<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861</id><updated>2012-02-16T18:44:25.007Z</updated><title type='text'>Mental:Rift</title><subtitle type='html'>A window into the wiring of the Shimmyian Brain.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>41</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-4528921129634225608</id><published>2009-01-18T04:08:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-18T04:10:47.811Z</updated><title type='text'>Moved</title><content type='html'>Dear Blogger,&lt;div&gt;Thank you for the wonderful years of awesome service.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's time to move on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've moved my blog to another service provider. It's been reborn as Mental:Rift Pr0ject D&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the new link is  mentalrift(dot)wordpress(dot)com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope to see you there&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good bye.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Shimmy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-4528921129634225608?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/4528921129634225608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=4528921129634225608&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/4528921129634225608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/4528921129634225608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2009/01/moved.html' title='Moved'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-436340263417985119</id><published>2008-05-03T04:23:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T04:29:40.133+01:00</updated><title type='text'>What goes on through the night... an insomniac's story...</title><content type='html'>Well, it's super hard to get to sleep these days. Revision week is nearly over and my first exam is on the 6th. I am in bed, eating some strawberry sensation pop tarts. So yeah, speaking of insomnia, when you can't sleep you think and do the weirdest things. I've been checking out my half life 2 deathmatch folder and so far... here is what i found...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my hl2dm folder is 2.90 gb big&lt;br /&gt;I have 288 screen shots (considering i lost 1.5 years worth of screen shots before :*( they were around 1800 screenies, it's so sad)&lt;br /&gt;The map folder alone is 1.84 gb and contains 244 maps (not bad :D)&lt;br /&gt;The extra server sound folder is 251 mbs (1,700 sound clips and tracks) and funnily enough i found alot of good music that gets played in game, i even found a full album :S yes... freaky....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so... yeah... that's my... post... for now...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-436340263417985119?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/436340263417985119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=436340263417985119&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/436340263417985119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/436340263417985119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-goes-on-through-night-insomniacs.html' title='What goes on through the night... an insomniac&apos;s story...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-3353492943764954892</id><published>2008-03-03T07:54:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-03-03T08:03:18.368Z</updated><title type='text'>En route...</title><content type='html'>Good morning peoples of the internet. It's freakin Monday and traffic is pretty sucky. I don't get why people stick to the fast lane. On the other hand, It's sunny and average cruising speeds are... well the car's speedometer doesn't work so... I guess we are traveling with the inertial momentum of the last recorded speed which is around 140 kph. A rough week is up ahead. a truckload of work has to be done and frankly... I DONT WANNNAA! Ok stopping the whining... we are close to our final destination.... so... I will sees you laters!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. weekend was good.... very good...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s.s. :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s.s.s. *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok gotta start the day... bbye for now&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-3353492943764954892?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/3353492943764954892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=3353492943764954892&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/3353492943764954892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/3353492943764954892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2008/03/en-route.html' title='En route...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-680285709402909898</id><published>2008-02-27T21:49:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T21:49:53.298Z</updated><title type='text'>Unfreeing Nike Free's</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/2297002784/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/2297002784_fe6f09f40d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/2297002784/"&gt;Unfreeing Nike Free's&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/riftdweller/"&gt;RiftDweller&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I was so happy today. The tutorials were really good and it was a very productive day. I can't believe i managed to squeeze in 2 hours of studying. All in all, on the way back listening to some nice tunes, I got really hyped up and all i wanted was to do some exercise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did the warm up at home and set out for the jog. It was really nice, the b&amp;b college put us up in is a 10 minute walk away. It was cool as I did it in 5. I was huffing and puffing as the fitness levels are that off a turtle hehe. The road into town comes in at an inclines, so there was this fence that starts small and winds up big as the road progresses. I jumped onto the beginning of it which was a wee bit over knee height and ran till the end which ended up to a wee bit under 2 meters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm like piece of cake. Jumped higher things many times, there was a little old man walking and anticipated that run so he kindly moved to the right. As i got some air, it felt nice, the shoes were light. The breeze was nice. On the way down, everything was normal. The landing was awesome, but at the end i felt a little give, as if the support in my feet has given way, nothing to big. I compensate and while doing that I heard a pop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The landing was comfy, I think to myself, this can't be normal. Did i pop a ligament. I feel no pain. I look down and this is what i saw. I totally ripped my pair of nike free running shoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways I went into town and got my subway sandwich. My only solace was that I had my food and I get to buy new trainers in the weekend :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moral of the story, don't jump down anything that is 2 meters high using nike frees cause they can't handle it lol.&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-680285709402909898?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/680285709402909898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=680285709402909898&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/680285709402909898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/680285709402909898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2008/02/unfreeing-nike-free_27.html' title='Unfreeing Nike Free&amp;#39;s'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/2297002784_fe6f09f40d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-7382418540534823710</id><published>2008-02-26T02:05:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T08:18:40.143Z</updated><title type='text'>Mobile posting midnight insomnia madness</title><content type='html'>Its that time of day again, the calm night. I really hate it when&lt;br /&gt;sleep eludes me. The sleep is much needed, its going to be a tough&lt;br /&gt;day, but still no response from the sleep fairy. Oh well at least i&lt;br /&gt;get time to try out mobile blogging.&lt;p&gt;Tucked away under the blankets with my qwerty phone, typing away is&lt;br /&gt;somewhat cool. There isnt a keyboard in sight and the black theme&lt;br /&gt;really helps lessen eye strains acquired from starring at a bright&lt;br /&gt;screen for long. Well so far so good i think.... Ive stayed home all&lt;br /&gt;day, done a bit of work and bumming around. I dont think my tutor is&lt;br /&gt;pleased with my actions, only our meeting tomorrow will determine my&lt;br /&gt;fate hehe, i think it should be alright.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;oh well, i think the sleep fairy is here, just wanted to test out&lt;br /&gt;mobile blogger, hope it works...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;good night cyber world *frazer crain voice*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-7382418540534823710?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7382418540534823710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=7382418540534823710&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/7382418540534823710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/7382418540534823710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2008/02/mobile-posting-midnight-insomnia.html' title='Mobile posting midnight insomnia madness'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-7830964935397161056</id><published>2008-02-25T20:41:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-25T20:44:05.690Z</updated><title type='text'>2 years on...