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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Time is a companion


"Time is a companion that goes with us on the journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived."
I made this card for my co-worker, Keith. He has a birthday tomorrow. I also made it for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #19 and the Ways to use it challenge to do something with time.
The quote is from my Tim Holtz set that I used for this calendar. I thought it went really well with Psalm 118:24. I have used this set several times, but today was the first time that I really looked at the words, and I was blessed by what it says. My goal or resolution for this New Year is to live in the moment. Not worrying about the past or the future. Happy New Year.

Gearing up for a New Year



I can't believe that 2009 is almost over. 2010 here we come. I made these two calendars for the Stampin Sisters is Christ Challenge. This last month went by so fast. There were so many things that kept me too busy to create or update my blog. Both of my daughters had birthdays in December. I had so many Christmas programs, parties, activities, year end projects at work... I just hope that things slow down just a little this next month. For the bottom calendar, I used a scripture from the book of Psalm 118: 24. It wanted to remind myself to rejoice and treasure each day. I find myself worrying about tomorrow and fretting about yesterday when today is all I can do anything about.

С Новым годом!

Поздравляю Вас с Новым 2010 годом.
Желаю всего самого самого хорошего: творческих творений, хотений и могений :)
море радости, кучу удовольствия, смеха, радости!

Пусть год тигра будет таким же теплым и добрым :)

P.S. Рисунки Plum Purdy.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

How to Make Images Dance?

This isn't a hack, isn't illegal and only affects your own computer.


With the use of javascript, you could just put it in your address bar to run the code and make your images dance in any way you want! This is for fun purposes only.


Steps
1.
Go to a website preferably with lots of images.
2. Wait until it fully loads.
3. Copy and paste the following code into the address bar.



Code:

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24;x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length;function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style;DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5;DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++ }setInterval('A()',5); void(0);





Then watch the images on that website move around in your computer. To alter directions and ways the images may move, just change the x and y values and mess around with whatever number you find. If you understand the mathematical formula there, you can try changing to a better formula to make your images go in your own ways.


Love,
Nicholas.

Прованс

Брошечка "Прованс" по названию бисерного микса ТОХО. У меня с названиями не шибко хорошо :)

Очень я скажу полезно вести блог. Я совершено забыла как эту брошку делать.
Так бы и не вспомнила, но посмотрела и сделала.

Делала ее в подарок. Но когда зажимала в основу, одна ножка отвалилась :(
Чтобы придать конструкции прочность, залила клеем, а он, гад просочился наружу немного :( (на этой фотографии видно)
Полировала брошь дремелем. Матовость от клея с бусин ушла, а на проволочной ловушке немного осталась. Покрыла ее лаком, чтобы придать глянцевости. Вот теперь не знаю что и делать: дарить с недочетами стыдно, а подарок сделать очень хотелось. Брошка идеально подходит к наряду одаряемой.
Основы для брошей все закончились :( Запас был приличный, да перед НГ весь разлетелся. Купить такую уже не успею... эх...

Что делать-то?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

What is RSS Feed?

As some of you may question, what is RSS Feed and why do I put it up on the menu bar?


A web feed is basically a data format used for frequently updated content. The most useful thing about web feeds are whenever you have internet access, you get the updated content immediately. Else, you can manually update them yourself.

Web feeds are extremely useful especially for Google News and other up-to-date contents any of the readers may want to read about.



RSS Icon




How to Subscribe to a Feed
To subscribe to a web feed, you can add the web address or feed address to your Feeds.

For example, click on the RSS Icon at the menu of my blog to go to my blog feed. Then, just click Subscribe to Feed or something of the sort located at the menu at the side.

For Internet Explorer or possibly other browsers, Feeds are located under Favorites.



My Feeds Only Update When I View Them!
If you haven't already set automatic update for your feeds, you can go to your settings or internet options to set your update schedule. Once set, the feeds will update even if you are not actively using a browser, bad for phones which need credit when downloading data.

For Internet Explorer users, go to Tools > Internet Options. Then click the Content tab and click Settings under Feeds and Web Slices. Check Automatically Update Feeds and Web Slices.



Advantages
The advantages of web feeds are simple.
1. Users do not need to enter any information about themselves such as e-mail.
2. Users do not need to notify or request to unsubscribe or subscribe a feed.
3. Users can view more efficiently as it is well sorted and much simpler.



To receive frequent and quick updates from my blog, subscribe now as well. It is simple and easy to do!



Love,
Nicholas.

