Sennheiser HD414 50th Anniversary Edition

Yo Mat Riders,

In this photo above, you will see my girl wearing the Sennheiser HD414 50th Anniversary Edition that was released in 1995. The "cans" you are seeing are the re-make of the original. THESE ARE EXTREMELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND NOW. And i got them for $25!!!!!!! You know when the original was release or not? 1967 man!!!!!!!! They revolutionised the headphone industry my braddas and sistas. They are the LIM PEIs of headphones.

Let me explain man. Before 1967, all headphones were closed design, that means the sound never escape the headphones. Then sennheiser suddenly got idea to make sound leak. This makes the headphones an open design and sound more spacious man. What a power concept sial! The invention was covered by the German patent no. 1537700 on November 4, 1967. You know what? They expected to sell only 400, but 360,000 were sold in 2 years man. Now millions! Basket, so powderful! I SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Technical Data

Frequency Response - 18-21,000 Hz
Transducer principle - dynamic, open
Nominal impedance - 52 Ohms
Sound pressure level at 1 kHz - 94 dB +/- 2 dB
THD as per DIN 45500 - < 0.9 %
Contact pressure - approx. 2.8 N
Ear coupling - supra-aural
Weight (without cable) - approx. 80g
Connector - 3.5/6.3 mm (1/4") stereojack plug
Connection cable - OFC copper cable, 3m

Later,
Mat Love

Mat Love DUMPED!!!

Dear Mat Riders,

Today is a sad day; a day i wished would never ever come. But it did and my heart is shattered. The songs sung by my Sennheiser HD595 offer little comfort. Today, i have been dumped.....again.. and it never gets easier because they were all perfect in their own way.

No. 1 dumped me in Sydney, in a McDonalds.
No. 2 dumped me also in Sydney, in the Opera House.
No. 3 dumped me in Helsinki and took a bus heading for St Petersburg.
No. 4 dumped me in a cab, dropped me off in Woodlands and took off.
No. 5 dumped me in Plaza Singapura golden village cinema.
Lastly, No. 6 just dumped me in Harvard Square while i was shopping in Adidas.

Each time, i was caught by surprise, totally oblivious. At first, panic would strike me and then it would develop into anger and then finally misery. I wonder if i deserve this. Now, i'm just depress....

I want to shame these devils!!!!!!!




No. 1 - Emporio Armani
No. 2 - Emporio Armani
No. 3 - Adidas
No. 4 - Oakley Romeo
No. 5 - Oakley Half Jacket
No. 6 - Nike Interchange

Later,
Mat Love

Sports

Yo Mat Riders,

As you know, Matlove likes to play sports, almost any kind of sports lah. Badminton, tennis, soccer, mountain biking, basketball, skiing, pool (if you call pool a sport). Anyway, i'll play anything except golf and bowling lah. Wah liao, my bowling terok man. Everything time throw the ball into the longkang, damn paiseh man. My girl used to be in the bowling team in JC, alamak, she always beat me lah. Mind games also cannot beat her. Jia lat man.

Anyway, i love team sports best, doubles for racket games. Sports are fun but the people make it even more fun. Take for example my tennis partner, Mao. Alamak, sometimes super hard to concentrate playing lah, cos we laugh too much on the court. Instead of playing mind games with the opponent, we will play mind games with each other to see us screw up and then suan jialat jialat.

Winter is coming, in 2-3 months. That means, SKI SEASON....WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! This year, Matlove will conquer new slopes. Main target is Jay's Peak in Vermont. Skiing is like flying man. 100+ boy is quite pro, he always go alps. Last year we went to Mount Sunapee together. It's in New Hampshire and only about 1 1/2hrs drive. Some more if go on wednesday, it's 2 for 1. Damn power. We also now only use demo skis. For only $10 more, you get better performance man.

Later,
Matlove

Mat Love settled in school

Yo Mat Riders,

Mat Love is so shag now man, so shag until want to pengsan. Fact is, the 1st 2 weeks of the new semester is very tiring, not because of the workload but because the schedule always keep changing. Alamak, so hard to keep track lah. At least now, more relac cos I more familiar with the schedule, settle lah!

Nec quite happening lah, not the classes but I can buy the movie ticket for only $5.75 hehehe…power man! Only condition is must make sure the movie open more than 10 days. No limit man. I can buy a lot until max.

