Wild Homework Appeared!

A pokemon version of a student's everyday fight with homework.

LOL! This is soooo familiar. Except that we can't really trash our homework. If only!

Shortcut keys for volume adjustment in Windows - VolControl

I adjust volume a lot for various reasons. Sometimes the music volume between tracks vary too much, sometimes a site's owner have awful taste in music, sometimes you have stupid friends that think it's damn fun to spread around one of those scare tactics files.

Okay, fine. Actually the truth is that I'm just damn lazy. I don't want to bring out the interface from the system tray so I can click and drag the scroll bar to adjust volume. Thats what shortcuts are for. Faster. Easier. Things lazybums love.

I poked around Google and found a few ways to acquire those shortcuts on your Windows system.

The first method is for control freaks. You can actually create your own script to set volume shortcuts for Windows XP. But I shall not go into that because it's not something lazy people want. We want it faster and easier.

The second method requires installation of a third party software. It's actually pretty good for a free program. So if you aren't picky about what goes into your computer, go ahead and pick up this software - VolControl. The reason why I said it's not for control freaks is because VolControl don't support every key combination available. You can set a special key (either Ctrl, Win, Alt or Shift) together with either a directional key or Page Up or Page Down. I personally use Win since I don't use that key for anything else anyway. So far it's been awesome.

I've used another one prior to VolControl before that lets me set anything. I forgot the name and can't seem to find it back again. But no loss there.The previous one displays advertisement after the trial has expired. VolControl has a more pleasant interface and is ad free so I shall stick with it. So far it works great, even allowing me to adjust the % of volume increase or decrease per key combination executed.

That's the interface for adjusting VolControl's settings. Otherwise, you'll never ever see this screen. The bar at the bottom appears whenever you adjust the volume and fades away soon after. It's good feedback. Sometimes I don't realize how high my volume is and it can get pretty loud. But after I got this program, I made sure to never go past a certain percentage thanks to the automatic display.

Download VolControl here.

Cutest Taekwondo Fight Ever ~ !

This is damn cute~! Blue seems a little scared of red.

Cityville Valentine's Day achievements

I've been playing Cityville a lot later. Actually got badgered into it but now I'm hooked. Anyway, it's Valentine's Day and there are V-day related achievements with prizes.

The number of admirer's achievements is a no-brainer on how to get them. These are the other achievements that require you to receive a card from others.

Return to Sender - Receive a card with an Unhappy receiver

Tough Love - Receive a card with a Crab as object

Love Hurts - Receive a card with a Bomb as object

Feather Friends - Receive a card with Pigeons as sender, receiver and object

Food Fight - Receive a card with an Ice Cream and receiver avoiding the attack

Secret Admirer - Receive a card with Edgar as sender, Ruth as receiver and a Love Bear as object.

The secret admirer one was so hard to figure -.-"

Singapore 2010 Post Graduate Survey

Most of us are pretty lost when it comes to choosing which fields to study or take. There are generally two types, the practical ones who choose based on starting pay or employability and there are those that choose to take courses that are purely out of interest.

Neither is wrong. I have studied both paths myself. This post is just for the ones that are practical. Here are the localized facts on industries based on 2010 graduates from our three universities.

Top Median Gross Monthly Salaries (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)

SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,000 ($4,600)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,200 ($4,000)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) – $3,000 ($3,763)
NUS Business Administration (Honours) – $3,000 ($3,600)
SMU Business Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,000 ($3,500)
NUS Chemical Engineering – $3,000 ($3,500)
NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – $3,000 ($3,450)
NUS Dental Surgery – $3,000 ($3,400)
NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – $3,000 ($3,300)
NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,000 ($3,250)
NTU Arts (with Education) – $3,000 ($3,200)
NUS Information Systems – $2,975 ($3,250)
NTU Physics & Applied Physics – $2,950 ($3,000)
NUS Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,440)
NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $2,900 ($3,300)
NUS Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,290)
NTU Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,250)
NTU Science (with Education) – $2,900 ($3,200)
NTU Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
NUS Mechanical Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
NUS Science (Honours) – $2,900 ($3,200)

