Ca ro line

Have I ever told you that I'm very stubborn and hard headed? I mean, up until now, I still believe in faith and unconditional love. Yeh I know, it is getting super cheesy, so make sure you put on your cheese-goggle on before you continue reading ...lol Now let's face it, there is nothing called "faith", all there is simply "statistic". Yup, that's right! The more things you do, the more you'll get better at it. Same thing goes with romance, the more interactions with people you have, the more chances you will find your match. Along with that, there is no such thing as "unconditional love". All there is lust, and the desire for gaining pleasure. Due to different biological, and psychological, men and women have different taste of attractions. Women are attracted to POWER. Yup, either men with muscle, men with money, men with high social status, men with political power, men with intelligent knowledge, men with fames, men with ...bla bla bla...anything that demonstrate power, are attracted to women. So IT IS always a condition for love With all that being said, I'm still siting here and believing, somehow, Caroline is special than the others. Still find her high energy, up lifting laugh, positive attitude, crooked tooth, beautiful smile, and many little things,... are so beautiful ;) Haha enough sugar crush for today, enjoy a cheesy song will ya?!

How to root SKYTEX primer pocket and install Market

I'm so excited to tell you the good news. The good news is, you can root the Skytex Primer Pocket mini Android tablet, and install Google Market so you have the freedom to install more apps. Google has changed apps market to Play Store recently, but don't worry, the old Market will update itself. A picture says a thousand words.

The procedures is similar to the tutorial below, except it is for a different brand, Velocity Cruz Micro, but they have the same Android OS 2.2.1 so I think that is all it matter.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21572-guide-cruz-t10x-t301-rooting-dalvik-turbo-removing-bloatware-gapps-market-more/

Toxic Relationships

(wow time fly. It has been 2 months since my last blog, anyway...)

Toxic relationships ...what is toxic relationship? Toxic relationship is a person in your life that have a negative influencing or limiting your ability to grow. Now what do I mean by grow? Yes, I mean growing, physically and psychologically. I'm not talking about my family because every since I moved out, they have less impact on me, literally. I'm talking about my current social circle.

Annie: she's a friend I met through the internet. She seems to be a nice person. But sometimes, being nice is not enough. She seem to lack the intellectual trait. She doesn't look bright and intelligence. She invites me out couples of times, and I said yes all the time, but I don't know what is the point of hanging out with her. It doesn't feel comfortable or fun to hang around with her. I think I'll start saying no to her :/

Tan: he's one of my roommate. He's quite older than me, almost double my age. He is a nice guy, and yes, nice guy always end last. His wife left him and for another guy, a younger guy. Nice guys are not actually nice guys. Most of the nice guys are guys with agenda, or in other words, they being nice because they don't have much to offer, or expecting something in return for being nice. They are being nice as nice-ness is an investment. Anyway, Tan doesn't have a negative influence on me, but it's a limiting to my grow so I think I'll start saying no to his invitation in the future :/

DaoNguyen: she is another roommate of me. She is too religiously rigid. She believe in "chu'a" too much. Her motivation for life is not joy, but to avoid pain. She eat only chicken and vegetables every single day because she thinks it's healthy regardless it's a poor diet and she get sick all the time. Most of the things she told me is beginning with "fear of this" or "fear of that"... i'll start saying not to her :/

Doug: he's my coworker. He's a man, maybe more manly than me, even thought he's shorter than me, but his actions are more determined. That's one thing I need to learn from him. But other than that, his perception is cripple. Again, he's a religious man. Now I don't have anything against religious people. I think religious is vital to men believe, but blindly believing in religious with no logically interpretation of one self, is wrong. Life is not one-size-fit-all kinda thing.

(yawning) ...and some more people.

