From the ching-chong and chinese and act cute meimeis-filled land of taiwan
here's wishing everyone, and exceptionally happy and Merry Christmas
Salvation was born to us today. And let no man tear asunder even that.
Yet another mark in my life @; 12/25/2009 11:35:00 PM
I owe this to the gaming community. Last night i spent 4 hours trying to crack Dragon Age, and it finally finally worked. Honestly, the Vista UAC security is so (insert appropriate family member here) irritating. So in return, and to ease the mind of the many other frustrated gamers who can't crack Dragon Age in Vista, I hope you make you way here and this solves all your problem
Cracking Dragon Age for Windows Vista
1. Run the installation disc using Daemon tools if you've the ISO. If you're facing problems here, this is really not the guide for you kid. Install as per usual steps
Problem #1 - unable to install Physxloader.dll related problems
2. If you're using VISTA, chances are there will be a problem installing Physx during the main installation of Dragon Age. If you try to run DA without solving this problem (regardless of whether you run it as administrator or not), the following error message will pop out
"This application has failed to start because PhysXLoader.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"
Re-installation doesn't solve the damn problem.
There are 2 ways to solve this
(a) Install from Disc
Locate the actual set-up file for physx on your installation disc. This should be found in a folder called "Software". However, if your disc is faulty (as was mine), you will find an error message popping saying that you don't have access or permission to MSIEXEC.exe
Now this sucks. Because of some VISTA security issues, you can't seem to enter msiexec.exe EVEN if you rightclick>run as administrator. I don't know why, but it's probably because of a lousy disc. Thus if this doesn't work,
(b) Download the latest physx from Nvidia.
this is accessible at
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/9.09.1112/PhysX_9.09.1112_SystemSoftware.exe
At this point, it is Dec 2009, so make sure you double check for the LATEST version
When you install it, make sure you rightclick>run as administrator. For some reason, it installs perfectly fine.
Problem #2 - fmod_event.dll not found / Can't find Dragon Age folder
3. After you do all this, you have to move SKIDROW's crack, into your game folder. Now using Vista sucks because
(a) Dragon Age doesn't seem to appear in your program files
(b) Searcing "Dragon Age" leads you to the wrong folder.
If you look in your disc, locate the SKIDROW folder. copy and paste all its contents, and paste it in the following folder
C:\Program Files\Dragon Age\bin_ship
click yes to replace all files.
if you don't do this, and try to run daorigins.exe from the disc, it will yield the following error message
this application has failed to start because fmod_event.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem
4. Once you've copied all the contents, to play the game, select the file, daorigins.exe (in your Dragon Age folder on your C drive)
you have the right click> run as administrator. NOT doing so will yield the message
"This application has failed to start because PhysXLoader.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"
If you follow the steps, you'll finally, finally, run dragonage.
Yet another mark in my life @; 12/15/2009 12:51:00 PM
"Let's go and walk walk," she exclaimed, giving me one of her ever-cheerful smiles. She pranced off, running up the steps.
I walked off slowly behind her. She would stop, and turn back to ask me to hurry up. She soon gave up and slowed down to walk beside me.
The stairs never seemed to tire even though we continued to climb upwards. She was always full of energy. We passed a window. Outside, the moon shone bright in the clear night sky. It was a beautiful scene. She went on talking and talking, but I didn't really listen. she was extremely beautiful and sweet that night. Long flowing hair, a pretty flowery dress that danced as she jumped around. A part of me couldn't help but fall in love with the whole scene.
We reached the top of the tower soon, and turned to walk down.She was surprisingly quiet on the way down. I was surprisingly quiet the whole of the night thus far.
The steps were narrow, so we walked close to each other. Close, and then closer, and then closer still. She didn't shy away when our shoulders touched each other, or when our arms would sometimes get entangled. Our hands brushed against each other once in a while, and she would look down and smile to herself. She grabbed my arm playfully. I looked away, pretending to be exceptionally uninterested.
Soon she let go. I turned to her, and made light conversation. We laughed and talked about anything and everything. The journey down seemed extremely long.
Our conversation subsided naturally. Our hands touched once more, but this time, hers lingered on a while longer.
