A week more to IHM Christmas Play!

Hi..

Our church is having a Christmas Play for the first time and I'm quite happy to be involved in this ground-breaking event. Haha. It's only a week away now and I'm so excited, yet nervous because I'm afraid things may go wrong since it's the first time.

Anyway, I did the promo video for the play (yet another video for my portfolio =D ). I'm too lazy to load it up here so i'll put the link to my church youth group (Testimony of Light). If you are interested to view, please go and take a look. LOL.

My First Car Accident (Part 2)

continued...

I know it's been a long while since I posted the first part. But it's partly cuz I'm busy, you noe, goin for holidays, working, etc.. Oh, also I was spendin a lot of time gaming. LOL.

Anyway, I'll continue my story to the best of my knowledge, since I'm.. well.. quite forgetful in the short term. Haha..

After the collision and the excitment, I just sat there in the driver's seat, not knowing what to do next. In my mind, I was constantly thinking, my dad's going to kill me, my dad's going to kill me.. Instead of thanking God that no one was hurt and it was a minor accident. But you will understand only if you were in my place. After "stunning" there for about a min, I called my dad and told him what happened and asked what to do. I was surprised he didn't scold me but told me calmly to get the particulars of the taxi driver and wait while he and my family, who were apparently out for dinner at the moment, to rush down. So I got out and approached the taxi driver and asked for his particulars. To my luck, I think, the taxi driver was a very nice middle aged chinese man. He didn't argue with me or anything but just said he was on his way home to have dinner. I felt more relaxed and told him that I was also on my way home to have dinner that I have just bought and spilt in the car. LOL.

My family came down about 15 mins later. And my dad did the talkin while I listened at the side. After a while, my dad drove the car back home. Soon after, at around 10 plus, we drove the car down to the workshop at Defu where we applied for the insurance and I had to give in my statement. The workshop loaned us a replacement car until the repairs are done.

As of the time of this post, the car has been repaired and returned within a week. The costs was bourned by the taxi insurance. And I have not drove any car since then. That was nearly 3 weeks ago. I'll be back as soon as I regain my confidence.

Conclusion: Although the accident was a frightful experience, I learned something out of it and I'll know what to do if, Heaven forbid, I get into another accident. Or at least how to react if similar circumstances were to happen again.

My First Car Accident (Part 1)

I know what you are thinking: Why do I appear so happy to blog about an accident? Actually, I just want to share with everybody cuz I'm still haunted by the incident. It was my first car accident, with me behind the wheel and I had just got my license barely half a year ago.

RECOUNT:
Ok here goes.

21st Nov 2008. 8pm. I was driving home in my dad's Mazda 5 MPV. I dropped my frens at Jurong East MRT, drove back incident-less till Serangoon Station. I turned into Central and dropped another fren at the MRT. I went on to Serangoon Central to buy my dinner at S11 coffeeshop, or so it used to be called. After that, I decided to go a big round, pass the MacDonalds and Braddell Heights Community Club, back onto Upper Serangoon Road. I carried on driving forward until the junction between Upper Seragoon Road and Serangoon Central Road.

The moment. I was driving along the bus lane, in between a few cars. The light was green. The car in front of me turned left. I slowed down, letting the car turn. Thereafter I continued to drive forward into the junction. I noticed a red TransCab at my 2 o'clock, moving forward, stopping, moving forward, stopping, etc. I thought he wasn't going to turn, so I gently sped up. When I passed the green light, all of a sudden, the taxi sped past and tried to make the turn into Serangoon Central. I was taken aback. I jammed my brakes and flashed the high beam. But to no avail. I could only watched helplessly as the front half the taxi made it past my car. I kept my eyes trained on the back of the taxi. The last I saw was the reflection of my left headlight getting brighter on the taxi boot to the point that I could even see the bulb itself! And the next thing, at approx 8.55pm, travelling at 50-60km/h.. BANG!! I jolted in my seat, car stopped dead in the tracks, radio went off. Immediate silence. Within half a sec of impact, I spun my head to the left to see the taxi spin about before coming to a halt at the corner traffic light. I was absolutely stunned.. I didn't even take off my seat belt. I switched off the engine, turned on the hazard lights and just sat there, for whatever reason.. I was so afraid and shaken by what had just happened..

to be continued...

