THOMAS is ME

Somtimes clairvoyance is a good thing.

2011-10-30T13:11:00.002+08:00

Other times it's just a fucking drag.

2011-06-11T16:32:00.001+08:00

Gods of AFM fail me not!!

Exam time is for blogging.

2011-06-09T14:16:00.001+08:00

Word.

2010-12-25T19:51:00.001+08:00

When music makes me so happy.

I woke up this morning and...

2010-12-24T11:10:00.002+08:00

realized it was Christmas Eve. So much for lost time eh.

Guys who like girls, who like guys, who like SNSD.

2010-11-26T10:27:00.003+08:00

Hey, don't judge me.

No woman, no cry.

2010-11-20T16:06:00.001+08:00

Freedom.

2010-11-14T09:47:00.001+08:00

Freedom cannot be bestowed — it must be achieved.
-Elbert Hubbard.

DUKBOKKI!!!

2010-11-09T16:22:00.003+08:00

Fuck yes.

What he said...

2009-12-16T12:50:00.004+08:00

There is only one inborn error[in humans], and that is the notion that we exist in order to be haapy... - Arthur Schopenhauer-

Dear blog,

2009-11-30T15:08:00.001+08:00

Oh how I've neglected thee.

2009-09-12T13:54:00.001+08:00

Death accompanies a birthday. The ironies in life...

To Shobaan

2009-09-11T16:13:00.001+08:00

The world will never know what a great, mother-chucking gynecologist you would've been.
Rest in peace my brother.

Oceanchild, calls me...

2009-08-08T10:08:00.002+08:00

Ah The Beatles. During the last 6 days, I've had 6 Beatles song stuck in my head. Joy. At least it's good music eh. Beats having to listen to Umbrella-ella-ella-ella.

Murakami = Gold

2009-07-26T12:59:00.000+08:00

Word....

2009-07-02T23:49:00.000+08:00

So fucking bored......

2009-06-19T17:41:00.002+08:00

Right. So apparently my blog's a bit emo. Now personally I don't quite like the word emo. What does it mean? What would one mean when one labels a person emo? I have a vague idea of what people consider emo to be, but honestly how the fuck is that considered emo? A person who condones killing himself constantly but doesn't do it but talks a lot about it anyway=emo? Or is it a person who doesn't like to mingle? I mean I don't know. There goes my vague idea about emo. There's no real definition is there. In fact, there's no logically cognitive way in which one can adress the situation of being called emo. Simply because the term itself is contradictory. I mean the semantics of the term is debatable at best. And emo music. Don't get me started.

So having said that. I've got one more exam. If that's remotely informative to you, dear valued reader. Probability. Come on Poisson process!

Also, apparently actuaries are very good at crossword puzzles. They say it's because actuaries have a high degree of memory retention and cognitive ability or something like that. Interesting.

Honestly, I've got nothing to blog about. Suffice to say, I'm killing time.

Times up. That was enjoyable. Slaying time! Binomial random variables rock!

2009-05-30T23:26:00.003+08:00

How many people do you know whom you consider a real friend? Not so much the slightly superficial and materialistic notion of a friend i.e. someone who lends you their assignments/homework or a person who can get you into a club at half the price. The more deeply rooted kind, a person who knows you inside out, emotionally tuned into your frequency I suppose would be a good phrase. The question in retrospect could've been phrased slightly better, but I think you know what I mean. I suppose one could argue that a true measure of a friend encompasses the sharing of notes/assignments and then some. That would be a fair testament. Ah fuck it. Too many variables to think about.

Anywho, that was just a passing note. Something a person does when it's late at night with nothing to do.

What's the deal with God?

2009-05-24T19:51:00.002+08:00

Seriously.

2009-05-14T20:39:00.002+08:00

Right. Blog.

Personally I think this blog is a waste of space in cyberspace, but then again cyberspace is infinite in nature to begin with; so in a sense there can essentially be no waste in cyberspace. Such is the nature of cyberspace I suppose.

Having said that, I have nothing to blog about. Suffice to say, I don't get out that much.

One question. Why the FUCK do people insist on doing the pointlessly stupid meme on Facebook. The "How well do you know me" shit. It's a pandemic. A bloody pandemic I tell you. It's spreading faster than e. coli on a toilet bowl covered with shit. If you need a test to tell you how well you know another person than you are very much fucked indeed. Worst part is they keep coming up with new versions of the test. NEW VERSIONS!! One's not enough? How desperate can one get? And genius Facebook doesn't let me filter this shit. Thumbs up, Zuckerberg! You'd think after FIVE or so versions you'd at least allow this kinda shit. But NO! Fucking geniuses said, "Hey, let's not let them filter shit out so it annoys the living shit outta the people using Facebook so that we can change the layout again and annoy the living shit outta them again!" Brilliant!

I get that it's fun, although I can't conceivably conceive how doing a test on another person is fun, but seriously, versions of the same fucking test? VERSIONS? It's like asking you to name the colours of the rainbow in different orders. What's the point? It's still a bloody rainbow.

It's the mob effect I tell you. It's like that vampire thing game shit that went round last time.

Anywho. Angels and Demons. I'd recomend. It's not brilliant, but it sure as hell ain't bad. I think it's better than the Da Vinci Code. Tom Hanks still rules. Prob time. Out.

2009-03-31T15:16:00.002+08:00

It's an odd feeling when someone dies. From a third person's POV I mean. Like those random deaths you hear of super stars, or when you flick through the obituary section of the newspaper. It's a bit weird isn't it. It's like the world stops for just a bit. Not long enough to cause a fuss, but short enough. It's like a winter's breeze on a midsummer's night, or a summer's breeze on a winter's day. It's not pleasent, but it's not rude. We know the propensity is there. The certainty of death breeds the uncertainty of life. But what is supposedly a vulgar necessity of life is shrugged off as a subtlety at that instant. And it's not sad. Not particularly. It's more pity. We think about who the deceased was when he was alive. What they did. Were they law abiding citizens. Was he a prick. How's the family coping. Was it expected. Did he have a religion. Did he really believe in God. Did he do what he wanted too.

Then it leaves us. We read the next page of the papers. Or some headline on the global financial crisis attracts our attention.

I find that aspect of death intriguing. It's a lingering feeling. It disappears conciously, but it stays. Subconciously, you're thinking about old people, they're kids, are they happy, are they alone. But I'm awed sometimes at the simplicity of it. It takes a woman 9 months to conceive. Years to become who you are. And gone in an instant. That's one heck of a process, dying.

But ultimately, we move on. C'est la vie. C'est la guerre.

2009-03-24T14:47:00.003+08:00

All righty. Are we ready for a new post?

"Yeah!"

Can I get an 'Amen'?

"Amen!"

I said CAN I GET AN 'AMEN'?

"AMEN!!"

Peace.

That's what goes on in my head. Right. So what's been happening. I've been sick. As sick as one can get without having to skip Uni. In other words not really that sick. More uncomfortable.

So what to blog about. Noodle time....

I got nothing. Seriously. I mean, unless you'd be interested in random variables and Poisson distributions I highly doubt you'd want to hear what I have to say. Although, Far from the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Good stuff. I like. I think we should stop comparing which book is better Beve. They're all pretty good books. I mean, we did manage to read through it eh. I just prefer Wuthering Heights to Little Women. What can I say.

Enough said. I've got to get back to my studying. Me falling sick and all didn't do me any good I can assure you. I'll come up with a proper post soon. Probably this weekend or so.

So long amigos.

2009-02-11T21:17:00.003+08:00

Little Women by Louis May Alcott is a rather 'potong' book if you catch my draft. It's too lovey dovey I feel. Rather unnatural honestly. Meh. I like it and I don't. It's a 2 way thing. I reckon it's probably the era. Middlemarch was pretty lovey dovey, also, but much much less. I love Elliot's metaphorical representations, how she depicts moods and subtle juxtapositions. Quite sublime. I can't quite describe Little Women honestly. I suppose one can't help be drawn to the characters. But Geraldine Brook's March was quite exquisite really. Good stuff. But it's a much easier read Little Women compared to Middlemarch I find. The English was much simpler, descriptions less vivid. I feel it's a book quite reliant on dialogue. Not entirely uncommon.

Right. Now that that's done with. Some might be wondering.
"SHIT!! It's only been a week! But he's blogging! OMG!!"
Yea. I'm bored. I was bored before but I'm still bored so I'm blogging.

So let's get right into it. I went to get my Aussie license last week. So, I woke up early, round 12 ish. And with quite high hopes fuelled by mother dearest, I drove to the Vic Road office near by to get my license translated, or so I thought. So I walk in. Many people. Take number. Wait. number gets called. See lady. Asks, "I want to transfer my Malaysian license into a Victorian one, can I book a test now?". Now because of our-by that I mean Malaysian-very excellent driving-and testing I should add-standards Victoria, or specifically Australia doesn't allow a straight forward and very direct translation of licenses which merely requires you to show up at the bloody place, show them your non-Malaysian license, look pretty, take a picture, wait 10 minutes, and PRESTO your license! But NO!!! We Malaysians have to take a test. 3 tests in fact. So fine. I concede. Gimme the bloody tests. Or so I thought.

Right, I'm staring at the chick and the chick is staring at me. And she says.
"Nah, can't do love."
"Excuse me?"
"You've gotta take your L's, hold it for a year, then sit a test for your P's after a year, hold P1 for a year, then another 3 years under P2 then take another test, THEN get your full license."
"WTF!!!!!?????"
At this point I would like to shed some light. L=learner's permit as everyone should know. To advance from L's to P's is 3 tests. That's fine. 3's a bit much but hey that beats sitting in a stinking lecture room for, ah, 12(?) hours listening to some arsehole talk. It includes the hands on driving by the way. But here's the fucking beauty. You hold your P license for 4 years. 4 YEARS!! HOLY SHIT ANYONE?? But NO. That's not good enough. I've got to wait for 1 YEAR BEFORE I can dream of taking those tests. Which means I'm going to be an ILLEGAL driver in the state of Victoria until AT LEAST the 9th of February 2010. Sweet right! Now I wouldn't give a shit if I were studying in La Trobe or RMIT which is 10-15 minutes away from the crib. But I just so happen study in Melbourne University which ISN'T 10-15 minutes away. On top of that there are NO train stations near my house and the tram takes 1 and a half hours AT LEAST to get to uni.

That's just for starters. Once you've done your P's you've got to sit ANOTHER test to get your full license. *SIGH*(I'm trying not to curse too much nowadays) To be honest it isn't quite fair. I know why their doing it. Bloody Aussie kids can't stop killing themselves. Binge drinking is a big deal here. And naturally, DUI's are too. But I say can't you give allowance to people who already have a valid license? I mean sure, don't translate our licenses on the spot like the bloody Singaporeans. But the most they should do is subject us to the 3 tests and be done with it. I mean, I'm not a learner. I've already had my full license in Malaysia. It's quite retarded frankly. Just because the Aussie's are hoons, doesn't mean all foreigners are.

I'm not going to stop driving. Unless I move to the city which is never I can't stop driving. I could take a tram but it's 30 minutes to the tram stop. It takes me 45 minutes tops to get to uni by car. In my opinion this all stems from one original root. I won't dwell on it because it just makes me bitter. Suffice to say, I never really wanted a car. So, winging it this year then. Pray I don't get caught eh.

2009-02-05T20:43:00.002+08:00

So I'm back in Melbourne. Good old Melbourne. Stinking hot Melbourne. 40 something degrees Melbourne. God I love this place.

I get asked a lot, "Why you go back so early?".

For instance:

A: Eh, when you leaving for Melbourne la?
Me: Ah, 29th January.
A: Oh, OK. Ah, when does uni start?
Me: 2nd of March.
A: Hah?! So late? Then why you go back so early?

OR

We are somewhere out.

Me: Hey man. I'm gonna call it a day man.
B: You going back already?
Me: Ah, yeah?
B: Why so early?

The conversation usually goes like this. My response is usually monotonic. Who'd blame me really, after getting asked so many times, who wouldn't have a semi-automatic like response. It's like when someone says "Hi" to you. You say "Hi" back. If your feeling particularly good you say "Hi!" with a vengeance. Just so we're quite clear, I never answer the question. People might think it a legitimate question, I find it rather rhetorical. I used to try justifying my statement but somewhere along the line it just became redundant. Like the thing hanging off the large intestines. Appendix. That's it. Frankly it's like asking why the grass is green. Sure you could go through the whole trouble of telling the other person what cells are and that-form 4 Biology, fail me not-chromoplasts(?) contain pigments which give it it's green colour which also help in photosynthesis. But at the end of the day no one really wants or needs to hear that. So in the end you just say, "Of course the grass is green what other colour could it be?". Now ignoring the fact that autumn comes that is an answer that would suffice.

Now I suppose you are reading a rather biased view to the arguement. Some curiosities are incurable. Like a cat who's waiting to be skinned you just can't help it. Dare I even say that to some it is a rather automatic response to my statement.
"Dude, I'm going back man."
"Why?"
I suppose on certain occasions my untimely statement does warrant a question. Some even an accusation not really wanting a response anyway. But really, what else is there to say. I mean there are reasons of course, but in the end do you really really want to hear about them? I'm not on the brink of some wildly informative breakthrough. So I like to leave it at that. Keep them guessing you know.
Why's he going back?
Hmm, maybe he's got to wake up early tomorrow.
Or maybe he's got an engagement to attend to.
Maybe he's turning into a zombie, the blood curling, body eating, semi-blind one but he isn't yet but he's feeling it and still has the presense of mind to excuse himself before he starts devouring his friends and cause a ruckus.
Or, on the outside chance, he's just tired and needs some rest.

They almost sound plausible eh.

2009-01-19T00:39:00.000+08:00

I don't know. I don't think my self-imposed system of putting a time constraint to my posts is working. In retrospect it matters little. I'm supposedly supposed to write for me. That works I guess. Bygones.

