I have installed a variant of Ubuntu on my laptop, and it's called Kubuntu. The main difference is that it utilizes the KDE (K Desktop Environment) as opposed to GNOME which is used by Ubuntu. I don't really know what GNOME stands for.
I like Kubuntu a lot, but I don't really find it very feasible, as, because it is still in it's early stages, it is laggy, and it, like all other Linux distros, is very bad when it comes to installing things. Installation is troublesome and slow. You need to use the Terminal or "Konsole" as it is called by Kubuntu. Also, many things require other programs, or pre-requisites to be installed, making installing a single program a long and ardous task.
On the other hand, Kubuntu has all the makings of a good operating system. Firstly, it looks good, and the way the desktop is organised is innovative. Secondly, many of the Windows programs we need have similar Linux equivalents.
So, unless you have a really bad computer, don't like experimentation, or want to play a lot of games, I recommend Kubuntu.
Christmas is coming soon, 5 more days. The thing is, I haven't actually bought any gifts for anyone. I have decided, due to my poor financial situation, that I shall only buy gifts for my immediate family members. Now, the question is, "What shall I buy?". I hate buying Christmas gifts. I can't seem to think of something that would be useful to the said people.
I'll cross that hurdle when I come to it, though the hurdle is pretty damn close. I'll probably have to cross it either tomorrow, or on Monday.
Anyways, I'll have to budget myself, so as not to spend too much money on one person, and leave the rest with cheapo gifts.
Ahh. I'll go do something else now, and try to relieve myself of my boredom.
I'm bored, and I can't sleep. The reason for the first symptom may be because I'm bored of the stuff in my computer, and there is nothing really interesting for me to do. A solution would be to go amuse myself by erasing my hard disk and installing Ubuntu or something. The next symptom may have something to do with the fact that I just woke up about 3 or 4 hours ago. A solution would be to go do something really tiring, or boring, so that I will fall asleep.
Now that I have diagnosed my problems, and tried to implement solutions, I think I shall start with my real reason I wanted to write this blog entry. First of all, Christmas is coming. I don't know what to buy anyone for Christmas. It would be dumb to buy them something they don't need, and it would be cheap not to buy them anything. But, that doesn't really apply to me, as I don't have the cash to buy anything, anyways. So... I guess, there isn't much I can do.
** Since I'm bored, I decided to include a picture. This is, I think, one of the classrooms from my WSS training.**
Today, I have no school. For some reason, the poly course I was attending ended last Monday. I did the final exam, and I didn't think it would be so simple. Not trying to show off or anything, but maybe it was because the people haven't done this before, and as such cannot be expected to do something complex.
For the final exam, we had to move to a different class. We had to follow the lecturer, since we were not proper students in the school, we were on an attachment kind of thing. I didn't know the school had a zoo in it. Unlike my regular class, this class was full of monkeys who couldn't follow instructions. Also, for some strange reason, they enjoyed screaming and yelling. Hmm. Perhaps monkeys are too powerful a word for them. Let's put it this way. I've blown more intelligent life into a hankerchief.
Anyways, now I have Monday afternoons and Fridays free. How nice. I shall now go gloat at my friends who, incidentally, have school today. How weird. :D
I realise I haven't been blogging much. I know I should, just to let people know what's happening around me, but I get lazy, especially with the tons of school I have now. By the time I come back, I don't really want to look at a computer screen anymore.
Well.. Anyways, these are the things that have changed since my last blog, about a month ago.
1. I signed up for a FaceBook account, after much bugging from my brother and my sister. I don't use it much though.
2. I realised that actually having to study is difficult.
3. I picked up tennis about 2 weeks ago.
4. There are many annoying people in my class. (I know this isn't really a change, but I just want to reiterate that point.)
5. My sister got her PSLE results.
6. I lost the cover for my thumbdrive.
7. Realised that Poly is much more fun than ITE, and the food is better.
Heh... Offhand, those are the things I can think of.
