tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54125766968463766622024-03-19T23:01:19.790+04:00Document OuiOuiDocumenting the things we do. Oui.Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-59943928741549444772012-07-17T07:54:00.002+04:002012-07-17T12:52:42.100+04:00Run ... Not!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Immersion is an excellent way to learn a language. The more time you spend with a language, the faster you will learn. My best </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">le</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">ç</span>ons</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> take place in the middle of the night, via silly conversations. Listening, reading, writing, speaking and studying words and phrases are most effective when it is learned in a meaningful social context.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yesterday I got a Creole word that amused me to giggles.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">In French it is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">escargot</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. In Belgique you can get these from food trucks on the street, along with burgers, frites etc. Fast food. But not really when it comes to snails.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's <i>s<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><u> </u></span>n<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><u> </u></span>a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><u> </u></span>i<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><u> </u></span>l<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><u> </u></span>s</i>... In Mauritian Creole snails are called </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">COURPA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Derived from the words </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">courir</span> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(Fr. verb 'to run')</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i style="color: #999999;"> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">pas</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> (Fr. negative adverb), when put together and it literally translates to <b>'it runs, not!'</b>. Which is so true of snails. Runners they are not. lol I love it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>For Parrot's more 'serious-y' writing, it's moved to <a href="http://tumbleoui.tumblr.com/">tumbleoui.tumblr.com</a>. Parrot is nomadic like that.</i></span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-85415774556126370202012-07-12T15:46:00.003+04:002012-07-12T16:00:22.206+04:00Countin' Cats<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1 un 2 deux 3 trois 4 quatre 5 cinq 6 six 7 sept 8 huit 9 neuf 10 dix</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sounds like the above but being <i>paress</i> we take skip out on some letters.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">N (ene), D (des), trois, kat (like kit kat!), cinq, sis, set, wit, nef, dis</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">K, we have 2 cats, one British, one French. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We'll call the Brit cat Onetwothree and Chat Francais, Undeuxtrois. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They decided to have a race. First one across the English Channel wins Jaguar's stash of Doritos. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Both cats jumped into the water and cat-paddled across. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Which cat won the race?</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The British cat! Because Undeuxtrois <i><b>cat sank</b></i>! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Geddit? Geddit? <i>Quatre cinq</i> (:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...this joke goes much better told. But still, cat!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">p.s. bon anniversaire papa!</span>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-28027298589734140592012-07-05T10:42:00.000+04:002012-07-05T10:42:15.198+04:00The Way of the Bird<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Halfway through 2012!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Wedding, done.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Euro, won.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Kreol lecons, ...non.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(I've been told)</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Creole is not the most difficult language to speak but it is difficult to write. It is after all a language that is meant to be spoken rather than written. That s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ure makes it difficult to learn when one is 3000 nautical miles away!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So far on my journey I've seen several words written 3 different ways. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Take 'bird'.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The French: <i>oiseau</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Creole: <i>zoizo, zwazo, zozo</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If this was an audio file, you'd think I said the same word 3 times. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And I did.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's alright that the spelling is inconsistent, we just Parrot and imitate the French pronunciation of the original word.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sometimes though, it doesn't work. I'll get to that as soon as Jaguar finishes playing with banana leaves.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Is it an owl? I dunno. I've never seen it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Over the years I've looked high and low</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In the trees, the sky, under rooftops nearby</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've asked around, even imitated its sound</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But this woot-woot bird, no one seems to know</span></blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Which made Googling for it impossible.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">How do you google for something with no visual cues, only an attempt at onomatopoeia. There ough</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">t to be an audio input option, hooked up to an audio recognition software that would return similar audio results.