http://lai-mauritius.com/blog Everyone is unique and everybody's life different. Just some thoughts as I go through mine. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:02:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I keep having "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding" error messages, following which the computer would lose its display. I have had it sent for 'repairs' twice, without success. I have just done a system restore. Fed up. I will see if I can get a desktop computer for not ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/08/24/annoying-vista/ Bored at work, actually don't feel like working. Too much on my mind. Spent an hour looking at various cartoon pictures of Chinese guys in the dynasty eras. I want to do a comics strip and it's called doing "reasearch" for it. haha. Not much to say, so I am pasting ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/08/11/were-all-pigs/ The Olympic's Opening ceremony, or 开幕式 (kai-mu-shi) was not bad. The opening bit with the drummers was cool. I admit that. But then it drifted in some obscure references of long gone eras that even the Chinese presenters and my Chinese companions were at times lost as to how ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/08/09/the-kaimushi-was-ok/ Darn! So stupid of me :| Forgot to backup my phone before upgrading the software. Now I've lost some important phone numbers. Losing SMS I don't really care that much, but how can I contact the girls again? Oops, did I say girls? I meant some contacts' details. Haha. http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/08/06/phone-numbers-lost/ Laptop crashed again yesterday. First diagnostic would be the new graphics card not working so well with current configuration. Saw the purple streaking and picture freezing that occurred just before the other graphics card went off. Still haven't installed new theme as I can't use my laptop to make file transfers/upgrades. ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/07/30/laptop-crashed-again/ Site has been unavailable for the last week or so. Cause: Bandwidth exceeded. I have a song that I linked to the blog, and somehow people were downloading it from the site (I blame Yahoo, Google, etc for finding out about the song :D ), thus the incredible traffic. I have ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/07/28/back-online/ [rant] :swear: Why doesn't Quicktime has a f.cking language option? When I download Quicktime through its website, everything looks normal. Everything in English, even when I click on the installation process. However, once the bloody thing is completely installed and you click it open, IT'S IN FRIGGING CHINESE!!!!! QUICKTIME/APPLE BLOODY HELL, I ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/07/25/quicktime-annoying/ 2 more weeks and it will be the Olympics in Beijing. But I don't feel anything about it. I can't care any less. I'm getting more and more sluggish at work. Need to pull myself to complete the June accounts asap. A distant auntie wants to introduce me to a girl in ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/07/24/2-weeks-to-go-some-thoughts/ Taken shamelessly from Good Morning China! BEIJING TRAFFIC: as American Football To help you understand Beijing traffic, and perhaps to one day navigate its hazards, I've come up with the following analogy. I hope you find it helpful. BEIJING TRAFFIC: as American Football Traffic lights: BAD QUARTERBACK In Beijing, a traffic light is like a ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/06/27/beijing-traffic-as-american-football/ Caught a cold on Saturday night, as I slept in the living room (tout nu) with the windows open. Still trying to get well, but my "dear" colleagues switch the aircon on in the afternoon since the SH weather is heavy, humid and very hot. It has been raining a ... http://lai-mauritius.com/blog/2008/06/20/sick-and-no-laptop/