tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125691972011-09-01T16:30:17.918+10:00i like tea. tea can be refreshing. but it's no fun to sip tea by myself... come sip some tea too. two for tea... and tea for two. ;Djonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-73377824628190085272009-03-06T12:06:00.003+11:002009-03-06T12:13:46.908+11:00

the rain has prompted me to blog. kinda symbolic as this blog has been deserted like the rain deserted the land of Victoria for the past 2 months.the view from my office:close up of the almost unfamiliar pitter-patter:it's been almost a year since i set out to finish my thesis... it's still lingering. good news is that it is a pass! yay.lots of things have been happening and it feels like life

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-26238952239380091232008-04-03T23:26:00.002+11:002008-04-03T23:29:15.434+11:00

been flat out. thesis is gaining momentum toward the end which i wish that would do so right now... end that is.a very many happenings lately on the culinary front. however, for now, you'll just have to sit tight. i do have an amusing skit via youtube. enjoy peeps :)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-89160076741994972832008-01-25T22:11:00.000+11:002008-01-25T22:22:58.669+11:00

i was very inspired today... to listen to a beatles song. you thought i was gonna say, "i was very inspired to write my thesis" right? ha! anyway, i go to my now favourite haunt - that is, youtube (yes, i've been hiding under a rock - i'm writing my thesis remember?!)... and stumble on "while my guitar gently weeps". great song... but what was also amazing was this...right now, i'm having trouble

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-41680626737391066472008-01-03T09:44:00.001+11:002008-01-03T11:37:26.348+11:00

happy new year to y'all! as with new year tradition, i took stock... of the thesis. it has come to my attention that there is only 2 months to go until i am to submit my thesis. in the hopes of attaining my goal, i have procrastinated a little (cmon cmon, hear me out first), and produced a graph of my progress to date courtesy of bellygraph.com (pretty aint she?). it will appear on the left as

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-2509206051989622292007-12-29T23:38:00.001+11:002007-12-29T23:40:12.501+11:00

i know i ought to be working on the thesis, but...i just had the most amazing strawberry! it was gathered this afternoon before any birds took notice and man, it was good. the berry itself was not huge. maybe the size of 10c coin? but the flavour.. sweet, fruity and for once in a long, long time, it tasted like strawberry -- not sour, watery pods from a supermarket. jammy, slightly sticky and

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-37889889970910457542007-12-19T10:16:00.000+11:002007-12-19T10:30:20.255+11:00

Did lots of roasting last night with turbo. So what followed this morning was a cupping session. Both for the purpose of evaluating my roasts and also testing my palate. On the table were cuban altura, brazil ipanema dulce, costa rica miel tarrazu.this was a blind cupping. first one i slurped was smoky and earthy - definitely the cuban. the next was a lil sweet, mid body, nothing to rave about -

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hmm, what is the etiquette of emoticons in emails to recruitment agents. i ask because i just smileyed in an email to one. hehe.professional jobs are darn hard to get these days. a quasi-entry level one anyways. it's quite sickening to think that you begin to develop an immunity to rejection emails. like the erosion of human emotions. hey that's kinda poetic. ok. in other news, nat from melb won

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-34866875756614744132007-11-20T23:03:00.001+11:002007-11-20T23:05:42.507+11:00

i've been using google reader for quite a while now - mainly for scrolling thru a plethora of coffee and foodie rss feeds/blogs. only today did i figure out how to add my shared stuff to the sidebar. that's an achievement. hopefully you'll find the feeds of interest. enjoy :)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-80813834967571020042007-11-15T00:51:00.000+11:002007-11-15T01:13:48.683+11:00

this guy's rendition of toto's africa is amazing... btw, toto's comin to town 7 March '08. Was I there the last time they were in melb? Yeah. Did they groove? Oh man... the groove in the pocket.here's what we had a taste of last time:Will they groove again? MaybeAm i going to be there in the event they do? You bet.Groove on brotha's...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-69517554744841865252007-10-15T16:01:00.001+10:002007-10-15T16:13:51.877+10:00

an old house by jyu This is the house near my grandfather's old house. When I look at it, I relate how I feel to it. Old, jaded, worn, but still standing, still being tested by time. That's where I am now. Thesis writing is progressing, but not finished yet. Time is passing, but I'm still standing, still being tested by time. It's the future after it that looks somewhat dim. Back to the

