Author's Comment:
Phew, at this rate I'd be churning out 1 post per year. The law of quality over quantity does state that a more focused, specialized and detailed product tends to shine above mediocre mass production. Highly doubt that's the case here though.
But I digress.
*Clears throat* so, I'm going to be a tad selfish this time around and talk about me; myself. Although, considering the erratic pattern which is my personality, I suspect that somewhere in the middle of this post the scope of the topic will expand by itself.
Our society is a funny thing. I've always said that. We love to judge, we love to categorize, and we love to isolate things into their respective categories. Curious, "isolate", considering we are a social species. I am revisited by a quote from a movie, "Transcendence", uttered by Dr. Will Caster, played by Johnny Depp. "They are only afraid because they don't understand". That sums up the bulk of our species quite well; we are a bunch of space monkeys that are insecure about things we "cannot" comprehend. Yet we do naught to remedy this flaw. When the automobiles first appeared, there were mass hysteria over possible problem automobiles might represent, but 100 odd years later and we shudder at the thought of not owning a car now.
We are afraid of things we don't understand, yet we don't even try to understand them.
It's not only automobiles mind you. This applies to humans too, and this is where the "me" part comes in.
I was raised in a rather.. unorthodox household. unorthodox within the boundary of my own culture and nation. I'm a single child, and I was brought up in an English household, with a dash of Chinese dialect known as "Hokkien". The bulk of my childhood, and my life really similar to many others, is centered around that: the household. I was raised with English as the only medium for me to interact with the world around me, so naturally I'd work with the tool I'm most comfortable with.
And there's where the problem begins. See, in my country, we have a term for people like me. "Bananas". The logic is that we are yellow outside, and white inside.
But what exactly is a "banana"? Yes, I know it's a tropical fruit rich in potassium, but I'm referring to the criterion for somebody to be labelled a "banana".
Well, to the "pure" Chinese clique, a banana is defined as a person who has apparently zero capabilities of speaking their mother tongue (Mandarin), and has adopted a western way of living and thinking.
The actual consensus is very fuzzy, but one thing is for certain, the "prestigious" title of being called a banana is only bestowed upon those who "fails" at being a Chinese. This is where I crack my knuckles and abuse my keyboard.
First off, what constitutes as being Chinese? The language we speak? How we eat our food? Bidet over tissue? As far as I know, the only sure way of determining the lineage of a person is via their genetics. You wouldn't identify a Mandarin speaking Welsh as a Chinese now would you? You'll just call him by who he is, a caucasian, or at the most "That-white-guy-who-speaks-suprisingly-good-Mandarin". Or better yet, his name.
Yet Malaysian Chinese don't understand this fundamental concept. My "kind" has been oppressed (heavy wording, but accurate), by those who consider themselves "pure Chinese" for as long as I can remember.
During conversations, we (bananas), get left out. Cultural Barrier activated.
When we violate a "taboo" unknowingly, we get criticized for being ignorant.
It's not that we do not try, we do. I know I did, oh and how I tried. How I tried to fit in. How I tried to be more "Chinese", to be like "my people".
I try to speak, I get criticized and made fun off, and perhaps worst off is I get ignored.
I try to learn their humor and culture, I get walled off and pushed back, simply because "I wouldn't understand" or "it wouldn't translate".
I try to ask my own family, yes, my own flesh and blood. I get told off "Hah, who ask you never want to try to speak or adapt? who ask you never try to learn your own heritage?"
I do not mind being laughed at for trying, but I was broken when nobody around me was willing to pay attention to me because I just wasn't worth a damn to spend their effort on. I'm just another banana after all right? People like me are better off being "that guy" in a group of friends, the comic relief. Cause that's what we are, an overglorified zoo exhibition.
I'm sure there are those out there who feels this way, regardless of their ethnicity. Isolated because they are the black sheep of a community. Never given a chance to try, shot down and wings grounded.
I am honestly disgusted with my people at times, I really am. I've had my foreign friends come to me countless times to complain "hey man, why is it that Chinese are so reserved and cold towards us? It's so hard for us to establish a dialogue because they are always with their own".
I usually just respond by saying "you just answered your own question, we are akin to tribes from yesteryear. We prefer to wander among ourselves where the world makes sense to our eyes. However, those of us that are different, we are shunned out of the pool to the perilous world out there. Little did those outcasts know, the world is so much more vast and breathtaking. I am one of those outcasts, and I'm still exploring".
I never forget who I am, I never forget my culture nor my heritage, and I do respect them contrary to popular belief (when I say "popular"...). But I'm not proud of it, in the sense that I put no superiority on my heritage, nor on any other individual's heritage. Many Chinese do however, and for that I hate many of my own kind. I won't lie, many Chinese find that their crap smells sweeter than others, akin to the "Purity & Supremacy" doctrine of Hitler (perhaps not that extreme, but you get my point).
If being balls deep into an ethnicity's socio-cultural aspect qualifies them as a native, I'm 20% Japanese, 50% American, 30% Martian. But I'm obviously no Americano Martian-San. I'm 100% human, and I have the culture of the world in me. I am an Earthling and always will be.
If my incompetence disqualifies me from being a Chinese, then so be it.
Segregation is so 1800s anyways.
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Judge and Jury
Societal issues; being a judgmental prick. What does it truly mean to be judgmental? Have you actually thought about that? Is it judgmental to make an instantaneous judgement upon someone who looks skinny, pale, and haggard and simply label them as a drug addict? What about that man over that street corner that wears a long trench coat, sitting on a bench minding his own business?
The former is a cancer patient and the latter a pervert wanking his joystick.
See, what I'm trying to point out is that, we as a society, we're the single most judgmental and pretentious species on planet Earth. But that's good. Why you ask? simple, we need to be judgmental for our society to function, and being pretentious is just the by-product to encourage us to be judgmental. By comparing others with ourselves, we create illusions that we are "better" than them in certain, or if you're really a narcissist then perhaps all, aspects. It's the bread and butter of our existence, the very foundation of our "trust system".
Being judgmental is good, very good for ourselves as a species. BUT. But the main problem here is HOW judgmental we are as a society. What am I on about you ask? well, take this for example, pretty people. It is hard-wired in our biology and society that all the pretty people gets the good stuff, and pretty=perfect/good. So, taking that as a basis for judgement, every time we walk about the street we draw a quick sketch on a person's profile.
"Breast? a wee bit too small. Height? not bad. Looks? meh, alright I guess, not as fine as the one to her right, hot damn. Fashion? she dresses alright, bet she's from a normal family though".
That was the train of thought for a typical male(sorry ladies, I'm aware that the comparison might seem sexist, but I'm too lazy to make two comparisons for both genders), and it happens almost instantaneously, frequently. That's the scary thing, we judge people on a daily basis and almost every second, but we only care about superficial stuff such as who's hot or not, to the point where it is embedded in our subconscious.
Judging, or assessing, was used as a form of survival tool back in the olden days, to determine if a person is worthy of trust or not. It was important, or else a tribe might let a serial killer in their midst.
But today, it's a joke. Anime? ew, what the heck? they are adults watching cartoons. Board games? get a life nerd. Can't afford a new phone? pfft, loser.
Get what I mean? As a geek, I've been on the receiving end of the stick for too long I can't even remember.
It's scary, because our society is "progressing" and we because are at peace, the judging process grew to allow the inclusion such superficial thoughts. Sure, you might argue that it ensures that the "alpha" dog of the pack is chosen, but I argue that it breeds ignorant bullies and superficial people. Unless your idea of "alpha" is a bunch of jocks or brainless douchebags that contributes nothing of significant importance to the human race, then you need help.
So what if somebody has a different taste? So what if you can't seem to understand others for who they are? That does not give you the right to judge and worst, act upon your judgement. Keep it to yourselves, and keep the process simple; judge those who happen to be a threat to their immediate surrounding or to humanity in general.
