Wednesday, June 29, 2005
"It's time we started our own struggle."
- #19 Mimura
Which Battle Royale Character are You?
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Monday, June 27, 2005
In other news, I hate doing admin work!
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Monday, June 20, 2005
(by Nat King Cole)
Goodbye, no use leading with our chins
This is where our story ends
Never lovers, ever friends
Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day
But before you walk away
I sincerely want to say:
I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss, but more than this
I wish you love
And in July a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health, but more than wealth
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best - my very best
I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all, when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
1. Homosexuality is not natural. Real people always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still aren't supposed to marry whites.
5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if homosexual marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.
6. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Homosexual couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.
7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in North America.
9. Children can never succeed without both a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
Pros - it's cheaper than calling. SMS also helps because I work better with written/typed words than spoken words. I guess I'm somewhat a visual person, although that probably has something to do with the fact that I'm either (a) losing my hearing and am starting to be unable to hear the higher registers, or (b) have a low voice, and am thus unaccustomed to people who speak at a higher pitch than me.
I'm too absent-minded, so my memories are regarded with intense mistrust. The problem with calling and face-to-face (F2F) conversations is that there isn't a transcript. (Ranks right up there with peeves like "Life doesn't have a search function and I can't find my fucking paper/book/whatever!"). I can't revisit what has been said. But for SMS, there's something tangible and real left that proves such a conversation happened.
Cons - I hate it when I SMS someone and don't get a reply. I never know if it's because the SMS got lost to an eternity of fucked up electromagnetic waves (there was once when a rather important SMS actually arrived a week after it was sent), because the person was so mad at me he ignored my SMS, because the person thought it wasn't necessary to reply, or a myriad of other possible reasons. It's like being caught in constant suspense in a world that revolves around my handphone, which obviously sucks. If I get impatient enough, I usually end up calling.
SMSes can be emotionless and cold. They don't have to be, but they can be. I always aggravate my sister when I reply her messages with just a "k". The English language is already inadequate enough, it really doesn't need to be limited to x number of letters per SMS. Also, sarcasm just doesn't work as well via SMS.
The solution? Er... Short Voice Message Service. That transcribes what has been said, so when you open the SVMS the voice plays simultaneously as you read the message. Yes, I think I'm probably asking for too much =P
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
103.5 points for Hall 7 for guys?! 163.1 points for Hall 6 for girls?! WTF?!?!?!?! How the fuck do they expect people to get 70+ points just to stay in hall? Do they even have any fucking clue how difficult it is to get 70 points?
Is it because people like me spoiled market? *ponders* Well, technically I could have just gone and applied for single room, might have actually gotten it. But my points aren't even that high, it's 126+ after slashing, just enough for me to get a room in Hall 3 without worries. Ok, so maybe it's partly my fault. =P *hides*
And they're pulling down Hall 3 and Hall 7 to build SPMS, and the replacements have smaller capacity. And since they're trying to make NTU all well-rounded and whatever, and still have not built places for the poor SADM and HSS people, I guess they don't have much place left for building new halls. So the cut-off points are just going to get more and more ridiculous.
Wonderful. So I guess when the new Hall 3 is done up with the aircon and lifts and other fancy stuff, I'm going to need a million points or something to stay there in final year.
| So long and thanks for all the fish
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear?
You may not share our intellect
Which might explain your disrespect
For all the natural wonders that grow around you
So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish!
The world's about to be destroyed
There's no point getting all annoyed
Lie back and let the planet dissolve (around you)
Despite those nets of tuna fleets
We thought that most of you were sweet
Especially tiny tots and your
pregnant women
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish!
(Female Solo)
If I had just one last wish
I would like a tasty fish
(Opera Diva Solo)
If we could change just one last thing
We would all have learnt to sing
Come, one and all
Man and Mammal
Side by side in Life's great gene pool!
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish!
[All insanity courtesy of having just watched 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'. Just be thankful I watched 'Madagascar' instead of this when I wrote the musical.]
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
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Monday, June 13, 2005
| Choristers - a bunch of us are watching 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' at 9.15pm on Wed (15/6), at GV Marina. Please sms/email/msg me if you're interested!
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Friday, June 10, 2005
But as a plus, saw the trailers for both 'Charlie & The Chocolate Factory' and 'The Island'. Thought the boy acting as Charlie looked really familiar, then realised that I saw him in 'Finding Neverland'. Johnny Depp looks disturbingly Michael-Jackson-esque o_O (And no, it does not help that he invites 5 children to his factory.) It's going to be exceedingly madcap, considering it's Tim Burton and Johnny Depp - the theme song from the teaser is madcap enough. And quote of the day from the trailer -
'The Island' has Ewan McGregor. 'Nuff said.
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Went for KTV afterwards. Was super off-key... urgh. My brain is all fried these days - I keep mispronouncing words, misplacing stuff, mistyping stuff, forgetting passwords and the like. Don't know what's wrong with me.
By the way, was unfortunate enough to encounter a wannabe molester on the MRT when I was on the way home. It was this disgustingly fat Indian guy wearing a purple polo tshirt and pretending to be SMS-ing. Stomped on his toes with my heels - hard - and stuck my elbow in his ribs for 3 stations before he gave up and got off the train. IRRITATING FUCKED UP LOSER. Urgh!
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Complete sincerity: You believe in being
straightforward with others, and you expect the
same from them. People would consider you a
good listener, and one who is calm and mostly
serious.
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Thursday, June 02, 2005
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches
that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them
in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire,
that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you
that you may know the secrets of your heart,
and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness
and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter,
and weep, but not all of your tears.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Just saw email from school about attachment. Am mildly amused that they sent us the email about FYP before sending the one about attachment. But anyway, subject registration yesterday for GEs drove me crazy... in the end I just registered for something for the sake of registering - so I registered for Film Studies. Gah. I wanted to register for something ridiculously easy and pointless! Why did I go overload my timetable again?! But as a plus I believe one of the movies we're studying is 'Rear Window'.
To remedy all that, I'm posting for the sake of posting. Whee.
... *have gone nuts* Whee.
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