Friday, February 29, 2008

MSN - New way of spreading virus

Last time MSN virus was spreaded by file. Once the computer got affected, it will send a file to all the online contact of the infected user. But, it did come with some funny message whereby one would doubt the integrity of the message.

Now, the virus was spreaded through an url. Again, copies of message are sent, but without any message. Just like the normal way where you share a link with your friends, you copy and paste the link, maybe you don't bother to explain further what it is. Once you logon the website with your MSN ID and password, you'd probably get infected.

An example:
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i am qss or quek says:
http://www.rkntbp.info/

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Example only, DUN CLICK.

Do check back with the sender what the link is about. He/she would probably answer you: Huh? What?

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Devil in disguise?

This is quite creative....

旧情绵绵

How did the cyberworld work 13 years ago (that's when I started to addicted to cyberworld)? Can you recall?

10 years ago, we used to contact each other through email; for fun and hiao, we have ICQ and MIRC. Or, some web chatroom, for instances: http://www.alamak.com/. I wonder how many of us are still using these 3 mentioned channel nowadays? I don't, but they're still surviving in the cyberworld today.

Because HE told me that he met his net friend of 10 years plus ago for the first time, and pasted me his very first email which was in 1997, so I wonder if my emails with those precious net friends still sitting alright in my inbox. This Hotmail I know it will delete those old messages. To my disappointment, THEY'RE ALL GONE. So I went to check out mail account with Yahoo, the earliest email I could retrieve are those in 1999... As I read those email in the old days now, I do not know to describe what sort of feeling it is, too complicated. Some of those are quite touching, and yet amusing. To my surprise, it appears to me that friendships has been fading away over time, I don't realise it's actually be so close in the past. Or... Shall I put it this way, those friendships that I used to have in the past have been "upgraded" to another level? I'm going to paste some of the emails here... 原汁原味... haha... there we go...

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From: "wong yit chie"
To: fooqc@yahoo.com
Subject: everything seem alrite here
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 01:58:03 PST

yap!! that day is tingting called u de..but we only called u at the noon, not nite oh ~ so...that call not ours. me now in jb lor, not intend to take any course now lah ~~ waiting for the entrance exam lor, wey, have u nong4 tuo3 yr form liao mah? 2 FEB ohh.. dun forget.

yr brother terence ah..tat day told me that he can't understand the mail u sent to him ah ~~ abt wat buy bks de..hehe.. u better mail him to tell him again lah .. he blur blur jiang

okok..me waiting for yr mail at home lah~~ hope it won't be lost.. when we know yr condition hoh, that zixin a little bit siao liao.. she said she wana go there accompany u woh !!! aiyoh !!!!! duno she can take care of herself or not but wana go there accompany u .. duno her lah, sometimes siao siao de (Note: I laughed out when I read this part... That's Cher we all know of)

dun tou1 tou1 use pc lah.. i say liao .. read read my mail then ok liao mah .. aiyoh..wat if kena caught then how har?? i dun have $$ bail u out from police station ler !! hahahahhaha

take care ah !!!! c u !
dun cry dun cry !! dun panick !! hahaha..
i know u can take care of yrself de lah ~
rite ???

bao zhong !

yiqi
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From: "wong yit chie"
To: fooqc@yahoo.com
Subject: GOT THE LETTER LIAO
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:56:28 PST

oh yeah ~~ yr letter finally reached my home liao.. well...but no stamp there! ee.. must be lost on the way liao.. hai wo qi guai yi xia

*cut*

if u wana stay long in klang, u all can share to buy a bicyle, it's more convenient there, did u notice that the ppl in klang ride bicyle more then car one?? hehhee.. if u have bicyle , u can ride it to anywhere u like.. when u bored..ride it & go sia sia. (Note: Hahaha.... ride bicycle?? It might be factual in 1999 but it's funny to look aback now.)
ya! got a mu chuan there, how to say where is it ler.. hm.. have u shou2 xi1 the place around SIT har? if u shou2 xi1 liao, then i can tell u the location.. or else , pilipala yi da dui, u also duno where is it~~
that's good that u now have place to stay liao, but only 2 months~ have to find another one ah , n feel so happy that u can met those sc2 de frds, hope u all can he mu gong chu ~ hu xiang bang zhu ~ zhai wai kao peng you mah ~~ hehehe..

wey, i duno should write letter back to u or not, cos i think that email is faster mah ~ n hoh, now time didn't write liao, i'm afraid my handwriting become koyak liao..hehe..
peronte gone to melaka to work again liao.. a week there oh~~ he wana us bless him safe on the way ..hahha.. he complaint y u didn't mail him ah
~ actually he very concern abt u oh ~~ ACTUALLY ALL OF US CONCERN ABT U!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cut*

hey, we dun have yr phone no. lah !! n yr add there i will tell others de ! hehe.. but u coming down to JB liao, write to u, maybe u can't get it liao lor.. hehee.. so i prefer write mail mah ~~ fast & sharp & convenient & can exercise my typing speed again ..ahhaha

ok lah, u take care there lah
c u when u back on JB !!!
wana us go to larkin bus station to WELCOME U BACK OR NOT????
hahaha..
ok bye
yiqi
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From: "Ulyssess See"
To: fooqc@yahoo.com
Subject: Kill him lah
Date:Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:13:42 PST

Ei , if u really don like your physics lecturer...then..try to make him furious and confused..since u are leaving soon@@@@@@@@@

ei , i haven bought my NEW YEAR SHIRT leh.......u buy liao mah? dunno Jiaroti buy lioa mah...i know he had bought sth from Spore ........u want to shop in Singapore??on...Friday or what...