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In the meantime, here's <i><a href="http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/11/23/infographic-get-more-out-of-google.html" target="_blank">the 'proper' way to google</a>:</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Note how audio is not one of the search inputs. Fortunately when it comes to Zoizo, I only know what he </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>looks</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> like and not how he sounds.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Using the keywords yellow bird and decurved beak, I image-searched for something that would look a little like this:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Playing the matching game of apple to apples, Zoizo is an olive-backed yellow sunbird!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He could be buddies with the yellow sunbears.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(: Biz</span>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-90577130107068798192012-04-16T09:22:00.000+04:002012-04-16T09:22:47.942+04:00It's a bird!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>Mo pe gain faim</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Creole for I'm having the hungries</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was what took me to the kitchen</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In search of eats for my tummy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When there it was, outside the kitchen window</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Perched on a mirror, admiring himself so</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A bright yellow sunbird</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">One I see regularly</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Usually hanging upside-down</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">From red flowers, gracefully</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Never have I seen it up close</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To notice its decurved beak</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The blink-blinking eyes</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And feathers so sleek</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Tiny and agile</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Darting from flower to flower</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I watched all the while</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As it extracted the nectar</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thinking I had time</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I rushed upstairs for a camera</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Gotta get a pic of this <b>oiseau</b>*</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To google for its name later</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But it had flown away</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Away from the flowers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Leaving me standing there</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For what felt like hours</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Respect goes out</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To all wildlife photographers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The patience they must have</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Finger hovering over shutters</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lying in wait</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The mirror as bait</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Hoping for the birds return</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When out of nowhere it came!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Seconds to get camera aimed!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... but it flew away,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And all I got was this badly focused photo /:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I call it Zoizo.<br />Derived from the French word for bird, oiseau.</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-86643796197157169752012-04-05T07:49:00.001+04:002012-04-16T09:24:35.859+04:00Lost and Found<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's been a while since I dusted the Document.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sometimes I like dusty surfaces, just so I can write my name in the dust. Add paw prints. Several paw prints! (: that is before the particles irritate my nose and I sneeze /:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I don't like sneezing. And by association, dust. Which is why I could never be an archeologist. Not a clarinese-free one anyway.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Indiana Jones fantasy aside, I'd like to get my hands (fingers) on this:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.goncalocampos.com/Dedo-message-board" target="_blank">Dedo Message Board by Concalo Campos</a></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It combines my love of finger writing and stroking furry things.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Designed by <a href="http://www.goncalocampos.com/" target="_blank">Concalo Campos</a>, this <a href="http://www.goncalocampos.com/Dedo-message-board" target="_blank">Dedo Message Board</a> takes advantage of the reversible trails on furry materials.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Reminds me of that time I tried to use my neighbors cat as pigeon post. It didn't work out so well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">What is working well though are my creole lessons! They are back!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And we started with '<i>mo pa ti perdi</i>'</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's creole for 'I was not lost.'</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Easy enough to remember 'mo pa ti' seeing as it sound like 'merpati' which is pigeon in Malay.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And homing pigeons don't get lost.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(: biz</span>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-17413923638200635122011-12-31T09:24:00.000+04:002012-01-01T09:29:36.293+04:00Ekrir Jaguary!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">See you in 2012!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-10474816228663531362011-07-30T16:50:00.001+04:002011-08-04T21:55:14.955+04:00So.Floppy.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">*bouf!*</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-78876980227928250052011-05-04T09:45:00.001+04:002011-05-08T10:36:10.449+04:00Astro B.yond PVR: Just Some Thoughts<div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Here are the things that slightly puzzled me:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>1. Subtitles</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">HD channels do not have subtitles. At first I thought it was a function that I had to enable myself specifically for the HD Channels but as I clicked about, theres none available.