Daily misery

If you would kindly leave your name (gotta get my form validation set up soon), maybe we can work out whatever issue we might have. Even though I have a large fanbase across multiple continents, I dont recall ever blocking anyone from my contact list. Let me know ^_^.

When I said I love Jessica Simpsons’ titties, I wasnt lying.

His pictures are captivating. So much emotions and depthness involved.

I started my early day by turning on my coffee maker without putting in the coffee pot. Hot and fresh coffee spilled all over my kitchen table by the time I got out of the bathroom. About a week ago I sent a mail with my own address as both the sender’s and return address. In many ways I’m a lost puppy. (more…)

Due to the many requests from family and friends back in Malaysia, I’ve posted some pictures of my crib in the newly polished Pixel of my life. Enjoy!

Note: You might have to refresh your browser to load the spanking new design ^_^.

I want this for christmas.

My apology for all the video postings. It was one of those serene nights where I had one hand on keyboard and another holding a beer while the melancholic melodies blasting on background covering every inches of my rational senses.

I just realized I’ve always wanted to certain things before I reach 40.

1.) Go to the Wellsfargo Bank at 12.00 noon on Monday (busiest bank at the busiest hour). Line up like all other nice citizens and when its your turn at the counter (normally it takes 45 minutes to get to the front line), take out a dollar bill and ask for 25 cents change. Look at the facial expression of the banker, say thank you and leave with a smile.

2.) Holding a huge sign saying ‘you pigs are killing the environment!’ in front of SUV dealerships.

3.) Run around the university area naked. So gonna do that.

4.) Throw eggs at cars who keep to the left even though they are going like 10 miles per hour.

5.) Open for an Oasis’s concert singing ‘we will rock you’ by Queens.

When I first took cryptography class for my CS major about one year ago, I remembered vividly my professor told us it wont be long before we get to see the real-world example of quantum cryptography, a crypto system so powerful and secure ( as it is guaranteed by the laws of physics, whereas the security of conventional cryptographic methods relied on the complexity of mathematical operations) that it can’t be broken by any conventional (or unconventional) method. In other words, you need not only have to be the best among the DEFCONians to crack it, but you’ll have to prove Einstein was wrong too. (more…)

There’s a reason why 0% Malaysians have sex in the kitchen.

Pinkpau’s latest hypothesis theory on why Impulsive force formula is a total lie.

hey you know what, i believe i have single handedly proven the Impulsive force formula wrong. okay lah maybe not that grand, but i swear to you that the (mv-mu)/t formula does not work when you are utilizing the toilet. wait waitttttt, hear me out first. you know how in physics there’s always this question of how to reduce damage upon collision, and the 2-mark answer is always “increase time before collision so that momentum upon impact is decreased”? yeah well, i PROVED IT WRONG.

here’s how i did it. i was in this cafe, okay? and i needed to poop very badly. arrived at the washroom to find that the toilet seats are in very deplorable condition … but i still needed to use the toilet. so i didnt sit on the toilet seat because ew that’s just gross, instead what i did was position myself in this half-standing position above the bowl, and i pooped with my butt slightly elevated above the bowl.

(hehehe smart leh, pay me royalty if you wanna use my Shitting Stance)

soooooo i pooped la.

BUT THEN RIGHT, when my poop hit the water surface …….. water from the bowl terpelanting-ed onto my butt!!!!!!!!!

DAMN FUCKING GROSS.

i was like ….. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. i felt like no amount of tissue would make me feel clean again. it was damn sial traumatizing. so i swore that the next time i use the toilet, i will position my butt EVEN FURTHER up from the toilet bowl. cos you know lah, impulsive force formula says that you have to increase time before collision to decrease force upon impact. it’s like the whole skydiver-who-bends-legs-before-landing thingy!

so anyway, 2 hours later, it was time for Toilet Experience Part 2……

Continue reading the rest of the entry here.

Warning: I laughed so hard I wasnt able to digest my dinner properly afterwards, upsetting my stomach in the process and lets just say the pooping process after that wasnt exactly the most pleasant experience.

