With My Mind I Conquer the Universe

A strange dream

2011-03-13T16:06:00.003+08:00

Because I am totally sick of waiting for wind ( And I am sure the dudes at the beach will tell me that it was honking) I decided to have a full rest day. I got up, drank water, cleared up after my cat, and went back to bed!

Well, so it happened like that;
I decided on a small reception at the registrar of marriage, everyone was there waiting, refreshments looked tasty and inviting, and I couldn't get at them because you're only supposed to eat after whatever is supposed to happen. It was storming, and I realized that my new convertible was leaking buckets, I was all wet and had to get a new shirt. My significant other was late, cos she forgot that all this was happening today, went out to pick her in my leaky car, got a new shirt, strangely I remember a lot about that - a light blue/dark brown, kinda interwoven tablecloth like material. Finally picked up the girl, car runs out of fuel, petrol station dude has a psychotic episode and breaks my window with a hammer, heated argument. THEN, my cat jumps on me. literally(not in the dream) and that's where it ends.

SOMEONE translate my dream to me.

Hello!

2011-03-04T10:48:00.003+08:00

I know it's been a while, and well, since I saw my last post on my Severne Overdrive 11m, I decided to give an update on that! I was on a concrete ramp 2 weeks ago, and was preparing for an *awesome* day, when this freak wave - okay, more like a large ripple, came along and smacked my sail into a little curb! That in itself wasnt all that bad, it was more of popping a batten. BUT, lo and behold, when I picked up the sail, 2 panels were totally shredded! Cost me $110 to get them re-paneled, and I havent actually gotten the time to go pick it up from the dude yet...

On a better note, since that sail is being worked on, and for some strange reason, I keep ripping it,(I choose to think that it's the sail and not me) I bought a Neilpryde RS-3 for next to nothing, really good condition, practically unused - shan't say new cos it's ancient, and really really powerful! HOWEVER, because my boom is too short, and I cant actually outhaul enough, and thus, maybe that's the real reason as to why I think the sail is too powerful.

I had, about 2 weeks ago, an interesting experience with this 11m RS-3 and my iSonic 150. I really cant describe the feeling, but with my Overdrive, I never feel too fast. I am planing, planing fast, then overpowered. But on the Pryde, I am planing, faster, even faster, and even faster... Till I jibe cos I am scared I am going over the speed limit! (going supersonic!) Perhaps it's the way I rig my sail, but the Pryde feels so much faster it's really interesting!

Whatever it is, I am STILL working on my Jibes, and just perhaps, maybe I can be a tad faster round a course really soon!

Severne Overdrive

2010-11-26T12:12:00.002+08:00

Oh well, I snapped 2 battens on my 11m sail recently. I realize that the larger the sail gets, the more fragile it is! Not only that, it is really prone to getting lifted by the wind, and smacking down on some screw sticking out at the most unlikely place, tearing itself up!

Oh, that just happened last week.

Now. What am I to do? New sail or just chill and let the dude at the club fix it? Not that he is not going to. He's doing it as I am typing this, but should I splurge on a 2011 Neilpryde Evo III? Who has tried the 10.7?

A simple update!

2010-10-01T17:06:00.005+08:00

Well, after all this time, I suppose it's high time I updated this with what I have been up to!

Work has been tiring. It seems that everyone wants to breathe down my neck! Anyhow, that's why this post, and as you can see -

at just past 5, I have decided to get outta the office for a Friday night! Contrary to what you think, My head's throbbing, and I wanna go home in a while, after a few beers of course, and sleep!

On a lighter note, i bought...

It's a Starboard Carve 145, and I got it at a real steal! I paid like $250 for it, and that in Singaporean Dollars! Worst part however is that I havent gotten a chance to get it wet yet! I have been looking at it, and wondering how it'll perform on a plane... and a lot else, and I just havent had time go go to the beach YET!

That's gonna change I hope... Tomorrow!

That aside, I have been scooting along at work, it's been a pain, but I suppose that's life. I spoke with a good old friend, and we were discussing what was the most interesting thing that happens. We didn't (haven't) come to a conclusion, and that is rather depressing! I think that it's just gonna stay this way.

I suppose since young, not much has been really gaining my interest, and for the things that do, I really do delve into them, like golf for that, for the longest time, before I switched my focus on windsurfing. Other things that I was MADE to do, like work, has just simply been a matter of a fact, no bloody choice about it thing!

Alright... Time to concentrate. I am only on my second beer. Happy hour's about to be up, and I need to make up for lost time!

Woohoo!

2010-09-19T23:04:00.000+08:00

How we are made to lie!!!

2010-09-16T23:30:00.001+08:00

The future

2010-08-28T18:10:00.002+08:00

I might actually be able to play the piano like this!

I still dont like the monkey!

2010-08-28T18:07:00.001+08:00

The Monk & The Monkey from Brendan Carroll on Vimeo.

And, after all that, - get to be a monk? What an anti-climax! It would have been awesome if he got to be a jedi, or even a centurion, as his hat suggests!

What the hell!!!

2010-08-14T09:40:00.001+08:00

And I am an android user!

Formula windsurfing is safer!

2010-07-22T17:05:00.002+08:00

Taking all the disciplines of windsurfing (planing conditions), I think the safest is still formula windsurfing.

Why? Simple! I go out on a nice sunny day, with probably a 10 knot wind, and I am having a blast, all the way till i see an approaching storm and then with my 11msq sail, I head back to shore. That is when I see all my friends jumping into the sea with their tiny sails - 7msq mostly.

Now, living along the equatorial belt, storms here are short and heavy, with lighting. Plenty of it! For someone who has been caught in a storm before, and washed by the current a couple of kilometers, I have to say that the sight of dark clouds looming does send me packing, to a place near shore, and where I can get back on dry land fast.

Simple. Formula is safer. Why windsurf for 20 minutes before a storm, when there are hours upon hours of wind, sufficient for formula windsurfing all day long, in the nice sunshine!

That said, I too have a smaller board and sail, and yes, I do dump my formula gear and go out on smaller equipment when a storm hits.

After all that rambling - just keep surfing!

Statistics

2010-07-12T11:17:00.002+08:00

When Statistics fail. Not everything follows a pattern!

Perseverence

2010-07-12T01:16:00.002+08:00

If at first you don’t succeed, just try lowering the difficulty setting…

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

The not so oracle

2010-07-09T11:38:00.002+08:00

Is it because the octopus is German, and made a prediction against the country that influenced the players in the game? Or against whoever it predicted for? As with fortune tellers, statements like these may define the outcome of things!

Whaddya think?

Windsurfing - iSonic 150

2010-07-08T12:10:00.003+08:00

Right. After using the board for about 1 month, I have to say that it has been a real pleasure to plane with the 150. HOWEVER, when i am not on a plane, i did find that it's a pain. Thus, i have resorted to sinking the windward rail, deep. This is not for lateral traction like on a long-board, but rather, simply necessary to keep the nose of the board somewhat above the water to prevent nose diving every minute.

In marginal winds however, I still take out my old formula board. It's so much simpler to use (just because of the added volume at the nose) and for that, makes me feel a lot more secure when I'm a long distance from shore. I dont wanna be on the iSonic when the wind dies!

Talking about the F2 T-Rex, I do like the board a lot, and other than the fact that I dont get very high upwind on my North Shore 70cm fin, I ain't complaining. Is it the fin that makes the difference upwind? I realized that in planing conditions, I dont really make up for lost distance upwind. Upwind and downwind, it works out to be the same and so I am mostly going up and down along almost the same line. Not that I am complaining, but I wish I had another 70cm fin to try, and see if that plays a big role in my direction!

Lets see if my finances do me proud enough to allow that!