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">And this happens all across the HD channels that I've got access to. The presence or lack of subtitles is noticeable with AXN. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">AXN in standard definition will have subtitles. </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">AXN HD would screen the same show with sharper pictures, more vibrant colors but without the subtitles. And thats great for people who don't need the subtitles but if I'm watching something with a person who is hearing impaired, we'll still have to go back to standard definition so they can follow the story. The channels that don't have a standard definition equivalent, they would miss out on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ9aPMPa65NnEhO501P8yHlBummdCmMUJdZdbbrNsFV8W4Eob26Z_zXBYYBb0YoDEjf8uc5YGB6hf_U17bKJYhY2z3cbVLcZtQMF5BTQqitBwh5k7JZ3nprEFE-9z_rSUnK0j7R5tX0aB/s1600/DSC01538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ9aPMPa65NnEhO501P8yHlBummdCmMUJdZdbbrNsFV8W4Eob26Z_zXBYYBb0YoDEjf8uc5YGB6hf_U17bKJYhY2z3cbVLcZtQMF5BTQqitBwh5k7JZ3nprEFE-9z_rSUnK0j7R5tX0aB/s200/DSC01538.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Also applicable to people who aren't fluent in English, the educational programs on NatGeo HD or History HD where a lot of technical jargon is used, subtitles might help them. It would be great if it could be a function that can be enabled and disabled whenever.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">2. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>Rain Fade</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I majored in Communications Engineering where Radio and Satellite Electromagnetic Comms was a subject. So I understand Rain Fade with all its physical scattering properties and signal attenuation calculations.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">During these times Astro would display a message as pictured. A nice touch compared to the tiny yellow box/dot of before.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Your viewing and recording services would be interrupted. You're still able to view whatever shows you've prerecorded/saved and those can be watched in the meantime. If you were recording something unfortunately it would only be partially recorded. But if you've got it on 'series link' the next time the show plays, the PVR would re-record it.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Theres a couple instances though where it rains and only a few channels are interrupted. At first we all thought this was better because we sacrifice a few channels to be able to watch others. Until we notice that the "Temporarily Unavailable" channels were unavailable for a lot more than temporarily normal. It usually comes back after probably 12hours or so without having to call any technicians. </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I'm not sure how Astro has designed its system. Perhaps all the channels affected (in my case CH711, 712, 702) are all on the same carrier? I don't know. An explanation would be nice.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Overall I'm quite satisfied with the service, as are the other occupants of the house.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I spend an average of 10hours a day being a design engineer. The creativity requirement of my job is the most fun but the most exhausting.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In order to be relevant in the workplace, I have to keep up with trends and scientific discoveries and constantly keep an open mind so that I can be inspired by anything and everything. Astro is a great source of information and most times as I'm watching a show I get struck by an idea and have to hurriedly write it down somewhere lest it goes forgotten, never to be thought of again. And then of course we all need to make time for a social life.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's not always easy and often times we wish life would hand us a remote control (batteries included please) that lets you <b>Pause</b> to reflect and put things in perspective, <b>Rewind</b> to re-experience, <b>Fast Forward</b> to skip the messy/boring and <b>Record</b> so you won't ever forget and miss out. And really, just <b>Play</b>.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The Astro B.yond PVR comes pretty close to perfection.</span></div></blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'd like to thank Astro and Nuffnang for giving me the experience. For everyone else who wants to experience it, do check Astro Services out, they have more than just B.yond.</span></i><br />
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</div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-60945739353817214422011-04-27T21:36:00.003+04:002011-05-08T10:33:47.711+04:00Astro B.yond PVR: Oh I Loike It<div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Things I Liked:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>1. The Ability to Record Simultaneously</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Prime time is prime for a reason. Its the time when the TV audience is expected to be the greatest, generally between the hours of 8pm and 11pm. Most of my favorite shows are shown between those times, often at the same time slot. And the repeat / encore is scheduled past midnight or the weekend ):</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Now you've always had to choose which one to watch first but if you're home you can watch one live and record the other. No problem.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The greatness of the Dual Tuner comes in for say when you're out for dinner and you come back and both shows are over. Because the PVR can record simultaneously, you can have both your shows ready to be viewed. You don't have to wait and figure out when the repeat is going to be. Which brings me to Thing I Like No. 2</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>3. The Look</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The on screen navigation and info is all very sleek looking and clean. Info is well organized and the use of symbols means being able to put a lot of information onto a screen without clutter.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Anyway the other thing I've wanted is when they show the teasers or trailers to upcoming shows to have one button that while the trailer is playing to click 'remind me of this'. Without having to remember when the show premieres and at what time and to have to wait for the week to go to the tv guide and scroll around … perhaps I'm just too lazy.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">That's just the highlights of what I've experienced. In my next post I'll note the other side.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Next: <a href="http://documentouioui.blogspot.com/2011/05/astro-byond-pvr-just-some-thoughts.html">Astro B.yond PVR: Closing Words</a></span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-10328154071428637952011-04-23T00:43:00.002+04:002011-05-11T20:07:39.211+04:00Astro B.yond PVR: What Does It Do?<div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The main thing about the astro PVR is the 4 buttons: </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">Record | Rewind | Pause | Play </span></span></td></tr>
