w00t! New Laptop

Acer TravelMate 292LMi XPP

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 1.5 GHz

512 PC2100 DDR-SDRAM

40GB hard drive

15" Active colour screen with XGA Resolution

CDRW + DVD Combo

Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology with up to 64 MB VRAM

Built-in 56Kbps international fax/modem + 10/100 LAN & 802.11b/g Wi-Fi LAN

Fast Infra-red, FireWire, S-Video ports

3 USB 2.0 ports

1 Type II slot

Windows XP Professional

If only they whacked in more pre-loaded software and perhaps the inclusion of a floppy drive. USB storage sticks are still too expensive in my opinion and besides, I have stacks of floppy disks lying around.

Weekend Recap

Yeh, I know it's nearly 2 in the morning and I have a 3 hour lab starting at 9 to attend but hey, being an insomniac, sleep is not really part of your life. So here's a brief weekend recap:

Friday night: Poker at Mitch's place along with Nick, Paul, Russ and Alex. $15 Texas Hold'em No Limit. Won't say too much except Nick's $50 note is sitting nicely inside my wallet at the moment =) Play the man, not the cards as they say. Apparently this is going to be a fortnightly thing now. Hmmm...Hope I don't get too carried away and turn into some gambling addict.

Saturday: Dental check-up at Eastwood. Once again the dentist just gave the usual comment about paying even more attention to brushing now that wisdom teeth are growing and I was out of the clinic in no time. One check of the receipt showed my 10 minute stay cost $150. Thank god for private health insurance or whatever they call it. I then went to Direct Shoe Warehouse hoping to purchase a pair of casuals but couldn't find any my size. In fact, it's so hard to find a decent pair of US size 13s in Sydney these days...

Sunday: Church in the morning was followed by popping over to Mitch's place during the afternoon to work on the ELEC3017 group project. And what did I learn? I can't solder for peanuts =(

In footy related news, it looks like my team is eliminated from the final series in Virtual NRL (a fantasy sports game). Finishing third is still pretty good but why oh why did Amos Roberts have to get injured during the most crucial part of the season :(

Only a matter of time...

...before someone comes along trying to challenge you while you are glorifyiung God.

Walking down Bathurst St, my LIFE! T-shirt must have caught the attention of two Mormons. The conversation went like this:

"G'day sir"
"Hi", lifting my gaze just enough to see this asian dude talking to me.
"How are you today?"
"Good" and quickly walked off.

Sorry fellas, but the idea of having more than one god does not cut it for me. Perhaps next time you catch me on a bus I might consider listening to what you have to say.

Gmail

jkfkam AT gmail.com

1GB storage! Woohoo!! Thanks to James for sending me an invite =)

True Freedom

The congregation was small as most people were at the retreat. The service was short yet meaningful. I present you Romans 8:1-8

1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature,God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.And so he condemned sin in sinful man, 4in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; 7the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

In society today we are too easily submitting ourselves to evil. Mind you, it's a gradual process. The more we are open to it, the more evil we become. We are self-centred, ignorant and take freedom for granted. It is only Christ that can save us from the condemnation on Judgement Day.

Browser-based MSN

Yay! You can now access MSN through a web browser. Gives me another reason to hog the computers on campus. Mmmmm...free fast internet access

Get it at webmessenger.msn.com

Life!

Exciting times ahead for the next two weeks !!!



Can't wait to go to the Wednesday talks and maybe the dinner organised by the CSE/EE faculty next Thursday (at the expense of Cell Group?).

For more information, check out Life! in the Son

Where is Mama's Boy?

What the? William "She Bangs" Hung is appearing in a movie? A Chinese movie? Omg...is this the end of the Hong Kong film industry as we know it? No more Jackie Chan, Jet Li or Chow-Yun Fat but guys like William Hung and Flynn. 'Where is Mama's Boy?' is about a mother searching for her lost son. Gee, what a storyline...hopefully Hung is getting acting lessons. This HK$10 million film will be released in Hong Kong at the end of October. Can't *wait* for the trailer to come out. And if you think I'm bullshitting this blog, here are some pics from LoveHKFilm.com and The Official website to William Hung :

One personality cocktail...Shaken, not stirred

How to make a Jeffrey Kam

Ingredients: 1 part intelligence 3 parts courage 5 parts energy

Method: Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Add emotion to taste! Do not overindulge!

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

1 part intelligence? Bugger...

Kog's guide* to the English Premier League

Yay! English soccer starts again this weekend. But who can provide me with all the action from Pommy land? I don't have Foxtel, SBS is showing the Olympics so hopefully the BBC is doing live commentary. Ah, the good old radio.

Arsenal - Imminent future surrounding Vieira will unsettle them...goalie is getting a bit old...never defended the title and it won't start this year.

Aston Villa - Made good progress last season, but does not have the quality to be title winners.

Birmingham - Similar to Aston Villa so the local derby should be interesting to watch.

Blackburn - Flopped badly last season and while they'll recover, mid-table is as far as they will go.

Bolton - Surprise packet last season but I think they'll struggle this year. Why did they sign a 36 year old back?

Charlton - Will push for European places but not the title. Do not underestimate this squad. Capable of a surprise or two.

Chelsea - So they think money will buy happiness (and title)? Get out of here! I'll laugh so hard if they flop. The team needs time to gel and by the time they do that, it'll be too late.

Crystal Palace - What comes up must go down. Back to Division 1 for this team.

Everton - One man team in Rooney but he can only go so far. Threadbare squad.

Fulham - Mid-table finish.

Liverpool - Team looks good on paper but what about on the pitch? They didn't show that last season...

Man City - Will be dragged into relegation dogfight like Everton.

Man Utd - Motivation to win the title back from Arsenal...return of Ferdinand will bolster defense. And what about the kickass partnership of Van Nistelrooy and Smith? No doubt about it, the title is heading back to Old Trafford =)

Middlesbrough - Spent big on attack over the off-season. Also, they are playing in Europe for the first time so it may prove their undoing in the league.

Newcastle - Will challenge for the title but just miss out. Strike force VERY dangerous.

Norwich City - See Crystal Palace.

Portsmouth - Managed to survive last season in their first year in the Premiership but will find it hard to do that again. Volatile relationship between manager and chairman.

Southampton - Like Charlton, a good team even though with what appears on paper an average squad. Mid-table.

Tottenham - The jury is still out on the new coach. Too early to call but a place in Europe will be as far as they go I think.

West Brom - See Crystal Palace.

There you have it, your guide to the new Premier League season. Enjoy!

*more like a biased guide to the EPL ;-o

Futsal Fever

Played 3, lost 2, drew 1

So tired after playing in the indoor soccer church comp with some of the EFC guys today. Our team got knocked out after the first stage but the important thing was everyone had fun. I have no idea how Albert is planning to finish let alone run in the City to Surf tomorrow after playing in 3 high intensity games. The man also had pizza and junk food when we crashed at Chris' place afterwards. Talk about preparation for a 14km run! But if we didn't have him on the team today, we would have been smacked.


Following the footsteps of the Cameroon soccer team, we played in sleeveless tops. It says:

"Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us" (Hebrews 12:1-2)

It's that time of the session again...

Procrastination season has started. Lecture notes are all there but I'm not reading them. What a waste of paper. My interest in telecommunications engineering is well and truly over if not on the wane exponentially (how geeky does that sound? haha) yet there's still a year and a half to go. The funny thing is, unlike previous sessions, I am "wasting" time reading about Christianity. Reading about God's sovereignty. Reading how I should live life (His way). God has been talking to me over the past month, answering my questions, guiding me and for that I'm grateful.