Monday, November 26, 2007
Chui #2
I pray that the process wasn't painful. I sincerely hope that you would find your way. Rest well.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Report
This morning was a little more interesting. My mum was talking about a newspaper article regarding the "Xiao Hua" and "Xiao Cao" nominees from NUS and NTU. If I'm not wrong, these titles are awarded in recognition of your looks.
What happened was that the nominees were given questions in the field of general knowledge (all in chinese). The first one was : "Who is Singapore's Minister Mentor?" When I first heard the question I didn't know that the chinese term referred to Minister Mentor, so I had to ask my mum for the translation. One guy answered "Goh Chok Tong". Pretty 1337 answer.
Second question: "What is Australia's capital?" Some of them answered Perth and Sydney (I did too =D) while the answer was Canberra.
Third question: "What is the biggest continent?" Some answered Europe, while the answer is Asia.
Fourth: "What is America's capital?" Some didn't know, but one managed to come up with Washington.
Fifth, and my favourite: "What is the answer when you divide 99999 by 11111?" The nominees reportedly took more than a minute to answer this.
The review? The newspaper editor saw it fit to condemn these nominees by labelling them as morons in an important section of the "Lian He Wan Bao". He went on with loads of derisive remarks, finally ending with "No wonder Lee Ao said that Singaporeans are stupid."
Ah, the irony. Why would a competition that's based on looks have their participants bombarded with questions on general knowledge?
Morever, times have changed so rapidly that people these days are not so well-informed of certain details . For example, you would have probably seen the word "Perth" and "Sydney" in the newspapers a dozen times more than "Canberra", given the fact that they are more popular cities. Same goes for "Washington" when people have heard of New York way more often.
I pity the nominees, really. But I'm more sympathetic towards the editor.
What happened was that the nominees were given questions in the field of general knowledge (all in chinese). The first one was : "Who is Singapore's Minister Mentor?" When I first heard the question I didn't know that the chinese term referred to Minister Mentor, so I had to ask my mum for the translation. One guy answered "Goh Chok Tong". Pretty 1337 answer.
Second question: "What is Australia's capital?" Some of them answered Perth and Sydney (I did too =D) while the answer was Canberra.
Third question: "What is the biggest continent?" Some answered Europe, while the answer is Asia.
Fourth: "What is America's capital?" Some didn't know, but one managed to come up with Washington.
Fifth, and my favourite: "What is the answer when you divide 99999 by 11111?" The nominees reportedly took more than a minute to answer this.
The review? The newspaper editor saw it fit to condemn these nominees by labelling them as morons in an important section of the "Lian He Wan Bao". He went on with loads of derisive remarks, finally ending with "No wonder Lee Ao said that Singaporeans are stupid."
Ah, the irony. Why would a competition that's based on looks have their participants bombarded with questions on general knowledge?
Morever, times have changed so rapidly that people these days are not so well-informed of certain details . For example, you would have probably seen the word "Perth" and "Sydney" in the newspapers a dozen times more than "Canberra", given the fact that they are more popular cities. Same goes for "Washington" when people have heard of New York way more often.
I pity the nominees, really. But I'm more sympathetic towards the editor.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Teeth
XXX: " You ought to listen to others more when they tell you stuff. You got this 'ok la whatever' kind of attitude.' .. "
I nearly shouted back FUCK YOU when you told me this. First, you pulled me out in a totally retarded manner. And then you try to pull this fucking crap on me.
WHAT THE FUCK do you think I've been trying to do all this while? Do I look as though I've thrown in the towel? I'm not trying hard enough? Haven't I been listening to what everyone said? Isn't nodding my head good enough? I need to go down on my fucking knees to appease you now? 'Put in more effort' LMAO. Fuck you bitch. Like totally.
I knew you're a son of a bitch the very first time I saw you, I just didn't behave as though you are one. Fuck, just about the other few people I talked to about you told me how fucked up you are. Just because you dig these things faster than I do doesn't mean a fucking thing about how great you are, and no, you're not one fucking bit cool so stop trying to be. I should have just nailed your balls and watch you cry out in pain you bastard. Just SHUT THE FUCK UP if you don't have anything constructive to say, really. You totally fucked whatever mood I had left up.
On a lighter note, here's my thanks for your piece of dipshit advice: _l_ FU YOU KNNBCCB _l_
I nearly shouted back FUCK YOU when you told me this. First, you pulled me out in a totally retarded manner. And then you try to pull this fucking crap on me.
WHAT THE FUCK do you think I've been trying to do all this while? Do I look as though I've thrown in the towel? I'm not trying hard enough? Haven't I been listening to what everyone said? Isn't nodding my head good enough? I need to go down on my fucking knees to appease you now? 'Put in more effort' LMAO. Fuck you bitch. Like totally.
I knew you're a son of a bitch the very first time I saw you, I just didn't behave as though you are one. Fuck, just about the other few people I talked to about you told me how fucked up you are. Just because you dig these things faster than I do doesn't mean a fucking thing about how great you are, and no, you're not one fucking bit cool so stop trying to be. I should have just nailed your balls and watch you cry out in pain you bastard. Just SHUT THE FUCK UP if you don't have anything constructive to say, really. You totally fucked whatever mood I had left up.
On a lighter note, here's my thanks for your piece of dipshit advice: _l_ FU YOU KNNBCCB _l_
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Conceivable
People ditching one another for a gain.Mhmmm wait a minute, now that's too specific. How about... friends? Hoho.
Everyone has experienced it one way or another. That explains why maybe 30% of your drama series or movies have their plots revolving around this issue. It is THAT amazing to talk about - especially if the backstabber happens to be more twisted in his means, the more exciting the story gets. There isn't a textbook way to stab someone in the back; the symptoms of suspicious motives can be non-existent too.
Needless to say, no insurance policy can commensurate you when such a catastrophe strikes - truly one of a kind isn't it. Fortunately, the same primal instinct works both ways, hence *nearly* everyone has an in-built firewall against such an event. There may be many sharks in the same aquarium, but only one has been swimming the longest.
So what do you do if you realised that you've just been stabbed in the back? No, don't do it literally back to that person. It never works. You can, however, opt to:
Tip 1: Get over it. Cruel, but true. Letting go is always the hardest thing to do, especially if the thing you've just lost means alot to you. *HINT/DISCLAIMER/PLEASE.NOTE* It's always easier said than done. Period.
Oh dang. I shouldn't have even done numbering, simply because there's only one real solution.The most impressive thing that you can do is to be magnanimous, i.e. letting him/her off because you happen to be *understanding*. It takes a major guilt trip for that person to apologise, but the story almost always ends way before this happens.
Everyone gets a happy ending. Even if this event befalls you.
The grass will only turn yellow due to the soil that it is entrenched in, which irrevocably extends its commitment for self preservation.
Everyone has experienced it one way or another. That explains why maybe 30% of your drama series or movies have their plots revolving around this issue. It is THAT amazing to talk about - especially if the backstabber happens to be more twisted in his means, the more exciting the story gets. There isn't a textbook way to stab someone in the back; the symptoms of suspicious motives can be non-existent too.
Needless to say, no insurance policy can commensurate you when such a catastrophe strikes - truly one of a kind isn't it. Fortunately, the same primal instinct works both ways, hence *nearly* everyone has an in-built firewall against such an event. There may be many sharks in the same aquarium, but only one has been swimming the longest.
So what do you do if you realised that you've just been stabbed in the back? No, don't do it literally back to that person. It never works. You can, however, opt to:
Tip 1: Get over it. Cruel, but true. Letting go is always the hardest thing to do, especially if the thing you've just lost means alot to you. *HINT/DISCLAIMER/PLEASE.NOTE* It's always easier said than done. Period.
Oh dang. I shouldn't have even done numbering, simply because there's only one real solution.The most impressive thing that you can do is to be magnanimous, i.e. letting him/her off because you happen to be *understanding*. It takes a major guilt trip for that person to apologise, but the story almost always ends way before this happens.
Everyone gets a happy ending. Even if this event befalls you.
The grass will only turn yellow due to the soil that it is entrenched in, which irrevocably extends its commitment for self preservation.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Belief
Everyone has a say in something. Even if it doesn't concern them one bit.
Unfortunately, the only people whose opinions do count, however, are those with power. Power granted mostly by those whose opinions DON'T count.
It is in *anyone's* interest to *ensure* that their *subordinates* have a degree of fear. The less educated they are and the less well-informed they are would mean that they are less of a threat.
It is also in anyone's interest to stay out of anything. The less they know, the happier they will be.
If the above two paragraphs are true, then the following must be true:
1) People become interested things that affect them, only.
2) People will not take any action until they are *threatened*.
3) Apathy makes your world go round.
4) People will want *something* to make them feel *secure*.
Hence here we are today. It's just like why monkeys love peanut butter and jam as much as we do.
Unfortunately, the only people whose opinions do count, however, are those with power. Power granted mostly by those whose opinions DON'T count.
It is in *anyone's* interest to *ensure* that their *subordinates* have a degree of fear. The less educated they are and the less well-informed they are would mean that they are less of a threat.
It is also in anyone's interest to stay out of anything. The less they know, the happier they will be.
If the above two paragraphs are true, then the following must be true:
1) People become interested things that affect them, only.
2) People will not take any action until they are *threatened*.
3) Apathy makes your world go round.
4) People will want *something* to make them feel *secure*.
Hence here we are today. It's just like why monkeys love peanut butter and jam as much as we do.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Hmph
This is actually more difficult than I thought it would be.
I don't care.
Then I make a big fuss over it.
Next I bother myself with it.
I'll never win. No kidding, barely anyone does.
But I want to. Really.
Would you then give it a try?
YES.
That's just plain talk isn't it?
You tell me what then.
You wouldn't like the answer.
Oh, try me.
You know it yourself. *nudges*
No way.
See what I said?
...
Hah.
Fine.
Fine what?
I'll do it.
Oh really? Why?
For myself.
Sure?
As hell.
I can't believe this HAHAHA
I'm doing it.
HAHAHA.
For myself.
Oh my.
You can say that a few more times.
You're actually done?
No kidding.
Alright then.
We'll do it. Together.
I don't care.
Then I make a big fuss over it.
Next I bother myself with it.
I'll never win. No kidding, barely anyone does.
But I want to. Really.
Would you then give it a try?
YES.
That's just plain talk isn't it?
You tell me what then.
You wouldn't like the answer.
Oh, try me.
You know it yourself. *nudges*
No way.
See what I said?
...
Hah.
Fine.
Fine what?
I'll do it.
Oh really? Why?
For myself.
Sure?
As hell.
I can't believe this HAHAHA
I'm doing it.
HAHAHA.
For myself.
Oh my.
You can say that a few more times.
You're actually done?
No kidding.
Alright then.
We'll do it. Together.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Honor
I'm not going to do GP over it.
Lemme tell you this simply story:
I was WoW-ing (world of warcraft) today at this really sickening area with lousy background music that lasts only 15 seconds and it auto-loops every 5 minutes. I didn't want to switch on any music player because I don't want to be jacked from behind if I could hear it coming.
I managed to get to this small plot of land that is surrounded by mobs. I came here for a really good reason , 1) I had a task that needs me killing 20 of this stupid robots, and they're all picnic-ing happily here in pairs, and 2) if it's surrounded in the first place, no stupid horde guy (opposite faction) is going to get me without me knowing. I went about killing a few more robots until I saw Juack (obviously not his real name, no sane mother is cruel enough to name a son so) killing another robot not too far away. He's already down to half health, but heck so am I because I just finished killing one. He took one look at me, and charged right up while I was still sitting down. Ok I'm not going to describe what happened, but I managed to kill him barely. I started to worry. I needed to kill like 10+ more robots that would need at least 20 minutes maybe, and I needed to mug for econs. Yet there's no way I can kill in peace because ugly Juack is definitely going to come back to claim his corpse. Oh well.
I decided to move abit out further so that I can spot him coming from afar. The last thing I wanted was him mauling me while I'm trying to kill a robot (it is really taxing to do so). Anyway the second time we saw it each other, it was pretty fair since we were both at full health. I won again.
I've already wasted 10 minutes and I only killed 4 robots. GG to my schedule, and it's because I have to worry about someone jacking me from behind.
The third time it happened, I was killing another robot halfway when he came right for me (thankfully my back was facing a gorge, so he had to come from the front). I disposed of the mob quickly and killed him yet again with luck - I managed to chug a potion when I had a sliver of life left. The amount of honor points (gained from killing players of the opposing faction) from this encounter was pretty satisfying - twice the amount I collected ever since I first played (yes I've been killing lowbies that yield me nuts).
IS THERE GONNA BE A FOURTH TIME?? Oh darn I saw him again soon after. This time I'm pretty beaten already, since I didn't heal up in between kills. I was prepped anyway - my fingers hit a button and the casting time for a spell started to count down. I knew I was going to die anyway because I had no mana to cast much spells (my only arsenal).
Something caught my eye. I quickly jumped to cancel my cast with 0.2 seconds left. Apparently Juack has made an emote - he waved at me. Now that's kinda bizarre. I'm pretty much free honor points to boot within 2 swings max from his axe. And then I decided there wasn't much point in fighting. I happily waved back. Yes, no inverted commars for waving. It is done literally in the game.
I asked him foolishly : " Do you speak english?". Juack replied back in Orcish : "Mokk agathar!"
Like hell I understand what that means. Of course, how could I forget? The game designer created languages intentionally for difference factions to speak in - there's no way an illiterate gnome (me) could converse with an orc (Juack). I waved back once more. He left me in peace, and went about his own business. Several times later when we ran past each other, we simply waved at each other without even attacking. I guess it's understood that it would be more productive if we're left to do our own tasks.
It's pretty funny. It is intended for players of the opposite faction to kill each other should they meet. It applies through out all demographics, i.e a high level player can waltz into a town to kill several lowbies over and over again to tick them off. Henceforth the "hate" is sown yet again, when the lowbies get big, they repeat the cycle. Nevermind that it wasn't a hate game to begin with, where's the fun without some fighting? It just so happens that Juack and I had a mutual understanding, albeit not through linguistic means because I don't want to read more Orcish gibberish.
What happened was perhaps how people treated each other in the past - with this code of honor thing that isn't all too relevant today. You've probably watched movies of generals of opposing armies centuries ago walking to each other before the battle starts to discuss terms, when in fact it seems perfectly logical to me to kill the leader asap while he's alone. You've seen how certain people actually cease fighting in a duel when their enemy have fallen due to other means - obviously both desired a fair fight. Ok so maybe it's because I'm just cheapskate and not heroic one bit. Maybe it's because they're just really movies where stars do shine (the night sky in Singapore show that it is a fallacy).
Maybe I let Juack off because my econs is in need of dire attention as compared to killing him just for intangible satisfaction and honor points that I have no idea of how to redeem for better equipment.
Maybe I let Juack off because he helped me by clearing the harder mobs so that I could kill the easier ones (unintentionally, of course).
Maybe it's simply because we have all learned to conveniently forget.
Lemme tell you this simply story:
I was WoW-ing (world of warcraft) today at this really sickening area with lousy background music that lasts only 15 seconds and it auto-loops every 5 minutes. I didn't want to switch on any music player because I don't want to be jacked from behind if I could hear it coming.
I managed to get to this small plot of land that is surrounded by mobs. I came here for a really good reason , 1) I had a task that needs me killing 20 of this stupid robots, and they're all picnic-ing happily here in pairs, and 2) if it's surrounded in the first place, no stupid horde guy (opposite faction) is going to get me without me knowing. I went about killing a few more robots until I saw Juack (obviously not his real name, no sane mother is cruel enough to name a son so) killing another robot not too far away. He's already down to half health, but heck so am I because I just finished killing one. He took one look at me, and charged right up while I was still sitting down. Ok I'm not going to describe what happened, but I managed to kill him barely. I started to worry. I needed to kill like 10+ more robots that would need at least 20 minutes maybe, and I needed to mug for econs. Yet there's no way I can kill in peace because ugly Juack is definitely going to come back to claim his corpse. Oh well.