Like I said, survival tool baby, use the hammer wisely.
The former is a cancer patient and the latter a pervert wanking his joystick.
See, what I'm trying to point out is that, we as a society, we're the single most judgmental and pretentious species on planet Earth. But that's good. Why you ask? simple, we need to be judgmental for our society to function, and being pretentious is just the by-product to encourage us to be judgmental. By comparing others with ourselves, we create illusions that we are "better" than them in certain, or if you're really a narcissist then perhaps all, aspects. It's the bread and butter of our existence, the very foundation of our "trust system".
Being judgmental is good, very good for ourselves as a species. BUT. But the main problem here is HOW judgmental we are as a society. What am I on about you ask? well, take this for example, pretty people. It is hard-wired in our biology and society that all the pretty people gets the good stuff, and pretty=perfect/good. So, taking that as a basis for judgement, every time we walk about the street we draw a quick sketch on a person's profile.
"Breast? a wee bit too small. Height? not bad. Looks? meh, alright I guess, not as fine as the one to her right, hot damn. Fashion? she dresses alright, bet she's from a normal family though".
That was the train of thought for a typical male(sorry ladies, I'm aware that the comparison might seem sexist, but I'm too lazy to make two comparisons for both genders), and it happens almost instantaneously, frequently. That's the scary thing, we judge people on a daily basis and almost every second, but we only care about superficial stuff such as who's hot or not, to the point where it is embedded in our subconscious.
Judging, or assessing, was used as a form of survival tool back in the olden days, to determine if a person is worthy of trust or not. It was important, or else a tribe might let a serial killer in their midst.
But today, it's a joke. Anime? ew, what the heck? they are adults watching cartoons. Board games? get a life nerd. Can't afford a new phone? pfft, loser.
Get what I mean? As a geek, I've been on the receiving end of the stick for too long I can't even remember.
It's scary, because our society is "progressing" and we because are at peace, the judging process grew to allow the inclusion such superficial thoughts. Sure, you might argue that it ensures that the "alpha" dog of the pack is chosen, but I argue that it breeds ignorant bullies and superficial people. Unless your idea of "alpha" is a bunch of jocks or brainless douchebags that contributes nothing of significant importance to the human race, then you need help.
So what if somebody has a different taste? So what if you can't seem to understand others for who they are? That does not give you the right to judge and worst, act upon your judgement. Keep it to yourselves, and keep the process simple; judge those who happen to be a threat to their immediate surrounding or to humanity in general.
Like I said, survival tool baby, use the hammer wisely.
Friday, 28 December 2012
RELI?gion
Okay, breaks to the floor, before I begin, don't worry, this isn't like my usual posts; to those of you who actually follow my posts. This is a bit more of a logic and reasoning kind of post (I mean, come on, can't be all passionate posts now can it?)
Now,
Quite recently I had a talk with one of my acquaintance regarding morality. Now, to the general public, morality is often entangled with religion; just like peanut butter, or bacon and my tummy. It's melded together. But we have a different opinion (not really our opinion, more like Richard Dawkin's).
So let's talk about morality, what constitutes morality? Love? Honor? Pride? Loyalty to our one true God? Well, the holy water sprinklers of the Christian faith believe that morality is derived heavily from religion. In their mind, without religion, we will be lawless animals and anarchy will loom over the face of the Earth. Well, who could possibly object that? I mean, if people started looting and raping and killing babies, it's pretty darn obvious the world will be quite literally fucked. Which religion would say anything against that? Nope, they won't.
But is that what will really happen if religion is thrown out of the window? The answer is, most probably not. Why you ask?
Well, first, to cynically assume that the entire human race will be plunged into immoral actions the minute the order of religion collapses just goes to show that religious leaders don't even have faith in their own species, so to begin with, we are already equally screwed if our leaders already dismiss us as fashionable baboons.
Second, as Richard Dawkins wrote in his book, The God Delusion (and I am vaguely para-phrasing here), morality is just a by product of human evolution. It helps us pro-create and also maintain our dominance. Feelings such as guilt and love for our fellow beings for example, enables us to learn from mistakes and feel empathy towards our own kind. Thus, it doesn't take religion to regulate morality. (on another note, religion is a by product of our evolutionary process, but let's leave that for next time).
Third, as I've mentioned, if an individual is so cheap as to go haywire the minute his belief system is thrown out the window, then to begin with he is just living a lie. True, some people are like that, but if that is the case, we are just acting good to please God. Now, if God really does exist, do you really think he/she/it is such a sucker to fall for that? So, the idea of religion and morality being melded together to create order out of chaos just collapses upon itself. If religious organizations requires the world to follow a religion in order to uphold moral values; since cynically, we are all just barbarians that love to sin, and if said moral values are being judged by an almighty god, the conclusion would be we are just living a big fat lie.
Now, I realised my logic may be flawed at some point, but the point I am trying to get across is that morality does not necessarily derives from religion. True, religion maybe an outlet to regulate our deep emotional turmoil, but that just means we are not strong enough to face our true self and that we are faking our lives. Besides, if we truly stick to the Holy Book, the book itself already collapses upon itself because of all the 18++ content in there namely *cough* rape, looting *cough* baby killing *cough*.
Definitely NSFW folks.
Now,
Quite recently I had a talk with one of my acquaintance regarding morality. Now, to the general public, morality is often entangled with religion; just like peanut butter, or bacon and my tummy. It's melded together. But we have a different opinion (not really our opinion, more like Richard Dawkin's).
So let's talk about morality, what constitutes morality? Love? Honor? Pride? Loyalty to our one true God? Well, the holy water sprinklers of the Christian faith believe that morality is derived heavily from religion. In their mind, without religion, we will be lawless animals and anarchy will loom over the face of the Earth. Well, who could possibly object that? I mean, if people started looting and raping and killing babies, it's pretty darn obvious the world will be quite literally fucked. Which religion would say anything against that? Nope, they won't.
But is that what will really happen if religion is thrown out of the window? The answer is, most probably not. Why you ask?
Well, first, to cynically assume that the entire human race will be plunged into immoral actions the minute the order of religion collapses just goes to show that religious leaders don't even have faith in their own species, so to begin with, we are already equally screwed if our leaders already dismiss us as fashionable baboons.
Second, as Richard Dawkins wrote in his book, The God Delusion (and I am vaguely para-phrasing here), morality is just a by product of human evolution. It helps us pro-create and also maintain our dominance. Feelings such as guilt and love for our fellow beings for example, enables us to learn from mistakes and feel empathy towards our own kind. Thus, it doesn't take religion to regulate morality. (on another note, religion is a by product of our evolutionary process, but let's leave that for next time).
Third, as I've mentioned, if an individual is so cheap as to go haywire the minute his belief system is thrown out the window, then to begin with he is just living a lie. True, some people are like that, but if that is the case, we are just acting good to please God. Now, if God really does exist, do you really think he/she/it is such a sucker to fall for that? So, the idea of religion and morality being melded together to create order out of chaos just collapses upon itself. If religious organizations requires the world to follow a religion in order to uphold moral values; since cynically, we are all just barbarians that love to sin, and if said moral values are being judged by an almighty god, the conclusion would be we are just living a big fat lie.
Now, I realised my logic may be flawed at some point, but the point I am trying to get across is that morality does not necessarily derives from religion. True, religion maybe an outlet to regulate our deep emotional turmoil, but that just means we are not strong enough to face our true self and that we are faking our lives. Besides, if we truly stick to the Holy Book, the book itself already collapses upon itself because of all the 18++ content in there namely *cough* rape, looting *cough* baby killing *cough*.
Definitely NSFW folks.
Deck the halls!
BOOM! I am back baby!
Ahhhh, been awhile since I blogged. Felt voided of every reason to blog due to my previous blog's poorly choosen design scheme. Oh welp, that is what happens when you become a lazy bum who is too lazy to even write a simple CSS and HTML script.
