From the monthly archives: February 2009
This is one of the worst things that could happen to anyone who owns a site. My friend has been having some issues with a website I helped build for him a while back. What happened was about a month ago. He messaged me stating that his website couldn’t be entered to due to some malware distribution problem. I checked back with the hosting provider and he said that I may have to replace all the files because any of them could’ve been infected. Well I removed all the files but it still stated that site was still considered as a blacklisted site by google. Then I tried another thing. So here’s what you do when you have a website that is blacklisted by Google. 
  1. First of all go straight to your Google Account here at this address https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount  
  2. Sign in for the Webmaster Tools  

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  3. Add a site that you want to send in for reviewing. Once you do you need to verify the site. To verify a site it’s very easy to do. 

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    Click on the link asking you to verify the site and from there select the method of how you want to verify it. I prefer uploading a html file. 

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  4. Once that’s done send a review to Google stating the reason the review. Requst for the site to be unblocked here.   
  5. While you wait for their actions to unblacklist a site. Go into your ftp account and either remove all the files or clear up the ones that are possibly infected. Upload the files from your computer to your ftp again. 
Now all you have to do is wait. Surprising I did all this yesterday and today my friends site it now back to normal and running smoothly. If you ever have a site blacklisted just contact google immediately via you google account. Don’t waste time doing it, you never know when your site is your business. :)
No I’m not going to share what I did on Valentine’s Day cause frankly I didn’t do anything. I would first like to share a song by Dave Barnes. This is one of the songs from the soundtrack “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” that I performed in last year. There were actually two songs I felt that were very suitable for Valentine’s Day. But I decided to go with this one first and share the next for the following year. Hopefully this can be heard.
And along with the song I’m giving another freebie away :) My Love Wallpaper or rather… post valentine wallpaper

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You can download it here at my Flickr account. 1280 x 1240 1280 x 800 The lyrics are extremely meaningful and sweet. Speaking about just the simplest of ways to love a person. Nothing fancy, no need for one to go to the great lengths to prove how much you love them, no need to say you love them wider than an ocean, nothing about the things you buy for them,… just nothing :) Just showing how much you love them. There’s nothing fancy bout the way i love you, there’s nothing you could not find in any other man. There’s nothing fancy bout the way I love you, but I love you as hard as I can. There’s no good reason for the way you love me, but you’re my walking dream come true. There’s no good reason for the way you love me, But I thank God that you do. I don’t know the perfect conversation, I don’t know the way to turn a head, I don’t know the perfect way to prove my love, But I know I’ll love you till I’m dead. There’s nothing fancy bout the way I love you, It’s as simple as the stars in the sky, and the blue in the sea. There’s nothing fancy bout the way I love you, But it sure is fancy how you love me.

**Warning loads of pictures coming up.**

As a kid I always admired the beauty of horses. I suppose it came from my dad’s own interest of horses. Till today he still enjoys buying horse models or statues. I can say that my dad’s favourite animal to view is a horse. This liking was spurred even more by watching silly Hollywood movies that showed kids in the USA having horses as pets. Which of course made me jealous hence i wanted a horse – yeah talk about being realistic! and not just wanting a horse I wanted to ride one because the stupid movies made it look so easy.  Well today thanks to my mocap employer, I got the chance to go for a proper horse riding session. No the times when you rode around the ring at carnivals do not count… that’s what my dad told me anyway. :S We need the riding lessons so that we can make our riding more realistic when we sit on the boxes at the studio haha. Imagine faking yourself being chased by a bunch of badies. The riding lessons took place at the Royal Selangor Polo Club, located directly behind my other home – Raintree Club. Back in my basketball days, the court i played some ball at was just opposite the equastrian club. I always said to myself one day I’ll go in and finally last week I not only went in but also rode a horse. Actually according to my relatives I’ve been inside before… but i don’t remember – so I won’t count it. Walking into the stables of RSPC.

See that rough in the middle that is the indoor riding arena.

Everyone is getting their registration settled. The form we are to fill just to state if we do end up falling on our backs and breaking something ala Christopher Reeves style (that was a bad joke.. I respect Mr Reeves and may he and his wife be in peace now in heaven). 

This is my Artistic Director :)

 

We became trigger happy and the horse right there is Cochise. We tried very hard to not scare him. The stable is really a very quiet place. And the horses are trained and smart enough to behave themselves. 

The team from Young jump and MDEC. The Saladin crew hehe.