I decided to move abit out further so that I can spot him coming from afar. The last thing I wanted was him mauling me while I'm trying to kill a robot (it is really taxing to do so). Anyway the second time we saw it each other, it was pretty fair since we were both at full health. I won again.
I've already wasted 10 minutes and I only killed 4 robots. GG to my schedule, and it's because I have to worry about someone jacking me from behind.
The third time it happened, I was killing another robot halfway when he came right for me (thankfully my back was facing a gorge, so he had to come from the front). I disposed of the mob quickly and killed him yet again with luck - I managed to chug a potion when I had a sliver of life left. The amount of honor points (gained from killing players of the opposing faction) from this encounter was pretty satisfying - twice the amount I collected ever since I first played (yes I've been killing lowbies that yield me nuts).
IS THERE GONNA BE A FOURTH TIME?? Oh darn I saw him again soon after. This time I'm pretty beaten already, since I didn't heal up in between kills. I was prepped anyway - my fingers hit a button and the casting time for a spell started to count down. I knew I was going to die anyway because I had no mana to cast much spells (my only arsenal).
Something caught my eye. I quickly jumped to cancel my cast with 0.2 seconds left. Apparently Juack has made an emote - he waved at me. Now that's kinda bizarre. I'm pretty much free honor points to boot within 2 swings max from his axe. And then I decided there wasn't much point in fighting. I happily waved back. Yes, no inverted commars for waving. It is done literally in the game.
I asked him foolishly : " Do you speak english?". Juack replied back in Orcish : "Mokk agathar!"
Like hell I understand what that means. Of course, how could I forget? The game designer created languages intentionally for difference factions to speak in - there's no way an illiterate gnome (me) could converse with an orc (Juack). I waved back once more. He left me in peace, and went about his own business. Several times later when we ran past each other, we simply waved at each other without even attacking. I guess it's understood that it would be more productive if we're left to do our own tasks.
It's pretty funny. It is intended for players of the opposite faction to kill each other should they meet. It applies through out all demographics, i.e a high level player can waltz into a town to kill several lowbies over and over again to tick them off. Henceforth the "hate" is sown yet again, when the lowbies get big, they repeat the cycle. Nevermind that it wasn't a hate game to begin with, where's the fun without some fighting? It just so happens that Juack and I had a mutual understanding, albeit not through linguistic means because I don't want to read more Orcish gibberish.
What happened was perhaps how people treated each other in the past - with this code of honor thing that isn't all too relevant today. You've probably watched movies of generals of opposing armies centuries ago walking to each other before the battle starts to discuss terms, when in fact it seems perfectly logical to me to kill the leader asap while he's alone. You've seen how certain people actually cease fighting in a duel when their enemy have fallen due to other means - obviously both desired a fair fight. Ok so maybe it's because I'm just cheapskate and not heroic one bit. Maybe it's because they're just really movies where stars do shine (the night sky in Singapore show that it is a fallacy).
Maybe I let Juack off because my econs is in need of dire attention as compared to killing him just for intangible satisfaction and honor points that I have no idea of how to redeem for better equipment.
Maybe I let Juack off because he helped me by clearing the harder mobs so that I could kill the easier ones (unintentionally, of course).
Maybe it's simply because we have all learned to conveniently forget.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Echo
Before:
There were 11. Well, it could be a few more, but they were a ton older so I never got to know them well. Inevitably, they broke off eventually, one by one, and drifted away. New seeds were already being sown then.
Now:
There is... hmph I needn't count. They're noisy enough. Everything seems so surreal. I never tried imagining, but it wasn't that surprising for things to be the way they are now.
It was my grandfather's birthday. Everyone's pretty much there.
Time flies.
There were 11. Well, it could be a few more, but they were a ton older so I never got to know them well. Inevitably, they broke off eventually, one by one, and drifted away. New seeds were already being sown then.
Now:
There is... hmph I needn't count. They're noisy enough. Everything seems so surreal. I never tried imagining, but it wasn't that surprising for things to be the way they are now.
It was my grandfather's birthday. Everyone's pretty much there.
Time flies.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Tiger
I went to Games Convention Asia 07 with Kaisheng and Xuandao yesterday.
I wasn't awaiting this event - I didn't even know it existed until that morning, and it is thanks to the most unlikely source ever =D
One reason why I wanted to go so badly was because I thought there was free SC2 available. It was so dissappointing to see that the Blizzard booth had ZERO signs of SC2 present, save for one 2 big TV screens, one showing the Burning Crusade opening vid (DUDE THATS EARLY THIS YEAR) and cinematic trailer on WoTLK (OK THATS AVAILABLE ONLINE LA). Pfft. I'm your biggest fan stupid blizz, I've played WC 1 like since 10 years back!
It was funny seeing how does Nintendo Wii works. It is funny as how a video I watched on Youtube places it: "shaking some stupid thing". Kaisheng and Xuandao went to try this game (no idea what the name is) that involves slaying humans by using a gun or a knife - that's when the shaking comes in. Somehow headshots don't cut it, because you need at least 3 bullets in the head to see it getting blasted off. The knife's way more gosu. Just swing it like opening champagne bottles and you'll get to slash mobs at one go provided they are close enough. Unfortunately, the game designer is kinda short sighted. While there were many ways in which enemies can be beheaded, there wasn't any way to show guts flying out =/
Asiasoft with their whole load of cartoonish games came with full force. I guess this is some gross miscalculation on Blizzard's part, didn't they notice the sick number of sales of BC early this year on its opening date? I'll spend my whole day trying out SC2 if I don't have to look at kiddie games or poser games. There's this gay stupid RTS game called Darkness and Light coming out by Asiasoft. THE MAP LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE DOTA ROFL. How stupid can you get? You have hero portraits on the top left hand corner, similiar interfaces, even retarded creep waves exist! Then there was this other game that was called Warhammer Online that is an exact replica of WoW with graphics plugged in from 5 years back. Had Blizzard been wise enough to patent their game models, they needn't even make anymore games in the future to make money. They are that groundbreaking.
The Razer booth was the most exciting one. They invited "Rocketboy" from China to play Quake 3 1 on 1 with any member of the public in a 15 frag match. Should anyone be able to get 2 frags, they would be able to walk away with a Death Adder mouse. That's the catch though - out of the 20+ people that went up to try, only one guy managed to get 1 kill, and it's only because Rocketbuy spent almost all of his health blasting himself to spots using his rocket launcher. His play truly redefines what WTF means. Besides bunny hopping across sections that seem so far away, he travels across the map so insanely to get all the pickups, leaving the opponent with only one to play at most. He even humiliated several players by gauntlet-ing them all 15 frags. The most sick parts was railing them in mid air. Ontop of this, one truly surprising fact was that a girl managed to take 2 frags off him the day before oO. Thats like so WOW...
Played this cool Tekken 5 game on PS3 and I picked all the hot and sexy chicks. Yes I love their long, long legs. To think that Tse Mei thought I was referring to her when I placed it as my msn nick - HAH!.
It's about time more gaming stuff takes place on Singapore - like ALOT more.
I wasn't awaiting this event - I didn't even know it existed until that morning, and it is thanks to the most unlikely source ever =D
One reason why I wanted to go so badly was because I thought there was free SC2 available. It was so dissappointing to see that the Blizzard booth had ZERO signs of SC2 present, save for one 2 big TV screens, one showing the Burning Crusade opening vid (DUDE THATS EARLY THIS YEAR) and cinematic trailer on WoTLK (OK THATS AVAILABLE ONLINE LA). Pfft. I'm your biggest fan stupid blizz, I've played WC 1 like since 10 years back!
It was funny seeing how does Nintendo Wii works. It is funny as how a video I watched on Youtube places it: "shaking some stupid thing". Kaisheng and Xuandao went to try this game (no idea what the name is) that involves slaying humans by using a gun or a knife - that's when the shaking comes in. Somehow headshots don't cut it, because you need at least 3 bullets in the head to see it getting blasted off. The knife's way more gosu. Just swing it like opening champagne bottles and you'll get to slash mobs at one go provided they are close enough. Unfortunately, the game designer is kinda short sighted. While there were many ways in which enemies can be beheaded, there wasn't any way to show guts flying out =/
Asiasoft with their whole load of cartoonish games came with full force. I guess this is some gross miscalculation on Blizzard's part, didn't they notice the sick number of sales of BC early this year on its opening date? I'll spend my whole day trying out SC2 if I don't have to look at kiddie games or poser games. There's this gay stupid RTS game called Darkness and Light coming out by Asiasoft. THE MAP LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE DOTA ROFL. How stupid can you get? You have hero portraits on the top left hand corner, similiar interfaces, even retarded creep waves exist! Then there was this other game that was called Warhammer Online that is an exact replica of WoW with graphics plugged in from 5 years back. Had Blizzard been wise enough to patent their game models, they needn't even make anymore games in the future to make money. They are that groundbreaking.
The Razer booth was the most exciting one. They invited "Rocketboy" from China to play Quake 3 1 on 1 with any member of the public in a 15 frag match. Should anyone be able to get 2 frags, they would be able to walk away with a Death Adder mouse. That's the catch though - out of the 20+ people that went up to try, only one guy managed to get 1 kill, and it's only because Rocketbuy spent almost all of his health blasting himself to spots using his rocket launcher. His play truly redefines what WTF means. Besides bunny hopping across sections that seem so far away, he travels across the map so insanely to get all the pickups, leaving the opponent with only one to play at most. He even humiliated several players by gauntlet-ing them all 15 frags. The most sick parts was railing them in mid air. Ontop of this, one truly surprising fact was that a girl managed to take 2 frags off him the day before oO. Thats like so WOW...
Played this cool Tekken 5 game on PS3 and I picked all the hot and sexy chicks. Yes I love their long, long legs. To think that Tse Mei thought I was referring to her when I placed it as my msn nick - HAH!.
It's about time more gaming stuff takes place on Singapore - like ALOT more.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Visit
Teacher's Day-
Wanted to pon, but ended up coming to school because there would be so much pwnage awaiting at home should my parents know that I've actually skipped school. Stupid of me to tell my mum by accident that there's school anyway.
ACES Day workout was changed into something really... ok well I'm just speechless. It's techo music with kickboxing made into some exercise - need I say more?
Skipped celebrations from 9am onwards, because I was really afraid that it was going to be a repeat of the National Day celebrations. Played some squash until everything was over, and headed back to Catholic High to see a few teachers.
Yuan(Form and Chinese): Is missing in action. Ok I miss her now that I've got the english and nastier version of her teaching me maths and being my CT now =/ Best of health to you then.
Anna Tan(Maths): She talked about spoiling us without much choice, because the priority was to ace the O levels. Always extremely motherly(don't mind the nagging) and warm/caring. Please replace my current maths teacher through a miracle k thanks.
Edwin Heng(English): My saviour. He solved the one last piece of my puzzle, the one I never thought had an answer in sight. He never gave up. That's good enough a reason for me not to. Thanks, you're inspirational (something I haven't said to more than 3 people in my life).
Danny Tan(History): Smart and really funny. I needn't go into detail. He get things done right and shows us how to do it, with lots of faith in everyone. The first guy I thanked on the day of O levels.
The rest: None too memorable. But definitely invaluable. Thanks anyway
Yup I know it's strange how I started to thank everyone of them here, like 9 months long over due. It's only right when you know who have walked beside you to the end, I guess. And I never got to properly thank them anyway.
I spent 15 minutes alone at my old classroom. Took a few photos of my seat, the board, alongside the windows. I walked in circles endlessly, looking out of the window nervously, as though a former teacher of mine is going to enter the classroom to begin lessons. All the other classrooms are empty now. They weren't like that last year. It was always filled with crazy people skateboarding in them and smashing up lockers - 4-7 people from 2006. Then there's also the occasional burst of loud laughter from 4-8. I could just sit there forever - until someone actually called me.
It felt so familiar, this feeling of uncertainty. Like how I used to cry all of a sudden when I tried to imagine how things would be like as time passed, should my parents pass away and leaving me alone.
This is what defines a person in the end I guess - the courage to accept reality and know that it must happen. When you no longer try so hard to stop the inevitable from occuring, that's when you'll know what truly lies at the end.
Spent some incredible day with 4-4 classmates. Lots of laughter, lots of fun. Thank god I was stupid enough to tell my mum that there was school today.
Wanted to pon, but ended up coming to school because there would be so much pwnage awaiting at home should my parents know that I've actually skipped school. Stupid of me to tell my mum by accident that there's school anyway.
ACES Day workout was changed into something really... ok well I'm just speechless. It's techo music with kickboxing made into some exercise - need I say more?
Skipped celebrations from 9am onwards, because I was really afraid that it was going to be a repeat of the National Day celebrations. Played some squash until everything was over, and headed back to Catholic High to see a few teachers.
Yuan(Form and Chinese): Is missing in action. Ok I miss her now that I've got the english and nastier version of her teaching me maths and being my CT now =/ Best of health to you then.
Anna Tan(Maths): She talked about spoiling us without much choice, because the priority was to ace the O levels. Always extremely motherly(don't mind the nagging) and warm/caring. Please replace my current maths teacher through a miracle k thanks.
Edwin Heng(English): My saviour. He solved the one last piece of my puzzle, the one I never thought had an answer in sight. He never gave up. That's good enough a reason for me not to. Thanks, you're inspirational (something I haven't said to more than 3 people in my life).
Danny Tan(History): Smart and really funny. I needn't go into detail. He get things done right and shows us how to do it, with lots of faith in everyone. The first guy I thanked on the day of O levels.
The rest: None too memorable. But definitely invaluable. Thanks anyway
Yup I know it's strange how I started to thank everyone of them here, like 9 months long over due. It's only right when you know who have walked beside you to the end, I guess. And I never got to properly thank them anyway.
I spent 15 minutes alone at my old classroom. Took a few photos of my seat, the board, alongside the windows. I walked in circles endlessly, looking out of the window nervously, as though a former teacher of mine is going to enter the classroom to begin lessons. All the other classrooms are empty now. They weren't like that last year. It was always filled with crazy people skateboarding in them and smashing up lockers - 4-7 people from 2006. Then there's also the occasional burst of loud laughter from 4-8. I could just sit there forever - until someone actually called me.
It felt so familiar, this feeling of uncertainty. Like how I used to cry all of a sudden when I tried to imagine how things would be like as time passed, should my parents pass away and leaving me alone.
This is what defines a person in the end I guess - the courage to accept reality and know that it must happen. When you no longer try so hard to stop the inevitable from occuring, that's when you'll know what truly lies at the end.
Spent some incredible day with 4-4 classmates. Lots of laughter, lots of fun. Thank god I was stupid enough to tell my mum that there was school today.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Contingent
Friday was NJ’s Open day. It sucks really bad because obviously no serious sec 4 student is ever going to turn up on the midst of their prelims. Not that it really matters anyway. Any student who couldn’t make it to RJ/VJ/HCI would end up coming here ^^
The IT club had nothing to showcase besides trying to pull people in to play. I was so tempted to just play one ladder game. It has been 5 weeks since I last played one. I was so desperate to get just one game that I actually helped to pack up the Aikido stall to get Kai Sheng out =p Upon reaching Bytez however, there remaining two functioning comps didn’t have LAN connection. There, I didn’t break my vow after all. I could already feel my micro ebbing away. I could no longer do unit blocks (not that I could do it well in the first place), nor can I even run dying stuff away successfully. Everything feels so foreign, especially so with the new diamondback.
Oh, why the diamondback? Why wasn’t it a death adder? Somehow, IT club misplaced it. They then decided to buy a new one for me, which of course has to be paid through the CCA funds. And since they had to pay, they’ve decided to compromise by paying $30 for the diamondback instead of $80+ for a death adder. Eventually, the CCA took three weeks just to get the money out of their funds, and even then Nigel had to go and get it for me on his own(THANKS ALOT, though you won’t read this). I’m not complaining though. It’s not as if I fought really hard to win this, and 200 dpi isn’t going to make a difference unless it’s an FPS (which I don’t play). Being nice does get things done.