So would you believe me if I said that all I have to say is up in my head and I'm too lazy to type it out. Fat chance I'd say. This leads however to an interesting paradox. Well, it's not really THAT interesting like the birthday paradox or I don't know, something else. Although if you think about it, the birthday paradox isn't really that surprising. Right, so if one thinks about it, one should realize that fat in Chinese culture means prosperous. In other words it's an indication of wealth, happiness, fortune, you know, good stuff. So-if you can't see where I'm going with this you must be pretty dense frankly speaking-if fat is a symbol of good fortune, then shouldn't the phrase "fat chance" be used to describe a relatively favourable situation. Rephrased, shouldn't the term "fat chance" be used in a sentence where by the outcome(s) or intended outcome(s) in question are favourable/likely?

Example:
A: Oh, the grass is going to be green tomorrow!!
B: Fat chance!

OR

A: Is Murray going to win the Australian Open this year?
B: Fat chance man.-Based on how he's playing, I really think he's going to win by the way-

See?

BUT

Such...ah...cognitive thinking-sounds about right-fails under inspection. Realize that the word fat in this "proof", if you will is, biased. I have taken an utterly one sided view in this argument i.e. the that only Asian people-Chinese was too narrow a group-associate fat people with prosperity. And since social norms are set by society at large and the general consensus is that "fat chance" is to be a negative remark, at times cynical, it has remained so. Probably due to the stigma that fat people are ugly. Of course many of would beg to differ while simultaneously condemning my remark, however it is alas true. After all, do you not call a person fat when you feel particularly vindictive after a period of absence? The list goes on. Society wills it. Of course there's also the fact that fat people are generally unhealthy. That frankly is probably where it all started, the stigma I mean. Obviously the Buddhists didn't see the link between heart attacks and getting fat. And from there who knows. Maybe fat bookies were always lucky. Or maybe there was a guy named Fat who gave lousy odds. Speculations.

Fact is, my paradox is quite localised. But what can I say eh? Love those societal norms!

Thats about it. By the way, any good books? Most of the books I'm reading are by dudes who've been dead for at least 20 years. I figured I needed something...ah...fresh. Meh. Fat chance anyone's going to reply me frankly.

2008-12-28T22:19:00.002+08:00

So I duly oblige. Thousand apologies. I was in Egypt and Jordan a couple weeks ago. I know. That's hardly a reason. But it's a reason. So what to blog about.

Well, GM and Chrsyler just got a $13.4 billion dollar bailout. Personally I think GM's gonna go under come March. I mean, if the biggest car manufacturer Honda is having to cut forecast profits by 30%, GM's probably done for. I mean, last I heard, you can't even drive GM's anywhere outside North America. The car's too damn inefficient. Serves them right I feel. How many GM's do you see running around the street? I think you'd probably be pulled over in Australia for your exhaust or something if you drive one. Ah well. C'est la vie I say.

My mojo's running out I think. Don't really have much to say. I must say this is more an obligatory post more than anything. Suffice to say I'm too lazy to type out anything. I suppose it's more invigorating chatting face to face I suppose.

I have been reading abit. Coelho, Mann, Brooks, and some Eco. Good stuff. Eco's book 'In the name of the Rose' is a heavy one.

Well, continuing is pointless. Back to by books. Till next time. I'll try and write something more substantial maybe later on this week. Heh, that's probably why no one visits my blog anymore.

Till next time I guess.

2008-11-13T15:28:00.002+08:00

Right. Apparently it is that time of the month. A little delayed; I apologize. Exams see. I dislike exams. I'm not quite sure if I've mentioned that before. I don't hate exams. I dislike them. Matter of fact, if I were living back at my old apartment exams would be fine. Why you ask? Because I lived at 146, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. Why is that significant I hear you cry? Because the exam hall-where all the beautiful magic happens-is the Royal Exhibition Building. "So what?" says the half uninterested reader. BECAUSE IT IS MOTHER FUCKING 5 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I USED TO FUCKING LIVE THAT'S FUCKING WHY!!! What now you say? Well, lets see. It takes me approximately 30 minutes to get to the REB-examination place-in good traffic and let's say about an hour in the morning. So that means I HAVE to wake up 2 HOURS earlier than I WOULD'VE NEEDED TOO had I been LIVING in VICTORIA PARADE. And I have to pay 10 bucks for my trouble. That is why I dislike exams. Having said that I still have 2 more to go. Tough luck eh. Meh....bygones.

So what's been happening?

Of course Obama won. I was shocked. Not shocked. Too strong a word. I was pleasantly surprised. I should clarify. I was surprised about a week before the election that Obama was leading in the poles. Come election day, it was pretty much how long and by how much. And in retrospect it was quite inevitable. And it got me thinking. One way or another we're somewhat drawn towards the States. The great US of A. They've got Ivy League schools which boast a 10% or lower acceptance rate and of course New York. I mean they are the world's super power. But I can't help but to think what if we they were too rash? On paper Obama is nothing compared to McCain. Even to Clinton I didn't he was much of an adversary. He got into politics when...5-6 years ago? Running then for his district or something like that. And now president? I don't dispute the fact that he's smart. But you can only be so smart when experience has to kick in. And here comes the big one. What if they were too rash because he was black? What if they voted for him BECAUSE he was black? It would seem like a fairytale ending at first glance. But put it under a microscope and I see so many holes. True that some days after Martin Luther King's assassination Obama got elected. And I must say, he turned an ethnic slur into a motto. Very effectively of course. Now the debate seems to be the way America's moving. Centre right to centre left opting for more equality against capitalism. Sounds good taxing the big corporates more and making them pay for their mistakes. But will he? They are tough people capitalist's and they got lots of moolah.

I leave this post semi-open to debate. Simply because I still find myself going through the motions of this post-elections. Sometimes not all the time. I do have exams. And every time I start believing, it just crops up. Maybe the war on Iraq was a bad mistake and McCain took the fall for it cause it was a Republican who brought them to war. Maybe it's because the citizen's felt Bush drove them into an economic crisis, again McCain takes the blow. No doubt you'd agree with me all these things played a factor. But can they be too much of a driving force? Or will this be the stepping stone to greater things? I recall recently I was watching an Aussie TV show Rove, where Rob Scheneider came on. He said something like this. "Maybe some day they'll be and Aborigine Prime Minister." Dead silence.

Till next time then. Next one might be a while. I'm leaving for the land of the Pharaohs early December and then Christmas at JB. So a little patience eh Tarrant for the next one =)

2008-10-10T13:59:00.002+08:00

Oui, it's that time of the month again.

I like this new schedule. Blog, not only when one feels like it, but also commit a certain time frame in which one is obliged to blog. The spontaneity is guaranteed within that interval and the so is the post since it is a pre-commitment. Lessons from behavioral economics.

Speaking of which, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. Good stuff. Its a discourse on behavioral economics without the tacky jargon.

So, what do I want to talk about today?

So unless you've been living under a rock, you'd probably know that the FED has just issued a $700 billion dollar bail out for the banks. What strikes me as interesting is the fact that if we are stuck in this period of crisis, then where's the crisis? I suppose in some respects we're not really feeling the heat of it cause we're shielded by China. But based on the news and all the surrounding hype especially in US, Europe, we're all basically going to be fucked. I emphasize going to be. China has just cut it's interest rates, signaling they're not doing so well after all. Japan has been in recession for the better part of the last decade. Singapore is totally dependent on the US and European market.

I suppose it's fine and dandy that we sit on our couches and watch TV all day, more so cause we're Chinese, for all we know our parents have some secret stash of money hidden somewhere that's more remote than an off-shore Caribbean account. But I say think of the implications this would have on us. I'm sure we're not going to live in our parents shadows forever. UK are talking of not issuing work permits anymore, not even to Australians, they love Aussies. Rudd has just speculated that there would be a cap on immigrants soon. CAT has just reported down turns in it's profits. Apple, Microsoft, even Walmart, the safe house supposedly has reported losses. And worst still, the $700 billion boost which was supposed to restore consumer confidence within the market, well it's not working. 7 day straight losses in the Dow and Treasury Bills have never been so low in, 20 years I think. Oil prices are set to plumate.

It's very disapproving I suppose talking of market crashes in retrospect. But it's just ironic I think. Because if you open any macroeconomics book published this year, you'd see that we're doing fine (specifically the US, Australia and most European country of course). And in 6 mothns, poof. Speculation points to the biggest recession the world has ever seen. Of course if you believe Buffet, then this is the best time to make some moolah. Thats probably true. Fact is, today's economy is dependent on the technological breakthroughs discovered due to the Great Depression. Maybe it's time we found new technology. The fundamentals of macroeconomics is writen as a result of the Great Depression. Maybe it's time for new ideas. Maybe an anrchic state can no longer function at a time where globalisation is apparent.

I think whats happening is big no doubt, but the cure would be something even bigger. We only have to look back through history to realise that big events warrant big cures.

Enough of speculations, I still don't like convergent series, particularly using the itegral test in determining the existance of a convergent series. So I must like it.

2008-09-23T22:49:00.002+08:00

Well it's about a month. Time's relative so it's all good I say. So holidays now. 2 weeks precisely. Probably going to rot myself silly but it's still early, so I'm still optimistic. Sides, I'm hoping the assignment's going to keep me busy. Yeap. That's what I've resorted too. My sense of fun is now confined to a certain sense of impartiality and relief-depending on what assignment I'm doing-upon completion of an assignment. Go figure. Besides the obvious fact that I need a break and, I don't know, a revamp on my rather bleak view on life the holidays good actually...welcoming I guess.

So thats all one needs to know bout me. So on to greater things.

Ah mahl. I just got off a shower. So I'm too lazy. And sleepy. So consider this a prelude to another post. Meanwhile....

Dim Sum girl by Notorious MSG.

Enjoy.

It's a monthly thing

2008-09-06T22:26:00.003+08:00

this updating process. I am a firm believer that the propensity of updates is directly related to the amount of tags you get. Joy.

So, hypothesis aside, what to blog on.

Let's see I've been busy to say the least. I mean, relatively busy of course. What I do don't get close to the shit those med kids have to do AND YET they still hang out and club more than I do. Well, given the fact that I don't club-I mean the very word clubbing doesn't make sense, we could go on all night on what constitutes a club-but it's still a dismal attempt at a social life if you think about it. This is all in retrospect of course. Fact is I couldn't be bothered with my lack of gregariousness. I mean, we're all gregarious but some more than others obviously, but I digress.

So, let's see. Something interesting. Well, the US election's kicking up a notch. Obama and McCain just elected their deputies. And I'm no sexist, but you gotta be surprised that McCain, of all candidates-namely Obama-chose a female running mate. Namely I suppose because Clinton is the first person that comes to mind for a Democrat vice but one can understand why Obama wouldn't want to choose Clinton. Suffice to say it ain't good for the office to have 2 big names under one roof. Especially since one just lost to the other in the primaries. Then there's also the high propensity that Bill'll be seeing some Carly this time instead of a Monica. But it's intriguing how so much hype surrounds these elections. I mean you got Scarlette Johanson gunning for Obama, then you got Mayer going for McCain or Ron Paul, either way their Republicans. Truth be told the American election must be one of the most interesting elections. Even Pete Wentz is getting into it.

It just goes to show that economically, what either of these guys do isn't going to matter. It's precisely because of economic independence that there's this stiff competition. Cause if you think about it, if you're poor, and the current government ain't doing shit, you're going to want change. And if the next one isn't doing shit either, you're going to change again. And the choice becomes simple, pick the one that didn't fuck up. If you run out of choices, choose another guy to head the party and pick that guy, praying he don't fuck up. And now they're finding it hard to get people to actually vote during election. To a certain extent I understand why. My theory is, it'll all to do with complacency. If you're satisfied with what you have, why change the system? It was the same with Singapore, and still is now I think. It got to the point where the ruling party-PPA is it, or something like that-was winning every conceivable seat so comfortably that there wasn't really a need to vote, cause the ruling party would win anyway. Of course a couple years back the government found that the communist were suddenly gaining ground, very little I think, and the government got a little frantic. Kiasu people right.

But it goes both ways I suppose, where if you cry long enough and no one comes to your attention your just going to give up altogether. It's getting better now with Iraq I suppose. To a certain extent you gotta admire the Americans for standing up to their constitution of freewill and a right to vote. Truthfully, it probably is the longest standing democratic republic in the 21st century.

Bein, so ends my duty. At the rate this blog's going it'll probably be dead in a couple of months. I don't like it's probability of surviving. Or I should, less work. Either way, I've got a test. In a months time then.

P.S. Safina lost. Fucking Williams. I hope Janko kicks her black ass tomorrow, no racism intended of course. I genuinely don't like the Williams sisters. Tiger Woods is cool in my books. So is Usain Bolt. That guys just nuts.

I don't trust myself

2008-08-19T16:42:00.003+08:00

I will beg my way into your garden
I will break my way out when it rains
Just to get back to the place where I started
So I can watch you back all over again

Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever will get you through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you
-John Mayer-

Mayer says things man.

Hoo haa the Pope's in town...

2008-07-17T19:42:00.003+08:00

Not exactly a rhyme but it works. So I have nothing to say about the pope being in town. More specifically Sydney. Not Melbourne. So don't care. I was tempted to call this a political stunt. In retrospect it probably is, from what angel, not sure. Mais, je sais pas. All I know is, he'll probably be gone in about 10 years good old-literally-Pope Benedict but I better stop before someone accuses me of blasphemy. God knows we wouldn't want that eh.

What's up eh? So lets see. Got my results back. Below par. So don't want to talk bout it. Watched Kung Fu Panda, pretty good. Ah, watched The Happening and Shyamalan my good friend, I love his shit but boy has he got it all wrong. I mean conceptually it's pretty sound but a lawnmower on human flesh with all it's grittiness, some discretion would be great I guess. Mamma Mia! boy where do I start. One would expect that in filming a musical film the cast would comprise of people who could actually SING. Pierce Brosnan CANNOT SING. Period. No two ways bout it. He practically KILLED SOS. And Collin Firth also CAN'T SING. Who gives a flying who-ha if he was in Bridget Jones. They should thank their very lucky stars-whoever they are-that Meryl Streep was in the flick. Besides the scenery-very beautiful scenery might I say-and the Meryl Streep-"the" cause she's Meryl Streep-the film fails in comparison with the musical.

Alas, I'm not cut out to be a critic.

Uni's in a couple of weeks. And one can probably tell that I have absolutely nothing to blog about. More appropriately phrased there's just too much to talk about and I can't be bothered blogging. Whichever suits one's perception of me.

