This is my......5th? 6th? untitled post. It's simply because I'd rather get right to the topic and not waste unnecessary time on thinking of a title.

Anyway, the past 1 or 2 weeks I've spent listening to the old bands, hearing covers and stuff. I was reading up on Kurt Cobain(guitarist and singer of the band Nirvana) and I got to the part about him supposedly killing himself. His suicide note said that he hadn't felt the excitement of listening and creating music in years. I was thinking then about how music has changed over the past 30 years. There's no point even comparing the bands from the 80s and 90s with the bands now because when you think about it, Boys Like Girls? Really?

Then you read up on the old bands. Guns 'n' Roses, Nirvana, The Beatles, Led Zep....some great bands have broken up because of factors that were beyond our control. With GnR, it's an inevitable dispute because all of them were really powerful, and power clashes. Nirvana, Kurt died. Beatles, only Paul is alive now. And with Led Zep, John Bonham died. And I was thinking, with these guys gone, will music like that ever come by again? Slowly -- ok maybe not so slowly, pop is taking over today's generation. We have people saying Jonas Brothers are "really talented". COME ON! Really talented is Metallica. Really talented, Slash! John Lennon! Robert Plant! Jimmy Page! These people are really talented, not gay guys who get millions just for being able to hold a guitar and whine on stage. I would list more names but this post would just become a really long list.

So people, do you want music like they used to make it, out of 100% awesome, or do you want thousands of gay fags with guitars diluting music because they want chicks and money? Oppose the rise of gay music. See what it's done to bands like Linkin' Park. Used to rock, don't rock now. More and more we see people making music for money, not for music.

I don't think bands like GnR, Led Zep, will come by again, judging by the way music is going now. This makes it all the more sad if the 2012 prophecy doesn't come true. If it does, there's only 3 more years of bad music to endure. If it doesn't, the world is rather permanently screwed. So what we can do is to keep their flame alive. Keep the good music here. Some people have asked me, "Why are you listening to that song? It's so old." Well guess what, we listen to music because it's good, not because those songs are new. Doesn't make a damn difference if the song came out in 10,000 BC or AD 2009.

On to a different topic(wanted to end the post right there but I'm really bored.)

My primary school friend posted this on facebook.

80 Things You Didn't Know About Me Until You Read This:

1. What Color Is Your Toothbrush?
Green and white. Light green, so it's easier on my eyes.

2. Name One Person That Made You Smile Today?
Kurt Cobain.

3, What were you doing at 8 AM?
Dreaming.

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Listening to the same song I'm listening to now.

5. What is your favorite candy?
I don't particularly have a preference, but usually I only take mints.

7. What's the last thing you said out loud?
Orh.

8. What is the best ice cream flavor?
Chocolate Chip Mint.
(This is her answer. I completely agree.)

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Coffee

10. What is the longest you have gone without sleeping?
20 hours, give or take 2 or 3 hours..

11. Have you ever made a promise you'd die to keep?
Not yet.

13. The last sporting event you watched?
Some soccer game.

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Sweet.

15. Who is the last person you sent a message to on Facebook?
Don't recall...

16. Ever gone camping?
Yes.

17. Do you take vitamins daily?
In my food, yes. Not as supplement tablets or anything.

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?
No.

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?
Who cares.

22. What did your last text message say?
"Ok sure!"

24. Where is your dad?
Out with his friends. He has a life you know.

25. Look to your left, what do you see?
Huge mirror on a wall. Really.

26. What color is your watch?
Black.

27. I think this one is empty...
Whazza?

28. What did you do yesterday?
Went to a party.

29. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?
Well I can't drive...

30. What is your favorite number?
13. or 69.

31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone?
Ben? Don't recall.

32. Any plans today?
Gaming 12 hours.

34. Biggest annoyance in your life right now?
Music isn't what it used to be. To quote Bob Seger's song, "Today's music ain't got the same soul."

35. Last song listened to?
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
Yes.

38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
My Asics.

39. Are you jealous of anyone?
No.

40. Is anyone jealous of you?
Possibly.

41. Do you love anyone?
You'd have to be really sad not to.

43. What do you usually do during the day?
School. Slack. Wait they're rather synonymous.

44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now?
Hate is a really strong word....yes.

45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily?
I usually use WAZAAAA,  but yes, occasionally I say hello.

46. Meaning of life?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RynewKatl5M&fmt=18.

47. Do you like cats?
I prefer them to children. Really.

(This was her answer. And once again, I am in agreement.)

48. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
No.

49. How did you get your worst scar?
Rammed it into a door while racing to class with Erfi(in P6). For more details, call.....well no. Don't ask.

50. Last big talk?
Don't recall..

51. Last CD played?
A compilation disc of some of my favourite songs.

52. Last bubble bath?
Never.

54. Last meal?
Noodles.

55. Have you ever dated someone twice?
No.

56. Gone on a date?
No.

57. Have you ever fallen in love?
This would eventually become a verbose and utterly pointless discussion about the nature of love so for now, no.