After Open Day was officially over, I played some squash with Joel and made one really lousy shot into the ceiling that actually blew a hole right through it – and resulting in three balls falling down. Now that part of the ceiling threatens to break off , making it unsafe for people to use the courts =/
Gloria once asked me, “What if there’s something that can’t be explained actually happens to you?” While only one out of twenty five thousand would actually be afflicted with uveitis, with 80% of them being above 30 years old, what are the chances that I would be the one down with it among all of you people?
I didn’t have a proper answer for her then.
The IT club had nothing to showcase besides trying to pull people in to play. I was so tempted to just play one ladder game. It has been 5 weeks since I last played one. I was so desperate to get just one game that I actually helped to pack up the Aikido stall to get Kai Sheng out =p Upon reaching Bytez however, there remaining two functioning comps didn’t have LAN connection. There, I didn’t break my vow after all. I could already feel my micro ebbing away. I could no longer do unit blocks (not that I could do it well in the first place), nor can I even run dying stuff away successfully. Everything feels so foreign, especially so with the new diamondback.
Oh, why the diamondback? Why wasn’t it a death adder? Somehow, IT club misplaced it. They then decided to buy a new one for me, which of course has to be paid through the CCA funds. And since they had to pay, they’ve decided to compromise by paying $30 for the diamondback instead of $80+ for a death adder. Eventually, the CCA took three weeks just to get the money out of their funds, and even then Nigel had to go and get it for me on his own(THANKS ALOT, though you won’t read this). I’m not complaining though. It’s not as if I fought really hard to win this, and 200 dpi isn’t going to make a difference unless it’s an FPS (which I don’t play). Being nice does get things done.
After Open Day was officially over, I played some squash with Joel and made one really lousy shot into the ceiling that actually blew a hole right through it – and resulting in three balls falling down. Now that part of the ceiling threatens to break off , making it unsafe for people to use the courts =/
Gloria once asked me, “What if there’s something that can’t be explained actually happens to you?” While only one out of twenty five thousand would actually be afflicted with uveitis, with 80% of them being above 30 years old, what are the chances that I would be the one down with it among all of you people?
I didn’t have a proper answer for her then.
Friday, August 17, 2007
$
GP TOPIC SENTENCE: Money makes the world go round (not as if we don't know the world really is round). You agree boh?
Thesis: Of course la! Everyone wants money. Which bodoh don't want? Got money can do lots liao lo. Like can go change new handphone every month la, buy all those new Nokia 9999 model sia. They make those new phones like rats make babies like that, I buy one new phone already, I become outdated even before my prepaid card expire. Alamak la duno why those maker so bo tai ji one, whole day their head only got things like 3G and 12345 sms free that kind. Help my stupid PW can liao ma! Whole day generate idea, all use to make $$ one!
Agree : People not loyal to many things one okay, but if got one thing for sure hor, they are loyal to $$! Who can pay them more of course go work for them la! Do that stupid job kena tekan nevermind one, $$ will make you forget all your worries! We not talking about getting yourselves fed with 3 meals. It's all about CONDO leh! Can also buy Ferrari sia! Singaporeans whole day complain Certificate Of Entitlement too expensive, complain go through ERP gantry also need pay $$... if got all that $$, still need take stupid bus meh? Siao ar! Who don't want to sit down after a long hard day's of work! Got car can ownself blow aircon 24/7 until you die inside thanks to carbon single-side.
Disagree: The allure of monetary incentives is in itself, a wrong motivation for accepting any job offer. Corruption is inevitable. Unfortunately, the values of honesty and integrity that we used to treasure have all evanesced. Take China for example. The government has sworn to clamp down on rampant graft, but the number of wayward officials arrested ever since I bothered to read the newspapers since last year have seemed to equal the entire civil servants in Singapore. As if selling their souls out to greed wasn't enough, some have chosen to stray further by tainting their hearts with murder. People rarely realise that there is no large enough an amount that can truly pacify their voracity.
Agree #2 : Aiyo, our live also last only this long leh, don't enjoy now, when else to enjoy! Just imagine, got $$ liao can eat all the buffet meals you ever wanted, every morning you can eat Mac's nonstop till you drop dead! Eat until you destroy your weighing scale liao how? Use liposuction la! All those fats immediately gone leh! No need waste time go work out, can use that precious time to play, play and play! Sian of going to watch movie when got idiots talk louder than the main character one? Scared what, at home just buy that zai kia movie surround your house sound system lor! Whole day sit back and watch DVD! Scared people around you call you loser ar? Just go chiong and buy all those Crumpler bags, Nike Shox, Louis Vuitton stuff, and all the zai clothes you ever dreamt of! Scared kena robbed when you withdraw money? Scared later your house got burn down or car tio scratched? But then, got money liao, still scared what!
Disagree #2: .... I give up.
Agree #3 : $$$$$$$$$! WHAT YOU WAITING FOR! MUG NOW TO GET RICH AND HAVE A SHUANG LIFE LA!
Disagree #3: =/
Conclusion: I'm so going to fail GP =P
Thesis: Of course la! Everyone wants money. Which bodoh don't want? Got money can do lots liao lo. Like can go change new handphone every month la, buy all those new Nokia 9999 model sia. They make those new phones like rats make babies like that, I buy one new phone already, I become outdated even before my prepaid card expire. Alamak la duno why those maker so bo tai ji one, whole day their head only got things like 3G and 12345 sms free that kind. Help my stupid PW can liao ma! Whole day generate idea, all use to make $$ one!
Agree : People not loyal to many things one okay, but if got one thing for sure hor, they are loyal to $$! Who can pay them more of course go work for them la! Do that stupid job kena tekan nevermind one, $$ will make you forget all your worries! We not talking about getting yourselves fed with 3 meals. It's all about CONDO leh! Can also buy Ferrari sia! Singaporeans whole day complain Certificate Of Entitlement too expensive, complain go through ERP gantry also need pay $$... if got all that $$, still need take stupid bus meh? Siao ar! Who don't want to sit down after a long hard day's of work! Got car can ownself blow aircon 24/7 until you die inside thanks to carbon single-side.
Disagree: The allure of monetary incentives is in itself, a wrong motivation for accepting any job offer. Corruption is inevitable. Unfortunately, the values of honesty and integrity that we used to treasure have all evanesced. Take China for example. The government has sworn to clamp down on rampant graft, but the number of wayward officials arrested ever since I bothered to read the newspapers since last year have seemed to equal the entire civil servants in Singapore. As if selling their souls out to greed wasn't enough, some have chosen to stray further by tainting their hearts with murder. People rarely realise that there is no large enough an amount that can truly pacify their voracity.
Agree #2 : Aiyo, our live also last only this long leh, don't enjoy now, when else to enjoy! Just imagine, got $$ liao can eat all the buffet meals you ever wanted, every morning you can eat Mac's nonstop till you drop dead! Eat until you destroy your weighing scale liao how? Use liposuction la! All those fats immediately gone leh! No need waste time go work out, can use that precious time to play, play and play! Sian of going to watch movie when got idiots talk louder than the main character one? Scared what, at home just buy that zai kia movie surround your house sound system lor! Whole day sit back and watch DVD! Scared people around you call you loser ar? Just go chiong and buy all those Crumpler bags, Nike Shox, Louis Vuitton stuff, and all the zai clothes you ever dreamt of! Scared kena robbed when you withdraw money? Scared later your house got burn down or car tio scratched? But then, got money liao, still scared what!
Disagree #2: .... I give up.
Agree #3 : $$$$$$$$$! WHAT YOU WAITING FOR! MUG NOW TO GET RICH AND HAVE A SHUANG LIFE LA!
Disagree #3: =/
Conclusion: I'm so going to fail GP =P
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Pensiveness
Potterness!
Well nope I'm not a Harry fan, while I did buy the 7th book on the day of its release, and finished reading it a week later (TURTLE PACE). I needn't queue up for it though, and it's a pity that the store that had a salesman that dressed up as Dumbledore didn't attract that many customers.
I did an online personality test. And it's the most accurate one I did in my whole life (not really long), for both offline and online. It's more specific than that MBTI test that the school has made us paid $2 for. So much for trying to get something done right ^^
Stability results were very high which suggests you are extremely relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.
I can summarise that in 2 words tho : DECEPTIVELY EMO. gg. I hate being confirmed heh =D
PS: Date's mixed because I drafted this, but it wasn't completed then.
Well nope I'm not a Harry fan, while I did buy the 7th book on the day of its release, and finished reading it a week later (TURTLE PACE). I needn't queue up for it though, and it's a pity that the store that had a salesman that dressed up as Dumbledore didn't attract that many customers.
I did an online personality test. And it's the most accurate one I did in my whole life (not really long), for both offline and online. It's more specific than that MBTI test that the school has made us paid $2 for. So much for trying to get something done right ^^
Stability results were very high which suggests you are extremely relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.
I can summarise that in 2 words tho : DECEPTIVELY EMO. gg. I hate being confirmed heh =D
PS: Date's mixed because I drafted this, but it wasn't completed then.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Lion
I read the blog of one of my idols. No, not singing related of course.
It was about his reflections on the latest tournament he played in. He managed to reach the semi's, with a really amazing record so far and I was betting (not literally) that he's going to win 3-0 in the best of five series. He lost 0-3.
According to him, the one big reason why he lost in such a spectacular fashion is because the conditions sucked. Being an European, he's way more likely to sweat than an Asian. Despite pleading the officials at hand to do something such as turning off the stage lights and turning the air conditioner on, they didn't bother to do anything about it.
To quote him, "They nearly dont sweat at all. So a heat for them is nothing, but for me it means everything, it means my head will get slow and sleepy."
He had originally forfeited the third match, but after some consideration he had decided to play on. While his opponent agreed, his manager rejected the offer due to a possible loss in money should he lose, and my idol kept to fourth place then.
Thankfully, my idol bothered to reflect and apologise on his behaviour. This wasn't the first time it happened already, as people worldwide had criticised him for ages on his whiny behaviour and deliberate losses in hilarious ways to show his dissatisfaction. He had also complained about all the matchups he had to face, saying how lousy the race he's using is. It's funny looking at how he described all other races being imba and totally unfair, or how he's losing because the other player didn't need to do half of what he needs to.
Still, I admire him for his bravery. It's totally untrue that Koreans and Chinese don't whine as much, simply because they only do it backstage and even if they've done it online, it wasn't in english. The only thing that makes my idol so much more different is his frankess with what is really happening. He doesn't mind complaining about the 101 things other people don't, because if nobody bothers, the situation can't mend itself. It seems childish to forfeit just because he wasn't not happy with what he had to play with, but it's only so because others might not want to be thrown into the same spotlight. Also, he tries so hard to make it up for all the "imba" he is facing by figuring out how to win every other top player except for one in style, and the respect of a thousands of Chinese fans (challenging). He hasn't stopped complaining though =D
Undoubtedly, everyone wants to attribute their losses to something else. I'm not different.
I can't hit the ball not because it just bounces off in a different direction as compared to everyone else getting easier shots. I can't hit the ball not because I'm not atheletical (no such word) in nature. I can't hit the ball not because the only thing I'm half decent at is computer games. I can't hit the ball not because the meds I'm eating are hindering me. And I can't hit the ball, only because I'm too scared to try - and fail.
I wish I'm half as brave as he is. It's not that impossible.
-王者之战,没有失败者
It was about his reflections on the latest tournament he played in. He managed to reach the semi's, with a really amazing record so far and I was betting (not literally) that he's going to win 3-0 in the best of five series. He lost 0-3.
According to him, the one big reason why he lost in such a spectacular fashion is because the conditions sucked. Being an European, he's way more likely to sweat than an Asian. Despite pleading the officials at hand to do something such as turning off the stage lights and turning the air conditioner on, they didn't bother to do anything about it.
To quote him, "They nearly dont sweat at all. So a heat for them is nothing, but for me it means everything, it means my head will get slow and sleepy."
He had originally forfeited the third match, but after some consideration he had decided to play on. While his opponent agreed, his manager rejected the offer due to a possible loss in money should he lose, and my idol kept to fourth place then.
Thankfully, my idol bothered to reflect and apologise on his behaviour. This wasn't the first time it happened already, as people worldwide had criticised him for ages on his whiny behaviour and deliberate losses in hilarious ways to show his dissatisfaction. He had also complained about all the matchups he had to face, saying how lousy the race he's using is. It's funny looking at how he described all other races being imba and totally unfair, or how he's losing because the other player didn't need to do half of what he needs to.
Still, I admire him for his bravery. It's totally untrue that Koreans and Chinese don't whine as much, simply because they only do it backstage and even if they've done it online, it wasn't in english. The only thing that makes my idol so much more different is his frankess with what is really happening. He doesn't mind complaining about the 101 things other people don't, because if nobody bothers, the situation can't mend itself. It seems childish to forfeit just because he wasn't not happy with what he had to play with, but it's only so because others might not want to be thrown into the same spotlight. Also, he tries so hard to make it up for all the "imba" he is facing by figuring out how to win every other top player except for one in style, and the respect of a thousands of Chinese fans (challenging). He hasn't stopped complaining though =D
Undoubtedly, everyone wants to attribute their losses to something else. I'm not different.
I can't hit the ball not because it just bounces off in a different direction as compared to everyone else getting easier shots. I can't hit the ball not because I'm not atheletical (no such word) in nature. I can't hit the ball not because the only thing I'm half decent at is computer games. I can't hit the ball not because the meds I'm eating are hindering me. And I can't hit the ball, only because I'm too scared to try - and fail.
I wish I'm half as brave as he is. It's not that impossible.
-王者之战,没有失败者
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Glimpse
I downloaded "Over The Hedge" recently and watched it. Yes, I know it's some ancient movie, but I prefer animations to most other movies because there's a "guaranteed" minimum for entertainment value ( the reason why you would wanna watch any movie in the first place).
It's a film on this raccoon who tried to steal junk food from a bear and lost all of it in the process. The bear got pissed ( can't imagine my Pringles being stolen =( ) and wanted the raccoon to recover them all within a given time, otherwise hes dead by the next full moon. Anyways the raccoon stumbled upon a bunch of small animals which has awoken from hibernation, now in the midst of gathering food.
This raccoon knows how to obtain potato chips, soft drinks, chocolate bars etc etc from homes, and after plundering alot, a lady called in the pest exterminator. And then of course like how almost animations end, the exterminator gets chased away by the animals somehow and they lived happily ever after.
There's one scene that I can particularly remember though. It's about the exterminator demonstrating how to use the traps that would kill/maim/imprison the animals in gruesome ways. As exaggerating the fictional methods depicted can be, it's worth muling over.
Now honestly, I do not have a problem with killing pests. If it's cockroaches or rats, they should all be done away with.
Globally, it's not a surprise as to how cruel animals are being treated on the whole. You have cases of cats being abused in Singapore along void decks not too long ago ( actually it was last year ). You have fishing trawlers killing off more than just fish in their nets. Sharks are thrown back into the sea after their fins are removed for soup making. Pigs are fed tons of sewage water just so that they fetch a higher price in the market. Smaller bears are chained up to entertain.
No, I'm not innocent either. I constitute a demand for all of them (except the cats and bears)
"Survival of the fittest" is something I can't disapprove of. In the wild, anything goes. but at least everything there dies so quick that they're spared the fleeting moments of torture.
We're no less savage then them, and this fact smites us harder when.. it's obvious that we're empowered to clean this all up.
On a side note, movie directors don't produce animations for the sake of reliving their childhood experiences, or to liven up the mood at Hollywood (not that there's a need to).
The tales often spin in more than just money.
It's a film on this raccoon who tried to steal junk food from a bear and lost all of it in the process. The bear got pissed ( can't imagine my Pringles being stolen =( ) and wanted the raccoon to recover them all within a given time, otherwise hes dead by the next full moon. Anyways the raccoon stumbled upon a bunch of small animals which has awoken from hibernation, now in the midst of gathering food.