Now, moving along, it has been my third semester in university and I've pretty much adapted to the life; just another way to say I am practically used to the lifeless lifestyle of an IT student har har har. But I digress...
Moving on!
I have been exposed to sooooo much awesome stuff this year. Lets not mention CF cause I will just burst in my RAWR RAWR mode due to overjoy. Now, stuff like Star Trek: Voyager just makes me go all (≧∇≦)/. I SWEAR, 2012 IS A GOOD YEAR FOR SCIENCE.
I mean, the elusive Higgs Boson has been found (RAWRRRRRRR) and the Mars Rover made in to Mars (RAWRRRRRRRR). Oh science (Ｔ▽Ｔ).
Now, BOOKS I'VE READ (or reading):
Cosmos - Carl Sagan (RAWRRRRRR)
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
The Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan (RAWRRRRRR)
Physics Of The Future - Michio Kaku
Physics Of the Impossible - Michio Kaku
Billions and Billions - Carl Sagan (RAWRRRRR)
Oh lord, I love me some good book.
As for CF, just one thing need to be said; IMMA GONNA TRY TO COS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Money Makes The World Go Round
Yes, believe it or not people, money is the essence of life. It is what enables us to buy our daily needs, enables us to afford luxurious item, and where necessary, enables us to engage on services. Without money, we are better off living the life of a baboon. Now, by money I do not mean hard cold cash; money can be interpreted as a form of currency such as bartering. Regardless, the concept of currency is materialism. Materialism. That word sounds immoral or even makes one look like a cheap individual. But no, materialism is good. Considerate materialism.
Think about it, one way or another, we have to sacrifice something in order to obtain something of equivalent value. Money for a television, work for money, energy for work, etc etc. It's a cycle of life, and quoted from FMA, it's the principle of "equivalent exchange".
So, to conclude, our live revolves around the presumption of this law of "equivalent exchange" right? Wrong. Fact is, we do not know the true value of anything. Hell, we don't even know the true value of ourselves, yet we dare place a price tag on an object? So, how are taxes calculated? How are resources divided and sold? Well, let's just say a wise guy from the past made up an entire system for this and hence we just treat it like an additional limb after thousand of years of ignorance.
However, my beef is not with the "true value" of an item, no. It is the misuse of said item that pisses me off. Here in Malaysia, we are a religious bunch, and I am fine by that if it weren't for all the damned misuse of fortune. Lets face it, our government is a run by a bunch of monkeys claiming that know what's best for the citizen of this country. And what is worst than a country being run by monkeys? a country run by religious monkeys. Granted that most of them are muslim, and this is an islamic country by paper, some of their "decisions" are plain absurd. Case in point, mosque. Now don't get me wrong, what you wanna do within the confines of your sacred rendezvous point is up to you, but seriously, do you REALLY need to blow BILLIONS of dollars to erect said confines? How paranoid are you? What? if the walls are made out of diamonds it'd be a better antennae to relay your wishes to your God? How absurd. That money is better spent feeding the poor of this country. It's fine to have a grand community hall where you can compare clothes, brag about your kids and pretend to uphold a sense of righteousness, but please, one is enough. We don't need two white elephants sitting still waiting for Hari Raya to come, we have better use for the tax money we pay you know.
They say poverty is not an issue that can be resolved overnight. I say it is. If politicians learn to stop being corrupt and actually making right, smart decisions every once in awhile, we wouldn't have people living in the streets. I have always been against spending shitload of money for building excessive religious centres; not only for the muslims, but even for the taoist, buddhist, christian, and so on. There is just no practical need for them, why not give that money to people who really need it?
Why not allocate them to science and human progress?
Why confine our mind to those of the early 14th century and live in a lie?
Why be deluded?
What is the practical use?
Think about it the next time you "donate" to a church/mosque/temple/wat/etc
Think about it, one way or another, we have to sacrifice something in order to obtain something of equivalent value. Money for a television, work for money, energy for work, etc etc. It's a cycle of life, and quoted from FMA, it's the principle of "equivalent exchange".
So, to conclude, our live revolves around the presumption of this law of "equivalent exchange" right? Wrong. Fact is, we do not know the true value of anything. Hell, we don't even know the true value of ourselves, yet we dare place a price tag on an object? So, how are taxes calculated? How are resources divided and sold? Well, let's just say a wise guy from the past made up an entire system for this and hence we just treat it like an additional limb after thousand of years of ignorance.
However, my beef is not with the "true value" of an item, no. It is the misuse of said item that pisses me off. Here in Malaysia, we are a religious bunch, and I am fine by that if it weren't for all the damned misuse of fortune. Lets face it, our government is a run by a bunch of monkeys claiming that know what's best for the citizen of this country. And what is worst than a country being run by monkeys? a country run by religious monkeys. Granted that most of them are muslim, and this is an islamic country by paper, some of their "decisions" are plain absurd. Case in point, mosque. Now don't get me wrong, what you wanna do within the confines of your sacred rendezvous point is up to you, but seriously, do you REALLY need to blow BILLIONS of dollars to erect said confines? How paranoid are you? What? if the walls are made out of diamonds it'd be a better antennae to relay your wishes to your God? How absurd. That money is better spent feeding the poor of this country. It's fine to have a grand community hall where you can compare clothes, brag about your kids and pretend to uphold a sense of righteousness, but please, one is enough. We don't need two white elephants sitting still waiting for Hari Raya to come, we have better use for the tax money we pay you know.
They say poverty is not an issue that can be resolved overnight. I say it is. If politicians learn to stop being corrupt and actually making right, smart decisions every once in awhile, we wouldn't have people living in the streets. I have always been against spending shitload of money for building excessive religious centres; not only for the muslims, but even for the taoist, buddhist, christian, and so on. There is just no practical need for them, why not give that money to people who really need it?
Why not allocate them to science and human progress?
Why confine our mind to those of the early 14th century and live in a lie?
Why be deluded?
What is the practical use?
Think about it the next time you "donate" to a church/mosque/temple/wat/etc
Friday, 18 May 2012
SPOILERS
GODDAMN SPOILERS.
There, I said it.
Seriously people, I know you are all hyped up over a certain video/song/issue, but damn, keep it down will you? You might think it's fun and fine to give out spoilers like it's nobody's business, but think about it, what if it were YOU in the receiving end of the spoilers? How would you feel? Exactly, that is how I am feeling right now.
I've been a fan of the How I Met Your Mother series for quite some time now; but I took a short break to let the series catch up and instead I focused my attention elsewhere. I EXPECTED discretion and isolation from the series. But nope. It hit me square in the face.
9Gag. The source of all thing unholy.
A post. Seem innocent enough, but noooooooooo. The minute I read that cursed post my eyes bled. They spoiled the season finale for me. THE SEASON.FINALE. That is cruel. Downright cruel. Seriously? You can't find a better idea for a post and had to plagiarize on a series??? Goddamn this people are annoying.
Well, rage aside, life is pretty good. Tiring, but good. I mean, it's university after all, so meh, I'll live. Till next time folks.
There, I said it.
Seriously people, I know you are all hyped up over a certain video/song/issue, but damn, keep it down will you? You might think it's fun and fine to give out spoilers like it's nobody's business, but think about it, what if it were YOU in the receiving end of the spoilers? How would you feel? Exactly, that is how I am feeling right now.
I've been a fan of the How I Met Your Mother series for quite some time now; but I took a short break to let the series catch up and instead I focused my attention elsewhere. I EXPECTED discretion and isolation from the series. But nope. It hit me square in the face.
9Gag. The source of all thing unholy.
A post. Seem innocent enough, but noooooooooo. The minute I read that cursed post my eyes bled. They spoiled the season finale for me. THE SEASON.FINALE. That is cruel. Downright cruel. Seriously? You can't find a better idea for a post and had to plagiarize on a series??? Goddamn this people are annoying.
Well, rage aside, life is pretty good. Tiring, but good. I mean, it's university after all, so meh, I'll live. Till next time folks.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Haters gonna hate
Now, as the title suggest, I've been dealing with quite a number of bullshit about my blog. Namely by creationists which, not surprising, consists of Christians. I won't stoop so low as to mention their name, cause' it'd just be a waste of space and time.
To begin with, I honestly do not know what the problem is. I mean, have I truly wrote posts that act as a demeaning or condescending statement towards people's belief? All I've done is just express my thoughts on what I believe things appear to be. Is it not true that the Christian faith is very vague and very conflicting in terms of their 'conduct'? The pope for instance, with all his 'grace', 'good will' and 'charity', demands millions of dollars for an appearance in Mexico. What happened to spreading the faith for the sake of spreading the faith? You wanna preach? Go ahead, preach all you want, as if I give two fucks what you're preaching, just keep out of my wallet. I guess now all the pope needs is a group of groupies; oh wait! he do! they are called nuns. Now, it might be just a rumor started off by a troller, but hey, you ever thought what mister popey could do if he sold that big ass gold staff of his? man, he could feed an entire town or perhaps even an entire district in Africa for months! But no, he needs that staff to 'bless' people. Did I also mention that Christians believe that the earth is not more than 6000 years old?? Apparently, a talking snake and a woman made out of the rib of a man is more believable than millions of years of evolution.
Now do you understand why I think that, nay, I see that religion, Christianity in particular is very questionable and vague? It just begs to be questioned and made fun of, it really does. Now, do not pleasure yourself by thinking I wrote this blog specifically for you, I am just taking the opportunity to show YOU the real TRUTH; and to make fun of your little story book, as usual.
cheerio, and 'god bless'.
To begin with, I honestly do not know what the problem is. I mean, have I truly wrote posts that act as a demeaning or condescending statement towards people's belief? All I've done is just express my thoughts on what I believe things appear to be. Is it not true that the Christian faith is very vague and very conflicting in terms of their 'conduct'? The pope for instance, with all his 'grace', 'good will' and 'charity', demands millions of dollars for an appearance in Mexico. What happened to spreading the faith for the sake of spreading the faith? You wanna preach? Go ahead, preach all you want, as if I give two fucks what you're preaching, just keep out of my wallet. I guess now all the pope needs is a group of groupies; oh wait! he do! they are called nuns. Now, it might be just a rumor started off by a troller, but hey, you ever thought what mister popey could do if he sold that big ass gold staff of his? man, he could feed an entire town or perhaps even an entire district in Africa for months! But no, he needs that staff to 'bless' people. Did I also mention that Christians believe that the earth is not more than 6000 years old?? Apparently, a talking snake and a woman made out of the rib of a man is more believable than millions of years of evolution.
Now do you understand why I think that, nay, I see that religion, Christianity in particular is very questionable and vague? It just begs to be questioned and made fun of, it really does. Now, do not pleasure yourself by thinking I wrote this blog specifically for you, I am just taking the opportunity to show YOU the real TRUTH; and to make fun of your little story book, as usual.
cheerio, and 'god bless'.
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Thin Ice
This past 2 weeks has been a turmoil to my very being. The load of assignments and lack of sleep I can cope, but I don't think I've ever been so in conflict with myself.
I am a very easy-going person, I try not to get too caught up with the madness of life and try to live it through my own pace. But, I am still a human being deep down, and it is normal for human beings to be drawn towards problem. It's a law of nature, when there isn't a problem, humanity will create one. On the same token, I think I might've very well just created a problem for myself. A problem that can't be solved through conventional methods. Something only I can verify and solve myself. I've lost sleep, appetite, focus and even rationality to this confusion. It's a fairly simple problem, but I couldn't control it's coming, nor it's progressiveness. All I could do is just hope the solution is not as crazy as I deem it to be.
The clock is ticking.
I am a very easy-going person, I try not to get too caught up with the madness of life and try to live it through my own pace. But, I am still a human being deep down, and it is normal for human beings to be drawn towards problem. It's a law of nature, when there isn't a problem, humanity will create one. On the same token, I think I might've very well just created a problem for myself. A problem that can't be solved through conventional methods. Something only I can verify and solve myself. I've lost sleep, appetite, focus and even rationality to this confusion. It's a fairly simple problem, but I couldn't control it's coming, nor it's progressiveness. All I could do is just hope the solution is not as crazy as I deem it to be.
The clock is ticking.
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
End of The World?
Man, what a hectic day this has been. Problems seem to be flying around left and right trolling everybody. Seems like somebody set Life's difficulty level to 'Chuck Norris'.
As some of you may heard, the city of Acheh has once again been struck by earthquake, and an impending tsunami disaster. Now, if we take a look back in time, 2007 seems to be the turn of a tide [quite literally] for our world. Since 2007, there has been numerous reports of natural disaster, all the way from hurricanes to earthquakes. Now, I am not saying that back in the olden days there weren't any, but they sure weren't blown up as big as today's disaster.
That really begs the question, are we REALLY just overreacting? or are we really looking at the end of the world? Now see, there's two side to this, just like everything in life. To say that back in the olden days disasters were less serious, that is quite an understatement. In the 90's itself, there has been repeated earthquakes ranging from America to Taiwan and Japan. Sure, the news did went international, but did they receive all the attention as today's news? This now leads us to the improvement in technology. Thanks to networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, news travel at a faster speed and in massive quantities as opposed to the backwards technology of radio/print press/television. People back in the days might take about 1-2 days to even get a clue of what is going on, whereas now, almost instantly we get the information. Case in point, my blog. I just got this news merely hours ago and just decided to sit down and write this post.
So, what is this about the end of the world and shit? The most accepted theory is that it is just another 'bubble', akin to the Y2K bubble. Just rumors, and when the rumors reach to a point where it conflicts against one another, that is when the bubble pops. A trend really, when it gets too mainstream, it just ends. If our argument premise is that this past decade natural disasters had been hitting us hard and constantly and thus legit to say the end of the world is coming, based on that same premise we can say that the end of the world should have came long ago. I don't have hard facts to give now, go wikipedia the information and I personally can guarantee that the amount of natural disasters in the past is the same as today's disasters if not more.
With that said, regardless of severity or location, a natural disaster is still a tragedy. Thousands of people, sometimes even tens of thousands, lose their life just because they happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It is a tragedy, and to say we empathize them, we can never understand how it feels to lose a loved one to such a tragic disaster, unless we ourselves have experienced it. Some put their faith in God to help the poor souls, some actually help in means of shelter, food, and basic necessities. I personally feel helpless for not being able to contribute, and offering a prayer seems a bit too petty and easy to pass off as helping. Regardless, My condolences to the people of Acheh, and may you recover as quickly as possible. Masato signing off.
As some of you may heard, the city of Acheh has once again been struck by earthquake, and an impending tsunami disaster. Now, if we take a look back in time, 2007 seems to be the turn of a tide [quite literally] for our world. Since 2007, there has been numerous reports of natural disaster, all the way from hurricanes to earthquakes. Now, I am not saying that back in the olden days there weren't any, but they sure weren't blown up as big as today's disaster.
That really begs the question, are we REALLY just overreacting? or are we really looking at the end of the world? Now see, there's two side to this, just like everything in life. To say that back in the olden days disasters were less serious, that is quite an understatement. In the 90's itself, there has been repeated earthquakes ranging from America to Taiwan and Japan. Sure, the news did went international, but did they receive all the attention as today's news? This now leads us to the improvement in technology. Thanks to networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, news travel at a faster speed and in massive quantities as opposed to the backwards technology of radio/print press/television. People back in the days might take about 1-2 days to even get a clue of what is going on, whereas now, almost instantly we get the information. Case in point, my blog. I just got this news merely hours ago and just decided to sit down and write this post.