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</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Nonetheless I've used up a substantial amount</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Usually record shows when I know im going to be out</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">But even when I'm in, face shows get recorded anyway</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">So that I can watch them again any time of the day</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Its also useful when you want to watch 2 things at once</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The dual tuner makes sure everyone gets what they want</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Record a show while watching another live</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Or watch a prerecorded show while recording 2 at a time</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Things get easier when its a running series</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Future episodes can be booked to record as it screens</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Theres no need to remember every week to record the show</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Clever little astro PVR would already know</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXQmMErq_vOsurtbF2QB6WWz4JtP9iHe6vQFeN4qhA5hqM4ta_7y5kSuV6hQXelYLc0uTvMLIT4CA3aobfwAn0Uy1wVzDEexV33Km18yzaPQqaNtvJmTElLWKAb1lePdH5knfoSE1KIHs/s1600/Rwd.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcXQmMErq_vOsurtbF2QB6WWz4JtP9iHe6vQFeN4qhA5hqM4ta_7y5kSuV6hQXelYLc0uTvMLIT4CA3aobfwAn0Uy1wVzDEexV33Km18yzaPQqaNtvJmTElLWKAb1lePdH5knfoSE1KIHs/s1600/Rwd.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>Rewind:</b></span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The rewind function is self explanatory</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">You can rewind as you like at varying speeds</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">4x, 8x, 16x and 30</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Then press the play button and it would play appropriately</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Use it when you get distracted and missed a part</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">You can go back to a relevant point and restart</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Or perhaps to replay a scene you're fond of</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Or to write down the shows recipe for cake fondant</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5C5C874f4cse07O-3fhgKLgG6NtdHwI7nCiqMNNIvDoVKLZ_EhyphenhyphenLw3p4yGvNjg_hJVqzMh6fX_wXItyRO3VENRECQ33mTAl1VbB4YMmmVGu8o8DG_Ed0sw8zkcZi4nFkYoWos_NfKVqd/s1600/PP.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5C5C874f4cse07O-3fhgKLgG6NtdHwI7nCiqMNNIvDoVKLZ_EhyphenhyphenLw3p4yGvNjg_hJVqzMh6fX_wXItyRO3VENRECQ33mTAl1VbB4YMmmVGu8o8DG_Ed0sw8zkcZi4nFkYoWos_NfKVqd/s1600/PP.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>Pause:</b></span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Take a break, press the button</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b>Play:</b></span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">To get the show moving</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Theres another button to fast forward</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">At the same speeds as rewind</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">But this can only be used on recorded shows</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Or if you've paused and Astro managed to buffer in time</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Overall Astro delivers what it promises to do</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The 4 buttons can change lives for busy people like me and you</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">For just RM 20 on top of your existing subscription</span></div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">A pretty good deal that can bring greater satisfaction</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more information on what the "Controller of Digital Time" can do, visit the Astro website. The link </span></i><a href="http://www.astro.com.my/byond/articles/art_3394.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HERE</span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> will take you to a diagram of the PVR remote control where you can rollover and discover the functions - at your own time of course.</span></i></div></span><br />
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</span> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In my next post I'll go through what I like, what raises some eyebrows and perhaps some suggestions. We'll see how it goes.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aaand *stop* </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(: Parrot</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Next: <a href="http://documentouioui.blogspot.com/2011/04/astro-byond-pvr-oh-i-loike-it.html">Astro B.yond PVR: Oh I Loike It</a></span><br />
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Note: Would be nice if while watching a recorded program there would be a little indicator somewhere to show that the show being watched is not live.</div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-52755251673663241532011-04-14T22:58:00.048+04:002011-05-08T10:31:27.151+04:00Astro B.yond PVR: What Is It?