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-46125570256744081382007-10-11T17:24:00.000+10:002007-10-11T17:47:49.174+10:00

for some reason, today i've had the urge to take photos around the uni. i that means i'm starting to become nostalgic about my time here.my desk:research room (affectionately known as the seg cave):guys at cs helpdesk:my terminal while working at helpdesk (notice the monster sized stapler): student using monster stapler (as you can see it's a popular machine besides the computers in our dept):

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-35768018484772303092007-09-14T14:15:00.000+10:002007-10-11T17:56:21.703+10:00

i'm rediscovering the joys of sandwiches. it versatility and convenience. for example, a take on the classic blt -> mayo, lettuce, tomato, brescola in a italian focaccia. how about fusion italian/indian - wholemeal sandwich of tandoori chicken, rocket, tomato sauce and ripped basil leaves . unfortunately i've not got any photos of some of my fav sandwiches. but i do have pics of experimental

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-83427503288014303622007-09-13T23:42:00.000+10:002007-09-13T23:44:05.870+10:00

I experienced what some would call an epiphany. A revelation. I was questioning myself about where my motivation seemed to lie these days. Most days I'm excited about food, coffee, and working on solutions to programming problems. Not so about research work and writing a thesis.I thought hard about why this is the case. Isn't my research cutting edge, innovative and exciting? Well, to a certain

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-44083320779193210172007-09-11T23:20:00.001+10:002007-09-11T23:48:05.317+10:00

sometimes i'm amazed at the quality of produce we get here in melbourne. one day i snapped up some cherry tomatoes at $1 a punnet.another day, some blood oranges which come in season here for about 2 weeks to a month.another day still, some bread baked by d.chirico in st kilda, which is in season all year round ;).oh and sometimes, a nice cappucino from locally roasted coffee beans (i.e. in my

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-8966220190745262912007-08-21T09:59:00.000+10:002007-08-21T10:11:20.323+10:00

on the way to uni, my usual street parking spots around north carlton look suspiciously empty when it should be 95% full. the skeptic in me looks at the street signs to find that yup, new stickers posted over the old text of them. where it used to be free parking, it is now 'P ticket 7.30am-5pm' (meaning you now have to pay). i attribute this to the money hungry councils. mind you not long ago,

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-83961824120788536052007-06-23T20:03:00.000+10:002007-06-23T20:05:44.012+10:00

stumbled upon this youtube vid about the life of a barista, taken from a recent barista championship in the US. even though it's set in the US, its amazing to note that the same sub-culture of coffee exists even here in melbourne and i'm sure many other places around too...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-79868117800919242592007-06-21T21:44:00.000+10:002007-06-21T21:53:39.523+10:00

I've been taking time out to bake some bread these few days in between writing paragraphs for my thesis. This week I thought I'd give baguettes a try. The bread's based on a poolish for bakers out there. Results below...Not too shabby eh? I meant to take a photo of the open texture (read: lots o' air pockets) inside the bread but remembered after we all ate 'em :Pthe secret to the tears of the

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-22899160143082096382007-05-15T10:27:00.000+10:002007-05-15T10:30:38.572+10:00

over the past week, i carried out user studies on browsing wikipedia articles using categories. results thus far has confirmed my hypothesis: wikipedia really does have some weird entries in it!for example: the wife carrying race, the human dog race, turtle racing and wok racing.and that's only the racing sub-domain. i've yet to sift through others... more in a bit

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-11145252098261612782007-03-18T01:37:00.000+11:002007-03-18T01:39:46.106+11:00

who needs musical instruments and speakers systems for a concert? you may get a surprise next time you're on the public transport ;)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-32942504080251122312007-03-06T22:44:00.000+11:002007-03-06T22:53:24.197+11:00

a shopping outing with sis to highpoint a few weeks yielded only a few cookie cutters. but what cookie cutters they are! they're in the shape of people - legs, arms, head. the rest is really up to fine motor skills with your hands! inspired and having those cutters look at me each time i'm at my desk at home. i just had to look up a gingerbread recipe and cut out some men. so fun! man, each of

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-80828253644294238662007-02-20T21:19:00.000+11:002007-02-20T21:33:32.203+11:00

the age newspaper today had an article on sustainable fish. word is that humans are basically eating fish to unsustainable amounts. great, as if climate change weren't enough! anyways, the article notes that its in the hands of consumers to make the world a better place (yet again). on a tangential note, australia has recently passed a law that all fresh produce must bear the country of origin -

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you must be wondering why the lack of posts? well, it's because i've been busy blogging over here @thedailybean.com. Yups, I've started a coffee blog. i'm by no means a expert or connoisseur but it describes my journey - of tasting, roasting and all things coffee related. heck, i'm just in it for the brew! off i go on this slippery slope :P

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1169581972046641352007-01-24T06:48:00.000+11:002007-01-24T06:52:52.060+11:00

do ontologies dream of being evaluated?oh man i just dreamt about having a conversation to some guy (not a researcher) and he used technical/philiosphical terms from my research area. for example, "minimal ontological commitment.thing is, he used it in an ordinary sentence! hmm, come to think of it, he did sound like swee teng. no surprise there.oh man, i must really be immersed in my research

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1167864679337927072007-01-04T09:49:00.000+11:002007-01-04T09:51:19.363+11:00

top N songs to help you wake up (at least for me) :1. U2 - Beautiful day2. 2Pac - Me against the world3. Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thinghelped me wake up for my 9am shift today! w00t

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another yohannes quote:i'm just sitting here thinking about decisions. not making them... just thinking about them. that's what you call procrastination...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1166501109450223812006-12-19T15:04:00.000+11:002006-12-19T15:05:09.466+11:00

quirky quote of the day: "everything in life depends..." -yohannes

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1166069126429412002006-12-14T14:49:00.000+11:002006-12-14T21:02:59.933+11:00

since the silvia appeared, i've been taken on a journey into the world of coffee... to the point where roasting my own beans becomes necessary. yes, necessary. i would not say it's more economomical because it does take up time and effort but home roasting is definitely the way to go. advantages that come are: you can roast as much as you want, or as little as you want and to your preferred roast

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1164107635930731452006-11-21T22:01:00.000+11:002006-11-21T22:13:55.956+11:00

After much consideration and the right opportunity (read: irresistable price), i'm now a proud owner of 'miss silvia' - Rancilio Silvia, that is.Shock. Yes it is. Up to a week ago, it was but only wishful thinking, but it came to be :D Here it is.A big shout out to the previous owner for this blessing. The only reason it's not used, is because he now has his own cafe/roasting business. It truly

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falling short of the rancillo coffee machines posted a while ago... been looking at slightly cheaper ones.particularly - the presso. looks nice. quite affordable at $250 for manual lever pressurised coffee (read: non-electric).big plus is it does not require electricity so it's very portable. mmm...

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aww man, not another fine institution forced to close shop :(report from The Age: dizzy's is closing :(why oh why melbourne?!

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1161323740545953502006-10-20T15:52:00.000+10:002006-10-20T15:55:40.613+10:00

just saw coca-cola's new line of calory-burning drinks. what's so special?what?! did i hear right? calory burning?! sooo... as you drink, it burns up calories? yikes. there goes my exercise regime.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1161148593773098892006-10-18T15:13:00.000+10:002006-10-18T15:16:33.773+10:00

seems like i'm on a roll today...found this interesting article about success/failure - how to know when to quit on dilbert blogwonder what ventures i'll be involved in. if so, will 9 out of 10 fail? better generate lots of ideas then :P

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1161148043879110352006-10-18T15:00:00.000+10:002006-10-18T15:07:32.666+10:00

arghhhh i missed it -- world bread day. oh wells, to make up for it, i celebrated by having a slice of some bread this morning (that i made early this week).on a different note, there's been a lot of ruckus about the lack of rain in this part of the world. ppl in the country are really struggling. farmer's can't even survive and will probably go broke if it keeps up. so i've decided to do my bit.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1160640964807827712006-10-12T18:09:00.000+10:002006-10-12T18:16:04.833+10:00

it's freak weather patterns in melbourne (like today's sweltering 36C heat in spring) that make you realise certain things. no, not global warming. today, i realised the aircon in my car is busted. poor gorilla. and poor jon :'( there goes more mulla burning thru my pocket and into the car mechanic's booty. *sigh* aircon will be a must tho if the current spring weather is any indicator of summer.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1158571321444646832006-09-18T19:18:00.000+10:002006-09-18T19:23:49.796+10:00

instead of putting that money away for a trip or a really nice coffee machine, i came back from overseas with a substantial bill for a water pump replacement for the ol' gorilla (my 1990 corolla hatchback). tis sad... sad indeed :(