So, what is this about the end of the world and shit? The most accepted theory is that it is just another 'bubble', akin to the Y2K bubble. Just rumors, and when the rumors reach to a point where it conflicts against one another, that is when the bubble pops. A trend really, when it gets too mainstream, it just ends. If our argument premise is that this past decade natural disasters had been hitting us hard and constantly and thus legit to say the end of the world is coming, based on that same premise we can say that the end of the world should have came long ago. I don't have hard facts to give now, go wikipedia the information and I personally can guarantee that the amount of natural disasters in the past is the same as today's disasters if not more.
With that said, regardless of severity or location, a natural disaster is still a tragedy. Thousands of people, sometimes even tens of thousands, lose their life just because they happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It is a tragedy, and to say we empathize them, we can never understand how it feels to lose a loved one to such a tragic disaster, unless we ourselves have experienced it. Some put their faith in God to help the poor souls, some actually help in means of shelter, food, and basic necessities. I personally feel helpless for not being able to contribute, and offering a prayer seems a bit too petty and easy to pass off as helping. Regardless, My condolences to the people of Acheh, and may you recover as quickly as possible. Masato signing off.
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Facts? Or Bullshit?
Now, ignorant, arrogant and self-righteous people, AKA; fakers. We see lots of them in today's world. All from the entertainment industry to our neighbors. They are the kind of people who show an alternate 'good' side of themselves to society, just to score points in live, when virtual of the fact, they are as corrupted and vile as any sane (insane in some cases) person could be. They are the type of people who will act like they actually give two fucks about yourself, when really, no fucks are given whatsoever. Now, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, humanity in itself is a dysfunctional ecosystem that thrive on the weak and the dying; basically a parasite. So, isn't it pretty normal for a parasite to show the 'good' quality for first impression's sake? Nope.
Case in point, the entertainment business. Don't get me started. It's always the same, sex scandal one day, uncalled charity the other. It's the same cycle that just goes on and on and on and on. Few years back, when 'pop' culture reference was mainly the Jonas Brothers and whatnot, it was all about purity and faith in God(not to mention the freaking Disney orientated wedding one of the brothers actually had, that must've cost a BOMB!). Today, it's all about 'hey you! lose your virginity quick, or you ain't cool!'. Seriously, look at music video these days. "you're a hoe- nicki minaj", seriously? that is what passes for a decent MV these days? I know 60 year old aunties that can sing better than that. It ain't any better in the movie department neither. Twilight, come on man, I mean, good God. And people say that Twilight was just misunderstood and has deep affectionate meaning. You know what has deep affectionate meaning? The depths of my bowels. There's no good value I can derive from Twilight, and people (girls that just got their periods) say that it has resemblance to Romeo and Juliet. Bitches please, have you actually READ Romeo and Juliet?? It's a tragedy, and a damn good one at that too. Twilight is just a tragedy, period, and if even if it does resemble Romeo and Juliet, That just makes Stephanie Myer a copy cat doesn't it?
In the arena of religion, this is where the bullshit hits the fan. I just can't stand people who CLAIM they are religious but they do exactly the opposite of what they preach. What? as long as it's out of the Bible/Quran/Sutra/etc it is legit?? Look, I have no beef against anybody that wishes to believe what they want to believe, but actually PRACTICE what you believe in. I have more respect for a believer who actually follows their holy book word by word than those who just expel air from their mouth. Don't wanna be labeled as a robot? Then THINK. We are the smartest known species to date in our history. We have the capability to think and reason, yet we do not maximize it's potential. Question authority, question conspiracy, question everything about life. Don't just receive input and take them as information. Process them, cross reference, do what a smart being would do. When you do reach a point where your thinking path is conflicting with your belief, argue. Test both sides of the argument. Which seems legit? Choose that one. It's very simple, live life critically and enjoy it. Think about it, if you're confined to certain 'laws' of life, what is the point of life then? The beauty of life is our ability to choose. Some of it maybe immoral, and for that we deserve punishment, but as long as it does not cross the boundaries of the norm, it should be fine, right? Why spend time hating one another for reasons from ages ago? Set aside differences and see the world for what it truly is, a world where everyone is born equally.
Some people claim it as facts, I tend to label them as bullshit first. That's the first step of arguments. Be it formal or informal, religion or science, be skeptical. We have the privilege of possessing such a skill, use it. You think you are right? Think again.
Case in point, the entertainment business. Don't get me started. It's always the same, sex scandal one day, uncalled charity the other. It's the same cycle that just goes on and on and on and on. Few years back, when 'pop' culture reference was mainly the Jonas Brothers and whatnot, it was all about purity and faith in God(not to mention the freaking Disney orientated wedding one of the brothers actually had, that must've cost a BOMB!). Today, it's all about 'hey you! lose your virginity quick, or you ain't cool!'. Seriously, look at music video these days. "you're a hoe- nicki minaj", seriously? that is what passes for a decent MV these days? I know 60 year old aunties that can sing better than that. It ain't any better in the movie department neither. Twilight, come on man, I mean, good God. And people say that Twilight was just misunderstood and has deep affectionate meaning. You know what has deep affectionate meaning? The depths of my bowels. There's no good value I can derive from Twilight, and people (girls that just got their periods) say that it has resemblance to Romeo and Juliet. Bitches please, have you actually READ Romeo and Juliet?? It's a tragedy, and a damn good one at that too. Twilight is just a tragedy, period, and if even if it does resemble Romeo and Juliet, That just makes Stephanie Myer a copy cat doesn't it?
In the arena of religion, this is where the bullshit hits the fan. I just can't stand people who CLAIM they are religious but they do exactly the opposite of what they preach. What? as long as it's out of the Bible/Quran/Sutra/etc it is legit?? Look, I have no beef against anybody that wishes to believe what they want to believe, but actually PRACTICE what you believe in. I have more respect for a believer who actually follows their holy book word by word than those who just expel air from their mouth. Don't wanna be labeled as a robot? Then THINK. We are the smartest known species to date in our history. We have the capability to think and reason, yet we do not maximize it's potential. Question authority, question conspiracy, question everything about life. Don't just receive input and take them as information. Process them, cross reference, do what a smart being would do. When you do reach a point where your thinking path is conflicting with your belief, argue. Test both sides of the argument. Which seems legit? Choose that one. It's very simple, live life critically and enjoy it. Think about it, if you're confined to certain 'laws' of life, what is the point of life then? The beauty of life is our ability to choose. Some of it maybe immoral, and for that we deserve punishment, but as long as it does not cross the boundaries of the norm, it should be fine, right? Why spend time hating one another for reasons from ages ago? Set aside differences and see the world for what it truly is, a world where everyone is born equally.
Some people claim it as facts, I tend to label them as bullshit first. That's the first step of arguments. Be it formal or informal, religion or science, be skeptical. We have the privilege of possessing such a skill, use it. You think you are right? Think again.
Monday, 2 April 2012
Back From The Dead
I think it is becoming a trend for me to blog and stop after a period of time. I can't even count the days since I last blogged. 2 months? 3? Hell, I am so disorientated. Anyways, confusion aside, it's the 2nd of April, year 2012. I am currently in college, living the life, or so I hope. The speed here is epic though, Internet speed that is.
Well, college life isn't all what I expected it to be, but still, it's pretty wicked. Just got back from RAGE in Melaka, tons of fun and trolling there, more of the latter. I think I will be updating my blog more regularly from now on... hopefully
Well, college life isn't all what I expected it to be, but still, it's pretty wicked. Just got back from RAGE in Melaka, tons of fun and trolling there, more of the latter. I think I will be updating my blog more regularly from now on... hopefully
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
The Sky Is The Limit
We often get bombarded by marketing gimmick in today's world. Be it electronic appliances, books, cosmetics, clothes, there's quite literally a mountain of marketing crap in the media stream. However, there is one thing that trump all of them to oblivion. If you were to use simple mathematical reasoning, or in layman's term, common sense, marketing will unveil itself to be a load of bullshit and crap. Yes, there's something out there that triumph even the most pestering telemarketer or salesman. Hide your kids, lock your doors, because religion is in town.
