Iz Will Run!

Migrated to Wordpress

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:30:00 +0800

New toy

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:54:29 +0800

It took this picture. It can also do this.

iPhone imminent, but when?

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:18:00 +0800

Apple Store MY: For iPod and accessories, press 2.

For iPhone and accessories, press 3.

W: (intrigued) *3*

Apple: Thank you for your interest in the iPhone. the iPhone is not currently available in Malaysia at this time.

Please continue to watch our website on this at www.asia.apple.com/iphone.

If you'd like to speak to our representative, please press 1. Thank you.

W: -_-"

IMDB Fail

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:50:57 +0800

Success Mentality Fail

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:35:00 +0800

Gym fail

Mac Mini

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:25:00 +0800

Was at the Mac Discovery weekend at Pavilion today. This was the coolest thing there.

Sexy begets sexy.

In defence of QOS

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:17:00 +0800

I assume most of you have watched QOS? If not, you might want to avoid this spoiler rich post.

Anyway, the reviews have been mixed, but overall leaning towards positive. Personally, I found QOS to be a masterpiece and true to the new Daniel Craig Bond series. It’s an 8/10 for me.

Here’s why.

The action scenes are as often as they are varied. In QOS we have a car chase, boat chase, a dogfight over a desert, and the roof chase scene many critics accused of being a sign of Bourne envy.

While there are some resemblence to the roof chase in The Bourne Ultimatum, the difference is stark. Bond’s chase on the roof was short and ended with a spectacular duel in a building he fell into. Very creative.

In Ultimatum, Bourne was trying to evade the police and protect the girl. It was a good scene, but was pretty straightforward. Either way, both franchises have their merits and styles.

The fact that the action keeps coming is something to be said also, because that is how an action flick should be. It doesn’t wander off dwelling in the drama of a subplot.

Defying convention

Although Q might be introduced later on, QOS is true to the new dirty-realistic style of Bond. No overblown gadgets, just a pistol and brute force. In Casino Royale, we saw quite a number of gadgets, though toned down. But QOS just did away with almost everything. This is compensated by Bond’s incredibly good luck and superior spy training?

The Bond girls are no longer the slutty sidekicks, but women encountered along the way. QOS was the first Bond flick that didn’t have a pre-assigned female partner. Fields was a clerk at the consulate, and Camille was a Bolivian agent he mistakenly bumped into while following a lead in Haiti.

Although both girls are incredibly attractive, but the new Bond doesn’t get too caught up with the romance, which is starting to get a little old by now. He does sleep with Fields (customarily), but Camille was left untouched.

It’s interesting to note how they’ve interegrated the Camille subplot alongside Bond’s agenda, ending it with the assasination of Gen Medrano and Dominic Greene.

QOS also continues the story of Casino Royale, and the next Bond installation will carry it on. This is another first for Bond movies.

Matured

Basically, QOS is the maturity of the new Bond era. The new direction taken in CR is now fully developed. The realism, the girls, the links in the plot.

CR marked the rebirth of Bond, and the gadgets making a come back is definitely a possibility. But for now, the new Bond has lived up to its new style. And I couldn’t be happier.

Awwww....

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:41:00 +0800

Dear Elan,

Today marks the one millionth download of my WP theme, of which I have secretly embedded a dedication in the header code.

I know I’m not the romantic type but I thought I’d surprise you with this. Now thousands of people unknowingly carry a testament of my love to you in their blogs, as long as the Internet shall live.

Will you marry me?

<3,
Mike
20/10/2010

p/s: Does this beat your bff’s bf carving their names on a tree or what?

(LOL. Found this while editing the Elixir WP theme)

Digg it!

Apple Online Store Comes To Malaysia!

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:30:00 +0800

AT LAST!

We have our own official online Apple Store. It just opened 8am today and the local Mac community is abuzz with the news.

Here’s some of the services offered:

Free iPod engraving (WOOT!)
RM19 for gift wrap and card
Free limited edition T-shirt with any Mac or iPod purchase (till Nov 24)
Free shipping for purchases over RM250
1-3 business days for delivery
Order tracking
CC or bank transfer- have to call help line for acc number
Login with .Mac account
Help lines available in BM

Interestingly, in the shipping details, it’s mentioned that the stuff is shipped from the Apple Store in Singapore.

So it’s really the Singapore hub branching out to Malaysia. But it’s a start!

Good work Apple, now please bring me my iPhone 3G!

Visit the Apple Store now!

Apology

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:55:00 +0800

EDIT: It’s fixed!

Hi all, sorry you can’t access the site the past two days. Something’s wrong with the DNS and I’m working to fix it.

In the mean time, this site is still accessible via izwillrun.tumblr.com

Regular programming will resume tomorrow!

Egg and Chicken- You're Doing It Wrong

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:18:00 +0800

“Do you think we’ll be playing long term?”

“Define long term.”

“6-12 months?”

“Err…I can’t say for sure.”

Such is the conundrum between me and some friends whom I play Badminton with on a weekly basis. I just joined them a month ago, so I haven’t invested in a racquet for fear of them discontinuing in the short term.

And they aren’t willing to commit for reasons unknown.

But after much thought, I think I’m partially to blame. It would seem to them that I am the least committed having no investment in this besides my share of the court rent. I can stop immediately and it wouldn’t make a difference.

I’m looking at them, and they’re looking at me, and everyone’s looking at everyone going “I dunno…”

So I have decided to get a racquet. And my stand is that I’m playing regardless of whether they’re interested in continuing or not. I hope they will follow suit (I’m sure they will).

Btw, shuttlecocks are fucking expensive. A dozen can set you back RM60. That’s RM5 each in case you’re wondering. And we lost two new ones to the ceiling lights last week.

Ouch.

Just sayin’.

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:07:14 +0800

Just sayin’.

Can you guess the gym?

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:14:00 +0800

Can you guess the gym?

I envy the Americans. They had a fair election and the people...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:45:41 +0800

I envy the Americans.

They had a fair election and the people has voted for change.

If we had a fair election on March 8, we would’ve celebrated, as they have.

It’s National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) and the...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:19:27 +0800

~~It’s National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) and the mission is to complete a novel of 50k words or more within the month.~~ Actually it’s about eating and drinking.

Nokia Nuffnang Silent Halloween Rocks

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:14:29 +0800

Nuffnang parties have always been themed. But since it’s Halloween, everyone’s given a free pass to come dressed as whatever they like!

There’s the box of malamine contaminated milk-

Paris Hilton-

And your standard scary ones like this zombie here-

And Nokia treated us to some eye candy with the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone-

Here it is in horizontal QWERTY keyboard mode. Very responsive-

And a very large, crisp 3.2” touch screen (360x640px)-

Quite a powerhouse really with 3.5G, Wifi 802.11b/g, A-GPS, and a 3.15Mpx camera. It’s due in December for around RM2k.

Then there’s the highlight of the night, which is the silent dancing-

And great live performances, like 40Winks here who’s got everyone dancing like crazy-

And lastly, the winning shot of the best N-GAGE player that night-

Nokia sponsored parties FTW!

Terry Fox Run 2008

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:05:48 +0800

Finally, after two years of procrastination, I finally went for the Terry Fox Run last Sunday.

Terry Fox was a Canadian who after losing a leg to Osteosarcoma (a kind of cancer),decided to run coast to coast to raise money for cancer research. 143 days and 5,373 km later, he was forced to stop due to the deterioration of his health. He succumbed to pneumonia the next year on 28 June 1981, a month from his birthday.

The Terry Fox foundation has raised over $400 million worldwide so far. And the run is an annual event held at Lake Gardens around November, here in KL.

Each T-shirt costs RM25 and proceeds go to cancer research in the respective countries.

A girl piggybacks on her dad

Pitstop!

Manulife milking the hell out of their sponsorship

Muiz back for another run

And look! It’s Shen and Carmen

Daft Punk - Technologic (Peach No Logic Remix) This is my...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:41:00 +0800

Daft Punk - Technologic (Peach No Logic Remix)

This is my favourite remix of Daft Punk’s Technologic. It’s so raw and human.

Lite is featuring my article on their main page! For obvious...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:44:22 +0800

Lite is featuring my article on their main page! For obvious reasons.

Sans Spotlight

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:09:00 +0800

This is another great view of Maxis tower and the Petronas Twin Towers. Again this is in the early evening about 7 and you can see the incandescent lights in the building blending in with a slowly darkening blue sky. See previous evening shots.