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I'm a bit faster, yesterday was 94wpm, today was 104!

104 words

You type 581 characters per minute
You have 104 correct words and
you have 7 wrong words

Try it out:

http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/

Sorry stimx was still down last night.

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Well it's coming, Nuffnang just passed it's first anniversary on the 27th of February 2008! Celebrating a proud year of with the finest blog advertising network in Asia. (You can read more at Tim and Ming's blogs).

In honour of that Nuffnang are throwing a huge cross borders party with bloggers from Malaysia and Singapore having a crazy Pajama Party at Borneo Baruk Club in Kuala Lumpur on the 15th of March 2008. To get access to the party you just need to write a blog entry according to the theme, it's limited to 300 places to get your entry in quick - the deadline is tomorrow (February 29th), when you've posted send the permalink to pajamaparty@nuffnang.com.my.

Personally....I sleep worse with Chipster.

Because I have to WAKE UP AND EAT THEM..

I do actually like Chipster....especially with a nice cold glass of Zappel...that might explain why I'm so FAT large boned.

Go do your Chipster Post now!

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Long time no did me-me, saw this one on Asyraf's blog and thought it was pretty interesting.

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night.
Suanie - she always makes me laugh.

2. What were you doing at 0800?
Sleeping of course, what else would I be doing in the middle of the night..

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Watching Band of Brothers episode 5.

4. What happened to you in 2006?
2006? Don't really remember...lot's of shit check the archives.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
HUNGRYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

6. How many beverages did you have today?
1 Orange Juice and some water.

7. What color is your hairbrush?
I don't own a hairbrush - what you want my to brush my chest hair?

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Some beer on the way home from 7-11.

9. Where were you last night?
Having dinner with a friend from India.

10. What color is your front door?
Green.

11. Where do you keep your change?
In the girly compartment in my wallet.

12. What’s the weather like today?
Flat and hot, not good weather for taking pictures lately.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
Now that's a hard one....Haagen Daas Rum and Raisin or Baskin Robbins Mocha Almond Fudge.

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
No but I wish I had more..

16. Are you over the age of 25?
Yes.

17. Do you talk a lot?
Sometimes - but at the moment I'm in a silent phase.

18. Do you watch the O.C.?
No - I'm a House fan.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
Yes a few people, it's a pretty common name.

20. Do you make up your own words?
All the time, if someone understands what you mean that makes it a word right? As it's effective communication.

21. Are you a jealous person?
Nope.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’.
Alda Tan

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.
Kar Yeong

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?
Kimberlycun

25. What does the last text message you received say?
"Sorry will be 15 minutes late"

26. Do you chew on your straw?
No way.

27. Do you have curly hair?
Only my pubes.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
Out for dinner - not sure where yet. But it'll be on We Ate This.

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
Definitely me...

30. What was the last thing you ate?
Meatball spaghetti at Italiannies 1U.

31. Will you get married in the future?
Yes...when I can afford it.

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?
Cinderella Man

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
Yes and I have her

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
Last night.

35. Are you currently depressed?
I think so...anyone got some valium?

36. Did you cry today?
No.

37. Why did you answer and post this?
I thought it was pretty interesting.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
Whoever wants to do it go ahead, I'm not gonna tag anyone.

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Long time since I've done one of these, quite interesting though.

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 61%

What does this mean?

Moral frameworks can be more or less parsimonious. That is to say, they can employ a wide range of principles, which vary in their application according to circumstances (less parsimonious) or they can employ a small range of principles which apply across a wide range of circumstances without modification (more parsimonious). An example might make this clear. Let's assume that we are committed to the principle that it is a good to reduce suffering. The test of moral parsimony is to see whether this principle is applied simply and without modification or qualification in a number of different circumstances. Supposing, for example, we find that in otherwise identical circumstances, the principle is applied differently if the suffering person is from a different country to our own. This suggests a lack of moral parsimony because a factor which could be taken to be morally irrelevant in an alternative moral framework is here taken to be morally relevant.