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_tELG2rCzlj2iqYzfMS3kZKPiVLIJRwjBya7UNU0fiJaL4men-5yIBq6sSR71M6wBkA7cTb2ACxzC37y0bIlLYYAzPLwS6wwFRSbaxxQnyVX4d48GKCGJUKHZgtMMvj-XEL8RcnCxXz3/s1600/pvr1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_tELG2rCzlj2iqYzfMS3kZKPiVLIJRwjBya7UNU0fiJaL4men-5yIBq6sSR71M6wBkA7cTb2ACxzC37y0bIlLYYAzPLwS6wwFRSbaxxQnyVX4d48GKCGJUKHZgtMMvj-XEL8RcnCxXz3/s200/pvr1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Astro B.yond PVR is a personal video recorder</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">That lets you record any show and watch them whenever</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Record, rewind, pause and play</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It's TV your time, your way</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">All it is is a B.yond decoder box</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">With a new black dish that totally rocks</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The installers will connect it all with the HDMI cable</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Insert the smart card, and its ready to be remote controllable</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Theres also a set of controllers on the decoder box</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Just in case the remote ever gets lost</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKb205uVm7m2KuPoL1gQidaCCflVlhmlApxTK08LrakXtwgeMBVZouU-Gy7d4jP-ooSwb5NW2aUU9Sieot51YP6Rc4240J2hAKbcfKeD_e5b8ImfNPqy4xcFS8JX8BQftOfWbdj7fonk8a/s1600/2704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKb205uVm7m2KuPoL1gQidaCCflVlhmlApxTK08LrakXtwgeMBVZouU-Gy7d4jP-ooSwb5NW2aUU9Sieot51YP6Rc4240J2hAKbcfKeD_e5b8ImfNPqy4xcFS8JX8BQftOfWbdj7fonk8a/s200/2704.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">That's pretty much it in terms of hardware</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">And then of course the user manuals for care</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Which oddly enough only came in one language</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">But thats ok because theres illustrations and image</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Speaking of image, the HD channels are really clear</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">There are 12 available HD channels to see and hear</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Of course it depends on what subscription package you're on</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">But definitely try and get the NatGeo HD one</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The images are clear and crisp, just like advertised</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">You would really not want to avert your eyes</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Also a bonus, the commercials tend to be shorter</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">And I know this because I use the PVR as a timer</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I've been testing it out, its easy to use</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">A friendly user interface that wont confuse</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Buttons are labeled and the operations made clear</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Haven't had any problems with it over here</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you would like to know more, do head over to the Astro Website: </span></i><a href="http://www.astro.com.my/byond/articles/art_3389.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HERE</span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love that there's an interactive presentation whereby curious-potential PVR owners can play with the buttons and learn about the product.</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also in my next post I'll go through the 4 main functions and my experience with them.</span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Next: <a href="http://documentouioui.blogspot.com/2011/04/astro-byond-pvr-what-does-it-do.html">Astro B.yond PVR: What Does It Do?</a></span></div><div><br />
</div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-47218236124222731592011-04-04T21:00:00.008+04:002011-05-08T10:30:22.072+04:00What Started It All<div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Since many have asked to see it, this is the submission to the 'Change Your Life With Astro PVR' Contest that got me through to Phase II.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">A s someone who spends a lot of time online<br />
S urfing, blogging, youtubing and such<br />
T ough to not also download movies sometimes<br />
R ealizing that one can pause, replay and rewind<br />
O nly .. downloading illegally is a crime :(</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">B ut what’s a girl to do when she comes home<br />
E veryones there, parked infront of the tv like lil lawn gnomes<br />
Y elling for the remote, the controller of channels<br />
O nly dad is at the other tv, fiddling with the aerials<br />
N ow what can this Astro B.yond PVR bring?<br />
D efinitely less fighting, high definition, more smiling</span></span></div><div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">P lans no longer need to revolve around TV schedules<br />
V iewing fave shows in a full house, no longer a struggle<br />
R ecording, rewinding, replaying …<br />
sounds like a delightful sin!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(: Parrot</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Next: </i></span><a href="http://documentouioui.blogspot.com/2011/04/astro-byond-pvr-what-is-it.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Astro B.yond PVR: What Is It?</i></span></a></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-91461319406808631262011-03-25T17:28:00.001+04:002011-05-08T10:38:08.701+04:00Parrot Product Review Preview<div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>This has been long overdue: A prelude, for Astro contest Phase II.</i></span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Rewind Jan 5th 2011</span></span></b></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Slow day at the office, no site walk, no project deadline</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Parrot needed something to stimulate her mind</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Puzzles? Challenges? That's what she needs</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So to the interwebs she proceeds</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lands on a page for a Nuffnang / Astro contest</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Read the rules, glimpsed at the prizes, parrot's impressed</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">With nothing to lose and time to spare</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Parrot typed away and submitted, then and there</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Fast Forward Jan 19 2011</span></span></b></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A site visit day, walking through buildings</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When a Nuffnang rep called to tell of parrot's winnings</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A B.yond PVR and an entry to the next phase</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A chance for 3D/2N Sabah getaway</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Excited about the win</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lil gnomes in my house excited more than anything</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We'll see just what this B.yond can do</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">On this here nest Parrot will post the review</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pause. </span></span></b></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Present Day. </span></span></b></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Today.