Seeking is Believing

Book 1: Reversed Chronology

2008-10-13T22:18:00.004+09:00

I will be telling you stories of my trips and gimmicks from hereon in reversed chronological order. The latest one is the Colbie Concert in Osaka. Then, the week-long Tokyo trip with Nico. And so on... The last would be the Satsuki Yama trip. My, oh my! It has been months since that happened.

Anyway, there's still some good in remembering old memories. And in going back in time, I might actually discover more than what I had when I was there. You know, looking back at those moments with fresh eyes will give you a wider and more lucid view of everything.

So, bear in mind that the latest posts that you'll read are actually the earliest ones that occurred. Ok?

^_^

Renewing Contract with Blogger

2008-09-30T16:07:00.004+09:00

Today I did a complete revamp of my Blogger space. I remember how Blogger have served me well, so I'm back. Although I will still be maintaining my Multiply and Wordpress spaces, I will also be using this Blog specifically for my travels. Lately, I have been going everywhere so I decided to write about each and every one of them and share those stories with you guys through this site.

Japan is indeed a perfect place for traveling. There's so much to explore in this country, where a mix of high-class technology and preserved nature is very eminent. And since I think I now have a high chance of exploring not just Japan but the world itself, carefully but surely, I will have to take them down here. All those dream places. And all those I'd never imagined I would reach but did or would. And all those simple spots in everyday life that completes and balances our being.

Let me share to you the world as I see it... as I explore it... as I get to know more about it.

Let's share each moment of discovery... of life, of the self.

^_^ Enjoy the show.

first success story

2007-03-27T01:23:00.000+09:00

today, i did nothing.

i tried to think. i tried to write. i waited for ideas. i waited for that moment.

everytime it comes, the blue screen of death kills it.

what a waste of time.

i did a lot of tests. virus scans. registry fixes (which i think are not really fixers! they lie!). bios changes. recovery attempts. failure analyses. google searches. forum threads.

no. nothing. happened.

every 2 minutes, there's the blue screen.

i closed my eyes. i tried to remember what i did. what i did wrong... or right. something might have happened *again. i won't let it destroy my files... this death. no.

no.

i shut down the computer. i turned off the voltage regulator. i reached for the ram, clicked those two clips... removed that dusty old one. goodbye 256 MB.

hello compy! you're back!

for three hours i used compy without any blue screen... restarting... death... no. nothing.

just plain workspace.

just plain working space.

this is my first success story after ten years.

i remember a professor... writing this life's equation that i'd never forget:

failure = failures
failures = success
success = successes

successes... i'm waiting.

death

2007-03-22T23:57:00.000+09:00

Hello World! ~Konpyutaa no Shinigami

<-- (Click to enlarge!) This popular Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has been hunting my school PC since I got it. Perhaps it was the hardware incompatibilities. Perhaps there was some worm or virus. Perhaps there was really nothing wrong and death just wanted to visit my PC every now and then. Perhaps.

But today, it was too much. More than 10 times of blue screens... you'd never be able to finish anything!!!

I tried so hard.

Changed the virtual memory allocation to recommended values.
Installed registry fixers, tried to run them... but at the middle of every scan, death came.
Uninstalled unnecessary programs, deleted unnecessary files, transferred important ones to free hard disk space. But for crying out loud!, nothing helped.
Tried to recover... go back through time when blue screen wasn't that frequent. But there was no such time.
Tried to fix using the WinXP cd. I got tired.

When you find the solution to death, please send me an email/PM or something.

PS. Death Note Saga: Ryuk is coming back!!! (Manga readers, please don't spoil me.) XD

note

2007-03-22T23:55:00.000+09:00

Written Rules

Whatever that is written in this note shall meet its end.
The written whatever will not take effect unless the writer has whatever's look in her mind when writing its name. Therefore, things/events/whatever sharing the same name will not be affected.
If the means of getting to the end is written within 40 seconds of writing whatever's name, it will happen.
If it is not specified, whatever will simply end or disappear on its own.
After writing the cause of disappearance/ending, the details of how it would happen should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

False Rules

The owner of the Note should always lie about it.
All those who have touched that Note will see the owner's Shinigami.
The Note is real.
There are false rules.

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Paper _______ to be ________ to _______ on _______ at exactly ________
______ papers to be ________ on ________ at exactly ________
______ paper to be ________ on ________ at exactly ________
Papers to be ________ on ________ at exactly ________
Papers to be ________ to _________ on ________ at exactly _________
_______ paper

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stopping on the third step

2007-03-20T01:54:00.000+09:00

There were several events that I've been through this past school year. Most of which started with a blast and ended with... still a blast. I couldn't help but blame my stupidity and misfortune. And just like always, I go back to that day I cursed myself.

It all started when I lost Cellie to some thief. That one stormy night, I found my bag open in Mini Stop, only to realize that my Cellie was gone. I tried to be very careful since that day I almost lost my wallet (well, I lost the wallet but the insides were returned, thank God!). Yes, I was too careful I might have looked like I have something important in my bag. It was one of those very few days that I forgot to leave Cellie before going out to some dangerous place.

Then, it happened.

I didn't know how to react at first. But I started whispering my dreams... saying that they'll all end in misery. The loss of my basketball teams. The unsuccessful application. The defeats. The failures. They all came out of my mouth... out of the spur of the moment.

And they all happened one by one.

The crazy thing is... it never looked like they're supposed to happen in the first place, the failures. It was always only at that last stretch when the smiles cease and tears are expected to pour. Heavily...

Everytime, we stop at that third step. The fourth is but too high to reach.

Sigh...

Irasshai!

2007-03-19T01:19:00.000+09:00

"Perhaps I just wanted to make use of my google account aside from email." -eng

Welcome to my blog v.2.0!!! You may have some bothering thoughts on your mind right now so I'm answering a few good questions that you may need/want to know (please assume that you're actually asking these questions so that I won't sound stupid ^_^).

So what's the difference between this blog and your genin09.blogspot.com?
Well that's very simple. I don't know! Maybe it's the time-slash-age that I created them. Or the style. Or nothing.
Then what the heck is your multiply account for?
Duh!!! To upload lots of pictures, what else?!
You said that this blog may be different in terms of style. Can you elaborate that a little?
Ok. First, look at my title: the art of tEstiNG. I just thought of this because I'm into design for test in my master's thesis (ehem). And it occured to me that these days are like me undergoing a very huge test. So this blog's theme goes around eng and testing, unlike my other blog wherein I just wrote whatever stuff I thought of (no direction whatsoever). I don't even know why it's called krystal klear. It's like fake clear. XD Second, I envision this blog to sound more serious than the other. It will be like the mature me talking (except for this post, maybe). Lastly, I plan to use more pictures that I took here, now that I have Cammy. I will try my best to post something at least thrice a week.
Mhmm... How about art? You haven't discussed the art angle.
I love art.
That's it?
Yeah. What else do you want me to say? XD
How about where's the art in testing?
Come on... That's like saying "where's the art in life?"
So where's the art in life?
Silence.
Where's the art in life?
...