I didn't dare look at her, and pretended to concentrate on walking down. Our arms touched, and our hands didnt move. Her little finger found mine. She snuggled closer as her fingers started circling my palm playfully. I didn't flinch away, though I didn't want to, nor did I want to. Her fingers soon found the gaps between mine, and lingered there teasingly and mysteriously. Time stood still for the briefest of moments.
By the time we reached the first level, our hands were together, and her face a mild blush. I tried to smile in return, and she looked away shyingly.
"Lets go sit down somewhere," I suggested. I walked on, and she followed, her hand in mine.
The garden was bathed in a beautiful bluish moonlight. There was a light breeze that night. I walked along the stone path towards the nearest wooden bench. She other hand arm clutched my hand as she walked beside me. We reached the bench, and I sat down.
She sat beside me, and tilted her head, leaning on my shoulder. Her head lay comfortably. Her smooth long hair brushed against my face slightly as the light breeze ran along. It was a cool night. But inside, I was trembling. Half of me wanted to stay here forever, but the other half feared the imminent. Ten minutes felt like forever.
She sat up and moved to sit on my lap. She looked at me playfully, giving the same cheerful smile which started the whole night. I tried my best to smile back.
"I know somethings, may not last forever...and I know that you said you would never date a non-Christian. But...I think it's possible between us right?" she looked at me, waiting for a response. I wished she had stopped at her first sentence. A part of me prayed that she wasn't too into the whole thing.
"Just like my cousin, who married a Christian. Now they are happily together. So, I just thought, that since, they can be so happy, why not...us?" she trailed off.
My brain raced for answer. I could either continue on with the whole charade, or hoped she could understand. My throat felt dry. This would be a night to remember. I couldn't bear to break the heart of the girl in front of me. Yet I knew this couldn't go on forever. If tonight was the night...
"Well, you know somethings don't last forever right?" I paused, seeing how should would react to it. She looked at me with her eyes full of innocence. Inside, I felt like a monster for doing this. "Likewise, all beautiful things will end one day, and I think, you know, well, there...shouldn't be anything between us." It was an ironic scene. Half of me still wanted to tell her how pretty I found her, and how much I enjoyed her company. Yet the other half remained emotionless, delivering what I had to say in an immaculate tone.
Her face changed as she looked at me questioningly.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"I...just, don't think anything should happen," I replied. She must hate me now, I thought.
She moved off my lap to sit beside me. "You mean, all this is nothing?" She stared straight at me. I could see tears welling in her eyes.
"No, i just think that...," she cut me off before I could finish.
"And all this time...there's been nothing?"
She began questioning everything that had happened. If anything had happened at all. Her words flew past me. I had no response. I didn't know what to say, and I didn't know what to do. I stared at her in utter silence as she continued to fling accusations at me. What could I do? What had I done?
"Just let me explain..."
"No I don't want to hear you explain anything!" she screamed at me. "I don't want your explanation. How is it possible that there can be nothing?"
"Please, please, at least let me explain right," I tried to reason.
"No!"
She gave me a glare which could melt ice straight through. Tears were streaming down her eyes. Her eyes were red. How did so much change in so little time?
She turned round, and stormed off, as I sat there, not knowing what to do.
The night seemed to grow, just a bit colder.
Yet another mark in my life @; 12/13/2009 02:03:00 PM
It's that time of the (year) again
And it's amazing how so much can change in 6 months. How much one can learn, and be humbled, and be reminded that life is so long, that every day is just so short
"Not to add years to our life, but life to our years"
Emo nemo. hahaha. But i'm really so fascinated how much can change in 6months! SJ, ZL, Bev, Excuse me, 6 months ago we were here laughing and enjoying the winds of summer. And 6 months onward, I still look back and say we were young once. Probably another 6 months down the road when I reach one of my last few summers, I will do so again.
I'm up in taiwan. The last time I came here, I brought 4 girls up, and we had hell lotta fun. Then I went for reservice, which captured every essence of the army spirit - LLST. Then I made some serious mistakes and got reminded to go back to God. Then term came crashing in, and then crazy projects, and then, for as long as the pain dragged on, its now...suddenly all over.
It's like the blanket of snow suddenly disappearing when only the day before hints of it sparkled as the summer sun warmed it away. Poof. Houdini. David Blaine. Criss Angel.
ok no Criss Angel I don't like him.