"If god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him" says Voltaire. 200 years on nothing can be truer.

Atomised

2008-07-03T21:47:00.002+08:00

Fuiyoh, a title on my post after I don't know how many posts. A milestone? Heh, coincidental I call it.

Right. Atomised by Houellebecq. Pretty good shit. It's a cult book definitely. Along the lines of A clockwork orange or even, dare I say it, 1984. It's a satire not so much on society but more on the societal perception of love and emotions all fit nicely within a socio-biological frame. It's controversial, quirky, quite messed up really. But it's pretty good. I personally feel there should be a R18+ stamped on the cover of the book. But alas, maybe the libertarians of this world might disagree. And also worth a note, the book was written in French and translated. Probably explains the abundance of sex scene's.

Besides that I am excruciatingly bored. Holidays are a drag and staying in this godforsaken place doesn't quite help. I don't know what to do. I'd probably go play golf or something except i'ts been raining and the wind ain't helping either. I think I'm just tempted to go to town for the bleeding sake of it. Take a 1 hour tram ride to town and watch a movie and take another 1 hour tram ride back. If thats not a paradigm of nothing better to do I don't know what is. Maybe I go St Kilda while I'm at it, to Luna Park, on my own, in the middle of bloody winter, and get acquainted with the junkies. After all, it is Friday. Actually, thats not a bad idea.

On a tangent. Williams sister's final. Pretty confident bout that. Should be a buzz. So see ya later alligator I suppose.

2008-06-29T19:22:00.003+08:00

Right. Exams are over. Results are in approximately 17 days. Wanted to cement that thought. As true with every other post-exam period I find myself contemplating on all the pre-exam plans/routines I set out to for the post-exam only to succumb to the dark side of laziness and being a contented couch potato, TV hogging bastard really. Alas we get a little too critical of ourselves sometimes.

So whats new?

Hmmm...

I've finished reading this book Catch-22 by Heller. Good shit. Its funny in an ironic way. I guess most typical WW2 books would depict the harsh times of war and selfless sacrifice towards country. This is completely the opposite. It focuses on insubordination, struggle to stay alive, basically the other side of the story. Very funny really. It's not typical. Which I love. Definitely worth a read. I find it quite hard to settle into that book. Probably because the author onslaughts you with a whole host of characters. But quite brilliant writing.

Also just finished Catcher in the Rye by Salinger. When I say just I literally mean just. Around 10 minutes ago. For some obscure reason I forgot how to spell minute. Meh bygones. Anyway that book was interesting to say the least. I found the main character rather unbearable but its just good. I don't think its for everyone honestly. The plot was almost like Haddon's book which is too long to type. It starts off as partly gibberish I felt but it took off soon enough. Won't go into details. Can't be bothered.

On a tangent

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SAFINA LOST!!!!!! WTFKNNMCHCBKNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanted her to kick Serena Williams ass. I like her. Something bout not giving up that appeals to me. Savvy?

And also the Coldplay album's pretty solid. Its different definitely. Its more about sound this album which suits me just fine. Ever notice how songs are almost always about love. That just seems fucked up frankly. But alas they say love makes the world go round. If you believe that kinda shit. Can you tell I'm a cynic?

2008-06-23T10:11:00.000+08:00

I was going to blog on how birthdays are for suckers then after much self contemplation I realized that being a cold and heartless bastard and an introverted antisocial won't do me any good. Besides, I've come to the conclusion that birthdays aren't that bad after all and now move on to the neutral side of the for and against campaign for birthdays.

Having said that, what am I going to blog about?

Hmmmm.....*thinking cap on*.........

So if you've been following the news of late the most recent headlines highlights the severe increase in fuel prices. Now I don't pretend I know what happens in Malaysia regarding the sudden fuel hike and Badawi's intention of subsidising fuel. But I can tell you this. Its about damn time. I think we have been living in the illusion of ever lasting fuel for far too long now. But more importantly is cartels take in this sudden increase in prices. Its no secret that they've been sucking us dry like leeches for the past 100 years. Look only at their annual turnover.
ExxonMobil: Turnover of $40 bil.
Shell: $31 bil.

But more importantly, its their inability to innovate thats really causing these price hikes. I was having a chat with one of the environments guy in Uni the other day. He pointed out that had the lobby for Hybrid cars or electric cars been passed in favour of the production of these cars instead of to GM or to ExxonMobil in the States some years ago, we'd prolly be well on our way to these alternative means. But alas, power corrupts power. I think it's just sad that they fail to see the greater implications of their actions I suppose. I guess the top executives aren't really paid to think unless its in terms of dollars and cents. It really is a testament to how much power these companies have. The worst is yet to come I say. Currently we're still doing alright for petrol but if the supply of petroleum ceases all together more derivative products will become too expensive. Think only plastics. Or the various ceramics or semi-conductors. Unless someone like Haber comes out with a cheaper way of making plastics we're in for it.

On another note, there seems to suddenly be a sudden influx of Malaysians in Melbourne. Its freaking me out. Now I live in the suburbs somewhere north of Melbourne. We don't get many Asians here, but lately, there's just so many of them. Lurking in Nando's or over at the meat section of Safeway or Coles. Also, shopping malls are becoming more and more congested with Asians. It's somewhat ironic I guess in a crude kinda way. Heh. The great land down under eh.

2008-06-16T21:41:00.002+08:00

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CI BAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KNNMCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*pfft*...phew........

Right now thats done with we can begin.

So what to blog about. What do my beloved audience of which seem to be dwindling at an exponential rate much like an e graph accept in this instance the numbers does touch the x-axis in which it would be wrong to call it an e graph anyway but I digress. Screw it. Who cares if I digress anyway. I don't even have a contention to digress from. Thats messed up. Heck I'm not even sure the entire paragraph is grammatically correct. Heh. Right. So....

*thinking cap on*

So I've been reading a bit lately. Besides TV and studying(*pfft* yea right....nearly flunked my micro paper, but alas I don't want to talk bout it) I've been reading a bit. And I don't know if it was subconscious or merely luck, though I think the latter would sound more realistic, I was reading a book by Mark Haddon "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" followed by a "Musicophilia" by the talented Dr. Oliver Sacks. The first one is about an autistic boy who while in the midst of living in his own world pretty much trying to find out who killed the dog at night. And the second book is about music and its various effects on people of all sorts targeting mostly the mentally impaired and the sudden urge of musicality or the loss of it due to life threatening accidents of all sorts. And what I found interesting while reading the books especially the latter one was how mysterious the mind was but also how these people seemed to dare challenge the norm of society almost in a catch-22 way. What struck me was the fragility of our mind. The fact that it takes so little for so much to happen was intriguing. The fact that some of these people he mentions were just fine till they woke up one morning hearing the whole 5th symphony in their head.

He mentions cases by which patients with severe Touretts's or Parkinson's disease who under normal circumstances would be incapable of normal stable mobility would be able to become still when induced by music. He talks about how musicians with Tourette's are able to perform when they get in the grove of it. He mentions one particular case where he investigates a person with severe dementia who is under normal circumstances unable to hold a memory for less than a second having been able to hum entire sonata's and symphonies almost from thin air. In that particular case, he talks about the mind being able to carry out automatic operations if you will despite the severe dementia this person is under. But he then makes the distinction between music and these automatic functions like walking or running and how amongst all the agony if you will he is able to chew, recognise his wife. And I got to thinking how amazing these things are. To actually be seemingly in the point of no return to finally find that one could find some refuge and no less in music seems surreal. This to me seems rather empowering and cynical at the same time. The fact that we can depend on music as a source of comfort even when we seemingly have forgotten the very meaning of comfort I find quiet warmth in but I can't help but be critical over the fact that given the state of mind some of these patients are in, what sort of comfort would comfort be if one can't even remember what it fells like anymore.

Of course he talks about the not so nice side of it where music can be a side effect spawned as a result of sudden mishaps or unintentional accidents which involve primarily the disturbance of patterns within the brain. I won't go into detail but I'll mention this. Studies have shown apparently that people of the more phonetic nations like China or Vietnam are more inclined to having perfect pitch as opposed to their English speaking counterparts. Also, perfect pitch occurs more frequently among kids then in adults and perfect pitch is often not inherited but conditioned. So I guess thats bout it. A good read I'd say but quite a bit of medical jargon. But I find its tailored to non-medical students.

EDIT: Fucking font....

2008-06-11T16:08:00.002+08:00

FUCK!!!!!!

micro!!!!!!.....................................

London

2008-05-13T16:25:00.003+08:00

London...uno

First take.

Inside Westminster Abbey

Also Westminster Abbey

Big Ben outside the Abbey

Parliament from the bridge which I forgot the name of.

Shot outside Westminster Station which I waited patiently for Ms. Yeang....

Ah...wait ah................parliament??

The Abbey itself, not in chronological order I realize..its not even the first place I visited but ah well.

The Abbey again.

Emirates Stadium home of Arsenal F.C. it was literally just down the road from Highbury.

Arsenal emblem.

Don't see no Potter nowhere...

And below the decorations for New Years Day in Bond St where Ms. Yeang stays.

2008-05-03T14:11:00.002+08:00

I wonder sometimes if I weren't predisposed to this particular place in this particular time, where wold I be. Would I have left for another, or would fate simply dictate that I should end up here no matter what. I believe primarily in choice over chance. But I suppose Dworkin has point when he said not much of what we do comes from our own choices. But, its good to ponder...

Timshel!

2008-04-27T21:39:00.003+08:00

I don't really have anything in particular to really ponder about. Because of my teeth aching? I speculate. Certainty lies merely in the fact that I really should see a dentist. Sometime this century if possible.

So I was reading East of Eden a couple months back, and in the book is spoke of a word timshel , thou mayeht. I found it intriguing. The relevant story line, as I recall it, was when these bunch of guys (I won't really go into names, cause unless you've read the book one won't really know) were talking about sin and the bible and its interpretation of sin and repentance. And one of the most profound things I remembered being mentioned was the fact that change was our own choice and that the true power lies in the fact that we want to make a change as opposed to the 'have to' approach. It may seem trivial but I think we forget so much sometimes. Sometimes I think we give god or the bible too much credit and sometimes we think too much of these scriptures that when we actually achieve something we don't stop back and think "Wait, I did some shit too.." and I think too much has been borne out of complacency. Much the same way that what we do is a testament of what happens, what we DON'T do is also a reflection of our idleness. Too much is being put on god and too little upon ourselves. I think we sometimes forget that the only people on this earth RIGHT NOW is us.

I don't dispute the importance of scriptures, seeing as much of the modern constitutions of any nation is based on these scriptures. But I think its like a good book. You take it in, analyze it and we CAN NOT be afraid to CRITICIZE it. Then again, disagreeance among scholars is what sparked civil wars in the first place. Of course, I'm pretty sure, tax plays a big part in most of the wars as well.

Thats it I suppose. Its getting late unfortunately so what else I have to say, some other time will you hear it. Having said that, Steinbeck is cool man...even after he's gone..I guess I did have something to blog about.

2008-04-24T08:46:00.002+08:00

Okay. What happened. Got back most of our assignments. Don't want to talk about them.

My SIM card is fucked. I think so is my phone. Either way, its both fucked.

My com is also fucked. Joy.

Quickbook sucks.

Ah, yeah thats bout it really.

I'll entertain with a joke seeing as those last few sentences wasn't exactly...er....pleasant.

Mathematician.
Parrot dies.
What happened?
"Polynomial. Polygon."

There are 10 types of people.
People who can do binary and people who can't.

Yeah, thats all I got, courtesy of my math lecturer. The first one took me a while but its still pretty funny. Think word play.

As a finale.

2008-04-01T21:42:00.003+08:00

You know there comes a point in every man's life where he would start of a sentence with those exact words. Fortunately for me, that point in my life hasn't quite arrived yet. I thought I'd just drop that phrase in.

So what has happened. Ah I don't know. Nothing much has happened really. I've been caught up with assignments as is everyone I assume. Unless you're not in uni which is a different case. In which case you'd also have to be studying cause chances are you have A levels exams. Joy!

However, I highly doubt raving on and on on my assignments is really what we want to read about. SO what to blog about?

I don't know what to blog about. I think I'm in silent refusal to think. So, I'll entertain with youtube.

Make sure you listen to the last part, where he holds the 'home'. Bellisimmo!

tilt

2008-03-17T15:54:00.004+08:00

Jia lak.

Uni freaking rules man!

Since uni started I have:

Used up nearly a reel's worth of paper printing a whole lot of shit.
Somehow or another caused my com to crash.
Read
Read
Math
Math
Math
Math
MATH!!!!!!!

On a lighter note, did you know that Hugh Hefner at one point of his life had 7 girlfriends? What would you do with 7 girlfriends? Why would you want 7 girlfriends at one time anyway? I suppose its different for him. The querks of being Hugh Hefner eh. I'm sure I have more to say besides "Geez he's Hugh Hefner so its fine for him to have 7 girlfriends" but honestly I'm way too tired to think.

And all I CAN think about at the moment is GST and whether to clasify it under payables or receivables and whether its an asset or liability and how to prepare a fanancial statement. And how a perfectly competative market fails and what are the externalities which cause market failiure. And how Dworkin's take on liberalism compares to the so called accepted views of liberalism and how/if it deffers to conservetism. And how Locke's theory on property compares to Machiavelli's take on power and ownership. How institutions effect polity and why. How the classical view of democracy is applied to a republic/monarchy. And...math which is not worth mentioning cause we'd just run out of space.

And I'm in the 3rd week. Joy. No I haven't meet any cute guys Beve thus I can't give you their numbers. The faculty is so big anyway, its hard to make contact. Ah excuses eh.

I want to play golf. I want a new set of irons. I want a Gibson les paul. I need to study. *sigh*

EDIT: I LOVE TORRES!!!!!!

