This is pretty much how it is going now

Hey, everyone! I'm currently finishing up my preparations for a presentation I'm doing next week for a conference in KL. I'm presenting a paper reviewing current trends and research in alternative fuels for aviation, and uh, also hoping that my experiments can start soon as well.

Anyway, the main reason I am writing this is to inform you guys that while I may currently be inactive on my blog, you can still see what I am doing on the interwebs by joining Google Reader and following my shared items! Click on the link to start.

Be good and see you soon.

Well! I'm just writing here to remind you that I'm still around. I just witnessed the extremely cathartic, relieving, and utterly satisfying drubbing of ManYoo by Liverpool. Having come off of 4 straight defeats in all competitions, Rafa Benitez's back was really up against the wall to produce a result in what was arguably one of the most important matches of this season.

And what a result, indeed. 2-0 doesn't lie. Torres showing his class and caliber against a hapless and kind-of-absent Rio Ferdinand and an injury time goal by youngster Ngog really put to rest any fear that Benitez's Liverpool have lost their grip or confidence. But then again, there's still many games to go before the end of this season, so I just hope the confidence and good will that LFC gained tonight will carry them through.

If you didn't watch it, man, you've missed out. It was akin to watching a proper Cup final. Good times. To all my ManYoo supporting friends, BOO-Yah!

And now, commencing another prolonged blogging break....

Oh, yeah. I just heard the new Julian Casablancas album. I like it! I hope a new Strokes record is coming soon after.

Maxwell - Love You

from BLACKsummers'night

Hey, guys. Kind of busy at the moment, but I'm currently bopping my head to RZA's Digi Snacks.

This is "Up Again." Enjoy!



Also: Volley-Pong. Combine ping pong with volleyball for fun times.

The Count: I hope she was worth it.

Gavin Cavanagh: She definitely was!

The Count: (muttering) Fuck.

And with that, Philip Seymour Hoffman won my heart all over again.

The Boat That Rocked is the fucking best maritime pirate radio movie ever. My God, you guys have to watch this movie.

OK here is a live performance we can all agree on. This is probably my current old favorite song at the moment. It's all I play on guitar nowadays.

This is Ryan Adams and the Cardinals doing a more, er, arty version of These Girls. It's proof that the slow jam is still alive and well in this day and age:



OK sorry if that freaked you out, it's not like on the album Easy Tiger, but it's still pretty fucking rad.

Well, girl sometimes i feel just like a boy
Put here on this earth for you to toy around with
Like matchbox cars you buy and burn in your backyard
Like monsters underneath your bed you ain't afraid of yet

But you let me in
And i feel alright
Yeah, i feel alright

The late night girls are anxious
And they're coming out to play
And i've been stranded on their doorstep for every night and day

I only want them more, it's so sad but when they smile
God, i've been had
I get hypnotized and i wanna go to bed

I used to pick up shells cast off the reef
One christmas i got a funeral and they handed me the receipt
How ever many lies i tell without my tongue
Get twisted into memories 'til i believe them some

And i toy with you
And you toy with me
Can you stop this please

God bless all the late night girls,
and they're coming out to smile
how can anybody feel bad

It makes me tired and i wanna go to bed
These girls are better off in my head
These girls are better off in my head
These girls are better off in my head
These girls