I'm Sick (An Epic Battle)

I'm sick today. But not sick with fever or the flu, no. I'm down with the wildy notorious diarrhoea for no apparent reason. Hmmm.. I don't know if I've got the spelling right but that's the way I'll be calling it for now. Anyhow, I haven't fallen ill for quite a long time and I didn't eat anything wrong or cold or spoilt. I'm clueless about how I got this sickness so I'm just going to account this story for memory of a sore defeat.. Ummm..Yeah.. LOL.

This monster of a diarrhoea just suddenly crept up on me last night and assaulted me at 1:42am. That's right. I remembered the time. I was jolted out of my sleep and bolted to the toilet where I _________ ___________ (details not included). For the rest of the night, I was attacked at regular intervals of 2 hrs. Even when I was supposed to go to work, this monster was relentless and persistent. Ouch. In the end, I was forced to submit and gave my superior a call, informing him of my great battle with diarrhoea. I tried to go back to sleep but still not shown mercy. At 10am, I visited the doctor where I was promptly prescribed with a monster load of medicine for a monstrous diarrhoea.






























Look at that! 4 types of medicine just for diarrhoea. This sickness really is a monster. You need so many pills and tablets just to destroy it into oblivion. What the F. This is one sickness you don't want to mess around with.

















What's this!? I have to take 7 pills at a go!? Oh man.. Not to mention that black tablets that themselves remind me of what comes out when I get attacked. I mean just look at this.. I have such a wide variety of medicine. We got those black pieces of s***, the shiny green and blue capsules, the mini mentos and the antibiotics pill that look like vitamins. Sigh.. Guess I have to take them if I want to get better. Oh by the way, those mini mentos really tasted quite sweet. Now I'm confused as to whether they are really medicine.

In conclusion, diarrhoea is a bad-ass monster of a sickness. It attacks you when you don't expect it, it's a pain in the ass (literally) and it gives you the chance to consume a wonderful selection of medicine. All in all, stay healthy.



PS: Don't take this so seriously. All this are said with a light heart. I'm still cheerful, dun need to go to work. :) lol.. I'm going to sleep now.

SAFRA Army Half Marathon (Before)

The army half marathon. Something that happens annually in August. Last year, it occurred when I was on course, therefore I did not run, but helped out in the water point instead. This year, I couldn't escape the marathon. My OC, a running enthusiast in his late 40s, pushed me to go. He told me to go for the 10km run, out of the remaining available 21km and 6km runs. I started training for the 10km run, reaching my max of running 8km nonstop. Last week, I was quite prepared for the 10km. However, my enthusiasm was immediately smashed into demoralisation when I received my number tag just 4 days before the event (as shown below). Something was not right..
































As you can see, I totally got shocked by the distance that I was supposed to run. It's more than double that of what I've trained for.. -.- Boy was I in for a nasty little surprise. One thing I did not understand is how I managed to enter the 21km run. It's common practice in army to train progressively. And to enter the 21km run, I would have needed to run at least 16km nonstop, which I didn't. So I'm still perplexed about this. But I'll just give it my best shot at the run. Wish me luck.

Death Race

I just caught Death Race last night. It was absolutely thrilling. I'm not about to spoil it for those of you who have not watched it yet. But it is definitely one of the "must see" movies this year, especially so if you like car chases plus obscene killings with incredibly realistic sound effects that would blow you away. So surreal are the sound effects that the whole cinema let out a painful groan at every sound of flesh hitting metal. There are in-movie advertisements for as long as I can remember but it is essential to the movie's plot. Anyhow, I loved the graphics, seeing how I strive to be an animator. LOL. Catch the movie asap! Get ready for the race of your life, the Death Race.