Women. An in depth analysis.

2010-07-08T12:07:00.001+08:00

"Vandalism" in Singapore

2010-07-07T12:52:00.002+08:00

Simply put, it's ridiculous. Public artistic talent is persecuted, and they are jailing and caning anyone who even dares think about showcasing their art-forms without paying royalties to the government.

Case study.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

that will probably get you a sentence long enough to see you die in prison, and while they are at it, whoop your bottom so that you remember to never try something like that again. And of course, to ensure that they continue earning revenue from anything and everything we do.

The route

2010-06-30T09:00:00.002+08:00

It's this time again, where I am sitting in the office, bored out of my mind. I was thinking about a lot of crap last night, while watching 7 pounds - The one with Will Smith in. Ant it was a tear jerking show!

I was thinking about the futility of life, and the definition of success. Well, I know that I should be one of the last people talking about success, as for those who know me, I have only recently begun to drag myself into the office, and even then, still spend most of my time lusting for good wind.

Talking to most engineering trained people out there, I came to realize that, rather surprisingly, not many of them actually started off in a job with any resemblance to engineering; well, my friends in school at least. Most buggered off to whomever paid the highest. Well, not that I am terribly motivated, but I am still in the sales line, and not intending to change from this yet. I do enjoy it too much!

I know I veered all over the place with this blog post. I am even confusing myself. Anyhow, an appointment with breakfast calls!

Singaporean oil spill

2010-05-26T18:06:00.002+08:00

There was an accident yesterday, off the coast of Singapore - involving a tanker and a bulk carrier. I guess that's in line with international trends... Totally copied from the Gulf of Mexico's sinking of the DEEPWATER HORIZON

Anyhow, according to Bloomberg -

"May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore is stepping up efforts to contain an oil slick that reached its shores a day after a tanker, owned by a unit of MISC Bhd., collided with a bulk carrier near the world’s busiest container port.

“Patches” of oil have affected part of the coastline between Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and Changi Naval Base and between a sailing club and a golf resort, the Maritime and Port Authority said today. The MT Bunga Kelana 3, owned by AET Tanker Holdings Sdn., collided with the bulk carrier MV Waily 13 kilometers (8 miles) southeast of Changi East yesterday."

Stepping up efforts. I didnt see much effort by the local authorities, Whatever they were doing must have been really far out at sea! Well, who am I to say. Whatever it is, I know there's some things keeping me from windsurfing, and I know that for the forseeable future, I am not taking my iSonic out... Back to my old board, till the water clears up a little.

My experience with the iSonic 150

2010-05-24T01:19:00.002+08:00

It looked rather promising today, and I decided to take my iSonic out for a spin! HOWEVER, though I was using my 11m sail, the wind had to be a bitch! I was planing for probably close to a whole minute out there, and it was a right pain in the ass trying to keep the nose of the iSonic150 out of the water in marginal conditions! For some reason, going outshore was fine, I was on my merry little way, but coming back, I actually nosedived twice into the water! The nose sank into the back of a wave, and just kept going deeper! I was already watching out for the nose sinking and diving, and still, it was nosediving!

Well, I am hoping for slightly better winds tomorrow, and then, from the recommended settings, I am going to drag the mast base as far back as it'll go, and see how that goes! OR, if the wind is going to be kind so that I dont need to slog my way around, and actually let me get onto a plane, the recommended setting would stay.

I have to say though, (though still baseless with my limited amount of planing time on that board) that the iSonic feels slippery over the surface of the water! It seemed hell a lot faster than my formula!

Fine, here's my sail...

2010-05-23T00:01:00.001+08:00

My 11m severne overdrive sail, and all thanks goes out to my darling Clarice, for being so patient and waiting for me to windsurf, and taking these photos! Oh and these are taken on a particularly sad day, where even a formula cant do windsurfing justice!

My new toy!

2010-05-22T18:08:00.002+08:00

I just got my new toy, but I didnt take it out today cuz the wind was kinda sad! But still enough for my formula board and 11m sail - thank goodness.

Whatever the case, I do hope that the south westerly winds keep up, and get a tad stronger! Here are the pics! iSonic 150!!! Hell yeah!

iSonic 150!

2010-05-22T10:53:00.001+08:00

I am going to go out windsurfing on my iSonic 150 today! Wind permitting of course, Totally stoked! With my new 11m Severne Overdrive sail and iSonic, lets see how that combination goes! Pics will be up real soon, so stay tuned!

Biere

2010-05-19T17:16:00.003+08:00

I was reading about cheapest beer in Singapore, and me being me, I had to try it out! I took a drive, and got a carton, and believe me, I'd stick to Breda. This is really a revelation, on how bad beer can really get! Really tastes odd, to say the least.

Why I'd love to work with a company like facebook

2010-05-19T09:20:00.003+08:00

Over the past 3 years, it comes as no big surprise that I took the sane route and got myself stuck in a university, and had to endure a dreadful mirage of crap that it dished out to me. Of late though, after exams and all, with a little bit more time in my hands to finally decompress a tad, I've been thinking. I had a dream, we all did. How many people out there would positively say in my face that when they were young, they wanted to be stuck in a cubicle waiting for the end of work everyday? That cant be true eh?

Of course, we wanted to be firemen and policemen and the sort, but as we "mature"/"regress" I suppose something went wrong! Not that that's a bad thing of course, I doubt there are that many fires or kitties stuck in trees to warrant an insanely large fire-fighting force, and honestly, I dont like the fuzz. Never did.

So, back to why I wanna work with a company like facebook. I had a dream, a long time ago, to work with a company, marketing of course ( What else can I do), but not in a firm like the ones I used to work in, but rather, a firm that would really challenge me, doing real marketing, and not pseudo marketing that is merged with mundane nonsense like technical sales! I do think that doing something for a company that has growth and which would allow me to interact with people and the things I like doing would be awesome! Planning cool marketing events and socializing and the sort, would be a real dream!

Oh well, now the only thing left to do is to see if any company would trust a guy without a marketing degree to know what appeals to the commoner. Well, not any company, only ones like facebook.

Fast food!

2010-05-19T08:35:00.002+08:00

Check its! While trawling the internet like how I always do, lookie at what I found!

What am I to do?

2010-05-14T11:34:00.002+08:00

Well, I suppose that I am at another junction in my life, where I need to decide what I wanna do with my life!

I am sure that most people are thinking the same thing as me, no matter where or what they are doing! I used to work for a few years before going back to school, and yet, truthfully, I haven't yet been fortunate enough to be able to get a job which gave me fulfillment! What is there in a job that would give me a sense of excitement and passion for what I am doing? I feel lost.

Oh well, not that there is any shortage of offers for what I can and want to do, but there just isn't anything that is even remotely challenging and exciting! I was looking around at what my friends around me are doing, and honestly, they are in cubicles, waiting to go home! True, there is a lot more shit that happens between the morning coffee and clock-out time, but what's the difference? Stress, without much fulfillment! Alright, perhaps some people do like chilling out in the office not doing much, but for me, I'd really rather be at home / at the beach!

So well there, this is what's going through my mind, not that I have any solution to that, but if I do, You'd be the first to know. Okay, perhaps not the first, but when I do update this, you'd know!

Cheerio!

Impressive Google Chrome!!!

2010-05-06T03:20:00.004+08:00

I love the part with the potato gun!

Is it really that fast? Is google chrome really faster than Firefox? I am still stuck on Flock (the browser with an integrated RSS reader / youtube video stream / facebook status updates and lots more - but the above is all I use) but this video looks really impressive! HOWEVER, what's stopping google from having a direct fiber optic cable to the various servers for the pages needed?

whatever the case... here goes...

Microsoft over apple anyday!!!

