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Watched american idol lately?? =) you’ve probably heard of the “she bangs” guy by now.

william hung, 20, civil engineering undergrad at berkeley, won the hearts of millions around the world with his gut-wrenching rendition of ricky martin’s she bangs. that randy tried to hide his face with a sheet of paper, that paula looked like she wished she’d just vanish into the ground, and that simon instantly put on his wish-i’d-never-been-born face wasn’t even half as bad as the fact that the guy epitomised everything <i>dork</i> - the hairstyle, the dress, the <i>style</i> of dress, the <i>look</i>…. oh. my. goodness. he also happened to feature about every single possible Chinese stereotype in the book in terms of build, accent, teeth and eye shape. (don’t shoot me. i’m chinese too.)

ironically, his fifteen minutes of fame didn’t just peter out after leaving the audition room, and he’s probably more well-known than any one of the other hopefulls, despite not (obviously) making it to the second round of the competition.

was watching the latest episode in tianyun’s room, and remember telling her that the clip would most probably be making its rounds on the net and finding its way into a mailbox near you within two days. oh how i understated… got flooded with links to shebangs.wmv barely an hour later, after returning to my room.

he’s the next star wars kid, i tell ya. if you don’t know who the star wars kid is, go check it up yourself.

Gary :: Jan.31.2004 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

it’s finally happened. i’ve started using ms outlook.

i realised i have physical post-its lying around, and which don’t actually stick. i have virtual post-its plastered all over my desktop. i have a notebook in my bag containing mini to-do lists. i have reminders programmed into my handphone, set to various dates and times. i have 232 contacts in my handphone directory. i have 30-40 more telephone numbers in softcopy. i have 30-40 email addresses in excel files lying around. i have an address book in eudora. i have an address book for my school account (ms exchange). i have an address book for my hotmail account. i have calenders filled with markings; dates, times, venues.

in short, my organisation was a mess.

spent a good part of 3 hours dumping everything into outlook. names, dates, times, numbers, addresses etc. felt good to actually milk a software for most of what it’s worth. much time spent on trial and error, but that i put down to not ever using the software before.

the end result? when i start up outlook i now get a nicely formatted summary of things to do, sorted by due date in decending order, alongside a mini outline of upcoming events for the next 5 days. the date, time and day sit neatly ticking away in one corner, while in another, a quaint little table tells me how many messages i have in my inbox (but not before consolidating all incoming mails from all my different accounts).

ah.. organised bliss.

Gary :: Jan.15.2004 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

Bought <a href=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009TB5G/qid=/br=1-/ref=br_lf_lotr_//102-5147345-4653759?v=glance&n=753570″>this</a> today. Four beautiful, gleaming units of circular goodness.

In other news, spent NYE in hall bbqing with 20-odd people crazy enough to stay in too.

alright, enough for now. DVD time.

Gary :: Jan.01.2004 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »