The Alternative to iPhone Home Button

For iOS 5 user, you can go to Settings > General > Accessibility. Under the section for Physical and Motor, turn on Assistive Touch. You will then see a small button pop up to the screen and seems to float around the screen.

Assistive Touch near the left down corner

That’s my life savior.

For a barbaric iPhone user like me, I always have issue with the home button. Last year I exchanged my iPhone because the home button wasn’t responsive after couple of months. This year, I was thinking of changing to iPhone 4S for the same reason: the home button was getting harder and harder to activate. I have no problem with the battery or lag in response, but what can you do when you can’t press the only button in your mobile? It’s almost impossible for me to switch between apps.

With this Assistive Touch, I can now do whatever you need to do with home button with the virtual button on the screen. I can even double tap! I don’t know why Apple never mentioned about this awesome function in iOS5. Thanks to Chang Hong for letting me know :) This really chased my Monday blues away!

The virtual home button has exact same function with the real home button

Guess I will be able to survive until the next iPhone release now! Hehe.
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Restored.

Ok... I'm abit too much... but I really can't stand having something missing without fixing it...

So I redo my icons and find a new free image hosting... what else if not photobucket...

So I got it done... and it's 2.30 in the morning. I'm to work tomorrow omigosh.

Sometimes, I'm really amzed with myself... I know I'm gonna regretted this tomorrow when I'm all sleepy and dozing off in the office T_T

Anyway, just back from Eve's Wedding. She is stunningly beautiful :)

Happy wedded life, dear!
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The most embarrassing day in my life

So embarrassing that I need to encrypt it.
But I will give you the key: learnt.

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Congrats to anyone who manages to decrypt the code,
I know this is not that hard :p
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I want to learn multitask!

I know that my English is bad, but my conversational English is unbelievably bad! I can’t think of “what” and “how” to talk next at the same time. If I need to make a comment spontaneously, I’ll just spill it out without any grammar.

“She have his dinner, isn’t it?”

Ha, I really shocked to see how many grammar mistakes I can made in such a short sentence. Essentially, I figure out that I’m still converting from my primary language to English. Since my primary language doesn’t have such kinds of complicated rules, I suffer when I need to instantaneously convert it to stricter language form.

It has been more than 4 years since I came to Singapore. It’s funny how I still troubled so much with the language conversion, while it took me less than 2 weeks to get used converting SGD to Rupiah.

This communication thing get even worse when I ought to tell story all in sudden. I felt like fainting every time people asked “so, what you did on weekend?” I would start jumbling my words without any clue of what I’m talking about. To think about the flow, the content, as well as the grammar and intonation at the same time; is simply too much for me…

Am I weird? Yeah, I found out that most people can handle it without any problem. Even like in interrupting or joining a conversation, some people can just do it so nicely while the rest just feel so rude and harsh. I want to be at the first part… T_T But still, here I am suffering in basic communication T_T I really feel bad… For those people who feel this communication thingy just come naturally, please feel blessed…

When I am trying to figure out my problem, one of my friends suggested that I might be a bad multitasking person. I am too focused in one thing, too narrow minded, and can’t adjust to the flow of conversation. Gosh. I figure out that I have a lot of soft skill to learn, really… :(

Never-ending learning,
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Computer Experience in China

Not being a Chinese literate user, 'troublesome' is the only word that I keep uttering for this whole week.

Before I came to China, I usually chatted with my sister and she would complain to me of how everything seems so confusing in Chinese. Sometimes I tried to give her a step-to-step instruction, but then I promised her that I'll try to fix the thing if I went there. The first thing I did when I was getting hold of her laptop was trying to check the internet connection. As I planned to format the computer, at least I must know how to set the internet back, right? So there I go trying to check and re-setup the internet connection.


Seeing all these squares and I was totally freak out.

I was not an expert in setting up connection; all I ever setup is my own internet connection in NTU, which is simply plug-and-play. I gave a try in this connection though... and it turned out to be totally a mess. Finally, I concluded that it was really beyond my ability to setup something by guessing. Then, I decided to format the computer first, hoping that I can change the language to English and then I can do a more efficient trial-and-error setup.

So there I go formatting the computer. I just know that there is this thing call recovery CD in laptop (alright, I never had laptop) which has this genuine windows inside (alright, I never had genuine CD :p) and all I need to do is reboot, click esc, and let everything run by itself.