</title><content type='html'>It's nearly been two years since my last blog post. After the integration with google, the new interactive editing of blog templates and what not. Things seem to be improving here :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know this is not the way to revive a blog, but coupled with the photography in flickr, I hope this comeback lasts for long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you blogger :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baby, I'm home :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you guys like the new format.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cya soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-7830964935397161056?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/7830964935397161056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=7830964935397161056&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/7830964935397161056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/7830964935397161056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2008/02/2-years-on.html' title='2 years on...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-114792055437219225</id><published>2006-05-18T03:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T18:57:11.123+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Been ages....</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Well, I miss my blog, I really do… so I decided to finally use it again… yups I turn 23 today... which seems just like any normal day… but 23 is the age at which… who am I kidding… I feel like I am 12… too many I’s but it’s a personal blog… it has to be about me… ok shutting up now… moving on… last night was really nice… my cousin got me a cake with supermario on it… I thought that was the coolest thing…. God bless his soul… shit man, I sound old already… but yeah… the evening was ok… that’s it… need to sleep and wake up at 7:30 to go and try to salvage something from my doomed endocrine rotation… then after the hospital I will probably pop into the arcades for a go at zombie killing in House of the Dead 4 :D it’s so nice…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Then probably snap up a copy of Monster Hunter freedom from HMV… it’s looks awesome… really excited about it…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;On the gaming front… well E3 just wrapped up and it was very excited… all the major console players showed off their hardware… really excited about the Nintendo Wii…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Microsoft are just plain stupid… STUPID!!! They could have done so much with the xbox360 but sadly speaking Sony will stomp on their products and laugh.. probably do some break dancing on MS’s corpse… And yeah Sony again has to copy Nintendo with their 6 degrees of freedom… in other words motion sensing joypads like the Wii-mote… well what to do… they have to copy my beloved Nintendo…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Whatelse… oh yeah the virtual joypad for the Wii looks awesome… needs some tweaking thou..&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Overall I know am bashing a lot of companies here but will eventually own all the consoles so fanboys don’t come and bite me arse… cuz I really don’t care much of your opinion… this is my blog…if you want to do the same go start one… then you can say whatever you want…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Yeah so games to look out for… Metroid Prime 3… Tekken 6… MK Armageddon… &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hmmm on the home gaming front… well been playing a lot of Day Of Defeat source… the game is so much fun… and World War 2 gaming never looked so nice… fast paced action… one complaint about the gamers on the servers.. they are too slow… play the game like HL2 DM and it’s so much nicer… get the assault class.. and ur set… run in… kill kill kill capture kill… then boom ur dead… lol… yeah need to work on the kill to death ratio…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ok this is all gaming nerdage… but what to do… gaming is heaven… yeah…. And check out &lt;a href="http://www.tsgk.com/"&gt;www.tsgk.com&lt;/a&gt;... My new clan… the Transgenix… very cool HL2 DM gaming clan… there is this one guy… Cpt PikPik… keeps owning… very good player…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Anyways I must depart… feels weird blogging again… but am happy to be back…. :D&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Goodnight cyber world… &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-114792055437219225?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/114792055437219225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=114792055437219225&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/114792055437219225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/114792055437219225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2006/05/been-ages.html' title='Been ages....'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-112145959251084653</id><published>2005-07-15T21:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T21:33:12.520+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate the night!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;It’s been a long time. *cleaning out the dust* well it’s been a while. I miss this place. What’s the long MIA period, well it was a tough term. Getting used to the new academic situation and a lot of personal turmoil. Now it’s summer time, and it’s still full of stuff to do. Need to work here and there, go on a slight diet to regulate the amount of junk one intakes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Well, being back in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Dubai&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; is always good. Being amongst family is very rejuvenating . Life is nice here. I dunno I wanted to rant about stuff but I ran out of steam.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Oh yeah…&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;I was discussing the night. I got sick of the night. Been leading quite a nocturnal life and it sucks. It’s dead, it’s dark and very gloomy. Finding it very depressing. So starting 2moro am switching to anti-bat time. To reverse the effects of night time sleeping late induced depression syndrome. N.T.S.L.I.D.S aka network slids&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;So yeah that’s about it… oh the skating has been nice on a small scale but good non the less.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;That’s about it for now…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Will follow with randomness later…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Goodnight cyberworld&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-112145959251084653?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/112145959251084653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=112145959251084653&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/112145959251084653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/112145959251084653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/07/i-hate-night.html' title='I hate the night!'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-111351198981086404</id><published>2005-04-14T20:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T21:53:09.810+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tis been a long time</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;the condition of muzak&lt;br /&gt;'all art constantly aspires to the condition of music. for while in all other works of art it is possible to distinguish the matter from the form, and the understanding can always make this distinction, yet it is the constant effort if art to obliterate it'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pater&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;It has been a month from my last blog. The conditions back then were totally different than the ones i am experiencing now. I thank god that my exams are over and now a new era has started. The pre-clinical years are over and on to the clinical. The hospital rocks! The classes are cool. It's more relaxed. I finally have sometime to enjoy a slow paced academic life. This term should prove to be cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I checked out tower records on the way back from class and i finally found the album i wanted for 5 months. It's this electronica compliation cd, Evcs1:01 the music is so amazing. They are so nice and melo, takes you to another world. best thing ever is that it has no singing so you interpret it the way you want depending on you state of mind. the qoute was on the album.&lt;br /&gt;I ran out of stuff to say,so this will suffice for now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-111351198981086404?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/111351198981086404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=111351198981086404&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111351198981086404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111351198981086404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/04/tis-been-long-time.html' title='Tis been a long time'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-111160003390131837</id><published>2005-03-23T17:47:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-03-23T17:47:13.900Z</updated><title type='text'>Two Lips!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/6726656/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos7.flickr.com/6726656_50e5f2692f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/6726656/"&gt;Flowers lighten up the day :)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/riftdweller/"&gt;RiftDweller&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;p style=""&gt;I love this picture. I dont know why,so i thought i'd share it in my blog. Yeah,today was cool,but i took this pic on Saint Patrick's Day. It was naice.