I adopted the idea of "Yes man" where I would accept all the invitations from people, but so far, it has not working out. Gods, why is it so hard to find a healthy social circle. Well probably not that hard, but it's just , I haven't found the right one yet :)

Velocity Cruz T103 Issues and Solutions

(This is NOT a tutorial, it's more like a note to myself so that I can recall information later as I need it. For full tutorial, please visit the link at the bottom of this blog)

My issues with this tablet Velocity Cruz were:
1) No "Market" to search or install new apps, "Cruz Market" sucks doesn't have any update
2) Too many junks apps pre-installed
3) Unpredictable touch-screen respond, sometimes it keep pulling down the notification regardless
4) Sometimes it's frozen and not respond unless battery is removed
5) It's too heavy

Well while a machine can't exercise and lose some weight, its performance certainly can be improved by some modifications.
First step: install AndroidSDK platform to the computer PC
Second: check tablet's setting make sure "Debug mode" has been checked
Third: copy apk files to "platform-tools" folder
Fourth: connect USB and execute following commands in "platform-tools"

adb devices
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if "adb devices" yields "???????? no permissions" then run
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
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adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb shell cat /system/bin/sh > /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb shell sync
adb reboot

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/app/ASTRO_2_5_3-70-foxconn.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/com.anddoes.fancywidget-1.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/com.workpail.inkpad.notepad.notes.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/CruzMarket.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/CruzSync-release-2010-07-10.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/CruzUserGuide.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/DreyeForAndroidTablet.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/ebuddy-android-live-20100720.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/facebook-mobile-v1.1.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/LiveWallpapers.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/MobileSudokuFree.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/Napster-Phone-1544-vmicro.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/OfficeSuite_Full_1.5_282.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/Solitaire_1.12.1.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/Term.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/TwidroydFree344-final-rev1.apk
adb shell rm /system/app/UerWallpapers.apk
adb shell sync
adb reboot

adb remount
adb push AppWidgetPicker.apk /system/app/AppWidgetPicker.apk
adb push BooksPhone.apk /system/app/Booksphone.apk
adb push Facebook.apk /system/app/Facebook.apk
adb push FileManager.apk /system/app/FileManager.apk
adb push GoogleBackupTransport.apk /system/app/GoogleBackupTransport.apk
adb push GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk /system/app/GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
adb push GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk /system/app/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
adb push GoogleFeedback.apk /system/app/GoogleFeedback.apk
adb push GooglePartnerSetup.apk /system/app/GooglePartnerSetup.apk
adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
adb push kickback.apk /system/app/kickback.apk
adb push Maps.apk /system/app/Maps.apk
adb push MediaUploader.apk /system/app/MediaUploader.apk
adb push NetworkLocation.apk /system/app/NetworkLocation.apk
adb push OneTimeInitializer.apk /system/app/OneTimeInitializer.apk
adb push QuickSearchBox.apk /system/app/QuickSearchBox.apk
adb push MarketUpdater.apk /system/app/MarketUpdater.apk
adb push soundback.apk /system/app/soundback.apk
adb push SpareParts.apk /system/app/SpareParts.apk
adb push Talk.apk /system/app/Talk.apk
adb push Twitter.apk /system/app/Twitter.apk
adb push Vending.apk /system/app/Vending.apk
adb push YouTube.apk /system/app/YouTube.apk
adb reboot

Velocity Cruz T10x/T301 Rooting and Improving Tutorial

not in the moment

i finally realized that I spend too much time in my head, analyzing and criticising too much, rather than immersing myself into the moment of life. It may sound vase, cuz it is vase and I'm not sure what the hell I am talking right now hahah, but lets put it this way... I'm fail to tap into the present time; either I dwelling on the past too much, or planning out too far for the future, yet the moment of living is right now, at this very second of time. I tend to let opportunities go by, not seizing the moment, or not sharp enough to grasp it. Actually, it's considered a form of intelligent; I'm not sure what to call it, but it is the ability to react fast in every situation in the most desirable way. I feel so dumb :( but it's ok cuz everything will get better if we keep improving it, and I'm sure I will do exceptionally fine in the near future :)

good time at Yard House Xmas2011

my mom and me on Xmas2011