This is Lorna our instructor and trainer on horse riding.

All of listening intently to Lorna as she tells us what to do on top of a horse.

 

The girl on Sunshine there is Hannah. She’s been riding since like forever and she makes it look so easy. I don’t know why maybe it’s her svelt figure but she reminds me a bit of Kate in Lost.  

Hehe you’ll never guess what my horses’s name is… oh nevermind i’ll just tell. D’Artagnan… just like the three musketeers that D’Artagnan. Such a masculine name. He was a real joy to ride. 

After riding on D’Artagnan, now I understand why the riders all wear either super high boots or something that protects their calves. I was wearing my usual fit pants and the stirrups that is attached to the saddle kept on snagging my pants. It was quite painful too everytime it kept rubbing against my leg. Felt like i was being pinched.

Lorna told us that we should never go around the back of the horse when you want to cross. This will actually cause the horse to be suspicious over you. What you should do to get to know your horse: They can’t see very well that’s why you’ll notice whenever they move their head to the side, this is so they can spot you with their eye. So that your horse knows you, give him a rub and a scratch on his neck. The horse will then be using his nose to sniff you out, his ear to hear your voice as you chat to him and how you rub his neck. That’s how you   

Ok if you think i was a bit worried, it’s possible i was. We had gone from a walk to a canter. Which is the classical trotting. I hope i’m getting this right. The one thing that my instructor Suresh kept telling me was to keep my heels down. A very very commong thing in horse riding. Which you can read here. Purpose of keeping the heels down is so tha you will feel the weight in your heels. Cause you are meant to have perfect balance on top of the horse. According to Lorna.. I don’t know where I picked up the habit but i seem to have a curve in my back, which means i have to think of pushing out my pelvis more. 

I think we only rode for about 45 mins or could’ve been less. We all had horse riding hat hair after that haha. The riding really works your thighs and your core muscles.

 

I decided to steal a snapshot of myself before anyone else saw. 

 

Aren’t they just beautiful creatures. I want to go visit them again.

I honestly didn’t think this shot was anything much. But as i look at it now I think it’s just so calming looking at this horse nibble.

This horse was just staring into the wall. According to Lorna she was saying when horses ears are up like that they are sorta in the midst of thinking. hehe.  If i had money I would go for horse riding as often as possible. It’s a very calming experience. Cause you will not be a good rider if you can’t work with your partner which is the horse. The horse will not perform unless you perform well. So it’s quite a good lesson on how to do teamwork. Even more so without words. It’s pure trust.
In addition to the Valentine’s Day Wallpaper post, I’m also doing a collection of images that are related with the season and the ‘feeling’ or ‘thought’ of what love is.. These are just artistic images and I thought some of them were interesting enough to share. Let’s see what I was able to find. Some of them are images that can be bought on deviantart. If you like them enough do consider! :) I’ve also added the artists comments on their images. Heh it’s all about looking at art in abstract (or not) for this post. I’m also writing this post cause I just wanted to see how others view love..  

love by ~auroille

Love is the smell of summer on a hot afternoon Love is that tiny spark along the horizon Love is a four letter word Love is when you want time to stop for one more moment one more day one more forever.
“Hold it up, then light it up for the world to see” ~atomic-ikon  

love is… by ~dorkmunch

love is painful messy work worth it? My comments: What I find unique about this photo, is that it shows how love is not all cozy, and made of wonderful images or words. Love between people is sometimes painful. With obstacles blocking the very essence of what it means to love. The relationships that come with human love is hard.. and confusing. I don’t think I’ll ever break the code, get the code or even understand the code. But that’s just it isn’t it… there are no rules for love.. is there? The image above reads for me that with every love there are sacrifices and heartbreaks.. In the end though it may all be worth it. The picture above can look tragic and sad, however i see a tiny light at the end of the picture. In a way the picture represents the last bit of hope. Despite the wounds on the heart but in the end it is mended.  

Love by *ladyrapid

This is a little sudden for me, to post something so strong and meaningfull just like this , BAM! :). I saw this flower and thought, hmm what can I do with this one rather than just take a plain straight up shot on it. After some concideration I think it can be fun to do something not so common and with a more personal touch. The idea of trying to display some kind of feeling or mode felt like something cool. I picked it all except 1, now you get the title huh :). Love can be represented in many many different ways, this is just my personal touch to it all. What I like most of this photo/work is the fresh sense of it. It’s not “just another photo”, it’s a nice little twist on a long and great message/concept, love. There’s different types of love, the one you have for your family, for your clothes, for your friends, for photographing etc etc :). This perhaps can show and view MY love to photographing and everything around it. To symbolise a message, thought, idea etc you aren’t bound to use the colours intendet, as in this photo you’d say that red is essential but no. It’s the colours I choose to mediate together with my ideas. With that said I want you all to stop think so closed-minded about colours, go outside the boarders and experiment. It’s only with new ways we can invent new things ^^.  

