The sea is as clear as water ought to be.
-Kenneth Wong
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Live!
This blog entry is coming to you live from my new laptop. It's a Lenovo W500.
2.5Ghz, 250Gb HD, 4Gb Ram, ATI V5700 512MB Graphics card and a Windows Vista Experience Score of 5.2, and a ridiculously long battery life of 5 hours at maximum performance.
This is the most solid feeling laptop I have ever used. One cool feature is that if it detects that it is being dropped, it automatically moves the hard disk reading arm away from the plates so that they don't get damaged. They also have thoughtfully added a light to illuminate the keyboard when used at night.
I have spent quite a few hours getting the software I want onto it, and have quite a few more to go tomorrow. It looks to be a good day. Hope you guys are all having a good time as well.
Btw Malik, where are you? HAHAHA. I thought you were gonna contact me once you get a prepaid card. I'm getting worried that you are being held captive by Aishwariya Rai for your thundercock.
Ciao!
-Luke
2.5Ghz, 250Gb HD, 4Gb Ram, ATI V5700 512MB Graphics card and a Windows Vista Experience Score of 5.2, and a ridiculously long battery life of 5 hours at maximum performance.
This is the most solid feeling laptop I have ever used. One cool feature is that if it detects that it is being dropped, it automatically moves the hard disk reading arm away from the plates so that they don't get damaged. They also have thoughtfully added a light to illuminate the keyboard when used at night.
I have spent quite a few hours getting the software I want onto it, and have quite a few more to go tomorrow. It looks to be a good day. Hope you guys are all having a good time as well.
Btw Malik, where are you? HAHAHA. I thought you were gonna contact me once you get a prepaid card. I'm getting worried that you are being held captive by Aishwariya Rai for your thundercock.
Ciao!
-Luke
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Goodbye, Old Friend
This is likely the last blog post that I will pen using my Acer Aspire laptop. It has lasted me three good years but its legs can take it no further. I have developed an attachment to it over these years and must say that I felt a bit sad when I realized that its time was up. Its strange how people are able to develop feelings for inanimate objects. I also have a particular affinity for my graphic calculator that I don't allow anyone else to use.
I hope to somehow recycle the parts of this laptop and build something new, but whether or not it will materialize is quite iffy.
Anyway, goodbye old friend, you have served me well.
Luke
I hope to somehow recycle the parts of this laptop and build something new, but whether or not it will materialize is quite iffy.
Anyway, goodbye old friend, you have served me well.
Luke
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Last Few Days in Bristol
Howdy Amigos, my time in Bristol is coming to a close in a heartbeat. I have less than a day remaining in this city until I embark on my travels. Unlike the previous two years, I initially felt jaded about traveling because it can get tiring and unpleasant, especially since I usually have little to spend. However, my friends changed my mind about this and right now I'll be holidaying along the Adriatic Coast. More specifically, I'll be going to Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro and Croatia. I forsee an excellent trip ahead.
-Kenneth Wong
-Kenneth Wong
Monday, June 08, 2009
Fickle, the Mind of the World
Last weekend, I caught the finals of the French Open on tv. Federer won the title, defeating a previously relatively unknown player. He is suddenly being regarded widely by the media as the best player in the history of tennis, having now tied Pete Sampras' record of grand slams. This strikes me as quite absurd.
Firstly, there is the obvious irony that he is being given these accolades after having already ceded the top spot on the rankings to Nadal.
Secondly, and more importantly, no one would be saying he is comparable to Sampras, had Nadal, unhindered by his current knee injury, made it to the finals and defeated Federer for the FOURTH consecutive time. Yet, if this had happened, Federer would not have been any more or less of a player than he currently is. One can easily imagine how the media would have slanted the view of the very same player as being over the hill and not quite comparable to the greats of the game.
It is quite strange that a struggling Federer, who has had to go to five sets to defeat many players seeded out of the top 10, is being paraded as the best thing since sliced bread,when he would have cast these players aside in three easy sets just two years ago.
Anyway, Wimbledon is starting in two weeks. I will call it 5 years before the media dares to. Nadal is the best player in the history of tennis. Go Rafa!
Luke
Firstly, there is the obvious irony that he is being given these accolades after having already ceded the top spot on the rankings to Nadal.
Secondly, and more importantly, no one would be saying he is comparable to Sampras, had Nadal, unhindered by his current knee injury, made it to the finals and defeated Federer for the FOURTH consecutive time. Yet, if this had happened, Federer would not have been any more or less of a player than he currently is. One can easily imagine how the media would have slanted the view of the very same player as being over the hill and not quite comparable to the greats of the game.
It is quite strange that a struggling Federer, who has had to go to five sets to defeat many players seeded out of the top 10, is being paraded as the best thing since sliced bread,when he would have cast these players aside in three easy sets just two years ago.
Anyway, Wimbledon is starting in two weeks. I will call it 5 years before the media dares to. Nadal is the best player in the history of tennis. Go Rafa!
Luke
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