The Bandit suggests to the gahmen, "Please.. enough of teaching of abstinence. Educate people on safer sex instead. De-stigmatize sexuality."
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
World AIDS Day
The Bandit supports World AIDS Day.
The Bandit suggests to the gahmen, "Please.. enough of teaching of abstinence. Educate people on safer sex instead. De-stigmatize sexuality."
The Bandit suggests to the gahmen, "Please.. enough of teaching of abstinence. Educate people on safer sex instead. De-stigmatize sexuality."
Blog Roll and Web Links
Please note that I do not endorse any of the content of the blogs or websites which I link to in my blog roll on web links. Their content do not neccessarily reflect my ideas or motivations. The links are there for me to use my blog as a portal, where bookmarks are not adequate, to content which I find to be of my personal interest to pursue, be it in agreement or in critique.
Adapting the environment to oneself
I went to Ang Mo Kio yesterday, and was waiting for my bus home when i bumped into a rather wierd incident yesterday. See scene reconstruction below.
The dark gray area is the road and bus bay while the lighter gray area is the pavement at the bus stop. The blue rectangle is a top down view of the signboard which shows what numbers are available from that stop. The green dot is a green garbage bin and the yellow dot is Lady B at the bus stop waiting for her bus.
All seems normal and uneventful, until Lady A came along. Lady A then moved towards Lady B (who was minding her own business waiting for the bus) and then decided to squeeze herself into the tiny space between Lady B and the garbage bin. I mean, of all the places to stand..
Lady B then feeling a little crowded, coz the space between the garbage bin was not really enuff for another person to fit in, moved away. Lady A then assumes the position which Lady B was at previously.
Then suddenly, the evil green garbage bin lashed out with it smelly stink, or so i assumed. Lady A began to use her foot to push the green garbage bin along the path of the dotted line to the spot marked by the red X. After that, Lady A walked back to the yellow circle position and waited for the bus except that now, the whole bus stop of people were peeping at her.
I might not have drawn accurately, but the bin in the new position was gonna be a hindrance for movement of commuters running for the bus. Not that i'm saying people should run for the bus, but some do.
I cannot help but remember George Lam's advertisment for some beer where he say he'll rather change the surrounding to suit him.
The dark gray area is the road and bus bay while the lighter gray area is the pavement at the bus stop. The blue rectangle is a top down view of the signboard which shows what numbers are available from that stop. The green dot is a green garbage bin and the yellow dot is Lady B at the bus stop waiting for her bus.
All seems normal and uneventful, until Lady A came along. Lady A then moved towards Lady B (who was minding her own business waiting for the bus) and then decided to squeeze herself into the tiny space between Lady B and the garbage bin. I mean, of all the places to stand..
Lady B then feeling a little crowded, coz the space between the garbage bin was not really enuff for another person to fit in, moved away. Lady A then assumes the position which Lady B was at previously.
Then suddenly, the evil green garbage bin lashed out with it smelly stink, or so i assumed. Lady A began to use her foot to push the green garbage bin along the path of the dotted line to the spot marked by the red X. After that, Lady A walked back to the yellow circle position and waited for the bus except that now, the whole bus stop of people were peeping at her.
I might not have drawn accurately, but the bin in the new position was gonna be a hindrance for movement of commuters running for the bus. Not that i'm saying people should run for the bus, but some do.
I cannot help but remember George Lam's advertisment for some beer where he say he'll rather change the surrounding to suit him.
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side'
Article from Times Online (empahsis my own)
Excerpt :
"RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society. "
Read more.
Please note that the conclusions from the study only asserts that worship of God is unneccessary for a healthy society. It hypothesize that worship of God may contribute to social problems.
Disclaimer: Just in case anyone wanna point out that i said i was not gonna talk about religion anymore (atleast until the elections are over for some time), i did not say anything about religion. I merely linked to an article (Which i will continue to do so).
Excerpt :
"RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
The study counters the view of believers that religion is necessary to provide the moral and ethical foundations of a healthy society. "
Read more.
Please note that the conclusions from the study only asserts that worship of God is unneccessary for a healthy society. It hypothesize that worship of God may contribute to social problems.
Disclaimer: Just in case anyone wanna point out that i said i was not gonna talk about religion anymore (atleast until the elections are over for some time), i did not say anything about religion. I merely linked to an article (Which i will continue to do so).
Monday, November 28, 2005
I met someone i wanted to marry
You know how it is i would always profess about my true love in this blog and that i wanna marry my one true love. They're all my one true love, ya see. But most of them were selected with careful thought that i would never meet any of them. Except for Mail Order Bride (link in blog roll), since i could potentially bump into her if i went to those blogger convention/gathering/party.
This morning, there was a free breakfast and networking thingy organised by JTC for the building's tenants. Greedy as i was, greedy both for food and some eye candy, i went for it. Turn out that the CEO of 3i technologies was also there!
Having had dealings with our company, and knowing my colleague, she came over to talk to my colleague. My colleague introduced me and i got to shake hands with the CEO. Omg, and i wanted to marry her! What a beautiful day..
This morning, there was a free breakfast and networking thingy organised by JTC for the building's tenants. Greedy as i was, greedy both for food and some eye candy, i went for it. Turn out that the CEO of 3i technologies was also there!
Having had dealings with our company, and knowing my colleague, she came over to talk to my colleague. My colleague introduced me and i got to shake hands with the CEO. Omg, and i wanted to marry her! What a beautiful day..
Running : Coming through!
So i'll just talk about the happenings of my luxurious life. A couple moments ago, i went for my light jog. Along the way, i met another of my one and only true love of my dreams. There was this girl with long brown hair tied into a pony tail, fair skin, big eyes, sporty attire (just finished her own exercise), walking towards me. But since she was going the other direction, she walked past me and i ran past her and true love never blossomed. Oh well..
Turn out that she was doing a warm down walk and weaved through the residential buildings. And i was making a big outer loop. Eventually i saw her on the main road again, still walking, but this time, our direction was the same. Ah.. no more excuses. But i didn't really want to miss my weekly three km run, which started from last week, is already inadequate training for the Standard Charter twenty one km run (yeah, i'm a weakling, i dare not go for fourty two again) on the first weekend of december. Oh well..
So i thought maybe when i ran past her i could turn around and jog backwards (never a wise thing to do when jogging in the roads/pavement) a little to.. i don't know to what.. maybe ah beng her.. But i figured that she might take it as some kind of a challenge and start to race with me. Having neither speed nor stamina nor training, i would probably just malu (embarass) myself by losing to her in a race. Note that it is perfectly possible to have training but still have neither speed nor stamina. Atleast i would have tried my best. But still equally malu. Bleahz male chuavanism.
In the end i decided to play safe and not run backwards into cars, people, lamp posts etc. Oh well..
Turn out that she was doing a warm down walk and weaved through the residential buildings. And i was making a big outer loop. Eventually i saw her on the main road again, still walking, but this time, our direction was the same. Ah.. no more excuses. But i didn't really want to miss my weekly three km run, which started from last week, is already inadequate training for the Standard Charter twenty one km run (yeah, i'm a weakling, i dare not go for fourty two again) on the first weekend of december. Oh well..