Now, I am not by any means hating on religion here, quite the contrary, I am laughing my ass off as I am writing this. The idea of an invisible super daddy that sent his only son [in the context of Christians] to write a book to spread to billions of people, the thought of being able to relive past lives [Buddhism], or the thought of a messenger locking himself in a cave to relay God's transmission [You know..] is a very questionable 'claim'. Okay, so you say I have no right to say that, you are probably right, I don't. But that doesn't stop people from coming and pestering me about religion. I am being very patient about the matter, mostly because I am a late blooming atheist, ergo, I don't know a whole lot. But what I do know is that religion is a matter of blind faith.
You devote your entire life to a invisible being that you claim to be omnipotent, fulfilling his so called wishes and will, just to see the world around you suffer from poverty, war, rape, looting, riot and a whole lot more. Doesn't that just blow your mind? If it is God's will, why bother buying insurance? If it is his will, why bother going to school? Why bother doing anything really? By now you are probably pissed at this blog and judging me for who I am, but I am just asking questions really. Just ask yourself this question, if it is stated in the Ten Commandments that 'Thou shall not kill', what about the Crusade? God just decided to pardon that? Then what about his Divine Plan? Was the Crusade part of the Divine Plan? If it was, what's with the Thou shall not kill? It's all very confusing.
Now, I am not some faker trying to lie to himself that he knows everything, nor am I going to pretend to know everything. I know little, little in comparison to what greater minds know. This is all just a piece of my mind that I really need to let loose, or else I might go crazy with laughter. To end this blog, here's a little quote I found on the net ;
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”
-Epicurus(Greek philosopher, BC 341-270)
I find it very true. Religion is just afraid to grow up and see the world for what it really is, they want you to believe that life is all about God, that progress is a sin and ignorance a virtue. You know better, logic and reasoning will always triumph against bedtime stories.
P/S: Stop preaching to me about religion damn it! I am sick to hear that crap day after day!!
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Frame of Mind Part 2
On the 15th of July, I went to Kuala Nerang to cover a cluster school expo of some sort for Free School. Seeing that I was the only one to volunteer to go on that day, I'd expect the journey to be pretty tiring and boring. I waited for the bus at 8am while I chatted with my juniors, John and Bennic who were also going to the event as first-aiders. At 8.30, we had to lug some stuff into the bus while the rest of the expedition were getting ready, wasn't really my job, but I just went with the flow. On the bus, it was a rather tiring and bumpy 2 and a half hours ride to Kuala Nerang, Kedah. I sat next to Khartik and watched Gulliver's Travels on the display monitor on the bus. I was cleaning my camera kit and double checking that everything was in order, as I always do. we reached our destination by 12.15pm and we started unloading. I vividly remembered what my teacher said to me: 'It's a God forsaken place'. Well, personally it wasn't all that bad, kinda reminded me of my old boarding school back when I was in Form 1. Nostalgic to say the least.
We went to our assigned tent and started putting up our signs and billboards. Ironically, I had to help with the deco and shifting of items when I should really be snapping pics for the school, but I just kept it to myself and helped as much as I could. By 1pm, the muslims in my expedition had to go for Friday prayers, which meant the working force has reduced in size. Only me, Khartik and Kavin were actually doing something, along with some of my juniors. I was appalled to see the scouts seniors that WAS supposed to be doing all these setting up wandering off to some other place when they still hadn't finish setting up our school banner. I believe in teamwork and fairness, and these group of people crushed my naivety. Those still in tent consists of our co-curriculum teacher, Pn. Norbaini and some other teachers, and a few of us students. To make matters even tiring for us, me, kavin, khartik and the juniors had to help a bunch of primary schoolers to carry their malay wooden musical instruments, which I have to add was a hell of a load. At 3pm, After sweating like a water buffalo under the hot sun, we finally sat down to take a breather. I walked around and snapped some pictures and noticed that most of the other school have awesome exhibition and deco, while ours were quite stale. I snapped some of their deco and walked around with a sense of deja vu. The architecture really brought me back to my boarding school days. Sad and happy moments there. Even the hall had the same air and design to it.
When I returned to the tent, the 'Big Shots' scouts were finally back, and still talking whereas the 'diva' Stephanie that followed us and Teik Min was fraternizing with a female from the tent beside us. I could care less due since I've developed such irrational hatred towards these bunch of 'Frees' that left us rotting in the sun when they sat down in the cafeteria and chatted. I kept it to myself and resumed helping out with whatever I can. I even heard Pn. Norbaini complaining about the scouts, guess there's justice in this world after all. I sat down with Kharthik, Ben and John while they were talking to Steph, Teik Min and that mysterious girl from the tent next door. I soon learned that her name was Clarrisa and she is a national debater. Next thing I know, she was spewing out Shakespearean lines to Steph and both me and khartik's jaw were hanging from where they should be. Never had I met a girl like that, odd, but in a good way.
I spent some time learning about this odd girl, and cocking about with John and Bennic along the way, and realized that she ain't bad at all. Guess first impressions are not everything. It was fun talking to her, and obviously more fun to make fun of John, who went emo after she asked him to 'Por', how I laughed.
About 8pm, we had the green light to get our presentation ready for the LPM, and I set about preparing my equipment. In the presentation room, there was a few top guns from the ministry waiting to hear us talk. Steph was the first batter up, and she striked like a blind bat, so did Elaine with her half-assed speech. I was in such agonizing shame that these two girls are actually giving a presentation about the history and affiliations of Free School. Deep inside, I was screaming 'What the fuck are you doing??!!'. Thank god Khartik came to the rescue, as expected of my form's top boy, he swept the blood on the floor. Naqib, the hockey captain ended it with a cocky statement, but that sure did put a smile on the faces of the guys from LPM. I was relieved.
8.45pm, we packed our stuff up and got ready to head home. Before that, Clarissa came over our tent and bid adieu to us and snapped a few picture for memories. At that point we were so exhausted that our expression was practically a mix of happiness, agony, and high-off-jamaican-grass look.
In the bus I recount what I did for the day, it wasn't bad, it was actually fun. New relationships fostered, and old friendship strengthen, that's all that matters right? I chatted with Khartik for awhile until the pleasant feeling of sleep took over and took us back all the way to Penang.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Frame of Mind Part 1
This is a two parter blog about my recent photographic outings which consists of two major events which is my school's sports day and a cluster school expo in Kuala Nerang. The former was filled with passion and emotions, befitting the name 'Free School'. The latter was boring initially, but it did give me a chance to meet new friends and foster new friendships. Well, enjoy!
30 minutes before the start of the annual Sports Day of PFS, I went from tent to tent to get some pictures and some sneak peek of the theme of the houses. I was very impressed with Pinhorn's Avatar theme and their mascots were superb. Pn. Mani was obviously proud of her boys and I can see they are really excited about their work. I mingled around with the members from Pinhorn along with Sir Leonard and scoot along to my own house; Hamilton.
The event started off with a bang [quite literally] at 2pm sharp with the school's prided jewel kicking it off with an up-beat tempo for the parade march. Each houses have their own mascots and they are all well made from head to toe. There's certainly a sense of pride in every one of the marchers.
The official ceremony was conducted by our school's athlete, escorted by the captains of the 8 houses in Free School. After the 'vow of sportsmanship', they returned to their respective houses and marched off the field, indicating the start of the day.
Before the actual sports event, there was a few performance by some uniform body, namely 'Gempur Wira'[i forgotten their real name, sue me]. They smashed tiles with their head and fists, proving their manhood [though the human body is tougher than tiles, so yeah]. After the display of prowess from the commandos of Free School, I went to the centre of the field for the first running events.
