Bowen's Blog

An unlucky day

2009-10-31T16:04:00.000+08:00

I take bus 157, transfer to 59 and then 45 to get home everyday...
So, the day before yesterday, i took 157 with my fren and got off near RI, waited for 59 for 'bout 5 mins, i fell asleep after a while... (59 teminates at changi village)

yes u should have guessed, i woke up when the bus is near changi prison, mind u, changi prison, and i was in sch uniform...-.-

so, i tot i cant probably get off there coz ppl will all b looking at me, and thus decided to take to changi village terminal and try to find my way back home...

after a while i reached changi village and it looked like tis:

and now i was the only one on the bus and the driver is looking at me thru the mirror. i alighted when it reached the terminal and here there was a hawker centre:

i boarded 59 again from the other direction and went to eunos for 45 to go home. i tot i'll be back in a jiffy but no, that was not to be...

i waited for it for like 15 mins (yes, maybe i should go complain to SBS) and then i got on, and fell asleep again (maybe i stayed up too late to play com.)

i woked up when the bus juz terminated, then i was like "oh screw!"

and i waited another 13 mins for the bus and got home after 30mins.

the total time of the trip was 3hrs 12min...double of my usual time.

so tat was how unlucky i was..

ok byes and happy halloween!!!

zzz...i decide to change my theme...zzz

2009-10-24T12:42:00.000+08:00

Blah, i just wanna tell you that i changed the theme to a less crappy one...zzz

ok byes, this is the end of my blog post...

List of open source and free software as of 21st July 2009

2009-10-24T12:22:00.000+08:00

Righto, this is my second post, i noe the 21st July 2009 thingy is A BIT outdated but me and my friend created this list for some school project then, so i thought i will put it into good use by posting it here. You can duplicate this is put it on everywhere you like but pls inform me via commenting or dropping me a email, yes this is the idea of opensource... I spent quite some effort on this and my firefox crashed twice when i tried pasting this.

Ok...Here goes...

List of open source and free software as of 21st July 2009

Operating Systems
- Linux Ubuntu Version 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) (Ubuntu rocks! Far better than any Windows or Mac operating system)
- Fedora Version 11

Office Systems
- AbiWord (Something like Microsoft Word)
- OpenOffice.org Suite Version 3.1.0 (Something like Microsoft Office but rocks much more)

Antivirus Software
- ClamWin Free Antivirus
- AVG Free Version 8.5
- Avast! Home Edition

System Utilities
- Ccleaner (Cleans up useless junk on your system)
- 7zip (Compressor Software)

Web Browsers
- Mozilla Firefox Version 3.5.1 (The best browser ever!)
- Google Chrome (Very fast but quite buggy)
- SeaMonkey Internet Suite – Comprises of a web browser, a email client, a webpage builder and a IRC based chat (This is the revived version of Netscape Navigator, and is based on the source code of Mozilla, it got a web page builder having almost the same functions as Adobe Dreamweaver)
- Opera Version 9.64 (Fast and compact browser)

Website Builders
- BlueVoda Website Builder (Very excellent website builder, in fact it is even better than Adobe Dreamweaver, though it need some practice to get familiar with its interface)
- SeaMonkey Composer (This is part of the SeaMonkey Internet Suite as mentioned above, and this is the webpage builder I was talking about just now)
- My Free Website Builder (This is a typical ‘What You See Is What You Get’ website builder, everything in it is around the same as SeaMonkey Composer except for the user interface)

Email Clients
- Mozilla Thunderbird Version 2.0.0.22 (The best email client anyone can ever have)
- Evolution Mail (It originated in Linux but is available for Windows as well)

FTP Clients
- FileZilla FTP Client (A FTP client that transfers files much faster than dragging files from one window to another)

Dictionaries and Educational Software
- WordWeb Version 5.52 (A dictionary software)
- The Sage Dictionary and Thesaurus Version 3.1.2
- Google Earth Version 5.0.11733.9347 (A mapping software for Geography)

Mind Mapping Software
- FreeMind Version 0.81 (A simple concept map software)
- OpenOffice.org Draw Version 3.1.0 (Excellent piece of mind mapping software, definitely worth trying)
- CmapTools Version 5.03 (Not so good as compared to the above two software)

Programming Software
- Dev-C++ (The best C++ programming software ever)

Audio Recording and Editing Software
- Audacity Version 1.2.6 (It comes with many functions, and you can even get more by downloading plug-ins for it)

Internet Safety Software
- Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Version 4.0.288 (This software protects you from any sort of inappropriate content in the Internet, and also blocks malware while you are surfing)
- McAfee Site Advisor Version 2.9.258 (Virus and spyware filter)
- AVG Link Scanner (Virus and spyware filter)

Replacement for Adobe CS4
- BlueVoda Website Builder (Replacement for Adobe Dreamweaver as mentioned above, and it is even better and more user-friendly than Dreamweaver)
- SeaMonkey Composer (Replacement for Adobe Dreamweaver as mentioned above)
- GIMP 2.6.6 (Very good replacement for Adobe Photoshop, and has roughly the same number of functions)
- Paint.NET (Replacement for Adobe Photoshop, this is a compact software for simple image retouching)
- Pencil Version 0.4.4b (Open source alternative for Adobe Flash, it is a very simple and compact software and lacks many feature as compared to Adobe Flash)

Portable Applications
- Visit http://portableapps.com/

Ok, this is the end of the list, i noe the tone is quite formal cause this is for a school
project...lol...and just to tell you, any comment is say about the softwares are purely my own thoughts and pls do not juz copy them blindly...if you have any questions, you can email me, at ok...i realised that my email is on the top left corner of my blog, so blahblahblah...

Ok thats all for my second post! good byes and merry christmas ( i was just being random )

first post

2009-10-24T11:33:00.000+08:00

hi dudes, 1st post here! don't ask me why i chose the pink theme though it look like ****.

and, yes... if this blog gets too boring follow these steps
1. go get the plunger from the wc
2. stick that plunger into ur com. screen
3. repeat step 2 till ur screen explodes
4. pour detergent into ur com. till it explodes
5. (optional) throw a plasma grenade at ur com.
and yep, that ought to juice things out, but make sure ur com. has a full warranty before doing that.

Okay, time to get serious, in this blog you'll expect to see the following
1. stuff related to technology and opensource (i will be talking about the upcoming release of ubuntu karmic koala)
2. adventures with my friends
3. stuff that happen in school
4. some random stuff that happen in my life
5. games...

oh yes! forgotten to introduce myself.
Ok...here goes - I am a typical secondary one student in Hwa Chong Institution in Singapore, and I'm very into opensource and technology. I'm very extrovert and likes to have fun and adventures, or misadventures whatsoever with my friends (especially this guy called boning a.k.a bobo). Gets into trouble about once a fortnight and loves to play games.

And that's about the end of my self intro. and the end of my first blogpost.
whew! quite long eh?
(my email is 'come.spam.me.all.you.like@gmail.com')