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1156673601304953982006-08-27T20:10:00.000+10:002006-08-27T20:13:21.320+10:00

oh man, quad stack burgers.quote from the article: "McDonald's and Hungry Jack's in Bourke Street, Melbourne, will provide a "quad burger". Just ask. The Sunday Age asked for two buns with four beef patties, four pieces of cheese, four rations of bacon and no sauce and no lettuce. At McDonald's, no questions were asked, just a few queries with the manager on cost and then $10.35 later, McDonald's

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1156138108788532852006-08-21T15:23:00.000+10:002006-08-21T15:29:54.496+10:00

in research, it is not the answers that shape us, rather it is the questions.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1155513899122034692006-08-14T10:04:00.000+10:002006-08-14T10:04:59.136+10:00

note to self: avoid over-microwaving milk. U.F.L (Unidentified Floating Lumps) are inevitable in your coffee :S

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1155513139157179602006-08-14T09:52:00.000+10:002006-08-14T09:52:19.183+10:00

got the soccer bug.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1151754591053905912006-07-01T21:17:00.000+10:002006-07-03T11:24:41.480+10:00

heard on the radio the other day that melbourne/victoria is the food capital of australia. why wouldn't it be. we have lots to offer from the raw ingredients and produce to the skills of chefs and cooks around town. so in tribute to these, i'm hoping to do a somewhat limited but a good sample of various food reviews around melbourne. foodies unite!ok. so for today i'll be bringing a croissant

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1151639198077815062006-06-30T13:45:00.000+10:002006-06-30T13:46:38.106+10:00

i just overheard on the tv: "i want your poo to have more shape .. blah blah.. brand new series" HUH?!! that's wrong man (but it sure got my ear).

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1150779550312195382006-06-20T14:58:00.000+10:002006-06-30T14:11:23.853+10:00

a krispy kreme store opens in melbourne tomorrow! link (pdf)word on the street is that it'll be 24 hours (?!)edit: apparently there's a 2 hour traffic jam to get to the store. duper crazy :|

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1149835120491881082006-06-09T16:37:00.000+10:002006-06-09T16:38:40.506+10:00

go on. punch me. u know you want to. who else are you gonna take it out on?

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1149225871436591052006-06-02T15:21:00.000+10:002006-06-02T15:24:51.820+10:00

it's sooo apt.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1148868777456724462006-05-29T12:11:00.000+10:002006-05-29T12:12:57.470+10:00

ssh tunnels are a great thing. especially when one is working from home! :D i can virtually work on my stuff without a hitch. now to get down to work... hmm... if only there was a ssh tunnel to my brain :S

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1148006963067042452006-05-19T12:49:00.000+10:002006-05-20T02:11:55.576+10:00

TOTO...today!UPDATE: best concert i've ever been. really. i hardly use this word, but it was awesome - in all senses of the word. the band have been away from australian shores for 14 years. but after tonight, they vowed to come back real soon. who knows, maybe we melbournians will see them again next year :D

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1147875854316702162006-05-18T00:14:00.000+10:002006-05-18T00:24:14.380+10:00

what better joys than a cast iron pan. i've been looking high and low for one of these for a budget price. Lodge has a great reputation but their stuff is mostly available in the US of A. i've seen it here but the price is just too much - $50+. however, today was that day :) i could hardly believe my eyes when i spotted this at a local hospitality outfit called cedar hospitality. she's a beauty.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1147613738426680052006-05-14T23:15:00.000+10:002006-05-14T23:39:55.373+10:00

some people associate friands with french. then french food with them tall hat snobby chefs. and then get put off and run away. if that didn't do it, the price tag would.but why take it out on the friand? they're but merely oval shaped victims of these social injustices. they just wanna be your friend. and why wouldn't they be? small, nutritious and very yummy. most of all, economical. the most