2010-05-06T03:06:00.004+08:00

And I'd give terminator a coin too! Heck, I'd let him recharge from my wall socket if need be!

McDonald's

2010-05-05T23:48:00.004+08:00

Perhaps what's better would be to name it the half pound burger? Yes, we all know that 2 x(1/4) = 1/2!!!

Ooh, and on top of that, I came across this ad for Heart Attack burgers! I would love to have a joint like this, so that I can fatten all my friends!!!

iPad

2010-05-05T21:35:00.003+08:00

I dont get it. how issit that after the iPad launch, everyone seems to be getting one to shread/melt/stick into a blender... I find it just ridiculous! Of course it'll work! Poorly!!!

Don't you think that these dudes are just stupidly dishing out moolah to bump up viewership?

New iPad Test - Will It Shred? from FUEL TV on Vimeo.

Where has creativity gone?

2010-05-04T11:48:00.003+08:00

With a lot I have seen on TED talks and so on, I have now this real curiosity into the creativity that children, unspoiled by various education systems have. I think that perhaps the dude is right! Anyhow, two really interesting videos, that must be watched! (the first is important. The second is amusing!

And the cool lego video... (I SAID THE TOP ONE'S THE ONE YOU NEED TO WATCH!!!)

Lego "CL!CK" from a52 on Vimeo.

O - Overdriving me!

2010-05-01T00:12:00.002+08:00

Well, Fluid Dynamics is finally over! I am really just hoping that I passed, cos I really need to get out of school as soon as I can! I dont like it, it doesnt like me any more, and we're bickering most of the time!

Anyhow, after not sleeping for a long time, I decided to head down to the beach and fiddle with my new sail! Never did use such a big sail ever, and once I got to the beach(though it was easily 15 knots) I decided that given the time of the year, the wind would die, and I'd be bored with my 8.5sqm north sail and I'd have to come back... BUT, mostly just because I wanted to fiddle with my new sail. So in all my intellect, I went out on the 11, and gosh, the boom was unnaturally high(even at it's lowest setting), the harness lines were too far forward (from my 8.5), and that sail in 15 knot winds packs not a punch, but more like a hard goal scoring kick in the butt!!! (especially when harness lines are still at the wrong place and killing my back hand)

So, after slowly shifting my harness lines, it was awesome! I love the feeling of planing through lulls in the wind! Actually, doesnt even feel like there were lulls with that sail, though there were times I knew I would most definitely have dropped outta a plane on my 8.5, this thing just kept going!

Haha, guess it's plain to see, where my interests lie, and considering it's 2 lines about schoolwork, no surprise!

AND, here it is!

Big-ass sail

2010-04-26T20:22:00.003+08:00

I am totally stoked! I have been saving up for a little while now, and finally, I got my big ass sail! A whopping 11m! I know it may not be the biggest that some of you guys are using out there, but for me, (for now) I think that's the biggest I can handle at the moment!

After spending an arm and a leg, Here's what I have now.

1) F2 T-rex 180 Formula w/ 70cm fin
2) iSonic 150 Slalom w/56 & 62 cm fin
3) North Sails Prisma 8.5m twin cam
4) Severne Overdrive 11m triple cam

I massively need to pick up speed, and get whatever I can outta the crappy wind, and thus the big sails. A lot of thought went into the sail size selection, but i found the advice from James Douglass really useful! Especially the part about weight versus sail size for wind conditions.

I had quite a crap time trying to rig that 11m sail, cos i have simply never rigged such a big one before, and though it looked promising while I was rigging, the wind died totally once I was done. Didnt stop me from going out on my formula though, was pumping in circles for half an hour before the novelty of the new sail in no wind wore off.

Another thing that's happening, exams are no longer round the corner, but rather, at my doorstep threatening to take a nip off my balls! Right, need to close this tab off the browser, and get on with something more productive.

Goodbye, Goodbye, Hello!

Short film you have to watch!

2010-04-25T13:23:00.000+08:00

THE RAVEN - 720 HD from THE RAVEN FILM on Vimeo.

On the topic of twittering

2010-04-14T17:39:00.002+08:00

Perhaps that's why I like it so much, I do spend ages thinking about what witty sentence would make an impact.

Anyhow, exams are round the corner, and though I am not studying much, I'd feel better if I weren't doing anything much else(like blogging)! On that same note, since this is supposed to be for what I think about, I ain't thinking of much else except my books and *pic attached*

Tweets!

2010-04-10T23:51:00.001+08:00

I really like some of the tweets that I have posted over the time that I have been twittering, but heck, I cant be asked to fish them out!

Today's though, was something else too!
-
I wanna be as high as a kite, to taste the clouds and see tomorrow, to hear the world and converse with God.

Don't steal it!

What now?

2010-04-10T00:43:00.002+08:00

I am sitting my chair, on my second can of beer, wondering what to do now, and the bad thing is, other than schoolwork, nothing else comes to mind. I am annoyed and frustrated at the same time. I guess I should just follow my heart... And get another can of beer. What else am I to do?

My internet speed

2010-04-09T20:49:00.001+08:00

Who gets near/better than me?

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http://www.speedtest.net/result/776768120.png

The end.

2010-04-06T12:27:00.001+08:00

There was a time in my life, just like my msn status says - "Soldiers and dolls wont give away, my childhood dream, I was a pirate, I conquered, and I sailed free" That's from a song that I really liked in the past. Anyhow, I have been feeling really murderous today, because, firstly, it's Easter Monday and it isn't a public holiday in Singapore, and also because I went for a job interview. No surprise that the guys there wanted to hire me. I mean, I don't usually get turned down. However, the reason why I am again holding a can of beer nursing it , is simply because, I was there, and the reality of thing hit me like a freight train!

I have taken many steps to ensure that I don't become a boring sod in a dead job, but with everything considered, I think I am going to become just that! The kind of person that I so hated, and hated to become.

Oh well, perhaps I should share what happened during the interview. I was sitting there, totally bored out of my mind, thinking about just how excited another fresh graduate would be if her/she were in my shoes, and then came in this snooty old man, 60 he says he was, with a terrible case of sinus. Of course, me being me, I started telling him that he should try using Neilmed sinus wash - this squirt-y thing that I tried and which works wonders for me. So going on, he starts quizzing me about technicalities of the manufacturing sector, and of course, boasting that he is oh so determined, successful, and whatever not a 60 year old dude has to say to make himself feel that he has accomplished a whole lot. I took an immediate dislike to him, but true to the salesman side of me, I bet he thought I was his best friend. I was determined to get the job, just so that I dont tarnish my record of never being turned down.

That said, I was happily amusing them with my crap, and watching them get all big headed and full of themselves, thinking that they have a whole cartload of shit that they can impart to this young boy when it hit me like a friggin freight train! I dont want to learn your crap! I don't want to become you! I was really silent right through the DISC personality test that they asked me to complete. I was really in shock, and thinking back at the companies that I have worked at, I do know what I wanna do. A back end sales position is definitely not what I had in mind, no matter how much you are paying! I am not selling out myself, and killing my character just so that someone can boast that I am learning from them!

Well there, I bet there's already a medical term for it, feeling the way I feel. Post educational depression? I know what I want, what I want to do. This is really far from it. Perhaps I should really just go for what I want.

I love Angel, and she's gonna be trained to play pool!

2010-04-03T23:58:00.003+08:00

Oh well, with time, my cat's gonna be a playa!

Future?

2010-04-02T15:40:00.003+08:00

Honestly? This is the future? Right then, time to get me some! - iPad!

Why I am not having a good time.

2010-03-30T15:12:00.001+08:00

1.