For those non-malaysians:
lah - we like to append this word to the end of our sentences. It is our way of saying things casually.
terpelanting - generally it means being totally thrown/blown/slipped away. In this post, it means [smth] splashed so violently.

There’re currently 285 posts in Daily misery. Of those, there’re some that I really enjoyed writing and have personal liking over others. They are also most likely something I would love to share with my readers. So I installed a plugin called Noteworthy by Jamie Saunders hoping that it will helps me gently keep track of all my note-worthy posts. If you head over my archive page, you can see how beautifully they all line up.

So whenever you see a little lovely heart right beside a post title, it means that post is made with love.

I cant do it. After 4 slides of the images (that’s my max), I was gone. You evil, Emilie.

How long can you keep yourself from yawning?

Before you proceed to read the following post, rest assure that now I am fine (hence being able to write this post). Just a minor shock, well actually I am still shaking right now, hahahahah. But yeah, family and friends, dont freak out ok. I am fine, I really am. The car is fine too although I might bring it to the mech just to make sure.

11/15/2005 9:51:53 AM Alvin: i had a near death experience this morning
11/15/2005 10:55:54 AM ςεα ♣ cυcυmβεr ® : shit! what?
11/15/2005 10:55:54 AM ςεα ♣ cυcυmβεr ® : car accident?
11/15/2005 10:56:10 AM Alvin : yeah
11/15/2005 10:56:13 AM Alvin : my car spinned many times
11/15/2005 10:56:18 AM Alvin : then stopped right in the middle of the road
11/15/2005 10:56:29 AM Alvin : an incoming truck almost hit me right on my side after that
11/15/2005 10:56:40 AM Alvin : which for sure would spell death for me
11/15/2005 10:57:11 AM ςεα ♣ cυcυmβεr ® : omg!
11/15/2005 10:57:13 AM ςεα ♣ cυcυmβεr ® : are you ok????
11/15/2005 10:58:16 AM Alvin : okok
11/15/2005 10:58:57 AM Alvin: yep, as true and scary as it sounds

*Huinee rang me. Talk talk talk but cant talk too long since i had a stupid client on the other line. After making sure i was really really really fine only she agreed to hang up……*

11/15/2005 11:05:59 AM Alvin: dont be worry ok.. i am fine. just still a little shocked

Note: It snowed for the first time today (winter 2005) and this is my first time driving on icy road. Talk about learning experience, eh?

Ok, maybe I exaggerated a little bit.

Dear Safari users,

Today is a sunny day.
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Still remember Spice girls? Sure you do.

Ok, that’s what my sister, Karen thinks. Hence this mv is dedicated to her. Its an old song but it is still very nice. I still remember when Karen used to jump up and down whenever he appeared in Astro (one of Malaysia’s cable channel). She made it very clear to everyone in the family that she wants to marry him. That was when I was still in Malaysia (about 3 years ago). Now I think she’s ready to put aside her vetenary degree and flies to Taiwan.

Back then, I think he is by far the best when it comes to chinese rap. Totally, soundly and unanimously beats everyone else hands down. Now I think he has gotten better, much much better. And yes, I think he’s HOT, not that I’m gay or anything but MAN, how can he look so hot?!

When it comes to chinese rap, everyone louds Jay Chou. Methink hotty Wilber deserves his credits. At least you can actually catch what he is singing. *cough* *cough*

Watching this video reminds me so much of my Inti college life. It is the exact same setting, garage, instrument and crazy band members. Except the fact that we had a REAL dummer who was this hot girl with attitude. It was crazy fun and we were a close bunch, real close. It’s probably one of the best moments in my life.

Sometimes I think this whole band thing is what kept us away from those subculture college hangover - getting drunk, drugs, being self absorbed, emotional problems, jumping suicide and gangsterism. We’re sure glad we come clean.

1.) How to get rid of hiccups? This is specially linked for Huinee.

2.) Puppylabians feature in mcville’s interview column. Thanks for having us, Marko. Guess what, Shaun Inman and Jon Hicks are also featured in there. Woot!

