Tired is a reason to be lazy

This is my current status: "Tired is a reason to be lazy"
I believe that it is originally made by myself. I checked it here:

Picture 1 Google Search Result

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

This morning my friend told me that & Jerry's would come to UNSW Anzac Parade at 12:00AM. He knew it from his friend's post in Twitter. So, around that time I went out to Anzac Parade and I could not find it there. About one hour later, I found out that it was not on the street, but it was inside UNSW. So, they brought their car into UNSW and make crowd. The ice cream was free and there are two different flavor: vanilla and chocolate.

Picture 1 Ben & Jerry's Van from Angle 1

Picture 2 Ben & Jerry's Van (Closer Look)

There are two people, the one on the left (purple shirt) gave vanilla-flavored ice cream, the other one (blue shirt) gave chocolate-flavored ice cream.

Picture 3 Other than Ice Cream

The chocolate one is less desirable, so I just took it (I did not have to wait as long as if I got the vanilla one). It is sweet with a little bit bitter taste (just like chocolate). It is nice.

Picture 3 Chocolate Flavored Ice Cream (with Chocolate Chip)

Sydney in Orange

This morning I woke up at around seven o'clock and I saw the sky was orange. I thought I woke up too early, then I checked my watch and I was still too early, so I felt asleep again. Later, when I would go out of my house, my house-mate told me that there was a thunderstorm. Later, I realized that the sky was orange because of dust and it happened everywhere in Sydney. My friend even told me that he thought that he was gonna die and he did not have to study again. I did not take any photos at that time, but my friend took it from her apartment in Anzac Parade Street, Kingsford.

Picture 1 Anzac Parade Street in the morning

This is photos at around eleven o'clock it's already much better.

Picture 2 Anzac Parade Street at around 10AM

Picture 3 UNSW at around 10AM

Note: Thank you for the photo, Tina!

HP Envy vs. Apple Macbook Pro

I just saw an article about new HP product, HP Envy. I really surprised to see that that particular product, in front of my eyes, look so similar with Apple MacBook Pro.

Picture of HP Envy (Left) and Apple Macbook Pro (Right)

Although the specification is rather different, both products...

1. Similar screen size, about 13 inch. Even the frame of the screen uses similar black color.

2. Similar multi touch trackpad

3. Similar chiclet keyboard in similar black color

4. Similar body model, but different material. HP Envy uses carbon fiber, while Apple Macbook Pro uses aluminium

What has happened with laptop/notebook industry? Why HP make such similar product (Apple Macbook Pro has launched earlier)? The competition in the industry seems to be quite tight and not enough protection (like patents) put in the product so competitor can easily make similar product in different ways. For HP, it is possible that the product can be successful just like the Apple one since relatively many people like the design, but it will come in Windows OS instead of Mac OS which is considered more common and popular. Many people don't like changes, so the existing Windows users that are attracted to the product may not have to migrate to Mac OS or buy Windows OS. In the other hand, people like me may think that it is not an original idea, so HP brand can be damaged. It seems like an ice track.

Thank you for your appreciation toward this matter.

Source: HP, Apple, Reuters, TechTree, Amazon, Team Digital, and many other websites that support this articles.

Gossip Geek

UNSW CSE (School of Computer Science and Engineering) Revue is going to do a play, "Gossip Geek" between Tuesday (22) to Thursday (24 September 2009) in Science Theatre. The theatre is a teaching space, so it is often used for lecture. They put brochures in many places, but besides that they do this with the building:

Picture 1 Outside Science Theatre

I can read "Gossip Geek" from the arrangement of paper on the window. This is how if you look at it from inside:

Picture 2 Inside Science Theatre

I can read "geek" in reverse order. They put the posters in certain arrangement, so from outside it can be read as "gossip geek". It will be difficult to notice it from inside, I may just think as a stupid way to arrange the posters.

Eid ul-Fitr 1430

I sent a text to my friend, he is a muslim, like this:

Faith makes things possible.