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1146925227677363432006-05-07T00:05:00.000+10:002006-05-07T00:22:56.083+10:00

spent the night coding... for fun that is. well, not exactly. twas for the ocf carlton website. but it was fun doing it :) the thing is, i'm not allowed to reveal the fruits of this labour yet. i haven't got permission from people yet... yet...the journey was a good feeling though. kinda like the song: code monkey (via collin's blog)."code monkey... get up... get coffee..."anyways. it's a

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1146659233185481862006-05-03T22:19:00.000+10:002006-05-03T22:27:13.203+10:00

i've come to the conclusion that chai (that is masala chai) and i are just not meant to be friends. today i went to my recently-discovered-cafe and saw chai on the menu. decided to give it one more chance, thinking perhaps the first one i had wasn't an anomoly. so i ordered the 'organic' chai (whatever organic means/tastes). eww. yuks.i reckon there's something about the spices. it's almost like.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1146317295602728982006-04-29T23:20:00.000+10:002006-04-29T23:28:15.646+10:00

drums 'sifu' has recently got me started again on shuffles. quite a fun rhythm to play - endless possibilities. sifu also suggested listening to some of the best shuffles recorded - bernard purdie on "babylon sisters" (Steely Dan). reputed to be one of -the- most recorded drummers in the world, this fella's got one of the fattest groove around. have a listen to the a-fore-mentioned track and

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1144768241166293482006-04-12T01:08:00.000+10:002006-04-12T01:10:41.220+10:00

i don't like being suckered. not one bit... not one bit at all...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1144073550558973262006-04-04T00:05:00.000+10:002006-04-04T00:12:30.583+10:00

well, e-nite is coming. invites to friends have been sent. wonder what the response(s) from them will be. am i ready for it? :S

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1142916973458110402006-03-21T15:46:00.000+11:002006-03-21T15:56:13.476+11:00

my mobile plan finally ends in the coming month of April. after enduring it for what seems to be centuries, i'm freed of its burden. so today, i call the carrier (who will remain anonymous to protect the sometimes-innocent) to let them know i'll be ceasing this rather costly plan. so i told the person on the other end of the phone this nicely. and for once, i got a humane and pleasant

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1142843920708515832006-03-20T19:36:00.000+11:002006-03-20T19:38:40.730+11:00

Recently traffic has been heavy inbound and outbound... no, not car traffic, but ppl-lift traffic. it's ridiculous i tell ya. had to wait 7 lifts before getting in to a lift that could accommodate my bicycle. why? apparently, according to the sign:"The lift industry in Victoria is on strike until further notice. As a result of this external industrial action, all our vertical transportation (

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1142684445469046542006-03-18T23:14:00.000+11:002006-03-18T23:21:12.936+11:00

did you know st. patrick's day isn't about dawning on green and going to the pub for sessions of green guiness. it actually commemorates the death of the bishop (or 2nd bishop) - St. Patrick - of Ireland in the mid 400's (according to my sources). apparently while he was on earth, he was an evangelist and responsible for leading many to God. there you have it.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1141821900400422882006-03-08T23:41:00.000+11:002006-03-08T23:45:00.400+11:00

Living for Jesus, a life that is true,Striving to please Him in all that I doYielding allegiance, glad hearted and freeThis is the pathway of blessing for me...Living for Jesus who died in my place,Bearing on Calvary my sin and disgraceSuch love constrains me to answer His call,Follow His leading and give Him my all.

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1141081276173190432006-02-28T09:47:00.000+11:002006-02-28T10:01:16.190+11:00

i think i'm becoming more and more obsessive compulsive around the office (that's not to be confused with OCD or anything psychiatric like that). not by choice either mind you. you see, i work in a shared office. i find that generally people don't feel responsible for things like the communal facilities though they are happy to use it (ie. the printer). so like if it runs outta paper, it gets

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1140953596017901082006-02-26T22:31:00.000+11:002006-02-26T22:33:16.046+11:00

jonserver just experienced a second death. this time it was the motherboards :(

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1139877294177503762006-02-14T11:32:00.000+11:002006-02-14T11:34:54.206+11:00

This came up in the top bar of my gmail as a webclip:Quote of the day: "Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." --Kahlil GibranA bit of an irony coming from google isn't it?

