The countdown continues to my last assessment ever (well, unless of course I decide to pursue a Masters somewhere in the future). Three days left until the presentation of my Thesis to a panel of academics. The panel includes the Head of School and the Thesis Co-ordinator - so I better not eff it up. Without blabbering on incessantly, i'll wrap up the week that has passed.
I've managed to get back into the normal routine of bludging, gaming, and sleeping. Quite a good feeling all round. I've actually put in some work for my presentation, however, and I am thus quite proud. Oh! Almost forgot, happy birthday to Carmen Chen and Dave Tran (gogo, amazing race).
On the gaming scene i've tried my hand at a litlle Lineage 2. Not such a bad game really, but it does feel as though there are grinding aspects to levelling (but an MMORPG wouldn't be much of an MMORPG if it wasn't for the grind... it's a part of the process, I guess). I've heard that the PvP castle sieges are quite interesting and quite intense, so hopefully I won't stay n00b for long. If anyone wants to look me up my char name is Erundil and I play predominantly on the Staris server (at the time of writing 22 Human Cleric).
The old Gunbound has been fired up a couple of times and all I can say is... pwnage. On the weekend I was on this mad winning streak with a bunch of people, i think it was 8 wins. That's not where the pwnage ends, I managed to get 2 double kills in consecutive games. Now if that isn't pwnage.... then I don't know what is (one was almost a triple kill, as the last remaining mobile had approx 50 health). Metal axe here I come!!!
You may have noticed the words "amazing race" up there with the birthday mentions. Yes! That's right. On rainy Sunday, it was the third annual Snippy Amazing Race. Quite fun all round and congratulations must go to Team Black. I, however, was on Team Blue and came third. One particularly interesting scenario to mention is the Milperra leg of the Amazing Race....
Milperra, out in the middle of nowhere... somewhere near Bankstown Airport (apologies to people that live out there, I meant the big forest like park... close to Hungry Jacks). One of the amazing race helpers, Sam (who lives in Hornsby... lol! what a drive), was waiting at some benches with some plastic cups, straws, and a big bucket of water. The task? Each of us had to fill up a cup with water from the big bucket of water using just the straws. Ewww.. gross? You bet. It gets worse. One team member has to drink all of the cups of water. Mmmmm.... tasty.
So without delay, we commenced sucking up the water with the straws and depositing that water into our respective cups. Ryan, a team Blue member, decided to hurry things along. Not only did he fill up the straw with water, he filled up his mouth with water. When he got to his cup, out it came. Saliva and all. I tell you, the rest of us couldn't stop laughing. The gurgling white foam that constituted the contents of his cup hardly looked appetising - LOL. Thankfully Ryan offered to drink all the cups. Luckily for him, the rest of us didn't add saliva to the water in our cups. Funny stuff, and good work Team Blue!
That just about wraps things up.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Submitting The Behemoth
Yes! It's all over. The behemoth that is my Thesis has been completed. Is it quality? Who bloody knows - i'm just happy that it is all done. Let me tell you, I haven't slept much over the past few days... so i'm going to get some well earned rest tonight. Hell yea!
So anyway. Since i'm on the topic, i'll elaborate. My thesis is big, contains lots of pictures, and contains lots of tables. It has a monster of an appendix. And is 213 pages long. WTF? 213 pages? Yes. You read that correctly. I don't call something 'the behemoth' for nothing.
Statictics are as follows:
Pages - 213
Words - 34,628
Characters - 269,234
Yea. That's right. Solid stuff. I'm just hoping that my supervisor doesn't read the damn thing. I'm going for the 'wow' effect. I guess time will tell. (For those of you who say i've cheated, then you're probably right - i've included the appendices in the statistics.... and my appendices make up more than 50% of my Thesis submission).
Anyways, i'm off to bed. I'll probably sleep more tonight than I have over the past 3 days...
Here's a photo of 2 copies of the behemoth:
So anyway. Since i'm on the topic, i'll elaborate. My thesis is big, contains lots of pictures, and contains lots of tables. It has a monster of an appendix. And is 213 pages long. WTF? 213 pages? Yes. You read that correctly. I don't call something 'the behemoth' for nothing.