Hope makes things work.

Love makes life beautiful.

Happy Eid ul-Fitr!

Shall peace and forgiveness be shared among us.

and one of my friends replied like this:

Thanks a lot, Bro. Thanks for all wonderful wishes :)

I sent the text because the moslem celebrate the event, Eid ul-Fitr. After fasting for one month called "Ramadan", they celebrated it on 20th September 2009. When I passed Allison Road, I saw the Malaysians were celebrating it.

Picture 1 Malaysia Hall from Angle-1

Picture 2 Malaysia Hall from Angle-2

It seemed to be very nice to gather with many other people that have the same religion after one month of hard work (fasting). Sometimes hard work can cause excessive work load and fatigue. It is not enjoyable, but after it finished, it usually can give relieving feeling and that feels good.

UNSW: Randwick Campus

UNSW Main Campus is in Kensington, but they have several other campuses like this one, Randwick Campus. The Campus in Randwick is mainly used for language study.

Picture 1 UNSW in Randwick

Picture 2 Language School

Picture 3 Street View

It is actually separated from the main campus by Royal Randwick Race Course and one block of housing in Allison Road. Now it is difficult for the main campus and this campus to expand their land because their surroundings have already been occupied and the price has already relatively high. So, UNSW has some campuses in different area and for students like me, it is an opportunity to visit the other campuses.

Gloria Jean's Coffee: Iced Chocolate

Gloria Jean's Coffee is the largest coffee shop chain in Australia. They have more shops than Starbucks. I went there and they actually had chocolate drink product. When I asked the shop keeper whether they had chocolate drink products, she asked me about iced chocolate and I just agreed. So I bought a regular iced chocolate with whip cream for AUD5.

Picture 1 Iced Chocolate

So, the whip cream was sweet and the chocolate was sweet too and some of it still left icy. It is nice to enjoy it in a warm-hot weather like this spring. Hmm... Nice!

McDonalds: Big Mac

McDonalds is a famous burger restaurant chain that has been franchised to many countries. We have it too in here and there is one just near my campus (but it is still outside, not inside). I bought a Big Mac only (not meal) for AUD4.25

Picture 1 Big Mac Package

Picture 2 The Big Mac

It was said in the package that it was made by Australian beef and lettuce. In other word, they wanted to convey message that it was an Australian product because it was made of genuine Australian ingredients. I'm lovin it.

Tip Top Raisin Toast bread

Ingredients:

- Tip Top Raisin Toast bread

- Butter

Tools:

- Toaster

How to serve it?

Toast multiple slice of Tip Top is the One Cafe bread. Put a butter on it. It's ready to serve.

Comment: It is a nice convenience product for breakfast. The bread has already contained raisins, so if you don't mind about raisin, this is for you. Be careful when you buy it, because there are some versions and if your toaster is not supported thick slice bread, don't buy the thick slice one.

Picture 1 Ingredients

UNSW Open Day 2009

I was so surprised with this university. I had never thought that they can attract a lot of people. I knew that they put posters in the university and other places, they bought spaces in public area like bus stop, and they have a website about it. They also managed to provide free direct bus (no. 900) from central station (City) to UNSW (Kensington Campus) every about 5 minutes.

One day before Open Day (Friday), it was still quite quiet.

Picture 1 Track for Solar Cars

On Open Day, it was very crowded since morning. UNSW practically only gave free guide books, goodie bags, ballpoints, and other simple merchandises. They also give free pop corn and cotton candy. There are also free stuffs from sponsors like V (in cans).

Picture 2 Lower Campus View

Picture 3 Upper Campus View

Picture 4 Free Pop Corn (behind it, there was a free cotton candy stand)

I don't know how they did it, but it seemed to be a successful Open Day. I also thought that brand name was very important because people who came there was not only teenagers, but also adults. I thought they have already have a perception that UNSW was a good university and that day was a good chance to get more information about their desirable course.