Rubbish in Australian News

Mainstream news sites in Australia is evolving into higher and higher quality rubbish and becoming less and less relevant to humans.

Example here:
http://www.news.com.au/world-news/six-really-stupid-911-conspiracies-debunked-in-about-six-seconds/story-fndir2ev-1226717737311

Incredible article. Check out, the comments. I dislike putting down people in general (in this case the author of the article) and think it's quite mean, because you don't really know the circumstances of the author (sticky situations and all). I attribute a portion of the worthlessness of this article to the news.com.au entity as a whole.

Favourite Nike Shoes

I've been wanting this pair of shoes for a long time:

In Taipei, I saw this pair in a shop, and I was quite surprised and excited. I asked the sales guy to get me a pair to try, and well it looked great when I tried it on. Comfortable and a great colour. I was smiling, happy and about to buy this pair.

But just a second before I took out my card, I asked the sales guy casually, what is that abstract image is on the side Nike logo. He said casually, well you know it's the Kobe Bryant's snake symbol. Kobe Bryant? Snake Symbol??

Verified that it was a mamba snake. Verified the image shows an x-ray of mamba and fangs. Gave the sales guy back the pair. He had no idea what had happened both before and after telling him that I don't do snakes, sorry. No other pair will satisfy, at least for this time. End of shoe shopping.

My cousin said: "Is it the same feeling when you like a girl so much, and then you find out that she's Buddhist?" I said: "Yes, sister, you know me well."

Afraid to Check Email

You know those times when you're afraid to check your email. Because of something like, you fear the worst for your VCE score, the girl you like so much rejecting you would hurt too much, or that job interview results email you KNOW is in your inbox right now but you're too scared to face reality?

Yes, well it's back. I haven't checked my gmail for almost 24 hours! I have to learn to conquer my fears, and face reality.

Shirt Off

All the past years, I was never comfortable with taking off my shirt in front of people. Guys, girls, old people.

People always said I was skinny, and I would just think yeah because  I haven't taken the shirt off for you to see, that I'm not really as fat less as that other guy whose shirt just peels up when he takes off his jumper.

Today. I had my shirt off. In my room, and I thought. Hey actually looks quite good.

I have lost weight? Or has that time come in life, where there are much higher priorities, than caring at all what other people thinks about something they don't even care about.

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Another Lesson from Gaming

Before I begin, I must say that gaming isn't all that good for you, if you play too much.

OK.

The game is called Shogun Total War 2 - based in Japan.

I played a game which lasted 240 rounds, and the aim was to conquer 60 cities, on 'hard' difficulty. I started with 1000 gold and 1 city. The more cities you want to capture, the more gold you require to finance armies and navies.

The game was really quite hard, and after a lot of saving and loading I had about 57 cities under my control, with 3 more to capture before I win.

I had a lot of gold - 130,000. The next turn I took over 3 cities and won the game.

Now, all that effort in accumulating gold, and fighting battles, all amounted to what? To me finishing the race with 130,000 gold? So what does that translate to when the game takes you back to the menu? Absolutely nothing.

I had that feeling of: when I leave this earth, what can I take with me? Absolutely nothing. And what of, all the time I spent on accumulating the earthly wealth? Nothing, of it - waste of time.

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So in conclusion, gaming is not all that good if you play too much, however some vital life lessons can be learned, if the game is properly played.

The Chef

Who is the Chef?
Anyone who cooks food.

How do you disappoint the Chef?
Not eat his food.

Can eating too much of the Chef's food make him unhappy?
Yes, if you eat all of it without leaving some for other people.

Which one would make the Chef more unhappy: to not eat his food, or eat all his food?
Not eat his food.

What then, must you do?
Eat the Chef's food. Don't tell him, show him.


Love from Sydney

Technology In A Bank

Hello everybody, I'm back.

To talk about what happens inside a bank.

Before I started working in a bank, I thought that all the data was in fancy systems and applications, so when you want to retrieve information, you just press this button and it generates this report that you can use to display information.

Totally incorrect. We store data any ol' how, e.g. word docs, excel sheets, access database, and the worst display interfaces ever. Sometimes we don't even have places to put this information, e.g. the names of the people hired for projects, so we have to quickly come up with an excel spreadsheet that has all the names of people, and design it, and sort it, and try to teach people to use it!!

Every department uses technology differently. SharePoints are different, data sharing is different, and I find that hard to believe.

However, the people are nice, and that's one important aspect about work. Disregard the technology.

I very occasionally get thoughts of having a cat at home, who can wait for me to come home, and stick to me when I'm on the computer. That would be very sweet.