x0dus / Blog of Teo Chun Rui / » Tech http://x0dus.com TV Shows. Technology. Website Building. SEO. Music. Life. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:49:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Money Cannot Buy You Happiness, Yeah Right http://x0dus.com/money-cannot-buy-you-happiness-yeah-right/ http://x0dus.com/money-cannot-buy-you-happiness-yeah-right/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:47:48 +0000 x0dus http://x0dus.com/?p=118 They say money can’t buy you happiness, yeah right. In the last week, my Sager laptop finally arrived from the US after a wait of 2 weeks, something that will be with me for a long long while in uni. Not to mention the barrage of Converse and Vans sneakers I got as well.

Shoes can be a man’s best friend too (:

Silver Converse Sneakers

White Vans Sneakers!

Gold Converse Sneakers The box containing my companion for the next 4 years in uni, and not to mention my roommate when I am living on campus.
Chun RuiThe Sager laptop is built as a gaming laptop, not a machine that you can use to wow your friends with it’s sleek edges and  cool design, this is a minimalistic, no-frills, performance machine. Hence the size.

A closer look at how thick it really is, at least twice the thickness of my current table.

The problem that most gaming laptop has to deal with is the extreme heat, Sager laptops work around the problem with huge gigantic air vents at the back, not to mention at the bottom of the laptop as well. 

Picture taken of Assassin’s Creed II at 1920 X 1080 resolution, screen was upgraded for full HD, and everything looks as sharp as it could be. No performance issues at all, I maintain a steady 40+ FPS at 1920X1080 reso for most mordern games at full anti-aliasing settings and everything turned up to the max.
 The importance specs are as follows: ATI Mobility Radeon 5870 1GB, Core i7 720 processor, 

Screenshot taken by Fraps on my laptop for the game Just Cause II, with every graphic setting turned up to the max.

The person who said money can’t buy you happiness, must have left out the words “just kidding”.

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Don’t judge me, I tried to be different.

Chun Rui

I remmeber 2 years ago, I was looking for an mp3 player and I wanted to not get an iPod because every Tom, Dick, Harry had an iPod. I went out to bought an equally expensive Creative Xi-fi 32GB.

And it was spoilt after just 8 months.

Chun Rui

My iPod Classic lasted me for almost 2 years now, and I’ve dropped it so many times, I’ve already grown immune to feeling heartaches when I drop my Ipod. So, don’t judge me for sticking with Apple.

In other news, I ordered a Sager laptop today (: I am down 3,000 hard-earned 3,000 SGD, but I am one happy happy man.

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The postcard to gold, on my desk.

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Chun Rui

Always a proud moment, to have your name associated with Google (:

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Also in other news, 4 days, Over 600 pages to study, CMFAS Module 9, Aced.

Chun Rui


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And boy is it a joy. The last step before I could receive real cash from Google, is that they need to verify that I actually exist in sunny Singapore at the address I used when I signed up for my Google Mail aka account eons ago. Today they did just that, and what a day it’s been for me.

One day after my 21st birthday, I passed the CMFAS (Module 5) examinations, and I am one step away from getting money from Google after receiving the mail below!

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Chun Rui

Of course, I blanked out the voucher code.

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Chun RuiAll I have to do now, is await a postcard from Google, and I could collect the money from my Google adsense account!

For a first timer making money off the Internet, this is extremely exciting for me. It also validates the hard work that I’ve put in to my various websites, and I must say it is immensely satisfying.

Thank You, Uncle G!

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