So i thought maybe when i ran past her i could turn around and jog backwards (never a wise thing to do when jogging in the roads/pavement) a little to.. i don't know to what.. maybe ah beng her.. But i figured that she might take it as some kind of a challenge and start to race with me. Having neither speed nor stamina nor training, i would probably just malu (embarass) myself by losing to her in a race. Note that it is perfectly possible to have training but still have neither speed nor stamina. Atleast i would have tried my best. But still equally malu. Bleahz male chuavanism.
In the end i decided to play safe and not run backwards into cars, people, lamp posts etc. Oh well..
Just my opinion
i was told by a cousin (no aliases here, but its not difficult to guess which cousin chats with me) that i should blog about things which are important to me. She said that i've blog quite alot about religion already and that i should dedicate some posts to topics like the extended family.
Which in a sense is quite true. Why should i try so hard to banish credulity. Why should i care if people believed in intelligent design or noodly appendages? I should stop blogging about sensitive stuff like religion and religious beliefs.
Especially when the very people calls me infantile, narrow minded, navel gazing, word playing, satan possessed, arrogant fool. Which i actually do kind of agree. Reading thru atheist comments/blogs, they always seem to adhere to a pattern of speech that goes like "Your claims of blah that infers blah because of blah is not logical because of blah as such i cannot believe in blah but remain blah. But of course that's just my opinion". Now that last sentence is important, especially in SG, because it is a last line of defence which basically shouts out "Hey, don't sue me, coz if you do, you're just not acceptable of other people's opinions. And if you disagree with me, that's just your opinion."
So you see, atheists are all opionated people full of their own opinions. And of course, everything else is everyone else's opinion. And in a macro view, its hard to understand why we're social animals if everyone has their own opinions. It should be obvious that people's own opinions are important to themselves, otherwise it wouldn't be called an opinion.
But of course, how could i subsribe to the unproven theory of evolution? Intelligent design deserves mention too, i'm sure. "And in a macro view, its hard to understand why we're social animals OR social beings" And of course, earth does not revolve around the sun. Not that the sun revolves around earth either. You'll be happy to know that the entire universe revolves around me. But that's just my opinion.
Which in a sense is quite true. Why should i try so hard to banish credulity. Why should i care if people believed in intelligent design or noodly appendages? I should stop blogging about sensitive stuff like religion and religious beliefs.
Especially when the very people calls me infantile, narrow minded, navel gazing, word playing, satan possessed, arrogant fool. Which i actually do kind of agree. Reading thru atheist comments/blogs, they always seem to adhere to a pattern of speech that goes like "Your claims of blah that infers blah because of blah is not logical because of blah as such i cannot believe in blah but remain blah. But of course that's just my opinion". Now that last sentence is important, especially in SG, because it is a last line of defence which basically shouts out "Hey, don't sue me, coz if you do, you're just not acceptable of other people's opinions. And if you disagree with me, that's just your opinion."
So you see, atheists are all opionated people full of their own opinions. And of course, everything else is everyone else's opinion. And in a macro view, its hard to understand why we're social animals if everyone has their own opinions. It should be obvious that people's own opinions are important to themselves, otherwise it wouldn't be called an opinion.
But of course, how could i subsribe to the unproven theory of evolution? Intelligent design deserves mention too, i'm sure. "And in a macro view, its hard to understand why we're social animals OR social beings" And of course, earth does not revolve around the sun. Not that the sun revolves around earth either. You'll be happy to know that the entire universe revolves around me. But that's just my opinion.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
More Sleep
In a bid to recover lost sleep, i continued sleeping after waking up multiple times this morning. End up i slept till 2:45pm. But the recovered sleep doesn't seem to help much since i wasn't sleeping any earlier today. But atleast my headaches have gone away. Yay. What a beautiful day, or what remains of it.
Oh.. my days end only after i've slept and woken up.
Oh.. my days end only after i've slept and woken up.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Link to Alonzo Fyfe
Do take some time out to read Alonzo Fyfe's Meaning of Life.
Excerpt (It's the same excerpt provided by atheism.about.com
"Imagine a distant land, occupied by humans, but whose customs differ from our own. In this land, a young girl faces her eighth birthday. On this special day, her parents give her a small paper box that fits in her hand, and they tell her, "This box contains an egg. It is very fragile, and you must take very good care of it. You must keep it with you at all times, but you must always make sure that it never gets too warm. You must keep it from being struck or dropped, because if this happens the egg will surely break."
These egg boxes are made at a temple. There is an elaborate ceremony in which a priest puts a box together according to time-honored rituals. It is sealed shut then, with a prayer, it is said that an egg enters this world from a land beyond space and time. However, if the box is ever opened or the egg is damaged, it will return to the land from which it came.
If the egg survives until death of its owner, the person's essence will enter the egg. When the egg returns to its own land, it will carry that essence with it."
Excerpt (It's the same excerpt provided by atheism.about.com
"Imagine a distant land, occupied by humans, but whose customs differ from our own. In this land, a young girl faces her eighth birthday. On this special day, her parents give her a small paper box that fits in her hand, and they tell her, "This box contains an egg. It is very fragile, and you must take very good care of it. You must keep it with you at all times, but you must always make sure that it never gets too warm. You must keep it from being struck or dropped, because if this happens the egg will surely break."
These egg boxes are made at a temple. There is an elaborate ceremony in which a priest puts a box together according to time-honored rituals. It is sealed shut then, with a prayer, it is said that an egg enters this world from a land beyond space and time. However, if the box is ever opened or the egg is damaged, it will return to the land from which it came.
If the egg survives until death of its owner, the person's essence will enter the egg. When the egg returns to its own land, it will carry that essence with it."
Lethal Efficiency
It is sad to see people championing for certain causes saying that they support the death penalty. What many do not realise is the difference between a death penalty and a mandatory death penalty.
It is not in my interests to discuss whether the death penalty is effective as a deterent or not, whether the concept of a life for a life is sound or not, whether the issue of a wrong conviction matters or not, whether the burden of proof lies with the for or against or not.
Rather, i like to propose a new penalty, much harsher than the death penalty. Since the death penalty is supposedly to be a good deterant, being lethal as it is, it is only fair to assume that an even harsher penalty would work as a deterent even better.
I propose that we implement the mandatory torture penalty. Anyone who is sentenced to such a penalty would be tortured. For the rest of his life. 生不如死.
In fact, it is such a good deterant that we should propagate the use of it to all kinds of crime. First time offenders will be made to watch the torture. Let them hear the screaming. Second time offenders will be sent into the torture chambers. The length of torture would be exponentially proportional to the seriousness of the crime.
Have i got you ticking yet? Or not? Learn the word humane.
It is not in my interests to discuss whether the death penalty is effective as a deterent or not, whether the concept of a life for a life is sound or not, whether the issue of a wrong conviction matters or not, whether the burden of proof lies with the for or against or not.
Rather, i like to propose a new penalty, much harsher than the death penalty. Since the death penalty is supposedly to be a good deterant, being lethal as it is, it is only fair to assume that an even harsher penalty would work as a deterent even better.
I propose that we implement the mandatory torture penalty. Anyone who is sentenced to such a penalty would be tortured. For the rest of his life. 生不如死.
In fact, it is such a good deterant that we should propagate the use of it to all kinds of crime. First time offenders will be made to watch the torture. Let them hear the screaming. Second time offenders will be sent into the torture chambers. The length of torture would be exponentially proportional to the seriousness of the crime.
Have i got you ticking yet? Or not? Learn the word humane.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Harry Potter 4 Review
Warning: Spoiler ahead.