BUNCO FRIENDS


I made this for my bunco friends. If any of you play bunco, you might be interested in the cut file, so I thought I'd share.



http://www.mediafire.com/?mzy5dwrmtno

Sweet Sentiments for your Relatives..Great for TIles



mother saying with heart:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ntd2i2uw1wt



Mother tile:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ni4zz0yjenn




Forever my father:
http://www.mediafire.com/?cmqdymikyjc




Forever my mother:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ndyyohz4vjj
Forever my daughter:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jzonmnz4ucj


Mother saying 2:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ni4zz0yjenn




I made this for a friend I have who is vertically challenged. She got a kick out of it. It is a Picture frame, to be cut from card stock. The lettering will cut out of the frame, as I used a stencil font. I added her name instead of some of the presents on mine, as she has an unusual name that you can never find on anything! I added a photo of the two of us, for a gift that was much appreciated!

Small packages:

http://www.mediafire.com/?wzjibfojubv

Monday, December 28, 2009

Изморозь

Вот такую брошку я наморозила :)
Она и правда получилась снежно-вьюжная за чет "колючих" биконусов.

Подвески задумывала немного по-другому, но бусина оказалась со сколом :(
Страсть как не люблю такое... пришлось выкинуть и перефантазировать.
Размером 45х80 мм. Носиться будет дамой красивых форм с черным вечерним платьем.

Материалы: бисер ТОХО, Сваровски, стеклянные бусины, проволока посеребренная, цепочка серебренная.

How to Do Word Clouds?

Word clouds are a bunch of words arranged in different ways and different sizes.


As seen in many different sites, word clouds alone are done best using the computer with a plain dark background, filled with words of different sizes and different arrangements as well as different colours.

These words express and catch the attention of many viewers, to see what the writer has written and be able to know what they thought at that time, as well as the progression of the thoughts into other keywords. It's very interesting to view how it is and the various things that comes into your mind when looking at the word and how it is emphasized or subscripted in word clouds.



Doodling
Apart from plain words, you can try adding in drawings and sentences that will tell more of a story or comedy instead.

Some lovers/couples have a doodle book to draw or write in their own ways to express instead of just talking. Here is a simple example of a doodle communication.





As shown above, they're all sentences instead of words. Drawings show and tell as one lover tells that he has played The Sims 3. Then it moved on to how he made his sims WooHoo and the way sims recycle by throwing stuff into the dustbin. The black arrow leads to the piece of dung which is then seen as a way of recycling to save the trees by another small arrow. Many other paths can be seen, and it's up to the viewer how they would see the story, which is pretty hard to find the right way.


All to all, this way of art as well as the pictures can make a good decoration or art for clothes or anything. With random ideas jumbled together, word clouds make a very good piece of art.


Love,
Nicholas.

Новогодняя открытка

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Полистайте слайды нашей новогодней презентации

WNxH: Christmas Dream

Today's strip of WNx Homestay is out!


This might be the last or the 2nd last strip I would make for this month. Next month I'll be doing National Service and there won't be anymore updates on comic strips.


WNx Homestay: Christmas Dream



If you're wondering who Wallyba is cosplaying as, it's Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid. I have her pictures on the sidebar, as well as the clock. She's cute, she's fabulous, she's a singer and she's great! =D



Love,
Nicholas.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

[Notice] - Blog's Inactivity

Blog has been inactive these few days with very low frequency of posts.


I know it has been inactive and there isn't much to see now in this blog, because I have been travelling to KL for Christmas and some family matters. Therefore! I would like to apologize for the long inactive periods of my blog that held all of you back from visiting more often.

Guides have been reduced to almost none per week. So I hope you could bear with me more as I will post whenever I have the time!


Break Periods
These are the following dates the blog will be very inactive.
1 January 2010 - 2 January 2010 (New Year, will be in KL)
3 January 2010 - 14 March 2010 (National Service)
Maybe from May 2010 Onwards (College In-take)


When I am away in those break periods, my girlfriend will take over for me. She has her studies and work to do, her schedule is always full as well. So the blog won't be as active as ever, but it will stay alive as long as I'm here to take care of it.

So please start visiting more often after 14 March 2010, as Terminator said...


I'LL BE BACK.



Love,
Nicholas.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

It's a Wonderful Life

Everyone knows the scene, there is a run on the bank, and George Bailey has only a handful of cash standing between him and the demise of the old building and loan. “Now tell me, how much do you need to tide you over until the bank reopens?”

It is only Christmas Eve but the holiday season has already been very good to me. Sales of The Crown Conspiracy, Avempartha, and Nyphron Rising have been phenomenal.

“This is a very interesting situation!”