58. Have you ever lost someone?
I never found my Godzilla toy.

59. Have you ever slept until 1PM?
Yes.

60. Have you met a famous person?
Not really no, unless you mean me.

61. Do you have at least 2 people you can tell pretty much anything to?
Doubt it.

62. List three favorite colors/shades:
Red. Black. very.very.very.light pink.

63. Laughed until you cried?
I'm not that emotional.

64. Went behind your parents back?
Don't know.

66. Opinion on gay marriage?
Why not.

67. Lowering the drinking age?
Neutral on this.

69. Who are the best huggers that you know?
hmmmm.

70. Do you believe in love at first sight?
No.

71. Is there something you want to tell someone?
There are many things I want to tell many people.

73. Would you kiss any of your facebook friends?
What.

74. How Many Kids Do You Want To Have?
2-4.

75. Do you want to change your name?
Not really. I don't mind changing it to Chuck Norris for 1 or 2 days.

76. Last time you saw your father?
2 hours ago.

77. What time did you wake up today?
sometime between 10 and 12.

78. How old are you?
15.

79. What were you doing at midnight last night?
At exactly midnight? I was getting dressed after bathing. I know this because when I went out of the bathroom and saw my watch it was about 20 seconds after midnight.

80. What is your favorite thing in your room?
My bed.

Am I the only one who noticed that some questions were skipped? As in missing numbers?

Epiphany

Just last night I had an epiphany while lying on bed trying to sleep. I don't know why, but I get all my epiphanies when I'm trying to sleep. It's like the Epiphany Toilet from scrubs..except it's a bed. Anyway.

Some of you may recall that awhile ago I questioned the meaning of life, why we live. I believe I have found a satisfactory answer(to me at least) for those questions. Now the big question: Why do we live?

My friend Austin said, "Because we don't want to die." While he has a point there(yes, austin...) I don't think that's it. A couple weeks ago I was watching an interview of David Belle and he was talking about how when he does training some people stare at him. He gave an analogy and said that if you press pause just when a monkey is in mid-air, and you ask him, "Why are you doing that? Why are you moving?", then the monkey would just say, "And you? Why are you NOT moving?" Of course I've watched this interview a couple of times, but it didn't pop into my head then.

Last night I was posting a reply on the forums, and it made me think again about the meaning of everything. I thought again about the interview, and I realized that it's all in the perspective. Instead of "Why?", ask yourself, "Why not?". When you want to do something, and you feel the hesitation, and you ask, "why do I want to do this", instead you should think, "Why not?" and if you can't give yourself a reasonable answer, then you know that you should just go ahead. Now some of you might be going, "DUH" but be honest with yourself: have you seen things this way before? There is a difference between UNDERSTANDING a perspective and actually ADOPTING that perspective. Once you stop asking yourself Why and start saying Why not instead, all of a sudden, you see possibilities, because if your whole life you're going, "why?", you will just be restricted by your fears. The answer to the question, "Why do we live?", then, from this perspective would become, "Why not?" Because you're gonna die one day, and the length of your life does not actually change the fact that you WILL die, why not live life to the max? Do you have any reason not to?

Armed with this perspective, go out into the world and look at the things around you. Why? Why not? This being said, I am going to attempt to master backflip again tomorrow, even though the last time I tried I panicked mid-flip, fell on my back and slammed my knee into my face. Shed your inhibitions, and you will learn that life becomes so much better.

WTF.

Hi all. Let me give you a little background before I reveal a shocking piece of information. The time is 2355 hrs, and I'm doing my bio assignment(I DO HOMEWORK). I get bored, so I decide to google my name.

*Opens Chrome*
*Types in "Ooi Teck Chye"*
*Views results*

*1st result: A compo I wrote in P6 that was kept on my primary school website. I read it. They edited it. Those chimps.*

*2nd result: (and this is it, brace yourself)

For those of you too lazy to click the picture and read....here's what the circled parts say.
Circled Sentence 1: Fear of imminent execution
Circled Sentence 2: Ooi Teck Chye, aged 46, Fishmonger
Circled sentence 3: Ooi Teck Chye was sentence to death on 11 September 1991 after being convicted by the Kuala Lumpur High Court of possession of heroin

And I'm sure you guys can see the big WTF in the middle. My mind has currently been blown away by this. I think this is the only guy with the full official name of Ooi Teck Chye in the world apart from me...and he's a loser?

This ranks about a 7 on the Scale of Calamitous Events:
1: I wrote a bad story
2: A bunny died
3: 2 bunnies died
4: Bunny massacre
5: Some funny guy died.
6: Someone I know well died.
7: I died.
8: I died, came back, and died again
9: Many people died
10: 0h n0es 1t'5 t3h ap0c4lyps3 lolololol wtfbbq lollerskaters roflcopter !!!!11!1one!!!
11: A really cute girl died
12: More than one really cute girl died.