"Bleahz, Boys"
Ok, that's just Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, not the full cast. But she's my favorite witch of the story. Professor Snape queues up second as a wizard, not witch though. I was trying to look for a full Hermione Granger in pink dress and flourishing her charming smile to pin up. But there don't seem to be any such picture around in the web. Emma Watson has become much prettier since.
The show was pretty good, but the storyline portrayed was jerky. Perhaps reading the book before watching the show is a requirement for smooth understanding of the story. It is not easy when you've got to start memorizing their incantations to know what the wizards and witches were casting (Eg. the torture curse). For the amount of intricate details, or lack thereof, the show lasted pretty long. It felt as if the audience is being hurried through an extremely long story, thus the resultant effect of the storyline feeling jerky.
The villian gloating syndrome was rather pronounced, coz a couple days before the show, while watching The Chamber of Secrets, my brother complained that Harry Potter had gloating villians tell the story, filling up the gaps of what really happened. Usually they will fail to do what they want to do after telling the story.
I guess reading the book is really a neccesity. Or i would be hard pressed to know what.. now what his name.. the Hogwarts principal.. anyway, i won't know what exactly he was pulling out of his head to put into the pool of water.
Another thing is that Harry Potter was supposed to be using a wand that was once used by Voldemort (See Philosopher's Stone). Weren't they suppose to be sharing a wand? Unless Voldemort stopped using Harry Potter's wand to use another wand some time in the past, then this would be a considerable linker error.
Rating ****/5
"Bleahz, Boys"
Ok, that's just Emma Watson as Hermione Granger, not the full cast. But she's my favorite witch of the story. Professor Snape queues up second as a wizard, not witch though. I was trying to look for a full Hermione Granger in pink dress and flourishing her charming smile to pin up. But there don't seem to be any such picture around in the web. Emma Watson has become much prettier since.
The show was pretty good, but the storyline portrayed was jerky. Perhaps reading the book before watching the show is a requirement for smooth understanding of the story. It is not easy when you've got to start memorizing their incantations to know what the wizards and witches were casting (Eg. the torture curse). For the amount of intricate details, or lack thereof, the show lasted pretty long. It felt as if the audience is being hurried through an extremely long story, thus the resultant effect of the storyline feeling jerky.
The villian gloating syndrome was rather pronounced, coz a couple days before the show, while watching The Chamber of Secrets, my brother complained that Harry Potter had gloating villians tell the story, filling up the gaps of what really happened. Usually they will fail to do what they want to do after telling the story.
I guess reading the book is really a neccesity. Or i would be hard pressed to know what.. now what his name.. the Hogwarts principal.. anyway, i won't know what exactly he was pulling out of his head to put into the pool of water.
Another thing is that Harry Potter was supposed to be using a wand that was once used by Voldemort (See Philosopher's Stone). Weren't they suppose to be sharing a wand? Unless Voldemort stopped using Harry Potter's wand to use another wand some time in the past, then this would be a considerable linker error.
Rating ****/5
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
someone ah beng-ed me today
Had a rather bad start today. Sleep, as usual, was lacking and when the morning alarm sounded, the one-more-last-snooze symptom kicked in. I think it would have helped if it weren't raining and so cold. When i finally woke up, i was running kind of late for my usual bus. Finished the morning rituals as quickly as possible before flying to the bus stop. And to my pleasant surprise, i was still on time for my usual bus.
And when the arrived, i checked my pockets and went like, "Where's my handphone?". Apparently, in my hurry, i've forgotten to take my handphone. If i didn't have to go out today, i would have gone to work without my handphone. As it is, i went back home to get my handphone. Not a very good start.
Arrived at the destination bus stop, alighted at the front of it, and decided to move to the back of the bus stop. Since it was still splattering with droplets, i decided to keep the parts of me that were still alive inside the bus stop's shelter. And while moving to the back of the bus, i brushed against the bag of a nus student (i assume he is a student, i assume all people who board bus 95 during those hours are students).
And den the guy was very boh song (hokkien: unhappy), and stared at me the whole time, trying to ah beng me. wth.
And when the arrived, i checked my pockets and went like, "Where's my handphone?". Apparently, in my hurry, i've forgotten to take my handphone. If i didn't have to go out today, i would have gone to work without my handphone. As it is, i went back home to get my handphone. Not a very good start.
Arrived at the destination bus stop, alighted at the front of it, and decided to move to the back of the bus stop. Since it was still splattering with droplets, i decided to keep the parts of me that were still alive inside the bus stop's shelter. And while moving to the back of the bus, i brushed against the bag of a nus student (i assume he is a student, i assume all people who board bus 95 during those hours are students).
And den the guy was very boh song (hokkien: unhappy), and stared at me the whole time, trying to ah beng me. wth.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Some random email
My friend was having problems with some email with a guy. So she forwarded it to me and asked me what to make of it. After reading the email, i could not tahan the arrogance of that guy anymore and i helped her draft a reply.
But my friend is rather benign and will only bite the wrong people. She decided to be more politcally correct and friendly in a reply and didn't use my reply. So i thought i'll just pin it up for some reading.
WARNING: Offensive Language
Rating: M18
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"Wow, you really want to test me."
You really should wake up your ideas. Test... test what test? This is a game meh? If you like to play game then you keep to speed dating can liao.
"Well, I cannot say "subdue" you easily; this is a quite powerful word. You should say more likely that you I can "win" over heart easily."
Arrogance. Pure arrogance is not an appeal factor. It is REPULSIVE.
"Firstly, when I asked you out, you always will try your best to go out. Remember the incident that you still went to ECP with me alone, despite you at home after bathing."
So you think i very easy going is it? You think you Qin Sheng is it? You think you can twiddle me around and i'll still love you for it? So do you have a liking for me only because i am the only one who is kind enough to go out with you? Do you have a slightest idea of what it means to take things for granted. So, are you sure that you can win my heart "very easily"? Please do not insult my intellect. You pathetic sonofabitch. I demand an apology.
"Love experts have said that if you go out with a person more than 3 times, he can safely conclude that the person is keen on you. This is not to say that the person can be your partner, this is just an expression of "liking" only."
Is that all you have to show for? A TEXTBOOK? You can't even figure out love without someone telling you about it! Your love expert is WRONG. I am not your average easily swept off the feet (read cheated) by [name] type of girl.
"Secondly, I feel you can "tarhan" my characters."
I can tarhan your character? So what does that mean? That so long as someone in this world can tolerate you, you're then considered flawless and correct and desirable?
"Thirdly, you "fulfil" some of my basic requirements, like sharing same religion, got the height, although the weight is not that "ideal". I thinking fulfilling the basic requirements is the first step to know you better. You have told me you will not consider a bald head guy, so this is your basic requirements."
[Not a reply, i wrote to my friend] This one catch 22 liao. You told [name] you cannot accept a bald guy (physical attribute). So likewise he can say he prefer a girl with lesser weight.
"I also listened to a lot of people advice before I made that statement, "I got 99% chances" to choose you. One of my friends has advised me that it is not easily to find someone reciprocate the same feeling/action to you. Just like you keen on [initials], but he does not think the same way. So he chose to leave you."
Listen to alot of people? So do you like me or do people like me? Make up your mind. If it is people who like me, then I rather reciprocate towards them.
"So now is your turn to tell me why you "keen" on me?"
Keen on you? Don't make me laugh, you snniveling worm, sonofabitch, bastard. The world revolves around ME, NOT YOU. Well... so long, dream on, i'll leave you to your own world where you think you're the only guy in the world. Even then, you're still not desirable.
[The guy then sent an sms to a guy whom my friend kind of like]
SMS: "Do u think it is possible for u and [my friend's name] to develop further,not remain as friend but to become couple? I was toldby someone to ask.[guy's name]."
Fuck you understand. My relationships with whoever will be handled by ME and WHOEVER AND DOES NOT CONCERN YOU. WE WILL PROCEED IN OUR OWN TIME, PLEASE STOP RUINING OUR LIVES, be it whoever the other person is. [I noe this sounds hypocritical, coz, i'm meddling into someonelses realtionships, but some things are just so wrong]
"I shall wait for your candid answers"
Candid answers? You think my words are very funny? You think I'm making a fool of myself? You na beh cheebye mother fucker, your penis will rot in hell.
[Notice that the guy never once mentioned that he wants to make a commitment. He keeps focusing on, "All your base are mine anytime i want it". Right to the end of the email, the guy was still so full of himself.
To that guy, please.. if you like a girl, go and chase her, tell her you like her. Don't waltz up to her and tell her to chase you!! While i agree that this day and age girls should take up more initiative, its shameful to tell the girl to make a commitment while you stand back and say "Oh.. i want to see first."]
But my friend is rather benign and will only bite the wrong people. She decided to be more politcally correct and friendly in a reply and didn't use my reply. So i thought i'll just pin it up for some reading.
WARNING: Offensive Language
Rating: M18
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"Wow, you really want to test me."
You really should wake up your ideas. Test... test what test? This is a game meh? If you like to play game then you keep to speed dating can liao.
"Well, I cannot say "subdue" you easily; this is a quite powerful word. You should say more likely that you I can "win" over heart easily."
Arrogance. Pure arrogance is not an appeal factor. It is REPULSIVE.
"Firstly, when I asked you out, you always will try your best to go out. Remember the incident that you still went to ECP with me alone, despite you at home after bathing."
So you think i very easy going is it? You think you Qin Sheng is it? You think you can twiddle me around and i'll still love you for it? So do you have a liking for me only because i am the only one who is kind enough to go out with you? Do you have a slightest idea of what it means to take things for granted. So, are you sure that you can win my heart "very easily"? Please do not insult my intellect. You pathetic sonofabitch. I demand an apology.
"Love experts have said that if you go out with a person more than 3 times, he can safely conclude that the person is keen on you. This is not to say that the person can be your partner, this is just an expression of "liking" only."
Is that all you have to show for? A TEXTBOOK? You can't even figure out love without someone telling you about it! Your love expert is WRONG. I am not your average easily swept off the feet (read cheated) by [name] type of girl.
"Secondly, I feel you can "tarhan" my characters."
I can tarhan your character? So what does that mean? That so long as someone in this world can tolerate you, you're then considered flawless and correct and desirable?
"Thirdly, you "fulfil" some of my basic requirements, like sharing same religion, got the height, although the weight is not that "ideal". I thinking fulfilling the basic requirements is the first step to know you better. You have told me you will not consider a bald head guy, so this is your basic requirements."
[Not a reply, i wrote to my friend] This one catch 22 liao. You told [name] you cannot accept a bald guy (physical attribute). So likewise he can say he prefer a girl with lesser weight.
"I also listened to a lot of people advice before I made that statement, "I got 99% chances" to choose you. One of my friends has advised me that it is not easily to find someone reciprocate the same feeling/action to you. Just like you keen on [initials], but he does not think the same way. So he chose to leave you."
Listen to alot of people? So do you like me or do people like me? Make up your mind. If it is people who like me, then I rather reciprocate towards them.
"So now is your turn to tell me why you "keen" on me?"
Keen on you? Don't make me laugh, you snniveling worm, sonofabitch, bastard. The world revolves around ME, NOT YOU. Well... so long, dream on, i'll leave you to your own world where you think you're the only guy in the world. Even then, you're still not desirable.
[The guy then sent an sms to a guy whom my friend kind of like]
SMS: "Do u think it is possible for u and [my friend's name] to develop further,not remain as friend but to become couple? I was toldby someone to ask.[guy's name]."
Fuck you understand. My relationships with whoever will be handled by ME and WHOEVER AND DOES NOT CONCERN YOU. WE WILL PROCEED IN OUR OWN TIME, PLEASE STOP RUINING OUR LIVES, be it whoever the other person is. [I noe this sounds hypocritical, coz, i'm meddling into someonelses realtionships, but some things are just so wrong]
"I shall wait for your candid answers"
Candid answers? You think my words are very funny? You think I'm making a fool of myself? You na beh cheebye mother fucker, your penis will rot in hell.
[Notice that the guy never once mentioned that he wants to make a commitment. He keeps focusing on, "All your base are mine anytime i want it". Right to the end of the email, the guy was still so full of himself.
To that guy, please.. if you like a girl, go and chase her, tell her you like her. Don't waltz up to her and tell her to chase you!! While i agree that this day and age girls should take up more initiative, its shameful to tell the girl to make a commitment while you stand back and say "Oh.. i want to see first."]
Sunday, November 20, 2005
I evolved from Sun Wu Kong?
Read the "Man's evolution from monkey a proven scientific fact?" newspaper article from various links. The best portal for this article would be this tomorrow's post. Click through the trackbacks.
So what do i make of it?; "Man's evolution from monkey a proven scientific fact?".
Wa liao eh! Of course it is not a fact lah. To say that man evolved from monkeys is utterly lame and stupid and shows little for reading up. The answers are all around! I guess this is the problem with not playing magic the gathering. There's no issue of classifying a species wrongly when the gaming card's company's R&D try to play God.
We evolved from APES NOT MONKEYS!
So what do i make of it?; "Man's evolution from monkey a proven scientific fact?".
Wa liao eh! Of course it is not a fact lah. To say that man evolved from monkeys is utterly lame and stupid and shows little for reading up. The answers are all around! I guess this is the problem with not playing magic the gathering. There's no issue of classifying a species wrongly when the gaming card's company's R&D try to play God.
We evolved from APES NOT MONKEYS!
Friendster
Just popped over from Friendster. It used to have Open Relationship and Close Relationship status. As if anyone would really know the actual meaning of those relationships. Anyway, Friendster did away with those two status, collapsing it into a single In a Relationship status.
They've also added a new status, Complicated. As such, i've changed my own status from Single to Complicated. For no reason other than that a Complicated status sounds more mysterious and exciting. Single sounds kind of boring.
They've also added a new status, Complicated. As such, i've changed my own status from Single to Complicated. For no reason other than that a Complicated status sounds more mysterious and exciting. Single sounds kind of boring.
Friday, November 18, 2005
i need more sleep
I'm tired, coz i wanna sleep. But i wanna blog, so i'm trying to blog. But i've got nothing to blog about, so i wanna sleep. But i dun wanna sleep, coz i wanna blog. But its probably not very interesting to read me going through this infinite loop process, so i try to do something else. But i still wanna sleep and blog.
In case anyone is expecting me to blog something about tonight, no don't wait, coz i'm not gonna blog about it. Ah... the dangling carrot, tantalising is it not?
In case anyone is expecting me to blog something about tonight, no don't wait, coz i'm not gonna blog about it. Ah... the dangling carrot, tantalising is it not?
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Gloomy Afternoon said... Link deliberately not provided, but hey, dun be lazy, the link's just in the side bar.
Anyway, i commented in her blog saying her poems always haf birds trapped not in closed cages but open cages. She mentions that birds trapped in open cages are hilarious.. Bah.. what a cruel and wierd sense of humor, that evil witch. Birds are hilarious only when they are chopped up and served in plates with gravy. Funny not? Muahahahha >: )
Anyway, i commented in her blog saying her poems always haf birds trapped not in closed cages but open cages. She mentions that birds trapped in open cages are hilarious.. Bah.. what a cruel and wierd sense of humor, that evil witch. Birds are hilarious only when they are chopped up and served in plates with gravy. Funny not? Muahahahha >: )
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Boh gas liao
"Eh, cham siong, le ye card boh gas(English) liao.", that's what the bus driver said after making his way to the back of the bus. Don't ask me to translate cham siong, i never knew it was a noun! Anyway, the driver was telling the guy that his EzLink card (RFID E-purse card) didn't have a positive amount of cash value for deduction.
Until i ascertain what cham siong means in context, i can only assume that the driver said boh gas instead of boh lui, was to make it seem like a friendly banter, less embarassing for everyone.
Ok, i read too much into words..
In any case, saying gas can only be a result of Hollywood indoctrination. I have never seen any gas stations in Nogum city. Mainly because there are absolutely no vehicles that run on gas in Nogum city. Although one could say that having no gas stations effects into nobody wants to import vehicles that run on gas. But its always safer to place the bets on demand as the driving force.
Not that i'm saying people don't want to buy gas powered vehicles. Sometimes, other things get in the way. In fact, the only places i can think of that uses gas as a fuel is the kitchen. Though i'm not exactly sure if the kitchen's gas stove's gas is the same gas that powers gas powered vehicles. (I love this kind sentences, despite not being very readable)
So next time, if you're running low on petrol, don't say you wanna go to the petrol station to pump gas. Coz its petrol, not gas.
Until i ascertain what cham siong means in context, i can only assume that the driver said boh gas instead of boh lui, was to make it seem like a friendly banter, less embarassing for everyone.
Ok, i read too much into words..
In any case, saying gas can only be a result of Hollywood indoctrination. I have never seen any gas stations in Nogum city. Mainly because there are absolutely no vehicles that run on gas in Nogum city. Although one could say that having no gas stations effects into nobody wants to import vehicles that run on gas. But its always safer to place the bets on demand as the driving force.
Not that i'm saying people don't want to buy gas powered vehicles. Sometimes, other things get in the way. In fact, the only places i can think of that uses gas as a fuel is the kitchen. Though i'm not exactly sure if the kitchen's gas stove's gas is the same gas that powers gas powered vehicles. (I love this kind sentences, despite not being very readable)
So next time, if you're running low on petrol, don't say you wanna go to the petrol station to pump gas. Coz its petrol, not gas.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Aliens Ecology
Just a thought, i think not many people know about the life cycle of the aliens in the movie Alien 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or whatever, up to the last show where the people went back to Earth or something and Ripley is a clone from the dead Ripley who had an alien in her.
If you remember, in one of the numbers, Ripley killed the mama alien in a gundam suit prototype version negative one thousand. So... that's really a good point to start with, the mama alien.
In the begining, there was mama alien... And what mama alien did was to lay eggs. Not very sure if she needed any nookie (Alien Ressurection seems to indicate a need for it) to start laying eggs. Anyway, these eggs then hatches into little creepy crawlies floor hugging aliens. They are not the ones that open their mouths to spit out another mouth. What these floor huggers does is to climb onto human beings face and lays an egg into the human stomach/lung via the trachea.
Now.. if some alien climbs onto the face to shit into his/her mouth, wouldn't he/she brush it off his/her face or something? Well no, coz the aliens have a paralyzing tail which they use to paralyze the victims first. Or they could do it while the victim is asleep.
So these aliens inside the stomach/lung then grows up and eats its way out. And we get to see the alien bursting from the chest. After bursting from the chest, the aliens then grow up into workers, soldiers, drones. The workers collect more humans for food and reproduction. Some drones, much like ant colonies, might evolve into queen status and thus, the ecological cycle is complete.
If you remember, in one of the numbers, Ripley killed the mama alien in a gundam suit prototype version negative one thousand. So... that's really a good point to start with, the mama alien.
In the begining, there was mama alien... And what mama alien did was to lay eggs. Not very sure if she needed any nookie (Alien Ressurection seems to indicate a need for it) to start laying eggs. Anyway, these eggs then hatches into little creepy crawlies floor hugging aliens. They are not the ones that open their mouths to spit out another mouth. What these floor huggers does is to climb onto human beings face and lays an egg into the human stomach/lung via the trachea.
Now.. if some alien climbs onto the face to shit into his/her mouth, wouldn't he/she brush it off his/her face or something? Well no, coz the aliens have a paralyzing tail which they use to paralyze the victims first. Or they could do it while the victim is asleep.
So these aliens inside the stomach/lung then grows up and eats its way out. And we get to see the alien bursting from the chest. After bursting from the chest, the aliens then grow up into workers, soldiers, drones. The workers collect more humans for food and reproduction. Some drones, much like ant colonies, might evolve into queen status and thus, the ecological cycle is complete.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Sky High Review
Another of those shows where the hero is an unbeatable force. *sigh* The hands on fire guy was kind of cool, throughtout the whole show, i was waiting for him to be immolating, entire person on fire, but it seems only the hands had the fuel. Kind of liked it when the fire guy grabbed the ice girl's hand and neutralised each other at the end of the show in the ballroom.
My Rating **.5/5
My Rating **.5/5
Sunday, November 13, 2005
The truth wounds deeper than any knife
Just browsed over to minishorts and read the post about dimwits. minishorts said, "no dim-witted guy should EVER deserve a girlfriend".
NOOooooooo.. (hands reaching out and away from oblivion)
The truth hurts. I don't deserve Ponz Goo.. Boohoooo : ( But Daibido (Teflon) left her a comment, and there is still a glimmer of hope fordimwits me. Can try possiblity number four "Don’t date, just sleep around". Yay : D
Or possiblity three, "Skip the dating part … skip straight to getting married!", Yippee! Miss Goo, despite not having met you at all and not knowing you beyond being a name in the newspapers, i'm not dimwit! I.. i.. i lub *cough*..
Oh well.. i'm dimwit..
NOOooooooo.. (hands reaching out and away from oblivion)
The truth hurts. I don't deserve Ponz Goo.. Boohoooo : ( But Daibido (Teflon) left her a comment, and there is still a glimmer of hope for
Or possiblity three, "Skip the dating part … skip straight to getting married!", Yippee! Miss Goo, despite not having met you at all and not knowing you beyond being a name in the newspapers, i'm not dimwit! I.. i.. i lub *cough*..
Oh well.. i'm dimwit..
Dog eat dog world
The other day, i had yet another of my Close Encounters of the Dog Kind again. The dog was on a leash, but running loose. The owner, busy with her boyfriend had chosen to hold something other than the leash.. The boyfriend's hand lah..
Anyway, the dog came up to me, sniffle my toes (i was wearing sandals), and gave them a tiny wash with its own tongue. How nice it is to know that there are dogs in this world that would not attack me on sight.
Anyway, the dog came up to me, sniffle my toes (i was wearing sandals), and gave them a tiny wash with its own tongue. How nice it is to know that there are dogs in this world that would not attack me on sight.
No more hot shower
After almost a year of addiction to hot shower, i'm gonna quit it. I'm going to shower in cold water, no matter the room temperature. Um.. so long as i don't go to a country that's sporting a winter that is..
Just got a call from an overseas client to my personal handphone. Argh.. Believe it anot, but my boss puts my phone number in the name card but refuses to let me claim for the subscibtion.. that's just low. Anyway, the call was regarding software that refuses to work.. seems like i'm gonna be having a long week ahead..
But i wanna watch Harry Potter on Wednesday..
Ya.. lots of double dots in this post..
Just got a call from an overseas client to my personal handphone. Argh.. Believe it anot, but my boss puts my phone number in the name card but refuses to let me claim for the subscibtion.. that's just low. Anyway, the call was regarding software that refuses to work.. seems like i'm gonna be having a long week ahead..
But i wanna watch Harry Potter on Wednesday..
Ya.. lots of double dots in this post..
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Faith in Science
"I think, therefore I am", Descartes said. "A rose by any other name, smells just as sweet.", someone else said.
Ask me anytime of the day on why i would not believe a religion by faith, and i would answer by saying that there is no science to it. One can postulate the existence of God, one can genuinely believe to have seen the works of gods, one can claim of past lives and an adherence to a karmic cycle. From arguments by morality, free will, intelligent design, meaning of life, definition of English words, misinterpretation of second law of thermodynamics, right down to Pascal's wager. I would say that i fail to believe due to the lack of adequate evidence.
What about Einstein's theory of special relativity? Why should i believe Einstein? Have i personally conducted science experiments to prove his theory right or wrong? And if John Doe wanted to buy a can of fizzy drink from a vending machine, should i tell him to stop and do a science experiment to prove that the capacitors in the electronic circuits within the vending machine does indeed works the way that scientists and/or engineers claim them to?
"But i just want a drink." John Doe would probably say.
With pseudoscience never dying down and people, with impressive qualifications no less, start performing experiments and claim to have applied proper controls, and passing off and/or publishing it believably as science, how then is the common man like me, who cannot afford or construct or even understand the said experiment to believe what is true?
Would not belief in Newton's laws of motion become just a leap of faith? How do i know that Newton did not have some flaws in his experiments? When i catch someone staring at me, how can i say it is not not pattern finding but PSI energy generated from the brain of the person staring at me?
Incidentally, it seems i am adopting Descartes's method of discourse as seen in his Meditations on First Philosophy? That nothing i see and sense could be believed to be true. That some malevolent being might be lying to me, could possibly even be meddling with whatever science experiments that i conduct, so i would never know the truth.
But Meditations on First Philosophy has a serious flaw. I think, therefore i am. But no more. Nothing else can be proven. I can prove my existence, i can prove mathematics, but that's about as far as we could ever go with total discourse. To disbelieve everything would then amount to irrational paranoia, resulting only in stagnation, for nothing else can be proven.
I shall digress and talk a little about Mediations on First Philosophy. Descartes suggest that nothing can be believed to be true as a malevolent being could be lying to him. The apple he sees might in fact not be an apple. But if a malevolent being was lying to him, then he must be existential to be lied to. With this, Descartes uses as proof that thinking beings exists, cogito ergo sum (i think therefore i am).
Why does Mathematics exist as true then? "A rose by any other name smells just as sweet". One plus one equals two. You can use any language, call it by any other name, but the only way to count an accumulation of things is or atleast is the equivalent of the addition of one and one.
And from these simple mathematics, we can expand into many other things like Pythagoras Theorem, c² = a² + b². From that, we know that right-angle triangles exists. Shapes exists. But one can only prove that it exists conceptually, no more.
Perhaps Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy encounters such obstacles because it does not consider tangibility. An apple, even if it is a lie, interacts tangibily with its surroundings. One can reach out, grab the apple and eat it for sustenance. Sure it might all be a lie, but within the system itself, it is producing reliable reactance. John Doe need not care whether the vending machine exists anot, he only needs to insert his coins, press the buttons and he'll have a can of fizzy drink.
Which brings us back to square one. That for the common man, believing in physics seems to be no different than believing in pseudophysics. For all the common man like me would know, there is absolutely no difference. All it takes is a certain amount of faith.
But that is most certainly not true. For if ever the common man did start to conduct his own experiments, he would find that science experiments are replicable while pseudoscience experiments are not. Given that, is it still truthful to believe in pseudoscience?
One might then argue that to totally disregard pseudoscience is to be narrow-minded and unscientific. They contend that pseudoscience is pseudo only because of the limitations of current sciences, that pseudoscience is infact actually protoscience or undiscovered science. More importantly, proponents of psychic abilities, spirituality, alternative healing, creation science or pseudoscience, would always claim that their 'research' are protoscience. However, pseudoscience often discard failed experiments, focus on the people's tendency towards superstition and publish only successful tries in their experiments.
Where do we draw the line between the open minded and full blown credulity?
Ask me anytime of the day on why i would not believe a religion by faith, and i would answer by saying that there is no science to it. One can postulate the existence of God, one can genuinely believe to have seen the works of gods, one can claim of past lives and an adherence to a karmic cycle. From arguments by morality, free will, intelligent design, meaning of life, definition of English words, misinterpretation of second law of thermodynamics, right down to Pascal's wager. I would say that i fail to believe due to the lack of adequate evidence.
What about Einstein's theory of special relativity? Why should i believe Einstein? Have i personally conducted science experiments to prove his theory right or wrong? And if John Doe wanted to buy a can of fizzy drink from a vending machine, should i tell him to stop and do a science experiment to prove that the capacitors in the electronic circuits within the vending machine does indeed works the way that scientists and/or engineers claim them to?
"But i just want a drink." John Doe would probably say.
With pseudoscience never dying down and people, with impressive qualifications no less, start performing experiments and claim to have applied proper controls, and passing off and/or publishing it believably as science, how then is the common man like me, who cannot afford or construct or even understand the said experiment to believe what is true?
Would not belief in Newton's laws of motion become just a leap of faith? How do i know that Newton did not have some flaws in his experiments? When i catch someone staring at me, how can i say it is not not pattern finding but PSI energy generated from the brain of the person staring at me?
Incidentally, it seems i am adopting Descartes's method of discourse as seen in his Meditations on First Philosophy? That nothing i see and sense could be believed to be true. That some malevolent being might be lying to me, could possibly even be meddling with whatever science experiments that i conduct, so i would never know the truth.
But Meditations on First Philosophy has a serious flaw. I think, therefore i am. But no more. Nothing else can be proven. I can prove my existence, i can prove mathematics, but that's about as far as we could ever go with total discourse. To disbelieve everything would then amount to irrational paranoia, resulting only in stagnation, for nothing else can be proven.
I shall digress and talk a little about Mediations on First Philosophy. Descartes suggest that nothing can be believed to be true as a malevolent being could be lying to him. The apple he sees might in fact not be an apple. But if a malevolent being was lying to him, then he must be existential to be lied to. With this, Descartes uses as proof that thinking beings exists, cogito ergo sum (i think therefore i am).
Why does Mathematics exist as true then? "A rose by any other name smells just as sweet". One plus one equals two. You can use any language, call it by any other name, but the only way to count an accumulation of things is or atleast is the equivalent of the addition of one and one.