This raccoon knows how to obtain potato chips, soft drinks, chocolate bars etc etc from homes, and after plundering alot, a lady called in the pest exterminator. And then of course like how almost animations end, the exterminator gets chased away by the animals somehow and they lived happily ever after.
There's one scene that I can particularly remember though. It's about the exterminator demonstrating how to use the traps that would kill/maim/imprison the animals in gruesome ways. As exaggerating the fictional methods depicted can be, it's worth muling over.
Now honestly, I do not have a problem with killing pests. If it's cockroaches or rats, they should all be done away with.
Globally, it's not a surprise as to how cruel animals are being treated on the whole. You have cases of cats being abused in Singapore along void decks not too long ago ( actually it was last year ). You have fishing trawlers killing off more than just fish in their nets. Sharks are thrown back into the sea after their fins are removed for soup making. Pigs are fed tons of sewage water just so that they fetch a higher price in the market. Smaller bears are chained up to entertain.
No, I'm not innocent either. I constitute a demand for all of them (except the cats and bears)
"Survival of the fittest" is something I can't disapprove of. In the wild, anything goes. but at least everything there dies so quick that they're spared the fleeting moments of torture.
We're no less savage then them, and this fact smites us harder when.. it's obvious that we're empowered to clean this all up.
On a side note, movie directors don't produce animations for the sake of reliving their childhood experiences, or to liven up the mood at Hollywood (not that there's a need to).
The tales often spin in more than just money.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Behold
I managed to watch a few movies recently, such as Die Hard and Transformers. Harry Potter by far was the worst =/
It's a really bad summary of what happened in the book, with only a tenth of the content. I'm no movie critic, but it's obvious that the director was counting on the momentous hype to rake in the money.
Here's how much they actually cut. Kreacher's name wasn't mentioned in the movie. You wouldn't have known that the headquaters is Grimmauld's Place. The black horses (forgot the name) were introduced not by Hagrid, but by Luna. Coincidentally, the kids managed to obtain them although only Harry and Luna were supposedly a ble to see them. Also, you wouldn't have known that Harry and Cho broke up. Hagrid was bruised all over although he didn't mention himself getting trounced. You wouldn't have known that Ron did try for Quidditch. Worse of all, Harry knew about the contents of the prophecy because upon retrieving it, it became a sound recorder. And the list goes on.
Unfortunately, it was impossible to tell that the movie wasn't nice at all because every review gave it 4 to 5 stars. The film's plot became so simplified that it became like a story a little more complex than Cinderella. Even Luna is way prettier than Cho =/
*yawns*
Okay big deal, I've wasted $9.50 on a Saturday because not being the really, really avid fan of Harry Potter, I was unable to enjoy the film.
Uh, what did I just say?...
"not being the really, really avid fan of Harry Potter..."
AH HAH! That explains the way I see things, doesn't it?
Perception is unique to everyone. Fans would find the film extremely enchanting, and would most probably stone me to death in a well for posting the above. Simply said, every story has 2 sides to it, sometimes even more. However, our mind is often only able to view issues in a one dimensional manner.
Yes, no one's mind is truly broad enough to encompass all possibilities. That being said, I now know for sure why the Israel-Palestine conflict isn't anywhere near ending, and it's certainly not solely because of selfish Fatah militants or a silly President Abbas doesn't know how to stamp out militancy.
I am responsible for my thoughts which, in turn determines my behaviour. It's easy to throw everything else out of the window at times when the solution is hidden in all that trash.
It's even easier to scream "IMBA" when I'm losing, when it's simply matter of myself not getting the right things done. I always forget to give credit, unless it's a mirror match. Now, I'm pretty sure the the guy on the other end of the screen has worked just as hard, if not more than I did to win, even though things seems easier from his end, not that I can win while I'm on either side.
Ok, so maybe Harry Potter was a disastrous film only when I'm the one watching it.Like the last line in the movie Transformers, there's always more to things than it meets the eye.
WATCH DIE HARD 4 AND TRANSFORMERS INSTEAD K THX.
It's a really bad summary of what happened in the book, with only a tenth of the content. I'm no movie critic, but it's obvious that the director was counting on the momentous hype to rake in the money.
Here's how much they actually cut. Kreacher's name wasn't mentioned in the movie. You wouldn't have known that the headquaters is Grimmauld's Place. The black horses (forgot the name) were introduced not by Hagrid, but by Luna. Coincidentally, the kids managed to obtain them although only Harry and Luna were supposedly a ble to see them. Also, you wouldn't have known that Harry and Cho broke up. Hagrid was bruised all over although he didn't mention himself getting trounced. You wouldn't have known that Ron did try for Quidditch. Worse of all, Harry knew about the contents of the prophecy because upon retrieving it, it became a sound recorder. And the list goes on.
Unfortunately, it was impossible to tell that the movie wasn't nice at all because every review gave it 4 to 5 stars. The film's plot became so simplified that it became like a story a little more complex than Cinderella. Even Luna is way prettier than Cho =/
*yawns*
Okay big deal, I've wasted $9.50 on a Saturday because not being the really, really avid fan of Harry Potter, I was unable to enjoy the film.
Uh, what did I just say?...
"not being the really, really avid fan of Harry Potter..."
AH HAH! That explains the way I see things, doesn't it?
Perception is unique to everyone. Fans would find the film extremely enchanting, and would most probably stone me to death in a well for posting the above. Simply said, every story has 2 sides to it, sometimes even more. However, our mind is often only able to view issues in a one dimensional manner.
Yes, no one's mind is truly broad enough to encompass all possibilities. That being said, I now know for sure why the Israel-Palestine conflict isn't anywhere near ending, and it's certainly not solely because of selfish Fatah militants or a silly President Abbas doesn't know how to stamp out militancy.
I am responsible for my thoughts which, in turn determines my behaviour. It's easy to throw everything else out of the window at times when the solution is hidden in all that trash.
It's even easier to scream "IMBA" when I'm losing, when it's simply matter of myself not getting the right things done. I always forget to give credit, unless it's a mirror match. Now, I'm pretty sure the the guy on the other end of the screen has worked just as hard, if not more than I did to win, even though things seems easier from his end, not that I can win while I'm on either side.
Ok, so maybe Harry Potter was a disastrous film only when I'm the one watching it.Like the last line in the movie Transformers, there's always more to things than it meets the eye.
WATCH DIE HARD 4 AND TRANSFORMERS INSTEAD K THX.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Fiasco
That sums up my CT results =D
Nope, I didn't get a string of U's, luckily not even one yet. But it's not something worth celebrating over, especially since I can't even form cool code words with it. At least SUSU would sound nicer and more memorable than placing together those consonants I've gotten.
I seriously doubt my econs would get a B, which means no H3 for me now, not that I would even want a H3 for econs because I practically know as much about econs as I do about baking cookies : NOTHING.
It's not depressing though, considering the fact that I only studied for 5 days. With promos just 60+ days left to go, I can see a need to MUG MY ASS OFF!
Not.
I'm not one, and I'm too lazy to even try.I'll simply do a little bit day by day, as compared to stoning for many days for the past 7 months. Yup. I'm going to at least score all B's the next time round.
*Foresees a failure in my resolution* That's probably why I've never made any ^^
Nope, I didn't get a string of U's, luckily not even one yet. But it's not something worth celebrating over, especially since I can't even form cool code words with it. At least SUSU would sound nicer and more memorable than placing together those consonants I've gotten.
I seriously doubt my econs would get a B, which means no H3 for me now, not that I would even want a H3 for econs because I practically know as much about econs as I do about baking cookies : NOTHING.
It's not depressing though, considering the fact that I only studied for 5 days. With promos just 60+ days left to go, I can see a need to MUG MY ASS OFF!
Not.
I'm not one, and I'm too lazy to even try.I'll simply do a little bit day by day, as compared to stoning for many days for the past 7 months. Yup. I'm going to at least score all B's the next time round.
*Foresees a failure in my resolution* That's probably why I've never made any ^^
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Antiphon
The post CT holidays vanished abit too quickly. School today however, needed no books. It's the first day of enrichment week.
In the morning it was the OCS visit. Not all too interesting in the least, since I'll probably be as familiar if not more with those toys in <2 years or so. Had a taste of the MREs (meals-ready-to-eat), and I got this feeling that I'll end up eating more biscuits than any of the the other food available. The last thing I need is weird food messin' with my stomache while I'm trying not to appear a boboshooter. Heck, the only thing that's reassuring about firing on target is a cross hair in the scope of the SAR21.
The dumb dumb backpack signal set is something out of the movie Windtalkers. Unless I'm suffering from amnesia (could be, after CTs), that stuff is used back in WW2 -.-' . While Nokia tosses out new phone models 10x quicker than Coke types, it's amazing how the SAF still has to rely on careful trekking through jungles in case they break the metre long antenna in pieces. There goes radio-ing for help, food, ammo, even a chance to listen to 98.7FM! Ok that's not remotely possible. Batteries take up half the weight of the signal set, and yet it can only transmit signals of up to 3 km more than a handheld one. Maybe Mindef ran out of $$ on communication equipment, they rather feed the troops nicer stuff. OK JOKING. It's obvious we're hidden in the dark as to what the army actually possess for safety precautions.
Camouflage station was funny. We're told to actually look for a cadet hiding, but apparently some mega big bush just blocked everything that I could even "camo" in there with my nj uniform. Not too surprisingly, the cadet was actually sitting on a chair while trying to hide. It's a rare "day off" for them anyway, so you can't really blame them for wanting to slack. I was chosen to have my face painted in a "creative" manner, and ended up having turtles drawn on my cheeks with a "王八" on my forehead =/ Luckily I asked for the "蛋" to be left out.At least I won't get to do that 2 years later, or I'll find myself washing toilets forever ^^
While OCS wasn't too interesting, Pulau Semakou was better.
We took a long ferry ride to "rubbish" island, and had a tour guide telling us about each of the Southern Islands.
The offshore landfill is actually 2 smaller islands, Pulau Saking and Pulau Semakou joined together by 7km perimeter rock bund, to form 350 hectares of "land" space. The sea in between is then divided using sand bunds into cells, 11 currently, and they are sealed by black impermeable membranes. Ashes and non-incinerable stuff are then stuffed into these membranes until nearly full, and are covered by a layer of soil and vegetation. The result? It just looks like any of the surrounding islands. Really neat.
The guide said it's not just politically correct to say it is environmentally friendly, it is factually correct to say so. There isn't a single patch of stale sea water around since cells that aren't used for dumping are connected by pipes to the open sea, and lots of "residents" made this island their home. Unlike the landfill anyone would simply imagine to be piles of rubbish resembling the Rocky Mountains, or being able to sniff it from miles away, there is nothing around indicating that it is even a landfill. It looks like another section out of East Coast Park.
Ok so wow, I just blabbered alot of stats on this island. Oh wait, I've forgotten to mention that.. this is the last landfill Singapore will have and it would run out in 40 years....
ZOMG WHERE'S ALL MY RUBBISH GOING TO GO? I GOTTA SLEEP NEXT TO THEM WHEN I GROW UP? WILL THERE BE "NEWFOOD" FROM WASTE LIKE NEWATER?
No, seriously, I'm not contemplating eating "NEWFOOD" if it ever existed. The manager of the island told us to go and think about solutions to this horrifying waste problem. And so I've thought of some....
1) TAX THOSE PLASTIC BAGS! Maybe this time people will actually consider bringing their own ones around. I don't get how people can get new bags from NTUC each time they shop for a few years and still worry about running out of them. Would also save some $$ for incinerators whenever they burn plastic stuff since they needn't treat any harmful gases.
2) Clothing must be passed down to siblings! This would save money for me - I mean everyone! Kinda sucks when your older siblings are hogging onto a cupboard full of clothes and they're not willing to share >:( . Would benefit me best since I have no fashion sense and I haven't bought clothes in years - literally. I don't know where to get them XD
3) Items are to be given away unless they are spoiled. Would be convenient to pass my ancient DVDs or storybooks off as Christmas presents to my relatives (never did celebrate it). How about that handphone which my cousin is intending to throw away, but when placed next to mine, would be like comparing Nike sneakers to slippers. Apparently my cousin has never seen so ancient a model as mine that he suggested that I keep it so as to sell it in the not too distant future as an antique :(
Ok I shall end here since the rest of the ideas revolve around umm... well you guessed it, "NEWFOOD". Yucks. I'm satisfied enough with all the goodies the cheapskate me is going to get if the above are enacted as laws.
On a serious note, Singapore has really walked pretty far in terms of handling environmental issues. There's only so much landfills, the campaigning on the 3 R's, or having SembCorp place green plastic bags at your doorstep etc etc, can do. We all have to do our part by consuming less and reusing more.
Or you'll end up looking at "NEWFOOD" invading our menus XD
In the morning it was the OCS visit. Not all too interesting in the least, since I'll probably be as familiar if not more with those toys in <2 years or so. Had a taste of the MREs (meals-ready-to-eat), and I got this feeling that I'll end up eating more biscuits than any of the the other food available. The last thing I need is weird food messin' with my stomache while I'm trying not to appear a boboshooter. Heck, the only thing that's reassuring about firing on target is a cross hair in the scope of the SAR21.
The dumb dumb backpack signal set is something out of the movie Windtalkers. Unless I'm suffering from amnesia (could be, after CTs), that stuff is used back in WW2 -.-' . While Nokia tosses out new phone models 10x quicker than Coke types, it's amazing how the SAF still has to rely on careful trekking through jungles in case they break the metre long antenna in pieces. There goes radio-ing for help, food, ammo, even a chance to listen to 98.7FM! Ok that's not remotely possible. Batteries take up half the weight of the signal set, and yet it can only transmit signals of up to 3 km more than a handheld one. Maybe Mindef ran out of $$ on communication equipment, they rather feed the troops nicer stuff. OK JOKING. It's obvious we're hidden in the dark as to what the army actually possess for safety precautions.
Camouflage station was funny. We're told to actually look for a cadet hiding, but apparently some mega big bush just blocked everything that I could even "camo" in there with my nj uniform. Not too surprisingly, the cadet was actually sitting on a chair while trying to hide. It's a rare "day off" for them anyway, so you can't really blame them for wanting to slack. I was chosen to have my face painted in a "creative" manner, and ended up having turtles drawn on my cheeks with a "王八" on my forehead =/ Luckily I asked for the "蛋" to be left out.At least I won't get to do that 2 years later, or I'll find myself washing toilets forever ^^
While OCS wasn't too interesting, Pulau Semakou was better.
We took a long ferry ride to "rubbish" island, and had a tour guide telling us about each of the Southern Islands.
The offshore landfill is actually 2 smaller islands, Pulau Saking and Pulau Semakou joined together by 7km perimeter rock bund, to form 350 hectares of "land" space. The sea in between is then divided using sand bunds into cells, 11 currently, and they are sealed by black impermeable membranes. Ashes and non-incinerable stuff are then stuffed into these membranes until nearly full, and are covered by a layer of soil and vegetation. The result? It just looks like any of the surrounding islands. Really neat.
The guide said it's not just politically correct to say it is environmentally friendly, it is factually correct to say so. There isn't a single patch of stale sea water around since cells that aren't used for dumping are connected by pipes to the open sea, and lots of "residents" made this island their home. Unlike the landfill anyone would simply imagine to be piles of rubbish resembling the Rocky Mountains, or being able to sniff it from miles away, there is nothing around indicating that it is even a landfill. It looks like another section out of East Coast Park.
Ok so wow, I just blabbered alot of stats on this island. Oh wait, I've forgotten to mention that.. this is the last landfill Singapore will have and it would run out in 40 years....
ZOMG WHERE'S ALL MY RUBBISH GOING TO GO? I GOTTA SLEEP NEXT TO THEM WHEN I GROW UP? WILL THERE BE "NEWFOOD" FROM WASTE LIKE NEWATER?
No, seriously, I'm not contemplating eating "NEWFOOD" if it ever existed. The manager of the island told us to go and think about solutions to this horrifying waste problem. And so I've thought of some....
