IKEA!

Muahahah!

Nothing to laugh about actually. Am going to Ikea in Tampines now to get me some boxes. I'm moving see..in oh about 6 months. Better get ready ya?

Edit:
Well...actually it was my first time in an IKEA store. I have no idea that it is so big. And just beside it to provide some competition to the delight of us shoppers is a Courts Mammoth store! Heh, I'm there for like half and hour before I went home. Cant stand walking so long, can you. Now my head hurts like hell freezes over. Night!

Trilogy Galore!

THREE movies! That was what I did today! I watched three freaking movies today. They come from all over! First is the Japanese fare Death Note 2: The Last Name. It was awesome! Damn, the Japanese do know how to make good stories eh?

Then come the $45 million movie of epic proportion (no...I haven't measured it), Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower. What can I say about it? It was okay. Lot's of gold color. Lots of blood. Lots of killing. Lots of cleavage. Wait, did I just say cleavage? YES! I did! WOW! That is the only word you need to know about the movie. Repeat after me; WOW! I like the maid! I like her ALOT! Nice......valley! HAHA!!!

Third movie which I just got off from was the Ben Stiller vehicle, Night at the Museum. It was okay too, but I like the ending song. Catchy to say the least.

There you have it. Three movies. All in one day. Man, I have got to do this again next year. Happy New Year everybody. :D

The Book's List...

Sigh...here it is... should've put an explanatory note saying that I'm listing the compilation tonight...anyway, here it is.

Non-Fiction Works:
(in no particular order)
1. Time's Arrow and Archimedes' Point - Huw Price
2. A Guide To Learning Hiragana and Katakana
3. Teach Yourself Japanese
4. Codes, Ciphers, Secrets and Cryptic Communications - Fred B Wrixon
5. The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe - Roger Penrose
6. 50 Great Journeys - Ed: John Canning
7. 100 Great Adventures - Ed: John Canning
8. The New Penguin History of the World - JM Roberts
9. 1000 Places To See Before You Die - Patricia Schultz
10. Hyperspace - Michio Kaku
11. One Two Three...Infinity - George Gamow
12. Why Asians Are Less Creative Than Westerners - Ng Aik Kwang
13. Digital Photography - Patrick Hook
14. Robotics - Ashitava Ghosal
15. Inside Japan's Powerhouse - Kevin Rafferty
16. The Industrial Espionage Handbook - Hugo Cornwall
17. Alien Encounter - John and Anne Spencer
18. China: A History of - Arthur Cotterell
19. A Short History of Asia - Colin Mason
20. The Restless Universe - Eric M Schlegel
21. The Illustrated Directory of the United States Navy - Chester G Hearn
22. Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy
23. Wordsworth Dictionary of Science and Technology
24. Cultural Atlas of China - Caroline Bluden and Mark Elvin
25. The Beginners Guide to Martial Arts - Ray Paulett
26. Starting A Business For Dummies - Colin Barrow
27. Universe - Nicolas Cheetham
28. Victory: The Epic Of World War II - AK MacDougal
29. Air Accident Investigation - David Owen
30. China: Prehistory to the Nineteenth Century - JAG Roberts