Statictics are as follows:
Pages - 213
Words - 34,628
Characters - 269,234
Yea. That's right. Solid stuff. I'm just hoping that my supervisor doesn't read the damn thing. I'm going for the 'wow' effect. I guess time will tell. (For those of you who say i've cheated, then you're probably right - i've included the appendices in the statistics.... and my appendices make up more than 50% of my Thesis submission).
Anyways, i'm off to bed. I'll probably sleep more tonight than I have over the past 3 days...
Here's a photo of 2 copies of the behemoth:
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Silence
Not much posting over the past week... and i'm sure you can guess why. Yep, thesis. Well, there's only 2 more weeks to go and I really need to get something working. Sigh.
So unless I have heaps of time or am making some amazing progress in the thesis, it'll be quiet on the blog front. Please tune in at the beginning of November for more goodness :).
PS: Gunbound is mad, and isn't helping me get my thesis done :)
So unless I have heaps of time or am making some amazing progress in the thesis, it'll be quiet on the blog front. Please tune in at the beginning of November for more goodness :).
PS: Gunbound is mad, and isn't helping me get my thesis done :)
Monday, September 26, 2005
Wallace and Gromit - Recommended
I managed to go out for once. Hooray for me. Can't spend all my time cooped up at home... so what did I do today? I used some free Greater Union tickets that I received in the mail and saw the movie Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
I must admit that i'm a bit of a Wallace and Gromit fan. The clay-based animation done by Aardvark (the company that does all the modelling and what not) is pure class. In typical Wallace and Gromit style the movie was quite entertaining and there were quite a few cute (yea, no other way to describe it) animations.
The funny bits in the movie can be seen in the trailer. One part where a giant female bunny is attached to Wallace and Gromit's car and Gromit, whilst in control of the giant bunny, conducts a bit of a cabaret dance. Another is in the church when the crowd asks Wallace how he is going to trap the were-rabbit, Wallace replies by saying "...with a big trap", then this old man proclaims "by Joe... I think he's got it!". Classic stuff. There were also some cute moments in the movie as well. The little bunny rabbits waving to eachother, now that's quality. You'll know what I mean when you see the movie. It's so cool.
Anyway, i'll fast forward to the evening - gym time. Decided to try out the "Body Attack" class that they were having there. I thought i'd give it a try... from the outside it didn't look so bad - a bunch of people running around and jumping all over the place. Oh dear... was I wrong. After the class I felt as though i've been the victim of an attack - someone's grabbed my legs and placed a portable vice on each of my calves. I was struggling and i'm not afraid to admit it. You may laugh at me, that's fine - but don't bag it until you've tried it. I've learnt my lesson. It was a good workout though, quite intense.
After the gym I ventured down to a cafe in the local area. Food was fairly decent, as was the service... but something really strange happened. After ordering and receiving the drinks we wanted to order. This dude in red was nearby so I looked over at him - usually that's enough, once a waiter sees that you're looking around then it's fairly obvious that it's ordering time. Nope. This derro just stared back. Fine. I put up my hand and give a half wave. Nope, still staring. At this point i'm thinking "what a dumbass". I tried again - charades style, I mimicked writing on a pad with my two hands. Nope, still staring. Once more with the charades, same thing. A reaction! The dude walks forward two steps and proceeds to outline a window with his arms.... WTF? At this point I saw a waitress walk past behind him and write something down at the counter - I pointed to the girl behind him, obviously indicating that I want the girl's attention. What does this n00b do? He draws the bloody window with his hands again. At this point I gave up called out "Excuse me" loudly, drawing the attention of the lady... this time all it took was one look.
Alas, the shenanigans don't end there. The intelligence of the staff really perplexed me. We ordered a couple of pizzas and the waitress wrote down the order, finishing off each entry with the letter P and surrounded by a circle - fair enough... represents pizza. So at the end of the meal I went to pay. "That'll be $8.50 thanks" (the price of the two drinks). I stood there a little confused, obviously I didn't maximise on my good luck. This dude (not the retard mentioned above) repeated again "$8.50". Something was obviously wrong so I asked him "are you sure?". He looked hard at the docket and then called over the girl that wrote down the order in the first place. This is the little conversation that they had:
Dude: "Hey, how much does this all cost"
Girl: "Add it all up"
Dude: "Including these?" (pointing to the pizza entries)
Girl: "Er... yes"
Dude: "Oh, ok. What does this P mean? I thought it meant 'paid'. "
Girl: "It means pizza, duh!"