In the middle of the installation, I realized that it was so automated that it didn't even gave me the chance to choose language. Further inspection shown that Windows DIDN'T allow us to choose language other than what we have paid for. If you want it to support multiple languages, you need to buy the one with multiple language pack, which will cost different price~

After 2 hours of blind installation, I arrived at newly formatted windows. All was totally in Chinese Traditional. And now I can't update anything for my sister because it's not connected to internet. And since it wasn't connected to internet, I can't check any website regarding internet setup as well. Yeah, I'm super clever T_T

I told my sister about the thing… and lucky that she didn't get mad at me. She said that she would call the internet service provider later and make appointment with them to check her computer. I, being a bit relieved, give another try on the connection setup... and out of the blue, it succeeds!! Yupppiie~ I manage to connect to dunno what internet connection using dunno what language. Muahahaa... (proud of my fool self)

Then, I tried to open and download windows live messenger for my sister.

It said that it required at least windows service pack 2 to run.

Then I tried to download windows service pack 2 for windows.

It said that it required other updates before I can download it.

Then I opened Microsoft website and download other updates.

Since I can choose language this time, I choose English and make sure that I download the right thing. When I finished downloading and try to install the thing…

It said that the thing downloaded is in different language with the current windows and is not compatible!!!

I almost exploded T_T

I decided to leave the computer for 3 days to get my temper down and give another try. I managed to download most of the update and left with the windows service pack 2. It keeps disconnected throughout the download section (and I can only use Internet Explorer to download. It complained when I use mozzila, and no, the automatic update didn't download it for me although I have turned it on)

Maybe I will take another 3 days break to get the things done. Hopefully that the new windows live messenger didn't require me to have service pack 3... T_T

Alright.. that roughly summarized my language barrier experience here. Haha.. Being here make me understand how important a language is.

Oh yes, I also have some 'troublesome' internet experience.


Open Microsoft update page and automatically reaching this lovely squared language


Open skype.com and arrive at non English page (again) Now I know why my instruction to dear sister can hardly synchronize.


And look! I can open blogger.com!


But not blogspot.com.

And since all the comments are kept in blogspot, I am sorry that I can't reply any of the comment. I'm safe and fat here. Thanks a lot everyone :') I watched about the earthquake also... and felt sorry about it T_T

Alright, next post must be a real travel post!

Eat, Sleep, Play.
Erlin.D

Photoshop – How far can it go?

I have always heard that Photoshop is powerful. I saw quite a lot of ‘before and after’ results of Photoshop. I like them, but I believed those images must have been purposely taken in such a way that it can be ‘fixed’ by Photoshop, and not all natural. I do not believe that it’s possible to fix all photos, not until I tried it on my own.

After watching a tutorial from Xiaxue (click the link at your own risk, k :p) I was quite amazed to find out one of her secrets of Photoshop.. A filter called liquify. To proof the power, I decided to make an experiment. Since I don’t want to be sued because of photo abuse, I choose myself as the victim of my experiment.

This is the picture I choose.


Original picture before any editing

I applied the basic contrast adjustment to the photo:


After brightness and contrast Adjustment

Look better after lighting? Can see the usual me? The Smiling Buddha? Good.

What? Narcissism? Of course. You dont have to be pretty to be narcist. haha...

Before you scroll down, let me warn you that the photo is my FIRST experiment... I tell you that it makes the picture looked really different, but it can either be in positive or negative way.

Please do not scroll if you’re eating.

Here comes the liquify in action~

After 15 minutes liquify filtering

I believe you will scroll up and compare again. Hahaha… I felt like being transformed from a bakpao face to an alien face…. Hahaha XD… What I did was basically shrinking my face and my brain size (:p) as well as making my eyes larger.

I don’t know how different it is in your view, but I didn’t see any similarity with my face! I almost can’t believe that it’s still the same picture, with such a different object O.o

Add some simple background, now it looks likes the picture coming out from those Japanese photo machines. Haha!


After background editing

Well, now... After this whole editing, I can’t believe that I made fun of my own face for the sake of curiousity =.=' haha.. Is the 'after' look better than 'before? No matter what is your answer, I will feel happy =D because it's either i'm a good photoshopper or i'm naturally good looking even without photoshop XD (Ok, I have warned you not to scroll if you're still eating)

Photoshop Knowledge ++;
Erlin.D

PS: I still love my own face the most =]

Coffee Experiment

For this past three years, I drink a cup of coffee, almost everyday. I might skip my breakfast or lunch, but I never skipped coffee. My health conscious friends said that I’m addicted, and urged me to try reducing the coffee intake slowly, before I got the undesirable health problem, with yellow teeth as a bonus.

So, now, as my coffee supply is going low, I started to follow their advices. I spent 3 days without coffee.