And from these simple mathematics, we can expand into many other things like Pythagoras Theorem, c² = a² + b². From that, we know that right-angle triangles exists. Shapes exists. But one can only prove that it exists conceptually, no more.
Perhaps Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy encounters such obstacles because it does not consider tangibility. An apple, even if it is a lie, interacts tangibily with its surroundings. One can reach out, grab the apple and eat it for sustenance. Sure it might all be a lie, but within the system itself, it is producing reliable reactance. John Doe need not care whether the vending machine exists anot, he only needs to insert his coins, press the buttons and he'll have a can of fizzy drink.
Which brings us back to square one. That for the common man, believing in physics seems to be no different than believing in pseudophysics. For all the common man like me would know, there is absolutely no difference. All it takes is a certain amount of faith.
But that is most certainly not true. For if ever the common man did start to conduct his own experiments, he would find that science experiments are replicable while pseudoscience experiments are not. Given that, is it still truthful to believe in pseudoscience?
One might then argue that to totally disregard pseudoscience is to be narrow-minded and unscientific. They contend that pseudoscience is pseudo only because of the limitations of current sciences, that pseudoscience is infact actually protoscience or undiscovered science. More importantly, proponents of psychic abilities, spirituality, alternative healing, creation science or pseudoscience, would always claim that their 'research' are protoscience. However, pseudoscience often discard failed experiments, focus on the people's tendency towards superstition and publish only successful tries in their experiments.
Where do we draw the line between the open minded and full blown credulity?
My poor laptop
I shall henceforth note that if i ever pull out one the the keys from my laptop out of frustration, i shall not pull another key from my laptop out of curiosity. Turns out that the key which i pulled out in frustration managed to fit back nicely while the one i pulled to sate my curiosity can no longer be fitted back properly. It now sits on my laptop lopsided : (
And in case if anyone is doing any typing on my auntie's laptop and finds that the key 'O' just drops out by itself, i swear, i never pulled the keys of my auntie's laptop. Neither out of curiosity and nor out of frustration. It was already like dat when i went to do typing.
And in case if anyone is doing any typing on my auntie's laptop and finds that the key 'O' just drops out by itself, i swear, i never pulled the keys of my auntie's laptop. Neither out of curiosity and nor out of frustration. It was already like dat when i went to do typing.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Fire Alarm
If ever there was a real fire, i would surely perish. Coz even as the alarm is ringing non-stop, i'm sitting in the office blogging away and practically, the entire level of people is adopting the same 'bo chap' (don't give a dam) attitude.
Hmm.. i think i better leave the building.. Ciao
Update:
Turn out that its only a drill.
What the hell, the fire drill was for only one company. That company should have sent mail to all the other companies to say tell us that we not involved wat.
Anyway, i managed to drag my colleague to leave the office with me. She was complaining the whole way, from needing to send email to leg pain to feeling stupid for being the only two persons to be taking the stairs down while others were taking the stairs up to get to wherever they were headed.
Why were we the only two persons to be going down the stairs? What about the company for which the drill was intended. I guess they were the only informed company and thus have long evacuated.
Moral of the story: Response time improves with knowledge that it is a drill and the need for whatever ISO conformance because it is a drill.
End up my colleague and i, instead of going to the assembly point, i doubt they were gonna take our head count since the drill was not meant for us, went to the canteen to get some drinks.
Oh well...
Hmm.. i think i better leave the building.. Ciao
Update:
Turn out that its only a drill.
What the hell, the fire drill was for only one company. That company should have sent mail to all the other companies to say tell us that we not involved wat.
Anyway, i managed to drag my colleague to leave the office with me. She was complaining the whole way, from needing to send email to leg pain to feeling stupid for being the only two persons to be taking the stairs down while others were taking the stairs up to get to wherever they were headed.
Why were we the only two persons to be going down the stairs? What about the company for which the drill was intended. I guess they were the only informed company and thus have long evacuated.
Moral of the story: Response time improves with knowledge that it is a drill and the need for whatever ISO conformance because it is a drill.
End up my colleague and i, instead of going to the assembly point, i doubt they were gonna take our head count since the drill was not meant for us, went to the canteen to get some drinks.
Oh well...
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Ow, my tushee hurts
No it doesn't. I was looking at the front half page of Sunday Times (Me reading newspapers, surprised huh? Notice i say front half page, which means i wasn't reading, just that the newspaper happen to catch my attention by lying on the floor), and notice an interesting gossip value headline. Someone who has a wife had commited suicide and nominated 30% his CPF fund to his girlfriend.
No comment on that article.
I picked up the newspaper, and the bottom half flipped into view and i saw Xiaxue's photograph. Thinking it might be related to the recent talk show, i flipped to the correct page and found out that it was talking about Xiaxue using disbled toilet*. Um... while she is still very abled that is.
Overall, the article is disapproving of Xiaxue's choice of toilet and quoted her comments to make her sound like a controversial young brat. Having shared a house with six other people in Gippy, one of them wheel chair bound, I can understand the outrage when one of the non-disabled housemates started using the disabled toilet. The house was one of the two houses of the sixty something houses that have disabled toilet in addition to the two usual toilets.
But the outrage is irrational.
Sure, common courtesy dictates that we should avoid using disabled toilet for want of luxury. But Xiaxue's choice of toilet is hardly evil or life threatening. Was it really neccessary to splash it onto the front page? I didn't want to risk offending my intellect by reading the rest of the paper to see if there are any other news worthy of making front page though. But c'monjournalists people, do not treat disabled people like they're handicapped. Do they want such attention? Do they want to be treated differently, 'special'? Sarong Party Girl has it right, please do not patronize them.
What's patronizing? Well, i don't know. Maybe it has something to do with the newspaper finding it appropriate to publish a quote that goes like, "Disabled people have poor bladder control.". Disregarding the absurdity of the claim, it is patronizing.
Patronize - To treat in a condescending manner.
Condescending - Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude.
What the hell, what kind of a stupid dictionary is that? But anyway, u get the idea of the meaning.
One concerned citizen was quoted as saying something like, "She should think about karma, she will one day grow old too"
Laughs.
Given my limited understanding of the karmic cycle, i assume that someone with bad karma would be reborn into a hard life and someone with good karma would be blessed with good future lives. So, is the concerned citizen anymore gracious/courteous than Xiaxue to avoid using dsiabled toilet, not because she finds it gracious/courteous, but because she wants a better future life. Don't pretend to be sympathetic if you're only concerned about your own karma.
Another quote, "What if everyone starts thinking like her and starts using disabled toilet?"
So... are people going to queue up outside the disabled toilet? How likely is such a scenario going to happen? That tens of people queue up at the disabled toilet refusing to go to the other toilet even if it is empty. And i'm sure they're all gonna to continue queueing up when someone wheels up in her chair.
And the thing is, my disabled housemate told me that she didn't mind any of us using the disabled toilet.
* Disabled toilet in my case is trying to indicate toilet for the disabled, not that the toiet is spoilt.
No comment on that article.
I picked up the newspaper, and the bottom half flipped into view and i saw Xiaxue's photograph. Thinking it might be related to the recent talk show, i flipped to the correct page and found out that it was talking about Xiaxue using disbled toilet*. Um... while she is still very abled that is.
Overall, the article is disapproving of Xiaxue's choice of toilet and quoted her comments to make her sound like a controversial young brat. Having shared a house with six other people in Gippy, one of them wheel chair bound, I can understand the outrage when one of the non-disabled housemates started using the disabled toilet. The house was one of the two houses of the sixty something houses that have disabled toilet in addition to the two usual toilets.