</span></span></b></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's been weeks since I got the unit installed and 2 weeks since I got the instruction to begin writing my thoughts on it. In the name of 'product review' I've been so engrossed and focused that I've slowly been morphing into an earth apple. Pomme de terre. Potato. Paresseux.</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">In true couch potato fashion, I only move when commercials come on. Now that I PVR my shows, that's become optional.And I like it. I'll tell you what else I like, in the next Astro related posts.</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've decided to break the review down into:</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1. Who, What, Why, How </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2. Promises, Expectations and Reality </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3. Appreciation and Disapproval</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">4. The Conclusion <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I'll think of a nicer title when this comes.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For now, you can follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/DocumentOuiOui">twitter</a>, I'll have Astro related posts there as well. And randomness - that is, when I'm not mesmerized by Nat Geo HD. It's the only break-filler / commercial I watch.</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Seriously, watch.</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/9XujRp-_WiI/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9XujRp-_WiI&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9XujRp-_WiI&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(: nuri.ramli</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Next: <a href="http://documentouioui.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-started-it-all.html">The Entry That Started It All</a></span></span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-91642070421805390172011-02-27T20:21:00.002+04:002011-02-27T22:37:36.847+04:00Overcoming Inertia<div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Objects at rest, stay at rest.</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">And I've been well rested. Or I was. It's another day-long design workshop and the intermissions between presentations is when I get to compose posts.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Marker Felt'; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The weekend after is when I find the time to semi-edit and upload.</span> - lazy busy me</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">February spoils me. Not with Vday but with Malaysia's Federal Territory Day/Mauritian Abolition of Slavery Day, the Lunar New Year, Awal Muharram and just so many public holidays squished into a month, I went into energy-saving mode.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Neglecting the writing, the vid-editing, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">d'immersion linguistique</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> .. After all, o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">bjects at rest, stay at rest. It's a law of physics. Who am I to fight physics? Face Sir Isaac Newton? Good luck, he's a knight!</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">As a law-abiding citizen of Physics, that is my excuse for being a little </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">paresseuse</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> after a long stretch of public holidays.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">Eventually (k)night ends and day begins and you go to a mall, eavesdrop on a sales person and lost Italian women and watch hearing-impaired men and recall a dream made with a Jaguar. The events accumulate and merge into a force capable of overcoming inertia.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">But that is a story for another day. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It's probably not what Physics professors will say but it works for me.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">Speaking of work, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">zako napa get so lake</span></i> …</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">It's Old Creole that translates to 'a monkey does not look at its tail.'</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">Not entirely sure what the proverb means but something along the lines of - I should not look at my own work right now and focus on the ongoing presentations? Yeah.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">Monkey me,</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 13px;">(: nuri.ramli</span></div></span></span>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-8068935138896672072011-01-18T22:06:00.001+04:002011-01-18T22:08:31.280+04:00Crayons, Cavemen Art and Day-Long Design Workshops<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Parrot: writewritewritewrite</span></span><br />
<div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Gizmo: Are you trying to hypnotize me to write??</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Parrot: Nope, just making penguin sounds</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">*blinkblink* I too am amazed at how my brain connects things.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">But that's how it works. </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I bet if penguins had access to wide keyboards, they would writewrite away with their flippers. Birds rock like that.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">And congratulations to </span></span><a href="http://adiazuan.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">gizmo</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> for finally writing! And consistently too. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">*impressed*</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I wish I could write consistently. Unfortunately some days I just run out of hours.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">While other days the hours are just too too l o n g.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Like </span></span><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> today </span></span></s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">yesterday.