Post 100

2008-02-20T08:57:00.002+08:00

Blogs are dying now. Except for people who get paid to blog and people who are into blogging, which the number has significantly decreased one has to say, the blog fad has, I believe, all but past. You may ask yourself then, the people who read my blog, which numbers are also gravely diminishing- hovering somewhere between the zero and one reader per month zone-why am I blogging? Am I a hypocrite? Or am I a frequent blogger in which the word frequent translates to blogging every other month? The propriety of blogging would unofficially bind thee to at least updating one's blog for the mere sake of propriety. But then again, ethics in the blog sphere never really meant much now did it. Ergo, the only possible reason why I am blogging, rather why I have resorted to blogging, is simply because I am bored. Cliche? Very much so. But as anyone who has a blog-own would be improper simply because one does not "own" cyberspace, one merely occupies a insignificantly small proportion of cyberspace- it's my bloody blog. Then again, who really cares, seriously.

So the world is starting again. Its been on somewhat of a hiatus, for me personally of course. But lately its been cranking up its machine. Its as if the engine stalled for a while and now its back to the first gear. But I digress. The fact is, university, not such a big deal to me. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy to be in university but thats about it. Impartiality? I reckon sometimes I'm too impartial. But as they say thats that. Won't really have much to say until university actually starts.

On a complete tangent, I've realised, or rather my mother has pointed it out to me, that petrol prices in Melbourne-and the greater part or Australia I believe- fluctuates weekly with a particular peak on Wednesday afternoons. I find that extremely intriguing. And it does not fluctuate a mere one or two cents but in certain instances by a margin of 10 cents or more per liter. That might not seem much but anyone who knows anything about cars and pumping petrol, 10 cents can translate to a lot of moolah better spent on a meal or Krispy Kreme's or Jester pie's. I've always suspected it had something to do with the weekly distribution of petrol which oddly enough happens on Wednesdays. My question is, why Wednesdays? What happened to Mondays? Maybe the traffic's less heavy on Wednesdays, or the tolls cheaper or the prices of diesel fuel which in turn ensures the continuity of the vicious Wednesday cycle. Maybe I'll be hearing more of this in my future macroeconomy class. Interesting.

I think thats it for now really. I've gotta go pump some petrol now, before the prices start to hike up again in which case I would spend needless amounts of money on petrol which could be better off spent on golf. So until next time then.

P.S. Steph I reckon you're pretty spot on about Ron Paul. He's a pretty decent candidate but as to whether the Americans would trust a Republican remains to be seen. I still say the real difference in opinions really are between the Republicans and Democrats that the little nuances within the party aren't really worth mentioning and it really boils down to who the American public would prefer more-in the case of the Democrats an African American or a lady.

2008-01-31T20:47:00.000+08:00

San Francisco. Mum says she wants to go there this year. Was pretty shocked myself really. Cause I've never been able to convince my mum to go to the States. But thats cool. Because I've always ALWAYS wanted to go to California. And if we stopped by New York, that would literally make my day. But not likely. She said she wants to go from San Fran to LA to Las Vegas. Which frankly suits me just fine.

I think it'd be great to live in those cities. The town and the culture and the whole place just being so big. But thats a good 5-6 years away I reckon.

Thats that. Melbourne is boring my brains out. But then again so is KL. At least I'll have a car here. I think I won't be staying here long. Studying here's alright. But working. Not too sure bout that.

Meh. Gonna go to the crapper now. Till then.

Er..home?

2008-01-17T02:57:00.000+08:00

So I'm back apparently. From Australia and from UK. In short, London was great. Nay it was utterly awesome. Only downside. No Liverpool, which is all cases was a bit too expensive for my liking to be honest AND I dind't get an "I love London" shirt. *note to self, always ALWAYS follow your own advice....no pun intended Beve...ok yea maybe a little* BUT other than that it was great. I've got a few pics but uploading it on this computer with my shit-uped connection is a very very bad idea.

Anyway, I've been trying to keep up with the news of late and it seems the scandals and blackmails just never seem to stop. If anything, its growing, exponentially, linearly, quadratically, cubicly in the end sorta giving it a whole chaos theory-esque look to the whole situation. I particularly found it amazing when I was in London and the sex scandal between the Health Minister and a certain lady who he 'claimed to know' but 'didn't have sex with' only to later confirm that he did- became news. I mean its one thing to be mentioned in a newspaper let alone a newspaper about 7000 km away from home. It really goes to show that no matter what, sex will ALWAYS sell, and I quote someone who quoted someone who got it off the papers I think "Many people do it, they just don't get caught." How true indeed.

In this day and age I suppose infidelity has become some what of a norm. To think that 10 years ago it was taboo to be talked about openly and to a certain extent it is still but people are more willing to accpet(?) it. I think, its become such an openly talked about issue that we don't really squint anymore when we talk about it. I think I still remember back then when we talked of affairs as a cardinal sin, but now, its been so down played by movies and scadals all portraying such acts of dishonesty that it just passes us by and is just as quickly dismissed. We don't linger round the fact that someone slept with someone else while still commited to someone else, we just, accept it. Its different if your directly affected of course. I can't even begin to imagine the shit one'd go through. But all the same, things ain't the same no more *inserts voice of a soul sister saying "Nu-uh it ain't girl" in background, echoing away*

Anyway I'm back, untill the 30th for those of you who are curious which I am sure are few seeing as no one reads anymore. I don't think anyone really knows I'm back apart from the people who I've already seen which all adds up too.....3 plus Sam plus Wei Lim plus Beve and Steph which is......3+1+1+1+1=..........7. Took quite a while, bit rusty. So call me, tag me, facebook me or something. SAVE ME FROM BOREDOME!!!!!!

Well, thats that, till next time.

PS. I'll post pics when I get back to my super fast and super chunted ADSL2+ with 100mbs connection.

PPS. I'm a uni boy now, or should I say UNI-MAN, sounds like an organism or a subclass of a genere you find in a biologist or a zoologist's log book.

PPPS. Beverly! Can you buy me the "I love London" shirt please!!

PPPPS. I'm looking for Andy Warhol's books specifically on Pop Art, help anyone?

PPPPPS. Nothing really I just thought it was bad luck to end the post with 4 "P's"

2007-12-21T08:09:00.000+08:00

I swear people are either falling in 'love' or falling out of 'love'. Its gotta do with the festive season I reckon, and the exams. Meh, for people in the sidelines its just another day.

Besides the mental note, I am bored.

BORED!!!!

Bored, bored, bored, bored. Bored stiff. I've been watching TV. Thats it. I watch TV like 13 hours a day. Serious shit man. In trying to curb my boredom I've reread the HP Deathly Hollows book which was mildly entertaining for a few days. But now I'm bored again. You know, I never really realised how big an impact the book had on us. I mean, before the 7th book, the HP series was really something to look forward too. Not anymore I guess. And the movie's always below par.

Speaking of movies, I watched Elizabeth: The Golden Age the other day. Not too bad. The first installment wasn't too bad and I like Cate Blanchett. I thought she was just so radiant in the movie. It was as if they portrayed her as a flawed goddess. Meh, go watch it if you want to I don't really care now. So stoned.

Back in a week. Till then.

I want this for Zippo lighter for Christmas. And who says you have to smoke to get one eh?

2007-12-15T18:08:00.000+08:00

Feeling a bit lightheaded. My cousin had her 19th today. technically its supposed to be on the 18th of December but being partly Chinese, decided its better to celebrate earlier rather than later. Good food and TONNES of booze. Practically free flowing alcohol. I swear my cousin's a bit nuts. She mixed I think 2 bottles of Smirnoff, some Malibu, and some champagne, plus a carton of orange juice and called it a punch. Shit man, I felt it on the first sip. The food was pretty good. My aunt makes the best satay chicken and barbee's man. Other than that it was relatively boring to be honest. Its pretty much like a small ang mo congregation, with food and booze to keep them occupied.

On another note, the London trip has hit a bit of a bump. Basically means I have to fork out some extra cash for my stay in London. Seeing as Beve won't be able to hold me the entire 12 days, I have to crash in a hostel. Which I really don't mind. I figure it'd be pretty cool. Sorta like an adventure. First time I'ma be alone touring in a foreign city. Should be pretty fun. Looking forward to the trip. Not quite sure what to expect while living in a hostel to be honest. I reckon it shouldn't be too bad. Only down side is, its winter, so its pretty cold and it gets dark pretty soon. But its cool.

Results coming out in a couple of days. Definitely not looking forward to that. Shit. Head feels a bit heavy now. Ah well. Bout a week and a half till I go back to KL now and then its straight off to London. Well. Till next time eh..

Shot through the heart

2007-12-12T12:30:00.000+08:00

Boredom kills. I've been slowly roting in my new house. Its boring me to shits here I tell you. Thank God for Foxtel. Other than that its alright really the place. I mean, sure, it takes an hour to get to town by tram and it takes half an hour to get to the tram stop. But it could be worse right? Meh, I remember why I hate this place so much again. Honestly, this place is shit. Its not close to anything and far away from everything. I think the day i move to the suburbs on my own account will be the day I get married or something like that. But I suppose I can understand why we'd want to move to the suburbs. Town life has never really catered to mum's pallets. Then again, hate is a bit too much I'd say. I just don't really fancy it. Meh bygones.

Going to London soon. Oh yeah!! XD Its gonna be pretty sweet. Only down side is I suppose Beve's gonna have exams. So I'll be on my own. Which is alright I guess. So currently focusing on the preparations. Sort off. Tonnes of places to see, so little time. Neways thats that from me. My internet is shit now. I miss my super fast ADSL2+ broadband. Stupid house that doesn't have ADSL broadband. Till then.

2007-11-13T09:43:00.000+08:00

O physics. The joys of Newton and Lenz.

Shit man!! 3 more to go!! Suck it in bitch and knock 'em dead!!!

Say 'ello to my little friend!

The joys of exams

2007-11-09T14:11:00.000+08:00

Its amazing what exams do to you honestly. I was just, well not just, but I was talking to Ai Lin-I think there's no hyphen in your name right Lin?-and we both just admitted that we've been practically watching movie's for the better part of the week instead of studying. Weird.

Anyway, in keeping with the tradition I went for a movie today. I think its the first time I've been to a cinema since.....July I think, when I watched Transformers with Mira, which is a pretty damn long time ago. Putting aside the obvious I went for a political thriller this time.

I must admit, when I heard of this film I was pretty excited. Meryl Streep? Tom Cruise? Robert Redford? It don't get better than this....right?

The script was good, acting top draw but I was waiting to be stunned. It nearly got there. But not quite. Honestly I was never much of a Cruise fan. I think that the media and the weight of the show always played him in but somehow he just always manages to make it work, barely. Though this was a different genre all together I felt he did the same. But I liked his intensity and the way he really got into his character this time round. I thought the star had to be Meryl Streep, irrefutable.

Its a good film if your into politics and political thrillers. It caters more to the American public as the film really revolves around the war on terrorism, but a good one nonetheless. The underlying theme's and the message is very much relatable.

That again is my 2 cents. And I'm beginning to notice my 2 cents are really more like 2 peanuts since hardly anyone reads this blog anymore. I'm near to declaring it dead really. Neways tonnes more films to see. Valkyrie another Cruise flick, hope this converts me, Elizabeth this one I freaking HAVE to see, Volver staring Cruz and who knows what else eh. Movie slumber party anyone??

The better side of the track

2007-11-08T15:21:00.000+08:00

Been listening to the Eagles "I can't tell you why" on loop. Nothing like a bit of oldies to cure the soul. It baffles me why the bassist Timothy Shcmit didn't become the lead singer of the band when clearly he has the best vocals. I think he only did 2 numbers; the ever famous "Love will keep us alive" and this number. Then again they did change their bassist 3 times before settling to Timothy. I suppose Don Healy's voice still suits most of their numbers.

It scares me sometimes how artist's have the most brilliant of ideas to twist and turn some of these classic tunes into their own creations. Make no mistake some of it is alright, most of it's just really bellow par, and some nay most should just be left alone. For example, Scissor Sister's rendition of Comfortably Numb originally by Pink Floyd. Horrid. How can you turn a bloody slow rock song about a person's struggle with self grief and turmoil to a bloody disco song? Then there's the genius of them all Marilyn Manson. He reckons as long as you put heavy guitars and really loud bass and some double pedals to any song its good. I think musical originality is really going down the drain. Everything just sounds the same. And in a desperate attempt they try and change an already good song.

Ah well, I suppose as long as it pleases the ear. Thats good old American driven capitalism in action in music. Maybe we should all just play a riff and sell it to Sony BMG and earn some money. And maybe we could all make our own Ping Pong song like Operator Please. You tube is up, and HOPEFULLY you'll find that its the MOST meaningless song possibly in the entire world. I quote, "It's a song about ping pongs".....

I give up. And it won an ARIA which is like a Grammy in Australia. I suppose songs just aren't what they used to be eh. We should all return to the times of Bach or Chopin where music is just notes. It was good enough then maybe its still good now.

Well, thats that I suppose. Thats my 2 cents for you in short. Agree, or not, up to you. Shit, now I'm feeling guilty, I think I'll do some chemistry.....

Que sabes tu de amor??

2007-11-04T18:26:00.000+08:00

I think I'll cook some char kuew teow when the sodding exams done with. I figured I might dabble in a bit of Chinese cooking, a sorta tribute to our heritage if you will. I want to make a seriously mean har mien. Since we're gonna be moving to the bloody suburbs with a smoke house which incidentally is used for smoking salmon like what the Norse do up in the...north, in which I don't understand why we have in the first place since we (being primarily Chinese) like our fish..well...cooked...not smoked, which is rather ironic cause we have a smoke house now in my supposedly new house. Have I mentioned we have a smoke house?? It baffles me sometimes how mysteriously my parents work. I still have no idea why they bought a house which incidentally is bigger than the one we have in Ampang for 3 people, 2 considering my father doesn't like travelling out of his couch much, in Bundoora which is an hour away from town. At least we'll have a proper stove and a barbecue set, I think.....barbe at my place anyone??

I've sorta grown accustomed to my "pent house suite" as my aunt so elegantly pointed out. Its close to everything that has to be close has to be. I admit its no luxury suite; despite my aunt's pun-unlike Aiman's modern-esque place, but its good. I mean its 10 minutes away from town, 15 minutes away from an entire street's worth of pubs, 10 minutes to McD's and Pizza Hut and about 20 minutes away from shopping mecca, not like I shop, but thats besides the point.