&lt;br /&gt;Anyways am off now,will chit chat later :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-111160003390131837?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/111160003390131837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=111160003390131837&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111160003390131837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111160003390131837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/03/two-lips.html' title='Two Lips!'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-111154197159408237</id><published>2005-03-23T01:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-03-23T01:39:31.593Z</updated><title type='text'>This is a test to show hazem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/3915784/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos2.flickr.com/3915784_d6f8167e0c_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/3915784/"&gt;Junction Beside the Park that is beside the cathedral&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/riftdweller/"&gt;RiftDweller&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;p style=""&gt;yeah am that bored&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-111154197159408237?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/111154197159408237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=111154197159408237&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111154197159408237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111154197159408237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/03/this-is-test-to-show-hazem.html' title='This is a test to show hazem'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-111089319975989346</id><published>2005-03-15T13:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-03-15T13:26:39.763Z</updated><title type='text'>I dun2 know</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; at times i feel my place is empty&lt;br /&gt; it looks as though i never met me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt; but my smile does only show one side of me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;(for sure - Lost Prophets - Fake Sound Of Progress)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-111089319975989346?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/111089319975989346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=111089319975989346&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111089319975989346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111089319975989346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/03/i-dun2-know.html' title='I dun2 know'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-111068623108756541</id><published>2005-03-12T11:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-03-13T03:57:11.093Z</updated><title type='text'>Multifaceted Flowchart Post</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"&gt;Start&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I feel weird, havent blogged for over a month now. It’s time to revive it. It’s -1 C outside. I am happy to be inside. To people who live in harsher weather conditions, I feel your pain. My post today will be multi faceted. It was rough the last 7 days. A hideous virus ripped through my human form and caused a lot of distress. It made me think of people with chronic illnesses. I studied a lot of diseases and what could go wrong, but text books don’t show you how painful a disease is, or how it affects a person’s quality of life. I got depressed because I couldn’t taste food, had a headache for 7 days, couldn’t breath properly and had fever which made me weak. Imagine living with it your entire life. I have so much respect for such individuals, I hope they lead a good life and it makes us take so many simple things in life for granted. The more I delve into the medical world the more fragile the human form appears to be. It’s scary. Makes you think a 1000 times before you do something. No risk calculations, no fear of damaging anything. All I can say I thank god for every healthy day I live. It’s a blessing. &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I watched The Woodman. It was a really cool movie. It ended my comedy movie streak. It’s cool, I loved the cinematography. The soundtrack was amazing. Kevin Bacon is really good. Story is freaky, but overall a good experience. I am trying to get over my media susceptibility. I am working on it and no adverse effects today. I feel mentally stimulated. I thought the movie was really creative.Soundtrack rocked! It has a really weird feel to it. I like it. Ok enough about the movie. I really do not have much to add. I guess this is ok for the meantime. Gaming wise, life is good, DS launched so I get to buy games, I got polarium, so addictive really good and on the PS2 Gran turismo 4 is just car heaven now, 700 cars 50 tracks, what more do you want. I got the lumina SS as my first car,will post pix later, cuz you can take pix of the cars in the game and upload them on to a usb flash disc to ur pc, nifty I know. Anyways, good bye for now, the multi faceted post project failed to attain a multi facet. Hope to achieve that later. I need to go sleep now. It’s very late and I am kinda hungry so I will go sleep in order to have a nice healthy breakfast (corn pops) oh lastly, I quit Pepsi, no more fizzy drinks at home for me, which means no more fizzy drinks if I do drink 1 can max (outside the house), I feel healthier. It’s really a vile substance. Healthier is happier. Carbonated drinks just kill &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;ur&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; body. I’ve been off it for 1.5 weeks. Switched to natural juices. Much better, I don’t feel like a hollow aluminum tube anymore. I feel ALIVE!!!! Ok I will shut up and leave. Oh need to post this first… one sec… Uploading..... Uploading… go to start (i just created a temporal timeline paradox, dont mess) if you want to read it again. If not end (flowchart style).&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;End&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-111068623108756541?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/111068623108756541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=111068623108756541&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111068623108756541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/111068623108756541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/03/multifaceted-flowchart-post.html' title='Multifaceted Flowchart Post'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110808569547293537</id><published>2005-02-11T01:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-02-11T01:38:27.846Z</updated><title type='text'>The ExaMarathon - The aftermath!</title><content type='html'>  &lt;p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I finally get time to update. I miss my blog. I miss my online people. I miss my… *let’s not get into that* oh and to all the people who I like their noses, I still want to bite them *don’t ask* Yeah, my 3 day exam marathon is over. I am so happy. Physiology started off the race with a bang. Then the melodramatic psychology, I hate that subject so much. The more I read it the more I think like a freak. I swear, it’s such a twisted field. I mean it’s nice but not my cup of shit I mean tea. The finale, 2 days of shit, 6 hours of sleep what do they tag to the ending of this nice 3 day consortium of death and academic suicide. Non other than our favorite student assassin, the dreaded Biochemisty. In the history of The Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland *notice the caps* non has claimed the youth of many… youthful students and their vital life essence and happiness like biochem *for short* *yes we give it a nickname* more like bioSHIT! Yeah it was a hectic 3 days, on the last day morale was so low, suicide seemed to give me a euphoric feel of happiness that it will end my misery and I would wind up in hell which is kinda the same. So I decided not to kill myself because life is not a videogame, no matter what the voices in my head say… *look around suspiciously to see if anyone heard it* well of course no one heard it, you typed the damn thing, *slap on the forehead* At the end of the day, I finished my exam and it was like having a bowel movement obstruction problem * constipation for short* then you let it rip and you feel 20 kgs lighter. The aftermath might be deadly but you just feel so comfy, it’s like you are floating on a cloud of shit fumes. Hahahahah I am just being sick here. Don’t mind me. Yeah so I stepped out into the sun shine. My body weak from the lack of sleep and stress makes me have bowel movement problems the opposite of what I mentioned and it’s the first time, I actually strolled around town in the morning in like 2 weeks. It felt nice. I went to HMV and picked random chats with the gaming staff. It was really refreshing. Went for a small skate around town then met up with a friend for a nice tuna crepe with a walk down &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Grafton   street&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; *MiniCityCenter open airmall/Dhiyafah street hybrid mal &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Ireland&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;* then I went back home and played Half life 2 deathmatch for a bit. It felt amazing. Man life with out games seriously sucks. I love games. Games are life. Ok am pushing it, well they are. It’s 1:30 am now and I have been awake since 6 am. It’s so cool. I feel weird. I mean happy but very airheaded. I think I need to stop. I have 3 days of pharmacology adventures to go through. I think it will prove to be very mind numbing. Nah it will be fine. I need to do well on that exam. So till the next update. I will bid you farewell. It was a nice marathon. 4.5 years of material examined in 3 exams, 30 questions, and that was it… I can’t wait for my Nintendo DS to arrive… it’s gonna totally rock!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110808569547293537?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110808569547293537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110808569547293537&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110808569547293537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110808569547293537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/02/examarathon-aftermath.html' title='The ExaMarathon - The aftermath!'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110696410856579253</id><published>2005-01-29T02:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-29T02:26:03.396Z</updated><title type='text'>DS+Custom Wallpaper+Good Friends = *Smile*</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/3911685/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://photos2.flickr.com/3911685_620c2ab599_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/riftdweller/3911685/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nintendo DS Limited VIP Pak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/riftdweller/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;RiftDweller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Today was a good day. I was inspired by so many people. The day started kind of shit. I was really feeling down. I had so much work to do but I didn’t think I have much time. I stuffed myself with food, the usual ritual. Then I went out and took some nice photographs. It was nice. I was on my building’s roof garden. It was really stylish. I then proceeded to do some grocery shopping. When I came back I got a very nice pleasant surprise. I got a custom wallpaper. It’s this really amazing painting. It’s so beautiful. My wallpaper rocks. The lady who paiNTed it is so talented mashallah *knock on wood* so being my dumb assed self I sent her an email and I told her could I use it as a wallpaper, and to my surprise she said yes. It’s so nice,oh btw if you are reading this…I say hello, hahah yes everyone is wondering who you are…tan ta taaaaaa. Anyhow, Damn my thought train just broke. One sec let me fix it, yeah so then I studied, my 3rd med dudes had medicine and surgery exam today and everyone is stressed. I am stuck in the middle. It’s cool they be done today afternoon, ok the coolest thing happened to me. Yesterday at around 12 pm I get this email from Nintendo.co.uk, in this email it said as a Nintendo VIP person I get to order and receive the new Nintendo DS (double screen) before everyone else, the release date is 11 March. Only 3000 units are available across Europe. I even get a T-shirt. WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I cant wait. On Monday I am going to pay and wait, actually study, I have so much Biochemistry, Psychology and Physiology to go through, it’s not even funny. There is hope inshallah. I just do not want resits. I want to go to Canada and freeze with my hommies! Anyways all I want to say is that am happy. DS wise, life wise, and I got a kick ass Wallpaper. Today is a good day,and that concludes today's transmission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110696410856579253?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110696410856579253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110696410856579253&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110696410856579253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110696410856579253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/dscustom-wallpapergood-friends-smile.html' title='DS+Custom Wallpaper+Good Friends = *Smile*'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110694500594426973</id><published>2005-01-28T20:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-28T20:43:25.943Z</updated><title type='text'>Flickr</title><content type='html'>This is a test post from &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/r/testpost"&gt;&lt;img alt="flickr" src="http://www.flickr.com/images/flickr_logo_blog.gif" width="41" height="18" border="0" align="absmiddle" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a fancy photo sharing thing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110694500594426973?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110694500594426973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110694500594426973&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110694500594426973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110694500594426973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/flickr.html' title='Flickr'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110678626242748562</id><published>2005-01-27T01:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-27T00:37:42.426Z</updated><title type='text'>Double Blog Day....not am not bored,,,maybe a little</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;It’s double blog day. My muse is running today. I keep writing about stuff which is not really important but, is kinda important. Well for the past few days I’ve been checking out &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;www.flickr.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;. It’s really cool. So many talented photographers out there, it’s so stylish. The community is really nice. Whatelse, my studying sucked today, cant concentrate, my head feels so empty. I cant absorb anything, but I got some work done. I was checking cnet.com and there is this amazing thing called the slipbox or something anyways you hook it up to your decoder,tv and then hook it up to your router. The thing coverts the tv programs into a streaming video and you can watch it over your lan or thru the internet from any broadband connection in the world. It also give you the ability to control the decode. It’s insane, I want to install one back home so I can watch Arabic tv shows from Dublin. It’s for 250 dollars not that expensive for a sexy device like that. Home TV in Dublin thru the net. That’s just amazing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways am hungry again. So I will go eat…heheh am in pig out mood today. I think I will have some cereal…yummy Corn Pops!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110678626242748562?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110678626242748562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110678626242748562&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110678626242748562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110678626242748562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/double-blog-daynot-am-not-boredmaybe.html' title='Double Blog Day....not am not bored,,,maybe a little'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110676252806436528</id><published>2005-01-26T17:54:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-26T18:02:08.063Z</updated><title type='text'>A pleasant wintery day</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Sitting in my room, looking out of the window, I can see Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, the street behind it is bustling with traffic. Everyone is going back home after a long day of work. The weather was surprisingly pleasant. The odd showers here and there usually catch you off guard but it wasn’t bad. The day started out fine, was supposed to be waked up by my neighbor on her way to the hospital. It’s better than an alarm clock because that would constitute leaving the bed to open the door, but it never happened so I woke up 1.5 hours late. It’s good I didn’t have classes just work and more work. The exams are nearing. On the other hand it was nice, had a pharmacology review session. The problem is the Prof. didn’t actually do any review, instead he gave the lecture again so, I crept away in the first 10 minutes, problem is the door of the lecture theater slammed after me, Georsan and Hani. We left at intervals as not to alarm the Prof.. It was a very uncreative/unstealthy way to leave. The door slammed 3 times which meant there were 3 interuptions but I went out 1st so Geo and Hani had to bare the stares. On lighter note I have restocked my pepsi stash and gotten so much food from Marks and Spencers. The problem is that it will only last me for 2 to 3 days max. The studying is going ok. Now back to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MMM I am hungry,will go eat something….&lt;br /&gt;*uploads post and goes foraging for food*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110676252806436528?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110676252806436528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110676252806436528&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110676252806436528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110676252806436528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/pleasant-wintery-day.html' title='A pleasant wintery day'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110661666937488860</id><published>2005-01-25T01:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-25T02:03:02.666Z</updated><title type='text'>The Return Of Ox</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47774286@N00/3774181/"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://photos1.flickr.com/3774181_37d688c9e3_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47774286@N00/3774181/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Ox the Uglydoll&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/47774286@N00/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;RiftDweller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;Living with Ox is great. I think my life style has rubbed of on him. Here is a recent photo of my roommate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110661666937488860?