Fantastical Water Fountain

Yet another wonderfully superb Japanese invention. Is there nothing that they can't do? Watch this video of a fountain outside a shopping center in Canal City. Once you see it, I bet you'll be astounded too. Enjoy! Look out especially when it's at 4:10, the effect created will absolutely amaze you.

Interesting Advertisement

This is a really amazing advertisement. It's not what you may expect but at the end of it, you kind of just feel that everything worked out. Try to guess what the ad is selling before the end of it. Thumbs up!


"Poetry in motion"

iPhone 3G (not quite what you think)

I just viewed a video about the iPhone 3G and it reaffirms my dislike for Apple. Well, here it is, the advert for iPhone 3G.


*iPhone 3G - I Havent Eaten In Days*

Super Chuck Norris Brothers

It has been a while since I last posted. These few weeks have been really busy for me at work. Today, I managed to take some time off to relax and watch some videos. -.- Anyway, I came across this video of a modified Super Mario game, titled Super Chuck Norris Brothers. As you can guess, the protagonist is indeed Chuck Norris. The clip is simply LOL. Haha. If you dunno who Chuck Norris is, I suggest you google or yahoo or wiki him up lest you are left dumbfounded after watching the video. Haha. Enjoy and remember to LOL.

Creative Zen X-Fi (32GB)

Wow, wow, wow.. Creative came up with a better, cooler and feature-bursting zen mp3 player! And its new 32GB storage size will just swallow up your new iPod Touch. Take that Apple! The size of this new gadget is pretty much the same as its predecessor, Creative Zen. It's still credit card-sized and about a centimetre thick.

What immediately seduced me was the incorporation of X-Fi technology into the player. Everyone knows that Creative are the best with audio and naturally the technology they offer is certainly trusted. X-Fi processes the music and make them sound better than the CD quality and now, it's in the Zen! (Drools...) Moreover, in addition to the previous Zen features, Zen X-Fi includes wireless connectivity, allowing the user to log onto MSN Messenger and powerful in-built speakers.

Check out its sweet, enticing features:

1) X-Fi technology incorporated
2) In-built speakers
3) Huge storage capacity (solid state)
4) ~70g light
5) MSN Messenger compatible
6) Wireless capability
7) SD Card expansion
8) 2.5" screen, 16.7m colours
9) Radio, Mic, EQ support
10) Bundled with Noise Cancelling In-Ear Earphone

With features like that, an asking price of $399 is a steal. But I think I shall stick with my SanDisk Sansa for a while more until there are promotions for Zen X-Fi. LOL. Anyhow, I'll choose this over the Apple iPod Touch anytime.

http://sg.creative.com/products/product_CreativeStore.asp?category=213&subcategory=214&product=17811&nav=0

Red Cloud

Took this picture of a red cloud against a clear blue evening sky one day after work. It's amazing, I've never seen such a strong contrast of colours in the sky before. It looks even cooler when you see it for yourself.

News To Amuse 2

The New Paper - 01 July 2008
8.4M People Will Go Blind in Asia by 2010
The first thing we think of when we read the headline is, "wat the...! 8million plus people will be blind in 2 years!" And that's only in Asia. What a way to "look" into the future. I'd rather not "see" it so soon. Well, better take care of our eyes. I'll "see" you again. LOL






The Straits Times (Home) - 03 July 2008
NSF Accused Of Molesting Girl
Hmmm.. I guess after this article, people will have a stronger impression that guys who go into army become more desperate. It's true by the way, take example me, after I enlisted, I'm more desperate now. Desperate to get out of there! LOL.

Going Home?

My company has night's off tonight. And I overheard a conversation between 2 of my storemen, Marcus and Yao.