Ah well, c'est la vie eh. We've all gotta move sometime. I figured that if any of you guys from Malaysia where thinking of coming here you'd prolly get a place somewhere in town and I could bunk at your place from Monday till Friday then go back home on Saturday and Sunday. I promise I'll be clean!! Meh....then again I don't think that'd really work. Considering my mum would prolly never let me move out seeing as we just got a house, that would mean I'd have to come up with legitimate excuses every week which though, conceivably possible is just practically a nightmare.

Got Specialist Math tomorrow. I somehow think I should be studying instead of blogging or watching movie's which to be honest is all I've been doing these past few days. There's something systemically wrong with me I think. Happened in SPM too. Weird. Well, back to studying I guess. Looking forward to the end of this so I can watch my movie's in peace instead of thinking of what I SHOULD be doing instead. Till then......

P.S. Anyone wanna watch the Phantom of the Opera?? Its on till the 20th of Jan but I'll be leaving on the 26 of Dec so.....meh...I doubt anyone reads my blog anymore seeing as the last tag I got was from some gay ass guy who thinks he's in love with Justin but is not and who thinks he's Jason but isn't. Weird. O.o

P.P.S I think I might have that barbecue come to think about it. I mean, it is summer....

The unnecessary melancholy

2007-10-28T20:21:00.000+08:00

School's out. I have exams.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;

For her th' unfading rose of Eden blooms,
And wings of seraphs shed divine perfumes,
For her the Spouse prepares the bridal ring,
For her white virgins hymeneals sing,
To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away,
And melts in visions of eternal day.

extracts from "Eloisa to Abelard"
-Alexander Pope-

IS GOD DEMOCRATIC??

2007-10-02T23:05:00.000+08:00

Very interesting question no? Honestly, I think God isn't democratic. He's more like a figure of all things good. He preaches, no doubt through his countless supposed prophets of the good will of humanity and how to lead a good and sin free life, which no doubt serves as a good platform for which to build our social and moral understanding, but to go as far as to say he is democratic I don't know. But then again what is democracy right? Freedom to choose, freedom of speech, etc. etc. But I pray do not let your pre-assumptions get the better of your judgment. Having said that this is an individual opinion.

I've been watching a programme of late entitled "Why Democracy?". Its a 10 part series encompassing the various views on democracy and what it means to live in a democratic nation. I must say its very interesting. I find its easy for us to criticise since we're privileged enough to live where we are, but the programme just opens the eye a tad. Too bad they don't air in Malaysia, though they might in the Discovery Channel.

On another note, I am going to fall ill. I can feel it. The signs are very ominous for me. I injured my back for one, so now I can't really move it much and I have diarrhea. Yippy kayyay eh. Anyway if you're interested there's a website about the programme and it has a forum which is where I got the question from, I suggest you go, just for the sake of it. Neways thats that from me, till next time....

p.s. Suggestions and comments regarding the matter are welcomed just don't go calling me an arsehole or an idiot because you feel otherwise about the matter.

Update??

2007-09-22T14:06:00.000+08:00

Time for an update me thinks. Really there's nothing much to update about. Its pretty much all about studying from now on really. So basically, the only update really is that I'm studying. Hey at least its an update, of some sort anyway. So really thats it. I'll write something more...interesting I guess a little later on.

Just a few things before I go:

Watching Soul Plane now, the one where Snoop Dogg's the pilot, it makes ABSOLUTELY no sense but its funny as hell!!
Winning 11 is a very addictive game especially when one is tired of studying. It happens to piss the living shit outta me too sometimes.
If you are fond of tunes from retro bands like the Cure, Blondie, or even Blink 182, try listening to Superbus. But they're French so, naturally they're songs are in French but the tunes really addictive.

Tchi-cum-bah by Superbus, check it out. Its not for everyone, especially if you're really into those sentimental love songs, but I say its good. XD

Neways thats bout it from me, so till next time...

Love is in the air...

2007-09-16T16:30:00.000+08:00

So is the rain lately. Thats not saying much to be honest. Not when you come from the land of perpetual rain. And god knows this country desperately needs some. But more interestingly so is love apparently, and the exams obviously, which makes it all seem very ironic. I figured it has something to do with the weather. Boy the rain must really get them in the mood, the mood for love. But its not only the rain or the blissfully mild weather(almost..minus the rain of course) but somehow or rather this love thing is directly related to exams. Theory is that as the exams approach, more and more couples pop up. I don't know if that holds true regardless but it seems to be the trend. Heck if you drew a graph it'd probably look something like a normal probability distribution graph, with the mean being spring and what not. Conclusion: The irony..too resounding...or I may just be loosing my mind. Either way food for thought.

Exams are coming up, the trials are now. I still have 4 SAC's, nay 5. 3 for chemistry, and we haven't finished the syllabus yet. Maths and chem tomorrow. Then physics and maths again on Wednesday. Then what else but math again on Friday. At least it was better than the 20 odd papers we had to sit for SPM. Alas! That is that. Complaining never really fixed anything. At least after all this I'll have a decent break after this before the big mama. So back to studying, hopefully or Winning 11 either way, thats it from me. Till next time...

P.S. Foo Fighthers are coming...YES!!

Recap

2007-09-09T16:21:00.000+08:00

In the last few weeks...

1. Miss South Carolina is officially the stupidest Miss Teen in America.

Somehow, she managed to link America to maps and Africa and lack of education. Wow...

2. The rugby world cup has started and Australia trashed Japan...91-3.

Don't that just make you feel so proud to be an Asian.

3. The APEC summit is being held in Sydney.

Nearly 3000 Australians protested near Sydney Harbor.

4. Luciano Pavarotti has passed away. The great maestro passed away at the grand age of 71 after long time battle with pancreatic cancer leaving behind a great legacy.

5. Justine Henin no Hardene cause she's divorced has won the US Women's Open. Besides that, she also pocketed herself 1.6 million US dollars.

Not too shabby eh.

Finally... I have 5 more SAC's a trial this coming week and a half and exams in about a month and a half. Joy...

Life according to....

2007-08-27T15:19:00.000+08:00

Imagine for one second, that everyone talked hokglish ( hokien and english). Life'd be pretty damn funny. It'd be like Pua Chu Kang in high definition. Actually worst..

Hypothetical scenario 1:
A friend spots a girl that is quite pretty walking on the street. He calls out to you, "Oi! Ci bai! That ca bo quite chooi leh!"
You turn your head and concur, therefore you say, "Diao! Right la brother! She damn si bei nap! But the ca bo heng next to her ka na sai man!!"
Your friend agrees and you walk away.

Hypothetical scenario 2:
You walk on the street, a car comes within inches of knocking your socks off. You feel unsatisfied. So you shout, "Eh diao you la ci bai!!! Ka ni na!! Who taught you to drive one??!! Your lau bu ah??!! No wonder your driving ka na sai only la!! I call mata then only you know ah ci bai!!"
The guy looks baffled. You walk away with one last cry of CI BAI!!!!

Hypothetical scenario 3:
You want to go to the toilet. But your friends are curious. They want to follow you and know where your going. So you say:
"Why so kae po wan you?? I pang jioo you also want to follow? For what jiak pa bo seh cho is it??"

If your laughing than I rest my case, if your confused, I'll unconfuse you with a little tutorial later, if you just think this post is weird and stupid and won't come visit my blog again, ah well...its better than those filler posts eh.

Tutorial:
ci bai:not very nice way of calling a person
ca bo:girl
ca bo heng:technically its like calling a girl Ms. Girl..so basically just girl.
chooi (pronouced-chi ooooo):pretty
diao:its not hokien technically..but we still use it...its basically fuck.
si bei nep (pronounced-sii bey nep):its like calling a girl...er...very hot in a not very nice way.
ka na sai:just like shit...literally.
ka ni na:not a very nice word to say also.
mata:police.
kae po (pronounced-kaee po):busy body.
pang jiooo (pronounced-pang jii ooooo):piss.
jiak pa bo see cho:eat full full then nothing to do...basically it means nothing better to do.
lau bu:mother

Disclaimer:
The author wishes to add that the scenario's are extremely hypothetical and as such the reaction of each individual would differ accordingly. The author would also like to stress that not all hokiens curse as such and not all hokiens would result in shouting ci bai at the top of their lungs when confronted with such a situation. The author would like to appologise for any stereotyping of hokiens and subsequently would not like any hate comments from any hokiens. The author would like to stress that the purpose of this post is solely to entertain and not to discriminate and would like to also mention that he is a teochew/hokien and is proud to be one.

"Tiada noktah dalam cinta"

2007-08-14T20:10:00.000+08:00

Read that off some blog quite sometime ago. I like that phrase. It says a lot of things without saying much. It gives us hope. Never ending hope. Hope that one day we'll all fall in love. It says that there's no stopping love, that love is continuous, constantly present. Hope, that among all the fog, its all good. There's no full-stop in love. Sounds better in Malay to be honest.

On a lighter note, my SAC's seem to have been on hiatus. I guess it got sick of looking at our faces, rather, the teachers got tired of marking our papers. Alas! My joys are short lived! As I've got 2 next week! A 3 day long ESL one and a Physics SAC. Well, at least my preference planning for uni is done, sort off. Still have to do McQuarrie Institute, but thats for another day. Then there's the UCAS thingo, thanks Beve by the way for the enlightenment, but still gotta be enlightened a little bit more.

Nothing much happens from now on. As I have said before, will be blogging on and off. Nothing really good to blog about. Its still extremely imperative to eat ginger porridge when you're sick AND living alone, simply because its the simplest thing to make, especially when your sick. I disregard chicken soup, cause its an old wives tale, it don't work, but ginger porridge...now thats something I swear by.

Anyway, I will try posting some pictures on Melbourne+winter as soon as I go round taking some pictures. So till then...

It takes 2 to tango...or does it?

2007-08-12T19:51:00.000+08:00

Its absolutely imperative to eat ginger porridge when you are sick.

In lighter news, Samantha is here and so is Richmond. This sudden influx of people is slightly alarming and rather amusing to be honest. Particularly because this, of all time, would be the worst time to drop by Melbourne. Simply because its cold and raining. Hence the particularly bad health. Typically they came to wonder upon the great state of Asian people outside of Asia. Take in the sights and sounds of the city. Visit people, the whole shenanigan. I just wonder if they've got school.

Other than that nothing much is happening. The term is getting very busy. Tonnes of SAC's, a few more tests, lots of application stuff for uni and what not.

Nothing much to say, lots of stuff to do. So I guess we'll leave it there for now. By the way, whats the UCAS deadline? Or is registration already closed? o.O

You know, last year, there were 671 applications for the Bachelor of Commerce in LSE....only 51 were accepted....O.O No pressure eh.

What people do in prison.

2007-08-04T17:02:00.001+08:00

Check it out!! Remake of the MV for Thriller by MJ from some prison inmates..damn funny man!!

Give me a tune, and I'll sing you a song

2007-08-01T20:43:00.000+08:00

3 SAC's + 1 test + band practice = very tiring

Math is killing me. I will die seeing numbers o.O

Consider this a temporary post. Partially cause there's nothing to blog about. So till I find something substantial to blog about, I'm on hiatus. Plus the work, SAC's, and tests are taking its toll on me. 3 and a half more months to go till VCE. Mid term results come out next week O.O. Formal is on Friday. I am now going to sleep.

So hum hallelujah,
Just off the key of reason,
I thought I love you,
Was just how you looked in the light,
A teenage vow in the parking lot,
Till tonight do us part,
I sing the blues and swallow them too.

Hum Hallelujah
-Fall Out Boy-

Birthday wishes

2007-07-27T20:39:00.000+08:00

I turned 18 today.

People wished me...naturally

Some forgot....naturally

Most didn't know....no worries

BUT

In the end..it turned out alright.

So to those who didn't know..now you know XD

To those forgot, no grudges mates...but you owe me one.

To those who bothered...my sincerest thanks and many great wishes in return.

And just for the sake of it...cause I know Beve wants to read this....yes...you were the first XD

Chaos in the Terminal

2007-07-16T17:24:00.000+08:00

A storm in a teacup. Imagine that happening in KLIA. Lots of distraught students left stranded, not knowing what to do, lots of very angry parents, yelling and screaming, a few lost MAS staff members, and a very very long waiting line. KLIA in a nutshell. Or should I say, chaos..in a nutshell.

Apparently MAS decided to change their reservation systems. I suppose I understand the need for change, but what I can't understand is HOW the system screwed up so bad. I mean, we live in the age of information and technology, through trial and error shouldn't we have been able to MINIMIZE mistakes. Its fine if there's a long line leading into the check-in counter, but over-bookings? So much so that people have to be moved from flights? Even if you've booked your flight months ago, a CONFIRMED ticket. I think its absurd. World class airliner...sure...right...

Well, at least we were compensated. And my mum says that money goes into my birthday account. So basically I got 1,200 ringgit to spend. Its not so bad if you look at it that way, but beyond the compensation, I'm disappointed. Its sad to see Malaysia as it is now. No wonder everyone's going away. Its become a place for mamak and forgotten memories more than anything. Its like the banner on the Star Sports when we got trashed 5-0:

"World class facility,
Thrid rate management."

I'd like nothing more than to see our country flourish. But I just don't see it. I quote one of the parents I overheard in the airport,"Just when we were on the brink of real kemajuan this happens, like going back to 3rd world country again."

And we're left wondering who's to blame. Sad stuff it is, and stick around, its getting worst. The irony is too resounding. I guess only the future holds the truth....maybe.

p.s. I'm looking for a digital SLR camera, something not too high tech and expensive like Nikon, but good enough..suggestions?

Which came first? The music or the misery?

2007-07-03T20:50:00.000+08:00

Boredom can kill they say.

In the last 5 days I've:

eaten a total of 5 times.
jumped from house to house like a homeless beggar.
watched approximately 14 hours of TV..a day.
dozed off 6 times in front of the TV.
stoned.

What I should be doing is:

finishing my homework BEFORE I go back..not after.
buy all the stuff I was asked to buy.
clean my apartment.
pack!!
PACK!!!

And surprisingly, my laziness has some what paid off. I'm losing weight now. Not exactly the way I envisioned loosing weight, but I am losing weight. Funny how things work out eh. Ironic how something so unhealthy can be so....healthy. Its like finding out that eating char kuew teow and murtabak is good for your health. Although I suspect my losing weight has something to do with me eating one meal a day.