How to interpret your score

The higher your percentage score the more parsimonious your moral framework. In other words, a high score is suggestive of a moral framework that comprises a minimal number of moral principles that apply across a range of circumstances and acts. What is a high score? As a rule of thumb, any score above 75% should be considered indicative of a parsimonious moral framework. However, perhaps a better way to think about this is to see how your score compares to other people's scores.
In fact, your score of 61% is not significantly different than the average score of 65%. This suggests that you have utilised an average number of moral principles in order to make judgements about the scenarios presented in this test, and that you have tended to judge similar aspects of the acts and circumstances depicted here to be morally relevant as other people.

Moral Parsimony - good or bad?

We make no judgement about whether moral parsimony is a good or bad thing. Some people will think that on balance it is a good thing and that we should strive to minimise the number of moral principles that form our moral frameworks. Others will suspect that moral parsimony is likely to render moral frameworks simplistic and that an overly parsimonious moral framework will leave us unable to deal with the complexity of real circumstances and acts. We'll leave it up to you to decide who is right.

How was your score calculated?

Your score was calculated by combining and averaging your scores in the four categories that appear below.

Geographical Distance

This category has to do with the impact of geographical distance on the application of moral principles. The idea here is to determine whether moral principles are applied equally when dealing with sets of circumstances and acts that differ only in their geographical location in relation to the person making the judgement.

Your score of 51% is significantly lower than the average score of 73% in this category.

This suggests that geographical distance is a relevant factor in your moral thinking. Usually, this will mean feeling a greater moral obligation towards people located nearby than towards those who are far away. To incorporate geographical distance within your moral framework as a morally relevant factor is to decrease its parsimoniousness.

Family Relatedness

In this category, we look at the impact of family loyalty and ties on the way in which moral principles are applied. The idea here is to determine whether moral principles are applied without modification or qualification when you're dealing with sets of circumstances and acts that differ only in whether the participants are related through family ties to the person making the judgement.

Your score of 67% is a bit higher than the average score of 54% in this category.

But nevertheless, it is low enough to suggest that issues of family relatedness are still significant in your moral thinking. Probably, you think that you have a slightly greater moral obligation towards people who are related to you than towards those who are not. If you do think that, then it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

Acts and Omissions

This category has to do with whether there is a difference between the moral status of acting and omitting to act where the consequences are the same in both instances. Consider the following example. Let's assume that on the whole it is a bad thing if a person is poisoned whilst drinking a cola drink. One might then ask whether there is a moral difference between poisoning the coke, on the one hand (an act), and failing to prevent a person from drinking a coke someone else has poisoned, when in a position to do so, on the other (an omission). In this category then, the idea is to determine if moral principles are applied equally when you're dealing with sets of circumstances that differ only in whether the participants have acted or omitted to act.

Your score of 51% is a little lower than the average score of 60% in this category.

This suggests that the distinction between acting and omitting to act is sometimes a relevant factor in your moral thinking. Probably, you tend to believe that those who act have a greater moral culpability than those who simply omit to act. If this is what you believe, it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

Scale

This category has to do with whether scale is a factor in making moral judgements. A simple example will make this clear. Consider a situation where it is possible to save ten lives by sacrificing one life. Is there a moral difference between this choice and one where the numbers of lives involved are different but proportional - for example, saving 100 lives by sacrificing ten? In this category then, the idea is to determine whether moral principles are applied without modification or qualification when you're dealing with sets of circumstances that differ only in their scale, as in the sense described above.

Your score of 76% is not significantly different to the average score of 73% in this category.

Nevertheless, you have scored highly in this category, which suggests that scale, as it is described above, is not a particularly important consideration in your moral worldview. To the extent that it is important, it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

You can take the Morality Quiz here.

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Suan tagged me, but I still love her anyway.

How many schools did I go to?

I don't remember exactly, I moved around quite a lot when I was young..I think 5 primary schools, secondary education I stayed in the same place though so only 1.

So all together around 6, then sixth form college and 2 universities...if you wanted to know

Was I the studious nerd, or the last minute hero?

Complete last minute hero, was never into studying unless it involved messing shit up, fire, explosions, cooking or sport (Much the same as now really).