I wanna get a bigger windsurfing sail. I have a 8.5, and it was good on my slalom board, but still not cutting it for my formula. I have another slalom board coming along, but it's a Starboard iSonic 150, and I think I'll probably need a bigger sail for that too. I have been contemplating a North Ram 9.9msq, cost aside, I may not be able to handle it because it has 4 cams! I also noticed that if I don't down haul my 8.5 enough,it's a bitch to handle! And I do mean bitch!

2.

I have spent a few years of my life now, in an educational institute in Singapore, and honestly, I did spend most of that lost in my own world,barely coping with the workload,totally not knowing what I was learning, except that there was far too much. I know the real world necessity of some of the concepts that were shoved by the truckload down our throats (I have worked for quite a few years), but the way these concepts were put across was, in my opinion; having been a student for so many years, the most atrocious attempt at imparting knowledge that I have come across. Through the few years that I have studied there, I have come across pathetic excuses for professors, whose grasp of the English language limits them to a sad attempt at explaining a concept with mathematical equations. Regurgitation then becomes the name of the game and the building of an interest for different fields of learning is totally non-existent!

I truly believe that this has got to stop. I think the universities should go look at the other institutes of higher learning, and ask themselves why students from there are getting more jobs and better career advancement! Hire me, And I'll spell it out for you, compile it into a 5 hour lecture, and then you people can go memorize my points, all thousand of them. And yes, there is a reason why professors who know what they are doing are leaving, to a place that dishes out a less embarrassing education.

Pirate radio!

2010-03-29T14:44:00.002+08:00

When I saw the film, I really thought it was made up! Never knew pirate radio was for real! Anyhow, I really do admire these people and how they stand up for what they want and believe in. Sure as hell beats a lot of people, who don't know what they want, from the lack of exposure.

A book review.

2010-03-15T17:35:00.001+08:00

Students were assigned to read 2 books, "Titanic" & "My Life" by Bill Clinton.
One smart-ass student turned in the following book report, with the proposition that they were nearly identical stories!
His cool professor gave him an A+ for this report:

Titanic:..... $29.99
Clinton:..... $29.99

Titanic:..... Over 3 hours to read
Clinton:..... Over 3 hours to read

Titanic:..... The story of Jack and Rose, their forbidden love, and
subsequent catastrophe.
Clinton:..... The story of Bill and Monica, their forbidden love, and
subsequent catastrophe.

Titanic:..... Jack is a starving artist.
Clinton:..... Bill is a bullshit artist.

Titanic:..... In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar.
Clinton:..... Ditto for Bill.

Titanic:..... During ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined.
Clinton:..... Ditto for Monica.

Titanic:..... Jack teaches Rose to spit.
Clinton:..... Let's not go there.

Titanic:..... Rose gets to keep her jewellery.
Clinton:..... Monica's forced to return her gifts.

Titanic:..... Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life.
Clinton:..... Clinton doesn't remember Jack.

Titanic:..... Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen.
Clinton:..... Monica...ooh, let's not go there, either.

Titanic:..... Jack surrenders to an icy death.
Clinton:..... Bill goes home to Hilary...basically the same thing

On the topic of puking

2010-03-10T15:00:00.001+08:00

Or the original -
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/collections/love_and_vomit/264307

My theory on Boozing

2010-03-09T23:02:00.002+08:00

I realized that it has been some time since I wrote anything that I thought about, and this is supposed to be a blog about what I think so well there!

Just saw Fitna, just because it was supposed to be such a controversial film. But then again, I thought it too be a tad excessive. If you get what I mean by excessive. In my opinion, it's all about chilling out. Everyone should just. However, in this case, I have decided to keep totally mumm about it, just because, I cant really be bothered to be so careful with my choice of words! I am sure you know how it feels! If you dont... I live in Singapore, so well there.

Anyhow, life's such that I am so darned busy, so... I'll go, and get more work done! Till then readers!

The only clip that you MUST watch

2010-03-07T21:20:00.001+08:00

All others are but re-iterations!

just like how in a recent conversation, we were saying that drama sells, and they had reality everything, best pet groomer, biggest loser...

And such, why bother, get yourself a clip like the one here, and then get on with your life!

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever -- powered by Cracked.com

Dont work hard people!!!

2010-02-26T22:50:00.002+08:00

Office Humour:
How To Be Lazy In The Office And Get Away With It

WINDY!!!

2010-02-18T20:24:00.003+08:00

I reached the club today, expecting an average afternoon out at sea, and then... it got totally mental! Considering that I was on my big sail - 8.5 square meters, it wasnt hard to overpower me! It was quite a bitch really, and I was finding it hard to tack, let alone jibe, with the chops and the fact that the darned board just dont wanna stay on the surface of the water. Anyhow, I checked the wind nowcast(from the nearby airfield) when I got home, and it was the highest I have ever seen it! It's usually 8+++ knots higher than what it says there so... Imagine!

Whoop Whoop!

2010-02-08T22:05:00.003+08:00

I know I havent been updating, but here goes! A club that folded yonks ago is having a get together this weekend, and I am really really stoked! And surfing youtube for songs, I found this! Been ages since I heard it and it still makes me smile!

Other more important news, I got myself a old formula board, F2 T-rex, for next to nothing, and a new sail! Another board is on the way, I am just really praying I get it before the end of the monsoon winds! Ginormous sails are really hard to use!

Other pics will be here, and on facebook!

2010-01-07T23:35:00.002+08:00

You know what, I was watching Boston legal, one line hit me - Alan Shore broke up with his girl because she was laughing with another guy. Denny Crane retorted " You sure she wasn't just kissing him or something?" That set me thinking as to what I would tolerate. I really can relate to Alan Shore, it is REALLY important to not stray emotionally!

Look, I think that it is so evident, but yet, I honestly think that the more I am thinking, the more I have to say to retort, and sometimes, rarely though, I do lose myself and rattle on and on. However, I am pretty darned sure that over the past couple of months, I have become really quiet, because, I rather simply don't get how it is possible for people to not think even as much as they talk. How some can be so really closed to ideas. But then again, as I have been, I may be the one closed to ideas. That though I have been in a particular situation, and acted in that way, and failed, and found another way to do it right does not mean that I know the best way for it to be done.

This is definitely a paragraph that I have to re-read in the future. And to all you people out there who are reading this, go go go re-think, if you understand what I have been on about. Reply. Oh, and do mention if you don't want your comment posted.

She had it coming!!!

2010-01-07T18:26:00.000+08:00

Quotes - Invictus

2010-01-07T17:45:00.003+08:00

How do you inspire your people to do their best?

How do you make them be better than they can be?

How do you inspire yourself to greatness when nothing less can do?

Totally awesome, this movie, I am totally going to re-watch it when it comes out in the cinemas!

I am sick

2009-12-22T23:48:00.002+08:00

Three days straight of windsurfing nonstop, and I am now stuck in bed, without much motivation to do much at all! My nose is all clogged, and my skin on my face feels as thick as cowhide... But again, I am really happy to say that I am improving... though a bit slowly, but I am slowly improving at windsurfing. This is really an arduous task of having to discipline myself to have good footwork on the board so that I can turn faster, but hopefully, it will pay off.

That said, I am really impressed by the wind in Singapore now, and the 25 knots everyday(for 3 days now at least) is really helping with the amount of time I get to spend on the water! Finally, after the amount of time, days and days waiting and getting totally drunk waiting for the wind. Now I know what all the guys say about going to the beach...that it is a total waste of time unless it is now! Monsoon!

Right, other than that, I just attended a good mate's wedding yesterday, and I realize that all... wait, a lot of my friends are getting married, and they all seem so darned happy it's scaring me! Not to mention that they are also asking me as to when my turn is! Oh well, let's let time tell what life has in store for me huh!

