v2.3.0... a rushed initial release...

here's d lowdown...

-I took away wallpapers...
-widened the real estate taken by this blog, (I'm assuming you're on Opera or IE7 if you need to resize the window... these softwares have zooming features]
-added my favourite pod/vodcasts on links... [ so you know how i become geeky...]
-added music! [warning: still initial release feature]

yeah, about the music section, there's quirks with listening while you're on other sections of my blog... so my apologies if you hate to have another window... you can, however, launch a standalone player in a new window, copy d URL, and play my playlist in a new tab! brilliant, eh? [again, assuming your browser's up-to-date.]

have fun!

btw, check out my flickr!!!

Twitter-rific!

http://twitter.com/ron_liong

wat faster n easier than blogger... so there!

Handphones i may switch to...

It's that time of my life when i feel nuts and want to get a new taste in phones...

This time, I'm looking for a slim, thin phone with lots of tech goodies!

I'm not looking for 3MP cameras anymore... I learnt my lesson - Pinholes are pinholes. They suck as bad even at 10MP.

So here are my favourites...

-Sony Ericsson W880i
-Motorola RAZR V3xx
-Apple iPhone
-Nokia N76

i hate Samsung phones...

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singing... and
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light.....de
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If i pass maths, thank SYF.
If i fail maths, thank SYF.

OS X Leopard prediction

"Given that in the past the .9 release and the annoucnement of the next version have followed pretty closely, it seems reasonable to expect something - not the product, but the launch date - before the end of this month. That gives us a fortnight to be wrong. Anyone want to start a sweepstake on the precise day of the announcement - and of the release?"

I'm not starting a sweepstake... but i'll state my prediction...

Since
OS X 10.4.9 was released 13 March 2007...
OS X 10.5.0 was expected Q2 2007 / Spring 2007
OS X 10.5.0 should be out by June 2007
WWDC is 11-15 June 2007. They could either release 10.5 here or announce a launch date.

Thus, OS X should be released between 30 June and 23 March.

Apple does significant things only on Tuesdays and Fridays...

So this cuts the dates down to:

March 23, 27, 30
April 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27
May 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 29
June 1, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29

March will be too soon...
April may see the release of a new version of the Preview software...
May could be the month of manufacturing the DVDs... and a new Black Mac or new Mac design???
Early June will be WWDC. There, I expect XCode 3, XCode for iPhone (for partnering developers), and announcement of upcoming release of OS X 10.5.

Which leaves us with these dates...


June 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 26

I think we can cut Fridays here... and leave the entire WWDC on...

Since past versions of OS X released 20th-30th day of the month...

My conclusion:

Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.0 will be
announced on 11 June 2007 at WWDC (World Wide Developers' Conference)
and be out in stores on 26 June 2007

Music Chart...

1.
Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
Give It To Me

2.
Avril Lavigne
Girlfriend

3.
Fall Out Boy
This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race

4.
Gwen Stefani
The Sweet Escape

5.
Nelly Furtado
Say It Right

6.
U2
A Man And A Woman

7.
The Fray
Over My Head (Cable Car) [featured song of the moment]

8.
Dixie Chicks
Not Ready to Make Nice

9.
Hillary Duff
With Love

10.
Justin Timberlake
LoveStoned / I Think She Knows Interlude

explanation for long hiatus...

here's why i took such a long break...

right now, as i type this post with my right hand, i have to think of

-codename "project vandalism" (2 kinds)
-syf choir central judging
-recovering 17.5h of sleep
-blog
-flickr
-hcl
-math project (SMO)
-fixing ties w/ tcz... (believe it or not, this has been on this list of thoughts for a year now... still no progress...)
-Australia Math Competition
-SYF rehearsal @ VCH tomorrow...
-SYF preview run-through @ sch hall tomorrow...
-solutions to some problems w/ discipline in d choir...
-SMO Math olympiad competition...
-Primary math competition...
-speaking like a German

nothing much really, so i blogged.(using irony to mock and convey contempt)

yeah right.

update. happy?