I also settled my job in school lah. Now I working 14 hours in the computer lab and 6 hours as department assistant. Computer lab best lah, cos I just sit there wait for people come ask me question like how to access email or cannot find usb port. Senang lah. So I will surf net and do homework.

The department assistant job lagi best. I got key to the office, so yesterday I buy a microwave for $15 to put in there man. Now my lunch and dinner settled… hehehe… personal microwave! Maybe I consider get a fridge put there. Sure got people want to throw, then go collect..hehehe… Boston good lah, easy to find second hand stuff. This microwave cleaner than my home one.

Ok babe, I go mandi now.

Later,
Mat Love

Eggs

The other day, a friend and I were out shopping for groceries. We then came to the egg section and we both decided to get a dozen. As usual and without hesitation, I naturally reached out to get the cage-free ones which cost a dollar more than the caged ones. As I turned to look at my friend, he was still considering his options. So I asked him what uncertainties he had. He told me that he could not decide which ones to get. He pointed out that both were a dollar seventy but couldn’t decide on the brand. So I suggested he get the cage-free ones which were better but he refused, saying it was a dollar more.

I told him that the chickens were raised under good conditions. The birds are free to roam and this results in happier, healthier birds that produce healthier eggs. The caged birds have their beaks clipped, injected with hormones, starved and gradually go insane. He told me that a dollar is a lot and that it means saving fifty dollars a year just on eggs alone. I wonder how and why a person could reason to save fifty dollars if it meant that animals were getting hurt. The only reason cage-free eggs are still more expensive now is because there is still a market for non cage-free eggs, just like there is still a market for turtle meat, whale meat and ivory. This will lead to extinction and affect the earth’s ecosystem.

I would like to say that I am not a vegetarian and am a meat lover. However, I do feel that animals do need to be treated with respect under the Muslim Halal laws or Jewish Kosher laws.

Later,
Mat Love, the idealist

Interview with Mao - Banana Walnut Cake

Interview over MSN

mao says:
lemme enlighten u about the cake
mao says:
it was a collaborative effort
mao says:
not Mao alone
mao says:
cos Mao not power enough
mao says:
first needed pyrex dish, provided by 100+
mao says:
then bought the ingredients liao, realized shit no cake mixer
mao says:
so have to ask 100+ to use hand and whisk. damn tiring to whisk
mao says:
so Mao and 100+ take turns
mao says:
idina and hong yi felt left out. so they decided ok they mash bananas
mao says:
but they got too happy
mao says:
so mash too much
mao says:
haha
mao says:
after that, idina and hong yi fell asleep
mao says:
so 100 + and Mao have to jaga the cake
mao says:
while watching US open
mao says:
damn stressful you know
mao says:
then bake finish liao, have to cool it.
mao says:
we got scared not enough time, cos must cool completely then can put frosting
mao says:
so Mao use the pyrex dish as heater cos her hands cold
mao says:
haha
mao says:
sayang the cake
mao says:
then after that, hong yi and idina were alive again
mao says:
kept saying want to do the icing
mao says:
so they did a few letters
mao says:
then say very hard to squeeze
mao says:
haha
mao says:
damn funny


Later,
Mat Love

Mat Love - a year older

Yo Mat Riders,

Last weekend damn power. Ok, my birthday was on sept 11; ya it's not a mistake man. That time, when the plane langgar the building, i was at newton circus enjoying my food. Then suddenly all our handphone ring sial. Forgot who call me lah, but the person told me plane langgar WTC. Alamak, then i ask, then got cable car drop or not. Then the person said not Sentosa lah stupid, NYC!

Anyway, fast forward to now lah. So we all, one big gang go out for dinner. Power max! 100+ boy and Mao plus 2 other orang, hongyi and idina buy me tennis bag. Now i can act cool on the courts man. Bluff other gers. Then Mao baked me a Banana Walnut cake with Chocolate frosting.



Later,
Mat Love

Singapore to host World Scrabble Competition

Singapore has beaten Tajikistan and Nicaragua to host the World Scrabble Competition next month. The event will be shown live on ESPN. The winner of the competition will walk away with $1,000,000 cash. The host are allowed two changes to the current rules.

This year, the host have decided to allow local words to be used. Eligibility is based on the Coxford dictionary. Words permitted include cheem, sotong and gahmen.