So well well, I have to get a project done, and yet, just like everyone else(I suppose) I am distracted in the evenings by everything there is to distract, the festive cheer and all the other crap that is going on! On that note, I should try and start now, and I'll see what comes outta that in 2 hours...

A totally cyclic life

2009-12-20T01:05:00.003+08:00

I have realized that, just like a part from the show i just saw - Planet 51, that my life always feels almost perfect, and then just like that, everything seems to come tumbling down. Nothing goes my way. I realize that when I am thinking of solving all that shit that is coming my way, I really like a conducive environment. One that I have been striving to have almost all my life. Unfortunately I too realize that this environment is oh so easily screwed up, and I am constantly having to sweep the floor, clear the table, an whatever not else, just so that I can even sit there to surf the internet!

I really wonder what would encourage others to be more tolerant and understanding toward you. Hinting, asking directly and encouraging is obviously not working, and I am really wondering if there are simply sides of us all which are so self-centered that we lose sight of what is better for us in the long run. I have been trying to find an answer to that for so long now, and I am beginning to feel totally lost. I thought getting away would be good, for me to re-think what I want and how to go about getting it. I thought talking would be good, but again, it takes two to talk. Well, i think I better get started on getting actual work done rather than bitch about life... As usual, and perhaps, though it has never worked, maybe this time, time would solve it all...

Waving!!!

2009-11-30T17:52:00.000+08:00

2009-11-29T15:38:00.001+08:00

Between life and death

2009-11-22T19:05:00.002+08:00

For those who havent heard about it, while windsurfing, I almost killed myself. It was interesting, here goes. I was waiting for the storm to come in, cause the best winds are just before a storm really kicks in. Everything was fine and good, and I was having a blast out at sea, with I would say, a short period of rather kick ass wind. Then, the clouds came in... and I was hurrying back to shore, duhh, cos it looked terribly menacing (and it was!!!). And so, I was happily sailing back, going as fast as a little pebble skipping on the surface of the water when lo and behold, the wind came to an abrupt stop! This was all while I was about say just over a kilometer away from shore.

So, I used my sail as a fan and started pumping it like mad trying to get back to shore but 5 seconds into that, torrential rain hit. I had say 20 meter visibility, and needless to say, I couldnt see shore no more. to compound that (and here's where I thought I was screwed) there was lightning. Not your normal every couple of minutes, but rather, clouds only an apartment block high, every 4 second type of lightning. I put down my sail and sat on my board, thinking... I'm screwed. Half an hour of drifting later, and thank my lucky stars I didnt get hit by any lightning / ships / coast guard / ferries, the lightning eased off.

Just before I lost sight of shore, I saw the wind change direction to an off shore-ly direction, and so, I got up again, and started to surf. Upwind of course. After say an hour of aimless surfing, mind you, it was still 20 meter visibility, i realized i was going nowhere. I heard planes in the distance, and started going toward the noise, cos the sailing center's right next to the airport. Another hour of aimless surfing before the rain eased a tad, and when I saw trees in the horizon, I was pretty darned happy! Took me 45 mins to get close to shore.

This I have to emphasize, to thank all those involved in getting me back. All the boats in the sailing center and neighboring Ministry of Education's adventure camp were out looking for me. Took them an hour and a half to get me. Special thanks to Bow and Alvin (who had blue lips from the cold) for finding me!

Anyhow, I will add another part soon, about how this has affected my belief system.

brains and their vessels

2009-10-30T13:56:00.002+08:00

I was speaking with an acquaintance lately, and it struck me as very strange, the way he thought. See, for us, well, me at least, I do view myself as one entity. Not much thought into that. Period. However, it came to light that there are some people out there, of high academic standings, who view their bodies as mere vessels to transport their brains around. This was rather perplexing as in my line of work, there was always a need to ensure that the inter-personal aspect of a relationship was outstanding. When the situation is such that there was superiority of one party, simply because he / she has spent so much time studying "totally irrelevant to society" , "totally obscure" subjects, there comes a point of time when there is a hierarchy formed just because of knowledge.

That said, the necessity of building a knowledge based economy is important, but there has to be alternate forms of attaining this knowledge. With all the emphasis of this being the information age, and the fact that information is now available 24/7, packaged nicely with a ribbon on top, emphasis has to be moved from the ability to recite, to independent thinking.

Independent thinking is something that is a really rare commodity where I am, and from a blog that I was reading, it suddenly becomes evident that there are many who are actually un-spontaneous, anti-intellects, masquerading as academics all around me. Just because you can remember stuff better doesnt make you in any way superior. After all this time in school, I am disappointed to say that that is all institutionalized learning is. A constant unrelenting monster to ensure that you conform, to ensure that you will emerge as a desk-bound worker, to join the masses already in the work-force. This perhaps is another part, much like the matrix movie, of how society has been mapped to ensure the conformance of every individual. This tether that all of us have, perhaps sans jungle-dwellers and tree huggers, is multi-layered. Religion, the working society, education, et cetera.

But then again, perhaps it's all because we have evolved from monkeys, and we are naturally social creatures. creatures who will conform to be accepted. Who wants to be different? More importantly, how and why be different?

Thought

2009-10-16T18:22:00.000+08:00

The key to every man is his thought.
Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys,
which is the idea after which all his facts are classified.
He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sitting

2009-09-26T20:22:00.003+08:00

The past few days have been rather hectic, with some crap resurfacing,different people, same story. I just hope that the story ends somewhere, and not entire processes of the interpersonal relationship is repeated. That said, I decided that my blog is a tad too bland, and so, introducing, my new sail and board! However, as for the experience, because this is supposed to be reserved for thought and not so much encounters, I will leave that out! But, of course, pictures...

Lemme go back to 2 days ago, when someone close to me, in my opinion, handled a situation in a very poor way. I do understand that it is a common Asian mentality that filial piety is demonstrated by the degree of submissiveness shown by the less advanced of age, but, in my opinion, sometimes, when there is more than one variable at stake, there needs to be a certain understanding that there are going to be repercussions. In this case, to actions that were taken when the end result was not totally weighed. I do believe that actions should be taken by someone as a gamble, a pure and simple gamble, when there is a potential gain that can be obtained. When the risk totally and fully outweighs and outstrips the potential gain, why then do some people insist on going head on into a wall?

Oh well, whatever it is,

I look and I see

2009-09-05T23:44:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, I hate people who pretend to know me oh so well, and yet, honestly, they simply do not take the effort to really understand / have not the mental capacity to understand my ramblings, and thus me.

Alright. I admit. Everyone is individual, and everyone has many sides to them and everyone is deep beyond mutual comprehension. BUT, isnt it only right that you give people the benefit of the doubt even when you think they have stepped on your toes?

Well, I dont. and that's why this blog post is so short. Am I HONESTLY supposed to expect from others what I give?

Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.

2009-08-21T03:54:00.002+08:00

I was reading the paper a few days ago, and I have to say that for once, I am pleasantly surprised at the letters that are actually getting published. It was an article about religious attitudes and the active soliciting of members into different religious sects. I was really amused that it made it into the papers that, and the writer quoted the line from the collected works, commonly known as the Bible; Do unto others what you want others to do unto you. I have to agree with this, and that if you are all for your religion, then good for you. If you don't want me to try converting you to my beliefs, do not try your luck with me.

I have to applaud whatever is happening around me, and I have to say that I have had a rather interesting time reading the local paper. That's a first.

Living standards.

2009-08-17T19:30:00.001+08:00

I was reading about the progress of a nation, a rather familiar small country. I noticed that it had a lot to say about where they were, and where they have come since then. It was all good and jolly and mostly patriotic and inspiring, until I came across a certain section. It was about a man, who obviously spent most of his life in that country giving his two cents worth.