(whole conversation in mandarin)
Yao: I'm booking out today.
Marcus: Are you going home?
Yao: No.
Marcus: Then what are you going to do?
Yao: I'm going home to take some money.
Marcus: Then I ask you if you going home and you said no!
Yao: Oh yeah hor..
Marcus and Me: -_-"

Guitar Hero 4: World Tour

Adding on to the news of the release of Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS. Here comes the next instalment from the series, Guitar Hero World Tour. This release will be playable on PS3, XBOX360 and Wii. This game will make history for the series. Why so? Because unlike previous games where there is only one included guitar controller, GH4 includes a revamped guitar controller, a new set of drums and yes, even a microphone. This allows you to play the guitar, drums as well as sing, much like Rock Band. The game is due to release next year and it currently cost US$189. Looks like I have to start saving my cash for this game. This is going to be so cool!

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Out this month on the DS is one of my long awaited game: Guitar Hero On Tour! It's costing abt $60-70 if I remember correctly. Most of you, like me, would have wondered how will you play the game on the Nintendo DS. Well, if you purchase the original game, it will come with an additional 4 button "guitar fret" controller that can be attached to the DS GBA cartridge slot. You'll hold the DS vertical and strum the virtual guitar on the touch screen with the guitar pick provided. Knowing GH games, there will be stages where you are required to shred so as to hit the crazy notes. You'll definitely be in the lime light when you play this game on the bus.

News To Amuse 1

Usually newspaper headlines give an overall summarisation of the article. However, more often than not, the reader's perceived meaning may be different from that of the writer. Also, some articles are so ridiculous that you wonder how did they even make it into such prestigous newspapers. News to Amuse brings you the LOL-est news from Singapore's newspapers!

The Straits Times (Home) - 26 June 2008
200 Metal Letterboxes In Ubi Stolen
Who or what, in their sane mind would want to steal letterboxes? Maybe they are so desperate to receive snail mails that they need to have 200 letterboxes of mails. Interesting. Apparently, the theft is the work of metal theives who just want to sell metal for recycling in a bid to make some quick money. What a load of metal crap!

The Straits Times (Main) - 26 June 2008
Yao Ming's Bed to be Auctioned to Raise Money
I wonder who would really want to pay a wealthy sum for Yao Ming's used bed. It's 2.3m long. Long enough to have 2 children lie on it lengthwise. Anyway, the bed is just one of the many celebrities stuff that are on auction to raise funds for the Beijing Olympics. It's just entertaining to note that Yao's extraoridinarily long bed is on sale. Looks like he'll be hitting the hay now, literally. LOL.

The Straits Times (Home) - 26 June 2008
Singapore's Oldest Bus Stop To Remain
Yes, that's right. The oldest bus stop in Singapore, in CCK, outside Tenga Air Base have avoided the excavator's claws. Votes have been cast on the preservation of certain historical structures and the bus stop was top of the list. LTA has since decided that the bus stop is to remain where it is. Funnily enough, one of a reader, a mother, interviewed said, "Now I can bring my family there to take photos with the bus stop." Wow..
Here's an interesting outtake of the news, by TalkingCock.com.
Oldest Bus Stop In Singapore

My First Composition

Every year when I help out at church camps, I just keep getting called to be the photographer. As the years go by, I slowly upgraded to doing video montages and now, my interest is to be a compositor or motion graphics designer. Basically, what I do is the opening sequence of a video such as the titles and any other short clips.

This is my first composition I made and its for the Sec 2 Camp in church a month ago. After I've rendered the clip and everything, I took a step back and thought, oh wow, it looks like an MTV-style animation. Haha. What do you think about it? Take a look and comment. Thanks! By the way, the graphics was inspired by a compositor from USA by the name of Andrew Kramer. Great guy.

PS: If you want me to create a title sequence, let me noe. By helping you, I can add them to my portfolio too. So its a win win situation.. =)

Thanks

A big thanks for those who have read my blog so far and dropped comments, I was quite sceptical that anyone would actually read what I have to say. Well, for those who said that my posts are like advertisements, this is my style of writing. I hope I dont get blasted for using copyrighted pictures though.. Check back on my blog every now an then!