The athletes were all pumped up and ready to pounce on the prize of glory like a lion hunting a gazelle. Friends that I know in the classroom turned into what their primal instincts are; hunters, or quoted from Sergeant Foley of Operation Flashpoint "Hardcore, cold-blooded, laser guided, death dealing nin-motherfucking-jas". They came, they ran, and they conquered, quite literally. The strong moves on and the weak dies. Second is the first of the last, etc etc. Our boys were so in the zone, that even the guests runners from different schools were wiped out almost instantly in the 400x4 relay. The runners from Saint Xaviers lost up to a staggering 80 meters! Needless to say, the athletes of Frees are one mean sons of bitches.
Where muscle counts, even the Frees didn't let up. House representatives grunting and gritting their teeth while their veins and artery were at their limit as they surpass the physical limit of humanity. The flames of victory the only thing pushing them and the men beside them towards victory.
The most memorable event of the day was the tug-of-war. The final showdown between Cheeseman and Pinhorn. Each house has conserved their top guns for this event. The only event that'd prove they are the Ironmen of Free School. I was beside barely even 50cm away from them as they frantically pull the rope to earn their victory. The house captain of Cheeseman, and also my friend, Vash, screamed at the top of his lungs rallying his members to pull as if their lives depends on it. Eugene, another of my acquaintance, kept on rallying the boys to pull with momentum and brute force. After three grueling match, Cheeseman seized the title of 'Orang kuat Free School'. Vash was so happy he jumped for joy, and no different can be said for the rest of the Cheeseman. Despite the loss, the captain of Pinhorn, Prakash, went to congratulate Vash and the members of Cheeseman for their victory. The bond between brothers and sportsman were vibrant that day, despite a technical foul that happened due to Pinhorn not being ready for the 2nd match, and thus leading to a third decisive match. They compromised, they worked things out and they respected one another, That's what being a Free is all about.
Monday, 4 July 2011
Back From The Slumber
Ahh, been months since I've been on here! Busy busy busy, what can I say? =p
Life's a bit of a mess for me now lolx, in a state of limbo. One part of me is worrying like hell for my SPM, the other just don't give a flying ****. Here's a little update of what happened to me in the past few months;
Obtained my driving license, FINALLY! So fun to drive here and there~ but under the supervision of uncle and aunty =.=... Finished playing the epic game Dragon Age 2[WooT!!!], however, only once. Don't have enough time and patience to play another time. And I've finally discovered the sleeping atheist hidden within me, though I suppose you can say I am more towards agnostic, thanks to the stellar book 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins. Bravo sir, if I had a hat I'd tip it to your direction. Oh! And been snapping a few pictures here and there, will upload them when I have the chance. Recently I went for my school's music classical 'Beauty & The Beast'. Very nice show, though in my honest opinion, the main actress is a bit... stale... I mean, it's like she had a processor for a heart, but I digress. I've also finally got so hyped up about airsoft, that I am trying to get one in Malaysia[damn things are illegal here, shit].
And now here I am, in front of the comp, when i should really be studying for my SPM... Damn, well folks, till next time! Adieu!
Life's a bit of a mess for me now lolx, in a state of limbo. One part of me is worrying like hell for my SPM, the other just don't give a flying ****. Here's a little update of what happened to me in the past few months;
Obtained my driving license, FINALLY! So fun to drive here and there~ but under the supervision of uncle and aunty =.=... Finished playing the epic game Dragon Age 2[WooT!!!], however, only once. Don't have enough time and patience to play another time. And I've finally discovered the sleeping atheist hidden within me, though I suppose you can say I am more towards agnostic, thanks to the stellar book 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins. Bravo sir, if I had a hat I'd tip it to your direction. Oh! And been snapping a few pictures here and there, will upload them when I have the chance. Recently I went for my school's music classical 'Beauty & The Beast'. Very nice show, though in my honest opinion, the main actress is a bit... stale... I mean, it's like she had a processor for a heart, but I digress. I've also finally got so hyped up about airsoft, that I am trying to get one in Malaysia[damn things are illegal here, shit].
And now here I am, in front of the comp, when i should really be studying for my SPM... Damn, well folks, till next time! Adieu!
Friday, 25 March 2011
Update!
Ahh, been 2 weeks since I touched my blog, nostalgic... NOT =3. The sloth disease seems to have hit me, I am lazy to do anything these days =p.
Well, before I rant, a quick update of my life. Spent the entire holidays watching anime[Overdrive, Maria Holic, Romeo X Juliet(God, such a touching anime) and some other], fragging[MW2!], and taking my driving practical, oh joy. Man, a week does whizz past quickly.
Okay, now I want to talk about a recent event. I am sure everybody knows about the recent tsunami that struck Japan, as a matter a fact, I did talk about it in my previous post. Well, let me shed some more light on thy mind. Did you realize the attention it is getting from the media and practically everybody in the world? I mean, people that won't even flinch when the word tsunami came in pair with Acheh showed their 'concern' when it was paired with Japan. Indeed, the tsunami that has struck Japan is a very sad and tragic thing indeed, but why oh why does people show their concern when Japan was struck, but not when less developed country such as Indonesia received the same fate? I will tell you why. Their concern is not genuine. Sincerely ask yourself, what was the first thing that went through your mind when you heard about the incident? To some of my friends, it was 'Man... I wonder if it will affect my anime' or 'ahh, my heaven on earth is gone' or 'There goes our sushi'...... WTF?! seriously? If you look at it, Indonesia had nothing to offer us, thus when they were struck by the tsunami, we are all like 'Ah, that's sad', and then we carried along with our daily life. I will be honest, even I wasn't really THAT concerned when Indonesia was struck, mainly cause I was still young =p. My point is, people... if you want to care, truly care for the ill fated people and don't care just because it affects your daily life. The world doesn't revolve around you, you know. Just show that wee bit of genuine concern, okay?
Well, if my friends, classmates in particular, are reading this, you know which category you belong to. I NOE WHAT YOU SAID IN CLASS, I AM WATCHING YOU.
Anyways, Ganbatte nippon!
Well, before I rant, a quick update of my life. Spent the entire holidays watching anime[Overdrive, Maria Holic, Romeo X Juliet(God, such a touching anime) and some other], fragging[MW2!], and taking my driving practical, oh joy. Man, a week does whizz past quickly.
Okay, now I want to talk about a recent event. I am sure everybody knows about the recent tsunami that struck Japan, as a matter a fact, I did talk about it in my previous post. Well, let me shed some more light on thy mind. Did you realize the attention it is getting from the media and practically everybody in the world? I mean, people that won't even flinch when the word tsunami came in pair with Acheh showed their 'concern' when it was paired with Japan. Indeed, the tsunami that has struck Japan is a very sad and tragic thing indeed, but why oh why does people show their concern when Japan was struck, but not when less developed country such as Indonesia received the same fate? I will tell you why. Their concern is not genuine. Sincerely ask yourself, what was the first thing that went through your mind when you heard about the incident? To some of my friends, it was 'Man... I wonder if it will affect my anime' or 'ahh, my heaven on earth is gone' or 'There goes our sushi'...... WTF?! seriously? If you look at it, Indonesia had nothing to offer us, thus when they were struck by the tsunami, we are all like 'Ah, that's sad', and then we carried along with our daily life. I will be honest, even I wasn't really THAT concerned when Indonesia was struck, mainly cause I was still young =p. My point is, people... if you want to care, truly care for the ill fated people and don't care just because it affects your daily life. The world doesn't revolve around you, you know. Just show that wee bit of genuine concern, okay?
Well, if my friends, classmates in particular, are reading this, you know which category you belong to. I NOE WHAT YOU SAID IN CLASS, I AM WATCHING YOU.
Anyways, Ganbatte nippon!
Friday, 11 March 2011
FREEDOM!