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1139537053983891972006-02-10T13:02:00.000+11:002006-02-10T13:04:14.000+11:00

gtkpod: a good friend of the ipod on linux :)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1139528369697457092006-02-10T10:37:00.000+11:002006-02-10T11:19:51.296+11:00

i got good results from my experiments!! (although it took a little over 11 hours) yay! hmm, to celebrate or keep poking at work?edit: checked the results. weren't so fantastic after all :( what a roller coaster...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1139358932398075992006-02-08T11:30:00.000+11:002006-02-08T11:35:32.426+11:00

ooh, ipod shuffle drops in price!. yummy... :)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1138669035648823452006-01-31T11:47:00.000+11:002006-01-31T12:40:44.983+11:00

just last night i bought the music-documentary called: Standing in the shadows of motown.before you switch off upon reading 'documentary', consider the groove... oh man... what a groove. ordinarily documentary=boring but not in this case. the groove is so infectious. i've watched it before in the cinemas and rented it from the video shop. but man, listening to it again both moved and awe-shocked

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1138597881520214322006-01-30T15:09:00.000+11:002006-01-30T16:12:01.896+11:00

was just thinking about the similarities between chinese new year and the western new year. is there much of a difference?well, of course they look different on the exterior - lion/dragon dances, ang pau's, bak kua, etc. but deep down in the roots of the two ar eone and the same i reckon. celebration of new year. reflection on the past. resolutions for the new year (warding off the ill of the

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1137927637162508522006-01-22T22:00:00.000+11:002006-01-22T22:00:38.230+11:00

sand + mobilephone do not go together like peas + carrots :(

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1137724333472775622006-01-20T13:24:00.000+11:002006-01-20T13:32:13.496+11:00

i'm heading out to the beach today. what's better than soaking up the sand and waves during summer?so after my supervisor meeting am driving straight down the nepean to rye (sshhhhh don't tell my supervisors). hehe :)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1137457797520353452006-01-17T11:29:00.000+11:002006-01-17T11:51:32.000+11:00

waking up early nowadays is sure hard work but worth it ;)this is what it took to get me outta bed this morning... alarm clock propped on a stool 2 metres away (audible distance yet far from the reaches of arm/leg)clothes prepared nicely on the same stool (less time to make excuse to go back to bed)winamp with alarm clock plugin to go off at around same time as alarm clock playlist with

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1136197356303481602006-01-02T21:22:00.000+11:002006-01-02T21:41:10.956+11:00

i've been jotting down petrol prices here in melbourne each time i'm at the bowser for quite a while now. about a year and a half i think. so i thought i'd chuck 'em into a a spreadsheet and see what i get. as you can see from below, prices has gone up at a steady rate with a few spikes here and there. currency is in AUD.well, i'm not surprised - my pocket has been feeling it ever since i started

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135660822794230222006-01-01T00:00:00.000+11:002006-01-02T21:22:53.400+11:00

Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. By the word of the

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135819069545444472005-12-29T12:17:00.000+11:002005-12-29T12:17:49.590+11:00

isn't she beautiful?

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135693877557904042005-12-28T01:31:00.000+11:002005-12-28T01:38:31.276+11:00

staying at home has many perils. many things to distract and make procrastination out of. today it was my room. rather the messiness of it. it came to boiling point so below are the results.before:after:you will notice that the sun has indeed set by the time i had finished :P but it sure feels much clean(-er) and neat(-er) :D

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135661743166474112005-12-27T16:34:00.000+11:002005-12-27T16:35:43.270+11:00

that's rite. going without the comments feature for a while. see how it goes ;) p/s did you know vanilla ice cream outsells chocolate ice cream 3-1? crazy...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135414553087578872005-12-24T19:55:00.000+11:002005-12-25T01:21:48.743+11:00

something light for fun :D wishing you guys a happy christmas. let us continue to remember the reason for the season... Jesus Christ :)

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135412126997157082005-12-24T19:15:00.000+11:002005-12-25T00:28:34.516+11:00

mum showed me how to make chwee kueh today - classic singaporean hawker food. Recipe:565ml water140g rice flour1 tbsp (heaped) tapioca flour1/2 tsp salt2 tbsp oilput ingredients in a pot and whisk thoroughly. put it on a stove to thicken (but not too much).prepare steamer. spoon thickened mixture into small moulds and place in steamer for about 6mins. serve with salted radish (chai poh) and some