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110661666937488860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110661666937488860&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110661666937488860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110661666937488860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/return-of-ox.html' title='The Return Of Ox'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110645665791671225</id><published>2005-01-23T05:04:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-23T05:08:43.276Z</updated><title type='text'>1st pic upload!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47774286@N00/3676783/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://photos3.flickr.com/3676783_29cc1858f2_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47774286@N00/3676783/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;The Liffey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/47774286@N00/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;RiftDweller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;This is a nice photo i took of The Liffey while i was taking walk. The river is a 7 minute walk from my house. Ahh today is going to be sunny, cant wait for the sun :). It was rainy all week,so might as well enjoy it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh duders,update the skypes,chat on that is awesome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110645665791671225?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110645665791671225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110645665791671225&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110645665791671225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110645665791671225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/1st-pic-upload.html' title='1st pic upload!'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110636738403811698</id><published>2005-01-22T04:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-22T04:16:24.040Z</updated><title type='text'>The Comment Poem</title><content type='html'>Ok, here is how it works&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Every comment is a verse&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You cant post two comments in a row&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If it sucked it will be deleted when the poem is compiled into a separate post&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110636738403811698?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110636738403811698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110636738403811698&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110636738403811698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110636738403811698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/comment-poem.html' title='The Comment Poem'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110636698325795566</id><published>2005-01-20T23:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-22T04:09:43.256Z</updated><title type='text'>Eid Holiday, or not....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Today was Eid, and to all of you who celebrate it, Eid Mubarak,to all of you who don’t celebrate it,Eid Mubarak, Considering it’s Eid ok to tell you the truth, it was really depressing, it’s raining, it’s cold and everyone is studying. Not the best festive day. It is really annoying cuz you feel homesick. Eid = fun, family and chilling but here its rain, loneliness and books. It felt weird, staying in my apartment felt like I was in a jail cell. My parents and brother are in the Hajj, my other brother is having so much fun in Lebanon he forgot I existed and both my sisters are in Bahrain chilling with family. I am the only person out of the whole family, who is…stuck somewhere. It was all grey until I finished my studying for the day; I switched on my desktop and loaded Half life 2: Deathmatch. A list of servers was being loaded and I choose the one with the most people and the least ping. As soon as my game loaded, the depression turned into frags. The bent up anger was unleashed upon unsuspecting gamers. It felt so amazing. Adrenaline was pumping through my body. It was unlike any other deathmatch as I was listening to music. The usual music is calming music, but this time I The Fake Sound Of Progress by The Lost Prophets. It was awesome. Frag afte Frag, it fuelled the rage. The aim was amazing, the headshots kept rolling. It was phenomenal. The joys of killing people (in a game) was so amazing. Turned my Eid from a downer to a nice relaxing, heart pumping break. HAHaha yes relaxing and heart pumping don’t mix, but check out Half life 2, then you will understand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110636698325795566?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110636698325795566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110636698325795566&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110636698325795566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110636698325795566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/eid-holiday-or-not.html' title='Eid Holiday, or not....'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110605472432080587</id><published>2005-01-18T13:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-18T13:25:24.320Z</updated><title type='text'>The winner of the 13/1/2005 Q of the Day is...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;The winner is Pauli!!!! for giving the best answer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;here is the list of runner ups:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;None&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;here is the list of people who didnt make it in to the runner up nor the winner spot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;by Alpha-numeric order:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Tala Dhruv Sara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;if there is any objection to the ruling,please feel free to comment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;the prize is still unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;further information will be posted as soon as we get information about what the hell is going on...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;oh going to wagamama for lunch,so that would have to wait,and i need to study my arse off,aight???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;no...well i dont care...bye!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110605472432080587?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110605472432080587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110605472432080587&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110605472432080587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110605472432080587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/winner-of-1312005-q-of-day-is.html' title='The winner of the 13/1/2005 Q of the Day is...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110585368870866694</id><published>2005-01-16T05:34:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-17T01:17:52.726Z</updated><title type='text'>Buzzing in the ears....</title><content type='html'>   &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;I just got back from the College Ball, it was amazing. I had so much fun. The outcome is as follows. I decided that I hate wearing a suit. I hate the music that was played today. I hate hating stuff. But I had a blast. It was awesome. Good food *kinda*, a lot of friends, and a very high bass speakers, hence the buzzing in my ears. It was really nice, I found out that a lot of people in school are really nice. All the girls looked simply amazing. I mean you should see them at 830 in the morning for anatomy class and then compare them to the state in which they are in at the party. Very different. I have donned a suit; I wish I could’ve gone in baggy pants and a hoodie, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I am really tired, will continue the post 2moro….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110585368870866694?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110585368870866694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110585368870866694&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110585368870866694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110585368870866694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/buzzing-in-ears.html' title='Buzzing in the ears....'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110575545527872748</id><published>2005-01-15T02:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-15T03:03:26.126Z</updated><title type='text'>New Feature!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;I noticed alot of conversations using comments, so i said, why not get a board for the peeps to use, and tada...here is the fruit of my search.... you have a dedicated message board for everyone one to rant on, tis naice....anyways behave yourself....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;please give me feed back....the archives keeps popping up on the side....dont know how to fix it....if you have any idea...please leave a comment...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Thank you for reading this...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Come again!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;added 45 minutes later: dudes it even  auto updates if someone posts something, this is intense...muhahahahah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110575545527872748?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110575545527872748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110575545527872748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110575545527872748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110575545527872748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/new-feature.html' title='New Feature!!!'