But the outrage is irrational.
Sure, common courtesy dictates that we should avoid using disabled toilet for want of luxury. But Xiaxue's choice of toilet is hardly evil or life threatening. Was it really neccessary to splash it onto the front page? I didn't want to risk offending my intellect by reading the rest of the paper to see if there are any other news worthy of making front page though. But c'mon
What's patronizing? Well, i don't know. Maybe it has something to do with the newspaper finding it appropriate to publish a quote that goes like, "Disabled people have poor bladder control.". Disregarding the absurdity of the claim, it is patronizing.
Patronize - To treat in a condescending manner.
Condescending - Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude.
What the hell, what kind of a stupid dictionary is that? But anyway, u get the idea of the meaning.
One concerned citizen was quoted as saying something like, "She should think about karma, she will one day grow old too"
Laughs.
Given my limited understanding of the karmic cycle, i assume that someone with bad karma would be reborn into a hard life and someone with good karma would be blessed with good future lives. So, is the concerned citizen anymore gracious/courteous than Xiaxue to avoid using dsiabled toilet, not because she finds it gracious/courteous, but because she wants a better future life. Don't pretend to be sympathetic if you're only concerned about your own karma.
Another quote, "What if everyone starts thinking like her and starts using disabled toilet?"
So... are people going to queue up outside the disabled toilet? How likely is such a scenario going to happen? That tens of people queue up at the disabled toilet refusing to go to the other toilet even if it is empty. And i'm sure they're all gonna to continue queueing up when someone wheels up in her chair.
And the thing is, my disabled housemate told me that she didn't mind any of us using the disabled toilet.
* Disabled toilet in my case is trying to indicate toilet for the disabled, not that the toiet is spoilt.
Monday, November 7, 2005
Bdae card
Got a pleasant surprise from hong kong last night. Seems like only Little miss Tv remembered that i like cards, especially if they're from overseas. Enclosed in the envelope was :
Whoop, my obsession with butterflies.
Thank You Little miss Tv.
Sunday, November 6, 2005
Talk shows without substance...
[Here's a transcript of a mandarin talk show regarding blogger responsibilities, brought to us by Cogito Ergo Sum, made known to me via Tomorrow.sg.
It is sadly, a show that has little or no substance, with plenty of questions unanswered. The show features our famous or infamous blog girl, depending on your perspective, personally i think should be called famous, Xiaxue. Notice how the lawyer guy gives her no chance at any coherent explanation. And how some others put words in her mouth, literally...]
Excerpt:
"So are you saying that as long as the audiences like it, then it's fine to write it?"
More Excerpt:
"It's very obvious that blog is a thing for the youngsters."
[Admittedly, this is a flawed speech that i employ sometimes too. If it is obvious, then it is obvious, why point out the obvious? Yes, it is a translation, but the mandarin form of the statement is also... obvious : D
Some of the questions that are unanswered.]
"In law, there's a thing called motive. If you break the law, there should be an associated motive. However, there are two points to note. Let's say i'm talking to you about some sensitive racial topics, and others can hear it, then it's illegal."
"It's rather frightening when you touched on this point. Just like what i've mentioned at the start of the show, let's change the scene to a casual chat in a fast food restaurant. Let's just say there are Teacher Zhao... or just say all of us here. If what i say is overheard by someone else then i'll be in trouble."
"Yes, i've handled such case before."
[I wonder what was the original mandarin words that translated into motive. Anyway, it makes me wonder what exactly the motive is in the eavesdropping case. It does seem to me there's no motive, but its illegal anyway...]
"Another viewer Flying Angle asked, "If gambling on a casino cruise on the international waters isn't subject to the local jurisdiction, then when is a site considered a local space or a local site? Are foreign sites subject to our country's jurisdiction? Is the law used only to govern the locals and not the foreigners even if they have acted unruly on the local sites? Hope there's a clarification on this question.""
[Not answered.]
Last One:
"In May this year, a blogger criticized the scholarship system and policies of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore and slandered its Chairman Mr. Philip Yeo. The blogger subsequently issued two apologies to the said organization."
[Oh wow... what a politically correct summary of what happened.]
[Edit: I re-read my post and found it rather confusing with excerpts all over the place, sorry. I've placed words that are my own in square brackets.]
It is sadly, a show that has little or no substance, with plenty of questions unanswered. The show features our famous or infamous blog girl, depending on your perspective, personally i think should be called famous, Xiaxue. Notice how the lawyer guy gives her no chance at any coherent explanation. And how some others put words in her mouth, literally...]
Excerpt:
"So are you saying that as long as the audiences like it, then it's fine to write it?"
More Excerpt:
"It's very obvious that blog is a thing for the youngsters."
[Admittedly, this is a flawed speech that i employ sometimes too. If it is obvious, then it is obvious, why point out the obvious? Yes, it is a translation, but the mandarin form of the statement is also... obvious : D
Some of the questions that are unanswered.]
"In law, there's a thing called motive. If you break the law, there should be an associated motive. However, there are two points to note. Let's say i'm talking to you about some sensitive racial topics, and others can hear it, then it's illegal."
"It's rather frightening when you touched on this point. Just like what i've mentioned at the start of the show, let's change the scene to a casual chat in a fast food restaurant. Let's just say there are Teacher Zhao... or just say all of us here. If what i say is overheard by someone else then i'll be in trouble."
"Yes, i've handled such case before."
[I wonder what was the original mandarin words that translated into motive. Anyway, it makes me wonder what exactly the motive is in the eavesdropping case. It does seem to me there's no motive, but its illegal anyway...]
"Another viewer Flying Angle asked, "If gambling on a casino cruise on the international waters isn't subject to the local jurisdiction, then when is a site considered a local space or a local site? Are foreign sites subject to our country's jurisdiction? Is the law used only to govern the locals and not the foreigners even if they have acted unruly on the local sites? Hope there's a clarification on this question.""
[Not answered.]
Last One:
"In May this year, a blogger criticized the scholarship system and policies of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research of Singapore and slandered its Chairman Mr. Philip Yeo. The blogger subsequently issued two apologies to the said organization."
[Oh wow... what a politically correct summary of what happened.]
[Edit: I re-read my post and found it rather confusing with excerpts all over the place, sorry. I've placed words that are my own in square brackets.]
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Little one
Yesterday, i carried my almost one year old niece for the very first time in my life. The little one is so... little. Eeee.
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Charmed, season seven ends.
Season seven of the Charmed ones ended yesterday. Kind of a sad thing, but luckily, there seems to be a season eight. But even the good runs have to end eventually, like Sex and the City, though i wasn't really such a big fan of that show. Season eight could well be the last season for the sisters to fling their magic around.
My favourite sister is Phoebe, the one with the tattoos. She's so hot and cute. Paige did seem quite pretty at first, but as time goes on, she seem to be too fair for my liking. I wanna marry Alyssa Milano! And Ponz Goo too.
I am so gonna quit
"Beware of the dark side. Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight."
I can't help but seethe with anger. My boss just sms me 'asking' if i could go back on friday to "load software". What the hell... the rest of the people cannot load software!? And cannot ask me to go back today to load software meh? Must be friday meh? My one week long weekend now kena chop in the middle into three days and two days.
And it's friday! My boss cancelled my leave on my birthday...
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