I usually used to 'borrow' the nerdy kids work then correct the mistakes, add a bit of flair and hand it in, usually getting a higher mark.

Was I the class ‘taiko’ or the teacher’s pet?

I was the joker of the class, always making people laugh (well the teachers weren't laughing). I made my maths teacher cry once by cracking jokes on her, Mrs Leek.

What was the biggest rule I broke in school?

Stealing? Fighting? Suspended for Bullying? Damaging School Property? Vandalism? Skipping School? Getting Drunk?

Dunno really...let's find some rules I didn't break eh?

Three subjects I enjoyed.

Science.

I really loved science because I have an innate ability to see how things work, so science really made sense to me, I could work it out, I got double A* in Science GSCE without studying (top 5% in the country).

Of course I also loved blowing things up, burning things and so on I remember once during a science experiment..we were burning magnesium which is really cool! Then I thought my aluminium pencil sharpener probably has some magnesium in it...so I'll burn it with the bunsen burner! Which turned out to be a really bad idea, as the flashpoint for aluminium is very high, and combined with magnesium it became a burning ball of fury which promptly burnt straight through the pestle, through the heatproof mat, through the DESK and made a black hole in the floor..all of which I had to pay for. NOT A GOOD IDEA ONCE AGAIN!

Funny enough, I hated maths, which most people think you have to love to be good at Physics (not true).

Home economics.

Yeah cooking, I even loved it back then, just look at my blog it's a testament to my love of cooking and food!

English.

Mostly English literature, not so much English language. I loved reading, I do enjoy reading classics and I enjoyed Shakespeare a lot. I still do love reading and have a large book collection. I love the British passion for literature

On a flip side, I hate History & Maths.

Three teachers that inspired me.

I inspired myself, wtf teachers?! Ok anyway...

Mr Sides. My only really memorable primary school teacher, a giant of a man that was an authoratarian but very likeable aswell. Harsh, but beat the shit out of you for a good reason, he taught sports and maths and English I think.

Mrs Coley. Encouraged me to be multi-lingual and took me on my first trip abroad at primary school without my parents to Normandy in France where I saw the Bayeaux Tapestry. Stern lady, but loved teaching. Didn't love me so much when I etched my name on her table with a needle.

Mr Abbot. We used to call him monkey man, in a good way of course. Homeboy just loved climbing, and he was amazing at it. Sometimes when we were away on adventure trips after dinner you'd find him climbing up the side of the staircase or up the wall for practise. Used to ask the bus to drop him off on the road 10 miles before we got back to the lodge so he could jog back! Had an immense passion for English Literature and passed it on to us, a great man and a fantastic teacher. Also led some really fun adventure trips into the mountains and countryside of UK.

And I'm tagging…

All 'the usual people' are already tagged, yeah so I tag you people who have commented recently, you better do it..OR ELSE!11one

spiller
Boss Stewie
gbyeow
chengsim
yothemans.com

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These were pretty accurate, until I posted on my blog, but I wanted to see what people who just read my blog thought of me, I tend to think I am the same online as offline, so yeah the results are fairly similar.

Johari Results

Arena (known to self and others) adaptable, independent, intelligent, observant, self-assertive	Blind Spot (known only to others) able, accepting, bold, brave, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, complex, confident, dependable, dignified, energetic, extroverted, friendly, giving, happy, helpful, idealistic, ingenious, kind, knowledgeable, logical, loving, mature, organised, proud, reflective, relaxed, responsive, sensible, sentimental, shy, silly, spontaneous, trustworthy, warm, witty
Façade (known only to self) wise	Unknown (known to nobody) introverted, modest, nervous, patient, powerful, quiet, religious, searching, self-conscious, sympathetic, tense

Dominant Traits

53% of people think that shaolintiger is knowledgeable

All Percentages

able (16%) accepting (10%) adaptable (20%) bold (13%) brave (3%) calm (3%) caring (10%) cheerful (3%) clever (3%) complex (10%) confident (30%) dependable (3%) dignified (13%) energetic (13%) extroverted (16%) friendly (10%) giving (3%) happy (3%) helpful (20%) idealistic (6%) independent (30%) ingenious (3%) intelligent (36%) introverted (0%) kind (16%) knowledgeable (53%) logical (16%) loving (3%) mature (10%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (30%) organised (10%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (26%) quiet (0%) reflective (6%) relaxed (10%) religious (0%) responsive (3%) searching (0%) self-assertive (13%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (3%) sentimental (3%) shy (3%) silly (20%) spontaneous (3%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (6%) warm (6%) wise (0%) witty (30%)

Wise still in the facade LOL And most people seem to think I'm knowledgeable, after that top is confident and witty.