Btw, please leave me ur blog address if you want me to link to you! =)

SH*T!

Did that title catch your attention? Haha. I'm talkin about sh*t here. Literally. So literal that I've even added a picture of the various kinds of sh*t. By the way, I was not the one that went around the web looking for sh*t. My brother, was surfing on wikipedia and I don't know HOW but he stumbled upon an article on constipation. Needless to carry on with that story. So I thought I'd just post this picture here to spread the sh*t, as well as to teach you sh*t. LOL. I particularly find the description hilarious. Try to picture them in your head. Enjoy!
After Thoughts: Have you ever wondered how a list like this came about? Pictures + Descriptions? Now, ponder this, how did the scientist study the sh*t and what prompted him to do it? Hmmm...

Singapore's Best Fried Chicken

There was an article in yesterday's Lifestyle, Sunday Times. It's all about fried chicken and the comparison of the best in Singapore. I'm a huge, hungry fan of fried chicken, esp KFC and I'll instantly chomp down on any I can get my hands on. So undoubtedly, that article caught my attention and had me frantically flipping to that delicious page as soon as I picked up the Sunday Times. Anyway, Lifestyle did a taste test between the more well known fried chickens across the island, including BK chicken, KFC, McDonald's, Popeye's and 2 other not as famous asian kitchens. Needless to say, the winner was KFC! It got the highest score for aroma, taste and appearance. LOL. The comment was that judges unanimously guessed the chicken piece they ate was from KFC without a second thought. Wow. KFC, here I come with my big fat wallet! On the other hand, I find it particularly amusing the way they commented on the last placing chicken from one of the asian kitchen: the chicken looks like leftovers.

Lookout! Here Comes UHDTV!

You know.. Just when you thought High Definition TV is the one and only and here to stay, watch out, here comes Ultra High Definition TV. To put things in perspective, lets take a Standard Definition TV or SDTV. A HDTV is about the size of 4 SDTV. Big enough? Now, take a look at this. UHDTV is the size of 16, yes, 16! HDTV put together. That's about 64 SDTV put together! And it's not very high lah hor, only about 10m high and 30m wide. LOL. Recently in Singapore, we had the Communiasia 2008, where a demonstration of a UHDTV by NHK was held. The TV screen was an unearthly, unheard off, oh my G.., 300 inch wide! Try getting a TV of that size to fit into your living room. You'd probably need to remove the first floor ceiling juz to fit it comfortably. And don't forget that you need to sit at least 15m away from the screen to view the whole screen. Wow, how big your living room had to be.. Oh yeah, price.. Don't you ever wonder how much it cost? Well, if a 52in Full HD TV could cost $10000, surely a 300in tv would cost a few hundred thousand right? Well, obviously it's wrong, we're talking Ultra HD here. That 300in giant of a TV costs $3m. Surprise surprise. LOL. But don't worry about saving up for these giant babies. The first UHDTV set will be commercially available after 2020. Long way to go! =P

Anyway, technology moves so fast this days that computer scientists are pushing themselves so fricking hard. A generation of hardware has hardly settled down in the market before the next is unveiled. As in this case, HDTV is just getting mainstream and UHDTV is already on the way. Things that are once science fiction is becoming reality. Isn't it scary? Just 2 decades ago, a Megabyte (MB) was considered a lot of storage space. Within 10 years, 1MB is hardly enough to store anything and a Gigabyte (GB) is considered a lot of space. Now within another 10 years, 1GB is easily used up and the next is Terabyte (TB) or 1000GB. Soon, the next gen of storage will come and it will be Petabyte or 1000TB or 1 000 000 GB. Furthermore, we had floppy disks (<1mb),>diskettes (1.44MB), CD-R (700MB), DVD(4.2GB), DL-DVD(8.3GB), HD-DVD(15GB), Blu-Ray (25GB) and next is Holographic Versatile Disc, HVD (3.9TB), which uses green laser. Amazing. What a fast paced world we live in! =)

Something to read on:
- Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV)
- Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD)

Impossible Riddle

I came across this riddle about the English language a few years back. I gave up on it and never thought I'll see it ever again. But as you can guess, I did (no prize for guessing right, too bad), otherwise I wont be writing this post anyway. LOL. Anyway, here goes:

"There are three words that end with 'gry'.
One of them is angry.
The second is hungry.
What is the third word in the English Language.
It is a simple word and everybody uses it everyday.
What is the word?"