I've been able to hit under a minute for 400m at night woots. 59.75 secs if my watch can be trusted(it can). I'm not sure though. Felt like the track I was running(at the neighbourhood park near my house) was more of 380m or 370m. Gonna try on school track someday. I run faster at night anyway. It's more cooling.

Sniping under a second in blackshot woots.

Hi all

I realized that my blog post titles lack a lot of creativity. Anyhoo, I'm very bored. And alicia tagged me on facebook for some reason I cannot fathom....

There's this quiz thingy. And lots of quiz thingies on facebook. So before we begin, I'm curious to know how come none of you reader things know me well enough yet even though I've probably done so many of these quiz thingies?

Now.
(By the way, the reason I'm doing this here and not on facebook is because, who reads my facebook anyway?)
A - AVAILABLE: Aye
B - BIRTHDAY: 3RD AUGUST. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DATE. JOT IT DOWN SO YOU DON'T FORGET. 3RD AUGUST
C - CRUSHING ON: Jessica Alba. I know, I know, she's married and has had a kid but damn if she didn't get her figure back.
D - DRINK YOU LAST HAD: Water. No wait, let's accentize that.
American: wauder
British: Whautah
Singapore: worter
E - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO: -
F - FAVORITE SONG: Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses. I never get tired of it actually. This is the one song apart from Driving Down the Darkness(by Devildriver) that I can tolerate on an endless loop.
G - GUMMY BEARS OR GUMMY WORMS: Bear.
H - HOMETOWN: Sitiawan, Malaysia.
I - IN LOVE WITH: Pretty Young Things. lulz.
J - JUGGLE: almost.
K - KILLED SOMEONE: very close.....
L - LONGEST CAR RIDE: 13 hours. Traffic jam.
M- MILKSHAKE FLAVOR: Chocolate.
N - NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: 2
O - ONE WISH: Ability to fly without any machines or contraptions whatsoever? Come on.....
P - PERSON YOU CALLED LAST: Junwei. I just realized I haven't called anyone in about 31 hours.
R- REASON TO SMILE: Music hasn't turn into a big gelatinous blob of gay or mediocrity like Jonas Brothers and the Simple Plan now....Thanks to pure awesome bands like Devildriver, Slipknot, Metallica etc..
S - SONG YOU LAST HEARD: Can I wait for the current song to end and then put that? Let's wait... Knights of Cydonia - Muse
T - TIME YOU WOKE UP: 10.10. Naturally. Without an alarm, since I set it at 10.30.
U - UNDERWEAR COLOR/PATTERN: What.
V - VEGETABLE(S): Potatoes. Honestly. Mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, fried potatoes, french fries, wedges. Like 'em all. You cannot hate potatoes. Not to mention, according to Mrs Lim, "Potato is your best friend!"
W - WORST HABIT: Inevitably scarring someone psychologically once in a while.
X - X-RAYS YOU'VE HAD: My mouth. Dentist said I might have wisdom teeth.
Y – YOYOS ARE: Made of 2 disks, an axle, a bearing, a string, and about 2 litres of awesome.
Z - ZODIAC SIGN: Leo.....Or am I? How is this question separate from the Birthday one?

Random Questions About You:
Spell your name without vowels: Tck Chy.
What color do you wear most?: Black. I just happen to have more black shirts.
Least favorite color?: Bright green. That...painful....horribly bright....disgusting green...
What are you listening to?: Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin. "She's livn' la vida loca..."
Are you happy with your life right now?: Only... a little. If I try real hard everyday to scrape off all the happiness I can find around me and stuff it into myself. Just a little...
What is your favorite class in school?: Recess. Before you go all "it's not a class", it most definitely is. It is the study of social behavior and almost acceptable food.
When do you start back at school/college?: Tomorrow
Are you outgoing?: No.
Where do you wish you were right now?: Probably shouldn't reveal this.....

THE CANS:
Can you dance?: no
Can you tie a cherry stem with your mouth?: Almost...
Can you whistle?: Aye
Write with both hands?: Somewhat acceptable with left hand. Like toddler.
Walk with your toes curled?: Aye
THE DO'S:
Do you believe there is life on other planets?: Aye
Do you believe in miracles?: Do I believe in chance? Do I believe in the infinite combinations of ways something can come together, and that one of those ways may seem like a miracle and eventually will happen? Sure why not. Think about it like this. Winning 4D is a very small chance. But SOMEONE has to win. So is it still a miracle that someone wins 4D?
Do you believe in magic?: Favalur....Merdantis...D--- oh hi! What...magic? No such thing. Seriously. Ignore that casting circle and various magically related items you see around me. Those are...Toys.
Love at first sight?: 2 words: Jessica Alba(well, minus the "2 words" at the beginning and these words here in the parenthesis)
Do you believe in Satan?: Do I believe in corrupt officials, greedy corporates and the general blackness of the natural human soul? Is there a need to even ask me this?
Do you believe in Santa?: I believe in Santa. He's an old, overweight man riding in a sleigh pulled by magical reindeer travelling at a speed faster than light.
Do you know how to swim?: Aye
Do you like roller coasters?: Aye
Do you think you could handle the stuff they eat on those reality shows?: You mean like Yan Can Cook? Oh man...That's a tough one...Err..Yes?