3.) Finally found out a way to validate email input that ends with ‘@[ipaddress]‘ in form. The magical regular expression is *deep breath* : ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-])+(\.([a-zA-Z0-9_\-])+)*@((\[(((([0-1])?([0-9])?[0-9])
|(2[0-4][0-9])|(2[0-5][0-5])))\.(((([0-1])?([0-9])?[0-9])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(
2[0-5][0-5])))\.(((([0-1])?([0-9])?[0-9])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(2[0-5][0-5])))
\.(((([0-1])?([0-9])?[0-9])|(2[0-4][0-9])|(2[0-5][0-5]))\]))|((([a-zA-Z0
-9])+(([\-])+([a-zA-Z0-9])+)*\.)+([a-zA-Z])+(([\-])+([a-zA-Z0-9])+)*))$

No kidding. Here’re some of the matches and non-matches:
matches: john@doe.com, john.doe@[255.008.09.090], john-doe.i.am@john-doe.i.am.com
non-matches: john@doe, my.name..@john.doe, wow@-john-doe-.com

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4.) Anyone knows where to get Godiva (the chocolate that is) around here in Lincoln, NE?

Someday I’m going to get heart attack as a result of these increasingly ‘real’ spam mails.

*Address checked out to be from Department of Justice. Sneaky…*

This is a direct quote from Paul Graham’s latest essay - Web2.0. If you havent subscribe to his feed, you should. He speaks the mind of people like me who wants to make the web an easier and cleaner place for everyone.

At Y Combinator we advise all the startups we fund never to lord it over users. Never make users register, unless you need to in order to store something for them. If you do make users register, never make them wait for a confirmation link in an email; in fact, don’t even ask for their email address unless you need it for some reason. Don’t ask them any unnecessary questions. Never send them email unless they explicitly ask for it. Never frame pages you link to, or open them in new windows. If you have a free version and a pay version, don’t make the free version too restricted. And if you find yourself asking “should we allow users to do x?” just answer “yes” whenever you’re unsure. Err on the side of generosity.

Amen to that, amen.

Oooh Oooh. It’s Karena! It’s Karena!

Ok she’s like my number one favourite chinese female star. Second down my list would be Vivian Hsu but most of my friends hate her, I dont know why.

So I went ahead and bought this Karena’s CD from yesasia. God, I almost forgot how much I used to like her. A LOT. It was almost like an early Christmas present for me when I coincidentally stumbled across her video in youtube.com

She’s gorgeous, sweet, multi-awards actress, awesome singer and gosh that lovely smile. More so, she reminds me of someone i know. The details are too personal but anyway, this is a good song. Hope you guys like it.
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Awesome artwork by Marion. Dark and creepy but comes with a touch of wonder.

Happy belated thanskgiving to all my dear readers. I do have to apologize if any of you hit an 404 error page when trying to visit DM for the last couple of days. I was moving alvinwoon.com and a couple of other domains hosted under my account to a new server, or to be more precise, a new web host. Everything is well and healthy now. I wont want to do it again in near future though. It is such a pain in my big ass.

Here’s a little update on my everlasting rock star life.
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A Bosnian city has erected a statue of Bruce Lee to commemorate his 65th birthday, as a symbol of universal peace — Bruce was apparently equally popular on all sides of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

“We will always be Muslims, Serbs or Croats,” said Veselin Gatalo of the youth group Urban Movement Mostar.

“But one thing we all have in common is Bruce Lee.”

Hat tip: Boing Boing

1.) Sourceforge.net - best of open source
2.) Soccernet.com - soccer mania
3.) Rojo - my newsreader
4.) Alvinwoon.com - my wordpress and blog
5.) Google and Yahoo - believe it or not, I use them almost on equal frequency. Do i even need to link them? ;)

First, let me clarify that I’d only used Brim for around two weeks before I came out with this tree list hack. I am pretty sure there’re better ways to achieve the same result by utilizing existing hooks and API; I just never got the chance to play and dig deeper into this awesome web app. If you want it quick and dirty yet pretty like this, please continue reading.
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