1) TAX THOSE PLASTIC BAGS! Maybe this time people will actually consider bringing their own ones around. I don't get how people can get new bags from NTUC each time they shop for a few years and still worry about running out of them. Would also save some $$ for incinerators whenever they burn plastic stuff since they needn't treat any harmful gases.
2) Clothing must be passed down to siblings! This would save money for me - I mean everyone! Kinda sucks when your older siblings are hogging onto a cupboard full of clothes and they're not willing to share >:( . Would benefit me best since I have no fashion sense and I haven't bought clothes in years - literally. I don't know where to get them XD
3) Items are to be given away unless they are spoiled. Would be convenient to pass my ancient DVDs or storybooks off as Christmas presents to my relatives (never did celebrate it). How about that handphone which my cousin is intending to throw away, but when placed next to mine, would be like comparing Nike sneakers to slippers. Apparently my cousin has never seen so ancient a model as mine that he suggested that I keep it so as to sell it in the not too distant future as an antique :(
Ok I shall end here since the rest of the ideas revolve around umm... well you guessed it, "NEWFOOD". Yucks. I'm satisfied enough with all the goodies the cheapskate me is going to get if the above are enacted as laws.
On a serious note, Singapore has really walked pretty far in terms of handling environmental issues. There's only so much landfills, the campaigning on the 3 R's, or having SembCorp place green plastic bags at your doorstep etc etc, can do. We all have to do our part by consuming less and reusing more.
Or you'll end up looking at "NEWFOOD" invading our menus XD
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Circumvented
Like thoroughly =D
The CTs have just ended in a matter of 3 days. Obviously it felt better than last year when every single prelim lasted 2 weeks, since this some really quick and painless death. Why painless? Simply because I'm numbed by the dread of doing the next one in line with my impromptu preparation. It's like how the Russians hand out ONE rifle and some ammo to every 2 soldiers during World War 2. The difference? Even the Russians weren't heading to their deaths as incontrovertibly as I was going to =D
So here's how I fared : HAHAHA. That's all I can remark on my performance in all the papers, since that's the first thing I do the moment the paper's collected.
I'm going to post one of the most truly memorable moments I could recall from the Common Test. Please don't laugh too hard at how stupid I am or how lousy my Maths is. I swear I'm usually 0.01% brighter than what's shown here ^^ Here we go :
Maths. Question 5 is some apgp question and I'm always encouraged to see one because the formulas used can't get any more straight forward. While this question SEEMS as difficult as 1+1, it took me a great 45 minutes to finally... stop considering the question and eventually skipping it.
" The first, third and fourth term of a geometric progression are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. ..... Find the common ratio of the geometric progression. "
"NICE! FREE MARKS LOH! WOOHOO!"
*begins to scribble down (a+nd)/(a+(n-1)d) = (a+(n+1)d / (a+nd) and attempts to solve*
*eventually reaches something like (a^2 + dn^2 + nd^2 + ....) divided by something that is full of a's, n's and d's to different powers.*
*scratches head, takes a look at the clock : 10 minutes have passed*
"siao lah! I simplify this till next day also won't get numerical answer one. teachers won't so 'qian bian' de lor, they probably wouldn't pwn us so horribly. if I get this string of C - programming, must be because my eye really really koked up, duno why can divide and multiply until so jialat."
*tries all over again, eventually reaching a result that does not look too far off from the previous one. worse, apparently getting a different one really indicates that I got kok eye =/. stares a while longer while fiddling with my thumbs*
*peers at clock, notices that 25 minutes have passed.begins to bite finger nails.*
"ehh sharks la. this question really con me of my time sia.I should just pangseh this question asap to save myself while I can. all maths papers are very ass one, trying to ka jiao people till they boh time left."
"ah nvm. its a 3 hour paper la, halfway through liao sure got time to sleep one, at most chiong abit faster after this lor"
*mind begins to beat around the bush in unproductive thinking. begins to tear some hair out. thoughts eventually arrived at.....*
"if they are gp terms, then just now the rubbish I wrote should be correct mah! zzz..impossible to simplify that one lah! eh can find r in anothe way!"
"take (a+nd)/(a+(n-1)d) then square root then can immediately get r!*
*tries, and ends up with .....lots of a's and n's and d's to the power of half.throws hands up in the air in despair.*
"OMG ARGHH YOU STUPID QUESTION GO AWAY GO AWAY!"
*beings to bang my head on the table.7 marks have flown away alongside 45 minutes*
I ended up with losing at least 18 marks to leaving questions blank, and probably alot more to mistakes made. To be honest, 3 hours is really more than enough time. It's simply because I miscalculated gravely. So much for taking a MATHS test. How not to when I couldn't even meet the most basic requirement =D
The CTs have just ended in a matter of 3 days. Obviously it felt better than last year when every single prelim lasted 2 weeks, since this some really quick and painless death. Why painless? Simply because I'm numbed by the dread of doing the next one in line with my impromptu preparation. It's like how the Russians hand out ONE rifle and some ammo to every 2 soldiers during World War 2. The difference? Even the Russians weren't heading to their deaths as incontrovertibly as I was going to =D
So here's how I fared : HAHAHA. That's all I can remark on my performance in all the papers, since that's the first thing I do the moment the paper's collected.
I'm going to post one of the most truly memorable moments I could recall from the Common Test. Please don't laugh too hard at how stupid I am or how lousy my Maths is. I swear I'm usually 0.01% brighter than what's shown here ^^ Here we go :
Maths. Question 5 is some apgp question and I'm always encouraged to see one because the formulas used can't get any more straight forward. While this question SEEMS as difficult as 1+1, it took me a great 45 minutes to finally... stop considering the question and eventually skipping it.
" The first, third and fourth term of a geometric progression are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. ..... Find the common ratio of the geometric progression. "
"NICE! FREE MARKS LOH! WOOHOO!"
*begins to scribble down (a+nd)/(a+(n-1)d) = (a+(n+1)d / (a+nd) and attempts to solve*
*eventually reaches something like (a^2 + dn^2 + nd^2 + ....) divided by something that is full of a's, n's and d's to different powers.*
*scratches head, takes a look at the clock : 10 minutes have passed*
"siao lah! I simplify this till next day also won't get numerical answer one. teachers won't so 'qian bian' de lor, they probably wouldn't pwn us so horribly. if I get this string of C - programming, must be because my eye really really koked up, duno why can divide and multiply until so jialat."
*tries all over again, eventually reaching a result that does not look too far off from the previous one. worse, apparently getting a different one really indicates that I got kok eye =/. stares a while longer while fiddling with my thumbs*
*peers at clock, notices that 25 minutes have passed.begins to bite finger nails.*
"ehh sharks la. this question really con me of my time sia.I should just pangseh this question asap to save myself while I can. all maths papers are very ass one, trying to ka jiao people till they boh time left."
"ah nvm. its a 3 hour paper la, halfway through liao sure got time to sleep one, at most chiong abit faster after this lor"
*mind begins to beat around the bush in unproductive thinking. begins to tear some hair out. thoughts eventually arrived at.....*
"if they are gp terms, then just now the rubbish I wrote should be correct mah! zzz..impossible to simplify that one lah! eh can find r in anothe way!"
"take (a+nd)/(a+(n-1)d) then square root then can immediately get r!*
*tries, and ends up with .....lots of a's and n's and d's to the power of half.throws hands up in the air in despair.*
"OMG ARGHH YOU STUPID QUESTION GO AWAY GO AWAY!"
*beings to bang my head on the table.7 marks have flown away alongside 45 minutes*
I ended up with losing at least 18 marks to leaving questions blank, and probably alot more to mistakes made. To be honest, 3 hours is really more than enough time. It's simply because I miscalculated gravely. So much for taking a MATHS test. How not to when I couldn't even meet the most basic requirement =D
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Yippee
Not a real word, I know =p
Ok so today's my birthday. How was the last one celebrated like? Hmm... playing the comp for god knows how many hours in a row, had all my meals at home, and it was only a full week away from the first paper of Prelim 2. If there's one thing I can definitely remember, it was me wishing that my eye problem would simply vanish altogether.
For obvious reasons, however, I've decided not to wish for that this year. I was informed that my condition had upgraded itself into a frightening "chronic" status, which means the meds would be part of my diet for a long, long time to come =( Yes, that's really bothering me every time I think about it. I know there would be a day that come when I no longer pop extra things into my mouth next to breakfast, but I guess it would still take really long for that to come. But who cares! I'm not dead yet, I can't die directly (indirectly is possible) from it. So what now? Celebrate till then lor =D
Today isn't exactly too different from the previous years. Played comp again in the morning (seems like everyday is my birthday then) before going out to watch Fantastic 4 with my cousin. And then came back home to eat dinner, before heading straight back to the comp....
Oh my. History really knows how to repeat itself, doesn't it?
It still impresses upon me how a dozen other people view their own birthdays as just another boring day, either because their parents weren't there to celebrate with them, or because they had no one to go out with, or because they're still pretty busy or because they have some exam going during the same period of time.
Hmm let's see. Only my dad was around when I started eating dinner for tonight. I have Common Tests next week (barely studied), and I also have to pray for a clean bill of health 2 days later, literally. Guess I am not a whole lot different.
What keeps me smiling then, is the fact that I know that this is a really nice day (albeit not entirely different). Why? Because unlike hundreds and thousands of people else where, I get a chance to "enjoy" this day in a way they wish they could. That being said, I'm really a lucky kid who has managed to clock up a lifetime of 17 years thus far, none of which were all too disturbing or harrowing.
When my brother returned from his BMT POP parade, he told me how one of his friends in the non-combatant unit had a guy whose mum called him one night, telling him that CID (Criminal Investigation Department) was looking for him. Another one of his friends was in the bunk waiting for lights out, when several of his platoon mates were discussing when police raids would occur at which gambling dens. After the POP parade itself, some of my brother's friends had to go over to another platoon mate's house in order to celebrate his son's first birthday. One of my brother's platoon mate had landed himself in jail twice before actually going for NS.
It does sound pretty funny initially when you first these stories, because not even in your wildest dreams would you ever be in their shoes. That being said, it's already evident that alot of us had more fortunate lives. I'm certain that many of these people were forced into such circumstances, trapped in a vicious cycle that they never had a chance to break out of as they're clueless as to how to.
Everyday's pretty "exciting" for them. They're either meeting under the void decks in the day, or gathering at night for a fight they'll have to take part in, in return for protection. How would their birthdays be like? Would they be able to stone in front of the comp as much as I do? Would they be able to just go for a movie in peace? Would they be able to celebrate a birthday without actually smoking or intoxicating themselves?
Given a chance, would they trade their lives for ours?
Nothing's ever enough. If not getting what you want would appear to be misfortune, what would losing something constitute? It's no wonder why Buddhism's a really nice religion - to be an effective buddhist and attain enlightenment, you'll have to be able to give up all forms of satisfaction, except enlightenment itself. No, I'm not a Buddhist, that's why I indulge myself in lots of fun =D
All in all, every birthday's special, because it is a date meant for celebration unique only to my ownself. What makes the date special isn't entirely what happened that day, but what went through your mind that day.
What went through my mind today? A whole lot of fun that, although seem routine to me, may never be experienced by many others who are less fortunate.
Last year, I thought that I have been existing in an amusement park my whole life, because I'm the happiest-go-luckiest person ever who never ceases to look back and laugh. Last year I took the roller coaster ride in ink and paper I thought I would never made it through without my eyes closed. I did it with my eyes wide open, because I still have to see through it no matter how much it hurts. Now, I'm still amused by how much I've actually studied for Common Test, just 5 days away. According to a teacher of mine, the mode for scores is a failure grade. Yet, mugging had the least amount of hours allocated to it. I'll die terribly this time =D
Guess I was right back then.
So what now?
Celebrate till then lor =D
*quoted and editted mei gui's ending*
Ok so today's my birthday. How was the last one celebrated like? Hmm... playing the comp for god knows how many hours in a row, had all my meals at home, and it was only a full week away from the first paper of Prelim 2. If there's one thing I can definitely remember, it was me wishing that my eye problem would simply vanish altogether.
For obvious reasons, however, I've decided not to wish for that this year. I was informed that my condition had upgraded itself into a frightening "chronic" status, which means the meds would be part of my diet for a long, long time to come =( Yes, that's really bothering me every time I think about it. I know there would be a day that come when I no longer pop extra things into my mouth next to breakfast, but I guess it would still take really long for that to come. But who cares! I'm not dead yet, I can't die directly (indirectly is possible) from it. So what now? Celebrate till then lor =D
Today isn't exactly too different from the previous years. Played comp again in the morning (seems like everyday is my birthday then) before going out to watch Fantastic 4 with my cousin. And then came back home to eat dinner, before heading straight back to the comp....
Oh my. History really knows how to repeat itself, doesn't it?
It still impresses upon me how a dozen other people view their own birthdays as just another boring day, either because their parents weren't there to celebrate with them, or because they had no one to go out with, or because they're still pretty busy or because they have some exam going during the same period of time.
Hmm let's see. Only my dad was around when I started eating dinner for tonight. I have Common Tests next week (barely studied), and I also have to pray for a clean bill of health 2 days later, literally. Guess I am not a whole lot different.
What keeps me smiling then, is the fact that I know that this is a really nice day (albeit not entirely different). Why? Because unlike hundreds and thousands of people else where, I get a chance to "enjoy" this day in a way they wish they could. That being said, I'm really a lucky kid who has managed to clock up a lifetime of 17 years thus far, none of which were all too disturbing or harrowing.
When my brother returned from his BMT POP parade, he told me how one of his friends in the non-combatant unit had a guy whose mum called him one night, telling him that CID (Criminal Investigation Department) was looking for him. Another one of his friends was in the bunk waiting for lights out, when several of his platoon mates were discussing when police raids would occur at which gambling dens. After the POP parade itself, some of my brother's friends had to go over to another platoon mate's house in order to celebrate his son's first birthday. One of my brother's platoon mate had landed himself in jail twice before actually going for NS.
It does sound pretty funny initially when you first these stories, because not even in your wildest dreams would you ever be in their shoes. That being said, it's already evident that alot of us had more fortunate lives. I'm certain that many of these people were forced into such circumstances, trapped in a vicious cycle that they never had a chance to break out of as they're clueless as to how to.
Everyday's pretty "exciting" for them. They're either meeting under the void decks in the day, or gathering at night for a fight they'll have to take part in, in return for protection. How would their birthdays be like? Would they be able to stone in front of the comp as much as I do? Would they be able to just go for a movie in peace? Would they be able to celebrate a birthday without actually smoking or intoxicating themselves?
Given a chance, would they trade their lives for ours?
Nothing's ever enough. If not getting what you want would appear to be misfortune, what would losing something constitute? It's no wonder why Buddhism's a really nice religion - to be an effective buddhist and attain enlightenment, you'll have to be able to give up all forms of satisfaction, except enlightenment itself. No, I'm not a Buddhist, that's why I indulge myself in lots of fun =D
All in all, every birthday's special, because it is a date meant for celebration unique only to my ownself. What makes the date special isn't entirely what happened that day, but what went through your mind that day.
What went through my mind today? A whole lot of fun that, although seem routine to me, may never be experienced by many others who are less fortunate.
Last year, I thought that I have been existing in an amusement park my whole life, because I'm the happiest-go-luckiest person ever who never ceases to look back and laugh. Last year I took the roller coaster ride in ink and paper I thought I would never made it through without my eyes closed. I did it with my eyes wide open, because I still have to see through it no matter how much it hurts. Now, I'm still amused by how much I've actually studied for Common Test, just 5 days away. According to a teacher of mine, the mode for scores is a failure grade. Yet, mugging had the least amount of hours allocated to it. I'll die terribly this time =D
Guess I was right back then.
So what now?
Celebrate till then lor =D
*quoted and editted mei gui's ending*
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Iffy
Moon didn't make it past Korean qualifiers AGAIN =D HAHA
It's some interesting phenomenon to take note of. If Moon is invited personally to any tourney, he wins >80% of them, losing only WEG and WEF from last year. Besides that, he has won all the seasons of W3, IEST, IEF and even the latest WSVG.