Fiction Works:
(in no particular order)
31. Final Fantasy XII Guide
32. Sphere - Michael Crichton
33. Reckoning Infinity - John E Stith
34. I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
35. The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov
36. Foundation & Empire - Isaac Asimov
37. Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov
38. Foundation - Isaac Asimov
39. Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov
40. Nightfall - Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
41. Pegasus In Space - Anne McCaffrey
42. The Ship Who Sang - Anne McCaffrey
43. The Stars Of Tomorrow - Roger MacBride Allen
44. The Ocean of Time - Roger MacBride Allen
45. The Depths of Time - Roger MacBride Allen
46. House of Chains - Steven Erikson
47. Steel Helix - Ann Tonsor Zeddin
48. Hidden Empire - Kevin J Anderson
49. A Forest of Stars - Kevin J Anderson
50. Horizon Storms - Kevin J Anderson
51. Scattered Suns - Kevin J Anderson
52. The Wellstone - Wil McCarthy
53. Rama Revealed - Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee
54. The Praxis - Walter Jon Williams
55. The Sundering - Walter Jon Williams
56. Years Best Fiction SF 4, 6, 7, 8 - Ed: David G Hartwell
57. Starcraft: Speed of Darkness - Tracy Hickam
58. The Sentinel - Arthur C Clarke
59. The Braided World - Kay Kenyan
60. Marrow - Robert Reed
61. The Meq - Steve Cash
62. Redemption Ark - Alastair Reynolds
63. Absolution Gap - Alastair Reynolds
64. Saucer - Stephen Coonts
65. The Sigma Protocol - Robert Ludlum
66. Hostile Contact - Gordon Kent
67. Trading In Danger - Elizabeth Moon
68. Moving Target - Elizabeth Moon
69. Engaging The Enemy - Elizabeth Moon
70. The Fifth Sorceress - Robert Newcomb
71. Armour - John Steakley
72. Predator - John Shirley
73. Learning The World - Ken MacLeod
74. Queen Of Angels - Greg Bear
75. Convergent Series - Charles Sheffield
76. The Last Secret Of The Temple - Paul Sussman
77. The Redemption Of Althalus - David and Leigh Eddings
78. The Fleet Of Stars - Poul Anderson
79. X Wing: Wraith Squadron - Aaron Allston
80. X Wing: Rogue Squadron - Aaron Allston
81. The New Rebellion - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
82. Tatooine Ghost - Troy Denning
83. Planet of Twilight - Barbara Hannah
84. Specter Of The Past - Timothy Zahn
85. The Last Command - Timothy Zahn
86. Slave Ship - K W Jeter
87. The Mandolorian Armour - K W Jeter
88. Hard Merchandise - K W Jeter
89. The Eternity Artifact - LE Modesitt Jr.

There you have it. the 89 books I collected since coming to Singapore. Of course, I've brought several home already, so if including the books I have at home, the total is well over 150. This is not impressive at all. I plan to have 1000 books on my bookshelves by the time I buy my home. Then, I can start building my own home library. To reach this target, there are many books that I still require, but due to bad luck, I can't find it here...so far. So...i hope you guys could help in the search as well. Cherio!

Books Galore!!

Hi. Books... that's what my life revolves around now. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of books! Damn, I was never this studious when I'm in uni. Must be the money I made...which is never enough.

Anyway, I'm compiling a list of all the books I've brought in the past months.

Repository of Knowledge

Hello...good day to you Library of Congress.

Must be wondering why I said the things I did just now. Simple, I just found out that the US Library of Congress is archiving the websites of the world. That includes blogs and other information that does not require registration for access, pay sites or otherwise blocked access sites. It is done primarily in collaboration with Internet Archive. Internet Archive is the largest depository of World Wide Web sites that I know of with to date 85 billion pages documented and archived. So, anything that was ever posted, published or otherwise released on the Web for the past years are here. Even deleted sites.

Why am I interested in this you might ask...if you're reading this. One reason actually... a Repository of Knowledge. Simply put, I am looking for the sum of all human knowledge. A list, an index or just a guide of all the websites, books, productions or works that was ever produced since the dawn of human history. Is there such a thing? I wish there is. Would be nice if the sum of collective human knowledge is collected and stored someplace safe, waiting for the day where it will survive the destructive human destiny.

Before now, I tried to make a simple repository of knowledge by myself, but even I knew that such an undertaking is huge, requiring many years of effort. The act of compiling histories of various dynasties of ancient China took one Chinese minister the better part of his life. He was Sima Qian. His work is Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian).

No matter. I am not disheartened that someone is already doing what I set out to do myself. In fact, I rejoice at the fact that somebody else out there is concerned about the future of human knowledge. Now, I settle myself down to produce my own mini Repository of Knowledge; a home library.