Love by =ahermin

According to the Greek legend, red roses arised from blood of Adonis who was killed by a wild boar on a hunt. In Greek mythology red rose was a symbol for the cycle of growth and decay, but also for love and affinity. Red rose is dedicated to Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and daughter of Zeus. …I found this bloom by the sea last evening, hunting for sunsets. It was quite touching to see its strong colors even after death.What’s funny is that when I went home and I blew up the frame on my monitor, I clearly distinguished the textile texture in the petals, revealing it’s artificial origin…  

love. by ~jan-ex

  Love is beyond all words.  this is inspired by all the typography work i have seen around on deviant art. but i have decided that love is a language beyond all – anyone in the world would have experienced love- no matter which form it is in: family, friends, spiritural… and so i figured i should translate it to ALOT of different languages. since the language of ‘love’ is international so i went on google and searched for online translator(s) to translate the word, love (in english), to 30+ different languages. (so i’m really sorry if some ain’t correct, since i don’t really speak/write/read your language : P)  yep. so spread the love, darlings.   

The Love Omen by `gilad

This light in your eyes, only I can see This smile on your face, devoted just for me This love in my heart, that forever will be I know somebody must be looking over  You and me My Comments: I just thought this was a simple yet touching poem. See you don’t need to say much.   

Love Pollution by ~ll

So, yes, anyways – an anti valentines day message this year – I’m really not against the idea of celebrating love – love is a many splendid thing after all – I just take issue with the notion that’s it’s one huuuuge buildup to one day of the year – guys are under pressure to get the perfect gift, girls are obssessing about all the romatic things they’ll invariably end up not doing – and all the singletons winge about how they’re so unlucky! Much like Christmas and all other major holidays, it’s a lot of buildup to what is largely a very damp squib of a day that only rarely lives up to your expectations… And yet – this one’s not even a religious holiday! Ok, birth of a deity, fair enough, you can have a day devoted to that, death of a deity you can have best part of a week – but a saint being mauled by a lion? Now you’re pushing it! Yet in spite of that, like it or loathe it, everyone feels compelled to participate – and so the factory owners laugh a hearty laugh for another year and stoke the fires to belch out more cards, gifts and other materialistic tokens of love – leaving valentine’s day ending up looking cheap, nasty, suffocationg, sickening…anybody see where I’m going here?  Ahem, anywho, I think my point is made – whatever your status, much love to all for this time of year – I know it’s a pain in the ass and an excuse to sell more chocs before Easter but have a good one all the same :) My commnets: I purposely decided to add this picture to the collection, cause it’s a simple way of showing how valentine’s day has become nothing more than a commercial event. Really is the day about love? Or about spending? You have ridiculous prices for food, roses and chocolates which should never be. For me I’ll be honest in saying that, it is special for me because that was the day I got together with the person i care for. I don’t want to buy into all the hype of the so called ‘love’ on that day. Valentine’s Day may be my original anniversary day but as of this year I’ll be anti-Vday.    

The Way of Love by ~heavenzchild

My comments:  Need I say more why this was included :)   1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (New International Version)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
It’s four days to go for Valentine’s Day. For those who are into the Valentine Day event – there’s no harm in sprucing up the ol’ desktop to get that ‘warm fuzzy feeling’.. And i’ll say that it is quite hard to find some nice ones out there okay! Here’s my effort in hunting them down. If these don’t leave a nice impression for your eye… make your own :) here with these 10 Mushy Tutorials. Featured Valentine’s Day Wallpaper

Valentine Wallpaper Pack by *akkasone

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Valentine Wallpaper by =funkmaster-c

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Valentine Wallpaper by ~Limpich

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Valentine’s Day by ~tayzar44

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Happy Valentine’s Day from wallpaperez

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Love Wallpaper by ~myargie22

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wallpaper 4 by *ryye

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Valentine Wallpapers

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Love remedy wallpaper pack by *thaulow

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Turtle Love by ~Abstractionist

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