Friday 31 October 2008
code
How maNy actually Bother tryIng to craCK a code if i say there is one?
So let's saY i say the code starts aFter this linE
_
woUld yOu believe what i said? whY? do you think you can actually crack a singlE line of my puzzle? do you belieVe that there is a cOde in the first pLace? I think sometimes, you just have to go by instinct.
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indeed, there IS a hidden phrase in the above text. highlight below if you want to know
As i said, the code starts after the line. so ignore all the CaPiTaLs before the _ line. Then after that, if you took out all the CAPITALS from that paragraph starting with 'would' and ending with 'instinct', you get UOYEVOLI.
Flip it, and you get ILOVEYOU
easy right =)
So try this:
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One of my favourite puzzles is the substitution cypher. In it, each letter is substituted for another letter. For example 'chicken is sweet' could become 'dijdlfo jt txffu', in which the 'key' to solving it is just the letter before it (e.g. D is actually C, I is H, etc)
Here you go:
taf is hot.
OAZSDMFGXMFUAZE AZ TMHUZS FTQ OAGDMSQ FA MFFQYBF FTUE BGLLXQ!
U'Y MYMLQP DQMXXK, FTMF KAG IMZF FA FDK.
IQXX, KAG IUXX NQ DQIMDPQP, AZOQ KAG TMHQ EAXHQP FTQ DILLXQ.
NQOMGEQ KAG WZAI FTQ SUDX U WQQB FMXWUZS MNAGF? FTQ AZQ U IDAFQ FTQ XAHQ APQ RAD?
IQXX ETQ UE IUZEAYQ. KQE, YUEE RAAXUZSKMZ. U FTUZW ETP UE TAF. ^^
TAI PA U SQF TQD FA XAHQ YQ?
EUST U XAHQ TQD EA...
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i'm not gonna give you the substitution key.. but maybe i already have...
Thursday 30 October 2008
needs vs wants
You know the old topic about needs and wants. Alot of us fortunate chaps have lots of wants and are not satisfied when we already fulfil all our needs, and instead want to pursue more wants. (human nature of unlimited wants keeps the world economy going :p there's some econs law abt this but i forgot)
And on the other hand there are people in the world who can't meet their basic needs of food, clothes, etc and are starving and all.
brr this is just scary. and sad :( (the irony is that the website i got this pic from was called 'godlovespeople.com'. hmm. )
Just look at my extravagant lifestyle this year.. im gonna just go through my photobucket/blogger account to search for such evidence and things that i bought, etc.
S&K Cargo pants @ around 50 bucks? lol sorry i dont have a picture of it.
LP Jacket which i
Espirit shirt. which technically i didnt buy, it was a present from manda. but still, it's an indulgence. :) esprit is no cheap brand yo.
Of course, my lovely sleek black PSP which i still play.
This was on total impulse. Just one day i was thinking about how everyone had a PSP and how i wanted a PSP too. the next day i went looking for it . (after some research the night before la)
AND from taiwan, many many things bought such as :
This outfit (the brown stripes + brown outer shirt) was from taiwan
This sweater hoodie outfit was from taiwan too.
this cap was a literal last minute buy - on the last day of shopping with like 10 minutes left i wanted to spend all my taiwan currency so i just grabbed something
frequent suppers such as this lovely mushroom cheese from thomson prata house =)
and swensons =)
=)..
(drooling)
my 21inch monitor which i got after my old one spoilt.
Of course, my lovely c902 which took all these pictures
prom! spent on:
haircut (my first haircut above 20 bucks)
handsome prom outfit :p
on a random note.. katie kang pei pei (this girl) is now a model!! omg la. totally didnt know till like several days ago when i randomly searched her name on google. she did model before in the past, but i never thought she'd go so far as 2nd runner up in ms singapore world! (or so says clara.. dunon whether really 2nd runner up, just know katie did take part in many pageants)
http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=38432
here, go ahead, take a look. scroll down all the way for the chio up-close shots
buying alcohol when i can't drink at all.
(after half a bottle of this i was tipsy already. the next day i got rashes =X)
NYNY ribs =) pure indulgence
possibly my favouritest dessert ever =) mudpie from NYNY!
and the most recent expenditure, an ipod nano 4g =)
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okkk i think i digressed alot. and some of those arent even from this year , like prom =X hahaha. but yea u get the idea, those were luxuries that i could probably live without but i still had. and this year i had exceptional amount of luxuries
which probably explains why my bank account never had more than 2k at any point of time, and i havent been able to have above 1k just before payday. (right now it's below 1k already)
:(
so ive decided.. i wanna save! so i'm going to do something that seems entirely paradoxical - whatever i want, i'm going to deliberately not get, and just satisfy my needs.
So for example, i want a pair of Levi's jeans now!! they got this awesome offer that if you give them an old pair of jeans they give u $50 off any pair of Levi's jeans! (that is above $100)
but according to my new logic, i'm going to NOT get them on purpose.
This way i save alot of money yknow! and well, i guess another word for this is thrifty.
Ok let me make a list of things that i want (yes i still want stuff, im such a greedy splurging pig.)
1) Levi's Jeans
2) mike! + headphones (for talking while playign games)
3) camera (im getting irritated with all the 8MP phones coming out.. just after i got my 5MP one. ok not JUST after. but. relatively )
4) new RAM. my com's lagging like shit. (this may become a need soon.. if my com continues to lag like mad and starts frustrating the hell out of me)
but...
i wont get all of this!!!
:S i hope i can .
Monday 27 October 2008
weird
It's an uneasy, unsatiable, dissatisfied, bored feeling. It's like, nothing i do can entertain me. Or rather, nothing i can do can competely satisfy my desire for entertainment. Does that even make sense?
dan gave me some links for some really funny videos by MadTV, spoofing heroes and LOST and the such. go search them on youtube, they're really funny, and i did enjoy watching them. but after watching them, i was like. ok what now.
same for playing warcraft.. just got matched against ranked #12 player which i lost of course. after the game.. i felt like doing SOMETHING. but i dunno what.
army blues? maybe. havent been in for a week.. a week of freedom and carefreeness. it was amazing. amazingly short. lol ok fine it was good, did lotsa things that i wanted to do, suchas watch my TV shows, play bball, had lunch with qin, went out with bestie, played drums.
Maybe that is it. i enjoyed my week too much, now that when i have to end it .. it's too much.
maybe i should start reading the stephenie meyer book that val bought me. The Host. it's kinda chim, and sci-fi doesnt really attract me. but on the cover has a little quote by some other author saying : "A fascinating, passionate and unique psychological thriller"
PSYCHOLOGICAL thriller? so i should like it shouldn't i? but it doesnt sound like it leh. sounds sci.fi.
but maybe cos ive only read one chapter. yea i think i shall go read it.
maybe it's the sense of emptiness that singlehood brings
people say that you should feel free, unbounded, by singlehood
but seeing all the loving, happy couples daily
makes you feel envious, and desire such a company.
bind me anyday, Relationship.