PERONTE DE HIAONESS (Note: Because of the book from 吴庆康 <<发骚岁月>>, we "loved" to sign our nick as such: sth DE sth)
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From: "EngKiat Tan"
To: fooqc@yahoo.com
Subject: Guess who?
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 20:53:30 PDT

Ah Bian:

Guess who? it's me......

What r u doing there? What r u doing now? The exam is over, ur "tuition" in Klang is over, everything is over just to wait for ur result, what r u doing there? Here, I'm still trying to look for something to do, any "lobang"?

Do u Know that the science 3 web site( http://jump.to/Sm3s3 ) is under construction right now? (Note: This website was later completed and launched... no longer valid now.. )

That's all. Just to say Hello! Send something to me, as to let me know that urs address is correct!

......Eric, urs friend
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From: "shizuka celine"
To: *Undisclosed*
Subject: Please open this!!!
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 01:19:52 PDT

Dear ALL,
Okay...first of all...
I want to tell you ... i am JIAXIAN...
Maybe someone will called me Kitchi OR KIT...
Anyway...hope all of you still remember I am a humanbeing which know you all !!!
Actually...i face some probelms now...
it's already a long time ...
i haven't receive any email from my "friend" liao...
This make my life very difficult to pass...so...please ...mail me...by this add...
shixxxx_80@hotmail.com...
oohhh....you are you only one can save me from that Bo3 liao2 life...
save me....
SOS...SOS...SOS...SOS...
hahahahaha......
aiyo...
Thanks...all...
Regards Lunatic Jiaxian? Kitchi? Kit????

(Note: Would you still send an email like this? Hahaha... )
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From: "EngKiat Tan" To: fooqc@yahoo.com
Subject: PLEASE REST IN PEACE.....
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:51:34 PDT

poor bian:

what a pity, anyway if I take photo I'll try to take for u lah
PLEASE REST IN PEACE...... (just a joke)
......Eric

>From: Foo qc
>To: EngKiat Tan
>Subject: Re: about arsenal...
>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:16:58 -0700 (PDT)
>
>aiyoh eric...
>anyway, i cannot go already after asking my father..
>he doesn't let me go..
>wawawawa~~~~~~~
>eh if u going to take photo, take petit and overmars 1 4 me leh !

--- EngKiat Tan wrote:
>
> Bian:
>
> where have been ? Everyday I called, everyday u r not in. I have already buy the ticket since I can't connect u. Abba and I r going. My cousin is also going. When u see this mail, if u want to join us, u can go Nike shop to buy ticket. My ticket is $30 one, and was the yellow gate (the gate to go in the stadium). Angsana has one Nike shop but I don't know is it the same gate, because mine is from the Nike shop in Kota Raya. I'm going to Nilai on monday, and go to stadium on wednesday. I'll stay at my cousin's hostel(Jhia Jiun). U better hurry up because the ticket is very hot! If u wanna join me, please connect me. U can join me either going Nilai together with me or meeting at the big big stadium.
>
> ......Eric

(Note: Sorry Eric, I've left this matter behind... I only realised today we said to watch Arsenal game together last time. )
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Yiqi is ranked number 1. She always emailed me those long long email to cheer me up when I was alone in Klang; Eric's email surprised and touched my heart most. *hug**hug* Of cos there are some more but it's enough of sharing. Very tired already.. hehe..

Check out your old mails and let me know if I sent you guys any funny silly emails before. Hiak~

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

A lesson worth $40

It's a lesson worth $40 (discounted price). In less than 2 mins, the door was opened.

if you want to pick up a skill, learn to unlock door. Arghhh!!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Not something big

这种事情发生在我身上应该不算什么。

只是因为上个星期五睡到没有知觉。一个 sms 进来才发现自己睡过了不知道多少趟巴士。像赶飞机一样的匆匆忙忙的出门。头脑里想着很多东西,什么东西要带啦,keys 要带啦,还没梳头发啦 etc. 结果。。。把梳子当 keys 的就拿出门。关了房门才发现手上拿着梳子不懂要干嘛。一声 "Oh shit" 也太晚了。又再一次的把自己锁在家里。不幸中的大幸是,housemate 还在家,这次不需要 landlord 来搭救。

这样的事情已经是第4次发生了。。。 也就是说平均每3个月,这样的事件就会重演。对面的neighbour 都知道我做的这等蠢事。可是每每都没有学乖去配一把 backup keys. 那天爸爸才念一下,诅咒当下就应验了。

就是那么不以为意,星期天才想到自己没有 keys 进门。Sms 了landlord,请他帮我unlocked。因为没有任何reply, 所以就 assume 他已经帮我 unlocked 了。谁知道他竟然在这个时候 on business trip. 一走就是2个礼拜。什么时候不去 business trip 偏偏在这个时候。事情就这样演啊变的, 不知道怎么演变到对面邻居全家出动来帮忙,force open the door.

