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Sometimes I wish I could connect my thoughts to a blogging device, so when I think of something that I would like to share, I can just record it straightaway and not forget! It's frustrating sometimes that you had something good to share and when you finally have the time (and mood!) to blog, it's gone.

Anyway, my topics lately haven't been very light. So I'll just share a light post to read. 3 things I like and dislike. Probably not interesting, but light nevertheless.

I like:

1) Peanut butter. Smooth peanut butter more than the chunky one, but I like both. I also like those peanut butter cookies that come in a square tin, Julie's brand. I like to eat peanut butter on bread and peanut butter with Oreos (yup, just like in that movie Parent Trap). Peanut butter and grape jelly is nice, so as with strawberry jam and chocolate sauce.

2) Dance TV shows. I am currently downloading every season of So You Think You Can Dance, and of course I am an avid follower of America's Best Dance Crew. I enjoy these shows so much to the point of watching them over and over again. I never get tired of it. With watching it repeatedly I can spot every single move or mistake that they make. Obsessed much? I like how people can get creative with their bodies, and move to a piece of music or lyrics to express their creativity. Not to mention the way they move their bodies, sometimes normal people can't even do. I think I would really like to dance if I could and had the time, energy, stamina and money to. But like other things, I guess I should sit this one out, and stay in the audience. Stay in my proper lifestyle =p I can settle with at least appreciating this art form.

3) Everything bananas. Banana ice cream, banana cake, bananas on its own, peanut butter and banana sandwich, banana split, banana smoothie, banana milkshake, banana yogurt, banana juice, banana drink, banana banana banana. Banana fritters not so much though. Macam ambuk pulang bunyinya aku ah.


I dislike:

1) Cockroaches. I more than dislike cockroaches. If you remember last summer I wrote a long gibbering post about my passionate hostility towards these creatures. Alhamdulillah, I haven't encountered any since I arrived home. Let's hope it stays that way.

2) A slow, sloooowww computer. Slow to startup, slow to open programs, slow to load, slow to everything. I don't have the patience for these. I know, I should learn to be more patient. But as far as slow computers go, it is one of my major pet peeves. People, clean up after your PC, please. Don't overload it with unnecessary software. Empty your recycle bin regularly, and if you download large files like TV shows and movies a lot, don't stuff them all in your computer. Store them in an external hard drive. And make sure to backup your backup i.e. save another copy to another external hard drive. Defrag your PC from time to time, and occasionally clear your caches. For laptops, keep it in a slightly elevated position to enable air flow through the vents. Heating up will cause the laptop to perform slower. Come on, these things are easy to do, it doesn't take a computer scientist to pull it off. I don't know why, for me computers always have to be quick, or at least a reasonable pace. Technology should be convenient to use. Anything that takes more than 2 minutes to load or get back to normal from freezing, be prepared for fists banging on keyboard.

3) Travelling by airplane. I hope I never have to take another long haul flight ever again. Next time I'm travelling across the world I'm doing it in short trips. Stopover here for a week or so or more, then continue my journey. I can't stand the pressure changes in the cabin, it's very uncomfortable. The smell of the air in the cabin too, it's not fresh air. Nauseating. Thank God for good airplane food and entertainment. Inda sesuai kahwin sama 'flyboy' ni gayanya aku ani =p I once asked my friend, who is an aeronautical engineering graduate, whether a pressure free cabin can be created. He said it can, but the metal it takes to build that aircraft would be too thick and heavy that the aircraft would not be able to take off. Haha so much for 'air'plane.

By the way, thanks for all your hair salon suggestions! I got my haircut last week at Sari Ayu in Hua Ho Yayasan. Not the result I was going for, but not bad. I still look good, it could've been a lot worse. =p