Monday, 30 June 2008

Grampa Aragones is yay!

Last night's final match of the 2008 UEFA Euro Championship was great! Congrats to Spain for their victory after a long 44 years of waiting. And good luck to grampa Aragones who will be coaching Fenerbahce.

Sunday, 29 June 2008

What the *beep* is that?

Ever wondered how people who don't pass their English tests do at work?

After my sister found the infamous Valentina Hasan and her hit single, "Ken Lee", a friend of mine showed me this page, where you can see masterpieces of English failures in full glory.

So, if you're easily annoyed and at the same time amused by bad English (as in "they don't speak english", not the band, which I actually like), then by all means, please take a look.

And please, if you can't use English properly, then don't (unless you live in an English-speaking country, of course), and save yourself from embarrasment by means of worldwide humiliation. Yes, that includes you kids, who try to act cool with your bad@** english.

Saturday, 28 June 2008

This can't be healthy...

The European Championship of 2008 really messed up with my sleeping hours...
While I usually sleep around 1 or 2 a.m. to around 8 a.m., my sleeping hours for these 2 weeks have shifted to around 6 or 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., just to be able to watch all the matches. This can't be healthy...

Fortunately, it's only until the 30th, and hopefully, I can get my sleeping hours back to the right time again.

Sunday, 22 June 2008

OK, that was horrible.

I don't know what happened last night, but it seems that the team that was so brilliant during the qualifications is just gone. They played horribly during last night's match against Russia.
Well, what's done is done, so congrats to Mr. Guus Hiddink. His team was excellent last night. As for Mr. van Basten, I hope you have more luck in your new career training Ajax Amsterdam. I'd love to see Ajax take some titles again after so long.
And last, but certainly not least, I'd like to offer my condolences to Mr. Khalid Boulahrouz for the loss of his daughter.
(In case you didn't know yet, that's why the team wore a black band around their arm during last night's match).

Saturday, 21 June 2008

Violent society.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
-Epicurus


It seems that despite all the technological advancements, society hasn't evolved even a little bit. We are still as savage and barbaric as society was in the dark ages. When will we learn from the past, and learn that violence is an endless loop, unless one is willing to stop the circle.


Caller: I want to talk about spanking.
Lazlow: Oh, God, not another one...
Caller: I think spanking kids is the only way to teach them right from wrong.
Lazlow: So, you think that teaching kids at an early age that violence is the solution to problems will make them valuable members of the society?
Caller: Exactly!
-Lazlow Jones and unknown caller in Chatterbox, one of GTA3's radio stations.

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Use your head.


Just something I found. Click on the image to enlarge.

Monday, 16 June 2008

My Dutch is dwindling to the Nether(land)s...

Lately, I've found it increasingly difficult to write in Dutch. How come? Dutch has been my second language for more than 10 years. But it seems that in the 15 years since I left the Netherlands, English has slowly but surely replaced Dutch as my second language. Don't get me wrong, I can still read Dutch without any difficulty. It's just the writing that's been hard. It seems to take an eternity to find the right word or term when I'm writing in Dutch.

Ik denk dat ik opnieuw Nederlands moet leren...

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Absolutely brilliant!

Hats off for Mr. Marco van Basten. It seems that he kept his word from back in 2002, when he started training the Dutch national team. At the time he claimed that we would see the results of his training in 4 years time. For you who have seen the first 2 matches of the Dutch, you would have seen how brilliant their game was. They played absolutely impressive (if not outstanding) against the two finalist of the 2006 World Cup, and netted a win of 3-0 and 4-1 against Italy and France respectively. It looks like they are on a whole different level. If they can keep this up, we could expect to see the Dutch winning this year's UEFA Euro Championship.

Once again, it's absolutely brilliant!

Monday, 9 June 2008

OMG, I can't stop laughing...

OMG, I can't stop laughing...

For you, english speaking folks:
Sorry, but you're out of luck, since that site is only available in Indonesian.

Sunday, 8 June 2008

A little test of (in)sanity.

Yesterday I stumbled upon a page called elgooG, and I thought, what good would such a website be for. For what (in)sane purpose would one create such a website? After thinking it over for some time, it seems that apparently, it could be useful in some cases. Some probable uses for it includes (but is not limited to):

1. to see how much of a nerd/geek you really are.
2. to be used by conspiracy theorists to find secret messages and codes hidden throughout the internet.
3. to help you on that secret language you've been working on with your friends.
4. to circumvent government-controlled internet filters.
5. to get past your college's/office's internet filter.
6. to help kids fool the internet filter that their parents put up.
7. to drive you insane.

Moral of the story? To all parents, administrators, and governments, I hope your lists of keywords to be filtered are spelled both ways.

BTW, the site should have come with some kind of warning:
".ytinasni ot dael nac etis siht fo esu evisnetxE :gninraW"

Friday, 6 June 2008

What Colour Are You?

White
You value law, order, community and light. You love to protect the social order and the rule of law. At your best, you are just and protective. At your worst, you are authoritarian and dogmatic. Your symbol is a sunburst. Your enemies are black and red.

http://www.wizards.com/magic/playmagic/whatcolorareyou.asp

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Musical Voltage

Just found some fun stuff while reading some info about Tesla Coils. Who knew that Tesla Coils could be used as musical instruments... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1O2jcfOylU

Cheers.

Finally, a Blog...

So, after contemplating for some time whether I'd want to create my own blog, I've come to the conclusion that it might be fun to do so. Thus, the journey begins. I've been searching far and wide for a place to put my blog in, but couldn't find a nice place to settle.

First journey was looking for nice hosts. Setting up my own host would be out of the question, so I searched for good blog providers, and came across some page called wordpress. Since some of my friends have already settled there, I thought it would be nice to do the same. After some registration procedures, I found that to date, I haven't recieved their confirmation e-mail in my inbox (which is conveniently hosted at Gmail), although it was stated that it would be delivered at most 30 minutes after registering. So, the journey continues, and I found this page. Registration was simple, and I could create my blog within minutes after registering (or so they claim).

Fine then, on to the second journey of finding a name. I have always liked the letter Q. Don't know why. Maybe it's because it's the rarest letter that you can find in a name (the only modern name with the letter Q is, according to my very limited knowledge, Quentin and its derivatives). Since as child I've always been fascinated by archaeology (and space travel, but that's another story), I decided to get a nickname from the forgotten realms of history that started with a Q. I came up with Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent from the Aztec Pantheon, during my college days. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who had a fascination for Quetzalcoatl, as I found out that it was already used in most fora, webmails, and instant messaging apps (although it seems that http://quetzalcoatl.wordpress.com/ and http://quetzalcoatl.blogspot.com/ haven't been active since 2001. Can I use it instead? Pleeease?). OK, maybe just Q would do, although it was already used by Mr. Bond's gadgetman. Guess what? Wrong choice, because it seems that many people are also fascinated by Mr. Bond's gadgetman. No Q's available...

What to do, what to do... Then I came to the ingenious idea of using my Student ID Number after the nickname. That ought to do it, I thought. And surely, there was no one in the entire world who had used the name Quetzalcoatl2435.

Hence, welcome to Quetzalcoatl's Random (and sometimes incoherent) mumblings. Enjoy your stay.