I've forgotten to mention, he lost the latest World Wide Invitational to ToD. I guess that's what makes this game really interesting, since placings in the brackets mean alot. While ToD can never beat Sky(whose score against Moon is 1-10) in a human mirror, he stands one of the highest chances of winning Moon in a series of any format.
Ok the above sounds pretty alien to all of you. Here's the point of the whole issue : If there is anything that's certain, it would be that it is uncertain as to who would win next, provided that everyone keeps trying.
*answers the question as to why I fervently click 'Refresh' while they're fighting*
Moon在韩国预选赛被淘汰已经不算冷门了，他没被淘汰才算冷门.
I always pray vigourously for hours in a row for this someone to win it big, just once, for all his hard work and admirable character. His circumstances pretty much define "so close, yet so far".
It's some interesting phenomenon to take note of. If Moon is invited personally to any tourney, he wins >80% of them, losing only WEG and WEF from last year. Besides that, he has won all the seasons of W3, IEST, IEF and even the latest WSVG.
I've forgotten to mention, he lost the latest World Wide Invitational to ToD. I guess that's what makes this game really interesting, since placings in the brackets mean alot. While ToD can never beat Sky(whose score against Moon is 1-10) in a human mirror, he stands one of the highest chances of winning Moon in a series of any format.
Ok the above sounds pretty alien to all of you. Here's the point of the whole issue : If there is anything that's certain, it would be that it is uncertain as to who would win next, provided that everyone keeps trying.
*answers the question as to why I fervently click 'Refresh' while they're fighting*
Moon在韩国预选赛被淘汰已经不算冷门了，他没被淘汰才算冷门.
I always pray vigourously for hours in a row for this someone to win it big, just once, for all his hard work and admirable character. His circumstances pretty much define "so close, yet so far".
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Mien
This happened 8 months back in Monza, Italy. Well it is the global WCG finals, so yes, it's really old stuff but I still remember it pretty clearly.I wasn't able to watch the live stream because it is held during 16th to 19th October, and that's when my O levels are. What a pity. Something else other than gaming took place on stage.
*Disclaimer to all : Don't read any further if you are turned off by gaming stuff right away.*
Here's some background info.The top 32 emerged from the group stages to form the brackets. At one corner of it, Gostop (korean) faced off with Syc (china), while the next pair was Sky (china) against some other unknown guy. It's pretty obvious Gostop would be up against Sky next anyway, simply because this is the first time Syc is playing an international competition. Both Sky and Syc play the same race. The competition is in a best of 3 format, first to 2 wins.Also, the staff who runs WCG consists of alot of koreans, because one of the major sponsors is Samsung.
Gostop against Syc : Syc won the first match, Gostop won the next, and the third match was to be played on a map called Echo Isles. Gostop followed a distinct creeping (killing neutral stuff) plan in order to seize an advantage to be on the same footing as Syc. On this map, Syc's race enabled him to expand early, and so it's pretty sickening to fight someone who has twice your income unless you're on level in another way. Gostop had it because of his creeping plan, and won subsequently through a long drawn fight. (shan't bore any of you with the exact reason why, it's irrelevant)
While waiting for the next match, Sky apparently obtained the replay of the that match from Syc (fellow countryman mah, so must help) and analyzed it. It is stated in the rules that replay watching is not allowed, and it is punishable by disqualification. One official of the WCG happened to see Sky and Syc staring into a laptop with the replay ongoing, and is a korean too. He quickly alerted the "relevant authorities" as well as Gostop. Obviously, Gostop was fuming mad. When the official reprimanded Sky, he gave the excuse that he didn't know it was not okay to watch replays since there wasn't any restriction during competitions back in China. Sky was given a "yellow card" for this, but obviously it couldn't harm anyone unless it's handed out in pairs. As both players were walking towards the stage (this match happened to be one of those that the event wishes to highlight, and thus having it broadcasted), Gostop smiled a little bit at Sky and said "You no manner, Sky". Sky asked "Why?" And Gostop replied "Because you watched mine replay."
(Can't blame the broken english because he's a korean, but manner in gaming refers to professional behaviour, and more oftenly refers to how much you whine about things)
Gostop vs Sky : It became a 1:1 after 2 matches, and once again, the deciding match as to who would proceed on to the quaterfinals is played over the same map, Echo Isles (I don't like it personally). Gostop called for the referee and told him what had transpired before, but the referee only asked him to play on. For some silly reason, Gostop simply repeated his routine and continued on the same creeping route. At this one very crucial creep camp, Sky had earlier planted a farm there as a lookout. He had already done his fast-expanding, and was en route to this spot. What I couldn't understand was why Gostop actually bothered to destroy the farm when he could have begun to creep right away. If Sky was really going to "cheat" after watching the replay, he was going to come and bother Gostop, whether the farm did see Gostop walk past it or not.He wasted a full ten seconds, and as a result, Sky arrived on the spot with his men before Gostop hardly finished killing all the creeps. Sky smartly attacked Gostop's men, and doing finishing hits on the creeps just to gain the gold and experience. Obviously Gostop was fighting 2:1 at that time, and it sucks having to keep your own guys alive while trying to guarantee creep kills (imagine doing homework with your pen running out of ink every 5 seconds).
Since his plan is disrupted, he retreated and build up as per normal. Sky finished came to his base and starting pushing (to buy time for your extra income to kick in). Gostop just seemed to stop controlling his units and lost several of them before he ....typed "pppppppppp" and paused the game (which is illegal, unless permission is obtained before pausing). A referee rushed to his side and asked what happened. Gostop told the referee what happened earlier, but he was told to play on AGAIN. He left the game promptly without typing "gg".
Sky was told by his team manager to shake hands with Gostop, since it's part of courtesy. Sky reluctantly walked towards Gostop's booth, and Gostop just went berserk and screamed "F*** YOU SKY" twice with his middle finger in the air. All these were caught on cam, live on video stream, on stage, with hundreds of viewers on hand. Gostop went on to file a complaint with the committee, but was told that he should have reported this before the match started to have any effect. Sky proceeded on to win the finals, being champion twice in a row (would have placed my $$ on him anyway).
The repercussions were there. Gostop had to apologise to his country for his disgraceful behaviour, and he had also unwittingly incurred the wrath of the Chinese fans, which is silly on foresight. Most of the tournaments are held in China anyway because it soon becoming the biggest thing there just like how Starcraft simply thrived in Korea. Imagine playing in a country whereby the fans on hand actually hate you to the core. That sucks.
After knowing what happened, I just thought, hey, why on earth are you that stupid to blow up on the spot in front of cameras and lose your rep? On the other hand, how is it easy to keep your cool when 25000 euro is on the line, and to lose sight of it in such a fashion that can only be blamed on your opponent? To qualify even for the global finals in Korea, it takes ALOT OF LUCK to do it. It's simply because nearly everyone there is a favourite who stand a chance of winning the global finals. If WCG was based on skill alone, Korea would take up 70-80% of the spots, or even more. Obviously nobody in Korea ever guarantees one out of that 2-3 spots for representation in the global finals. That being said, Gostop probably lost his one big chance to win the the most prestigious competition, partly because his opponent already had everything under control even before the match started. It is just too tempting for anyone to blow up on the spot, and not just any bad tempered guy (I doubt Gostop was, anyway). Put yourself in his shoes. What if your dream is shattered in an instant, because someone else was selfish in the course of chasing one similiar to yours? On a side note, I'll give Sky the benefit of the doubt because he's a good guy and he does have the skill to win the whole thing with or without watching the replay.
When things don't go our way and pushes us to the edge, we act on impulse so quickly before oxygen actually reaches our brain. There goes "think before you act". And once you blow up, you can't reverse the consequences. It's an impression, there for everyone to remember how loser-fied you are over something.
To me, it's actually fine. It's human to err anyway, who doesn't ever get angry and screw up his/her reputation? What matters more is if the person is remorseful about his actions, and has intentions to ameliorate his behaviour and reputation all over again instead of letting it fade in dust. And Gostop did that. So yes, he's a man after all. Reflecting on and paying attention to one's bearing does help. Keeps you in check so that you do feel guilty enough to change =D Obviously for the better. Fortunately for me, I've never imploded in my whole life, ever. Maybe it's because I'm too lazy to try.
*begins to wonder how different is it between watching a replay, and having other players watching the big screen or standing next to you while you're playing*
*Disclaimer to all : Don't read any further if you are turned off by gaming stuff right away.*
Here's some background info.The top 32 emerged from the group stages to form the brackets. At one corner of it, Gostop (korean) faced off with Syc (china), while the next pair was Sky (china) against some other unknown guy. It's pretty obvious Gostop would be up against Sky next anyway, simply because this is the first time Syc is playing an international competition. Both Sky and Syc play the same race. The competition is in a best of 3 format, first to 2 wins.Also, the staff who runs WCG consists of alot of koreans, because one of the major sponsors is Samsung.
Gostop against Syc : Syc won the first match, Gostop won the next, and the third match was to be played on a map called Echo Isles. Gostop followed a distinct creeping (killing neutral stuff) plan in order to seize an advantage to be on the same footing as Syc. On this map, Syc's race enabled him to expand early, and so it's pretty sickening to fight someone who has twice your income unless you're on level in another way. Gostop had it because of his creeping plan, and won subsequently through a long drawn fight. (shan't bore any of you with the exact reason why, it's irrelevant)
While waiting for the next match, Sky apparently obtained the replay of the that match from Syc (fellow countryman mah, so must help) and analyzed it. It is stated in the rules that replay watching is not allowed, and it is punishable by disqualification. One official of the WCG happened to see Sky and Syc staring into a laptop with the replay ongoing, and is a korean too. He quickly alerted the "relevant authorities" as well as Gostop. Obviously, Gostop was fuming mad. When the official reprimanded Sky, he gave the excuse that he didn't know it was not okay to watch replays since there wasn't any restriction during competitions back in China. Sky was given a "yellow card" for this, but obviously it couldn't harm anyone unless it's handed out in pairs. As both players were walking towards the stage (this match happened to be one of those that the event wishes to highlight, and thus having it broadcasted), Gostop smiled a little bit at Sky and said "You no manner, Sky". Sky asked "Why?" And Gostop replied "Because you watched mine replay."
(Can't blame the broken english because he's a korean, but manner in gaming refers to professional behaviour, and more oftenly refers to how much you whine about things)
Gostop vs Sky : It became a 1:1 after 2 matches, and once again, the deciding match as to who would proceed on to the quaterfinals is played over the same map, Echo Isles (I don't like it personally). Gostop called for the referee and told him what had transpired before, but the referee only asked him to play on. For some silly reason, Gostop simply repeated his routine and continued on the same creeping route. At this one very crucial creep camp, Sky had earlier planted a farm there as a lookout. He had already done his fast-expanding, and was en route to this spot. What I couldn't understand was why Gostop actually bothered to destroy the farm when he could have begun to creep right away. If Sky was really going to "cheat" after watching the replay, he was going to come and bother Gostop, whether the farm did see Gostop walk past it or not.He wasted a full ten seconds, and as a result, Sky arrived on the spot with his men before Gostop hardly finished killing all the creeps. Sky smartly attacked Gostop's men, and doing finishing hits on the creeps just to gain the gold and experience. Obviously Gostop was fighting 2:1 at that time, and it sucks having to keep your own guys alive while trying to guarantee creep kills (imagine doing homework with your pen running out of ink every 5 seconds).
Since his plan is disrupted, he retreated and build up as per normal. Sky finished came to his base and starting pushing (to buy time for your extra income to kick in). Gostop just seemed to stop controlling his units and lost several of them before he ....typed "pppppppppp" and paused the game (which is illegal, unless permission is obtained before pausing). A referee rushed to his side and asked what happened. Gostop told the referee what happened earlier, but he was told to play on AGAIN. He left the game promptly without typing "gg".
Sky was told by his team manager to shake hands with Gostop, since it's part of courtesy. Sky reluctantly walked towards Gostop's booth, and Gostop just went berserk and screamed "F*** YOU SKY" twice with his middle finger in the air. All these were caught on cam, live on video stream, on stage, with hundreds of viewers on hand. Gostop went on to file a complaint with the committee, but was told that he should have reported this before the match started to have any effect. Sky proceeded on to win the finals, being champion twice in a row (would have placed my $$ on him anyway).
The repercussions were there. Gostop had to apologise to his country for his disgraceful behaviour, and he had also unwittingly incurred the wrath of the Chinese fans, which is silly on foresight. Most of the tournaments are held in China anyway because it soon becoming the biggest thing there just like how Starcraft simply thrived in Korea. Imagine playing in a country whereby the fans on hand actually hate you to the core. That sucks.
After knowing what happened, I just thought, hey, why on earth are you that stupid to blow up on the spot in front of cameras and lose your rep? On the other hand, how is it easy to keep your cool when 25000 euro is on the line, and to lose sight of it in such a fashion that can only be blamed on your opponent? To qualify even for the global finals in Korea, it takes ALOT OF LUCK to do it. It's simply because nearly everyone there is a favourite who stand a chance of winning the global finals. If WCG was based on skill alone, Korea would take up 70-80% of the spots, or even more. Obviously nobody in Korea ever guarantees one out of that 2-3 spots for representation in the global finals. That being said, Gostop probably lost his one big chance to win the the most prestigious competition, partly because his opponent already had everything under control even before the match started. It is just too tempting for anyone to blow up on the spot, and not just any bad tempered guy (I doubt Gostop was, anyway). Put yourself in his shoes. What if your dream is shattered in an instant, because someone else was selfish in the course of chasing one similiar to yours? On a side note, I'll give Sky the benefit of the doubt because he's a good guy and he does have the skill to win the whole thing with or without watching the replay.
When things don't go our way and pushes us to the edge, we act on impulse so quickly before oxygen actually reaches our brain. There goes "think before you act". And once you blow up, you can't reverse the consequences. It's an impression, there for everyone to remember how loser-fied you are over something.
To me, it's actually fine. It's human to err anyway, who doesn't ever get angry and screw up his/her reputation? What matters more is if the person is remorseful about his actions, and has intentions to ameliorate his behaviour and reputation all over again instead of letting it fade in dust. And Gostop did that. So yes, he's a man after all. Reflecting on and paying attention to one's bearing does help. Keeps you in check so that you do feel guilty enough to change =D Obviously for the better. Fortunately for me, I've never imploded in my whole life, ever. Maybe it's because I'm too lazy to try.
*begins to wonder how different is it between watching a replay, and having other players watching the big screen or standing next to you while you're playing*
Monday, June 11, 2007
Fortuitous
I always have this bored feeling whenever I have to be around people I don’t know for a period of time, no matter how short. Simply put it, I’m an introvert, a really weird one at that. It’s truly strange how my mine work, but hey, who really understands oneself completely? No wonder it’s the “in” thing for films to have their protagonist realising the golden truth of attaining victory when the plot wants him to : understanding yourself. I’ll never get to accomplishing that anyway XD
Went for squash camp on last Friday. I contemplated skipping the training so as to get some nice tourney wins to rush my infernal icon, but decided against it for a reason I never discovered. Anyway, an alumni came down to teach us basics all over again and towards the ending part, I had to play 2 games against 2 other new intakers and.... I got beaten terribly bad. I still haven’t figured out how to serve properly =/
After lunch, it was initiative games. The games weren’t exactly about introduction because apparently we only mentioned our names once, but it gave me a chance to see that they’re really funny people who simply like to have fun. Deep down inside, I know I’m just all too similiar. And that’s when I decided to open up just a little bit, because I can’t help it when people like Justin and Boon Hong keep saying “yo” to me and yet I just wave back and resume stoning.