“为什么你用这个?”
“电视上都这样演的吗。。。”
“都说是演戏了咯。。。 不可以啦。。”

“去找找看有没有soft card。。 ”
“可以咩??”
“做贼的都是这样开的。。。” *流汗*

我说:“Okay okay.... 明天叫 locksmith 来,毕竟我们都不是贼。Try 了那么久,大家都累了。”

不知道要怎么形容这样劳师动众的场面。是不好意思,加心存感激。Auntie 还问说会不会肚子饿啦,东西都被锁着有没有东西吃啦。除了感激她的贴心,也感激她告诉我一些 landlord 的八卦。似乎是住在门外的左邻右舍都知道的事,住在屋里的人却一无所知。闲在家的Auntie 道行可真高。可能不几天,我的笑话整个floor 的人都知道了。哈哈。

睡觉的时间都不够了,实在是没什么心和精力去理别人的事。

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Translation tools

Due to the need to communicate with China ppl, I've been doing the translation these days. Being the only staff who has Chinese education background, ppl have been thinking I should be good in Chinese. Well, I must say there's difference between reading/writing and translation. There's also difference between daily conversation and business writing.

When I was asked to write an email in Chinese, it really took me nearly an hour for that 423 words email. I firstly structure the sentence in English and then translate it into Chinese word by word, lastly "beautify" the sentence so that it didn't look weird. For all these years, seriously this was the first time I ever write an email in Chinese. It could be difficult as there are these technical terms I don't really know what they are in Chinese. Some sentences where it's very comprehensive in English, I have no idea how to express them in Chinese.

Reading the agreement in Chinese, most of the times I don't catch the techical terms fully. Even if I do, I would not know how to explain in English. After all my brain was not trained to use English and Chinese freely.

Compared to the translation tools available online, I found out that Ms Words has this "translation tool" where you can actually tranlsate the whole passage in just a few seconds. You do not need to pay for the service (although it mentioned you need to pay for it. As you use the tool, you will know how you can avoid paying for the services. hehe) So now a more effective way is to type email in Ms Words and use this translation tool to translate. At least it save the troubles to think what are the words to use. The translation tool might not do a very good job, as in the sentence structure could be improper, so long as you modify a bit, the whole passage is presentable still.

I hope next round they'll not expect me to speak or understand Cantonese...

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Crab stick cracker

(Raw material)

(Product output)

Do you know you can make cracker by using this crab stick? I only knew this today when my colleague gave me this cracker as festive gift. It is very crispy and not oily at all! You do not need to season it or coat with batter, simply tear the crab stick into pieces and deep fry just like that. So simple right? Surprised me there's no secret recipe!

Monday, February 11, 2008

Very plain life

Life has become as plain as mineral water ever since I left audit. Life is routine with lesser surprises. I woke up at 6 plus and sleep at 10pm everyday. Very healthy eh. (still awake tonight at 11 plus cos I had a "nap" at 8 plus. -_-) When I'm really bored with reading and have no idea on how to spend the extra hours at night, I sleep at 9 plus. -_-

If there's anyone who has better activities at night, please notify and I'll consider to join you. My very caring friend has suggested me to learn dancing (for some undisclosed "motives"). Anyone who wants to attend Korean language course at NUS Extention (Park Mall), kindly express your interest.... classes are available from March 3 onwards.

Some good stuffs to recommend




















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My skin was pretty sensitive couple of months ago. It got blemish especially when I double cleansed my face in the evening, for unknown reason.

This brand draws my attention ever since I started using its hand cream and foot cream. As I browsed through the website I came across this product so decided to give it a try. It did deliver excellent results and no more blemish now. Strongly recommend for maintenance purpose.

I'm looking out for other products from this brand.




My dear friend, it's this perfume I used that day. I REALLY cannot "tahan" not to buy this fragrance when I tried out at airport.... I bought it without thinking twice. But to no regret. Hehe. It's already launched at international level in November 2007. Another good buy will be Burberry London. Very elegant scent. Get your anata to buy you as Valentine's gift bah.. :)

Friday, February 1, 2008

Please be careful at JB custom

An email from my friend. My friend's friend experience.



Hello, this is from my friend...he saw the guy twice.truth, no lie...pls share with ur friends.thanks.

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Hi guys,

Please be careful when you are taking bus back to Singapore at JB custom. There is a malay guy who is stealing wallet. He was caught red-handed few week ago. But he was run away at the end because nobody want to help the victim to catch him. Last week, I saw the malay guy again and try to follow him. I saw he keep changing his waiting line between 170 and 950 and never go up to the bus. He was try to stolen wallet when people push each others go into the bus or during queue up. I have catch his photo(not very clear but you still can see his face). Please be careful if you see him at JB custom. Maybe you can punch him first before he stole your wallet.

Please forward this email to your friends who working in Singapore and warning them.