Ladies and Gentlemen,

I present to you my new permanent blog at

http://nanyate.com

I will no longer update this site. However, this site will still remain for the enjoyment of CSS galleries and magazines that feature me. This is the least I can do for my fellow designers and those who kindly featured me. Thank you very much Design Meltdown, Smashing Magazine, Dr. Web and Coliss.

Warning! Unusual rant. I totally snapped after my new Mac just died.

Just when I get my Photoshop, it died. The damn thing just stopped working while I was checking my gmail. It wouldn’t force quit nor restart, so I had to reboot the hard way. Then it couldn’t startup again. I mean, it has only been 2 months since I got my Macbook and it’s already half dead either because of overheating or a hard disk error.

My laptop is my life. I play, communicate and work with it. No computer under my use has ever had major problems. I meticulously care for its software and other functions (though not too conscious about the cleanliness of its exterior heh!). No one defrags and run anti-virus/spyware programs as frequently as I do. Even the supposed impenetrable Mac was well taken care of.

Seriously, with all the hype about how superior Macs are to Windows, this is the shittiest experience I’ve had with a computer. I didn’t even do anything for it to die. Gmail can’t possibly kill 2GB RAM on a 2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo with enough space left to fit 20 HQ movies. Can you imagine if I was in a middle of an essay and it just suddenly died? I would have seriously jumped off the building.

Steve Jobs better be making laptops with some durability in the future. I mean you are quite a failure of an engineer if a user can’t trust his/her own computer to function without suddenly wiping out the hard disk for no reason at all.

When Apple is done fixing it, I will be selling it for cheap. I should have stayed a loyal customer to Sony to begin with. Looks like I will end up with a Pink Sony Laptop after all.

TO MAC FANATICS: Shut the hell up. It’s not hip for a computer to die on you may it be Windows, Linux or Mac. With such a horrifying experience, I will probably never own an Apple product again.

I went out to Queen Street today and… OMFG! I bought a pleated skirt for 99cents! What a steal! So all you Torontonians out there looking for fashionable bargain, go to Queen Street’s Urban Planet this weekend for their Easter Sale! =)

Oh and if you happen to be around Bloor/Bay or Yorkville in Toronto, (or in Singapore or Oslo) go grab a coffee at Far Coast (farcoast.ca). The interior designer really brought the ‘feel’ of my websites to life! I was so shocked when I realized that it’s actually a concept cafe established by Coca-Cola because there’s no hint of Coke at all! The selection of teas and coffees are amazing.They have all these cool names for them. It’s not even the decor that has influenced my liking for their drinks. They’re really good!! I’ve tried the Foxhall and Zwina teas and just tried the Opale Noire coffee yesterday. Anyways, enough gushing! Hahaha! I took a couple of pics on my cellphone. The quality isn’t that great but I’m sure you’ll get the idea!

Oh and sorry I haven’t been blogging; I have 2 exams and 1 essay due next week. I’ll be updating the iRadio in a couple hours with new songs and maybe a new playlist! Enjoy!