On Saturday, I dragged myself back to school for the camp again. I had wanted to skip it again because I got this knee injury that’s making me limp. Gloria told me that it is “compulsory” because ‘it is a camp” after all. That wasn’t in the least persuading, because I’ve ignored more dire pleas than that ( =p ). Once again, I’ve no idea why I even woke up at 7am. Training was as usual, and Justin taught the new intakers how to drive and I was pretty happy about my own performance. Not because I’m anywhere near average, I can feel that I’m shifting away from “beyond hope”, a feeling I had for the past few trainings. At least I’m able to serve with a higher % (it’s supposed to be 99.9 for any other person) thanks to a simple tip from Justin
I agreed to waste some time away at Justin’s house, and I learnt how to climb the gate ^^ It’s funny how the school caught girls so far when boys have been climbing way more often. Met the girls for lunch later at J8, and went to Ben’s house to watch a DVD brought over by Gloria which is funny in an adult manner. ( n1 mark :D)..
It’s already 5 plus, and we had run approx 5 km at Macritchie. Not in the least bit fun initially considering the fact that I’ve never ran the full distance. I’m simply too lazy to finish jogging through the whole jungle trail or even the endless highway. The team simply ran together and it kind of amazes me what really motivates me to keep running. I didn’t stop because no one stopped, not even the girls, and therefore I didn’t want to stop. There’s this part nearer the transition between the jungle trail and the pavement whereby the terrain is so uneven that it feels as though I was running up and down steps. I really wanted to give up there and then because I was actually moving faster than a jog ( I always do so when I keep thinking that it’s going to end) and I end up disrupting the pacing of my own heart. There was this clearing in the forest that was filled with light and I wanted to just stop running right there...and poof! I’m on the pavement. My legs stopped for a split second, staring at the concrete, winding beast that laid before me. And then I saw 3 others that continued to jog, and my legs just kicked back into life. I had no idea when it was going to end, but after a while the exhaustion becomes unreal. I didn’t know that it’s possible for someone who’s holed up at home 24/7 like me to experience it, but I was at least able to overtake a the leading girl to reach the finishing line ( I’m not a sexist ><). The run was amazing, and as Gloria put it, it’s “fun” but apparently it was literally so to her because she was probably enjoying the scenery the whole time while I was staring at the floor and pushing my mind at the same time
So it’s pretty lucky of me to join squash. Free exercise, good enough a reduction in computer time, really nice, patient and funny people in there. Unlike teddy who complained about his captain believing that everyone has his stamina (HAHA), I would not actually mind attending training as compared to my secondary school days when I can’t wait for POP..
No one ever really knows whether they’ve made a good decision until their efforts come to fruition (in my case, dragging my lazy self to school). How does one really rationalise their decisions? Is it simply a categorization between those of the heart and the mind? Even though I’m a practical person in nature, sometimes I follow a path that somewhere else inside me is nudging me on to. I guess I'll never ever completely know how my mind truly works.
It would take me way, way more than 2 years to know if my decision to stay behind would precipitate in fortune.
Went for squash camp on last Friday. I contemplated skipping the training so as to get some nice tourney wins to rush my infernal icon, but decided against it for a reason I never discovered. Anyway, an alumni came down to teach us basics all over again and towards the ending part, I had to play 2 games against 2 other new intakers and.... I got beaten terribly bad. I still haven’t figured out how to serve properly =/
After lunch, it was initiative games. The games weren’t exactly about introduction because apparently we only mentioned our names once, but it gave me a chance to see that they’re really funny people who simply like to have fun. Deep down inside, I know I’m just all too similiar. And that’s when I decided to open up just a little bit, because I can’t help it when people like Justin and Boon Hong keep saying “yo” to me and yet I just wave back and resume stoning.
On Saturday, I dragged myself back to school for the camp again. I had wanted to skip it again because I got this knee injury that’s making me limp. Gloria told me that it is “compulsory” because ‘it is a camp” after all. That wasn’t in the least persuading, because I’ve ignored more dire pleas than that ( =p ). Once again, I’ve no idea why I even woke up at 7am. Training was as usual, and Justin taught the new intakers how to drive and I was pretty happy about my own performance. Not because I’m anywhere near average, I can feel that I’m shifting away from “beyond hope”, a feeling I had for the past few trainings. At least I’m able to serve with a higher % (it’s supposed to be 99.9 for any other person) thanks to a simple tip from Justin
I agreed to waste some time away at Justin’s house, and I learnt how to climb the gate ^^ It’s funny how the school caught girls so far when boys have been climbing way more often. Met the girls for lunch later at J8, and went to Ben’s house to watch a DVD brought over by Gloria which is funny in an adult manner. ( n1 mark :D)..
It’s already 5 plus, and we had run approx 5 km at Macritchie. Not in the least bit fun initially considering the fact that I’ve never ran the full distance. I’m simply too lazy to finish jogging through the whole jungle trail or even the endless highway. The team simply ran together and it kind of amazes me what really motivates me to keep running. I didn’t stop because no one stopped, not even the girls, and therefore I didn’t want to stop. There’s this part nearer the transition between the jungle trail and the pavement whereby the terrain is so uneven that it feels as though I was running up and down steps. I really wanted to give up there and then because I was actually moving faster than a jog ( I always do so when I keep thinking that it’s going to end) and I end up disrupting the pacing of my own heart. There was this clearing in the forest that was filled with light and I wanted to just stop running right there...and poof! I’m on the pavement. My legs stopped for a split second, staring at the concrete, winding beast that laid before me. And then I saw 3 others that continued to jog, and my legs just kicked back into life. I had no idea when it was going to end, but after a while the exhaustion becomes unreal. I didn’t know that it’s possible for someone who’s holed up at home 24/7 like me to experience it, but I was at least able to overtake a the leading girl to reach the finishing line ( I’m not a sexist ><). The run was amazing, and as Gloria put it, it’s “fun” but apparently it was literally so to her because she was probably enjoying the scenery the whole time while I was staring at the floor and pushing my mind at the same time
So it’s pretty lucky of me to join squash. Free exercise, good enough a reduction in computer time, really nice, patient and funny people in there. Unlike teddy who complained about his captain believing that everyone has his stamina (HAHA), I would not actually mind attending training as compared to my secondary school days when I can’t wait for POP..
No one ever really knows whether they’ve made a good decision until their efforts come to fruition (in my case, dragging my lazy self to school). How does one really rationalise their decisions? Is it simply a categorization between those of the heart and the mind? Even though I’m a practical person in nature, sometimes I follow a path that somewhere else inside me is nudging me on to. I guess I'll never ever completely know how my mind truly works.
It would take me way, way more than 2 years to know if my decision to stay behind would precipitate in fortune.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Idiot
Thats me :D If only there's a "Save Replay" function during training that would keep me entertained for weeks to come.It's even funnier than how I can lose my pally from green to zero due to burrows only. .
Met Kai Sheng at the bus stop outside school, so we decided to go back to the courts to play. I lost every single set =/ and it’s because I can’t serve for nuts! I can only score if I can serve and ... well I don’t seem to be able to do it when everyone else is executing it effortlessly :( At least I managed to score more actual points than him! I feel as though I’m finally having an affinity with the ball. Thanks dude for playing with me ^^
Met Kai Sheng at the bus stop outside school, so we decided to go back to the courts to play. I lost every single set =/ and it’s because I can’t serve for nuts! I can only score if I can serve and ... well I don’t seem to be able to do it when everyone else is executing it effortlessly :( At least I managed to score more actual points than him! I feel as though I’m finally having an affinity with the ball. Thanks dude for playing with me ^^
Monday, June 4, 2007
Granted
Just a few days back, a poor fellow died from breathlessness due to a blood clot. He’s a high flier with a double degree, was from GEP in RI etc, and... he just passed away like that.
Just months ago, there were several reports of people dying suddenly in their sleep due to cardiac problems. None of them expected this to happen to them, with the youngest one being 16 years old. Worse still, the report stated that on the average, 300 Singaporeans die this way annually
It took me 16 years to fully realise just how fragile life really is. Once you know that there’s this chance you’re going to be robbed by something that came out of no where, you actually wonder if you should begin to panic and start praying to whoever’s up there to save you.
NAH. No one’s going to save me, simply because I’m too stubborn to be religious. What’s going to happen is bound to happen anyway. Statistics are there for a reason, and it is inevitable that we will all be part of those numbers some day.
Sometimes, we take things that are there to be there forever. But none of us can really, really be bothered until something actually strikes us. And then we go into mourning over what can’t be recovered. For what good cause?
There comes a time when everyone gets to be in that situation, voluntarily or not. It’s my turn now
It’s really funny I can be afflicted by a condition that’s supposed to be hereditary in nature, 90% of it’s victims are age 30 and above, and worse of all, hits 1 in 25000. I’ve already eaten 2500+ tablets, and there’s one really obvious side effect the doc failed to mention – getting so sick of it that you vomit once in a while
But I know it is going to be over soon. Since last year, the status of the cells changed from “having a field day” to “dormant” My cheeks are not as fat anymore because I’m eating 25 less grams of steroids daily (throws away all my photos). I am going to beat this as long as I force more meds down my throat =/.Just a while more. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, when not too long ago, I contemplated wearing shades to reduce incoming light
If it eventually takes away what it came here to do, I’ll still live on, because there is nothing else it can take away. I’ll never lose if I just keep trying (that is, keep eating those rubbish meds)..
IM GOING TO WIN THIS.
*reminds myself to take a break every 2 hours during bnet-ing.*
- Que sera, sera
Just months ago, there were several reports of people dying suddenly in their sleep due to cardiac problems. None of them expected this to happen to them, with the youngest one being 16 years old. Worse still, the report stated that on the average, 300 Singaporeans die this way annually
It took me 16 years to fully realise just how fragile life really is. Once you know that there’s this chance you’re going to be robbed by something that came out of no where, you actually wonder if you should begin to panic and start praying to whoever’s up there to save you.
NAH. No one’s going to save me, simply because I’m too stubborn to be religious. What’s going to happen is bound to happen anyway. Statistics are there for a reason, and it is inevitable that we will all be part of those numbers some day.
Sometimes, we take things that are there to be there forever. But none of us can really, really be bothered until something actually strikes us. And then we go into mourning over what can’t be recovered. For what good cause?
There comes a time when everyone gets to be in that situation, voluntarily or not. It’s my turn now
It’s really funny I can be afflicted by a condition that’s supposed to be hereditary in nature, 90% of it’s victims are age 30 and above, and worse of all, hits 1 in 25000. I’ve already eaten 2500+ tablets, and there’s one really obvious side effect the doc failed to mention – getting so sick of it that you vomit once in a while
But I know it is going to be over soon. Since last year, the status of the cells changed from “having a field day” to “dormant” My cheeks are not as fat anymore because I’m eating 25 less grams of steroids daily (throws away all my photos). I am going to beat this as long as I force more meds down my throat =/.Just a while more. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, when not too long ago, I contemplated wearing shades to reduce incoming light
If it eventually takes away what it came here to do, I’ll still live on, because there is nothing else it can take away. I’ll never lose if I just keep trying (that is, keep eating those rubbish meds)..
IM GOING TO WIN THIS.
*reminds myself to take a break every 2 hours during bnet-ing.*
- Que sera, sera
Monday, May 28, 2007
Scale
My class was “chosen” to “grace” the closing ceremony of the Singapore International Science Challenge (heck, why didn’t I give the initials). The bus ride into Ngee Ann Poly was just one nice experience, because honestly I’ve never seen soo big a campus ( not that I’ve seen many things ^^) There’s like more than 80 LTs as compared to nj’s 5, and there’s so many blocks meant for the various fields of study
Anyway, the conference hall we entered was like more than four times the size of LT5, and the ceremony was, as always, a waste of time. What can I say? It is entirely irrelevant to me, it’s not like research on snow puppies and their adaptations to the tundra climate interests me in the least bit. And I’m even less interested in who won the whole thing unless it is nj winning it (probably the same for every other nj student there). What made it funnier was the nj students were there for a gosu reason: TO CLEAN UP THE HALL. Really n1. Nj’s school admin is starting to remind me of cat high’s one : they’re both pretty good at wasting the student’s time. Yes, I know it’s important for the hosting school to have their students grace the event, but why couldn’t they let them at least view the exhibits? Otherwise, what’s the point of making so big a fuss out of it when the students can’t even be proud of it? I guess I spent 4 hours there only to get starcraft from kai sheng, and to watch really nice performances from the Indian dance and Chinese dance (I’ve no idea what’s going on in the Malay one nor the Western one).
I watched a dozen reps of starcraft right away because I want to be in-the-know on what to do in match ups I have no clue about. Reps are forever in high supply thanks to China and Korea, because it is a national sport in Korea where the top professional Lim Yo Hwan used to earn more than a hundred grand a year, and due to the fact that China’s rapid modernization leads to millions of teenagers having access to computers. I call it the right game at the right time, like it was just ten years back when starcraft first game out. It didn’t take more than a year for televised leagues to appear, then dedicated channels, and then matches held on open air stages, and even indoor sports stadiums, all in Korea that can boast to have a third of their population playing computer games, and more than 80% of the population is wired up to the net. It’s pretty much the same for China now for warcraft, as there are wars all over the various districts and high schools that would never happen on a similar level in Singapore. Hmph. I can still remember 2 years back during the global finals of WCG held in Suntec there’s this guy who said “how come the antimage can mana burn one?”. As if that wasn’t funny enough, he continued to ask “how come abbadon got razor that aura har?” It’s a pretty tragic thing, actually, to not know the history behind things you’re so interested in. Some people even thought that DOTA spawned a new custom map called standard game. Sighs.
Ok back to starcraft reps. The gameplay is pretty different, obviously. In starcraft, macro makes up 90% of your game performance, where else in warcraft it’s the reverse. It’s always a line of stuff fighting against a line of stuff, no early engagements, just expo and mass. No surrounds needed, no blocking, no early creepjacking to screw someone over. It’s just who masses the right units in the right position with the right expo spots and the right amount of money to tide you through the game. Now don’t start calling me a noob all over. Of course micro’s there to lockdown units or to move marines back and forth to medics. But looking at THAT MANY things dying and not being able to do anything about them sucks. I still prefer real micro :D Guess it would still take a long time before I’m used to macro-ing multiple unit structures and researching ugprades =/ While starcraft simulates a real warfare that gives the player the ability to oversee the process, warcraft simulates skirmishes that gives the player the ability to manoeuvre individual units tactically. Of course, both games require different sets of skills that I’m unable to master at gosu enough a level ^^
Last year, I went for a “motivational” talk whereby the speaker tells us knowledge in general. Of all the knowledge in the world, we’re only aware that 5% of it exists, obviously we’re clueless about what the remaining 95% is. Within that 5% which we’re aware of, we’re only able to understand (albeit not even fully for some) 1% of it. So just how much do we really know about the world around us? =)
In perspective, the enormity of the unknown puts everyone off. Hell, who doesn’t? Why would most people rather take a dive in a swimming pool than in the ocean? Sharks aside, the water is as real as it gets. Once you get to plunge in, you wouldn’t be amazed only at the depth of it. Have you bought your goggles yet?
K, I really amaze myself with the amount of rubbish in my head by this post alone =P
IT IS TIME TO MUG SC REPLAYS! Uh, I actually meant lets mug for common test! ... -.-‘
Anyway, the conference hall we entered was like more than four times the size of LT5, and the ceremony was, as always, a waste of time. What can I say? It is entirely irrelevant to me, it’s not like research on snow puppies and their adaptations to the tundra climate interests me in the least bit. And I’m even less interested in who won the whole thing unless it is nj winning it (probably the same for every other nj student there). What made it funnier was the nj students were there for a gosu reason: TO CLEAN UP THE HALL. Really n1. Nj’s school admin is starting to remind me of cat high’s one : they’re both pretty good at wasting the student’s time. Yes, I know it’s important for the hosting school to have their students grace the event, but why couldn’t they let them at least view the exhibits? Otherwise, what’s the point of making so big a fuss out of it when the students can’t even be proud of it? I guess I spent 4 hours there only to get starcraft from kai sheng, and to watch really nice performances from the Indian dance and Chinese dance (I’ve no idea what’s going on in the Malay one nor the Western one).