I still am holding a position I bought into when I was in TW. it hasn't been the most profitable one, spread over 6 months. but nonetheless. It's been a painfully slow, and tiring term, with the most unexpected finishing. And it's gonna start all over again and again.
but half of me looks back as to how I've grown through uni and thankfully, a (sometimes small) part of just hopes i've grown closer to God, knowing him more. Lukewarm water and stagnancy are....well.
And i realise the way I write is like my brain. sometimes unorgainsed and unknown and simply indecipherable. even I don't understand. =) thats why better don't date first
But at the end of the day, i just thnk God i am home. with my family. sister, brother, father mother. It feels foreign in taiwan, in a foreign chinese language
but exceptionally, homely, when everyone's around =)
Yet another mark in my life @; 12/11/2009 09:54:00 PM
At the eve of my final exams again, I come reach a point where I know that I must leave to God everything I have tried to place before me - my intelligence for his wisdom, my hardwork for his sacrifice, and my hopes for his.
And in this midst of trial I reflect upon what he says. That indeed, at the end of it all, the greatest of this is faith, hope and on top of all, love
Faith not that my revision will pull through, but in his grace and mercy and his power, that his will will be done. Faith in his new mercies that come every morning, and walk with me as they have through my life. Faith that he will see things through with me, and that by his grace, the exams will be fine.
Hope, not that everything will turn out how I want it, but hope in anticipation and knowledge that he will return one day. That my hope does not lie in the grades that I achieve, nor the people that I impress, but that one day, I will be in heaven. Hope in great anticipation that the world may be lost, but the people in it aren't. Because till the day I go back, every single soul is worth reaching out for. That the humans are evil, but by God's strength, we try to be what God had us to be - in his image
Love, because at the end of the day, it is the only thing that we can fall back on. love, for those around us, and those who suffer with us. Love to know that there is more to the world than studying, more to the A+, and more to the grades. Love by helping others when they need.
And i can only pray that his human and as fallen as I am, that I show people Christ. That my joy is shared with the world. Because the world will wonder why I dance.
And when the world comes crashing down, and the sky looks bleak, and everything seems lost,
it's always going to be
faith
hope
and love
that will bring us through. faith, hope, and love
Yet another mark in my life @; 11/24/2009 11:08:00 PM
Leadership is going to pass
It's quite interesting moving through the ranks of refreshment
We are now hailing in teh great times of Christiano ronaldo, Henry, Drogba, Messi, and some of the world's greatest players. But I was reading the papers about how the french team seems to have lost its muscle power in the world scene
One section wrote that in the past, with names like "viera, clichey, Zuizo, Henry", the team was one to be feared, but now with the first3 leaving, its up to Henry to captain the team.
It's like watching, the football scene refresh itself when you press F5. then you see a whole new page and wonder what happened to the past.
Life is going to happen like that it seems. We move through cycles which refresh itself. If we aren't quick enough to let go of the past and move on, then the next F5 will only come as a shock. Then again, maybe I move on to quickly, hurrying to move the cycle before I appreciate the spokes now
It's like that in law school. I enjoy being a a freshman. Being exposed to the unfamiliar terms and being awed by the complexities of law. I miss being in Secondary school, where really, you didn't have to care. I dreamt of the SA boys, one whole table, and a long flight of stairs I couldn't seem to climb. I dream happy dreams, most of the time.
At 23 you have to be responsible. That is why at 14, I'll make sure my son does all he can when he is 14. there's a whole life of a chance to grow up, so why rush it?
Yet another mark in my life @; 11/14/2009 11:16:00 AM
I live in a fantasy world
where my thoughts bring me to planes
indescribable and not understandable
but those who subscribe to
common sense and logic
I believe in the unbelievable
in what I see when I close my eyes
and what I live when I fall asleep
I love my dreams
because they tell me stories
so that I can live elsewhere for a while
I am crazy
but all of us are
a little bit in the brain
a little less outside
a little less conversation a little more action
Today I dreamt that I was a secret bargainer, sent to negotiate elsewhere in a far off planet, with a magic tobagon, and a robot. I dreamt I was in the army again, and for a brief moment I could control what I dreamt about.
Yet another mark in my life @; 11/12/2009 04:31:00 PM