THE HAVES
Have you ever been on a plane?: Aye
Have you ever asked someone out?: Aye
Have you ever been asked out by someone?: Sort of.
Have you ever been to the ocean? Aye
Have you ever painted your nails?: It was an accident.

THE WHATS:
What is the temperature outside?: Not that cheery.
What radio station do you listen to?: I don't. Listen to radio.
What was the last restaurant you ate at? I don't remember.....Dian Xiao Er I think?
What was the last thing you bought?: Food and drink.
What was the last thing on TV you watched?: CSI:Miami. David Caruso FTW. Speaking of which, it's later, at 11.00pm. Go watch.

THE WHOS:
Who was the last person you IM'd?: I dunno...
Who was the last person you took a picture of?: I took a vid of junwei flipping. That's lots of pictures. Technically. Otherwise, the cover of a dvd, chinese words: "该死的温柔". English Translation: Fucking Gentle. I'm not joking. Scroll to bottom for pic. Otherwise, Sarah Chia. Or Bob, the ring-tailed lemur with moobs in the zoo.
Who was the last person you said I love you to?: Lol that was a few years ago. I haven't said anything like that since entering Secondary School. Regarding my family, we don't say it out. We know it's there. So yes, a few years ago. Unless you count the number of times I said it when someone did something really awesome.

CRYING SECTION:
Ever really cried your heart out?: No.
Ever cried yourself to sleep?: Nooooooooo.
Ever cried on your friend's shoulder?: Who's shoulder?
Ever cried over the opposite sex?: no.
Do you cry when you get an injury?: Boohoohoo! I grazed my knee. I mean, seriously? At most I'd shout/wail like a banshee. Who cries over injuries?
Do certain songs make you cry?: There used to be one that almost did it. Can't remember. Now...I don't think so.

Ok CONCLUSION: I DON'T CRY.

HAPPY SECTION.
Are you a happy person?: Maybe? I don't know, myself.
What can make you happy?: Many things.
Do you wish you were happier?: How would that work out? Isn't that messed up? That's like emo man. "I wish I was happier." Can you imagine? I mean, who doesn't wish they were happier? Just don't say it out.
Can music make you happy?: Aye. Among the many awesome songs, 3 kinds of music will always cheer me up: Slash's guitar solos, some awesome speed metal and jolly feel-good stuff like Yellow Submarine, 8 Days a Week, Mambo #5 and stuff like that.

LOVE SECTION.
How many times have your heart been broken?: 0
Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd die for them?: Who hasn't?

LOOK AT ME.
What is your current hair color?: Black, with a tinge of brown. I swear it's natural. Just look at it from an angle in the sun.
Current piercings?: 0
Have any tattoos?: no.
Eye color?: Well...my eyeball is mostly white...My pupil is black, but my iris appears to be brown.

HAVE YOU EVER
Been to jail: No.
Mooned someone: Can you imagine?
Laughed so hard you cried: Aye
Cried in school: No.
Thrown up in a store: No.
Done something really stupid that you still laugh at today: Aye... What? You don't expect me to tell you, do you?

THIS OR THAT
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald's or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: Single. Always.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla. Chocolate is a mild aphrodisiac. No one needs that really.
Strawberries or Blueberries: Blueberries
Meat or Veggies: Meat.
TV or Movie: Movie
Guitar or Drums?: Drums.
Adidas or Nike: Whichever has better grip, which I am told is Adidas, but based on my own experiences so far is Nike.
Chinese or Mexican: MEXICANO!(pronounced Meh-hi-cah-no)
Cheerios or Corn Flakes: Cheerios. Really.
Cake or Pie: Pie. Always.



Because there's still 55 minutes to CSI: Miami, here's another one:

01 Hello: Hi
02 Love: *roll eyes*
03 Cow: Moo
04 Peace: That finger symbol thingy.
05 Sky: Clouds
06 Mr. Big: Tiny black guy with a huge head. don't ask me how.
07 Horror: This image of a girl with pale bluish skin, shoulder length hair framing her face. Her expression is that stretched O you see in horror movies, and her eyes are completely white. The surrounding is black. My mind IS that detailed.
09 S: Superman(not the first thing I thought of, but that was obviously inappropriate)
10 I H O P NESS: I hope on people's knees.

