I had an 'educational' dream. A guy asked me what omnipotent means. I was trying hard to find the meaning, and suddenly, saw a Marvel poster showing all the superheroes displaying their powers. I showed they guy that poster, and woke up.
Think I've heard of that word before, but never knew what it meant. I thought my dream was giving me the wrong meaning of the word (as in omnipotent is having great power). But the dictionary agrees with it:
–adjective
1.
almighty or infinite in power, as God.
2.
having very great or unlimited authority or power.
Today, my MSN/Hotmail email turns 10. Wow! 10 years flown so fast. Somehow, I regretted choosing an email address that don't define me now. Like, what the hell is imldr? (No, I'm not telling, not significant anyway). Should have taken my nickname (still using it now!). MSN Messenger is also celebrating their 10th year anniversary. Hmm.. Probably I signed up this email for Messenger? Can't recall.
And since it has been 10 years of the same email, how about a change? (I'm still considering though)
The Internet have changed (a lot!) over the past 10 years. We have seen many applications, sites, etc, came, and disappear before you can even say "Google". So here I present you, 10 sites/applications/etc that we used to love and adore. Without them we would probably die (at that time).
Napster - The "God" of music sharing. Who dare say that you were against piracy and never use this application before? Bullcrap! Napster was the shit! Limewire is not even close to their level of greatness. The pioneer of music "sharing", they really make record labels go crazy over their dipping records sales (or so they claimed). Artists like Metallica (yeah, can you believe it, Metallica!) and Eminem start their boycott on the application. They have their supporters though, like The Offspring, who supported Napster and even gave out a million dollars (out of their own pocket) to a lucky downloader of their new single at that time (if you guys go to my MSN Profile, you can see the statement made by the vocalist, Dexter Holland. Shit, I have not edited my MSN Profile for 10 years?!). Download was fast too. It only took me less than 5 seconds to download a track. Probably because I was one of the few who uses cable, but still, it's like a speeding bullet! Napster still exist now. I recently surf my way in and try searching for songs that are rare (really rare), and they have it! But damn, it's only available to US residents! No fair! Where the hell am I going to get songs by Swallowing Shit or Craig's Brothers? Only they have it!
mIRC - Okay, this thing is pre-1999. But who doesn't love IRC? I was hooked to it back then. Friends I made over there was awesome. But too much IRC is hazardous. I learn this the hard way. Redemption is on its way, but will it be enough? Who would have though that something you chose to do when you were young, will affect you when you are grown up? IRC still exist, but I guess nobody uses it. I got over it many years ago. :-P
MSN Messenger - Do I need to elaborate further? MSN owns Yahoo! anytime!
Neopets - Not everybody's favourite, but it was mine! It's like the advance/online version of the Tamagotchi or Digimon. You can raise cute (or ugly) pets and battle other users. It was my favourite, but somebody hacked into my account and stole everything!
Alamak.com - Everybody's favourite, but definately NOT mine. Another chatroom thingy, and I hated it. Next!
AudioGalaxy - After the "demise" of Napster, AudioGalaxy came to save the day! Another speedy application to download mp3, but you have to be smart though. Let's say you want to download a song by Joss Stone (Note: she was not around at that time), you will have to change the spelling of her name, something like Josh Stoney or something. Yup, smart people at AudioGalaxy.
Friendster - Pioneer of social networking? It suck now. All repeat after me. "Friendster sucks!" But didn't we go gaga over it when it was launched? Very typical of us to abandon something after they are of no use. The reason was probably because of the lagging in that site.:-P Facebook would probably get the same treatment sooner or later. So why did NUS (yes, National University of Singapore) offers a new course on Facebook Programming? WTF? Graduate: "I graduated with a Degree in Facebook Programming" Prospect employer: "But we don't use Facebook anymore"
MSN Gaming Zone - I used to play boring board games like checkers here against other online users. It was fun, and we get to build our own rep sheet or something. That was where I get my nickname, DemonChild (how the spelling changed to DaemonChylde? That's another story).
Yahoo! - Admit it! We rely on Yahoo! solely for searching (some of you still do now). We don't Google it. We Yahoo! it! (Or was there another term for Yahooing?) Come on people, show some love to Yahoo! and search through their search engine once in awhile (I'm guilty of Googling too :-P )
Blogger - How can I put this at the very end? Very inconsiderate of me! Was Blogger the first in blogging? I remember signing up for Blogger first, then switched to Diaryland. The reason I chose Blogger now is simply because they still have the blog that I used to write in, and Diaryland don't. I'm still figuring out the password for my old blog. What was it...
10 years flies so fast. Hope the next 10 will be a slow one. Please pretty please!!!!!