The second rule change applies to the contesting of words. Both contester and contestee will wield rusty unsharpen machetes to fight for the right to approve or disapprove a word. Contestants are encouraged to bring body armor and medical supplies.

Singapore top seed, Lim Sia Suay spoke to the Straight Times,"Wah piang! I wait damn long for this thing to cum here man. Sure win liao. Must fight all the way, any word also must fight. If they not happy with my words ah, i open number!"

Mat Love,
Straight Times

US open

Yo Mat Riders,

I'm writing this as i'm watching Sharapova vs Petrova in the quarter finals of the US open. 2 Russian girls banging balls for 2 hours, what more can you ask for man? The match started damn power but after that, Sharapova started grunting and squeeling. Alamak, damn bloody irritating man. UUuuurrgghhhh, Ooorrrrghhh, Arrrgghhh.... I feel like slapping her man. If i want to hear grunting, i go watch porn man.

Seriously, does grunting really help you at all? My favorite player (also 100+ boy's) Pete Sampras never grunt one. He so cool. Umpire always tell the crowd to shut up. I feel like buying a ticket just to tell Sharapova to shut up man. I wanted to go this year but my girl not here. Maybe i will go next year with my girl. Why must the crowd shut up during a rally? Why can't it be like a soccer match man? Imagine the soccer referee tell the stadium to shut up, everyone will shout referee kayu!

Later,
Mat Love

Upgrading to Wife 1.0

Last year a friend of mine upgraded from Girlfriend 4.0 to Wife 1.0 and found that it's a memory hog leaving few system resources for other applications. He is also now noticing the Wife 1.0 is also spawning Child-processes which are further consuming valuable resources. No mention of this particular phenomenon was included in the product documentation, though other users have informed me that this is to be expected due to the nature of the application.

Not only that, Wife 1.0 installs itself so that it is always launched at system initialization where it can monitor all other system activity. Some applications such as PokerNite 10.3 , Bachelor Party 2.5, and Pubnite 7.0 are no longer able to run on the system at all, causing the system to lockup when launched (even though the apps worked fine before).

Wife 1.0 provides no installation options. Thus, the installation of undesired plug-ins such as Mother-in-law 55.8 and the Brother-in-law Beta is unavoidable. Also, system performance seems to diminish with each passing day.

Some features my friend would like to see in the upcoming Wife 2.0:

* A "don't remind me again" button.
* Minimize button.
* Ability to delete the "headache" file
* An install feature that provides an option to uninstall 2.0 version without loss loss of other system resources.
* An option to run the network driver in "promiscuous mode" allowing the the system's Hardware Probe feature to be much more useful/effective.

I myself wish I had decided to avoid all of the headaches associated with Wife 1.0 by sticking with Girlfriend 3.0 Even here, however, I have found many problems. Apparently you cannot install Girlfriend 4.0 on top of girlfriend 3.0. You must uninstall Girlfriend 3.0 first, otherwise the two versions of Girlfriend will have conflicts over shared use of the I/O port. Other users have told me that this is a long-standing problem that I should have been aware of. Guess that explains what happened to versions 1 and 2.

To make matters worse, the uninstall program for Girlfriend 3.0 doesn't work very well, leaving undesirable traces of the application in the system. Another identified problem is that all versions of Girlfriend have annoying little messages about the advantages of upgrading to Wife 1.0!

VIRUS ALERT

All users should be aware that Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1 before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Once that happens, Mistress 1.1 won't install and you will get an "insufficient resources" error message. To avoid the aforementioned bug, try installing Mistress 1.1 on a different system and " never" run any file transfer applications(such as Laplink) between the two systems.

FYI: Don't even think about a shared directory!!!!!!!!!

***** From www.annoyances.org *****

Later,
Mat Love

Video Games

Yo Mat Riders,

The other day, i went to NYC (New York City) on a monthly ritual of meeting friends, food and haircut. I stopped by New Haven to pick up a couple of kawans. I went to check out Idina's place and i was shocked max to see this sial.



NES (Nintendo Entertainment System)!!! Wah liao, suddenly i dapat flashback man. My childhood memories all shock me at the same time. This bugger was released in 1985 and i still remembered getting it. My bradda and i jumped up and down like gila, telling my father to hurry up and plug it in man. My previous console was the 1984 released Atari 7800 but NES kicks Atari's pantat man. Atari's basketball game had a bloody square ball man. The NES sold 60 million sets worldwide!