02 Answer with only one word.

01 You are a(n) : guy
02 You drink : water
03 Your first kiss : nice.
04 Where are you : there
05 You like : that
06 Hate is : strong
07 Love is : strong
08 You dream of : everything
09 You can’t spell : "triacontakaiditeron". Copied from Wiki. I spelled it triacondikaiditeron. Actually a better answer to this question is, "tere ees noothing ay cahn spiel"
10 Your favourite colour is : Red

03 Answer either yes or no. No “maybes” allowed.

01 You like a boy/girl : Yes(frankly, who doesn't? If you don't like anyone, then you are one sick psychopath?)
02 You would kiss someone for $10 : No. Just to be on the safe side. Because you never know who it is. and if i say no to this question, I am not honour bound to not kiss hot chicks who offer me $10 because then I would be kissing them because they're hot, and not for the $10, so it doesn't apply.
03 You’re addicted to facebook : No.
04 You’re addicted to notes : no.
05 Pink looks nice on guys : NO. okay light pink. Not everyone though
06 You can’t keep a secret : No.
07 Do you have any siblings : Yes
08 You know what an asterisk is : Yes(who doesn't?!)
09 You dye your hair : No. Hair damage, amigos, hair damage!
10 You waste time writing the alphabet : No

04 Name the first colour the statement makes you think of.

01 He loves me, he loves me not : Red
02 President of the United States of America : Blue
03 Melting, melltinngg, melllltiiinnnnnggggg! : White
04 Elmo watches you when you’re sleeping : Black
05 Rainbows start with… Lipstick ? : Metallic grey
06 Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace : Blue
07 We’re all gunna die, we’re all gonna die! : Grey
08 Mix every colour of the rainbow, what do KKyou get : A swirling mass of rainbow. Didn't get a colour "first" for this one. They all appeared together.
09 The sky is falling, the sky is falling !: Yellow
10 We’ve got no troubles, life is the bubbles, under the sea : Rainbow. I was thinking of bubbles and the light refracted and reflected off it.

05 Write the first thing each colour makes you think of.

01 Red : Blood
02 Green : A disgusting pile of vomit. Like when someone Gavomits.
03 Teal : Dota
04 Maroon : She will be loved.
05 Silver : DASILVAMONKAY!
06 Brown : Shit
07 White : The background of this page. The posting page I mean, not my blog.
08 Peachy : Peaches.
09 Yellow : Very unhealthy shit.
10 Purple : Richie(PKSG)

06 What happens next?

01 Mr. Good, meet Mr. Bad : A very awesome movie.
02 The chicken and the cow cross the road : The cow shits on the chicken
03 Your mom asks you to “tackle” your room : I shoulder tackle my wall.
04 Fake left, break right : Noob attemps faking towards left, breaks right leg.
05 Tommy jumps from his roof and lands : Severing his very stupid head on a clothes line, and the impact of the landing tears his knee ligaments.
06 “Honey, we’re moving to Mars.” : WHO ARE YOU?!
07 Paper cut. No big deal, right? : The victim is a hemophiliac who dies of shock due to excessive bleeding.
08 A friend gave your little brother an energy drink : The energy drink is really an energy drink, and drinking it causes electricity to course through his body, making him a superhero capable of flying at the speed of electricity and firing bolts of lightning at people. Like an imba modern version of Zeus.
09 Your date gives you roses, but you’re allergic : Who gives me roses? This question is too improbable, so I won't answer.
10 You’re on a trampoline, its to infinity, and beyond! : And jumping on said trampoline causes me to fly through the atmosphere, the resultant friction and cold freezing my body and then disintegrating it.

07 The final countdown.

10 People :
What?

09 Colours
I haven't started to understand this part yet.

08 Songs
Really.

07 Wants
Lazy to answer

06 Fears
Being unable to accomplish all of my goals in life.

05 Truths
I was deathly afraid of spiders(shrieked at this rubber spider when I was 4)
I, so far, have been incapable of romantic love.
04 Lies
I dislike pie.
P.S. I LOVE PIE

03 Items
WARHAMMER!

02 Movies
I remember watching an absolutely awesome movie awhile ago. It was so awesome it tore through my brain and almost shredded me to nothingness. Sadly I cannot remember it.

Otherwise, the closest thing would be 300. THIS IS SPARTA!

01 Love
-



Ok here's the pic I promised you guys earlier.














night.

Updates

Harlow finally updating since I'm sure all of you miss me. You know, you reader things are weird. Whether I update or not I hardly get any comments so it seems like no one is reading. That doesn't help motivate me you know?

On a lighter note, I got a yoyo. It has a nylon bearing that is supposed to allow it to sleep longer. However, when first practicing my tricks I tangled up my string incessantly, and had to keep using my hands to manually untangle it from the bearing. I rubbed off a lot of the lubricant in the process and decided to use some oil to substitute. Now the bearing is too slippery so I can hardly throw a proper sleeper. Someone give me $25 so I can go buy a new yoyo..?

Nothing much has happened for the past few weeks. It's just boring, boring....boring. I haven't watched any Scrubs in a while since all the links I can find are to videos from Megavideo which has a dickheaded max viewing limit so you can only watch a certain number of minutes of videos each day. That's not the annoying thing. The annoying thing is that it keeps mistaking my IP for other people, which causes me to be unable to even watch a few minutes each day, since other people have used up the time. Which just sucks. Maybe I'll just use my bro's registered account to watch.