On another note. I've realised that tennis chicks have seriously ripped biceps.

Jelena Jankovic.

Damn I wouldn't want to arm wrestle her. And another one.

Serena Williams

This woman EVERYTHING also big. From gia bok(kaboos..er...behind) to her fashion statement. But of course, I still respect them. Tennis ain't easy and playing in the big field even harder.

Neways, thats bout it really. I've squeezed out what seemingly little juice I have left in my brain in this excuse of a post. 2 days to go....

What a week, eh?

2007-06-29T11:30:00.001+08:00

Man what a week!!

Paris Hilton gets out of jail and vows not to be a "dumb blond" anymore, *puft* yeah right...

My favorite all time wrestler and long time wrestling idol Chris Benoit committed suicide

And finally to top it off Spice Girls are back together??!!! WHAT THE??!!!

Damn. You'd think that off all people Victoria Beckham would give it a rest considering she's married to the MOST overrated and MOST overpaid footballer in the recent century. But NOOO!!! *sigh* I think I'ma stop before I start getting hate tags from Spice Girls fan who, might I add, are something else themselves.

On another note. TRANSFORMERS WAS AWESOME!!! Bloody hell man!! I could literally hear people going *HUH!!* *OHHH!!* The graphics alone are something else. Its ground breaking CGI I tell you. Freaking awesome. Shall say nothing else in fear of getting raped by movie buffs who haven't seen the movie. But I must say, if you don't really follow Transformers the animated one closely or have a rough sense of it, the storyline is a bit retarded, but none the less, awesome.
Anywho, 6 days and counting I guess.

Untitled

2007-06-26T20:35:00.000+08:00

Its getting gloomier in Melbourne. Very nostalgic now. The skies are getting grayer. The days getting shorter.

The holidays are coming. And going back seems more and more of a mistake. The past can haunt you they say. And I've gotten to used to the present. They say the past is like a silk cloth that wraps around you. It feels so good to be a part of it, until you realise how tight you've been wounded up in.

I dwell in the past too much really. But sometimes, the past's all we got. When we get lonely, we look back to the people we trusted and once held dear to us, which sometimes we still do. Its a source of comfort. Much like comfort food. Damn that char kuey teow would really taste good right bout now.

But I suppose the past does disappoint sometimes. The shoulda, woulda's and coulda's. Again, I dwell in the past too much. But people move on. And the world moves forward, even if you stay in the past. And thats the scary part really. You leave a place thinking that nothing will change, and that everything will stay the same, not realising it does. Then you come back for a rude awakening. The world changes, so do people eh. In away thats what I'm afraid of. But its inevitable.

But the facts still remain. I'm still getting on that plane. Sometimes I wish I could get on another plane. Just any plane. Anywhere. Would be fine. Then again, maybe not.

Is it worth it can you even hear me
Standing with your spotlight on me
Not enough to feed the hungry
I'm tired and I felt it for awhile now
In this sea of lonely
The taste of ink is getting old
It's four o' clock in the fucking morning
Each day gets more and more like the last day
Still I can see it coming
While I'm standing in the river drowning
This could be my chance to break out
This could be my chance to say goodbye
At last it's finally over
Couldn't take this town much longer
Being half dead wasn't what I planned to be
Now I'm ready to be free
-The Taste of Ink-
The Used

I some how think I did write something on the past a couple of posts past, not too long ago really. And I definitely recommend the song if you dig stuff like Papa Roch or FOB.

2007-06-25T20:10:00.000+08:00

Hurt-Johnny Cash

Of kacangs and peanuts

2007-06-19T19:34:00.000+08:00

I have nothing to blog about.

Its funny, cause last week, I had plenty to blog about. But not anymore. They don't excite me anymore. They don't tickle my fancy no more. Its interesting how we loose interest in things. Its like when we were kids, we just wanted that Ultraman toy.

Hah...not anymore we don't. At least most of us don't.

Then for some stuff, the fire's rekindled. Kinda like the Transformers, make a million dollar movie, a couple of cool adds later, and *POOF* suddenly its the talk of the town. Although corporate capitalism might have been involved in that plot, you gotta say, its got people talking again. I'm sure Freud might have something to say bout that. The quirks of the mind they call it.

Something I thought I'd just put in. Don't that just wanna make you laugh...no?? No you say eh..then take this.

Damn I love family guy..

In the dead of the night...

2007-06-15T20:07:00.000+08:00

If you stay up late enough...

you might just see this.

Mist.
Rain but not quite.
Can't help but wonder.
Does God have urinary track problems?
Or was he just feeling....misty?
o.O

WHY....

2007-06-09T16:29:00.000+08:00

isit that when a trus is under tension the force acting on a particular point is opposite to the direction of force acting within the trus?

Why isit that I don't know why the force act in the opposite direction?

Why isit colder in the morning than it is at night when the sun comes out in the morning?

Why did The Carpenters ever care if the birds appeared when you(whoever it is) are near?

Why isit when we dilute a solution of alcohol the number of moles of the diluted solution is the same as the original amount of moles contained in the alcohol?

Why do we wake up in the morning sometimes and feel like it's just not worth it?

Why isit easier to say "yes" than it is "no"?

Why is everyone so facinated that Paris Hilton is going to jail when she clearly deserves it?

Why does the KFC chicken in Malaysia tastier than the KFC in Australia?

Why isit called Hungry Jacks in Australia and Burger King everywhere else?

Why does it have to be Jack and not Jill?

Why do I have more acquaintances than I do friends?

Why did the chicken cross the road? Seriously?

Damn queen!!

2007-06-04T18:01:00.000+08:00

I have nothing to do. I'm tired of studying. Not that I've been doing much of that anyway. Next weeks the exam. And there has to be a holiday before the exam. The Queen just HAD to be born the day before the exam. Why does the stupid queen HAVE to be born the day BEFORE the exam? WHAT are we doing even GIVING A SHIT when the QUEEN is FREAKING BORN? Of what significance is that to us? Seriously, she's in freaking Britain not Australia. Its just stalling. I hate stalling. Makes us worry unnecessarily.

Damn commenwealth country.

Its one of these pointless holidays. Like the Sultan's birthday. Honestly do we even give a crap? Its just an excuse for whatever reasons one might need a reason for.

And my college is just being a bitch about it, if it were at all possible to call a building a bitch. I suppose if we refered the "college" as the organisation or essentially the people running it, then the term bitch would be, somewhat possible. I have 2 SAC's 4 FREAKING days before the exam. Where's the sense of decency I say! Have they no feelings! Soulless byproducts of social capitalism.

The only upside is I have 12 GB of space. One does tend to wonder what one would do with 12 GB of space. Intriguing question no? I still don't know the answer. I suppose movies would be the answer. I just downloaded Shrek 3 a week before its due. Retribution?!?!

Maybe.

I suppose I'm just bitter after all.

Time

2007-06-02T19:36:00.000+08:00

What would happen if the world stopped?

I know that if the world stopped we'd be lighter, marginally, 2 Newtons lighter to be exact. Seeing as thats 0.2 kg don't make much of a difference. But say it did stop. What would happen? One side of the earth'd be baking all the time and the other'd be freezing all the time.But would time freeze? Be cool if it did eh.

Its a common misconception. We know it won't stop but we wish it could. So we question ourselves sometimes, so we say, "Hey! You know what? Maybe it does stop!". Its like if the world spun the other way round, right to left instead of left to right. Maybe it'd turn back time. Kinda like the old Superman movie, where Louis dies and Superman spins the world the other way round to turn back time and save Louis.

Truth is we humans are a greedy bunch. We want everything. We think we can get everything. Heck we think we're entitled to everything. Life, time, space, and everything that comes with it. And when we do get everything, we want more. Its like what Steinbeck once wrote, the more we want, the more we dream, the more we dream, the more we want. I guess thats that, its human nature, beating it would be pointless, changing it would be impossible.

Stopping time's just an elaborate part of it. Its an urge. Our urge to control everything. We don't have too, we just want too. For whatever reasons. For now its a hoax. A believeable one, if you're willing to believe, and who knows, maybe one day, in the not too distant future, but for know, its just a dream.

Drive a car, crash it on a tree

2007-05-30T20:51:00.000+08:00

Ever wonder why we talk to ourselves? Intriguing isn't it. We all talk to ourselves. Some more often then others I must admit but the fact is we do. And truth be told, most of us accept the fact that we talk to ourselves without having to know why. But why? Why do we feel the urge to talk to ourselves sometimes? Why do we feel the urge to shout? Why do we feel the urge to suddenly want to get up and sing or dance? Maybe we're just lonely sometimes, and we just need to talk, not to anyone, just talk. Maybe we need to destress sometimes. Maybe its neither of those or maybe its both. Or maybe we're just crazy.

Neways there's nothing much happening here. Exams the word around town nowadays. Its not too bad really. Its annoying. Cause you got the exams then you got all these other little things that have absolutely nothing to do with the exams. Annoys the living shit outta me sometimes. Exams are in a couple of weeks then freedom for a while, so it seems. Actually, going back to KL don't seem to be such a great idea now. Ah well.

Honestly, I think sometimes, we're all a little crazy. Sometimes insanity is the only form of sanity around. Till next time...

Autumn sky

2007-05-25T23:37:00.000+08:00

I like the autumn sky. Very blue. Its like the heavens opened up for a few months then go back to a hiatus for another couple months. Its funny though. Cause I've been around for sometime and I've never really noticed how pretty it is. Espesciallly when the sun sets on the west under the clear autumn sky. Breath taking. A hint of orange covered by the vast of the dark. Almost unnoticable but not quite yet. And the silhouette of the autumn trees, leafless in the background. Beautifull. Its like the heavens are mocking us sometimes. The gods scorn at us, mocking us for our mortality, showing off the vastness of their power. Knowing not that it's this flaw which makes us appreciate things to a greater extent. Thats why the wine tastes sweeter and the food that much better and life just that much more breath taking.

Nothing much has happened really, my trials we're potentially dreadfull, but they weren't. And to be honest life kinda feels like a stand still really. The days pass without much purpose into it. Its just counting down the days hour by hour. Waiting for the inevitable Dooms day which is coming to me face on at a rather alarming rate. The blue sky's really taking its toll on me. Its so soothing. It makes me lazy. Hardly want to do anything nowadays. I'm even too lazy to type further honestly. I wish that was how it was sometimes. Just sit and watch. And laze around under the afternoon sky. That would indeed be ideal. Unfortunately life does go on. So it seems. And I must move along as well. So till next time...

Btw, I didn't take that picture, just got it off somewhere in the net, pictures I took don't do it justice.

2007-05-24T15:12:00.000+08:00

Damn.

Liverpool lost.

I've got nothing else to say.

pretty much sums up the night really

Ah well the hopefull remain hopefull so don't get too used to the cup my dear friends for we shall meet again in the cool of the night with the roar of the faithfull!!

Lunch...

2007-05-22T14:20:00.000+08:00

OMBFG!!!! I AM FREAKING STUFFED!!!!! O.O

I eat alot, I admit, I mean when I say I eat a lot, I mean I can its not like I go stuffing myself with food all the time but if you've been around me long enough then one can tell that I eat alot, just look at my size, no secrets how it got there. But today, wow, today was special. Today I ate A LOT!! And I know how much you eat is very subjective but believe me, when I say alot, its alot. Its like when you go to those really cheap buffets that happend prolly like once a year and the food meh...not really the best but who cares, cause you're hardup on getting your moneys worth. Oh yeah!!! Today was one of those days.

Today was my physics trial and we finished at I think 1.30-ish so what to do. LUNCH!! So 3 of us set off to eat at Pizza Hut. Normally I'm not a big fan but its 10 bucks all you can eat and BELIVE me we ate all we could eat. I went there with prolly like meh, ok all you can eat so what. Damn we ate. We just kept pilling up the food and ate and ate and then ate somemore. Geez we had so much food I think the workers at Pizza Hut got a bit scared of us. Its no wonder everyone who comes here puts on weight. You become so hardup that the buffets only 10 bucks and you're sooo detemined to eat ALL YOU CAN!!! And to tell ya the truth the food..not so great but who cares. Its like your on adrenaline rush so it don't really matter what it tastes like.

I was so stuffed I could hardly walk after I was done. Had to walk around before I headed back home. Damn I'm stuffed. This is prolly my lunch, dinner and breakfast. No...I'll prolly eat again in dinner XD. Ah well, I'll just let the pictures do the talking.

My makan kakies.

I kinda forgot the before shot =S but here's after 2 rounds XD

The ice-cream mmmm...

More ice-cream..

and..more ice-cream

Ye Ye Man U Kalah!!!

2007-05-20T17:34:00.000+08:00

Last night was the most boring FA Cup final period. The first 45 mins were practically shit, the second half was remotely better and extra time was when they really started playing football. Geez talk bout leaving it late. As for Man U fans, =)))) what can I say...Honestly, I thought Man U were going to win coming into the match, but when i saw them play, its sad. But Chelsea were bloody lucky I must say. First the Rooney miss which was practically a sitting duck, then the missed goal by Giggs, which I consider to be a sitting duck as well then Drogba's last last last minute goal. Well well, I suppose there is a greater force which restores order to the universe.

Anyways its cold and I've got exams next week. So begins Hell Week 2 >.< Whats more Liverpool's playing AC Milan next week. I guess it'll just have to wait, just like my guitar, books, and pretty much everything else. I just spent 4 hours doing ESL SAC and its still not done. *sigh* Gonna do a bit of math after this and then prolly some Chem or Phys depending on what I feel like. Suppose the more substantial post'll have to wait. Just really wanted to say Man U lost really XD.

Soooooo...till next time

Of exams and....

2007-05-18T14:13:00.000+08:00

CI BAI!!!

Believe it or not that was the FIRST thing I heard when I stepped outta the elevator this morning. Interesting eh. Aparently someone found out that they had a SAC on that day and didn't know about it. Wonder how his day went? Neways Hell Week 1 is over, and so begins Hell Week 2, Physics and Chemistry trials next week and ESL SAC. Damn, we don't get no break I'll tell you that. Whats more, my physics teacher has been absent from class for the past 3 days, 3 DAYS!!! Normally I don't give a shit, but trials are next week!!! AND she hasn't even covered the syllabus, in the wise words of my good friend Shaun, "Fuck....." AND my physics trials are also to be a SAC ,"Double fuck...." I should really stop cursing. AND my chemistry syllabus also isn't covered fully, you get the idea.