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">One of those days where a parrot is cooped up indoors for those day-long design workshops. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Without a laptop.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> D:</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">On the plus side, a lot of information was absorbed and my notebook is filled with lots of ideas in </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">doodle form</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">. </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It's my note-taking style, ok? I do the same when I'm learning a new language. I'll make a sketch next to the newly learned word/phrase. It helps build a story.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It's like,</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">caveman art</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I'm primitive like that.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Just like how I refuse to get an iPhone, a BlackBerry or any other 'smartphone' that keeps me perpetually connected to the rest of the world.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I'm quite happy with solid writing surfaces, sharpie markers and/or a box of</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">c</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">y</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b4a7d6;">s</span>.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I wish restaurants would put out crayons for adults too.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I color my own lines,</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(: nuri.ramli</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">ps. happy bornday pirate!</span></span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-35513731578167654842011-01-10T21:22:00.002+04:002011-01-10T21:39:03.137+04:00*Bounce* Sous Une Pluie de Bonheur<div style="color: #656565; font: 13.0px 'American Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;">With the weather being as it has been for the past couple of days, Parrot has noticed people getting grumpier, grouchier, more irritable and bitter. And they blame it on the weather, the 'dreaded' rain. Parrot does not understand why.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Je ne comprend pas</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> why people grumble when it rains</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Rain brings back memories of parrot's childhood days</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Wrapped up in raincoats, boots and an umbrella</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Rain meant dancing, jumping puddles while doing the hula</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And when the rain would get heavier, inside I go</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Next to the heater, snuggled with hot cocoa</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Id sit by the window, watching the grey </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">nuage</span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Searching for lightning to color the clouds</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For there's a feeling that comes with listening to thunder</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Seeing lightning strike, there's such a power</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It reminds me that there are things much greater than me</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And so I shouldn't worry about the small things and just be (:</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I still sneak those moments when no ones looking</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'd step out and walk slowly when it's drizzling</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While everyone else grumbles and say I'll catch a cold</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's them I feel sorry for, they've just gotten old</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's like they can't appreciate what ever weather we're in</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If it's rainy or sunny, they're always a grumblin'</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They've forgotten how to be carefree and dance in the rain</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I wish they'd stop looking at the skies with disdain</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Starting off with fluffy clouds all white and pure</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They turn to grey, drizzles and downpour</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Thunder and lightning, blaze the sky</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Then all is calm, and it brings out the smiles</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's as if the world has been washed anew</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Toss the umbrella, the raincoat too</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Tiptoe into sunshine, bid the clouds farewell</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And look out for rainbows .. the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">arc en ciel</span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">*rain dance* </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(: nuri.ramli</span></span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-45426197518561957252011-01-03T15:02:00.001+04:002011-01-04T19:22:41.678+04:00Barré 2010, Bienvenue 2011<div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Salut!</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">As with all new years, the topic of conversation eventually turns to resolutions and plans.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Exactly a year ago I wrote the following<a href="http://piratesurf.