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110557617819390253</id><published>2005-01-13T01:17:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-13T00:32:48.573Z</updated><title type='text'>A day in a Sim's Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Life was bad,but now it's good, i sorted out stuff with one of my closest friends in Dublin. It felt amazing, I finally have closure,hahahah i sound like am a detective working on a case. It was weird but now everything is back to normal. This eliviated alot of stress and now i can concentrate on my studies and the up coming college ball. So for the ball the theme is Cabarate, i really dont know what titis and i really dont care, so i decided to rebel, i hate it, every year i wear a suit,and conform to the norm, well no more, this time am going wearing a grey suit, with sneakers,and i will match the shirts and tie to suit the sneakers, i hope it works,and i will spike the hair with the wax.ok enough about that,yup i am looking forward to it.tis this saturday, on the other hand, I love Apple, they are one of the most creative computer companies out there, they push the bounderies of ergonomics and practicality. I think the world would be better if we had more macs, ok on today's add section we have 2 new loves, firstly we have the&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" href="http://www.apple.com/macmini/"&gt;Mac mini&lt;/a&gt; check it out,it's a small ass computer,and it's aswesome, very sexy indeed, on the other hand a new ipod is out, and it's so amazing, it's called the &lt;a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/"&gt;Ipod Shuffle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;, it's an amazing device,yes more ipods are out, but this has no moving parts basicly it's a memory stick with a small ipod interface, comes in 512mb or 1 gb version, i might pick on up in the future on my wish list,what's good is that is' for a nice 99 dollaz or 149 dollaz for the 1 gig version, it's so amzing,and so nice, yeah anyways i have an anatomy review session in the morning bright and early so i needs to get some shut eye, i leave you on better not and moral,muahahha, take care Cyber world, till then, i leave you to come back to you in a couple of hours,and to all my friends i would like to say, thanx for all the support you have given me&lt;/span&gt;, You are the coolest,some of you,the other,well let's not get into that :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. ignore wrong spelling, not in the mood to correct jack, and yes it's not my 1st langauge so i dont care....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110557617819390253?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110557617819390253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110557617819390253&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110557617819390253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110557617819390253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/day-in-sims-life.html' title='A day in a Sim&apos;s Life'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110547855516126315</id><published>2005-01-13T01:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-13T00:07:54.016Z</updated><title type='text'>Question of the day???</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;What did the wahl say to the other wahl?&lt;br /&gt;post you comment as your answer&lt;br /&gt;and your mailling addresse&lt;br /&gt;a gift will be sent to you if you get it right&lt;br /&gt;if you dont get it right well,what am i supposed to do&lt;br /&gt;tell me?and no you wont get ikea vouchers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110547855516126315?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110547855516126315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110547855516126315&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110547855516126315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110547855516126315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/question-of-day.html' title='Question of the day???'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110545250448065733</id><published>2005-01-11T14:07:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-11T14:08:24.480Z</updated><title type='text'>The world is turning, but i lay still...</title><content type='html'>  &lt;p style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do you ever get the feeling that the whole world is growing except you. This feeling is a very depressing one. At this moment in time, I feel that everyone around me is growing and evolving except me. The only thing that am doing is growing in age. You feel as if you are a stagnant pool, collecting more useless bacteria and microbes. I was checking my email today and there is so much going on, except that am not a part of any of what was stated. But then again, we have exams in a month and they count for 60% of our entire grades, this is a freaky thought, I don’t know why I am boring everyone with academic stuff, but that’s the only thing on my mind right now, I cant think of anything else,really want to pass,really want to travel, oven is ready, going to go cook something to eat…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110545250448065733?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110545250448065733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110545250448065733&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110545250448065733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110545250448065733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/world-is-turning-but-i-lay-still.html' title='The world is turning, but i lay still...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110513099620638654</id><published>2005-01-07T20:47:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-01-07T20:49:56.206Z</updated><title type='text'>Back in Dublin...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;3rd day back. It's rainy,gloomy and very cold. A very big climate change from what i've been thru in Dubai. The holiday was nice. Very hectic, but relaxing. The flight back was fun, flew with my friend, who is nose-less now. I am trying to clean my room as i have tons of studying to do. The exams are upon us and their will be casualties, i hope am not from the dead. Anyways back to re-arranging, wanted to do some deathmatch b4 i sleep. will blog soon, cya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110513099620638654?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110513099620638654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110513099620638654&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110513099620638654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110513099620638654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2005/01/back-in-dublin.html' title='Back in Dublin...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110392846080991966</id><published>2004-12-24T22:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-24T22:48:48.746Z</updated><title type='text'>Adopt:sh:n</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;2 of my dearest dear friends,nope they are not dear,they are dear,so you figure it out,have left me a nice humanoid dolly, aka Ox, it is a very cool ugly doll, no am serious it's called an ugly doll,very creative name, anyways i have adopted it and it's now my new child, very pretty,and if you say not so...i will excersice extreme measures with you...damn right...muhahahaha....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;here is a pic of my cutey as the ladies would say...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://davescooltoys.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/uglydolls_ox.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;it's not road killed mutant something....it's Ox i still didnt find a middle name but may be Ox toes Sin :) it's an enzyme too...but diff spelling...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;ok am boring everyone...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;the break is amazing so far...need to chill with friends more....Merry Xmas to the rest of the world...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;hope who ever supplies your gifts...follows ur wish list....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110392846080991966?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110392846080991966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110392846080991966&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110392846080991966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110392846080991966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/adoptshn.html' title='Adopt:sh:n'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110375612351005646</id><published>2004-12-23T14:54:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-22T22:55:23.510Z</updated><title type='text'>fast post...</title><content type='html'>I hate mouth uclers, they are annoying and make you feel like you want to amputate your mouth&lt;br /&gt;ok am done just wanted to share that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110375612351005646?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110375612351005646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110375612351005646&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110375612351005646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110375612351005646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/fast-post.html' title='fast post...