Nohari there are no blindspots.

Arena (known to self and others) intolerant, violent, lethargic, brash, blasé, insensitive	Blind Spot (known only to others) aloof, simple, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhappy, unhelpful, cynical, needy, inane, cruel, ignorant, distant, childish, boastful, chaotic, impatient, loud, unethical, self-satisfied, smug, rash, dispassionate, overdramatic, predictable, callous, inattentive, cold, foolish, humourless
Façade (known only to self)	Unknown (known to nobody) incompetent, inflexible, timid, cowardly, glum, stupid, insecure, irresponsible, unimaginative, irrational, imperceptive, weak, embarrassed, vacuous, panicky, passive, dull, unreliable

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (14%) inflexible (0%) timid (0%) cowardly (0%) violent (9%) aloof (9%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (9%) insecure (0%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (28%) lethargic (4%) withdrawn (14%) hostile (19%) selfish (19%) unhappy (9%) unhelpful (4%) cynical (42%) needy (4%) unimaginative (0%) inane (9%) brash (28%) cruel (4%) ignorant (4%) irrational (0%) distant (14%) childish (28%) boastful (23%) blasé (14%) imperceptive (0%) chaotic (9%) impatient (23%) weak (0%) embarrassed (0%) loud (14%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (14%) insensitive (28%) self-satisfied (33%) passive (0%) smug (23%) rash (4%) dispassionate (4%) overdramatic (14%) dull (0%) predictable (4%) callous (14%) inattentive (4%) unreliable (0%) cold (9%) foolish (4%) humourless (4%)

Top is cynical (Is that really a bad thing?), then self-satisfied and smug. Then childish, boastful, impatient and vulgar. There is a thin line between confident and arrogance eh?

You can also check out my Personal DNA.

I found this one very accurate, I am a cautious leader

You're not set on one way of doing things, and you often have the skills and persistence to find innovative ways of facing challenges.

You approach problems in an analytical way, not getting caught up in your own emotions. You are an independent thinker, not wedded to the preferences of others.

Generally, you believe that you control your life, and that external forces only play a limited role in determining what happens to you.

You have respect for the natural order of things, and a good sense of right and wrong.

Investigating the world through observation, as opposed to interaction, is preferable to you.

You sometimes wish that others would be more like you—less hindered by their emotions, more respectful, and more private.

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It's been a long time since I've done any of this crap..

Yeah most people have heard of the Johari window now, a personality mapping scheme.

The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.

http://kevan.org/johari?name=shaolintiger

So yeah, do it, fill in my Johari!

What I've recently found out is that there is also a negative version called the nohari Window.

If you've got balls, try this one with your friends.

The Nohari Window is a challenging inversion of the Johari Window, using antonyms of the original words. By describing your failings from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of perceived and unrecognised weaknesses can be explored.

http://kevan.org/nohari?name=shaolintiger

Yeah be honest, if you're scared I'll kill you just put a fake name

I'll post all the results in a couple of days.

Results Out Here

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4 jobs you’ve had in your life: - This is tough...I've had 40-50 jobs
System Administrator - West Midlands, UK
3-tier Database Developer - London, UK
Door to Door Salesmen for Double Glazing - Birmingham, UK
Information Security Professional - KL, Malaysia

4 movies you could watch over and over:
Face Off - Because it's totally best action movie EVAR
Jay and Silent Bob - Because it ALWAYS has me in stitches
Pulp Fiction - Because it's one of the COOLEST movies evar made.
City of God - Because it's beautiful and profound

4 TV shows you love(d) to watch: - I don't really watch TV but..
Band of Brothers
Quantum Leap
Baywatch
Any of the BBC Science series

