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Entry 0235
Jan 19th
I recently went on a trip to Indonesia – the liveblog of events can be found right here.
In order to better facilitate the retelling of this experience, I’m going to tell it in chunks. So much happened that to try and tell it all in one big wall of text would completely undermine the wonderful and awesome experience that I had in Jakarta and Bali. Plus, trying to cram all that text out in one go is just unfeasible for me – I work best with smaller volume of words.
The first part found here. This is part two, of three
We touched down safely, offloaded slowly, walked off the plane and started taking photos of the airport: So began the first day in Indonesia.
After marveling at how bright and clean the airport was, a star comparison to the hellhole that is LAX, we made our way to customs and immigration – where Nadia was reunited with her mom. There as much running, jumping and squealing of joy (the majority of which was from Nadia; Her mom was a bit quieter) and then brief introductions were made.
Then, I made my way to the passport queue, to pay for my Visa and get my passport stamped. Because I was going to be in country four 8 days instead of a week (Well, seven days and three hours, roughly) I had to pay for the longer-stay visa, which cost more. Granted, the total cost was only $25 US, so it wasn’t all that bad – and it would allow me to stay in country for a full month if need be.
After that, Nadia’s mom “helped” us through customs. I’m still not entirely sure what she said to the nice guard fellow, but he simply waved to me and Nadia and allowed us both into the country, no questions asked. Really, nice, that – otherwise, we’d have been in the line for ages.
It was a quick walk from their to claim our luggage, then out to the awaiting van and her father. We had, in short, made it and managed to catch up with two thirds of her immediate family! More >
Entry 0234
Dec 30th
I recently went on a trip to Indonesia – the liveblog of events can be found right here.
In order to better facilitate the retelling of this experience, I’m going to tell it in chunks. So much happened that to try and tell it all in one big wall of text would completely undermine the wonderful and awesome experience that I had in Jakarta and Bali. Plus, trying to cram all that text out in one go is just unfeasible for me – I work best with smaller volume of words.
So, here’s the first part.
The journey, like all such things, started simply: with packing.
Packing for this trip was unlike, well, any other trip Nadia and I have made together. For one thing, there was more luggage. Normally, we travel light – well, I travel light. Nadia, not so much. I’m usually good with a backpack full of shirts and shorts, where she’ll need a duffel of clothes for all occasions and weather – even if it’s just a day trip. Considering this was to be a three week voyage for her- and a week for myself – significantly more clothing was needed.
So, we did what any sane people would do: Bought new, larger luggage, and filled it to the brim with clothes for all occasions. And, since we were headed across the globe to her homeland – and the homeland of some of her friends here, we acted as a parcel service as well. What space in our bags that wasn’t filled with clothes (and I cannot stress the sheer number of clothes that went with us) was filled with food items and other small trinkets for the folks we’d be meeting, and the family of those friends she has here.
This, of course, lead to our bags being quite heavy – something which she fussed over for a couple days, worried that they would be too heavy, that we’d be hit with massive fines and become bankrupt and destitute all because we had too much stuff with us on the plane.
All this worrying – and repacking, trying to balance the weight of the bags and bring it something near the limit, would be for naught. More >
Entry 0231
Dec 11th
Operation Distant Shores Liveblog
12:04:10 PM: Some last minute re-packing, so am testing the liveblog interface. And drinking vitamins. Hurray travel!
1:33:33 PM: All systems go. Eating and waiting for ride to airport. Woo!
2:58:06 PM: Sitting in the airport Chili’s, getting a drink and killing time. Two hours to go!
2:58:50 PM: Nadia is super excited BTW. Keeps singing and dancing. 
Me? Not so much. I’m just surprised at how fast checking and security was.
2:59:50 PM: BTW: She’s checked through Jakarta. Me? Gotta get boarding pass in L.A.
*sigh*
2:13:07 AM: we are here! First stop!
2:14:12 AM: we are here and well
6:53:55 PM: Got new specs yesterday. Tres chic. Today breakfast and sight seeing. Yay!
6:55:04 PM: Oh, attempted to set up wifi for her folks last night. Had some issues. Was fun tho. Even on vacation I’m an IT guy. lol
8:15:52 PM: This is madness! No, this is JAKARTA!