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110375581365496640</id><published>2004-12-23T01:51:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-22T22:55:44.923Z</updated><title type='text'>I am sleepy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;I k&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;now my &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;itles &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;re growing &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;la&lt;/span&gt;mer by the post. A post shouldn't be judged by it's title. I am back in Dubai as i told the cyberworld. It feels good to be home. relaxing not worries what so ever. It's been nearly 5 day&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;m &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;e&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;aally relaxed. I havent seen many of my friends as they are flocking back like migrating birds. I am looking forward to meeting them cuz am a lonely person and i find it really difficult to make friends. hahaha i feel like am in a videodating service video recording session. Did i just say that.... No i havent used any yet...but who knows ...today was fun..very laid back and had a small sk8 session it was cool,other than that it was just family and more family,any how i just felt like writing randon stuff here so onto more matters. I picked up a copy of Metroid Prime 2, that game is so intense,i love the detail they put into it, it's just so captivating,i have to muster every ounce of self control just to latch myself off the tv screen,overall i think anyone who a&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;pprecia&lt;/span&gt;tes Sci Fi or nintendo style games will love it and everyone who doesn't,i think you are intitled to you own opinion,but all i am saying is that you are missing out on bucket loads of fun. speaking of video games, check out this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" href="http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66086,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt; it's intense,made me so happy, it states that... Surgeons who play video games three hours a week have 37 percent fewer errors and accomplish tasks 27 percent faster, thats so nice, gives me hope, makes all those ours of intense gaming action worth it, nice hand eye corrdination, enhances photographic memory and spacial thinking and superior interaction with &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;j&lt;/span&gt;oysticks...re&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;lly?not pervy way...pshhh...sick min&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;s... sick sick minds...take panadol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;and to people who like to take photos...here is a small shocking thing..... this&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.tpd.tno.nl/smartsite.html?id=966"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;will take you to a &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;2.5 Giga Pixel shot&lt;/span&gt;....yes you heard me...check it out now...and zoom in and check out the details....it's simply breath taking....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;anyways that's today's treatment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;hope to see you soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;tc&lt;br /&gt;oh 3 hidden words found in this passage..not really hidden but chex it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110375581365496640?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110375581365496640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110375581365496640&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110375581365496640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110375581365496640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/i-am-sleepy.html' title='I am sleepy...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110363082542542578</id><published>2004-12-21T13:06:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-21T12:07:05.426Z</updated><title type='text'>This is a post about comments</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Please leave a comment,thank you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110363082542542578?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110363082542542578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110363082542542578&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110363082542542578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110363082542542578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/this-is-post-about-comments.html' title='This is a post about comments'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110332165795440187</id><published>2004-12-17T22:03:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-17T22:25:27.440Z</updated><title type='text'>Trip Home Chronicles -Prologue-</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="COLOR: rgb(153,0,0)"&gt;Term 4 has concluded with a nice small bang. The 16th of December was the day of reckoning. The exam session was like a three course meal. The 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; course was the anticipation of the unknown which made many a medical student study the night away, just to wake up and find out that their brain is so tired, any attempt of stored data retrieval could lead to a total system meltdown. After that was over, the second course originates from a new culinary craze. Infusion cooking, the meal is made from blending or infusing to be more precise the essence of both schools of physiology and pharmacology. The meld ensured total exam corrector satisfaction. The third course which is usually a sophisticated dessert came to form in an 80 question combined MCQ, the subjects were so mixed up I thought I was seeing double. But in fact it was just an optical illusion. Upon terminating the meal the fun began…. Anyways am bored now will continue part 2 at a later date…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110332165795440187?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110332165795440187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110332165795440187&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110332165795440187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110332165795440187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/trip-home-chronicles-prologue.html' title='Trip Home Chronicles -Prologue-'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110305078947341963</id><published>2004-12-14T18:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-14T19:02:44.486Z</updated><title type='text'>It's 6 am,not a creature in sight,except....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Non-EU people who need go back to their countries. This is story of one sad soul,in the quest to attain the right of passage back into the country of his source of infinite knowledge. It wall began when the alarm clock struck and it was 5:45 am, thremoinsulating suits are required to do the journey as the weather forcasters fortold using their uncanny satelitte imaging technology,that there be rain. Leaving the comfy and warm confines of my cave, i venture out into the cold and empty stress of what is now called, SouthSide of Town,Dublin. It was a pleasant walk, the streets were empty,i could hear my footsteps. The sun was not up yet. Fastforward to reaching the place. I reached the visa dispensing,wait till you die cuz you are tired place at around 6:20, the line to the door was around 50 people long. I waited till 8 that's when they officially open the doors to the right of passage...passage. The wait sucked #$%^,so i saw some dude from my college i grabbed him and acted as if he was late. Half an hour into the wait, the chinese guy and his girlfriend wanted to start a rebellion because i made someone cut in line. I told him to his face,I don't give a shit what you think or what you are trying to do,lay off my case or i will beat the shit out of you. The chinese guy laid off my case seeing that all the people around us,of different non-eu origins did not give a shit about one guy cutting inline,because the people at the front got like 5 each. When i got my job number ticket,i was 113,i dont know how many the people in front of me managed to spawn using binary fission but they did and and with passports. I was so tired and dead but managed to find someother dude from my college. He is cool, from nigeria. We talked and talked. then we parted ways. me the 1st college dude and the 2nd college dude. I went to my friend Georsan's house, and scared a cat she is safe keeping and had breakfast their *tuna bagel*,it was naice,went back at 10:20 and only 30 numbers were done. It was insane 50 mintues = 30 number from 3 operational booths.I became tired and went home for a small nap. Came back at 12 and it was all done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;The ordeal of the visa was over and I have the right of passage. I am happy but very tired and exhausted. Oh and I lost a hundred euros. They doubled the price. FOR A 1 YEAR VISA!!!!! I do not know why,when,where and how,but as one wise prosector told me Titis wat Titis! and that's final.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110305078947341963?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110305078947341963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110305078947341963&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110305078947341963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110305078947341963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/its-6-amnot-creature-in-sightexcept.html' title='It&apos;s 6 am,not a creature in sight,except....'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110299172052340679</id><published>2004-12-14T02:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-14T02:37:14.453Z</updated><title type='text'>Finishing an exam and beginning a deathmatch...