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1135308932216811552005-12-23T14:23:00.000+11:002005-12-24T18:49:40.190+11:00

i've been fiddling with this sorting function that my friend wrote. it's a all-in-one quicksort function (normally the partition phase is a separate function you see) - which is pretty cool. what i wanted to do was to reverse the way it sorted numbers. easy enough you say...that's what i thought. "all you need is to reverse everything!", i thought. but after a whole day, i discovered that wasn't

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1134278642636837362005-12-11T16:06:00.000+11:002005-12-11T16:24:02.673+11:00

ok, maybe not so dark and not so lordy... but i'm back. for now.yeh, i know it's been quite a while since i got back. (yes i'm back). but have been occupied irl (and lazy) to post... anything. officially got back here 20th nov. and settled back into uni quickly and that's where i have been mainly occupied to date. you see, i drew up a week by week schedule of my phd and alongside it i put down

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1132828829083796502005-11-24T21:35:00.000+11:002005-11-24T21:40:29.116+11:00

Argh, it's too deafeningly quiet in here so I just had to squeak from my little corner. :)Hello, world!*waves*

-d.noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1131604726031536292005-11-10T14:23:00.000+11:002005-11-10T17:53:33.406+11:00

ok, i've been in singapore for the past 2 5 days. my my, how the time seems to fly past. and in 2 days time i'll be on a plane to penang. 3/4 of my bags are filled with stuff for relatives - souvenirs and offerings from abroad. the past few days have been good. singapore seems soooo big tho its just a small island. lots of people everywhere. bustling walkways and streets. overwhelmed at

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1130951284662197882005-11-02T19:11:00.000+11:002005-11-03T04:08:04.663+11:00

presented today - actual presentation was ok, but questions encountered were hard to answer :(finally got around to editing photos taken here at ayia napa, cyprus. check out mah flickr if interested. conference dinner soon... can't miss that.checking out of grecian bay hotel tomorrow and will be staying at the flamingo beach hotel for 2 nights before heading off to singapore :Dl8rs

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1130676768438312942005-10-30T23:34:00.000+11:002005-10-30T23:52:48.453+11:00

i've arrived at the grecian bay hotel in ayia napa, cyprus!yesh... after a deceivingly long journey - (14hrs to dubai, transit for 3, 4 to larnaca), i can safely say i'm pooped. but its only 2.40pm here and my body is feeling confused. what was amazing about the flight was that upon boarding it, it so happened that the other two RMIT researchers presenting at this conference had their seats plonk

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1129949673128140382005-10-22T12:49:00.000+10:002005-10-22T12:57:33.700+10:00

it was what we've (sis and i) have missed from m'sia. you know, the ones you go to the local kopitiams for to have with coffee...

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1129648840549356522005-10-19T01:18:00.000+10:002005-10-19T01:21:17.733+10:00

what the ?this needs to be documented? by microsoft?! strange-o-rama

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1129609096927336222005-10-18T14:16:00.000+10:002005-10-18T14:18:16.936+10:00

a terrible thing happened last night!the jonserver2 disk drive died! all 160gb of info gone! my gentoo server setup with apache,php,mysql,samba,cups,mambo,forums,tripwiki - GONE!*sigh* just when i had it all nicely tuned... gone too soon

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1129515530379501032005-10-17T11:43:00.000+10:002005-10-17T12:18:50.393+10:00

i've discovered gmail (again)! following d(onny)'s idea of archiving my research related email to gmail. this was achieved in 2 steps:1. forwarded new incoming mail using .forward utility in unix2. forwarding old mailboxes on my account using Mark Lyon's Gmail Loader (available for windows and *nix) via SMTP - it loses the timestamps and all, but found no other solution :(i've currently

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1129205228791943012005-10-13T21:57:00.000+10:002005-10-13T22:07:44.186+10:00

muhahaHAHA surveillance is up at my office >:)i brought my webcam today and installed it as a surveillance camera for when i'm not around. took me a while to get but its worth it. the software (called motion) actually detects motion (*gasp*). so that's pretty cool. here's a clip of steeeve waving and then getting bunny ear'd... so yeah it will be pretty interesting to see what goes on when i'm