The melodious echo of the school bell ringing, the shouts of joy of students while throwing their hands up in the air. Ah, it's here. It's finally here. HOLIDAYS!
The holidays are here and I wish all of my friends and family a happy and fun-filled holiday. Let me share a line that I've saved for this occasion; 'No more school, no more books. No more teacher's dirty looks'. Seriously, I f'kin love holidays. But the thought that it is only one week is a realll bummer =/. Oh wells, beggars can't be choosers.
Well, quick update of my life. Went to listen the driving theory thingy, f'kin waste of time. Spent 3 hours listening to something that can be wrapped up in 15 minutes. God, Malaysia's system suck. anyways, the driving theory is practically just a briefing of what I am going to experience during the test. Still a waste of time.
My birthday just ended like 2 days ago. 17 year old now WooT! getting older day by day =/, wish I was like Peter Pan, never have to grow old xD. Got 3 of my most wanted books from my parents; love you mum and dad! The titles are 'The photographer's mind' 'The photographer's eye' and 'Perfect exposure'. Complicated yet awesome books, check it out photogs.
And following latest events, the Tsunami incident that has struck Japan and Taiwan. It seems, God, wherever He is, is unleashing his fury upon us day by day. First New Zealand now Asia, things just get worst every single day. I don't believe in this apocalyptic crap and stuff, but I seriously think things are getting way out of hand. The thought of the world ending just makes my neck cringe. brrr. I pray for the safety of the people of Japan and Taiwan, and Hawaii too.
Well, that summarizes my post of the day. Signing off peeps!
Sunday, 27 February 2011
The Road Ahead
I am going to start off my post today on a more melancholic note. I've just passed my Undang [theoretical driving] recently, and it got me thinking how much I've grown.
It felt as if it was just yesterday I walked through the gates of Penang Free School and started my life as a high schooler. I can still remember the times I had back in primary school. The laughter, the joy, the sadness and the questions I had. It all feels... nostalgic. I can't shake the feeling that I am still living in the past. Back then, I wanted nothing more than to grow up and put my big boy pants on. Now, I want nothing more than to go back to that time. The time when I didn't have a care for the world, back to the time when all I ever worried was the present. Back to that time where everything is so much more simpler. Fast forward it to 26th of february 2011, I was sitting in the waiting room, my result paper in my hands; I'd passed. Soon, I'd be driving. Soon, I'd be applying for my college. Soon, I'd be busy planning the path of life I wish to take. Soon, I'd have to leave a big part of my life behind, the care-free part of my life. But isn't this what I've been looking for all this time? The day that I am finally an adult? So why am I reminiscing about the past?
You might think that these are the word of an individual who is afraid of the future and can't take the burden of growing up, you are right. I am afraid of what the future holds, and I don't know what is at the end. Do we meet up with our God? Will we find the meaning of life? Where will we go? Questions that has been haunting everybody. Questions that can only be answered with more questions. That is life.
However, what makes us human is these sense of insecurity. Our conscience is what drives us forward, knowing very well we might not find an answer, but knowing we tried our best at living. I think that is a good enough reason to justify our purpose here on Earth isn't it? And here I am, justifying my reason for being alive, the reason for me to move forward. The answer is rather simple; it is because I can appreciate the past, live the present, and fear the future. That is all I need to justify my existence.
It felt as if it was just yesterday I walked through the gates of Penang Free School and started my life as a high schooler. I can still remember the times I had back in primary school. The laughter, the joy, the sadness and the questions I had. It all feels... nostalgic. I can't shake the feeling that I am still living in the past. Back then, I wanted nothing more than to grow up and put my big boy pants on. Now, I want nothing more than to go back to that time. The time when I didn't have a care for the world, back to the time when all I ever worried was the present. Back to that time where everything is so much more simpler. Fast forward it to 26th of february 2011, I was sitting in the waiting room, my result paper in my hands; I'd passed. Soon, I'd be driving. Soon, I'd be applying for my college. Soon, I'd be busy planning the path of life I wish to take. Soon, I'd have to leave a big part of my life behind, the care-free part of my life. But isn't this what I've been looking for all this time? The day that I am finally an adult? So why am I reminiscing about the past?
You might think that these are the word of an individual who is afraid of the future and can't take the burden of growing up, you are right. I am afraid of what the future holds, and I don't know what is at the end. Do we meet up with our God? Will we find the meaning of life? Where will we go? Questions that has been haunting everybody. Questions that can only be answered with more questions. That is life.
However, what makes us human is these sense of insecurity. Our conscience is what drives us forward, knowing very well we might not find an answer, but knowing we tried our best at living. I think that is a good enough reason to justify our purpose here on Earth isn't it? And here I am, justifying my reason for being alive, the reason for me to move forward. The answer is rather simple; it is because I can appreciate the past, live the present, and fear the future. That is all I need to justify my existence.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Pixels
Okay, since I've decided that this shall be one of my photography medium, I've uploaded a few pics from my Melaka trip a few months back. It's a rather... mellow place and there's no night life, but hey! It's historical and I'd say even more well-managed than Penang. Their food are also delicious and cheap[well.. when I say cheap...]. The people are also friendly and cooperative[but I have a feeling they are paid to smile].
Anyways, Enjoy!
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Talent, Less?
Been on the Net [due to boredom obviously] recently and I wandered into Youtube to find something to amuse my life, and I did.
You know those 'talented' artists out there that people are sooo crazy about? You know, the usual, Justin will-never-hit-puberty Bieber and the likes. It got me thinking, why the Hell are they so popular??? I mean seriously, there are loads of people on Youtube that are actually way more talented than them. For example, I recently stumbled upon a kid called Greyson Chance and boy, he do have a chance. Oh sure, he might look like a Bieber, but don't be fooled, his voice is pure gold. Unlike that auto-tuned piece of *censored*. And his name is Grey too, which is the same as my blog title!!
But i digress. Another good example is Merton. This dude goes on Chatroulette[ might as well call it Dickroulette] and does improv piano playing depending on the situation. His skills are good and so are his vocals, and whats more, he is hilarious! Another Youtube legend you might know is SungHa Jung. He puts me to shame with his guitar skills. He is pure gold. A prodigy with fingers that is blessed by the Gods[ if God does exist] and a sharp mind.
Seeing all of this talent on a website where people mostly go in hopes to find a girl strip teasing[well, guys mostly], It really made me think, WHY THE FUCK is everybody hyped up about crappy artists like Justin Bieber and those bloody idols??? It just doesn't make sense.
Well, seeing that I've touched an issue that would surely provoke you Bieber Fever Lovers out there, do give thoughts.
P/S: I hate 'Baby' the most
You know those 'talented' artists out there that people are sooo crazy about? You know, the usual, Justin will-never-hit-puberty Bieber and the likes. It got me thinking, why the Hell are they so popular??? I mean seriously, there are loads of people on Youtube that are actually way more talented than them. For example, I recently stumbled upon a kid called Greyson Chance and boy, he do have a chance. Oh sure, he might look like a Bieber, but don't be fooled, his voice is pure gold. Unlike that auto-tuned piece of *censored*. And his name is Grey too, which is the same as my blog title!!
But i digress. Another good example is Merton. This dude goes on Chatroulette[ might as well call it Dickroulette] and does improv piano playing depending on the situation. His skills are good and so are his vocals, and whats more, he is hilarious! Another Youtube legend you might know is SungHa Jung. He puts me to shame with his guitar skills. He is pure gold. A prodigy with fingers that is blessed by the Gods[ if God does exist] and a sharp mind.
Seeing all of this talent on a website where people mostly go in hopes to find a girl strip teasing[well, guys mostly], It really made me think, WHY THE FUCK is everybody hyped up about crappy artists like Justin Bieber and those bloody idols??? It just doesn't make sense.
Well, seeing that I've touched an issue that would surely provoke you Bieber Fever Lovers out there, do give thoughts.
P/S: I hate 'Baby' the most
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