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Today's anatomy oral exam went well. I wanted to write a post about it but then again,why think of an exam when it's done. It was good,but then i got to play &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Half life 2 Deathmatch&lt;/span&gt;. It was amazing. I made some people cry. The best thing is the Gravity gun. Imagine a level littered with common furniture. Yes even toilets could be thrown at insane velocities at on coming enemies,killing them instantly. Or if someone is gunning u down,u pick up a radiator from the wall and use it as a shield until you are close enough, Wham! the guy...is die...i never had so much fun deathmatching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;....ever since the 1st half life, good games are like gemes these days. Everyone is in on it and 90% of the games out there arent given the proper time to mature. They are made with money making in mind, quality over quantity. It is a sad fact, the gaming world is being saturated by that kind of game developers. I mean &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;half life 2 took 5.5 years&lt;/span&gt; to make, they took their time,and look at what you get,an amazing game, or back in the day &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Goldeye Eye&lt;/span&gt; which was developed by &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Rare&lt;/span&gt;,it was amazing,on the other hand you have &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;EA&lt;/span&gt;,those people piss me off,they are like a big money generating machine,the problem is they ruin everything they get their hands on,the picked up the JamesBond rights and to this day,all their jamesbond games are utter shite, &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Rare 1 time = big success,EA 20+ times = failure,&lt;/span&gt; I think it's time to quit, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;anyways enought about gaming, &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;to my friends Sara and Tala, i wish you did well on your exams&lt;/span&gt;, am off ...need to wake up at 5:30,to wait in line in the nice cold to get my visa done,hope it goes smoothly,i will be armed with lecture notes,a discman and a gameboy, :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Good night cyber world!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;and as mattles commented the other day....THE CYBER WORLD NEVER SLEEP!....not if we get a world wide total system shut down due to a big ass solar flare storm....MUhahahah! *too much discovery channel*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110299172052340679?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110299172052340679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110299172052340679&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110299172052340679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110299172052340679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/finishing-exam-and-beginning.html' title='Finishing an exam and beginning a deathmatch...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110289162026772978</id><published>2004-12-12T22:47:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-12T23:36:28.126Z</updated><title type='text'>Oral Exams...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Oral Exams are one of the scariest experiences ever encountered in ones academic career. The whole concept of being questioned is a daunting one. You step into the room. It is silent, just you and 2 examiners. Face to face you begin the battle to attain a good grade. The problem is it's not the exam or the material being tested. It is the build up of the whole ordeal. Waiting sucks. This gives ample time for overanalyzation of the worst possible scenarios which leads to alot of depression. I need to go eat. will continue the post at a later slump in my pre-anatomy exam study session. thanx to my flat mate who is a year above me. we did all cranial nerve tests and surface markings for the head and neck. S to the Z I love u dude...but not in a you know what way...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110289162026772978?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110289162026772978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110289162026772978&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110289162026772978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110289162026772978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/oral-exams.html' title='Oral Exams...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110282589157915985</id><published>2004-12-12T04:23:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-12T04:36:13.840Z</updated><title type='text'>It's saturday night... I mean sunday morning...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Looking up at the sky. That's a nice scene, living in Ireland makes you appreciate good weather. Back in Dubai, it's the inverse. One culture's rainy day is another culture's festival. It's 4:25 am, I cant really sleep. The brain went into over drive and the output is this post. I hope after this my brain activity subsides so I can go and sleep. I have an anatomy oral exal. It's a term final and i really need to study. The plan is to wake up nice and early, because tomorrow is a sunny day and i want to go for a nice  skate around town. Then come back and hit the books with a couple of naps in between. I really don't think I am trying to aim for something with this post. but it's more like a snap shot of random thoughts melding into one utterly confused piece of writing. There are some loud mouthed drunk peeps screaming uncoherent senteces,which are being further distorted by their own echoes. It's quiet freaky as I live behind a very nice cathedral. It's such a magnificant structure. Anyways, i think i will go and try to sleep. Good night cyber world. Man blogging is amazing. I love this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110282589157915985?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110282589157915985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110282589157915985&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110282589157915985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110282589157915985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/its-saturday-night-i-mean-sunday.html' title='It&apos;s saturday night... I mean sunday morning...'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110282233909795297</id><published>2004-12-12T03:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-12T03:32:19.096Z</updated><title type='text'>Suped Up my blog!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;This is so nice. Fiddling with html code is intense. I added 2 new sections and 2 new links.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;2 links to my crew's blog network. Support them :), they rock! \m/. A games and books being used at the moment sections is up. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;ok enough for today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;I am over stimulating the readers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110282233909795297?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110282233909795297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110282233909795297&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110282233909795297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110282233909795297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/suped-up-my-blog_12.html' title='Suped Up my blog!'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110273822921057139</id><published>2004-12-11T04:04:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-12T03:07:14.843Z</updated><title type='text'>The Truth of Fiction</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;I am reading Stephen King's Insomnia. It's really weird. It's about this old guy who cant sleep and gets something called Hyper reality. The problem is, I cant sleep now. I got inspired to write and here I am on my blog...blogging.The worst thing is that inspiration to write comes at bad times. This is not the bad part, the bad part is when you do not jot them down and you wake up, to find that you can't remember anything. It is sad because you regret what you lost. So everytime the inspiration comes no matter what time or day. I write away. too many I's have been used so far and it's annoying.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110273822921057139?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110273822921057139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110273822921057139&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110273822921057139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110273822921057139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/truth-of-fiction.html' title='The Truth of Fiction'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9510861.post-110246412309918546</id><published>2004-12-08T01:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-12-12T03:07:39.143Z</updated><title type='text'>1st post</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;Hello,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;This is my first post on my first blog. I think this is such a cool idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9510861-110246412309918546?l=mentalrift.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/feeds/110246412309918546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9510861&amp;postID=110246412309918546&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110246412309918546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9510861/posts/default/110246412309918546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentalrift.blogspot.com/2004/12/1st-post.html' title='1st post'/><author><name>Shimmy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06997320472937220522</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/37/100571967_03a49fb297_t.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