Have a brain-cracking fun time!

Heroes Season 3

Ever since that irritating writers strike since Dec 07 which disrupted the airing of Heroes, every one has been waiting for the series to continue. The strike couldn't have come at a more appropriate time; it was the climax of the first season and everyone was kept in suspense for the second and third season when BOOM! The bomb was dropped on all Heroes fans; filming has been suspended due to the strike by the Writers Guild of America or something along that line. What a coincidence that the writers for Heroes just happened to be in that guild.. I checked back almost once everyday for news that the strike would end. But it just seemed forever. Finally in end Feb, there came the first signs of talks between the guild and the broadcast companies. And finally in mid March, the strike was declared over. 3 MONTHS OF WAITING!! The heck.. When the long long awaited news of the end of the strike in March 08 surfaced and that the series would continue with Heroes Season 3: Villains, I bet the whole world let out a unanimous sigh of relief and a loud "IT'S ABOUT TIME". Well, the first episode of season 3 would premiere on Sept 22, 2008. Can't wait for it. You can view the Heroes: Villains trailers on Youtube or similar video sites.

Mika - Lollipop

Juz happened to come across the music video of the song Lollipop by Mika. The song is nice but I never watched the video until I happened to be channel surfing on MTV. Cute video. By the way, Mika's great. Love his songs: Grace Kelly, Love Today, My Interpretation, Happy Ending, Lollipop, Relax (Take It Easy), Big Girl, etc. Basically his whole Life In Cartoon Motion album.

Funny Clip

I just happened to watch this video while link-surfing from youtube. Its so funny after you hear the killer punchline at the end. Its from an old B&W movie of a guy explaining what are zombies. Listen carefully! LOL..

Hi.. Second post today.

Hope you werent offended by the last post. LOL. Just to let you noe, i have wild moodswings, even when i'm writing this blog. So i can be real funny now and hahahaha all the way or i can ask you to shut the h*** up and listen to me, you understand? Haha.

Just a quick one on my blog name for the curious with an insatiable appetite for knowledge and those who just want to learn and forget. So whichever you are, dun worry, i'll still explain nevertheless. Just be PATIENTZZ...TA!! For those who personally noe me, I like videography, my passion and soon to be my uni study topic and in the future, to be my career. Actually, i'm more into compositing and animation, motion graphics, titling and hope to be involved in an advertisement project that wins awards. High hopes, but achieveable. Yes, do not doubt the power of Web 2.0 (psst, no link to wat i juz said). My second hobby, known to my true frens out there is competitive yoyo-ing. Yes, there is such a thing. In fact, i'm a member of the YoYo Association of Singapore, YYAS. I'll put up the link to that website once I figure out how to work this D*** blog customisation thing.. Excuse my language, I like to add some nice colours once in a while. Anyway, i think this paragraph is a bit long so for the fun of it, i'll cut it right here

So we have my passion and my hobby, Video and Yoyo. So mash them altogether and what do you get? Mashed potatoes.. Just joking lah can.. You got the address of my blog. Isnt it creative to have it called Vi-De-Yo..? Sounds like video but there is a yoyo element. Haha! Next paragraph.

So there you have it, my explanation for my blog address. I cant believe how lor sor i am. Its amazing how i can just type on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on but i can speak off and off and off (opposite of speak on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on, basically means i speak little). Man of few words, that I am. That's why my name, Manfred. Manfred = man of peace in german, man of peace = man who dun start arguments = man who keep quiet = man of few words = Manfred. Me.