The result was disastrous.

First day without coffee, I wasn’t sleepy, but I’m lack of concentration. End up, the task that I supposed to finish in half hour, dragged until 5 hours. As I have a tight schedule, I have no choice but to do the stuff until 3 am.

Second day without coffee, I woke up at 12pm. And again, the same thing happen: not be able to concentrate in day time, but feeling all awake at night. I work until 4 am to get my stuff done.

Third day without coffee, I started to get pimple. I slept at 5 am that day.

Fourth day, I quit trying to give up coffee.

I realized that I have really been addicted to coffee. It didn’t mean that I can’t live without it, but it has played a part in giving me a normal life. With a cup of it every morning, I feel energized and concentrated on what I do throughout the day. At night, the coffee effect ran out just when I want to rest, so that I can have a good and peaceful sleep.

The experiment might be biased due to the busy load that I was having at that time… but for several month ahead, I might not want to try another funny experiment. Haha… Previously, I always thought that there is no harm in drinking coffee... but now, I really don’t know whether it’s right or not for me to have it everyday... Thanks to all my friends who make me feel more and more guilty as time passed. T_T

Friday Light Post,
Erlin.D

Ferrum-Phobia

Now I scared to touch anything that look like iron-made... say it door handle, lift button, water tap, and even switch button... If you got electric bites 5 times a day, I'm sure that you will feel the same... T_T.. Now I'm pushing the door using my body instead of hand.. using water bottle to switch off the lamp instead of finger... must be looking very stupid =__=... well... at least that it what I can do until I figure out how to eliminate it. Everytime I'm going to touch any suspicious thing, my body reacts spontaniously to avoid it.. haha.. seems like my sensoric still working after all :p

Any easy solution to this problem? Else I will need wear gloves soon :S
Erlin.D

The Spinning Dancer

Ever see this pic before? What do you see? is the dancer spinning left or right?


The Spinning Dancer

It's said that if u see it spinning clockwise, then you're right-brained. Otherwise, you're left-brained.

No matter when I see it, the first time the dancer always appeared to be spinning right for me. But then, when i look longer, it will suddenly spin left. First time I saw the image, I was impressed. Second time, I doubt whether it is a bogus image (e.g. the image actually turn left and right occationally) and I actually splitted out the GIF image to check. hahaha.. (but result in nothing). Third time, I was really TOO curious.. hence I look for some explanation through internet. It conviced me that it's really not a fake test.. haha..

But anyway, I still want to prove it! Looking forward for a chance to see it together with friends... will ask and compare what they saw with mine :p

1 More exam to go!
Erlin.D

Those Rehabilitation days...

... fail without excuse. ^^; These 3 days, i have refrained myself from drinking coffee... And so, these 3 days... My brain never can think clearly.. neither can I be fresh enough no matter how long I sleep.. And as the consequence of taking nap too often, I can’t sleep at night, which cause me to even sleepier in the morning.. so.. eventually.. I quit rehabilitation! Yay… As long as I’m not overdoses.. I hope I’m fine.. T__T

If I really need to find something to blame, maybe I should blame it to ureca :p haha.. The ureca madness started this Monday.. Can you believe, I’m really taking a project in networking! The weakest subject I’m in… I don’t know what make me actually accept it at the first place.. now I’m sitting at lab from 8.30 – 5.30 without knowing where should I get started.. sigh.. not really a good sign for a start. I think I have opened thousand of website regarding socket, hooking, etc.. but nothing really stick in my mind yet >.<>.< Let’s see how it is after few more days…

Eventually finished Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Season II,
Erlin.D

星期六?

今天, Liyenty, 学习在台湾的 Fighterz, 来到南大 。我以为, 她是刚到新加坡的。。谁知道她从18 都已经在这里了。。。哈哈。那为什么你那么久才来拜访我们阿？=P
实话, 我不肯定。。。她还记得我吗？Tomy 告诉我, 她无法记得 Nani 了。。。行, 认出人, 但不能记住她的名字。^^' 跟我差不多。。。哈哈。。 她来到我们的室，然后我们一起吃午餐在Canteen 2。Fendi 也从他的地方来了。Adi, Anton, Handarmin 也来见她。Jess, Ivana... 不知道去那里了... ^^' 肯定, 我没忘记带来我的照相机。huehehe..

Alrite.. Liyenty.. that paragraph is to show my respect to you, ya.. hehehe.. 我现在半死了... -_-'' Back to hall, I stucked again with the programming.. ><.. it's really getting harder n harder.. wish to catch up soon...