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As I am watching the live telecast of the YOG opening ceremony now, I can’t help but feel so embarrassed at how much I really know about the countries of the world.

I am ashamed to say that there are countries that I have never heard before.  Have you heard of places like Lesotho, Kiribati, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Moldova, Chad or Micronesia?

I am also in awe of the number of countries that are particpating in this year’s 2010 Youth Olympic Games, 204 National Olympic Committees in all!  I noticed there are also fewer than five competitors for some countries like Bermuda, Cambodia, and only one for Bhutan??  But I guess it’s the spirit that counts.

I think I would be really embarrassed if you put all those flags in front of me as I probably won’t recognize at least half of them.  Haha.  Well, how about you, how many can you identify?

I guess I better buck up in the general knowledge area.  Otherwise, how am I to answer my kid’s questions next time?  Are you up to the task too?  Haha.

For those who are interested, you can check out the list of YOG Participating NOCS here.

I am so pissed off at Windows Vista automatic updates, although I have myself to blame too because i didn’t try to find out how to get rid of it!  Haha.

It happens once in a while to my main laptop and really irritates me to no end whenever I have to boot up my laptop or shut down quickly.  As I am typing this now on my mini notebook, the blue update screen of my main laptop has been stagnant for the last half an hour, with a message telling me not to turn the power off.  Well, this is it.  I cannot take it anymore and this time I am seriously going to get it done today.

For those who are facing the same frustrations like me, just follow the steps below to switch off your Windows Vista automatic updates:

1)  Go to Start –> All Programs –> Windows Update

2)  Click Change Settings.  You will see four options and I decided I will choose “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them”.  Ok, I have no guts to choose “Never check for updates” because I am also concerned about security issues that I am not aware of.  Haha.  But it’s up to you.

3)  Click OK. Done!

Now, that’s really easy.  I couldn’t believe I didn’t try to do it much earlier.  Arggh!  Now I can stop pulling my hair out over pop up messages warning me that my laptop is going to restart in 10 minutes.  Finally!