I want to type more now but i'm afraid i have to be peaceful yet again. So i'll shut my online mouth up, zip it up (using WinZip of course) and stash inside a folder to be accessed soon. Hmmm for those anti-techno-geeks people out there, you cant stop the power of Web 2.0. You will have to learn techno-IT terms whether you like it or not. Ah yes.. the power of Web 2.0.

Also, i'd like you to noe that today is my darling Felicia's birthday. So Happy Birthday my girl. I wont reveal her age to protect her privacy. I love and respect her you noe, not like all you out there who are just waiting, hungering and expecting me to expose her juicy little tender age, think I dunno, but i do. By the way, that was a joke. Haha. But seriously, i wont reveal it. Why? Cuz this is the net! Not supposed to reveal such stuff on the internet in case you havent heard. Either that or you're just being ignorant. Cant believe it.

Oh well, my session has expired, watch out for my next post then. Look out for more Manfred 2.0. Till then!

Afterthoughts: Oh man, this is a **** lot of words in this post, pretty ironic since I'm a man of few words. Whatever, the world is full of opposites, so hello! I love all you people who read my blog. Heh.. ^_^

Hi.. First post on my first blog. I intent not to call it a blog cuz its too common and it sounds funny. But i havent thought of a cooler and nicer nice for it, eg, thought centre, opinion homepage, speak my mind site.. Erm.. Some help from somebody, please!

Anyway, why Manfred 2.0, I hear some of you ask, or at least you, the person reading this. If you arent asking, just read on, its good to just keep quiet once in a while and listen to other people talk, am i right? Of course i'm right, you're here to read my opinions anyway (or you wouldnt be here in the first place), so just hush and read! See what you made me do, I just want to explain why I name my blog like this and you had to make me write so much juz to convince you to read my blog. What has the world come to? Moving on..

Ok, basically, Manfred is my name. Me. Manfred is me. I'm Manfred. Got it? Good.
Next. 2.0 is the geek or netizen term for blog. Huh? Dont get it? Sigh. Read on...

***Technical terms alert!***
Blogging, friendster, facebook, IM and what have you got that connects people online all fall into this broad term called social networking, or something like that. And the nickname, or proper term (i'm not sure), for internet social networking is WEB 2.0.. Does that switch on your light? Can you see it clearer now? No?! What the **** man?

I'm Manfred and this is my blog. Blogging is under Web 2.0. So add them together become? Manfred 2.0 lah! -.-

This nickname means i've evolved from an average user the internet to an average user of the internet with social networking. Bottom line is, i'm just keeping up with times. Period. So at a time when everyone has upgraded to Web 2.0, whereas I'm still a v0.4, I realised I had to patch myself and upgrade my version to keep up with the world, lest I become obsolete and thrown away like how people throw their phones when they're frustrated, out the window.

So to cut my yabbing.. I'm proud to be a Manfred, version 2.0 now. Dont say anything about my uninteresting, unexciting, boring, bland and sleep-inducing blog layout and skin and looks now. It takes a great deal of time to customise and i've only juz became 2.0. Give me time lah can!? Internet speed can go up to 10MB/s now but my hands can only go 1m/s. Anyway, i always believe in plain looking things. So I may or may not spice this thing up. Take that! Next time, i'll explain why i chose such a address for my blog. I guess some of you may be going like "What the ****! What kind of stupid, ****ing word is that? Cant you do any better?" Believe me, i noe what you are thinking. Just keep your cool and try not to blow your head up, I'll explain that soon.

Watch out for my next post, it'll leave you shivering. Could be cuz of my very cold jokes though. Whatever. Manfred 2.0 logging out.

PS. You noe i'm only joking right? I'm not really angry lah for goodness sake. This is my style of humour. I'm a fun person. Feel free to laugh at my jokes though. ^_^