Regarding my yoyo, I'm rather happy with the progress I've made. In 3 days, I've remastered the basics:
Sleeper
Forward Pass
Walk the Dog
Rock the Baby,

as well as mastered a few extra moves:
Around the World
Around the Corner
Breakaway
Trapeze

and almost mastered Loop the Loop.

Unfortunately due to the aforementioned bearing problem I've been unable to perfect the Trapeze...so......argh...

It's that time of year again, kids!

It's 3rd August again, and I've passed another year without any severe mental or physical trauma whatsoever. I've never understood why a birthday has to be special. Of course it marks the exact day when you pass another year, but since we're growing constantly, why do we only put aside one day for celebration? I don't have any problems against this celebration, just commenting. It's great that a day comes where you receive presents and stuff for no particular reason.

I don't feel any different, except for the amazing muscle ache and a general stiffness that has developed over the past few hours from a very interesting game of basketball. Anyhoo. This was the gloomiest birthdays I've had so far, with the exception of last year, since that was the worst year of my life thus far. This birthday, as I mentioned to Francis, is like one of the "sad" episodes of Scrubs. Like someone dies or something really serious happens. Everyone is happy in the end, at least a little, but there's this dark, gloomy atmosphere in the air.

Seeing as how I've just mentioned today wasn't VERY special to me, I don't think it's fair to dedicate a whole post to it. So. Talking about Scrubs, I think it's an awesome sitcom and it's just sad that Zach Braff couldn't come back for season 9. I like how they take a usually morbid setting (a hospital) and turn it into a comedy. It's not very often that someone can joke about death on tv. Ok well it is, but it's not often you get a guy who looks dorky enough who's able to make it funny. Not to mention that the constant stream of hot............................................................................................................. attractive women every few episodes makes it that much more interesting.

I don't really have anything much to say. Erm thanks for the birthday wishes and presents, and stuff, generally being what can be considered nice today.

P.S. I know the time of posting says 12:00am, it's actually 10:49pm but you know, since we're gonna go with the whole birthday is special thing let's make it really special right?

TC goes for a jog; ends up in school field of Xingnan

So I just went for a jog. And also some light conditioning. Turns out I have some gastric problem so I didn't really feel like training. I ended up taking a walk. I walk in my usual direction and not really unexpectedly I end up at my primary school, Xingnan Primary. Still, it came as a surprise to me.

Here's some backstory. I haven't been inside the school since I was sec 1. Ever since Lao Gau(the current principal) took over he's implemented a number of annoying rules that make it ridiculously hard for ex-students to visit the school. You have to call one of your primary school teachers beforehand, and ask them to meet you at the security guard post at a certain time so they can bring you in. If not you just have to get very lucky and hope you see a teacher you know. So basically, you need a teacher to be there for you to go in. Which sucks, because it was only implemented the year we left the school.

Back to the task at hand. I'm at the school. It's the fence on the side of the school, which makes sense, since I came from the park, which is towards the side. I look through the fence and from there I can see the field, fitness corner, hard court, and the small area where we used to play soccer with tennis balls and sometimes bottles. Of course the school looks really different at night(8.48pm), but I can still see the specific places where memorable events happened, as if our phantoms were there.

I take a walk around the whole perimeter of the school, and a tidal wave of emotions come over me. I'm not making this up. A tidal wave. However, being me, I have already installed sturdy dams for exactly these kind of things, so I actually manage to break the force of the tsunami. Walking around the darkened campus, I feel this urge to go in and see how the school is like.

Flashback...flashback.....It's primary 6. I'm telling my friends how easy it would be to infiltrate the school at night. All the fences are so easy to climb over, I say.

Back to the present. I'm back at the side of the school. Right on the other side of the metal fence, which by the way is about 2 meters tall, is the field. I spend like 10 minutes discussing with myself whether I should go in. I realize this is trespassing but I really wanted to just be back in Xingnan again. So I tell myself to do what I want to do and I try to enter. Technically, I was right about the school being easy to infiltrate. It is. But practically, it takes awhile to work up the guts. The school is beside the PIE, and is also near the carpark and a few blocks of HDB flats. Me climbing in would look suspicious. I find a spot where drivers from PIE can't see me, and the area is covered by leaves. It's a fair distance away from the carpark, and I wait until no one is even within a 200m radius. Then I climb over. What I wanted to do was this. Our school field is surrounded by a really tall fence. There are two gates leading in and out of the field and I wanted to go through these. I climb over, feeling really excited for once. I rush over all stealthy-like and as I reach the gate I realize........there's a fucking padlock. Who locks a school field? My first thought then was, "Fuckkkkkkk..." I didn't bring lockpicks with me and I didn't have a blowtorch, hand grenade, or gun of any kind, so I turned back. And went back out.

Somehow I felt satisfied at just being inside the field again. I think it was that I actually for once went with my intuition and just did what I felt like doing. It was fun. So somehow I felt that going back in made me a little more human. Because I still get waves of emotion once in a while. Sometimes, you just have to let go and be a little crazy. The benefits are usually greater.