A pleasant surprise awaits me when I log in to my StatCounter the next day after I post the previous entry. I received more than 300++ unique visits to my blog. I was like, "What?!". Didn't occur to me that it will reach that amount in just one day. Only after seeing the referrals link that I realized that a celebrity (whom I've never even heard of) came across this page!
She is Marina Orlova, a philologist, and an Internet star. She have a YouTube channel called Hot For Words, where she discussed the origins of words (with a high dosage of sexiness of course). Now, who would have thought that a smokin' hot lady like her possesed a geek brain? Her videos show her witty streaks and... Oh boy, words can't describe you babe. You're really too hot for words. (And now I'm a subcriber to your home page!).
She put up the link to my blog in her site, and you know the rest. Hundreds of visitors for the past few days. Woah!
Well, it's dropping though. My few days of "fame". LOL!!!
If only this kind of coincidence occurs every day. ;-)
On the way back from class In a crowded train Eyes looking through window glass Saw a girl in blue hoodies Black skirt and black glasses "Varsity Blues" her hoodie says
Oh my she was beautiful Geeky and nerdy Yet so elegant Yet so gorgeous! Like a photography model In a upper class magazine spread
She was reading a book With much concentration "Why Men Lie and Women Cry" Read the cover of the book Aaron said, "Go up and say 'Hi'" But don't you know I'm too shy? I kept staring at her You can say that I was hooked By her gaze on her book
A 'minah' entered the cabin I realized she was staring at me Well, Fuck you bitch! You're not my type If I'm interested in you My brain might have a glitch
Aaron said, "Let's give her a name!" "Miss Nerdy Hoodie?" I said Cracking our heads for a name A name so beautiful To fit her face
"Miss Hot For Words" That would probably fit Because she's so boiling hot Even words can't describe
Conversations heard in the train... Probably foreign worker.
Lady 1: *pointing to the MRT map* I've been to this station, this station, and that one... Lady 2: Oh, I went to there and here and that one. Lady 1: I also been to the purple line, to here and then there. Lady 2: I also been here and there... and also here..
*Conversations continues for the next 10 mins. Same shit over and over again!*
Funny? Maybe not. But Me and Aaron had a good laugh.
Or maybe the word nostalgia is not relevant anymore in this new cutting edge millennium (whatever I meant, :-P ). Old skool... Yeah, that's the term we use today. Old... Skool... Thanks to my classmate, KY, he updated his Twitter with the link to the above movie, The Teenage Textbook Movie. Damn, this brings back memories.
Maybe some of you don't know about this movie. Still too young? (They never play on TV meh?) Anyway, this movie was released when I was in Secondary One (yeah, 11 years ago). No need for me to be a reviewer and write what this movie is all about. All I will say is that it was adapted from the book The Teenage Textbook by Adrian Tan. He was an NUS undergraduate when he wrote the book in 1988 (correct me if I'm wrong, and no, I didn't type the year by mistake. Written in 1988). It's all about the life (or should I say, love life) of a bunch of teens in a JC and etc etc etc... It was one of the top grossing movie, beating some Hollywood flicks at that time.
The main star, Melody Chen, was cute, and still is. I saw her in my apartment's lift (yes, in my fucking lift!!!), and she got me all melting. With her tanned skin, she was hot!!!
Now I wonder... What is happening to the local movie scene? (Please, don't talk about Jack Neo please!) Now, when we think of local movies, those arty farty kind comes to mind. Okay, maybe there are a few commercial type like One Leg Kicking or The Leap Years. But that's it? (Don't tell me those chinese languaged titles, not counted. I need to read subtitles to enjoy it, which sucks). Give us more English language movie please! With no Chinese, Malay, or Indian dialogues in it!
The Teenage Textbook Movie was probably the first movie that released a soundtrack that only include music by local musicians and singers, which was cool. The song No More Tears written by John Klass and sung by Beverly (whatserlastname) really reminds me of my puberty years, :-P
isn't it amazing how seventeen can be isn't it so exciting just like romance novel’s scenes
colourful pictures on the wall always waiting for the telephone call a cry in the dark a broken heart a first-time kiss I've seen it all
I'm finally leaving nothing left to fear its so worth believing I see it all so clear its more than a disc or books it goes on and on and on and on, oh yeah this time I'm finally giving no more tears
isn't just a wonder how life sometimes turns out wouldn't it be so perfect if all things came without doubt
colourful pictures on the wall always waiting for the telephone call a cry in the dark a broken heart a first-time kiss I've seen it all
I'm finally leaving nothing left to fear its so worth believing I see it all so clear this time I'm giving everything I've got wanna believe in myself its more than a disc or books it goes on and on and on and on, oh yeah this time I'm finally giving no more tears
Graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Management (BA 28). I love working on non-traditional media and content services such as research, digital & offline production and activation ideas, campaign amplification, and branded content marketing.
