d. otted rhythm » 2007

homemade schwags

29th December, 2007 - 11:25 pm - posted in misc

haven't made badges for a while! this time i've made some as birthday pressie for a friend who's apparently addicted to nikon, karting and woodstock =p

for inspiration i dug up some old badges of mine . . .

thinkquest 2001, enviro connect, highjumper, sweet 16, invisible icq flower, form 4X class badge, form 5X class badge, nicknames, alanis morissette lyrics . . . haha each representing a unique stage of my life :p

tags: badges design diy schwag schwags

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works like a charm

26th December, 2007 - 11:20 am - posted in misc

...as in a charm on a necklace =p

also featuring my wordpress navy hoodie!!! =D

tags: accessories camera hoodie schwag schwags wordpress

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i knew i'd make it...i just didn't expect it so soon

23rd December, 2007 - 10:12 am - posted in friends

in less than three months, my lap time's completely hammered down from

1:03.079 min to
59.303 secs to
59.279 secs to
55.811 secs!!!!!!

the title is now mine, after defeating all my (male and female) friends :D

i know...losing to a girl is a hard fact to accept =p

second fastest racer of the month, and the only female racer on the chart EVER =)

more happy pics here :D

tags: fun go kart

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barcamp hong kong 2007!!!!!!

16th December, 2007 - 6:06 pm - posted in tech

had a fun afternoon yesterday walking around in my techcrunch shirt at the Yahoo!HK headquarters =) once there i found myself surrounded by people in firefox, linux and all kinds of web 2.0 shirts; people handing out moo cards, showing off their flickr/cc stickers, giving interactive sessions on ajax, facebook, open social, desktop apps, digital printing, web service scalability...whatever you can think of. free coffee, cookies, chips and sandwiches were provided. it's surprising to see so many talented and generous people in HK who came here to share their love. or just to learn...like why i was there.

one of the 98 participants was raymond chung, founder of OPENRICE.com! i told him how i couldn't live without openrice and how the mobile version of the site proves handy for eaters on the go like me...haha. now i know i'm one of the 60 hongkongers who actually use the mobile site :) he also told me how he's hated by restaurants with bad reviews and that he had to be careful not to reveal his identity when going to these places for food.....hahha...it was a random yet memorable chat. you can say hello to him at his tech blog here =p

chatted a little with chris heilmann, a warm guy who came all the way from london! thanks for the moo card, chris ;)

other people i recognized include edison chok a.k.a. edchok from dookaz, sponser of the barcamp shirt; charles mok - the guy who needs no introduction; rebecca mackinnon the freespeech activist; angus lau - one of the organizers and a cheerful guy from 852signal and editgrid who has a firefox shirt and two lovely cats at home; leon ho of stepcase.com who gave an interesting presentation on web scalability and took a photo for me, haha; ben cheng whom i met once at the creative commons workshop; and a couple of developers from beansbox and outblaze...

IT'S GREAT FUN :D
can't wait for the next barcamp to come!!!!

more photos: my photo set / photos tagged with barcamphongkong2007
discussions: facebook group & wiki

tags: barcamp barcamphongkong2007 hongkongbarcamp2007

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wine, food and bollywood

16th December, 2007 - 12:07 pm - posted in friends

it's been a long day...

9am: went to work in my suit
3pm: changed into a bollywood dress for our last rehearsal
5:30pm: changed into my cowboy costume to attend the cocktail
8:30pm: changed back into the bollywood dress for our performance
9:30pm: wore my cowboy costume again and finally joined dinner at the table
11pm: dinner ended...we're freed
3am: home...tired and falling dead

don't ask me what happened between 11pm and 3am though...=p