While I have no means of determining how many copies of The Crown Conspiracy have sold, I’ve noticed that the Amazon rank for the book has been doing amazing things. This could be due to holiday shopping, or people waiting until book three came out to start the series, or word-of-mouth hitting a certain critical mass, but whatever it is, the books have been flying out of the warehouse in unprecedented numbers. Then this morning it suddenly stopped.

“I’ve never seen one, but that has all the looks of being a run on the bank.”

Amazon is out of stock. Book Depository is out of stock. Powell’s is out of stock. Barnes & Nobles is out of stock. Abe's Books is out of stock. Everyone except rare booksellers—who are offering the book at outrageous prices—are all out of stock.

“Can't you understand what's happening here? Don't you see what's happening? Potter isn't selling. Potter's buying! And why? Because we're panicking and he's not. That's why. He's picking up some bargains.”

I’ve seen this happen before due to distribution glitches, so I contacted Crown’s publisher and learned that the warehouse was empty. The first printing of Crown Conspiracy has sold out. While this is great news—few books sell out their first printing, and even fewer independents, but it poses a problem—no one can buy the book at a time when everyone appears to want it and it will take months to reprint.

“I feel like a bootlegger’s wife.”

After the last distribution hiccup, Robin and I bought three hundred copies that I keep in cardboard cases in my bedroom closet—ten heavy boxes that make getting to my slippers and clothes a bit of a problem, but are there in case…well, in case something like this happened.

“That’s your own money, George.”

As a result, we have a small supply that we hope will last until the book can be reprinted, but we have no idea how long this little supply will last.

“A toast! A toast! A toast to Mama Dollar and to Papa Dollar, and if you want to keep this old Building and Loan in business, you better have a family real quick.”

It is a problem, but it is the kind of problem writers dream of, and it could not have happened without all of you. Every day I hear of people referring the books to friends. They loan them to parents, or buy them as presents to nieces and nephews. Recently one person ordered eight full sets—twenty-four books to give away as Christmas gifts! You can’t buy that kind of support. In addition, reviewers such as Fantasy Book Critic, Dark Wolf, David Brendon, King of the Nerds, and Speculative Fiction have been doing a wonderful job of keeping the books in the minds of the internet community. People have been discussing it on random forums and on their own small blogs, and each time I see readers commenting how the review has convinced them to try the series. The Riyria Revelations is only halfway out, but already I feel I have made scores of friends—friends I’ve never met.

“Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends.”

So if you, or your mother, father, brother, sister, neighbor, would like to get a copy and start the Riyria Revelations series without waiting for the second printing in March you can order from this link. I can't offer the whopping 28% discount that Amazon gives, but I will give you 15% off and throw in a signature and dedication to boot. You have made it a very merry holiday season for us, and I wanted you all to know how much my wife and I appreciate it.

So from Robin and I…Happy Holidays, and thank you.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Christmas Caroling

Kristina
(in her long wool coat getting her
bottles of lotion to give away to the residents)



Joshua
(in his brown carhart jacket, studying the
words to the old Christmas carols)
Kaleb
(decked out in his Christmas sweater,
and singing JOY TO THE WORLD)


Johanna
(with her arms filled with bottles
of lotion to give to the residents,)



I am so blessed to have a great family. Not just my close family, but my church family. Christmas is a time to give, and the church family that I have is one of the most giving. Last night 40 people from our congregation went to the local nursing homes to carol. We have been told by nursing care workers that the gift that would mean the most to the residents is hand lotion, so our church family came prepared with lots of bottles of lotion to give away. It was an amazing time. What touched my heart the most was in the Alzheimers unit. There were residents that I know had lost a lot of memories, but when we started singing the old Christmas carols, they could still sing along. Music is such a powerful gift.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Genting Trip

On the 15th of December 2009, I went on a trip to Genting Highlands!!


Well the trip to Genting Highlands was fun and awesome...and incomplete without my precious girlfriend! Thanks to Jimmy as the organizer for the trip...there's only 4 people who went including me.


Attended
Jimmy Loh
Teh Nian Peng
Kwan Toh Jun
Nicholas Wong


Along with other 5SC1 fellas, and some people who were coincidentically in Genting on that date such as Toon Kah Chuen, Geston Yong and Kwok Bing Loon, we all were having fun in our separate ways. We first arrived at First World Hotel. So! Let's get in some pictures.




Snowman at First World Hotel Lobby



Christmas Feel.



The first day, we waited to check in to the hotel at 12pm. After checking in, we had some good rest, and we walked around First World Plaza to look around and see what we could plan. We had lunch at Burger King! But Jimmy and Teh ordered beef burgers, which they couldn't eat because they're Buddhists. They ate anyway, just rinse their mouth and pray pray!

