Orangeous Dailies

Dad is on Facebook.

There are a lot of photos on Facebook I don’t want him to see.

Jhene’s 22nd birthday pictures are up. The complete photo collection (with Polaroid scans) of our little party onboard the yacht.

Thank you Jhene for the pictures!

When I’m smashed up and passed out, I will have a horrible hangover the next morning. None of the remedies work for me, and I know I’m in deep deep shit for the whole day.

While most people are able to nurse a hangover, I can’t. The only thing that works for me is prevention. Prevention, to me, does not mean severely limiting the amount of alcohol I consume. I still drink like a king (not to the point of passing out), but I do a few things before I sleep :

1. I sit out the high, constantly downing 500ml of water every 15 minutes. I make sure I pee at least three times before I go to sleep. This will usually halve the kick within 1 to 1.5 hours. Smoking does help me to sober up. Then I go to bed.

2. Or, if I don’t have the time, I flush two or three Panadols (if I do a lot of liquor, I take three, just to be safe) down my throat with 500ml of water, before going to bed. I’ve read that this method is very damaging to the liver and kidneys, but it works for me every time.

Say goodbye to hangovers!

Steamboat buffet dinner with Kenn, Jhene and Caleb at Happy Joy Restaurant @ Bukit Merah Central.

Me, Caleb and Kenn.

Afterward, we met up with Pang and headed over to Lot Stock and Barrel @ 30 Seah Street for some drinks.

The night was still young when we left, so we bought tons of beer and sat down outside National Library to drink. We were pretty high when we walked down to Selegie and sat down in a cybercafe to play Left 4 Dead. I don’t even remember how bad my aiming was!

Pang gave up at the cybercafe.

Pang sleeping at a cybercafe.

(From left) Robert, Mum, Dad, Jessie, me and Michelle.

After spending more than a month away in Amsterdam, Mum has finally returned. We picked her up from the airport and celebrated her 56th birthday at Stonegrill @ East Coast Road. She received a Toscano wallet from Jessie and her mum.

I was sitting on my bed, notes scattered all around, studying for tomorrow’s Accounting quiz when it started to rain.

Carlos heard the thunder, ran into my room and hopped onto my bed. He conveniently sat down on my notes. I tried shoving him aside, but he insisted on sitting down in front of me, where my notes were.

Frustrated, I pulled all my notes out from under him. I placed my unused textbook over his head, covering his ears.

Temporary solution to a thunderstorm problem.

Even if it doesn’t dampen the noise from the thunder, the weight of the textbook should be sufficient to keep him pinned in one place.

It has been 20 minutes now, and he hasn’t moved an inch!

Back to studying!

I was searching for a way to download original photos from flickr in a batch mode. I tried several programs like Flickr Backup and Flickr Downloadr, but neither of both suit me.

Continued at…

Source : Vikingo’s Pub.

I spent months looking for the perfect backup utility for Flickr. None of the backup utilities worked well (either crashed on long title names or downloaded the sets partially) for a huge collection like mine.

Using Juan Pablo’s method, I was able to backup all 5,623 images (6.69gb) without a single error. All images were of original resolution.

So if you have a lot of photos to backup on your Flickr Pro account, forget about all the backup software. Just read the above mentioned article. You’ll be damn glad you did!

Bogged down by all my skating equipment, I struggled to keep my little finger on the “OPEN” button. Both my skates were in mid air, dangling off my four other fingers.

The China lady took her time, carried her little boy into the pram, strapped him up before strolling into the lift. The boy’s grandmother followed behind.

My fingers were close to shivering as I held the lift door open for a full ten seconds.

When we reached the ground floor, the same thing happened. Another ten seconds of holding the door open for them, as they took their time to move off.

They didn’t even bother to smile or say thank you. They just looked straight ahead and walked off.

The cruel process of making snakeskin products.

How snakeskin products are made.

(From left) Michelle, Robert, Daniel and Christian. (From right) Jessie, me and Davis.

Celebrated Daniel Ardenny’s 24th birthday at Tambuah Mas Indonesian Restaurant @ Paragon.