This particular individual was happy with the progress of the infrastructure, namely with transportation and the public works. I paused for quite a while actually, and I was wondering as to how much we are supposed to be thankful for what we have. I have always made it such a point that I am thankful that I have what I have, thanking those around me if they had a part to play in that. However, I think that that is exaggerated and overdone when even basic and normal progress of a society is brought out, and public opinion is shaped to be such that the point of - noone owes you a living, you'd still be in a hut in the woods if not for this administration. HOWEVER, has it dawned on that same group of people that this is very much the same thing that is happening all around the world? Are countries not developing and regressing at some pace or other?

My two cents worth; Noonne owes you a living. Play your part, and if this administration doesnt cut it, dont keep living in ignorance, find where you want to be!

What the fuck

2009-07-30T07:49:00.002+08:00

As many will say, the most important thing in interpersonal relationships is the semblance of loyalty. I am only quoting askmen.com on statistics, but because men are as such (territorial and jealous), apparently it is necessary to know that your partner is loyal to you.

Loyalty, and the perception of loyalty may be interpreted by the amount of trust one party has of the other. trust that can be built up over time, trust that can be nurtured from simple, little things like letting the other party know that they matter, staying contactable, honesty, et cetera.

However, what happens when these things are not there? When the gun is jumped and the dice thrown without the slightest bit of consideration for the repercussions? I'll tell you. What happens is that the resulting repercussions will slowly but surely rock the foundations of the relationship. And depending on the strength of the building, it may cause the temple to fall. This is, I feel, true for not only couples, but for many interpersonal relationships.

"Believing in love is like sticking your hand into a bag of snakes hoping to pull out an eel" - Da Vinci

What has been going down

2009-07-20T03:01:00.002+08:00

Well, the past few days have been really eventful, and there are times when I realize that there are many things that we just simply brush aside, and as such, they accumulate. This can be rather detrimental as as a previous friend once said, a hella long time ago, that if you keep it in you, you will explode someday. I guess that was what happened. Things got out of hand as there was nothing done about it. It wasnt the same thing happening, but the result of them was the same. They all ate away at the very foundation of any human interpersonal relationship.

From a conversation with an old friend, all this has happened before. After a while, it's just a replay of situations and stories. If only I had the clear liquid in the vial that Potter had... What was it... so that I will get all that I want. Was it Liquid Luck?

Phewwww

2009-07-07T14:03:00.002+08:00

And now I am totally addicted. I really wanna tack fast.. and now I am taking ages to tack. Suddenly all I can think about is the wind in my hair, and board skimming over the surface of the water. The pull of the sail. The feeling of sailing out into the open sea.

Perhaps this is what I am made off, what I want. The feeling of freedom.

Phwoaaaa!

2009-07-05T00:46:00.000+08:00

Someday, I will be there....

life's progress

2009-07-03T11:44:00.002+08:00

There are so many things that are needed to be done, and there are so many many more distractions. It is high time that I need to concentrate, and get things done!

On another note, I got a call from an old friend, and it is going to be interesting to meet up again! It's always good to meet up with old friends.

Phantom of the Opera.... - the Maiden song!!

2009-06-28T12:22:00.000+08:00

Far away from the land of our birth.

2009-06-28T12:17:00.001+08:00

topics that have been bothering me

2009-06-27T16:52:00.002+08:00

On tiny scraps of paper that I found all over my desk, here goes!

I still stand by the fact that if I can get down on paper a bit of what I think about, I'll be a great man~

Hear the dragon roaring

If you are dying, right now, Who's going to come looking for you?

I was watching a show about a total psycho - Just because you are totally convinced about yourself, dont make it better to the person next to you.

Feelings - Infinite dreams

2009-06-17T00:23:00.002+08:00

Infinite dreams I can't deny them
Infinity is hard to comprehend
I couldn't hear those screams
Even in my wildest dreams

Suffocation waking in a sweat
Scared to fall asleep again
Incase the dream begins again
Someone chasing and cannot move
Standing rigid a nightmare's statue
What a dream when will it end
And will I transcend?

Restless sleep the minds in turmoil
One nightmare ends another fertile
It's getting to me so scared to sleep
But scared to wake now, in too deep

Even though its reached new heights
I rather like the restless nights
It makes me wonder it makes me think
There's more to this I'm on the brink
It's not the fear of what's beyond
It's just that I might not respond
I have an interest almost craving
But would I like to get too far in?

It can't be all coincidence
Too many things are evident
You tell me you're an unbeliever
Spiritualist? Well me I'm neither
But wouldn't you like to know
The truth
Of what's out there to have the proof
And find out just which side
You're on
Where would you end in Heaven or
In Hell?

Help me. Help me to find my true
Self without seeing the future
Save me, save me from torturing
Myself even within my dreams

There's got to be just more to it
Than this
Or tell me why do we exist
I'd like to think that when I die
I'd get a chance another time
And to return and live again
Reincarnate, play the game
Again and again and again

Tech

2009-06-14T23:18:00.002+08:00

Well, I was reading, or rather, browsing through Facebook, and i came across a line that I particularly liked. A friend commented that technology should work for us and not the other way round. i just realized that I actually do spend a lot of time going through the process of trying out many new programs. That feeds the need to integrate all the little things that I do and use.

And in full, I do think that in order for technology to work for us, the initial process of integration has to be very religiously adhered to. And true to my word, I am using flock to update my blog, Facebook and all the other what-not. I have to say that it is really rather impressive!

On a lighter note, a great pal is finally coming to Singapore to visit, with his girl, and that's the guy who kinda first made me want to customize everything. Fine. Software at least. Haven't seen him in ages, and it's always good to!

The universe & the big bang

2009-06-10T13:29:00.002+08:00

Okay. I have just pondered a long and rather hard about black holes and the big bang, and what do you know? arent they about the same thing? Both are gravitational singularities that for now, we are not yet really in the know. Whatever it is, Imagine this.

There was a black hole. One really big one, and say, it was gulping down a lot of galaxies as we know just around us, Getting bigger and bigger. Say then, that this singularity was exponentially increasing in size. Or rather in gravity exerted on that around it. Slowly but surely, more and more is going to be pulled in. On that same note, as this happens, lets assume that the big bang theory is right, and that there is a critical mass for everything. Uranium and star dust inclusive. So well there. We have, our very own big bang.

My theory however, is that the universe is NOT so small! I believe that, though we are sitting rather near the middle of the epicenter of an atomic blast (big bang), the world (universe) isnt only the size of ground zero. I think, for now, it's just what we are seeing, when everything is moving away and still expanding. That, i think is the big bang's doing. I am not arguing for or against the big bang, I just dont think it is all that big! I think that there might be a lot more than that!

Free Stuff!!!

2009-06-04T16:39:00.002+08:00

Well, true to the scrooge in me, there is a site my friend told me about... And you actually get free stuff from them! It's just samples, but what's wrong with having some new stuff to try once in a while?

Here it is...

Wish-dom

2009-05-29T17:25:00.002+08:00

In all my intelligence, I was talking to an acquaintance on the phone just a while ago, and I was rather interested in the interpretation of the resurrection of Jesus. It is claimed in some versions of the story - the collected works, or the Bible, that he descended into hell, and on (a few days later - conflicting number) rose again. So I asked :"He went to hell?"

To that I was told that he wasnt actually in hell, but rather, just among the dead. Or as I clarified, those who did not have eternal life. Or so I am presuming that my acquaintance, who has spent a considerable amount of time reading the compilation of stories, knows better than me. Who's to say where he went, but anyhow, assuming that he is right, then I think that will disprove the whole theory of hell.

If this is true, then perhaps there is an afterlife - (heaven)
OR
there is no afterlife - (hell)... Right?