We also went for Archery and of course... Nicholas is still the best at it. We then went back to our hotel room, 21 810 Tower 2 @ First World and played cards and stuff.


I helped another family took a photo!



On the 2nd day! 16th of December 2009, I was fascinated because today marks 1 year and 9 months of time of my relationship with my girlfriend. We call this Honey Lemon day if you have forgotten or did not read the earlier posts.

We woke up very early and sent Teh and Kwan to free breakfast at First World Cafe while Jimmy and I head on to get the tickets for Outdoor Theme Park. It was around 8 in the morning, there was so little people in the theme park.

We got to enjoy most of the rides such as:
Pirate Ship (x)
Rolling Thunder Mine (xx)
Fire Dragon thing (xxx)
Flying Coaster (xxxx)
Spinning Chair thing (x)
Go-Karts (-)

Some of the cool rides were closed, and we didn't get to try Corkscrew & Space Shot because of mist. The X is the rating of how scary the rides are to me. Scary = Fun. I'm sure Corkscrew would score a 5! =)


After enjoying all these, my girlfriend Nico came with her friend Chu Jin! So we now have a new party consisting of 6 people! (RPG Fever) Since they came late, we had to queue up for almost an hour at the Go-Kart. Of course, Nicholas won again, and then we head on to have lunch at Hou Mei. Nico and I wanted time together, so we had lunch later and enjoyed our own sweet couple time by ourselves.


Muax-muax in Hotel Room! Hawt!



Time flies when Nico and I were together, till night, we went to the gardens near the theme park. We stayed there, walking around in that maze till midnight. Jimmy and the rest are there too, we enjoyed the nice scenery despite the heavy mist and low temperature.


Finally! A picture with both of us inside!



Our couple rings.




We also took a group photo which is in Toh Jun's camera. Right now he's in Negeri Sembilan...couldn't get the photos. As time flies past midnight, Nico had to go. My heart was heavy and painful, I wanted her to stay. I had to wait months and years just to see her again. We hugged each other so tightly and finally kissed goodbye.


We promised that we will wait for each other no matter what.




On the 3rd day, 17th of December 2009, we had to head home at 4pm. So we woke up early as usual to get our breakfast. Then, we started walking around First World, Highlands and Genting for souvenirs. I got some chocolates, lighter and keychains for my family!

Jimmy was excited as we entered the Gallery. Inside, there's a whole history of Genting and about Lim Goh Tong. So we took some pictures and knew all about it.


The giant cabinet of medals and items.



Heh, 3 nubs discovered an artifact! What is it?



They discovered the new generation power ranger goats!



There was a whole consturction plan and design as well as the view of Genting Highlands in models. It was wonderful and we had lots of fun. It was an awesome trip, lots of fun and though we could have had more, we were tired and exhausted of all the walking and sight-seeing.



Apologies
I would like to apologize to Jimmy and the rest for taking a lot of their time to direct Nico and I to places we want to go...and they had given us a lot of time together alone. Because of how they would tolerate us, I had less time to spend with my friends. Eventually the time loss would take away other activities such as arcades and so on away because you all were waiting for me.

I'm sorry to Chu Jin as well for taking away Nico and making her bored like hell.



How I miss these sweet moments together.





Conclusion
Overall, the trip was fun and exciting for me. I had lots of fun with my girlfriend, which I hope would be my future wife!

I miss you baby...I love you always. Although we couldn't meet so often, we had to wait for months and years just for a date, I would still wait, and I'm still waiting. I would wait till I die if I had to, just to meet you...just to hold you tight in my arms and just to give you a kiss. I would die for that. Thanks for everything, baby!


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.



More pictures are with Toh Jun and Jimmy. I might put them up here when I get it.


Love,
Nicholas.

Вечерний кулон

Хваст поздней ночью "для тех, кто не спит". А для тех, кому повезло, прочтет утром :)
Размерами подвеска вышла внушительными: аж 5 см в диаметре. Но смотрится очень аккуратно.
Без ложной скромности скажу - мне нравится :)

Только вот фотографировать черно-белые штучки сложно.
Несколько фонов перебрала, пока хоть что-то приличное не получилось.

Как всегда мой любимый японский бисер ТОХО, американский MillHill и Swarovski Rivali.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

WNxH: Missing Girlfriend?

WNx Homestay comic strip for yesterday is out!


Sorry for the late release, I've been missing my girlfriend these days and haven't got the mood recently to do much. It's so sad to have only meet your lover for one day and then had to part ways for months and years before getting to meet each other again.