4 places you’ve lived:
Liverpool, UK
Bangor, UK
London, UK
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 places you’ve been on vacation to:
Thailand
Austria
Amsterdam
France

4 places you would rather be: - Quite happy here right now.
Anywhere with Skiiing
Anywhere with SCUBA Diving
Anywhere I can drive supercars super fast
Anywhere I can eat too much and not get fat

4 of your favourite foods: - I could list 400..
English Breakfast
Japanese Food (Sushi and Sashimi)
Ramly Burgers
Almost everything in Penang

4 websites you visit daily: - I'm gonna be self-centered
My Blog
My Other Blog
My Forum
Google Homepage

4 (victims) tagged:
Dabido
spiller
Kuzco
Paul Tan

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Yeah Suan tagged me, which I could probably get away with ignoring, but then mob1900 got me again...

So well I guess I have to do it now.

Seven things you plan to do before you die:
1. Visit South American (Brazil yeah! Chile etc..)
2. Own a Mitsubishi Evolution (6 or above)
3. Discover a miracle cure for all diseases has been culutured in the fluff in my belly button
4. Have a flat stomach
5. Become a PADI qualified Diving Instructor
6. Become a Millionaire
7. Live Happily Ever After

Seven things I could do:
1. Stop being an asshole at random intervals
2. Think before I speak
3. Smoke less (or quit! I am trying..)
4. Care a bit more about the important things
5. Call my Mom more often
6. Play DOTA a bit less (already started on that one!)
7. Don't crash my car ANY MORE

Seven Celebrity crushes:
1. Halle Berry
2. Claudia Schiffer
3. Tyra Banks
4. Kylie Minogue
5. Faith Hill
6. Gwen Stefani
7. Beyonce Knowles

Man getting only 7 was tough..(Angelina Jolie? Cameron Diaz..)

Seven often repeated words:
1. Yeah Right
2. LOLPLZ
3. WTF?!?
4. Faggot
5. Cibai
6. Yes I am ShaolinTiger
7. No sorry I won't give you babies right now

Not sure if this means in real life, or online..mine is a mix of both

Seven physical traits I look for in the opposite sex:
1. Not a midget
2. Breasts larger than a walnut
3. Not fat
4. Good skin
5. Not skinny like a supermodel
6. Doesn't have more hair than me
7. Doesn't have a mean/bitchy/slutty face

Seven tags go to:
1. No
2. One
3. Because
4. They
5. Did
6. It
7. Already.

Well there you go. If you read this and haven't done it, please feel free to go ahead and do it, send me a trackback or something

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Advanced
You scored 92% Beginner, 92% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 73% Expert!

You have an extremely good understanding of beginner, intermediate, and advanced level commonly confused English words, getting at least 75% of each of these three levels' questions correct. This is an exceptional score. Remember, these are commonly confused English words, which means most people don't use them properly. You got an extremely respectable score.

For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 32% on Beginner You scored higher than 23% on Intermediate You scored higher than 79% on Advanced You scored higher than 53% on Expert

Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on Ok Cupid

Well yeah my English should be good I'm from England after all, how do you score?

English is a pretty complicated language in general, like the same sounding word, can have like 4 meanings, 3 of them even spelt the same way, it's all relative according to the rest of the sentence, no tones like the Chinese dialects..

Can be pretty confusing

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That is why there is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or french fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Only in English do we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Why do we ship by truck and send cargo by ship, or have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

In what other language do people drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? Why is it that a house can burn up as it burns down? How do you fill in a form by filling it out? How does an alarm go off by going on? And why is it that when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible?

Why are wisemen and wise guys opposites? Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? If horrific means to make horrible doesn't terrific mean to make terrible? How can weather be as hot as hell one day and as cold as hell the next? No doubt you have seen a horseless carriage, but have you ever wondered what a horseful carriage would look like?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed? If you take an Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?

And have you ever seen a strapful gown, or met a sung hero, or experienced requited love? And have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly, or peccable? If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland Holes? And why is it that when I wind up my watch it starts but when I wind up this story ends?

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