What is the context in which the collected books were written? How did the authors want it to be interpreted?

Vacuum

2009-05-27T09:52:00.002+08:00

A workmate is currently being annoying and is vacuuming the area, causing a din and worsening my already throbbing head. For once, maybe not once, but this doesnt happen all that often, my throbbing head is not caused by quantitative drinking. It's just me, doing what I do best, screwing myself over.

I really need time. I am exhausted. Worn so thin, and just dying to.... Fug... I dont even know what I want.

Awww snap...

2009-05-26T08:21:00.002+08:00

Well, I got up all bright and early for work today, but still got in a grand total of 2 mins late, cos I was mucking around at home facebook-ing and all shiat... I was just about to start bitching about the fact that some companies actually have a lateness deduction of salary, when every minute late is accounted for, deducting a few dollars every month. I think that there may be a need to do that for the people who actually get paid by the hour, but definitely not for the people who dont get paid overtime!

When this is done for the people who are not getting paid for the amount that they are working, is there any sense in staying late after work? I dont get it. Motivation should be the name of the game. Rapport, and the sense of responsibility should be inculcated. The need for silly procedures of deducting that few dollars from your paycheck should be re-thought. Massively. Especially when even if people are 5 mins late in the morning, I can see that they stay well past 2 hours after the official knock-of time! Oh well, not in my jurisdiction to air my two cents worth.

On another note, I am thinking that there are really some aspects of my lifestyle that has to change. But then again, I am really wondering what to do. Not much seems to want to budge, and not much seems like a good idea. I am really wondering. What happens when the moolah says no? how much is it a good idea to think long term economics, and how much good is it to think... well, everything else? I am rather lost here. perhaps it's good to have a spreadsheet, and re-calculate what i should or should not be doing.

Ta-daa... Re-confusion.

Bike!

2009-05-21T16:00:00.002+08:00

You know what they say, once a rider, always a rider? It's true. I mean, i havent had a bike for quite a while now, and honestly, it is pissing me off! The feeling of freedom. The feeling of being able to go anywhere you want. The wind in your face (not hair cos i am an advocate of helmets). That just isnt anywhere close to a car. A car is a responsibility. I worry about parking charges, road toll charges, get oh-so-bored of the drive, the centripetal forces when turning makes me feel like puking every time, the thought of having the breeze full on during sunset and not being able to get it, the whole feel of the car... I am truthful, I am not driving no Lambo, but the performance.

The only time i am happy in a car? When i turn on the windscreen wipers or A/C on a really hot day

I want a bike. A cheap one. Just for the heck of it. For fun.

Sigh....

2009-05-21T11:47:00.002+08:00

There comes a point in every man's life when he starts to ponder about what is really important to him. Perhaps by that I mean that there are many times when we think about what we want, and then re-align our thoughts. I have been thinking what a full time job does to me. It's effects on me are really deep and the repercussions are horrendous. When we stay in the office and pursue the interests of the company, we are sacrificing time for oneself, for our personal development.

Think of it this way. Industrialization has made it such that we are spending less and less time on ourselves, and if my theory stands, the emphasis of life is personal development, spiritual or otherwise. Work and the obtaining of money is detrimental because it takes up time, time which can be better spent in personal development, pursuing other things! Maybe it's just me, gotta take it a lot slower. Whatcha think?

Time to.

2009-05-19T09:19:00.002+08:00

Well, reminiscing about times past and wondering what the future holds is really one nasty place to be! Oh well, there are times when workload goes up, and then there is a very obvious slowdown in my personal productivity. Funny really, I always thought that I was a tad more consistent than one who has to have a mad rush for stuff because of the looming deadline.

Oh, and for an update, I just joined sgBEAT, and i think they are still experiencing teething problems. I mean, they are spamming me with disconnected messages, but nothing really useful, so... err... lets just give it some time! Other than that, I thought star trek was awesome... Definitely better than angels and demons! Inspired me to go get the whole season of voyager - MY FAVE! and re-watch again! Wonder if i should re-enterprise though. Haha, enough of the geek-talk, and back to my work! I want a break, money, and f***-loads of it! Pity I havent found a way those two can co-exist in harmony! Perpetual self-indulgence, and moo-lah!

Twitter

2009-05-15T17:13:00.002+08:00

Well, if you have noticed, there is a twitter sidebar on this blog now, and I have to say that instead of blogging, this micro blogging is really making it so much easier cos I really mostly only have a sentence or two to say! Well, this really helps, so that what i blog about is what i think about, and not what i am doing.

To twittering... and sticking to it!

2009-05-14T08:54:00.002+08:00

Well the past week has been really eventful, and it has become such that most of us at home were and will be pushed interestingly far. Not that it really matters, I have been in a self built cotton candy land for quite a bit, and a jolt is probably good to keep me on track. And of course, hopefully, en route to what I want to be.

Cotton candy land has been good, but coupled with the economy in it's current limp state, I am now facing a big issue on personal finances. It cannot continue like this, and I cannot afford it to. You know what they say, you only can afford the crap that you want when it's over. Just look at the nearest old dude in his Porsche / Lamborghini.

To the recent asshole who stepped on my toes;
Dammit, I hate assholes. I hate it when people have to put in effort to make things tough and me irritated. Just cos you are advanced in age does not mean that you are superior in any way. Perhaps only in a race to the coffin. As a matter of a fact, I pride myself in taking out people like you, and if you do think that you can push me around, I am really sorry to disappoint. Time to go say your Hail Marys. My wrath is just about to descend on you.

Doh!

2009-05-13T16:21:00.001+08:00

"I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment--until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his life hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather. If he was seeking after political Truth he found it in one or another of the hundred political gospels which govern men in the earth; if he was seeking after the Only True Religion he found it in one or another of the three thousand that are on the market. In any case, when he found the Truth he sought no further; but from that day forth, with his soldering-iron in one hand and his bludgeon in the other he tinkered its leaks and reasoned with objectors."
--Mark Twain

And so it is done

2009-05-08T08:12:00.002+08:00

There are many distinct phases of our lives, and mine has just taken a turn. For the better or worse, I cannot tell just yet, but whatever it is, it is a turn. I have been meditating, wondering about the non-perpetuity of life and all that comes with it... human memory and consciousness for instance. Well, the past few days have been really rough, and I can understand that all those around me have been feeling the strain. I understand that there are many preconceptions that we all hold of people that may or may not be true. It is very pronounced when these preconceptions lead us to decide things about the people around us.

Usually these may not matter, but when it comes to crunch time, and when everyone is feeling the strain, it is only natural that decisions will make a very big impact on the other party's emotions. If I was trying my very best at something, it really gets to me when someone thinks that I am slacking just because I sometimes do. Couple that with non-essential crap, and totally irrelevant responsibilities, and it will make this. A really pissed off me!

And more to the weekend

2009-04-27T09:25:00.001+08:00

I know there are many things that I need to work on, including overswinging!! dammit... I need practice!

Flock!!

2009-04-26T23:03:00.002+08:00

Wow... you know, it really isnt every day that you come across something new, something so revolutionary that you just make the switch so fast you totally forget about the past. Well, after google chrome and yadda yadda yadda, I went in search of a new browser. And there is one! Flock, built on the firefox platform that hasnt failed to impress me in every way, so far! Well, google it, and use it. It is really something to behold. It is so good it's insane!

Huhh???

2009-04-24T09:03:00.002+08:00

Gawddammit.. I hate the fact that there are some things that cannot be put off, like how i just spent over two hundred bucks on brakes, a/c filter and other bare essentials for my car! Oh well, looks like I really need to watch my finances. I really cannot go on like this.

