engrish ftw

wheeee i have a new mp4 player =) thanks to serene who gave it to me for FREE! yay like an early birthday present. haha. (i saw some of you squirm! cos u dunno when my bday is! wahaha. nvm im not one of those thickskinned ppl who advertise their bday like nothing lidat and put msn nicks like '5 days to my birthday' and stuff. ill let u find out urself if u're even interested in the first place :/ ahh) (no it's not in 5 days)


Howeverrr there's a catch. it's some louya jap brand. haa. so it's like.. quite lousy. very not user-friendly, but it'll suffice! i just wanna play music. (in case you dont know, mp4 player can play videos and music)

anyway, the instruction manual is SUPER FUNNY. it's like originally jap i think, and it was translated to english.. the translations are DAMN BAD. hahahha.

here're some excerpts for you to laugh at -

Ok firstly the word 'elucidation' appears REALLY often like all over the place. so im like.. ?? cos it didnt make much sense:
"The function elucidation of the POWER key-
"1.5.1.1 Elucidation: The standard ... ... "
After checking the dictionary i realised it was just a bad translation for EXPLANATION.

"Activate the position manifestation for blue carry bottom on blue's back"
???

"The screen is divided into the top and bottom two part, in principle LRC in of a line of to should one part namely 14 Chinese characters, if a line of 14 Chinese characterses with precious sight more lyrics within LRC, please at this time to put another part manifestation, each the part adoption average metod calculate synchronous time label" (i didn't make any typos)
???

"While entering each time, all enter to broadcast the mode, need the insaturation to prepare to save the broadcasting station at present, and broadcast, while entering the first time, current of hte broadcasting station orders for the minimum frequency"
? This is the introductory paragraph of the section 'Broadcasting station of FM' . no idea what the heck it means

"Short press Rec key to enter the interface
Grow to press REC key to enter recording appearance of FM
Grow to press MENU, enter the submenu of FM
Grow to press play to shutdown"
this phrase 'Grow to' appears throughout the booklet.. i have a feeling it means to press and hold. lol.


"General customers of the MP3 will be perplex by 'the data divulge a secret', dont wish to let own 'personal data' see by the other people, can delete these 'privacy's first only while being the friend to use the MP3, resulting to the very big trouble thus"
i have absolutely no idea what the heck this is about, something about running two different set of programmes i think.


and what i think is the best mis-translation of all:
"Use auto manhunt function . . . ."

This had me thinking for several seconds.. and i realise it meant 'auto SEARCH' function.


It was a really bad idea reading this screwed up manual the night before my GP exam =X hahaha. gg pwned.

DAMN FUNNY VIDEO

ok this is the funniest shit ive ever watched in.. ages. maybe only the indian thriller could .. come close to it.

WARNING
erm, got alot of vulgarities though. got alot of 'f---' word so. yup. haha. but it's damn funny. if your parents are home turn the volume down, if you're a sensitive person dont watch it.

hmm actually i shouldnt be posting this on my blog cos so many young ppl read. hmmmmm. aiya heck. it's too funny to not post.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=

hahaha the invisible boxes totally pwned.

ok if the video fails to load just go here:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6204903272262158881&hl=en

p..s.. ok maybe it wasnt that funny but it made me laugh like hell cos .. i dunno. just damn funny to me. hahaha .

p.p.s - i downloaded the game to try... it's freaking hard. i cant even clear the first jump.. no idea how the guy managed to do a big jump to reach the 2nd block

hannibal lector ftw

it's pretty amusing how J2 attendance is dwindling as prelims draw nearer, because many people are skipping school (or classes) to study, as they deem time spent in school at this point of time unproductive, since syllabus is completed already and teachers are just doing revision. and some teachers are terrible.
i shared this view as i stayed at home today, mugged the whole day . well, almost.

Anyway, last night i read finish the book 'The Silence of the Lambs', the 2nd book of the series of the cannibalistic killer Hannibal Lector. After finishing it, i totally understood why this book was an international bestseller and outshadowed its prequel and sequel. (Red Dragon and Hannibal, respectively)

Unlike the other two books, which were pretty draggy and took some time to get into the story and had some really draggy points, this one jumps straight into it - the main character gets assigned to talk to Hannibal straight away, and Hannibal's cool, witty, highly intelligent character shines through naturally.
Super good book!! Hannibal is really damn smart. but quite violent also. The book is damn exciting la. Really like watching a movie or something.. the climaxes i have to read it about 3-4 times because i'll be left in shock after reading through the first time.. like ZOMG did that just happen!?!

So if you're looking for a good thriller to read, check out The Silence of the Lambs. I'm sure the local library near you will have a copy =) it's a classic.

anyway, some random stuff:




sorry for the grainy picture, my HP camera sucks. This is an SBS bus, one of the newer models i guess. can you loook at the green cushiony thing on the left side of the picture.. It's basically a vertical hard cushion. Can someone tell me what on earth that is for?? How does that aid the handicap?
Is it just a crash cushion which i always use it for? (e.g. the bus stops and throws everyone slightly forward abit, ill just let myself fly forward and bang into it)


and.. a super funny looking ad i saw in a magazine:


and below it were the words:
"It's hard to find your litter box if you can't smell it"
advertising some fragrance thing to eliminate the smelliness of litter boxes i guess.

hahaha. i love the cat picture :p