22nd June

Hey guys today is George Carlin's 1st death anniversary. He's one of my favourite comedians of all time, and he died of heart failure last year.

So I just wanted to mention that. Yes, you whiny readers, I posted for the sole purpose of telling you guys that George Carlin died on this day last year.

Hillary Challenge

Hillary Challenge was quite amazing. It was like firing a glock, only to realize that it shoots like a magnum, and have the bullet ricochet back at you and tear your face off because you didn't realize it would be that powerful.

It was very tiring, but was rather fun. To put it into perspective, I would rather go for Hillary Challenge than play through bloody palace on DMC 4. Let me break it down for you.

I reach school at 6.45, and leave school about 15 mins later. Turns out we gotta register by 7.45, and it's at CHANGI. We reach changi about 7.40, give or take 5 mins cos my memory isn't that good. We register, and they give us 1 tray of bananas(about 18?), 20 packets of milo, 9 plastic bags of bread and cake, and a life vest each(they call it a Personal Flotation Device, which I think is quite retarded). We had 9 people there was just enough food. We sit down and psyche ourselves, then go for the briefing. They tell us about the "exciting" events they have in store for us, we cheer and groan, and now we are ready to throw ourselves in the sea.

We begin by gathering about 200-300m away from the first event. Everyone runs in to the ramp leading into the sea. Our life vests are on and we are all rushing for the ramp. 4 of us, me, Bingle, Matthew and Yaoqing go in first. We were originally supposed to swim 150m in the sea, but they reduced it to 50m. 50m in the sea is nothing like 50m in the swimming pool. We swim for quite a while before making it to shore. All the time I'm swimming, it feels like I'm not moving. Eventually we get there, and I realize if i swam 150m I'd be half dead. As I move out of the sea, my shoes are filled with sand. I knew this would happen, which is why I swapped shoes with our reserve before going in. We wait for our other 4 team members, Qiaowei, Shereen, Fangqi and Jesslyn. Qiaowei, Jesslyn and Fangqi appear eventually, but turns out Shereen was comforting and pulling this girl who couldn't swim along.

We rush off to our next event, which for 3 of us is cycling and for the rest is CASEVAC. I happen to be in cycling with Qiaowei and Shereen, so we grab a bike and go. By this time we are in the last 10 teams I think. Qiaowei has trouble mounting the bike because of her height(or lack thereof) and we get slowed whenever she has to dismount, like when crossing the road. I should probably point out that it wasn't our choice to dismount. The people in charge said so. We cycle about 5km or 4....that's the first half of the trip. Then we cycle back to the starting point, which is also the finishing point. On the return trip Shereen hits some guy because he swerved to the right, I swerved off-track to avoid crashing into him like Shereen did right after I went off, because she didn't see I think. We check everyone is okay, then we continue. After we catch up with Qiaowei, she falls down while staring at my back(or so she says) and gets a few scratches(quite deep, she says). Wash the wounds, then we continue. When we reach the place, we are the 2nd last team. Yaoqing and Shereen rush off to outdoor cooking and the rest of us rush off to tent pitching. After a few mins, Shereen comes over and tells me to go help Yaoqing. Apparently he has trouble starting the fire.

I get there, and we decide to light the solid fuel first, then build the fire around it. Soon we get a strong fire going and we cook an egg. Because that's all they gave us. We eat the unseasoned egg(which tasted reasonably good) and then we go for kayaking.

It's a two man kayak, and we set out in 2 teams. first team, Me and Bingle, Matthew and Yaoqing because me and yaoqing have never learned to kayak. We do reasonably well, I think, although Bingle says I suck at kayaking. Then we reach shore and the second team sets out, the girls. They do quite well, and we go from 2nd last to quite near the front, because some teams don't know how to kayak, and Queenstown, who were originally the top few, dropped to the last few. I LoLed.

We move on to the second last station, the sand in my shoes scraping my feet off. The second last station is Orienteering, and it was very confusing. They just gave us a set of instructions and a compass, and we set off. With the instructions were a few questions we were supposed to answer when we reach certain points, and we fill them in accordingly. We do this, and return to the start point. The guy in charge reviews our answers and tell us the last question is wrong. Says there's some colour on a tree, and asks us what the colour is. We guess orange and we get it correct miraculously. We rush off to last station, Rock Climbing/Abseiling.

Matthew is our climber, with Bingle and/or Fangqi as belayer(memories hazy), yaoqing as supporter, and me as anchor. Qiaowei goes for abseiling with Shereen and Jesslyn. She was done even before Matthew started climbing, so eventually we are done with the station, not much going on, and we rush to finish point.

This is the most excruciating point in the race. We race against Gan Eng Seng and are behind them by 3 secs. There would be a total of 12 teams that proceed to the finals. We decide that if Gan Eng Seng is 12, it would suck more than a new vacuum cleaner. As we wait for the results, Zhaiyang(Mr. Reserve) calls Mr. Tan(Tan Chee Yeng) and asks him to buy KFC(lol). He turns up with fried and barbecued chicken wings(apparently no KFC present in the entire district).
Zhaiyang/Bingle: McDonald's leh?
Mr. Tan: You go and find one for me, I go buy for you now.

