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Shouldn’t have pulled her tail
Jul 23rd
Shouldn’t have pulled her tail.
Her name was Keera. First saw her three years ago. Someone was walking past me. Black umbrella. Green striped polo shirt. A man. He was walking past me. Saw her approaching figure. Black hair. White socks. She was drenched.
She was walking in the rain. Aren’t we supposed to run in the rain? She was walking. Confused. Remembered someone walking past me with a black umbrella and green striped polo shirt just now. Black-umbrella-man was holding the umbrella up. Black-umbrella-man was walking. Aren’t we only supposed to walk in the rain when we have an umbrella?
She slowly walked towards me, her black hair and white socks drenched. Was inside a bus stop. Had no umbrella, and could not walk in the rain. Did not want to run. She sat next to me. A car dashed past me, sending a shower of rain into the bus stop. The rain was forming puddles of water on the road. The car splashed the water on me. The car was silver.
There was a purr. Raindrops dropped from the skies and splashed onto the road and the trees. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter. There was another purr. Cars swooshed past the bus stop.
Felt something brushing against my leg. Looked down. It was Keera. She had green eyes. She purred and rubbed her head against me. It was wet. Reached down and stroked her head. Remembered someone doing this. She gave another purr, a lower one this time. Stroked her head more.
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter.
Keera was trembling. She gave another purr. The rain stopped. Stood up. Walked towards my house. Another person walked past me. White tank top. Turquoise bra. She was holding an umbrella. Aren’t we supposed to hold an umbrella only when it is raining?
Puzzled. Turned to look at her walking away. Turquoise-bra-woman walked past Keera. Turquoise-bra-woman squatted down and stretch her hand out. What was Turquoise-bra-woman doing? Turquoise-bra-woman stroked Keera. She bared her teeth. Turquoise-bra-woman quickly stood up. Keera purred again.
Turquoise-bra-woman was speaking to Keera. Keera yawned. A torn umbrella was lying on the grass patch behind the bus stop. Keera yawned again. Turquoise-bra-woman was hyperventilating.
Turned back. Walked slowly to house. Was walking when I heard a loud scream. Turned back. Didn’t know why.
Turquoise-bra-woman had blood on her face. Turquoise-bra-woman was screaming. Keera was running away. Turned back. Didn’t care why.
Shouldn’t have pulled her tail.
Rain
Jul 18th
A story I wrote, inspired by my secondary schoolmate’s recent accidental death. We were never much of a close friend but nonetheless, rest well Jackson.
Compilation of resources for your HTC Dream
Jun 27th
The aim of this is simply to compile a list of resources for a HTC Dream user, be it rooting your Dream all the way or prioritising your Phone application so as to reduce lag time between ringing and be able to pick up the call. I’ve tried all of these since getting my phone.
The Basics
- Full Update Guide – from stock Dream Firmware to CyanogenMod – This includes information on how to root your phone. You do not have to install CyanogenMod (a custom rom currently running Android 2.1) if you don’t want to.
- XDA-Developers – G1 Development – If you don’t want to install CyanogenMod, find a ROM here. Most of the roms are based on CyanogenMod at the time of writing (28/6/2010).
Customising
- Themes for HTC Dream – Self-explanatory.
Mods & Hacks
- Speed up your phone’s response time to an incoming call – When you run a custom ROM, you will inevitably encounter the problem of the ROM not giving priority for memory to your Phone application. As a result, your phone lags when incoming calls come. Solve that problem with this.
- Make your phone louder – I’m not quite sure if I want this out in the open, but I guess those cursed blast-music-on-bus idiots don’t use the HTC dream. Anyway, as the title states, this makes the audio louder.
Useful applications
- setCPU – Use this to overclock your Dream while the display is on, and to underclock it when it’s sleeping. Good for conserving battery.
- Facebook app with working sync for Dream – The official Facebook application doesn’t allow Dream to sync properly with Google’s servers. This solves the problem.
- Gallery 3D/2D Switcher – Switch between having either the new 3D Gallery application or the old 2D Gallery application installed. You can also choose to install both.
Wiping the cobwebs away, I’m back
Jun 25th
Wiping off the last of the cobwebs and dust that had unfortunately settled around this domain, this is an official announcement.
I’m back!
I’ll be adding a gallery where I’ll be showcasing my photography works and also little projects here and there that I’ve been wanting to try out. Stay tuned. 