Goodbye 2007, Welcome 2008!!

Well, 2007 is GONE and now we're at 2008. So, everything seems to be brand new isn't it?

This few days coming up to 2008 I have already post about my plan for this year. Especially my own financial budget for the year. Last year, I learned how to save my money effectively. I set an amount that I wish to save and set about to achieving it. I'm quite happy that I complete it.

Having a target to aim for certainly help me to reach that goal. It's easier if you set yourself a goal or target that you can achieve quickly and easily. Do it step by step. Once, you reach your first financial goal, set another one and take the next step. This year, I already know what to do and what I want so, it would certainly be easier the next time round!


Right. Anyway, money is the least of my problem right now. Like, I've been saying throughout this year, or rather last year 2007 I mean. Heh, keep forgetting that it's already 2008!

I finish paying off my house loan and now only have to pay the basic monthly bills. I don't have to worry about a roof over my head for a long long time. Especially, living in Singapore right now. Every thing's, going up. GST, COE, electrical bills, water bills, bus, taxi, movies etc. etc. What the heck, the only thing that's not going up is my pay!

It's good to live within your means. And to put aside what money you have left inside your piggy bank. You never know when you're gonna need it.

Anyway, beside talking about money and bills, I'll soon be posting a couple of videos of me or my nephews playing some cool games on my Asus Eee pc. I've read on the net or newspapers that people keep saying that Eee pc isn't for gaming. But for gamers everywhere, that's totally hogwash. If you go to eeeuser.com forum and navigate to the section dedicated for games that can be played on the Eee pc you'll find that there's a lot to choose from.

Personally, I've tried some of them and it totally works!

Although, I have to admit, you'll have to work around the memory issue, graphics or whatever.

Some of the games I've tried installing and played is Quake3, Unreal tournament, Duke3d and Open Arena which you can try downloading the demo and install it on a USB drive. These links are just some of the places you can go to download but you can try searching via Google or Yahoo for others. It might be faster.

If you have a portable hard drive even better. You'll be able to install and try a lot of other games. Take note some games can't be played on the Eee pc obviously because of the low frame rates and specs. For example Hellgate on the Eee pc?


You might also want to try out some of these favorite games of mine that I found while dabbling with Ubuntu that also works with Win XP like Extreme Tux Racer, LBreakout2, Frozen-Bubble, SuperTuxKart, Tux Typing, Tux of Match Command and many more!

Some of these Tux games are kids friendly and it's totally FREE!

For the Tux games go to Sourceforge.net. Type "tux" to search and voila!

I personally like all these games that's also compatible with Linux and Mac. Check it out!

Remember, I'm not responsible for anything you download or install on your pc. I'm just recommending my personal favorite. The rest is up to you!

Here's a tip if you want to play some of these games on the Eee pc. Some of the Eee user install it on their hard drive and then just copy the installed files to their USB or portable hard drive. Once, that's done. Just unplug it from your main pc and plug it in to the Eee USB slot. Look for the files on the USB or portable hard drive or create a shortcut on your desktop to the .exe file and enjoy!

For me, I just install the games on my USB and SD cards (I haven't bought a portable HDD yet) and plug it to the Eee pc USB and click the shortcut links to start playing. It's easy and since the Eee is small and portable I can bring it to my work place and shoot away!

Life is so much fun with games!

Talking about games, tonight, there's a soccer match-up that Chelsea is playing. Chelsea's having a lot of problems this year what with Maurinho resigning and the growing list of players injured. Especially to Drogba, Lampard and Terry. Which is considered the spine of Chelsea team. Argg. Just when I thought this year, Chelsea could win the EPL cup back from Man U. Man U last year was very lucky to win the cup. They didn't really win it convincingly.

The surprise package for this season is of course Arsenal. They're at the top of the League right now and everyone's raving about their beautiful football. But can they win it this season with their style of play? We'll have to see about that. Life's a little boring after the departure of Maurinho. Avram Grant doing quite well taking over but it isn't the same. Chelsea looks a little different. It's not Maurinho style of play. Their defense seems to get worse. They are beginning to concede a lot of goals. Maybe, of course it's because the injury to Terry and Carvalinho (I hope I spell that right). Don't forget the goalkeeper Petr Chec. I don't know what's wrong with that guy this few games. Totally, uncharacteristic mistakes. But, who knows what's going on inside Chelsea FC right now.

I just hope they sort it out and start winning again.

Well, that's all I've got to say for today. It's the first day of the year and my first post. Expect more to come and hope you keep coming back to read my blog. Even, if you don't like what I post. Haha!

So, good day, work hard, play hard and save/make more money in 2008!

Peace, out!