Neways I've realised that I've been complaining alot lately, okay, I've pretty much just been complaining, rightfully so mind you, but I figured this post deserves a real good post. I owe it to my fans who seem to be diminishing. Lets talk about...I'm lost, I don't have anything to talk about. Meh, my brains slowly turning to mush. Ah well, my 20 minutes of fame are up, I've gotta go back to studying, so I suppose I'll blog about something more substantial next time.

In the words of one very wise person,
Stay cool as honey and sweet as ice.

Till next time...

p.s. TAG DAMN IT!!!!! TAG!!!!

Condemned

2007-05-14T19:29:00.000+08:00

Ever felt like you were doomed? Not the sudden panic you get when you've forgotten
something, nothing like that, rather the realisation that you're just utterly doomed, period, nothing you can do about it. And you just count the seconds, unwilling but all knowing. Its like the calm before the storm, you wait, hoping, for the best but undoubtedly knowing the inevitable fact that must nay will happen. Hope is vain. How misleading the calm is, toying with us. Sucks eh.

Rough week this one, 3 SAC's 3 tests. Tiring. I think I'ma go back to studying, I was gonna blog about Cirque du Soleil, maybe next time.

Mean while.

-a picture of a child dying during the holocaust in WW2.-

O cruel world,

I ask thee but one question,

Why me?

Change?

2007-05-11T20:17:00.000+08:00

I figured it was time, too many people've complained bout the blog and how they can't read it, well, I hope your happy now. Then again maybe its cause I wanted a change. Meh..don't know.

Neways it's been another hell of a week, had 3 tests in the span of 2 days then 6 more next week. It's safe to say this is literally killing me. Stupid SAC's. *sigh* Neways i pretty much screwed up my math methods SAC, thanks to me. Two STUPID question which were STUPIDLY EASY and I left them blank. BLANK!!! WHAT THE F&*K WAS I THINKING!!???!!!

It's a miricle I'm alive, you think SPM's stress, hah..SPM's a bloody BREAZE, THIS is stress, tests every week, SAC's every fortnight. Miraculously, I still have time to blog and change my blog skin..=S.

Neways I've got nothing much to say, TAG!!! My new tag board is too empty.

3 tests next week and 3 SAC's next week, mocks in 2 weeks!!....and....MID TERMS MONTH!!! ARGH!!!! HELP!!!!!! NO!!!! SHIT!!!!!! F&*()*()(&)^!!!!!!!

p.s. i'm hopping on a plane and getting my ass back to Malaysia on the 5th of July

2007-05-07T16:16:00.000+08:00

Boston by Augustana

2007-05-04T17:05:00.000+08:00

SHIT!!!!
MOCKS!!!
ARE!!!!
IN!!!!
TWO WEEEEKKKKKSSSSS!!!!!!!

fuck...
fuck.....
FUCK!!!!
and we are no where NEAR the end of the sylabus!!
FUCK!!!!

OMFGWTF!!!

On a lighter note,
i'm currently reading 1984 by George Orwell,
pretty good stuff,
very political,
right up my alley,
i've been facinated with old stuff lately,
not old la...vintage,
Frank Sinatra to Nat King Cole,
stuff from Nirvana to The Police,
Tenneson, Poe, Hemingway, Orwell, Well's,
good stuff,
contemporary stuff,
its funny how i make time for all this,
and not for my.....

MOCKS!!!!

ARGH!!!!

"Untill they become concious they will never rebel, and untill after they have rebelled they cannot become concious"

- Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell-

p.s. forgive my cursing

2007-04-25T23:59:00.000+08:00

*sigh*
damn tired now,
just finished my stuff,
wtached episodes 1-4 of One Tree Hill season 4,
still love it,
so much drama,
finished math,
finished studying physics,
yet,
i've still gotta study more,
shit,
mocks are in a month,
exams in a month and a half,
shit shit shit!!

Neways today was a holiday,
ANZAC day,
an excuse not to go too school,
neways,
bloody tired,
i think i need more sleep,
i think i think too much.

Ah well,
c'est la vie,
i wonder though,
sometimes,
does she know?
eventhough i never said anything,
does she know?
i guess we'll never know.

2007-04-21T13:40:00.000+08:00

Its raining,
its cold,
and i ain't cozy.

Meh,
i'm so stoned,
sooo stoned,
i still want murtabak,
damn it...why does murtabak have to taste so damn good....
all this talk about mamak food had me conspiring,
we should open a mamak stall here in australia,
if you think about it right,
a roti canai here costs like what...5 dollars or something like that,
with a mamak stall right,
it'd be like 80 cents,
now i don't know bout you but 80 cents sounds a whole lot cheaper than 5 bucks,
besides,
mamak food always taste better,
casue they got the "extra" ingredients,
the stuf that you don't wanna know about but makes food taste a hell lot better,
think about it,
we'd be freaking millionaire's...nay....we'd be BILLIONAIRE'S,
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
besides,
who could resist a roti canai and a kopi o.

Heard bout the Virginia Tech kids,

sad,

32 people dead,

it really goes to show don't it,

worst in American history,

worst than Columbine,

my heart goes out to the family of those who died senselessly,

it really is shocking,

i mean,

we hear bout it,

but i'd never for the life of me think that something like this could happen,

makes you wonder don't it,

what makes people do these kinda things,

and whats important in life.

mmmm...roti canai....mmmm XD

home...sick??

2007-04-18T17:12:00.000+08:00

meh...i detest...

i'm a bit...bleh....

you know,

you can't help wonder sometimes,

what if i stayed?

what if i just stayed?

would i be happier?

more fun?

better times,

or would i have missed out?

at this stage i'm not sure what i'll miss out really,

comfort food's what i need,

if only i could....

Neways,

i've decided,

i'm going for a trip at the end of the year,

and yes beverly,

i will visit you,

i figured in december,

for bout 3 weeks would be good,

i've always wanted to see the kop and old trafford,

for the illiterate they're stadiums,

maybe watch a match,

that'd be nice,

but...thats still a long way...a loooong way....

I wanted to blog about my stupid medical check up at the stupid hospital,

but...maybe next time...

mean while,

incase you're wondering how sad i am,

no need to imagine,

i do you one better...

aparently there's still life in me XD

2007-04-14T16:25:00.000+08:00

Pretty eh,

abit melancholic,

a view outside my apartment.

My com is screwed,

just my luck,

3 days after i get net connection,

its screwed,

stupid shits,

neways,

ignoring my dumb arse luck,

i decided to hop on a tram and go down to the beach,

its more of a "not cause i want to, but just cause i can" kinda thing.

St Kilda...beach of mine..

OUCH!! =)

Kinda like what Eden would look like eh...

If you look hard enough...you MIGHT just see a rainbow =)

OI!!! What kind of cacat castle is this??

Oooo....Woooow...Weeeee...

Walking in straight lines....

St Kilda mall....er.....

An excuse of a sunset shot...

Dirty little dodge...XD

Catch the sun

Wedding car...sorry la..its not everyday you see a Rolls and a Jag side by side..

So thus ends my tour of St Kilda beach,
come visit me and i'd be more than happy to take you around XD,
so till next time...

P.S. damn alot of wedding la....its like easter 1 week then wedding the next

2007-04-11T18:19:00.000+08:00

Dude first off man Red Hot Chilli Peppers rule,
i don't give a shit what others say i just think they rule,
having said that,
i just saw them live,
HELL YEAH!!!!
well sorta,
it was a free thingo so Anthony Kidis i.e. lead singer wasn't there,
stillllll....it was cool.

So i was watching tv right,
so then they said RHCP are coming,
and i was...sweet...gotta see...
then the guy says infact they're in town,
INFACT they're playing NOW,
at first i went blank for a bit,
then suddenly...my arm didn't really hurt no more,
then i wasn't hungry no more,
took me 2 seconds to change and 20 minutes to get there.

I must say it wasn't really that good la,
i mean make no mistake these guys are great,
and John Fruciante was soloing the entire thing the whole way,
but without Anthony...a bit dull la,
atmosphere was cool though,
but meh,
its like a little teaser,
its like a trailer,
the kinda stuff you let people just taste,
just taste enough to come back,
and i must say...i'm sold.

Neways i just checked the prices for the cirque du soleil,

must say,

freaking cut throat man,
i mean $250 for the VIP,

$250!!!

cheapest is like $70 bucks i think,

still too expensive,

plus i don't think there's any concession prices,

tried checking for them,

*sigh*,

i don't know man,

ah well,

maybe i'll stick to the chilli peppers instead,

i would love to go though,

i saw Quidam on tv the other day...not bad,

i say...the way they get to those poses ah...no joke man.

So till next time,

The picture i took wasn't all that good thanks to my suprerb photographic abilities so its this one instead

2007-04-10T18:29:00.001+08:00

Ola mi amigo,

i'm back,
for good now,

after two months of procrastinating,

and one month of waiting,

i've finally,

FINALLY,

i finally have net connection,

just got the ADSL kit this morning,

installed and its all good so far ma brother,

neways this thing is pretty damn fast man,

i mean seriously,

SERIOUSLY,

its so fast that flashman would pee in his pants when he finds out how fast it is,

ok la...maybe not that fast la....but it's pretty fast.

Neways holidays now,

two weeks of solitary confinement,

not exactly la...damn i exaggerate too much,

but here's something,

i broke my arm,

in a rather embarassing way,

but the point is i broke my arm,

now my left arm feels retarded,

seriously,

i forget sometimes my arm is broken,

so i try doing stuff normally,

till my left arm suddenly hurts,

then i also suddenly rememeber,

sad la,

doc says 4 weeks...fair enough i guess,

i was hoping to play football and golf and all that but.....

Neways you guys back there have no idea what you guys are missing here man,

i mean autumn here is like you finding the holy grail in a very exaggerated way,

couple weeks ago fall out boy was here,

then sat was JOHN MAYER!!!!!!

then beyonce' meh can't quite spell it right...

gwen is coming,

cirque de solie is coming,

there's the comedy festival,

then there's the jazz festival,

james morrison,

i think pink floyd is coming,

the list just goes on and on la basically,

so suck ass malaysia!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA,

Basiclly...wait.....oh no...i shouldn't..but i must,

planet shakers,

i almost forgot,

planet shakers,

thats right maniacs...planet shakers,

and they're playing 2 blocks away from where i live,

litterally,

i mean...i walk down to get lunch..whoops...planet shakers,

i walk down for dinner....whoopdedoo..planet shakers again,

i swear they've been going on for weeks now and worst thing,

they're still playing (ailin's gonna kill me XD),

facinating isn't it,

to tell you the truth i got more things to worry about but i just thought people might want to now,

just to rub it in a liltle..=)

Neways thats bout it...

funny stuff eh..

2007-03-26T13:14:00.001+08:00

I'm going off the deep end,
i jest,
maybe i don't.

Neways i'm tired,
very,
i've just finished a hell week,
SAC's after SAC's after SAC's,
i assure you not funny,
this week is results week,
don't really want to talk about it,
take a hint eh,
life's no breeze eh.

Holidays next week,
but thats all pointless,
more studying i guess,
i hate those holidays where they give you back the results just before the hols,
evil bastards,
makes you so mournfull during the hols,
mah...
don't give a shit,
i'm still gonna camp out at aimans for a few days,
.....FOXTEL......

Neways went to the moomba festival,
meh,
nothing much really,
went to all the rides,
aiman belanja,
actually his parents la,
but all the same,
friends with benefits eh,
no mood to blog really,
more like an obligation if ya know what i mean.

Neways i got the wesleyan of the year shit thing,
so overated if you ask me,
my dad called me the other day,
he was all happy and all," eh(which is how he usually starts a convo) your vice principal called la"
i was like...SHIT!!!!FUCK!!!OMFG!!!! don't tell me i failed or something....
then he goes," you got the wesleyan of the year la..congratulations ah"
it took me a while,
then when it finally sunk in," oh..ok"
i feel i don't really deserve it,
i mean,
what did i do?
vice cap...oooo..big deal...
meh...must be the SAC's damn SAC's..should've stayed at home,
neways i got my testi and certified results the other day,
*sigh*
ever felt like you won't believe a word people say unless you see it for yourself,
you know,
kinda like UFO's and bigfoot,
yea,
the mail just made me a believer,
stupid bm.
I FUCKING HATE BM!!!! ARGH!!!

Neways i'll vamoos now,
i've got to get a hair cut,
then study for my another SAC,
FUCK!!!!!!!
just so ya know....

2007-03-16T14:14:00.000+08:00

FUCK SPM!!!!

Connectionless

2007-03-06T12:08:00.001+08:00

I got no net connection.
Period.
Not any more.
This sucks.
At least for the moment.
I think i'm being over dramatic.
Actually i am.
XD

Okay,
so my parents were here last week,
actually they left this afternoon,
actually they're prolly boarding the plane now,
so they checked out my place,
commented on how dirty the place was,
they brought cookies!!!XD mmm.....pineaple tarts.....o.o...
they bought me a rice cooker so i can cook rice......
they filled my fridge up,
oh,
they also took away my net connection.
jkohpo%7YT9JKLBJKB;K!!!!!!!!
......
apparently it was too slow (which it was)
and too expansive (which it is)
ever felt like your parents just had all the answers,
*darth vader like voice*Resistance is FUTILE*exit with darth vader laugh*
*sigh*
so i had my net connection for approximately 7 days,
i feel so used.....
neways i'll be getting ADSL so no worries,
haha...thats right baby,
take that Strymx,
faster more efficient and way cooler,
i mean Strymx...meh....soso..
but ADSL...haha...now thats a cool name XD
so i'll be back online pretty soon,
and btw...if you msg me in msn and noone answers thats prolly my dad back in KL,
so no hard feelings ya...its not like anyone msg's me in msn anyways...=(

So anyways i got myself a gitar,
woohoo!!!!
Washburn baby!!!
this one totally kicks the guitar in malaysia sitting in my living rooms ass!!
it looks sooo cool,
not really la actually,
but for the sake of it,
it looks sooo cool!!!!
i pestered my dad to get me one since he wouldn't carry mine in malaysia,
should've seen my mum,

Mum: How much is the guitar?
Me : Er...i don't know...300 plus lo i guess
Mum: WHAT!!?? 300 PLUS AH!!! YOU SIAO MEH, SO EXPANSIVE!!!
Me : Wah piang...good guitar what...washburn leh..
Mum: I don't care whether its washburn or wash your cha cheng(back side) its still expansive
Me: .........

