Lack of updates here?

I thought to myself... Its really true.

I lack commitment and passion. Just see how infrequent this blog is updated.

And since I also lack charisma, this blog might as well be forgotten if I had been aiming for people to read it (I did not bother to).

Funny comments about Rebecca Black

Okay, by now I've gotten tired of reading about what trolls are saying about her. Let this be the last post about Rebecca Black for a long, long time. By now the video commenting have become stale, so here's a record of the funnier YouTube comments to remember.

2nd top comment had been a YouTube copypasta for a while now.

What happens when trolls tried to be as irrelevant as possible.

Self-explanatory.

Video related to Florence Foster Jenkins, as 2nd top comment has shown.

Video was a parody of her "My Moments" music video,
where she sings without Autotune.

henryshee666's mother uses YouTube?

iM0L3, the average YouTube user.

Yeah, used to do that frequently for "Friday" Music Video.
Too bad "My Moment" Dislikes growth wasn't as epic.

No one is safe from being trolled.

See my earlier point about being irrelevant?

IPPT results for August 2011: GOLD!!!

Yes! I'm so excited. 2 days after my birthday, I attempted my IPPT for the new re-opened window.

YES, I FUCKING DID IT!

The fastest 2.4 km running time I reached during my National Service was in my BMT period: 9 min 41 seconds. This means I've broken my record: The current 9 min 17 seconds is the fastest in my entire life so far. But oh well, I still feel somewhat "trolled" by myself, in that the results I attained is what I could have gotten a few weeks back when I was still in the "X" Category, where the requirements are higher. Of all times, I actually attained "X" category standards for Gold Award only when I got shifted down to "Y" category.

Still, I'm rather ecstatic that I have actually managed to get the maximum points (With a bit of luck I guess) for each station, which make my results equivalent to Army Commando's IPPT standard for Gold Award!

Most painful decision in years

Although I've become more and more nihilistic, there is still an idealistic streak within me, something made more evident when I made a final choice to accept a job offer from ST Electronics Info-Software Systems.

Well, you see, in my desperation I have applied for MINDEF DXO in Simulation Systems and Training and ST Electronics Info-Soft. Just when I thought that the MINDEF higher management thinks that I'm not a suitable candidate for the DXO position, I got informed that my application got through and I need to wait for some "processing" or official confirmation, in addition to further medical and security clearance.

So yeah, it seemed like an obvious choice to make. DXO's a better job in terms of name, remuneration, benefits and arguably, even the job experience itself. I made my decision based on my career goal, and that is to become an IT project manager by climbing from the bottom level. This means I need to gain real-life industry technical experience.

The only real issue I had with the DXO job is that I start out coordinating military exercises and managing System Engineers, somewhat a step above a Software Engineer position that ST Electronics Info-soft offers. The computer system that the DXO position involved in is so much of a specialized tool that if I were to leave the job after a couple of years (Which is my intention), my choices will be limited. The only transferable skills I have would be management, and what companies are looking for in an IT manager are relevant experience. The worse case scenario is that I would be stuck to continuing these military-based jobs.

Yes, canceling this job application, which already gained approval by MINDEF, was the most painful decision I have made so far my entire life. Truth be told, I have no genuine love for a Software Engineer position at ST Electronics, and my interest in technology is becoming questionable, but deep within me I still wanted to see if I can develop my career through Software Development.

My frustration levels forced me to find a company which almost guarantees a job: Of the 10+ companies I've considered, 9 responded and I went through 10+ interviews and aptitude tests but I got ZERO offers. None, not even NCS itself which is the true breaking point for me. Seeing how screwed up my first job search is, I'm on the verge of giving up on advancing my career, which is why I applied for the DXO position (Its about job security) in the first place.

Even if that DXO position is an accursed one and hence the MINDEF HR department was being desperate, its still a superior job. One might say idealism leads to stupidity, and my decision here can be considered a good example of that. For the record here, ST Electronics here is one last chance for me to see if a technical career is truly for me. I may regret this one day, but so be it...

Let's move on.

Unused Pokemon Type combinations

 Below are the list of Pokemon type combinations that is not used in the franchise's current video games.
01.) Normal/Ice
02.) Normal/Fire
03.) Normal/Electric
04.) Normal/Steel
05.) Normal/Rock
06.) Normal/Ground
07.) Normal/Dark
08.) Normal/Dragon
09.) Normal/Poison
10.) Normal/Ghost
11.) Normal/Bug
12.) Water/Fire
13.) Grass/Fire
14.) Grass/Electric
15.) Grass/Dragon
16.) Grass/Ghost
17.) Fire/Ice
18.) Fire/Poison
19.) Electric/Fighting
20.) Electric/Psychic
21.) Electric/Rock
22.) Electric/Dark
23.) Electric/Poison
24.) Flying/Fighting
25.) Fighting/Ghost
26.) Fighting/Dragon
27.) Fighting/Ice
28.) Fighting/Ground
29.) Psychic/Dark
30.) Psychic/Poison
31.) Psychic/Ghost
32.) Psychic/Bug
33.) Ice/Steel
34.) Ice/Rock
35.) Ice/Poison
36.) Ice/Bug
37.) Steel/Poison
38.) Steel/Ghost
39.) Rock/Dragon
40.) Rock/Poison
41.) Rock/Ghost
42.) Dark/Bug
43.) Dragon/Poison
44.) Dragon/Bug

153 possible type combinations, including the 17 mono-types... And as of now 649 pokemon were introduced (including the unofficial ones in the data), with 109 different type combinations.

