School's gonna reopen again...

That doesn't sound very pleasing, does it?? 2 weeks of holiday is not long enough to satisfy my needs. I want more. After this, the only 1 week holiday left for all school people is in August, after that is the countdown to PMR. My god, how time flies!!! Yesterday was somewhat a busy day for me, well, at least in the morning-afternoon period. I had been assigned a lot of chores by my mum (well, actually 3 chores!!). Being the "good boy" that I can ever be, my to-do list was quite long (emphasis on the quotation marks!!). What I did yesterday was:

• Draw the map for kawasan kajian. Took me about 1.5 hours to finish.
• Wash my shoes. I speed-washed my shoes, so can't say it's sparkly clean, but at least I washed it!!
• Attempted to vacuum the floor, but to my relief, the dust-bag or whatever you call it is full and I got to find another one, which miraculously has gone missing in my house. So I skipped that in my to-do list. Lol.
• Mopped the floor in my kitchen. I think I poured too much Clorox in to the bucket of water. So I was quite scared of getting corrosion on my skin.
• Redrew the lakarans for KH.
• Touched up my Geo project. (It's just about 90% done)
• Look for the atlas of Canada.

Okay, that's actually a lot for me. I've never done so much in a day. I usually procrastinate when it comes to these things!!

Play a prank on your buddy!!

Okay, I found this nifty prank to play on your enemy buddy!! Okay, what does this prank do?? Glad you asked. When you hold down the right [CTRL] and press [SCROLL LOCK] twice, you'll manually initiate a Blue Screen Of Death, or commonly known as a System Crash. If your fingers are starting to itch, then you may continue reading. But please note: I will not be responsible for any damages, accidents or problems that may arise on your computer.

Before you begin reading the technical stuff, if you're not familiar with Windows Registry, read this part first. Otherwise, continue on to the next part. Windows Registry is just a place to store settings lah (Well, that's what I know about it). You're gonna change some registries after this. Pay attention to what you're changing because altering the wrong settings can really make your computer go nuts. I'm not trying to discourage you or anything lah, it's just to show that you should be careful when altering the Windows registries.

I've tried this on my old desktop computer, but unfortunately it didn't work. Dunno why. But you can try. Remember, you're gonna cause your system to crash (but it is a harmless crash, since it is not associated with any error, just your good ol' itchy fingers that caused it).

Technical mumbo jumbo coming up:

• Go to Start->Run
• Type regedit
• In the registry editor, go to these keys (the things that look like folders. Just open those folders like how you open the folders in your Windows Explorer):
  1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  2. SYSTEM
  3. CurrentControlSet
  4. Services
  5. i8042prt
  6. Parameters
     
• On the right side/panel (the place with the Name, Type, Data thingies), right click and select New>DWORD Value.
  
• Rename that new DWORD Value to CrashOnCtrlScroll.
• Double click that DWORD Value and set its settings: In the value data text box, type 1.
• Restart your comp
• After restarting, press the right CTRL key and SCROLL LOCK twice to crash your comp.

What happens when it crashes? It shows you the Blue Screen of Death which is, you've guessed it, Blue in colour!! Sometimes, you won't be able to see it because your computer is set to restart when the system crashes. I'm lazy to type how to set your computer NOT TO restart during a crash. It's all in here: http://www.tweakxp.com/article37502.aspx

Oh and by the way, I found out why it didn't work for me. I was holding down the Left Ctrl key. Bummer!! LOL!!

Please note that this prank only works for Windows XP (as far as I know).

Delay in Mr Ball Arena 2

Okay, I'm kind of frustrated. I'm kinda lazy to start writing the game from scratch again, so there'll be a delay before the beta version of Mr Ball 2 can be released. I'm not sure when I'll start making the game again. Sometimes, I wish I could make the game in XNA. Sigh...

Hmm... Since I got so much time in my hands now, I think I should make a trailer for Mr Ball 1. Hopefully I got the patience to do so. The problem that I face now is that I give up very easily. That's why I have scrapped so damn many projects already after leaving them untouched for about 3 days. Nah, maybe next time. Right now, I've got to focus on getting my Mr Ball 2 up and running by the end of July if possible.

What happened from Wednesday till today??

Okay, here's a post of things that happened chronologically.

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

• Took the bus with all the other Interactors to Genting Highlands.
  
• We've reached the place that houses the bottom-end of the Skyway. I'm not sure what that place is called.
• We went to Animal Kingdom (I think that's the name) and saw many cute animals. The one I like is the parrot. Too bad though, he doesn't understand what's a cracker.
• We boarded the cable car towards the terminal at erm... what's that place called again??
• Then we went all the way down to First World Plaza through a series of escalators. Next, we walked all the way to the lobby to place our bags there.
• Everyone split up and went their own ways. Angelica, Audrey, William, Enrico, Pei Jiun, Shan Min and I went out to the outdoor theme park. The first ride was the twirly thing which I haven't a single clue on what's the name of the ride. Angelica and I were excluded just because of the fear of getting headache.
• Next, we went all the way to the other side to the swinging pirate ship. But once we've reached there, those theme park staffs were doing maintenance. Sad case.
  
• So, we went all the way back to the lobby to meet up with Pn Teh to have lunch in the First World Cafe. The only thing we ate was a packet of Chicken Rice. It was quite nice though.

Okay, I can't remember what happened after that. So later...