Anyone else remembered this?



Contra by Konami!!! This game is power max. Got so many guns to choose, F(Fireball), R(Rapid), S(Spread), L(Laser) etc...my favorite is Spread man, can kill so many enemies. But the game is hard max also. Total got 8 stages. Ok, i confess lah. I also use cheat code. This is it.



This code will give u 30 lives for 1 player. If you want for 2 players then press select before start. Then i go school kena memorize the code lah cos must do it fast fast. Up up down down left right left right B A select start. Say it over and over again man. When the bell rings, i jump up and scare my teacher, quickly run home to play with my bradda.

Talking about video games making me want to play now lah. But now got Xbox. So much better sial...kids nowadays so spoilt. Don't know how much i suffer with a square basketball and a stupid frog trying to cross the road.

Later,
Mat Love

Pussy.....cat

Name: Kitty White
Birthday: November 1, 1974
Blood type: A
Place of birth: Suburban London
Height: That of five apples
Weight: That of three apples
Good at: Baking cookies (and making Singaporeans queue for hours at McNonel)
Boyfriend : Dear Daniel (chinese name Da3 Niao3 - 打 鸟)
Favorite food: Apple pie made by Mama (A.K.A. mum or Mary)
Favorite word: "Friendship"
Collects: Small cute things like sweets, stars, goldfish, etc.
Best school subjects: English, music and visual arts
Description: A bright and kind-hearted kitten, good at baking cookies and loves Mama's apple pie. Very close to her twin sister Mimmy.

So you all know this famous pussy. It is 31 years old this year, making it quite an old pussy. The boyfriend only 6 years old man, born in 1999. Alamak, we got serious problem here. Anyway, this pussy actually is a decendant of this more famous pussy, who is like hundreds of years old. The beckoning pussy.....



We all have seen it in restaurants and shops but do we all know how it really come about? Let the Mat explain....

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The Beckoning Pussy is associated with an ancient pussy-shrine on the grounds of a temple known as Gotoku-ji near Tokyo.

This temple was originally a very poor max one, no more than a thatched hut run by poverty-stricken and half-starved monks. The master-priest had a pussy of which he was fond, and shared with it such little food as he had. One day the pussy squatted by the roadside and, when half a dozen Samurai appeared on horses, it looked up at them and raised one of its paws to its ear, as if it were beckoning to them (maybe just got flea). The noble cavaliers pulled up and, as the cat continued to beckon, they followed it into the temple. Torrential rain forced them to stay for a while, so the priest gave them tea and expounded Buddhist doctrine.

After this, one of the Samurai -- Lord Li (LL) -- regularly visited the old priest to receive religious instruction from him. Eventually Li endowed the temple with a large estate and it became the property of his family. Visitors who pass under the temple's gateways, walk through its broad avenues of towering trees and enjoy the beautifully laid-out gardens, discover, near the cemetery of the Li family, the little shrine of the beckoning pussy-- which, it is said, still draws pilgrims from all parts of Tokyo.

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Now the pussy is more international. Got pink color, black, white, yellow. They come in all different shapes and sizes. Some are left handed, some right. Some are cute, while others are just nasty. Some have hands that move, so that it beckons you to come in.

The cuddly-cute and loveably pink Hello Kitty is referrd to only by her English name, and that name is a hyper-literal back-translation of the English translation of Maneki Neko, namely, "Beckoning Pussy" -- she is, indeed, the veritable "Hello Kitty" who lures people to spend their money on a variety of trinkets and toys.

Later,
Mat Love

Disasters

Katrina has been hitting the southern states of US really hard man. Everywhere is flooded max. As Bush was so engrossed in stopping his number 1 threat, terrorists, he clearly forgot the 2nd, natural disasters.

I'm not trying to belittle this but think about it, Katrina happens everyday in Africa, i.e. the same number of people dying everyday. But nothing's happening to change that because of petty tribal wars and racism. Africa, the land that produces diamonds but they're freaking poor! WHY?!?! As usual, with every problem, i always see the dark and bright side of it. So i will leave you with a photo and a joke.



Q: Why do they give female names to natural disasters?

A: When they come on to you, they are all wet and wild. When
they leave, your house is gone, your car is gone, your money is
gone. . .

Later,
Mat Love