I was reading some stuff on the Internet, and I found an article stating that a game was being pulled off the shelf because one of the soundtracks contained ONE line from a holy book. The game company is afraid that the game may offend the religion in question. That's stupid. Why are they so easily offended? Are they purposely looking for reasons to get offended? How stupid.
I am in a bad mood today. My siblings are.. How do you say... Fickle-minded and self-centered. I will not go into details, but it is embarrasing to be their brother.
I just read somewhere that Microsoft is suing DHL over the loss of over 21000 XBOX 360's in a train crash. Well. That's a lot of 360's..
Microsoft should sue. I mean, it was really unethical of DHL to let their train crash like that. It's just wrong. Really unprofessional, these people.
How do I find out if others are jealous of me. They behave in ways that suggest jealousy. They have no reason to be though.. They enjoyed more than me in the past. They had better things. No reason at all. Can't they just leave me alone? I don't ask for much, just for some peace and quiet once in a while.
The stupid people probably feel inferior to me. That's why they need to bring me down with all their insults.
It sucks. It’s too slow to run Vista. I can’t play games. I can’t even play low level games. Even those free ones which are free to download can’t be played. It’s bloody annoying. It’s too damn slow to do anything. Mostly it’s the graphics that are stupid and pathetic. I can’t even put desktop themes on. How stupid. I’m bloody irritated. I can’t play games with my friends. Then I have nothing to talk about with them. It’s so stupid.
My PSP memory stick is spoiled, and I don’t know why. I didn’t do anything with it. I was playing a game halfway, and it hung. Now, it won’t even recognise the damn card. Seems like the whole damn world is trying to irritate me. And it all has to happen during my holiday. BLOODY IDIOTIC SHITS.
As above, I cannot sleep!! WHY!!!! IT IS 3.18 in the bloody morning!! This is quite frustrating, as I get hungry. I most of the time I only manage to sleep at about 4 or 5. Irritating.
Hmm… I need sleeping pills. I cannot think of a reason why I cannot sleep. I can’t be worried about anything. I am not in pain. I am not suffering mentally. So… WHY?!?!?!
.. in my opinion. I am very bored. I have nothing to do. I have no money to go out. I cannot get a job. I have finished slacking. Therefore, now, the following statement is true : Holiday = Waste of Time.
Anyway, my BIRTHDAY is coming!! It's on the 7th of October. I shall be turning nineteen, the last of my so-called 'teen' years. Hmmm.. I can't really think of anything realistic I want for my birthday. For example, I want a Ferrari. I want to go to Australia or Japan. I want a private jet. I want to take a flying licence, if there is such a thing. And the list goes on. All these things are impossible for me to get right now. As such, there is nothing that I really want. What would be nice is for everyone to have a nice BBQ party, and drink lots of wine. I like BBQ parties. Satay is my favorite. I like chicken and pork satay, but mutton would do too.
Good thing my birthday is during my holidays. Some people in school can get really childish. For example, they want to punch me 19 times each, since I'm 19 this year. I wonder where that stupid tradition came from. I warn you people. I will practice self-defence. I'm not really one for tradition.
And I don't know why. I'm bloody tired, and my eyes hurt. However, I feel really uncomfortable when I close them. Weird feeling. The right side is now red, due to the consistent rubbing I have given it. I know that I shouldn't be rubbing my eye, but I can't help it. It becomes so itchy. Stupid eye.
Man.. This totally sucks. I WANT TO SLEEP! Now there's a stupid song playing. I don't even know why I have it on my computer.
I need money. It's not that I'm lazy and don't want to get a job, but it seems that no one wants to hire someone for 3 weeks, the duration of my school holidays. I don't want to work during school time, since I cannot afford my standard dropping. Anyone have any openings?
***That guy in the picture is General Marian Cross from the Anime D.Greyman. I found it on some guy's forum signature.***
Well... I returned home at about 10 pm. The car show had some nice cars, but nothing seriously outstanding. No Zondas, Maseratis, or whatever... The girls were kind of stupid looking, with their ugly outfits and fake behaviour. There was loud music, but that was to be expected, since it's a beng kind of thing. The music of choice was, of course, trance. Horrible and repetitive, especially with the extremely loud bass.