11:26:53 PM: im in constant shock at how inexpensive it is here compared to vegas
11:47:26 PM: indo blue grass cover of mraz lucky in love. Better this way i think
3:24:25 AM: This is madness! No, this is Jakarta!!
3:50:38 AM: Just ate a gummy cow. Very tasty.
3:55:13 AM: Nadia is excited to read Indo lang Manga while pooing, and I’m happy just mastering “the hose”. 9500 miles away, & I’m a Twitter shitter.
8:31:38 AM: Just got back from dinner with Nadias whole family. Good food, good times. Now I’m super tired & itchy. Probably not related.
8:32:20 AM: Note to self: invent humidity proof boxers.
6:33:53 AM: I ate durian and it was yummy. Then I had an allergic reaction to it. Dunny 0, Indonesia 1.
4:26:40 AM: day two in bali: saw tons of neat stuff, battled stomache problems. Totally worth it
6:51:35 AM: Back in Jakarta, prepping for the day of travel tomorow. Been a wild, great trip.
12:39:41 AM: Am in Taipei airport, waiting for the start of my 12 hour flight to LA. This part of the airport is very nice. Miss Nadia already.
9:22:57 PM: Made it home. So sleepy
Entry 0199
Jun 17th
iPhone 3.0 Update Liveblog
5:22:29 PM: I’m going to annoy everyone on my Twitter thing by liveblogging the iPhone update. Yay technology!
5:22:43 PM: Installing now btw…
5:25:41 PM: Verifying. Hrm, blog seems to not actually be getting these updates.
5:29:05 PM: Okay, the blog is working. My phone? Not so much yet.
5:30:56 PM: Oh, what’s this? A warning that an app I have contains stuff not suitable for those under 17? Crazy…
5:32:15 PM: What’s this? Done already? Huh… Wonder why so many other people had to re-sync everything, but I didn’t.
5:33:47 PM: “whats this? what’s this?” Who am I, King of frakin’ Halloween?
5:36:46 PM: Checking out some settings. There’s an App Store entry in Settings now.
5:38:43 PM: Trying the Find My iPhone thing now…
5:40:22 PM: Getting some strange feedback on the blog. I think I’m also going to setup a new twitter account just for liveblogging.
5:43:33 PM: Found it to within a several blog area… refining it to within twenty feet. Not bad.
Entry 0104
Aug 21st
Demo on XBL and PSN
It’s been a while since the last time I was excited about a new game hitting – I think MGS4 was the last game I actually got all excited over.
Star Wars : The Force Unleashed is one that I’m really looking forward to. Not sure if I’m exactly excited about it or not, but I am really hoping to be.
Tonight I’ll be downloading the demo and giving it a spin – and, since it’s on both XBox Live and Playstation Network, I figure I’ll download them both, and compare the two. I did this once before with Burnout: Paradise, so I figure this might be a good chance to try that again.
As a bonus, and just because I’m a total dork, I’ll LiveBlog the whole thing right here.
So, stay tuned for the fun.
Let The LiveBlog Begin!
- 17:38 -
Started downloading the demo on both XBL and PSN. Started the download on XBL before PSN, might have been a mistake. For some odd reason the demo weighs in at ~905MB on XBL and ~1350MB on PSN. That’s a strange ~400MB difference… Could the PSN Demo have higher resolution textures or is it just coded poorly?
Last time a saw a strange difference in file size like this was with Spore, and it turned out EA had just wrapped the Windows version of spore in Wine before releasing it on the Mac.Maybe LA is wrapping the PS3 version of the game in an XBox emulator… YOU READ IT HERE FIRST!
- 17:50-
Still downloading, I’m going to go take a short nap… I’ll post more when I get up. - 19:25-
Woke up from nap, demo was done downloading on XBox. Gave it a test drive.
OMFG THIS IS NEAT
Hard to control though. - 18:05-
At “boss” – Yeah, kinda hard – still awesome.
Once you figure it out, it’s a little *less* awesome. - 18:19-
Gonna give the PS3 a go – “installing” the demo. Man, this is one area where the XBox gets it right.
Weird. More >