So much for that, I think that there are many things that need to be done and there are many things that need to be sorted out, and I am just feeling too worn out to get started on work, and thus this entry! Oh well, I suppose procrastination works well for me.... This time at least.. Perhaps it is good to let things settle and lose it's power to overwhelm, before I make a clear headed choice... It's just the procrastination eh?

So well there, I have wasted enough time, it's time again to close this screen, and get on to open windows on the system tray, those with more pressing needs than this!

The network that we operate on.

2009-04-23T11:35:00.002+08:00

As time progresses, things that I read, and have come to know as true and good, continually enforce themselves. This can simply be attributed to the fact that we are looking for signs to enforce what we already think to be true! Not that they are definitely, but rather, because we are looking for the signs that will prove ourselves right, we will either distort reality or equate the things that are happening to our beliefs. Perhaps it's high time for us to keep our minds open and try and form ideas not based on convention and or preconceived ideas. We should never let our ideas be totally stuck, or rather, be afraid to change our ideas. They are already skewed because of the way our minds tick!

Well, on another hand, I think I am really making progress, and if you follow me on twitter, you'd know that I am back online on facebook! Wonder if anyone from one of the companies that I work for read the post about the suspension of facebook. Oh, and if you were wondering, it wasnt unblocked. Perhaps I need to get the people who matter more to READ this blog!

Right, so well there, two cents worth followed by shit I thought mattered. Totalling three cents worth! Ta-daa.

Facebook

2009-04-21T08:49:00.003+08:00

A few days ago, something really disturbing happened to me. A friend commented on my status on facebook, and I saw that in my email, but, I could no longer log into facebook! I was shocked when I was instead, directed to an internal error message! Albeit emblazoned with the company logo saying that social networking sites are not allowed..

I am totally guilty for using facebook at work for my own purposes, but that said, I do think that given my short stay at this company in question, the reason why I know many of my colleagues can be attributed to the fact that there is a group online with many of them. That, simply put, told me about them, what they do and where their interests lie. That in turn, allowed the ice to be broken really fast.

On top of that, work related matters and morale is kept high with communication constant. How do you otherwise find a chance to bump into a senior to ask him something when other instant messaging software requires you to personally know the party you are adding beforehand? Well, at least enough to ask him for his skype address. How odd will it be to be asked by an almost stranger?

I do think that in this day and age, where it is the fluidity and availability of information that gives us the cutting age, the restriction of information would only serve to be detrimental. Detrimental to the efficiency of the workforce, and detrimental to morale. Honestly, for something someone uses for a few minutes a day, is it really worth the dissent that will circulate and the resulting inspired dissatisfaction? I am not a new worker, fresh out from school, I know that in an ideal workforce, and especially in engineering, we have a bunch of robots with an infinite work output. I have been doing this for quite a number of years.

We don’t live in an ideal society, and it is not right to try and gain semblance of one by restriction and forcing compliance. Performance of an individual should be gauged by personal merit. Or is it that with the economic climate as it is, more hurdles are put in our path on purpose to make things harder, so that we need to go through a lot more crap to get things done?

What am I supposed to do?

2009-04-19T12:18:00.002+08:00

You know what I hate? I have been in a tango, and this all seems to be working in circles, where nothing really happens and then all I am doing is amusing myself for that moment, and then the whole cycle repeats itself. I have so many things I wanna do, but then again, going to the office every bleedy day then really wastes my time, and it really does take up a lot of effort. A lot more than what I deem worth, monetary or otherwise. I am one to work for recognition, and monetary reward.

Slow Mo!

2009-04-19T12:15:00.001+08:00

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

I am in awe.

2009-04-16T16:58:00.000+08:00

I am firm; you are stubborn; he is a pig-headed fool.

2009-04-16T10:01:00.002+08:00

It's all relative. I realize that it is scary as and when people are sometimes courteous to total strangers as compared to people they know well. This is particularly evident when we are looking at two people who know each other well. They are mostly courteous to the others around them, but in some cases, absolutely nasty to their other halves, barely ever stopping to consider reverberations of statements. Sometimes, known or unknown, statements that leave as audible compressions or longitudinal waves, end up as the pebble responsible for the excitation and hence propagation of transverse waves. Albeit in another dimension, perhaps the fourth, but following the laws of physics, enforce or cancel just like any third dimensional wave would.

My theory is that just like there are 3-d properties that cannot be explained in 2-d, There are reverberations that occur in 4-d, that cannot be explained in our 3-d universe.

In case you were wondering about the post title, I realize that it is totally irrelevant to the post, but that is how I am feeling!

Battlecry.

2009-04-15T09:35:00.002+08:00

Well, it has come again to a point where I really dont know what to say or do any more. I was listening to Metallica, and I quote - the limitation in human understanding. Limitation in my understanding. So we all go by gut feeling, by feel. And then again, we all know that feelings and logic are contradictory, and then after a while, we are asking ourselves as to why we are acting illogically. We try straightening things out till we hit yet another brick wall. And for a good laugh, hit the repeat and shuffle buttons..... And we have human psyche. Somebody tell me I am wrong.

Teardrop

2009-04-14T09:22:00.004+08:00

I was talking to a simple humble cleaner a long time ago when we came across the topic of human emotion. She reckoned that when tears fall sans the wailing it hurts the most.

I reckon she is right.

Ka-chiing, or rather, the lack of.

2009-04-13T13:49:00.003+08:00

Oh gawd... After a spate of purchases, I realized that my finances are in disarray... Right, it's time to EARN more dammit! But then again, with the market situation in it's current state, I find that more tedious than ever! Well, I hope that everything goes well from now on. I have been feeling under the weather, and somehow, that is affecting me in a few ways, ways in which I did not expect to be affected.

Whatever the case, I still stand by the fact that if I do get down on paper a little of what i have been pondering about, I will make it really far! Unfortunately, i have been thinking of a few things, that I really want to write about, and strangely, when that happens, the ideas that are going through my mind are so vivid and so unique that it is almost unfathomable that I might not recollect them. Fast forward 2 days, and then ta-daah... I am now sitting at my computer, and really wondering what I was thinking about that was of such great importance! Perhaps it wasnt anything much to begin with, but trust me, at that point of time, it did really seem like it was!

Maybe it is true that writing or noting down different aspects of our lives will not enhance the entire quality, but make us harp upon the parts that displeases us. I was reading national statistics, and there was one about keeping journals. It was shown that women who kept journals are 48% more likely to get divorced, and of that number, 71% more likely to regret their decisions. Someone theorized that we will be happier if we just got on with life and not ponder about details. I say it's experience. It's where we draw that line and start judging rather than experiencing that makes the difference.

Heck, whatever the case, I need to find me dough sources! Anyone?

Weapon of massive consumption

2009-04-12T09:53:00.004+08:00

Err, So I did it... I got my dSLR, bought a tripod, and a telescope! All in a day. Pretty impulsive telescope buy, but the SLR, I have been eying for quite a bit!

Anyhow, CATS... that was interesting, but in my opinion, they had a massive need for a stronger spotlight! many times, I had to wonder who they were singing about, and hunt the only marginally more illuminated character in topic! But then otherwise, it was amusing, and more so, I thought it was good that we managed to do something together as a family, and that we managed to get stuff done!

Anyhow, I will Facebook the photos, and twitter what I am doing!

Later!

Aye Keww

2009-04-09T12:18:00.004+08:00

Hahaha, this is one of those times I need something to reassure me that I am not a dumbass, not able to think and function. This only happened because the IQ test on facebook was insanely out of point and easy.. I had to find out another way! Not that this proves anything... Perhaps I should visit my shrink... Oh and shrink is short for headshrinker or otherwise known as a clinical psychiatrist or psychologist.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrink%5B2%5D

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