Lord Duku posted on Saturday, July 30, 2005 | 0 comments










Do you recognise some of the faces?

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we have a vision for tomorrrow posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 | 1 comments



this does not inspire me to declare my nationality to my peers



Headless, faceless, and souless.. its typically Singaporean



This picture captures half of all the national flags in use in Tampines

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For my safety posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 | 1 comments



Sometimes, we shouldnt believe it when people say that they are imposing their rules on you for your good

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Page 30, Les Miserables posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 0 comments

One day he heard a criminal case, which was in preparation and on the point of trial, discussed in a drawing-room. A wretched man, being at the end of his resources, had coined counterfeit money, out of love for a woman, and for the child which he had had by her. Counterfeiting was still punishable with death at that epoch. The woman had been arrested in the act of passing the first false piece made by the man. She was held, but there were no proofs except against her. She alone could accuse her lover, and destroy him by her confession. She denied; they insisted. She persisted in her denial. Thereupon an idea occurred to the attorney for the crown. He invented an infidelity on the part of the lover, and succeeded, by means of fragments of letters cunningly presented, in persuading the unfortunate woman that she had a rival, and that the man was deceiving her. Thereupon, exasperated by jealousy, she denounced her lover, confessed all, proved all.
The man was ruined. He was shortly to be tried at Aix with his accomplice. They were relating the matter, and each one was expressing enthusiasm over the cleverness of the magistrate. By bringing jealousy into play, he had caused the truth to burst forth in wrath, he had educed the justice of revenge. The Bishop listened to all this in silence. When they had finished, he inquired,-- "Where are this man and woman to be tried?"
"At the Court of Assizes." He went on, "And where will the advocate of the crown (Prosecutor) be tried?"


http://www.online-literature.com/victor_hugo/les_miserables/4/
I prefer NormanDenny's translation of Les Miserables, which replaces advocate of the crown with "Prosecutor", so this is not an endorsement of the translation used

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Oranges, Paulo Coelho posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 0 comments

Our Lady, with the infant Jesus in her arms, came down to earth to visit a monastery. In their joy, the padres stood in line to pay their respects: one of them recited poetry, another showed Her illuminated images for the Bible, another recited the names of all the saints. At the end of the line was a humble padre who had never had the chance to learn from the wise men of his time. His parents were simple people who worked in a travelling circus. When his turn came, the monks wanted to end the payment of respects, fearful that he would damage their image. But he, too, wanted to show his love for the Virgin. Embarrassed, and sensing the disapproval of the brothers, he took some oranges from his pocket and began to toss them in the air -- juggling as his parents with the circus had taught him. It was only then that the infant Jesus smiled and clapped his hands with joy. And it was only to the humble monk that the Virgin held out Her arms, allowing him to hold Her son for a while.

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I need a Nokia 90, and a sponsor to pay for it posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 0 comments



I came to the same conclusion watching kids central



This is the postcard that stares at me while I sleep



No, this wasnt taken at the CPF board

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Love forgives, Paulo Coelho posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 0 comments

At the last supper, Jesus accused -- with the same gravity and using the same phrase -- two of his apostles. Both had commited the crime forseen by Jesus. Judas iscariot recovered his senses and condemned himself. Peter also recovered his senses, after denying three times everything he had believed in. But at the decisive moment, Peter understood the true meaning of Jesus' message. He asked forgiveness, and went on, humiliated. he could have chosen suicide, but instead he faced the other apostles and must have said: "Okay, speak of my error for as long as the human race exists. But let me correct it." Peter understood that love forgives. Judas understood nothing

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It is easy, Paulo Coelho posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 0 comments

It is easy to be difficult. All we have to do is stay away from people, and in that way, avoid suffering. That way, we dont have to risk love, disappointment, frustrated dreams. It is easy to be difficult. We dont have to be concerned about phone calls we should have made, people who ask us for help, charity that should be extended. It is easy to be difficult. We have to pretend that we live in an ivory tower, and never shed a tear. We just have to spend our lives playing a role. It is easy to be difficult. All we have to do is reject everything good that life offers.

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A story by Paulo Coelho posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 | 1 comments

An old man who is about to die calls a young man to his side and tells him a story of heroism: in wartime, he had helped a man to survive. He provided the man with shelter, food and protection. When the man who had been saved was once in a safe place, he decided to betray his savior and turn him over to the enemy. "How did you escape?" the young man asked him. "I didnt escape. I was the betrayer," said the old ma. "But in telling the story as if I were the hero, I can understand everything he did for me."

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Mineral water posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 | 0 comments



Rain water is infinitely superior to water from the cistern



Nothing like a rhino to spur us on



I hope no one intends to use it as a douche



no one thought of marketing newater to scat fetishists



These young serfs are drinking their own tears, hoping that the good years promised to their fathers will come to pass in the generation of their children

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Sammyboy entries posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 | 0 comments



This model wasnt wearing a bra, and no one in the shop seemed to care



This is a rare display at G2000



Theres probably a good reason why this androgynous model chose to face away



Its a nudist shop



The fishtank scheme has become popular in some places

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enabling audit process tracking policy posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 | 0 comments

Enable the Audit process tracking audit policy for the desired computers. You'll find this setting in any Group Policy Object (GPO) under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy in the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Then start monitoring for event ID 592 (A new process has been created), which Windows logs whenever a new executable is started. This event reports the full path of the program and the user who started the program, as Figure 1 shows. You can figure out when the program ended by looking in the log for an occurrence of event ID 593 (A process has exited) with the same Process ID value
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Finding the Programs Executed on a System
logparser "select TimeGenerated, RESOLVE_SID(REPLACE_CHR(EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,3,''),'{}%','')) as User, EXTRACT_TOKEN(Strings,1,'') as Program from security where eventid=592"

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http://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/encyclopedia.html

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Sex Shop @bugis posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 | 1 comments



I dont want to explain what these are for



If you are conscious of size, you probably dont want to use that as an implement



Looks like theres a BDSM clientale too



Only for those into hardcore. not recommended for singaporeans



everyone has a thing for feathers



G-Strings get more elaborate



Dildoes come in all strange shapes. Batteries not included



I wanted to ask the sales girl if this was what I thought it was, but instead she handed me a namecard.

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Orwellian Library posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 | 0 comments











It is interesting how some of these survelliance cameras are so close together. Perhaps they have a quota for paranoia. Noted that there is one facing the toilets at each floor too

"he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake. he knows when you've been bad or good.. so be good for goodness sake"

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Scribbled papers posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 | 0 comments

I dont know what to make of this blog, but I know that I have nothing worthwhile to say

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