Using my own math, assuming GameFreak introduces around 20 new type combinations each generation on average, it seems that the franchise is going to last for at least 2 more generations before they truly ran out of ideas. Probably new features to come?

Wonder would I still be interested in all this by then?

GTA 2 again

Well, I gotta post a screenshot of my high score for Area 2 for GTA 2 before I uninstall the whole game.

Yeah, a personal reminder of how bored I can get.
I used cheat codes though.

GTA 2 Fun Rampage

Well, being bored, I went for mindless rampages in the GTA 2 game in between attempting missions. So apparently there are a total of 22 missions in the third area, which includes a bonus final mission in which I get to kill all the three mob bosses.

I got quite a few "GENOCIDE" bonuses.
Good way to vent my frustrations?

So... yeah, after all missions were complete for the third area, I went for a final mass murder spree before finishing it off.

My final score in the final level.
You can see how bored I am.

Maybe I should try out the 2nd level next.

IPPT Results for July 2011

9 min 54 seconds for 2.4km run... Only 10 seconds faster to get a Gold Award. Previously I got 10 minutes 4 seconds for 2.4km and only 3 points for Standing Board Jump, so this is an improvement of sorts. Somehow my Shuttle Run results had dropped by 1 point, but the overall 4-station results still allowed me to go for the Gold Award during the 2.4km run...

This is so frustrating, but I also faced many other frustrating events too (Considered over 10 companies and went through over 10 interviews but 0 job offers so far), so there's nothing else note-worthy I can add.

Meanwhile... I still suck at interviews, I can't believe I was still too nervous (As one interviewer noted) at this stage! Perhaps I was never born for greatness.

Terrorist attacks on Norway

Hmmm... Just like myself in real life, I don't know what this blog should be focusing on. Entertainment stuff or Thought-provoking issues? Without focus, without passion, this made me a fucked-up loser, and so is my blog as a result. But anyway, back to what I want to share with myself.

*cough cough* Can't think of a better title to describe the recent 2011 terror attacks on Norway.

Lure the victims to come near you, and then fire away.
Apparently, this works in real life too.

Hmmm, am I the first to think of the Grand Theft Auto games when it comes to the shootings? I don't seem to find anyone on the top few results of Google Search relating GTA with the terrorist attacks. Crazy rampages are what I always engaged in when I played the games (GTA I and GTA II). I enjoyed casual mass murder in the games. Despite the inappropriateness of it, I think I have to add this: The recent real-life version is both awesome and horrific.

• Awesome because I always have murder fantasies, killing both random strangers as well as people I hate.
• Horrific because, of course, it appears beyond human nature to kill innocent people.

Truth be told, I am rather apathetic to this. I see little practical difference between paying mere lip service (Verbally condemning the attacks and right after continue your lives as usual) and showing complete indifference to innocent deaths.

And why should I care? I'm not the one in danger.

Why won't these idiots run away when I fire with a silenced machine gun?

And to recall, even when using the invulnerability, double-damage, 10x score multiplier, and 99 lives cheat codes, I still failed many of the missions I attempted in GTA 2. Perhaps I would fare better in newer games like GTA 3 and GTA 4? =/

More Rebecca Black again

Oh well, poor Rebecca Black. At the age of 14 she had to endure hate, mockery, and sexually harassing comments on YouTube. Such is the price of modern internet fame. Only thick-skins will survive through this.

She released her new music video "My Moments" on her new channel, which attracted huge amounts of attention. To give some rough statistics, she got over 70,000 comments in 9 hours, which works out to be on average over 100 comments per minute. It is very difficult to follow up on comment replies without relying on automatic notifications, and most people just blasted away, praising the singer for improving (Apparently she can never go any lower after "Friday") or making the usual hate comments.

No idea what made her set the comments to pending approval after the first 9 hours of responses. Probably she got turned off by the haters again, or her parents were in charge and did not want her daughter to see such negativity on her channel. Whatever.

Some "good moments" that I captured of responses to her Welcome video:

Apparently the original owner of "rebecca" channel had given
up this channel name to Rebecca Black.

Haters gonna hate.

Read the 2nd top comment.

One of the more creative troll comments I read on the channel.

See first comment.
Pretty much reflects what I wrote of Jenna Rose and other accidental "celebrities"

Just one of the many lewd remarks made on the Internet.

Some "good moments" that I captured of responses to her "My Moments" music video...

Comments have been set to pending approval.
Hence viewers "thumbs up" existing top comments as a way of saying "I was here".
Notice the number of thumbs up.

No prizes for guessing the type of comments that doesn't attract
"thumbs up" for a Rebecca Black video.

AWWW! Enough fooling around!