Ruben Tan has severe brain damage after constantly hitting himself whenever he faces problems in his programming projects, and thus have a weird outlook on life which prevents him from being trapped in the surface of lies.

Archive for April, 2008

Quick Updates

Friday, April 11th, 2008

A bunch of quick updates since I’m so darned busy with daily work to even blog:
- Safe and sound in San Fran
- Heading to San Fran city tomorrow
- Damn cold here
I will be publishing a long long story about my journey here that started off a little bit rocky. I mean I got off a […]

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Three Kingdoms - A Review

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Recently there’s quite a few Hollywood interests in the Chinese or Asian cultures, with mega-budget films like Battle For Red Cliffs, Forbidden Kingdom and Geisha hitting the big screen. Well okay, Battle for Red Cliffs isn’t exactly from Hollywood, and Forbidden Kingdom isn’t really about Chinese culture, but for generalization’s sake and my own dignity […]

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Missing Somebody

Friday, April 4th, 2008

It’s finally here. Tomorrow 9AM I’ll be heading towards Los Angelos, and then to San Francisco. I woke up with a daze today, a bittersweet feeling even though it’s just gonna be only one month. All the while I thought I am pretty emotionally independent, and that I would be 100% cherishing this trip but […]

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Just today I read a piece of news in The Shit… I mean, The Star that sent my blood boiling. Here’s the fucked up piece of news:
KUALA LUMPUR: A seminar on Syariah Law review wants non-Muslims found committing khalwat (close proximity) with Muslims to also be held liable.
This was among the proposals made at the […]

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Starcraft 2 New Unit - Tauren Marine

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Blizzard just cracks me up everytime. Seems like not taking themselves seriously is a trend nowadays, evident with Kia’s “Drive-with-wii-remote” concept and BMW’s “Canine Repellent Alloy Protection” (CRAP) System, but Blizzard takes it to the next level - by introducing Taurens into the upcoming Starcraft 2.
Wait… Taurens? Heh, it gets better. Here’s the description:
In the […]

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3 More Days To Flight

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I guess my prayers to the Invisible Pink Unicorn has been answered. I’m heading to San Francisco this weekend, 9AM Saturday, for one month to work closely with our client on their “core project”. What project? Beats me. No idea.
It’s been a tough time for my girl of course - she seems to be happy, […]

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