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (9:51:31 PM)
UPDATE URRRR BLOGGGGGG

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:13:21 PM)
NEVER!!!

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:13:33 PM)
<insert evil laugh here>

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:19:22 PM)
-_-

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:19:29 PM)
<insert slap Ronald here>

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:20:18 PM)
<insert something here>

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:20:41 PM)
<takes out something here>

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:21:13 PM)
<hands a thesaurus ti Mr Tong here>

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:21:55 PM)
<slaps Ronald with his ti>

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:07 PM)
ti?

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:12 PM)
do?

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:27 PM)
re

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:28 PM)
mi

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:29 PM)
fa

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:33 PM)
so

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:36 PM)
la

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:42 PM)
ti

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:22:49 PM)
that 'ti'?

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:23:22 PM)
nope... the ti inside your <hands a thesaurus ti Mr Tong here>

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:23:38 PM)
*to

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:23:44 PM)
i know..:p

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:23:49 PM)
i read the minds of little boys

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:23:58 PM)
i is next to o on a qwerty keyboard.

~.:':.:':.~Bear Ver 6.0.1~.:':.:':.~ says: (10:24:22 PM)
and ur fingers are soooooooo big that u pressed a i instead?

ronaldLIONG| omgwTf... says: (10:24:45 PM)
err... kinda

camp 2 of 2...

overnight shoot was over... choir camp's tomorrow... never had 2 camps simultaneously in one holiday... a first... o well... i shldn't whine...

You should... coz i will be away for 3 days...

So here's one last music reco...

top music for the moment
1. Common feat. Will.I.Am - A Dream
2. Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape
3. Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It
4. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
5. Nelly Furtado - Give It To Me (iTunes only)
6. Nelly Firtado - Say It Right
7. Les Choristes - Pie Jesu
8. Gwen Stefani - 4 In The Morning
9. Take That - Patience
10. The Fray - Dead Wrong

K... Hiatus for now... Ciao!

Blogging from an undisclosed location...

I'm back from half of d overnite shooting so far...

Still gonna shoot around later in the morning... So watch my Flickr after tomorrow!

Don't say I never reminded you!

been lazy... and this blog may freeze soon...

very busy (and lazy) recently... I still need time to settle into my new schedule for the year...

anyway, now u r asking y i may freeze d blog, rite?

well, here's my schedule for this holiday...

Friday 9 March after school...
-Math Society meeting from 10am to ?
-HCL class from 2pm to 4pm (unconfirmed)
-Overnight shooting around Toa Payoh, CBD, and Changi Beach 6pm to next day...

Saturday 10 March...
-Morning shooting (continuation of previous day's overnight shooting) till 9am
-Tentatively going to IT Show to buy my Wacom Tablet... (unconfirmed)
-Sleep...

Sunday 11 March...
-X.XXpm - meeting up w/ some of the choir people and Miss Gan to plan for Camp game activities
-7.30pm - Mosaic Music Festival 2007 ("Feels Good: Take 6" concert @ Esplanade)

Monday 12 March...
-E Maths Group meet-up 7.30am - 9am
-Choir 9am - 12noon
-Art (unconfirmed)

Tuesday 13 March to Thursday 15 March
-Choir Camp (will not be blogging)
-Extra A Math class on Tuesday
-Math Festival meet-up after A Math class

Friday 16 March
-Passport Renewal @ Indonesian Embassy, Singapore

so, don't expect much blogging activity on d stated date(s) above. Advanced Warning given.

Top song of the week...

Pie Jesu
Les Choristes En Concerte CD / DVD


[Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem
Dona eis requiem]
[x2]

Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem
Dona eis requiem
(Dona eis requiem)
Sempiternam,
(Dona eis requiem)
Sempiternam,
Sempiternam

Results out (almost)

5 A1s
1 B4
1 C5
2 Unknowns (both expected to be B4)

Not too shabby...