wow, and i thought george w. bush was dumb

this guy, obviously, has even more serious issues at hand..


an IQ check would be a good start.

word of the week: piecemeal

previous word of the week: slapdash.

so here's another word that made my jaw drop to the floor for irrelevancy: piecemeal. can you take a wild guess of the meaning of the word?

is it..

a) the virgin goddess of delicious food (in greek mythology);

b) a light informal meal;

c) food that tastes so good that you can't stop eating it; or

d) some kind of cracker.

okay, so if your final choices were between a or c then you're an absolute genius, because here's the answer. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED.

do i know you?

remember the 32 unknown friend requests i had on facebook? well, i now have..


hey, that's 256 to go, yo!

friendster is dead

i mean not literally, but you know what i mean, right? NO? me neither.

stats that may only interest me

well, if you haven't noticed, which would be superweird if you did anyways, this is my 202nd post on this blog.. in 530 days, dating back to my first post in february 12, 2008. it means that i've actually written one post in every three days (rounded up), which then means "whoah! that's a bit too active for a full-time postgrad student, no?".. and to which i say: ha!

so here's some other blog stats that may, as i said in the title, only interest me:
1. total visits: 13,882
2. average visit length: 2:15
3. visitor locations: indonesia 43%, australia 21%, canada 6%, united states 4%, japan 3%, new zealand 3%, turkey 2%, malaysia 1%, others 16%, unknown 1%

that 'unknown' visitor location is kinda creepy. could aliens be reading my blog? HARUMPFHHARUMPFHVIVALAVIDALOCAHARUMPFH!

ten things i think i think: lenovo thinkpad x300

let me just get this out of the way at the outset: i'm a gadget junkie. so, instead of choosing to get 'high' on marijuana or the likes, i definitely prefer to get 'high' on opening brand spankin' new gadget boxes. it gives me chills. (bill gates nods in agreement yo.)

here's ten things of what i think i think of the lenovo thinkpad x300 after using it for several months now:


1. i think it's the sleekest thinkpad ever made in the history of thinkpads ever made. and they've made a lot.

2. i think the keyboard is by far, and by far i mean mercury-jupiter roundtrip kinda far, the best there is in the business.

3. speaking of business, i think there's no doubt that its intended audience is for the suits and ties and not for the schoolboys or schoolboy-wannabes, like yours truly.

4. i think my unborn child is officially named Think Vantage Makarti.

5. i think it's a sin on the manufacturer's part when you pay mega dollars for a high-end laptop only to find out that there's one oh-my-god-my-life-is-ruined dead pixel on the screen. have you heard the story about frustration killing a cat before?

6. i think the touchpad is a male, sure needs a little more sensitivity. zing!

7. i think the vanilla envelope black campaign against the macbook air was sweeeet, with five 'e's. (i know, this has nothing to do with the x300 itself, but hey.)

8. i think after using a solid state drive laptop for a while now, i can never ever go back to using a hard disk drive laptop ever forever again. ever.

9. i think black is the new black.

10. i think writing a post at 2:30 am is not the best thing to do when you have a paper due by tomorrow morning. but trust me, once you've typed on a lenovo, you'd never want to stop. (okay, that's just too much, nevermind.)

we've come this far: hey it's those ballerina girls again edition

this will be the last of them. i promise.

we've come this far: ceska has a dance for you edition

tadaaa!

(it is still unknown what the dance is called.)

we've come this far: taronga zoo edition

it feels like my 100th time going to this zoo.. the animals have probably recognized me by now.


the sun hated us that day.


me in bear suit.


the koala hated us that day.


me in wombat suit.


gymnastics, part 1.


me in punjul suit. ha!


gymnastics, part 2.


find me.


synchronized O-ing.


me in seal suit.


it's a cheetah! it's a leopard! nooooo.. it's kendra! doh.


me in boat suit.

you say more? more to come.

we've come this far

it's been almost too long since my family ever got together as a whole unit, considering that i've left home to live with my new family since marriage and that we currently live quite apart geographically. my mom, dad and littlest brother still resides in cimanggis (yeah exactly, i have no idea where that is either! hehe), my other brother is doing his masters in gyeongsan (that's in korea, if you didn't know) while i'm now, also pursuing my studies, in sydney with ata and the kids.

july 5th marked our little reunion in down under. iwan arrived in advance on the 1st of july from korea, while mom, dad and hanif on the 5th. it's been full circle and this is our story..


a picture like this is so rare. the last time we were all in one frame was probably when my hair was actually thicker.


a gift from engkong and ninik. her princess dreams have finally come true.


lost bear in kingsford junction.


not-so-twins, except for the beanie.


it's as if i'm with my own kid. 17 years apart can really do this to you.


the reasons. the legends.


it's a bird! it's a plane! nooooo.. it's ballerina girls on hydrogens!!!


ceskalicious moment. i just had to insert this.


kendra v2.0 (new haircut) with 'lil fat uncle.


hey, ballerina girls part 2!

more to come.. stay tuned.

my blog is my twitter

a few friends have asked why my twitter is never updated.. well, my blog is my twitter. that's how i roll.