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/strikeout-2009/">:</a></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> A new year is here, woohoo and confetti</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Though 2011 would mean much more to me ;)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> But while I wait I'll enjoy 2010</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> And may each day be </span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">carpe diem</span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">-ed</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> The year will be put to much planning</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Researching places and cartograph-ing</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Learning from Pirate maritime terminology</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> And how to navigate the seas effortlessly</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Sure Parrot's got her elevens and tiny wings</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> But it's always nice to learn new things</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> No expectations though that it'll all be easy</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Poseidon's temperamental, he'll throw some rough seas</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> But that's life isn't it</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> We'll take it as it comes</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> And if you're a parrot you write about it</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> In the form of a poem</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Courier; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">A year later I sit at this screen in reflection. Geddit? Coz the screen reflects? *lame*</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Anyway … </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> 2010 had its ups and downs</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> As seas often do, waving high and low</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> There were moments that made this Parrot frown</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> But also some where happy tales came to follow</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> It was the year Parrot rediscovered her love for writing</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> And with the writing came the graphite sketching</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> All the map-making and researching places</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Charting a path that will lead her to beaches </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> But it was also the year of losing a Pirate</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Parrot's muse that kept writing a favorite</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> So came the second part of her resolution</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Trying new things, finding new ways of expression</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Which is how the youtube videos came to be</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Posting them under the name DocumentOuiOui</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Spreading wings to explore this new creativity found</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Also time to get the rest of the plans </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">de colle</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> off the ground</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> The places, the paths that once were charted meticulously</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Will be put in motion when the stars are ready</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> They are after all the same one that led me this far</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Onto the path of a long-lost forever bestie, Jaguar</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> And so it will be for twenty eleven</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> To keep making those dreams and things happen</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> Surely if a Jap man can bike with 2 dollars only</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> We can work out a random world </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">randonnée</span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Hoche la tete</span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Fate hasn't let us down yet</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Biz,</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'American Typewriter'; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">(: nuri.ramli</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">TYCU7U86TNKV</span></span></span></span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-4941949607449729912010-12-31T20:50:00.000+04:002010-12-31T20:58:16.188+04:00Mo Apel DocumentOuiOui<div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1. I love how creole just shortens je m'appelle to simply 'mo apel'.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2. My name is Nuri.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3. Yes it does sound like wiwi.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">4. Yes, also sounds like oui oui, French for 'yes'.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">5. DocumentOuiOui is a play on the word documentary and my name ... with a french twist.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So basically this digital nest here will be where I document my journey to learning French Creole.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's my 2011 thing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">*nods*</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Along with all those other things on Parrot's never-ending list.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Can't wait can't wait!</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Biz et bonne année,</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(: parrot</span></div>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412576696846376662.post-40973390531316424082010-12-29T12:55:00.000+04:002010-12-29T19:19:01.089+04:00Faire un Nouveau Nid<div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Marker Felt'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Marker Felt'; font-size: medium;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Marker Felt'; font-size: medium;"><div style="font: 14.0px 'American Typewriter Light'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'American Typewriter Light';"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Marker Felt';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'American Typewriter Light';"><div style="font: 14.0px 'American Typewriter Light'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Many years and blogs ago, I wrote a post about fresh starts, new beginnings and new years.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Well, it's that time again where people pop into stationary stores in search of 2011 calendars and planners and I hunt down a new digital nest for my thoughts.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Could this be <b>the one</b>?</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is where you go 'oui oui'.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Marker Felt'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(: Parrot</span></div></span></span></span></span>Parrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09285533725299858131noreply@blogger.com0