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1129109853120977282005-10-12T19:25:00.000+10:002005-10-12T19:37:33.136+10:00

no, not UFO's but DFO! yeah, a new store is open now at the essendon airport, which is a good thing. BUT. its a bad thing for local traffic - especially for me. i jumped outta the house around 10am today for uni. usually traffic is minimal. but today, as soon as i got to the freeway entrace near my house, traffic was bumper to bumper all the way to essendon airport! that's a good 7km? i've never

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1128909625479119792005-10-10T11:57:00.000+10:002005-10-10T12:07:56.636+10:00

1157: i find out whether i go to the APCCM'06 conference in tasmania sometime today. just gotta wait and see i guess...1200: pa-piao... word has come in - it got rejected :(

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1128432349722189592005-10-04T23:25:00.000+10:002005-10-04T23:27:42.333+10:00

melbourne transportation is just getting more and more ridiculous. i was listening to the radio this afternoon and there was a discussion on melbourne's increasing need for better transportation solutions in light of the recent hike in petrol prices. also because the suburbs are being sprawled out more too. this sparked comments about better public transport and how that would help. basically

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1128343827041377032005-10-03T22:46:00.000+10:002005-10-03T22:50:27.046+10:00

i'm not sure what's up with my mood today. i've been getting down to do stuff i wanted to for the longest time. first my blog. now i've updated my flickr page with recent photos. quite a few stories behind the photos... but i think i'll leave them for another day's posts.can i say i'm pooped ?

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1128332199731635142005-10-03T19:30:00.000+10:002005-10-03T19:36:39.916+10:00

finally got down to customising the blog's stylesheet. i'm not a big fan of bubbly bloated layouts. so i trimmed the previous one down to its bare essentials and altered a few things. in the end its all about the K.I.S.S. principle.but beware: for now congo watches over this blog. dun be misbehavin' ya hear :P

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1128090584893719632005-10-01T00:05:00.000+10:002005-10-01T00:29:44.900+10:00

Hellooo everyone :D

-d.noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1127949396631892672005-09-29T09:14:00.000+10:002005-09-29T09:16:36.630+10:00

up: got into uni as early as 9am this morning! woo :) (the last time i achieved this was last year i think)down: got my first parking ticket yesterday :(

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126966687742270782005-09-18T00:11:00.000+10:002005-09-18T00:18:07.743+10:00

well it's official! paul and yee min are now mr & mrs tan. congrats!just got back from the wedding dinner. overall the day was good - weather was temperamental but behaved when it needed to.it was quite an educational experience into the whole sequence of a wedding. quite well done i reckon. lots of little funny things happened but shall save those for later. reception was ok too. lots of colors

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126880824342343792005-09-17T00:26:00.000+10:002005-09-17T00:27:11.903+10:00

can i just say that writing a best man speech is really REALLY hard

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126837406117859312005-09-16T12:23:00.000+10:002005-09-16T12:23:26.116+10:00

poor fish

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126794437154674952005-09-16T00:15:00.000+10:002005-09-16T00:27:17.160+10:00

i did it once, i'm doing it again... compiling a video (for an upcoming wedding... shhh its a secret). this time without a video camera. how you say? well, am using photos and cheesy fade-in-and-outs and adding a soundtrack to that - basically a glorified powerpoint slideshow (but with sound).but who would've thought a 3-min slideshow would blow out to a 700MB file (uncompressed). so using the

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126747692774018912005-09-15T11:27:00.000+10:002005-09-15T11:28:12.780+10:00

Wahaha...I can now post too! :D

-d.noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126276219118545192005-09-10T00:20:00.000+10:002005-09-10T00:34:59.056+10:00

for some reason, i took heaps of photos this week. perhaps theraphy for the past few week's stress over writing papers. hee...well, here they are. i managed to upload to my flickr page and create these sets!Set 1: Little Collins St.Set 2: Lygon St. Christian ChapelSet 3: Footscray

jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208391421545710202noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12569197.post-1126171002765307462005-09-08T19:15:00.000+10:002005-09-08T19:16:42.770+10:00

man this is sooo cool ;) [haduken!]

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