One Star Hangover

You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the employee who sits in the next cube. Vodka vapor is seeping out of every pore and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from brushing your teeth in an attempt to get the remnants of the poop fairy out. Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva so your tongue is suffocating you. You don’t have the foggiest idea who the hell the stranger was passed out in your bed this morning. Any attempt to defecate results in a fire hose like discharge of alcohol-scented fluid with a rare floater thrown in. The sole purpose of this floater seems to be to splash the toilet water all over your ass. Death sounds pretty good about right now.

Source : Doug’s Divine Drollery.

Jessie and I went over to Gabriel’s place in the afternoon to study for next week’s Accounting Practice test.

While he was in the toilet, we conveniently rearranged the toys in his room.

Rearranging the toys in Gabriel’s room.

Somehow I’m beginning to worry about the consequences of leaving behind too many footprints on the internet. I think that Orangeous, Flickr and Facebook are the biggest contributors.

Orangeous has been sitting on Google search since 2004. Currently it draws over 400 visitors (including repeated visits) a day, from hell-knows-where and I-don’t-know-where since not all leave comments.

Search (the web) for Orangeous and it’s sitting there on top.

Search (the web) for Sukianto and I’ll come up the top few hits.

Search (the web) for Renunciation of Malaysian Citizenship and Orangeous tops the list.

Believe it or not, search images (pages from Singapore) for Jhene and our pictures easily fill a page.

I’m sure there are other search terms I have yet to explore, which will eventually lead back to me.

If I’m having a job interview, and the person asks if I drink or smoke, I had better tell the truth.

Jessie and I were about to go to bed.

Me : Want to hear a secret?

Jessie : Tell me.

Me : Come under the covers first.

*Jessie climbed into the bed and went under the covers. We were surrounded in darkness.*

Jessie : Come on tell me.

Me : We need a bit of light in here.

*Jessie reached for her handphone and used it as a light source under the covers.*

Me : Can you see my face?

Jessie : Yes! Yes! Hurry! What is it?

Me : Do you want to hear a secret?

Jessie : Hurry! Just tell me!

*I just stared at Jessie. She was grinning in anticipation. There was a long silence.*

Me : I just farted.

Jessie threw the covers off and jumped out of bed.

Spent the Friday at Palawan Beach @ Sentosa with our classmates.

Mira, Amelia and Jessie.

(From left) Mira, Wenjie, Amelia, Caleb, Jessie and I.

Caleb and I decided to frisbee-surf for the camera.

Caleb entering a corner.

My turn!

Afterward, we went on the Skyride and Luge.

Skyride. Caleb, Jessie and I.

Luge. (From left) Me, Caleb, Wenjie, Amelia, Jessie and Aisha.

Photo Album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sukianto/sets/72157615314710362

Caleb, Jason and I at Lot Stock and Barrel.

After 7 years since Victoria School days, we’ve finally met up. Thanks to Caleb, who bumped into Jason at McDonalds and invited him for a drink.

Nothing has changed. We’re blessed with baby faces or something, but everyone looked the same 7 years ago.

Ouch.

I’m am currently getting my ass FUBAR-ed by some MYOB Accounting practice set. I am unable to walk again till Thursday (submission deadline).

Invitation from Jhene.

Celebrated Jhene’s 22nd birthday onboard a yacht.

It was my first time on a yacht. I had lots of fun climbing around the ship, exploring every corner! All the pictures were really beautiful, with the wide open sea, sun and sand in the background.

Thank you so much Jhene for the invitation (and the pictures too). Jessie and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

We should go again!

(From left) Melissa, Jhene, 3 of her friends, Jessie, Kenn, me and Caleb (hidden).

Derek the skipper.

Video : Jhene blowing out her cake onboard the yacht.

Photo Album : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sukianto/sets/72157614937394297

Related : Jhene’s 22nd Birthday.

Celebrating Jhene’s 22nd birthday onboard a yacht.

(From left) Chee Yuan, me, Jessie, Marie, Alvin and Jason.

Met up with my bunch of ex-Air-Force mates.

Had dinner at Ministry of Food @ Marina Square, followed by drinks at Archipelago Brewery @ 79 Circular Road.

Those were the guys who made my National Service days a whole lot easier. They were people who I could rely on when I needed a helping hand.