The Dumping Grounds by Starting Pay (Gross Monthly)

NTU Art, Design & Media – $2,300 ($2,800)
NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – $2,400 ($2,500)
NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – $2,400 ($2,500)
NUS Applied Science – $2,500 ($2,500)
NUS Science – $2,500 ($2,600)
NUS Arts – $2,500 ($2,600)
NUS Business Administration (3-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,700)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,850)
NTU Maritime Studies – $2,500 ($2,900)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,950)
NUS Nursing – $2,550 ($2,700)
NTU Environmental Engineering – $2,600 ($2,900)
NTU Communication Studies – $2,600 ($2,900)
NUS Real Estate – $2,600 ($3,000)
NUS Applied Science (Honours) – $2,600 ($3,000)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $2,600 ($4,000)

Top Permanent Employment Rate (in brackets are the average salaries)

NUS Nursing – 100.0% ($2,568)
NTU Science (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,030)
NTU Arts (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,109)
NUS Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($3,176)
NTU Chinese – 98.0% ($2,756)
NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – 97.1% ($2,448)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 96.8% ($3,586)
NUS Computer Engineering – 95.7% ($2,890)
SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – 95.3% ($3,073)
NUS Applied Science (Honours) – 94.7% ($2,674)
NTU Computer Science – 94.3% ($2,930)
NUS Material Science and Engineering – 93.8% ($2,880)
NUS Civil Engineering – 92.9% ($2,801)
SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 92.6% ($3,606)
NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – 92.5% ($3,099)
NUS Business Administration (Honours) – 92.1% ($3,389)
NUS Information Systems – 91.1% ($2,918)
NTU Civil Engineering – 90.8% ($2,769)
NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – 90.0% ($2,529)

The Dumping Grounds by Employability

NTU Art, Design & Media – 61.7% ($2,431)
NUS Environmental Engineering – 63.2% ($2,667)
NUS Communication and Media – 70.8% ($2,536)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) – 72.0% ($2,613)
SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 72.2% ($3,754)
SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 73.3% ($2,673)
NTU Materials Engineering – 75.3% ($2,745)
NUS Arts – 75.9% ($2,511)
NTU Environmental Engineering – 76.3% ($2,777)
NUS Science – 76.5% ($2,525)
NUS Computing – 76.9% ($2,841)
NUS Applied Science – 76.9% ($2,393)
NTU Physics & Applied Physics – 77.8% ($2,900)
NTU Communication Studies – 78.2% ($2,562)
NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – 78.6% ($2,990)
NTU Mechanical Engineering – 79.1% ($2,794)

Source: Transitioning

The real main source is actually from MOE but Transitioning did a real nice job compiling all of them :)

G-20 Seoul Summit "Let's Go" HD MV

Yea it's 2011 and I'm late in stumbling upon the song "Let's Go". The song was recorded for the 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit which was held on November 11–12, 2010. It's an international event where G-20 government heads come together to discuss the global financial system and the world economy.

Artists participating in the collaborative song were: JunHyung (BEAST), GaYoon (4Minute), G.NA ,Gyuri (KARA), SeoHyun (SNSD), JaeKyung (Rainbow), Kahi (AfterShool), Luna (Fx), JiEun (Secret), Min (missA), Son DamBi, IU, Anna, BomKi (Twins), JunSu (2PM), ChangMin (2AM), JongHyun (SHINee), SungMin (Super Junior),), G.O. (MBLAQ), Seo InGook.

The Original Korean Version - HD



Since the summit was an global event, an English version was also released.

English Version - HD



The quality on the HD youtube vids were much better than what I found on 4shared so I converted them using video2mp3. Use the 4shared link if you're feeling lazy.

3D Projection on a Live Building

Mindfucked.