Checkmate

MP3 Player Died

*sigh*

My flash-based MP3 player died recently. Although it's not a big deal to me, it still sucks. It was nice having a portable MP3 player while it lasted. I'm still not entirely sure how it died though, but I am sure it did die. It will not be recognized by any system and the device will not "light" up.

Oh well, if I ever did get another flash-based MP3 player, it'd probably be an iRiver Clix (2GB - 4GB, if it exists?). I can't stand Apple's iPod or Creative's Zen. I'm not saying they're horrible products; however, they don't have the robustness I want.

Regardless, I won't be able to afford one for a long while. Especially with all the stuff coming out in the next six months (like... Microsoft Windows Vista, Sony's Playstation 3, Nintendo's Wii, etc.).

Heheh... maybe I'll get the iRiver H10 (20GB) instead. :P Then again, maybe not. Remember, hard-drive-based players have moving parts resulting in more power consumption and shorter life span.

Yeah, I'll probably stick with flash-based MP3 players for a while... if I ever get another one. ^_^

Weird Cough

Nothing particularly interesting has happened lately. Unfortunately, I still have this month-old cough that keeps happening for no apparent reason. I'm not quite sure why, nor what triggers it, but I do know that the coughing fits can sometimes bring me to my knees.

Ah well. For the most part, I feel perfectly fine so I don't think there's anything to worry about. To be honest, I feel like going to the driving range to whack a few balls before the weather starts turning sour for the season. Heh, maybe after my legs recover from the dance games. *lol*

I wonder how stories end. Or maybe they don't?

7-Iron

I went to a driving range with Emmery yesterday after dinner at his place. We just went to hit balls for the sake of it. Anyway, after a long time of not swinging, I am completely sore today. *lol*

Still, I did manage to hit about 125-175 yards with the 7-Iron straight. It was a fun night.

On a side-note, I had to format my computer recently due to some odd problem. Fortunately, due to stuff I prepared a long time ago, all I had to do was copy everything I needed on to an external hard disk drive and start formatting. The format and re-install of everything took about two hours (thanks to the stuff I prepared a long time ago :P ). Well, everything seems to be back to normal. I suspect the problem was either due to a virus or some really messed up conflict of bugs.

At least everything is done. *zZz* I'm off to bed.

Watched Anime (September 2006)

Recently, I started thinking back on all the anime I've ever watched. In fact, I compiled a list and it surprised me. The list was far larger than I expected. Heh.

Take a look at what I've seen so far:

• .hack (all)
• Angelic Layer
• Basilisk
• Berserk
• Black Cat
• Bleach
• Card Captor Sakura
• Chrno Crusade
• Cowboy Bebop
• D.N.Angel
• Escaflowne
• Fate stay night
• Final Fantasy Ultimate
• Fruits Basket
• Full Metal Panic (all)
• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Gatekeepers
• Get Backers
• Gundam Seed
• Happy Lesson (all)
• Hellsing
• Hikaru no Go
• Hunter X Hunter
• Inuyasha
• Jyu Oh Sei
• Kamisama Kazoku
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Kino no Tabi
• Loveless
• MADLAX
• Mahorabu
• Mahou Sensei Negima
• Mai Hime
• Mai Otome
• Makai Senki Disgaea
• Matantei Loki Ragnarok
• Naruto
• Noir
• Peace Maker Kurogane
• Prince of Tennis
• Ragnarok
• RahXephon
• Rockman EXE Beast
• Saiyuki (all)
• Samurai Champloo
• Samurai Deeper Kyo
• Scrapped Princess
• Scryed
• Shaman King
• Shingetsutan Tsukihime
• Tactics
• Tenjou Tenge
• The Third
• Tokyo Underground
• Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
• Witch Hunter Robin
• Wolf's Rain
• X
• Yakitate! Japan

Keep in mind these are complete series - as in, ranging from thirteen episodes to well over a hundred episodes. The "all" just stands for series which change names. Who knows how much more there will be to add to this list in another twenty-five years? Yes... shocking. o.O

Anyway, there are a bunch of great things coming this way in the next several weeks... all the way up to the beginning of next year. Of those things, the one I'm most hyped about is Windows Vista. That will be the biggest change to this operating system in several years. Let's all hope that Microsoft doesn't drop the ball.

In other news, it's still pretty quiet around here. Everybody still seems to be "off" so to speak. I'm assuming that will change in the coming week or so, though. ^_^

Rain Falls

Well, it's been a few days since I've returned to Canada. It's a startling contrast to my time in Hong Kong. The weather, although wet, has a great calming effect. There aren't any large crowds of people going out for no purpose. The traffic is polite and well-organized. It feels great to be back. ^_^

I haven't done much yet - mostly just unpacking, re-packing, and doing errands. I probably won't be back to full-swing until a week from now. Until then, I'm going to just take it easy and visit Chapters and go to the movies (not many movies I'd like to watch, surprisingly, but there are still a few).

Anyway, the connection at my place in downtown is still of unknown status. I'm hoping that Rogers finally fixed it but going by their track record... I can only hope. With any luck, the money Rogers has been spending lately will go into upgrading their infrastructure which will in turn, benefit consumers. I'll be testing the connection this coming Friday.

Besides that, it seems everybody I know is in a state of lethargy. Is it the time of the year? Or just the times in general? I'm rather cynical so I do often claim that the more things change, the worse they get. Is this the result of such claims coming to pass?

I don't know. What I can say is that time passes and the only thing you can do is meet it on the way.

Back to Canada

Yes, I'm back now.

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Um... That's it. :P