• Gavin, Jeffrey, William, Pei Jiun, Shan Min, Audrey, Angelica and I went to ride the indoor roller coaster (twice) and the bumper car. I'm not sure what happened then, but we rode the bumper car again later.
• Something happened (which I can't remember) and the whole gang only have Audrey, Angelica and I left in it (Yeah, suddenly everyone splits up), We went back and forth to the outdoor theme park because it was raining and misty. We had a little snack time in a Chinese food store to wait for the rain to stop. Then we walked around the plaza.
• Soon, the mist clears and we went go-karting. At first I was quite nervous because I have never drove a go-kart before. But it was incredibly fun. I'm glad I followed Audrey and Angelica. The last ride was the space shot. I dragged Angelica in. We waited for like 1/2 hour but in the end, I was the only one screaming like a girl (you know, high pitch scream like what girls do?? Didn't know I had it in me, LOL!!). I needed two breaths to scream all the way down.
  
• We rushed all the way back to the lobby to get our room keys. Sadly, Audrey and Angelica was erm... told off by Pn Teh because we were late by a few minutes. I guess I can't always trust my phone's time. I'm not sure what happened to me.
• All the Interactors went to their rooms. I was sharing the same room with William.
  
• Later at night, Audrey, Angelica and I went to Marrybrown to eat dinner. The food was delicious but not so good for your wallet. So, we walked around the plaza to let time fly. It was just 45 minutes away from the Dreamz show, so we rode the Ferris Wheel. We were right on time. When we came down from the wheel, Pn Teh was right in front of Pavilion giving out tickets for the show.
  
• We watched the Dreamz show, which is a singing/dancing/magic/acrobatic show (just to name a few). The dirt bikers looked quite young. They like rode their bikes around a sphere and I'm like OMG BE CAREFUL because they were so close to crashing with each other!!! They were awesome. Oh actually, a lot of the acrobats looked quite young as well, I'm not sure whether it's because I'm sitting so far away from the stage and they looked tiny or was it my instinct. The magic shows were cool. I was thinking how in the world they do that. But I got to say, I'm actually a very big skeptic when it comes to magic and supposed-to-be-supernatural phenomena (however, I do believe in ghosts and some things related to the existence of gods), but it was nice. The lighting was OMG!! The laser show is so cool, it always distracts me from the main performance.
• Okay, enough of the show. After the show, I went all the way back to the room to sleep.

Thursday, 29 May 2008

• Had breakfast buffet in First World Cafe.
  
• I'm not sure what I did with Audrey and Angelica after that.
  
• Went back to room to pack things up.
  
• At 11.30, Audrey, Angelica and I were the first ones to bring our bags down.
  
• Later, I went to buy my souvenirs. They were cute little stuffed dogs!! Yay!!
• Everyone went to Snow World. It was damn cold. About -3 degrees Celsius. The jacket and gloves were not enough to keep me warm because a lot of people were throwing snowballs at me. I got a mild frost bite. (It hurts a lot, especially at your ears!!)
• Next, we went to a Gemstone museum. There were a lot of ...yes... gems. I prefer saying rocks because they were all just lumps of rocks, which will set you back a few thousand bucks!! Wow, to think that rocks could actually cost that much!!
• So, we were free after that. (I'm sick of listing out the names of my gang members. So let's just assume I've typed all the names) We (the gang) went walking around the plaza. We bought present for Bryan (a guitar cello filled with chocolates). Shh!! Don't tell him!!
• Later at 4.30pm, everyone went back to the lobby to prepare themselves to go back home.
  
• So, we went back home.

Today, 30 May 2008

• Went to Sunway to go ice-skating with Seck Wei, David Mosiun and Hon-Son. It was nice. But I've got to re-learn how to skate. I had a lot of close calls but in the end didn't fall a single time. (I'm not trying to brag or anything okay)
• Then later we went to bowl. The first game was very bad. Everyone didn't really do well. Before this, I was taunting Seck Wei. Lol!! (Sorry Seck Wei).
• During the second game, the bowling machinery gone nuts on us. I have no idea what happened but one-by-one, the pins go missing. Then later I hear some strange banging noises behind the bowling alley. Suddenly all the pins fall down on to the stage. It was so amusing.
  
• In the end, Seck Wei wins the game. Hon-Son was quite good as well. After that, we went to the arcade just to realize that I suck at shooting games!! I game over quite fast. Lol. Maybe I'm not meant to play games??
• We played a word game while waiting for our parents to fetch us. I was sipping on latte from Starbucks.

Okay, so that's it.

To Genting!!

Tomorrow's the Interact Club genting trip!! Whoa! Can't wait to go there!! I'm just worried about my phone though. I don't feel like taking my phone there because it's so expensive. But if I don't take my phone, how am I suppose to call my mummy and daddy?? I thought of exchanging my phone with my dad's phone for this trip (actually, my dad's phone is my old phone). But then, I won't have MP3's to listen to. ARGH!! Fine lah, use old phone lah!! Sigh...

Oh GOD!!!

Okay, I'm gonna have to start from square one AGAIN for Mr Ball 2. Why?? WHY?? Hmm... let's review what I've posted a week ago. Hmm... something to do with lack of planning. Sigh... I need to make a spell system and also a party system. Kinda hard actually. Dang. The stuff I just made in Game Maker wasn't well organized, so it's very hard to program. I just finished coding the movements but it's just the spell system that kills me. AARRGHHHH!!!

OMG!!! Am I dreaming??

Okay, I know this sounds too braggy, but I'm just too happy. I've no idea what-so-damn-ever that I'll get an A for Malay!! Above 80 even. I'm always paranoid of getting low marks in my BM. But because the Penulisan this time asked us to write essays that I just only studied, I had an advantage there. The Pemahaman? Well, I have no comment. It was too HARD!! Emphasis on the HARD!! I just love to say "emphasis on the ...". Ahem... Surprisingly, it wasn't as I expected. My marks were above my expectations. Before the day of the Paper 1 for BM, I did like, how many..., 4 Model PMR papers in my Revision book and I got like 20-25 marks, on average, only. You'll never know how scared I was before the BM Paper 1. Ahh... as long as I get an A, I'll be happy.