LOL. Dumbass number two right there. I should stop being honest, could have saved myself some money.
Oh! Also, on the way home... a bit of luck - petrol @ 117.9 c/L. What a bargain!
I must admit that i'm a bit of a Wallace and Gromit fan. The clay-based animation done by Aardvark (the company that does all the modelling and what not) is pure class. In typical Wallace and Gromit style the movie was quite entertaining and there were quite a few cute (yea, no other way to describe it) animations.
The funny bits in the movie can be seen in the trailer. One part where a giant female bunny is attached to Wallace and Gromit's car and Gromit, whilst in control of the giant bunny, conducts a bit of a cabaret dance. Another is in the church when the crowd asks Wallace how he is going to trap the were-rabbit, Wallace replies by saying "...with a big trap", then this old man proclaims "by Joe... I think he's got it!". Classic stuff. There were also some cute moments in the movie as well. The little bunny rabbits waving to eachother, now that's quality. You'll know what I mean when you see the movie. It's so cool.
Anyway, i'll fast forward to the evening - gym time. Decided to try out the "Body Attack" class that they were having there. I thought i'd give it a try... from the outside it didn't look so bad - a bunch of people running around and jumping all over the place. Oh dear... was I wrong. After the class I felt as though i've been the victim of an attack - someone's grabbed my legs and placed a portable vice on each of my calves. I was struggling and i'm not afraid to admit it. You may laugh at me, that's fine - but don't bag it until you've tried it. I've learnt my lesson. It was a good workout though, quite intense.
After the gym I ventured down to a cafe in the local area. Food was fairly decent, as was the service... but something really strange happened. After ordering and receiving the drinks we wanted to order. This dude in red was nearby so I looked over at him - usually that's enough, once a waiter sees that you're looking around then it's fairly obvious that it's ordering time. Nope. This derro just stared back. Fine. I put up my hand and give a half wave. Nope, still staring. At this point i'm thinking "what a dumbass". I tried again - charades style, I mimicked writing on a pad with my two hands. Nope, still staring. Once more with the charades, same thing. A reaction! The dude walks forward two steps and proceeds to outline a window with his arms.... WTF? At this point I saw a waitress walk past behind him and write something down at the counter - I pointed to the girl behind him, obviously indicating that I want the girl's attention. What does this n00b do? He draws the bloody window with his hands again. At this point I gave up called out "Excuse me" loudly, drawing the attention of the lady... this time all it took was one look.
Alas, the shenanigans don't end there. The intelligence of the staff really perplexed me. We ordered a couple of pizzas and the waitress wrote down the order, finishing off each entry with the letter P and surrounded by a circle - fair enough... represents pizza. So at the end of the meal I went to pay. "That'll be $8.50 thanks" (the price of the two drinks). I stood there a little confused, obviously I didn't maximise on my good luck. This dude (not the retard mentioned above) repeated again "$8.50". Something was obviously wrong so I asked him "are you sure?". He looked hard at the docket and then called over the girl that wrote down the order in the first place. This is the little conversation that they had:
Dude: "Hey, how much does this all cost"
Girl: "Add it all up"
Dude: "Including these?" (pointing to the pizza entries)
Girl: "Er... yes"
Dude: "Oh, ok. What does this P mean? I thought it meant 'paid'. "
Girl: "It means pizza, duh!"
LOL. Dumbass number two right there. I should stop being honest, could have saved myself some money.
Oh! Also, on the way home... a bit of luck - petrol @ 117.9 c/L. What a bargain!
Friday, September 23, 2005
Images from Home 2
The second installment are available for viewing, *cheer*.
These photos are from the balcony outside my bedroom.
Enjoy.
These photos are from the balcony outside my bedroom.
Enjoy.
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