury I decided to change Anelka to Agbonlanhor as I think his chances will get thinner. Van Persie was transferred for only one reason - Berbatov is now in Manchester United jersey and I hope he'll fit in to the team soon and start scoring to win the golden boots this season!

I'm currently scoring 156 points after 6 weeks and positioned at 61496 out of 235828 with 17 transfers left. My current target is to climb up to the top 10% at mid season!

Heroes (Villains!) are back!

After months of waiting finally Heroes Season 3 'Villains' is back.



Episode 1 "The Second Coming" & Episode 2 "The Butterfly Effect" can be watched here online stream.

Many questions arise after watching the first two episodes:

• Why Ando kills Hiro in the future?
• Is Tracy = Nikki?
• Why Sylar didn't kill Claire after stealing her power?
• What happened to Mohinder after possessing his new power?
• It the future Peter Petrelli a hero or villain?

Another nice drama series for me to pass time.

Moonlight Resonance 溏心风暴之家好月圆

Ever since the woman came to London we have been chasing some HK TV drama series. It's the best thing to do during dinner to watch the latest episode of the day.

Recently been chasing for Moonlight Resonance and just watched episode 34 & 35 after a long search online. So far the best up-to-date stream site is this one with good quality.

Update: surprisingly episode 36 is up here today!

Sony A700 Firmware V4 Update

It has been a while since the latest firmware Version 4 for A700 been leaked on the cyber community. I have been waiting to get the 'genuine' version and finally it's up on Sony Europe site!

The improvement and solved issues:

• The choice to select auto exposure bracketing (single & continuous) with 3 shots in 2 EV steps has been added.
• The choice to turn [Off] the High ISO NR feature has been added.
• Improvement of the image quality in high ISO setting.
• Improvement of the auto white balance and D-Range Optimizer performance.
• Improvement of reliability for communication between camera body and vertical grip.

Just update the firmware in my camera and everything is up and running. A few test shots on high ISO seems it has improved (or psychologically maybe!). Time to shoot more to get the best out of my A700!