Lizzam

Category: My Thoughts

  • Cheap Original DVDs

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    As you may have known, I’m an avid movie-watcher, be it on any medium. From watching it in the VHS, cinema, Laser Discs (yes, I had the privilege before…), VCD, DVD, HDTV (720p), DivX, to all sorts of format. The bar is raised year by year, according to which media serves the best quality with…

  • When Good News Becomes Bad

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    Me and My Big Mouth!

  • I'm a Babe Magnet…

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    …of the opposite polarity. It seems that almost any girl that I like ends up hating me, or shying away from me. At least, they would announce their attachment to someone else, and so I’ll have to steer clear from them. In the past 4 months, I’ve successfully ”pushed” several important girls in my life…

  • When The PC Hangs Tonight

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    Henceforth this post will be in Malay for the sake of its content. Dulu: Marahkan Nyamuk Kelambu Dibakar Sekarang: Marahkan PC hang, Monitor yang kena sepuk.

  • What Is Knowledge?

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    The problem with knowing is that we’ll Assume everything else is like what we knew. But when we’re wrong, we become confused, and Assume new Knowledge, and the cycle goes on and on. We used to Know that the earth is flat, but that Knowledge was challenged, there was confusion, and we Assume now that…

  • Institutionalized

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    Most probably you’d be thinking that I have just watched Shawshank Redemption. If you did, you’ve guessed it right. I’ve just finished my I-don’t-how-many-times-already rerun of this great movie. It shows how doing an easy but long time in jail can take out the most important thing in you: Life. I felt institutionalized before, albeit…

  • Too Straight A Crooked Line

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    Ever felt life is just the worst thing you ever had? Ever felt that nobody ever understand you Ever felt that you’re the only one who understands your misery? Ever felt that life is getting worse by the second, and everybody’s laughing at you tumbling over? Ever felt that what I wrote above hits you…

  • Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

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    This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005 at Stanford College. click here to read it in Stanford’s own site. I have been in awe at the decision he made on his salary. He now works at a…

  • What Say You?

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    In my recent post (if you’ve subscribed to my blog since Dec last year or have gone through my Really Old Thoughts), I wrote about giving Family Planning subsidy to the poor, as they usually are not aware or can’t afford them over food. In effect, many have too many children than that they can…

  • Made in Malaysia

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    I just received an email regarding our first National Car, Proton. I am a firm supporter of Proton since the emergence of Wira (for the record I’m driving my family’s Waja and am eyeing for my own Savvy or what I would call Kereta Gaban – referring to the car’s look from the rear, that…