Super Import Nights was, truly, a great disappointment.
I will be going to the Super Import Nights at Singapore Expo later, and I am meeting four of my friends. I hope the cars there will be good, since the girls don't look good, judging from the website. They look like ghosts, probably because of their 10 cm thick layer of makeup.
Ah well, I may report more on the car show tonight, with some pictures, if there are anything worth taking.
Well. Obviously, I just came back from a chalet with my family, and it was quite fun. We didn't really do much, but it was a good way to de-stress, with all the slacking and all. We went to the SAF Yacht Club, where my father is a member. The place is really nice and peaceful, with a nice sea view, although mostly we are looking at some patch of land quite a distance away (Indonesia, I think). The food there is great, and the atmosphere is nice. What more could you want. Heh. It was a 2 days 3 nights thing.
If you had noticed, I removed the "Song Of The Week" section, because Imeem was being annoying, by not allowing me to play the full song on this blog. I'm only playing the song, not letting people download it. What's so bad about that? I'm not infringing any copyrights. Hmm... I'm bringing publicity to the song, which is a good thing for the artistes. Stupid people.
Oh yes.. Just to vent : MY PAY IS NOT IN YET!!! AFTER MORE THAN 2 MONTHS!!!
I have reformatted my computer, since Vista lagged it too much. I installed my old copy of Windows XP, and after looking at Vista for so long, it looks kind of ugly, but it seems to respond faster.
I am typing this entry using Windows Live Writer, which I have tried once, and only once, and have not used ever since, due to the fact that I didn't have a competent computer at the time. I don't know how this will turn out, but if it comes out nicely, I might use it more often, since I don't have to worry about losing my internet connection for whatever reason, be it router failure, or whatever.
Also, I can see exactly how my post will turn out, at least I think so. This is good, since I often go back and edit my posts, because some of the words look weird against the background, or the words are in a conflicting color.
Well, I know I have said this already, but today is the first day of my school holiday, and I think it's a well deserved rest, since I only had like one week of holiday the last time, due to the WSS thing.
One more thing. Apparently, it seems that I have additional fonts to use when using Windows Live Writer. Nice.
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Hmm... What else to say... I failed to see any particularly cute girls today, even on the ride to my Mom's office. That sucks. Nothing to keep me occupied during the long ride, which would have been shortened, had one of my friends owned a CAR.
p.s : Check out the letters in red, they are there for a reason.
Tomorrow is the Final Examination for WAD. I need to do well in it, if I want to go on to Nanyang Polytechnic. That sucks. Why must they give me such a stupid topic just before my chance to go to Poly? Damn unlucky. Anyways, I WILL do well tomorrow, since I have done well for any other test without studying. I studied for this one, so one would think I would do better than any other test. If I do badly, then we can safely conclude that studying is bad for one's exam. :D
As the exams are next week, I have this week and most of next week off from school. This week is supposed to be the study week, and next week is the exam week, and I have only one paper on Thursday.
Damn.. The time is 5.29AM, I am hungry, and I can't sleep although I feel tired. Why is that I wonder? Well... The hungry feeling is because I didn't eat dinner, and my last meal was at about 4.45pm. And that was a packet of instant noodles. I should have eaten dinner. Never mind, I shall go buy a $2 meal from Mac's later.
I was planning to build a new computer, but after much thought, I have decided against it. One of the major reasons is that I will have no more money after building it, which is definitely a minus. Also, when I build the computer, the person who is going to use it most of the time isn't me. It's my annoying little brother. That sucks. I didn't buy the computer for him to use.
Ah, well.. I'll wait till I have more money, then I'll buy it. I'll use my current money to upgrade my notebook. Currently, it has 1.5GB of RAM. I want to upgrade it to 2GB, and buy a new SD card. Those things are cheap nowadays. Of course, I can't just buy a 512MB RAM, since the Vostro only has 2 slots, and none are available. I have to replace the 512MB one with a 1GB piece. For some wierd reason, the Vostro only supports a maximum of 2GB of RAM. Never mind. In total, those things are going to cost me like $50. Not too bad.