WNx Homestay: Missing Girlfriend?



Love,
Nicholas.

Friday, December 18, 2009

One of the reasons

This is one of the reasons I haven't uploaded anything to my blog this past week or so:

MY SON'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Thursday, December 17, 2009

How to Make a RPG Book?

A role-playing game book is a book where you embark on a journey with your selected character.


A RPG Book is a book where you decide the storyline. The book has many pages, and each decision you make will direct you to a specific page to continue your story. The decisions you make might influence the outcome of the story and how your character will develop by playing as the character in the book.




How To Start?
1.
Characters
To start making characters, you need to think what your character's race is. Think about age, clothing, hobbies, class and so on to build your own character. Make a detailed biodata of the character, as well as sketch him/her out.






2. Plot
You need to make a thorough story that consists of lots of action and adventure that players would like to go through and make decisions themselves. Draw the setting, the places they go and the situations. Put in a box for them to make decisions to guide themselves through the plot.


3. Battle System & Events
Some RPG Books include a battle system where you can roll a dice to determine how you would fight an enemy. Create your own battle systems by including a dice and counters to keep track of hit points and damage. You can also use dices for random events.








How to Create?
1. Get a book or lots of paper.
Estimate an amount of pages you need to use for your RPG Book. Your book should have lots of pages for the many and random decisions that players might choose. The longer your story is, the better.


2. Character Selection
Make a page where the player can select a character. Include a short description and direct them to a page where they would start after selection. If your story has only one character, then you can let the player discover who he/she actually is while progressing through the story.







3. Decision Making Storyline
Tell your story through illustrations and writing and then let the player decide what to do next. Make a box at the bottom of the page and include a few choices that lead to different pages.


4. More than one ending.
After a series of battles and decision making, the player would finally come to the end of the story. It wouldn't be good if no matter what decision the player make, the ending would still be the same. So, make lots of endings including good and bad endings that are based on the player's decisions.








Additional Tips & Examples
1.
Influence System
As seen in certain RPGs, Influence System is one of the things they use to determine what kind of outcome there will be in certain situations. This is also similar to Karma System or others. With this system, if the character chooses to help or side towards a clan or belief, they will gain more influence in that particular part. This is also similar to Star Wars' Light or Darkside.


Example:
While walking in the Acacia Forest, you saw an elf struggling within the binded magic of a skeletal necromancer.

Decisions:
1. Attack the necromancer to free the elf.
2. You understand the intentions of the necromancer in harnessing the power of the elves. Help the necromancer by drawing out the energies of the elf for him.
3. Ignore and move on.

Outcomes:
1. Elven Influence +10
2. Undead Influence +5
3. Nothing



2. Dice Battle System or Dice Event System
The dice can be used to either determine the damage, or determine the future. By rolling the dice, you can give each dice side (1-6) an event, which is actually random depending on the player's luck. This will determine the outcome of the battle, so players don't always win all the time. Sometimes these dice events will make players go through even more exciting situations.

Example:
You are fighting Arun the Necromancer.

Dice Chance Outcomes:
1 - The Necromancer conjured a suffocating spell. Roll the dice again. If outcome is 1, 2 or 3, then you have failed to defeat the Necromancer and must proceed to page 103. Else, you are able to free yourself and continue this battle again.

2 - You are able to find an opening as the Necromancer tried to attack you. You went to his back and stabbed him with your sword. The Necromancer was defeated and you freed the elf. Proceed to page 105.

3 - Roll the dice again.

4 - The Necromancer casted a time distortion spell, go back to page 84.

5 - The Necromancer was far more powerful than you had imagined. He brought the aura of death to send you to the Underworld. If you have already been there previously, then this battle continues. Else, proceed to the Underworld at page 40.

6 - You can choose a spell from your spellbook and try your luck on the Necromancer.



3. Hit Points System
Using counters, you can make a hit points system for your character or enemy. Simply make a page with your character's stats and spells that you can keep track of their hit points by using counters like these.



Example:
Celestine Salvgador - 50HP

Make each counter a 10HP hit. Therefore, if there are 5 counters here, means your character is dead. When a character is dead, you can ask the player to proceed to a certain page to revive themselves or something of the sort.

You can also create your own counters by cutting out round cardboard pieces and write numbers on it.





Have fun making your own RPG Book! RPG Books are always fun and adventurous and is suitable for all ages. There are many more systems you can think of and make. Use your own imagination to make your book more enjoyable!




Love,
Nicholas.

Monday, December 14, 2009

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