Anyways i might be going back in july,
not in time for my birthday though,
but just as well,
i figured since its going to be so bloody cold here,
and its a holiday i figured meh...why not,
my dad's against it though,
but he's mellable.

I think thats bout it really for now,
so i'll talk to some of you,
any of you,
hopefully,
soon,
though noone reads my blog....its the saddening truth,
once my ADSL comes,
so busy at school,
bloody SAC's,
my mum forgot to take the chocolates from the fridge XD,
so till next time,
PLEASE TAG!!!!!!!
p.s. my mum just said to me to go slow on the chocs....XD

2007-02-26T22:46:00.000+08:00

Greetings from the land down under again but with a twist.....

i have net connection once again...FINALLY!!!!!!

geez...i tell you net here is so mafan to get,

i had to lie to get one,

so strict right,

in malaysia the stupid malau's say cannot cause got no line,

here the sakai's say cannot cause i not old enough,

ni a made..kaninia laubu la ci bai kia...

ok...

the important thing is i got net connection,

so i can chat and download again,

*sigh*

i hate the stupid plans here,

400 mb for a month and $84.90,

thats a lot of money ok,

somemore not broadband,

so i got to monitor how much i use,

so far i'm up to 50 mb......wtf??!!!

all i did was go visit blogs...

blogs also use 50 mb already....'-.-...

Neways autumn is coming,

which means brown leaves and loneliness,

a bit melodramatic eh,

i like the brown leaves,

something bout leaves turning brown,

i think its kinda sweet,

autumn also means that my parents are coming,

.................

they're coming this friday,

not excatly autumn la,

but close enough,

....nothing much to say bout them la really,

so lets juts leave it at that.

So i heard bout lynn and ming eh,

never met this ming guy but he seems like a nice guy,

so i suppose he's a real catch eh,

so i guess i bid you guys a good luck tough i'm pretty sure lynn'll never read this since somehow she never seems to read my blog,

or she does and just never tags or she does but doesn't want to tag cause.....i don't know why...

I guess thats bout it for now really,

i just realised there's a 3 hour difference,

no wonder noone's online,

neways...yea...so till next time..

p.s. ok...the blogskin is annoying, maybe i'll change

Michelle, my pal,

These are words that go together well,

My Michelle

-Michelle-

-the Beatles-

damn nostalgic la....

2007-02-21T11:17:00.001+08:00

Chinese new year was shit.
It was hot, it was dry and it was sooo balrdy boring.

I had lunch with ny aunt during cny,
to get there i had to meet my aunt in china town,
china town+cny=FUCKING PACKED!!!!!
It was so packed its not funny,
i tell you these aussie-chinese are..........!!!
i fell sad,
neways got to my aunts and had lunch there,
we had crab, a bit of lobster, some steam boat...
ok la, not that bad after all,
the food was good, i tell a lie..the food was FREAKING AWESOME!!!
but what do you expect coming from a family with 3 chefs and all happen to be there at the same time,
too many cooks don't spoil the soup...sometimes,
then the night before (i know a bit siao going backwars) i had dinner with my cousin in some restaurant in Franklin St somewhere in town,
ok la...not too bad but the sunday lunch was sooo much better,
mmmm....lobster and crab.....

NOW lets talk about AIMAN'S GAZILLIION DOLLAR SUPER UBER COOL APARTMENT!!!!
yup...aiman has a GAZILLION DOLLAR SUPER UBER COOL APARTMENT!!!!
I met up with aiman and ailin the other day,
and i was whole heartedly complaining to aiman who btw looks pretty damn...strange..sorry! about the terrible heat wave when he starts smiling at me,
then i told him my apartment had no air conditioning and no fan,
and then he smiled wider,
then i asked about his apartment...BHKJGLUK&*(^*(_%f(pg(_!!!!!!!!!!!!
So me and ailin decided to pay his apartemnt a liltle visit,
its like i stepped into a pent house man..
you've got all these cool sorta modern sculptures which obviously he doesn't use,
he's got TWO toilets with one ENSUITE,
he's got an INBUUILT AIR CONDITIONNING!!!!
AND FOXTELL!!!
NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
foxtell=100 channels=football=mtv=100 x better than astro!!!!!!
AT LEAST he don have his PS2..if not i'd have killed him there,
I shouldn't have went to his apartment, cause i didn't want to leave,
good thing is he's leaving in april, XD..
which means i get to bunk in his apartment XDDXDXDXD...
foxtell+aircond=XDXDXDXDXDXDXD!!!
so after watching thats so raven in aiman's apartment,
me and ailin left and i went back to my crummy apartment,
rather sad, actually very sad,
my place no fan(just got one so...now got) no aircond, no foxtell, no net connection,
its a sad excuse for an apartment...

I've enrolled myself in the taylors soccer club,
its sorta a means of making myself loose weight,
although here, you never loose weight,
but i'ma make that change i tell you....
once i come back i'ma be thin,
and muscular,
and.......cool XD (yup thats right beve...i've decided to loose weight)

So anyway thats bout it,
there are tonnes of m'sians here btw,
and prisham do you have a cousin named yakshinni or something like that who lives in s'pore?
AND!!!!
SELAMAT TAHUN BABI!!!

2007-02-14T13:14:00.001+08:00

This wednesday sucks.

School ended at 3 today,
it was pretty alright,
i had two math then a 1 hour and 25 minute break then chem,
in all honesty the day was....alright,
nothing special happened,
it was rather boring,
boringer than usual,
maybe its just math,
i mean an hour and 25 of math is enough to kill someone,
i had double that,
or maybe its chem,
50 minutes everyday's good enough, and now an hour and 25...bely da boring man..
but then maybe its something else.....

I just realised that i don't have a nail clipper,
i've been letting my nails grow to a rather disturbing lenght and it ain't pretty,
i've also just realised how annoying my mum can be,
a couple of weeks ago i told her i can't come back for CNY,
she says why, which is fair enough,
i said i have SAC's,
she says so?!,
i said its important and that it counts as part of my final marks,
she says....oh...okay....change the date la...
i said(trying to be calm) cannot...
she says why?!
well you get the picture...
so anyways, i had to go pester the teacher to write a letter saying i have SAC's so she can get it to the airline company so that they'd refund the money.....
then i had to courier the bloody letter and the ticket back to Malaysia which cost $40,
which isn't cheap in case your wondering,
and i had to walk around the city for an hour before i found a courier office,
and all this cause i can't comeback and all this cause she "thought" i had holidays on CNY,
i mean i love her and all that but she a bit luan la sometimes...
now i've gotta get her wild yam cream (god knows what that is)
from some shop which is practically the other side of town. *sigh*
i dunno la...its a bit the what la i can't explain....

So its valentines day eh,
there was this really crazy news here,
apprently this dude bought a house as a valentine's day present,
the dude actually had the house wrapped up and he took his fiance via the helicopter to go see the house,
not bad eh,
but generally valentines day here's pretty boring,
i went out for lunch just now and i saw a couple of guys holding boquet of roses waiting,
i wonder whether the roses ever got to the person,
anyways, valentines day, i think is pretty pointless,
it gets people so worked up,
and guys are expected to just do all these things,
so gut wrenching...
it makes me sad la in a way,
i so lonely,
takde orang to say happy valentines day too,
i think i'm just bitter.

Neways thats bout it now really,
Happy Valentine's Day guys,
if you are lonely, may you be lonely no more,
and if oyu are loved, may you be loved even more

btw...i know she won't read this but happy valentine's day

2007-02-12T12:04:00.001+08:00

Liverpool kalah!!!!!!

Aiyo!!!!

I turn on the tv, and i saw........
Newcastle Utd vs. Liverpool: 2-1

Aiyo....so sakit hati,
after a month wihtout football then suddenly...out of the blue...liverpool kalah...wah piang!!!

Neways its been pretty boring really,
i wake up at 7.50 every morning except weekends and weds,
i leave for school at round 8.10 ish..
i reach school at 8.40 after WALKING for 30 minutes,
i reach school slightly exhausted,
spend about 6 hours at school,
walk ALL THE WAY home again..another 30 minutes,
then watch tv till 11,
then go to sleep.

All in all not very interesting really,
there isn't much homework too so basically i'm done in an hour,
mostly on specialist math cause its FREAKING CRAZY!!!!
then i pretty much stone,
in fact its so boring here i've got no idea what to blog about....so..lets talk about ESL

ESL or english as second language is a course taken by the slightly impaired language wise,
the class is made primarily of chinese people who speak chinese,
ok..basically its a pretty boring class la,
and its also my last lesson of the day, except on weds...sometimes....
and to be honest i have no idea what i'm doing there,
one night, i was sitting on the couch right,
then i thought to myself,
why am i in ESL?
i mean, i speak good english,
i wirte pretty well,
so why am i in ESL??
i honestly don't know,
i mean no offence but the kids there, their english sucks,
the teacher's there right,
he's asking us all these questions and i'm answering all of them,
now there's gotta be something wrong there....right?
neways apparently its easy to score in so i guess i'm sticking to it.

*sigh*
I still don't have net connection in my apartment,
My mum is REALLY ANOYING!!!!!!!
I've gotta go finish my specialist math,
And.......I'M BORED!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE COME TO MELBOURNE AND VISIT MEEEE!!!!!!!
*post melbourne stress*
so till next time....

p.s this year no ang pow X(((

2007-02-07T11:14:00.001+08:00

Wasssup ya'll,
I hail thee again from the land of the "g'day mates!!",
i know its been a while and what can i say,
i still don't have a net connection and setting one up here costs a bomb,
sooo...i've resorted to doing all my bloggings in the school's com lab till further notice,
so school eh,
its fine i guess,
there are a few m'sians here,
mostly from penang,
i don't know why from penang but they're from penang,
there's nothing much to shout about the school really,
its a college,
there are tonnes and i mean TONNES of chinese from china,
they speak chinese(obviously) and nothing else really,
and you know la, there england is so powderfull,
for some really awkward reason i was put in ESL i.e. english as second language,
i was suppose to change but i couldn't be bothered really,
the class is pretty slow,
cause the teacher keeps stressing on the words and the meaning and some words are pretty obvious and its soooo annoying sometimes but meh...

So i've officially moved into the apartment,
its alright i guess,
its pretty lonely at night but i'll be fine,
food's not really a prob but of course you pay for what you get lo...

I've finally decided not to come bcak for CNY..
too ma fan,
cause i've got no breaks for cny and i also got this assestment shit smack in the middle of cny,
so sorry mates.

So far its been pretty boring,
cuase i haven't had to make friends for soo long you kinda forget how,
so pretty much i'm alone,
with not really anyone to talk to,
i suppsoe thats alright really,
i mean i've got cheng lee but i hardly see him anyways,
and ailin and aiman of course,
but i haven't seen them yet.

Thats bout it really.....unfortunately my msn is non existant cause i don't got no net connection at home..so till next time....

Good day, mates!!

2007-01-25T18:30:00.000+08:00

Greetings, i hail thee from the land of the "Good day mates!",
so far its been pretty fine i guess, i don't miss home as much as i thought i would really,
prolly cause i'm staying at my aunts for a while, which is family, which is sorta a compensation,
but the real adventure starts next week really, when i move in my appartment so that should be a joy to watch,
so far adjusting has been pretty alright,
i have this theory that the less you expect the better things will turn up for you,
so far, it seems to be working,
people here are soso i guess,
normal's the word i suppose, just that there are more ang moh's than in malaysia (gee..i wonder why??!!) and they smoke a lot,
i mean A LOT,
they love their ciggs so much that the first thing you smell after you exit the terminal is tobaco,
and after 8 hours in a freaking plane with an inconsiderate IDIOT sitting in front of you,
the last thing you REALLY need is for those foul gasses to intoxicate you,
i swear by the rate their going they'd all be dead when they reach 50.

I've been left alone in the house for the week cause my aunt and all the little ones are going on a vacation to Lawn, which is somewhere in australia,
they asked me to come but i humbly declined,
personally, going on a trip when i just got here=not a very good idea,
so i stayed back and i have the whole house to myself,
which is great and all but i have NOTHING TO DO!!!!,
*sigh* all i've been doing is watching the aussie open all day, and i mean all day.......
which is why i have nothing to blog about which is why i'm blogging about this.

ANYWAY i suppose thats about it really,
school starts next wed, and i got orrientation on tues so hopefully i'll have something to blog then, so untill next time.....

p.s. i tried to tell her but alas i failed miserably, i still wish i did but i guess we'll never know...but how is she btw?

2007-01-22T12:34:00.000+08:00

So it ends, my time here in malaysia is coming to a close, 9 more hours till my flight,
what lies ahead, a new chapter of my life, its weird, i've been picturing this moment for a long time now,
since i was form 1, i somehow knew i was going to end up in australia, melbourne in partucular,
when i didn't leave for melb in form 3 my hopes and aspirations were dampened for a bit,
but now, its a whole different ball game.

Went to sam+rach's birthday party on saturday, it was alright,
as opposed to the 80 odd that sam invited i think only round 30 came at most,
but it was alright, we still had fun, at least they did, i was more stoned than anything really,
something to do with the going away,
got to meet quite a few poeple and exchanged a few goodbye's and good luck's,
i really wonder if i'll ever see any of them ever again,
prolly not,
but there was one thing i really regreted though, then again maybe not,
i should've told her eh,
prolly ages ago,
but i chickened out,
i guess i am a chicken,
i suppose beve was right,
i am a big ass chicken (among the other things she so blatantly called me).

Ah well, regrets i've had a few eh,
well thats bout it, 9 more hours till take off, so till next time, form melb this time.....

Cause we are gonna be,

Forever you and me,

Always keep it flying,

High in the sky.

-High-

Lighthouse Family