I watched a dozen reps of starcraft right away because I want to be in-the-know on what to do in match ups I have no clue about. Reps are forever in high supply thanks to China and Korea, because it is a national sport in Korea where the top professional Lim Yo Hwan used to earn more than a hundred grand a year, and due to the fact that China’s rapid modernization leads to millions of teenagers having access to computers. I call it the right game at the right time, like it was just ten years back when starcraft first game out. It didn’t take more than a year for televised leagues to appear, then dedicated channels, and then matches held on open air stages, and even indoor sports stadiums, all in Korea that can boast to have a third of their population playing computer games, and more than 80% of the population is wired up to the net. It’s pretty much the same for China now for warcraft, as there are wars all over the various districts and high schools that would never happen on a similar level in Singapore. Hmph. I can still remember 2 years back during the global finals of WCG held in Suntec there’s this guy who said “how come the antimage can mana burn one?”. As if that wasn’t funny enough, he continued to ask “how come abbadon got razor that aura har?” It’s a pretty tragic thing, actually, to not know the history behind things you’re so interested in. Some people even thought that DOTA spawned a new custom map called standard game. Sighs.
Ok back to starcraft reps. The gameplay is pretty different, obviously. In starcraft, macro makes up 90% of your game performance, where else in warcraft it’s the reverse. It’s always a line of stuff fighting against a line of stuff, no early engagements, just expo and mass. No surrounds needed, no blocking, no early creepjacking to screw someone over. It’s just who masses the right units in the right position with the right expo spots and the right amount of money to tide you through the game. Now don’t start calling me a noob all over. Of course micro’s there to lockdown units or to move marines back and forth to medics. But looking at THAT MANY things dying and not being able to do anything about them sucks. I still prefer real micro :D Guess it would still take a long time before I’m used to macro-ing multiple unit structures and researching ugprades =/ While starcraft simulates a real warfare that gives the player the ability to oversee the process, warcraft simulates skirmishes that gives the player the ability to manoeuvre individual units tactically. Of course, both games require different sets of skills that I’m unable to master at gosu enough a level ^^
Last year, I went for a “motivational” talk whereby the speaker tells us knowledge in general. Of all the knowledge in the world, we’re only aware that 5% of it exists, obviously we’re clueless about what the remaining 95% is. Within that 5% which we’re aware of, we’re only able to understand (albeit not even fully for some) 1% of it. So just how much do we really know about the world around us? =)
In perspective, the enormity of the unknown puts everyone off. Hell, who doesn’t? Why would most people rather take a dive in a swimming pool than in the ocean? Sharks aside, the water is as real as it gets. Once you get to plunge in, you wouldn’t be amazed only at the depth of it. Have you bought your goggles yet?
K, I really amaze myself with the amount of rubbish in my head by this post alone =P
IT IS TIME TO MUG SC REPLAYS! Uh, I actually meant lets mug for common test! ... -.-‘
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Name
Had to go to HCI today to help my brother get back his A level cert. Apparently my brother wants to spend his free time during weekdays to playyyy but hey who doesn’t? I bet I’ll need his help for the very same thing 2 years later. So I went over to HC with kaisheng who wants to play tennis with his friend. Some kind soul opened the gate at the top of the overhead bridge for us, and we’re left to wander on our own throughout the school compound. It didn’t take me too long to see that hc is like 10x nicer to look at than nj any time ^^ and there’s like a gazillion basketball courts/street soccer courts/tennis courts you name it its simply there
After grabbing my bro’s cert, I started to think about a choice I’ve made 3 months back. I chose to stay behind. Yet nearly a year back, I was thinking of how to tell gloria “thanks for showing me around during the open house, but I’m not coming.”
Now, honestly, given the chance, everyone wants to go to the best school there is. Who wouldn’t want to score 6 for O levels? Isn’t that what everyone wants to see on their certificate upon receiving it?
It’s simple to figure out why. HC’s a brand that’s pretty undisputed, next to rj. Everything good and nice is associated with it, be it being the champion at nationals of different sports, gold with honours of different performing arts groups at SYF, and of course, the number of As that appear on A level certificates that becomes so common a phenomenon that probability doesn’t even apply there.
The formula’s simple. Good rep = good funding (from so many donors that it’s a wise investment in maintaining the china look to keep em coming) also = good students + good teachers = good results = good rep. So what does this really mean for students there? It allows them to have an imba quota for H3 students (not complaining, I’m not working hard enough now to get it yet), a lot more slots for applicants of scholarships ( not complaining either, not interested in any now), and definitely easier job application in the future (good rep = looks nice on paper). According to my personality test, I scored 25 is to 1 (thinking is to feeling) for how much of which you use to make decisions. So now which part of my thinking got me to stay? I can only remember using my heart for a few instances, none of which is significant enough for me to recall. So yeah, n1 hj, apparently you’ve managed to make one decision without thinking. Isn’t hc the rationale choice? Is there something else in nj worth staying for? Yes, there is. Friends who you can’t simply make all over again can’t be found everywhere. Also, I warm up so slow that I’ll fail tests as often as I get tutorials wrong. Besides, you needn’t be in hc to get to learn from smarter people. Jiaxiang may have slightly lousier O level score than mine but I’m referring to this work half the time. People like mingwei couldn’t cross the road either just because he probably stoned through his oral last year =D. Is there a learning environment I’m missing out on? Nope. Not for a lazy bum like me ^^
My mum once told me something that goes like “would you rather be the head monk in a small monastery, or be a small monk in the bigger monastery?” Yes it sounds so corny it is making me laugh.It simply means that I get to “open my eyes” to the “real world” to see what competition really is like out there. And then there’s also the condemnation ever since I didn’t score well enough during PSLE to enter hc that I’m “lagging terribly behind” everyone else. I proved to mum once already during 9th Feb this year that she’s wrong. And I’m going to do it once more in a year and a half’s time. If only everyone can see things through each other's eyes.
Good rep’s pretty good. I just don’t intend to live up to one that doesn’t fit me.
After grabbing my bro’s cert, I started to think about a choice I’ve made 3 months back. I chose to stay behind. Yet nearly a year back, I was thinking of how to tell gloria “thanks for showing me around during the open house, but I’m not coming.”
Now, honestly, given the chance, everyone wants to go to the best school there is. Who wouldn’t want to score 6 for O levels? Isn’t that what everyone wants to see on their certificate upon receiving it?
It’s simple to figure out why. HC’s a brand that’s pretty undisputed, next to rj. Everything good and nice is associated with it, be it being the champion at nationals of different sports, gold with honours of different performing arts groups at SYF, and of course, the number of As that appear on A level certificates that becomes so common a phenomenon that probability doesn’t even apply there.
The formula’s simple. Good rep = good funding (from so many donors that it’s a wise investment in maintaining the china look to keep em coming) also = good students + good teachers = good results = good rep. So what does this really mean for students there? It allows them to have an imba quota for H3 students (not complaining, I’m not working hard enough now to get it yet), a lot more slots for applicants of scholarships ( not complaining either, not interested in any now), and definitely easier job application in the future (good rep = looks nice on paper). According to my personality test, I scored 25 is to 1 (thinking is to feeling) for how much of which you use to make decisions. So now which part of my thinking got me to stay? I can only remember using my heart for a few instances, none of which is significant enough for me to recall. So yeah, n1 hj, apparently you’ve managed to make one decision without thinking. Isn’t hc the rationale choice? Is there something else in nj worth staying for? Yes, there is. Friends who you can’t simply make all over again can’t be found everywhere. Also, I warm up so slow that I’ll fail tests as often as I get tutorials wrong. Besides, you needn’t be in hc to get to learn from smarter people. Jiaxiang may have slightly lousier O level score than mine but I’m referring to this work half the time. People like mingwei couldn’t cross the road either just because he probably stoned through his oral last year =D. Is there a learning environment I’m missing out on? Nope. Not for a lazy bum like me ^^
My mum once told me something that goes like “would you rather be the head monk in a small monastery, or be a small monk in the bigger monastery?” Yes it sounds so corny it is making me laugh.It simply means that I get to “open my eyes” to the “real world” to see what competition really is like out there. And then there’s also the condemnation ever since I didn’t score well enough during PSLE to enter hc that I’m “lagging terribly behind” everyone else. I proved to mum once already during 9th Feb this year that she’s wrong. And I’m going to do it once more in a year and a half’s time. If only everyone can see things through each other's eyes.
Good rep’s pretty good. I just don’t intend to live up to one that doesn’t fit me.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Torque
Had to go to Tan Tock Seng on thursday. Its been at least half a year since I've seen my doctor Lim Wee Kiak, but the visit didnt turn out to be a better one =/ For the past few visits, at least i get to hear really NICE news like : "no cells leh, can cut down on med liao=)" now i dont even get to hear good news on my VA (visual analysis), which i always fail to pass :D just when i thought a new pair of glasses without scraches would help me out. I've no idea why the test is on how close to a magnifying glass your eye can function as, instead of reading CLEARLY.
After owning my eyes with LOTS of light, he concluded that there’s still “1+” amount of cells left. Then all the new doctors came and checked my eyes again with LOTS of light, and passed off comments in hope of getting approving responses from my doc. How’s it surprising that everyone wants to be under his tutelage – connection’s everything mah :D After everything’s over, I walked home with 1.5x the azathioprine I needed to consume -.-‘ Not that I’m complaining though, since anything’s better than more PREDNISOLONE that adds fat.
Went for my first squash “training” on Friday. Guessing why I added the inverted commars? I didn’t get to use the racket. Friday’s session was supposed to be a friendly against ns guys, and everyone was given a chance to play. The catch? I can’t even serve :D So Boon Hong said sorry nicely for making me come down, but anything’s better than stoning in front of the comp to watch MOON VS FOV series over and over again. Moon vs FoV series are always way better than any blockbuster movie. All you see is Moon staffing units which are have a coil thrown a them, FoV takes down Moon’s expos as though he has maphack on, and most importantly, how TRI-NUKES just > Moon’s heroes. I WANT MY MICRO TO BE JUST AS SEXY!!111!!11!11!
It matters a hell lot now after seeing SC2 footage : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqkOW9E9V10. k I’m willing to pay people to help me change my graphics card to play that :D
K that’s off point. Fact is, I have 11 months from now to learn to play squash. How well I’m going to do well in it as a CCA sort of matters to me, because I don’t want to be computer-ridden ^^ I know that I most probably can’t win anyone within the next year, but the feeling of trying really hard, win or lose, drives me the most. I know for sure that’s the reason why I managed to win my clan leader a few months back :D I’m going to bother to put in effort in training while I can. It’s simply what you do at any changing (pivotal) point of your life isn’t it ?
After owning my eyes with LOTS of light, he concluded that there’s still “1+” amount of cells left. Then all the new doctors came and checked my eyes again with LOTS of light, and passed off comments in hope of getting approving responses from my doc. How’s it surprising that everyone wants to be under his tutelage – connection’s everything mah :D After everything’s over, I walked home with 1.5x the azathioprine I needed to consume -.-‘ Not that I’m complaining though, since anything’s better than more PREDNISOLONE that adds fat.
Went for my first squash “training” on Friday. Guessing why I added the inverted commars? I didn’t get to use the racket. Friday’s session was supposed to be a friendly against ns guys, and everyone was given a chance to play. The catch? I can’t even serve :D So Boon Hong said sorry nicely for making me come down, but anything’s better than stoning in front of the comp to watch MOON VS FOV series over and over again. Moon vs FoV series are always way better than any blockbuster movie. All you see is Moon staffing units which are have a coil thrown a them, FoV takes down Moon’s expos as though he has maphack on, and most importantly, how TRI-NUKES just > Moon’s heroes. I WANT MY MICRO TO BE JUST AS SEXY!!111!!11!11!
It matters a hell lot now after seeing SC2 footage : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqkOW9E9V10. k I’m willing to pay people to help me change my graphics card to play that :D
K that’s off point. Fact is, I have 11 months from now to learn to play squash. How well I’m going to do well in it as a CCA sort of matters to me, because I don’t want to be computer-ridden ^^ I know that I most probably can’t win anyone within the next year, but the feeling of trying really hard, win or lose, drives me the most. I know for sure that’s the reason why I managed to win my clan leader a few months back :D I’m going to bother to put in effort in training while I can. It’s simply what you do at any changing (pivotal) point of your life isn’t it ?
Pilot
YO! my first entry :D when i first downloaded prisonbreak (yes im uber illegal), the first episode was titled "pilot" and i never understood why. I was dumb dumb enough to watch that episode THRICE to figure out why its named that way. After reading a newspaper article on " a leak of a tv series's pilot", then did i realise what it actually meant :Dk, i just publicly admitted that im really stupid ^^ and yes you'll see more of that on this blog =/ i've downloaded linkin park's new album like a week ago thanks to soemone who's more illegal than me --> MINGWEI. If you're expecting a meteora-like soundtrack, you're really in for a big surprise. The music has changed so much since their last release that the only thing i could recognise is their voices ^^ and i was sooo darn tempted to delete half the songs because im turned off after listening to them, but that changed after listening to them again a few dozen times ( not that im enlightened, just that im low on songs HAHA). Anyway, i went to wikipedia to search for "minutes to midnight" and apparently theres this section that reads :On May 4, 2007, 10 days before its official world release, Minutes to Midnight was leaked. The following day, Mike Shinoda posted his response to the leak:[7]
"It couldn't be more exciting to give you all new music, especially after all the hard work we put into it. This album was almost a year and a half of experiments, mistakes, inspiration, and careful craftsmanship. We put everything we had into these songs, and want you to hear every second of it. I can't wait for you to absorb all the levels of meaning in the songs, and the layers of music, eventually forming your own ideas about what the songs mean to you.At the same time, a leak leaves out some very important parts of this piece of work. We put months of creative energy into the ART of the record, in the booklet, special edition, and big book...almost as long as it took to record hybrid theory [sic]. The album has amazing photos, lyrics, and notes about how the songs came together--it's the visual half of the record. On the other hand, the super-special-edition book is packed with exclusive images, stories of the making of the songs, gorgeous art, the CD and a DVD that tells the story, showing the actual moments of inspiration caught on camera. For me, it's almost hard to imagine anyone really experiencing this album without that part of it.Even the song sequence alone is very important. It's WAY different to hear the songs in a random order than to listen to this record from beginning to end. At the very least, if you've already downloaded the songs, do us a huge favor and listen to them in the right order...it'll be way more rewarding. "And after reading that, i feel touched enough to go buy the album (YES, IM DUMB DUMB I KNOW) next time any artists who find that their album has been leaked, just have to write that can already :D anything's better than whining about justice being done like some bands some time back ^^~~getting used to the vulgarities they're churning out now~
"It couldn't be more exciting to give you all new music, especially after all the hard work we put into it. This album was almost a year and a half of experiments, mistakes, inspiration, and careful craftsmanship. We put everything we had into these songs, and want you to hear every second of it. I can't wait for you to absorb all the levels of meaning in the songs, and the layers of music, eventually forming your own ideas about what the songs mean to you.At the same time, a leak leaves out some very important parts of this piece of work. We put months of creative energy into the ART of the record, in the booklet, special edition, and big book...almost as long as it took to record hybrid theory [sic]. The album has amazing photos, lyrics, and notes about how the songs came together--it's the visual half of the record. On the other hand, the super-special-edition book is packed with exclusive images, stories of the making of the songs, gorgeous art, the CD and a DVD that tells the story, showing the actual moments of inspiration caught on camera. For me, it's almost hard to imagine anyone really experiencing this album without that part of it.Even the song sequence alone is very important. It's WAY different to hear the songs in a random order than to listen to this record from beginning to end. At the very least, if you've already downloaded the songs, do us a huge favor and listen to them in the right order...it'll be way more rewarding. "And after reading that, i feel touched enough to go buy the album (YES, IM DUMB DUMB I KNOW) next time any artists who find that their album has been leaked, just have to write that can already :D anything's better than whining about justice being done like some bands some time back ^^~~getting used to the vulgarities they're churning out now~
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