Anyway, the announcing of the results was slow.
Eventually we came to this: "And the last team to enter the finals......GAN ENG SENG!"

Reaction from Gan Eng Seng: WOO! *screams* *cheers*

Reaction from our team: WALAU EH! SO CLOSE! WHAT THE HELL!

So as it turns out, we didn't get in the finals(BUT SO CLOSE!) but it was very fun. I don't think anyone from our team was to blame for that 3 secs, but thinking about it, we should have probably sprinted for 3 more seconds in the beginning. Ah well, it's over, and I'm both happy and sad(reminds me of a story by Supraman. Tell you later). I didn't feel the ache until about 24 hours after the thing ended(give or take 1 hour), and I slept at 9pm that night(reached home at 7.50).

Anyway, 2 years ago, I was at Camporee in Kuala Lumpur and the Guy in charge was this old indian guy called Supramania something something. He got kind of annoying, and we just called him Supraman. He told us this story about being both happy and sad at the same time. Before that, he looked around, pointed at this guy and said, "What's your name?" "Tan Bao Ren". "Ok you'll be our main character."

"Once upon a time, Tan Bao Rrren was riding a camel in the middle of the desert. Suddenly he heard a voice, "Tan Bao Rrren, pick up the pebbles." He decided to ignore the voice, and he rode on. After awhile, he heard a voice, "Tan Bao Rrren, pick up the pebbles." He thought about it for awhile, then rode on. After awhile, he heard the voice again, "Tan Bao Rrren, pick up the pebbles." So Tan Bao Rrren got off his camel, picked up 3 or 4 pebbles, stuffed them in his pocket, and forgot about them. When he got home, Tan Bao Rrren took out the things in his pocket and put them on his table. He then went to sleep. When he woke up, he saw something bright and shiny on the table. It was the pebbles he picked up. They were actually diamonds covered by the dust, and when he saw this, Tan Bao Rrren was both happy and sad. Happy because he had a few diamonds. Sad because he only picked up 4. So, he was both happy and sad at the same time."

And that's all, folks!

I don't understand how some people can update daily/every few days. There's practically nothing interesting to talk about. Really. Why are you readers interested in reading about the daily life of someone anyway? Let's try.

I woke up this morning, then went back to sleep. HAHAX. I then woke up again at 12pm. OMFG SO FUN RIGHT. I went to the toilet. LOL. I brushed my teeth. WOW. I went to make my bed. AMAZING RIGHT. I ate my breakfast/lunch. HAHAX. I went to bathe. ROFL. I watched Stephen King's It. LMFAO. I feel bored. HAHAX. I have done nothing much today. LOL. But I'm gonna blog about the completely normal and uninteresting things that happened today because apparently people read that stuff. LOL WTFBBQ OMFG ROFLCOPTER LOLLERSKATES.

That caused irreparable damage to my brain. Ouch.

Anyway, about Stephen King's It. Movie based on his book It. The book was awesome, but the movie doesn't do it justice. It lasts about 3 1/2 hours, and the first part was quite good. After that, it gets boring. Very boring. And even that 3 1/2 hours couldn't go into the detail that book had. So it was a very great disappointment if you have read the book first. The thing about Stephen King is that his books are so awesome any guy trying to reproduce them in a movie fails so horribly it's like Ben influenced him. "It" was a slightly better movie, when you consider the other movies based on Stephen King books, but I could probably name a few better movies I would rather watch than It, especially considering I could have watched TWO movies during the time it took to watch It. That said, I would still have watched it even if I knew it was going to be this bad because
a) Tim Curtis playing Pennywise was just hilarious.
b) Pennywise is the number 1 clown in terms of amusement, intelligence, scare factor, and his great urge to kill children, something I can associate with.
c) It was based on a Stephen King book.

And now for something completely different.

The Girl to Guy Lexicon.

Many times, guys have felt puzzled at why girls have said one thing and behaved in another. Here I provide my own lexicon which is also greatly in part inspired by many joke websites, but I'm not gonna openly admit it(oops) because that's how jokes work, you steal them from someone but don't tell anyone so people think you're the funny one.

I'm alright ---- OMFG I'M GONNA DIE COME OVER HERE AND DO SOMETHING YOU SONOVABITCH NO GOOD UNGENTLEMANLY FREAK.

It's okay, I'll get it ---- OMFG I'M GONNA DIE COME OVER HERE AND DO SOMETHING YOU SONOVABITCH NO GOOD UNGENTLEMANLY FREAK.

I don't wanna talk about it ---- I wanna talk about it. TALK TO ME YOU FREAK.

I don't care much about materialistic possessions ---- I'm a liar and I want you to buy me that diamond jewellery set or it's over.

It's not you, it's me ---- It's you.

I like you ---- Just messing with you to see how you act, and if you're serious I might decide to screw with your mind even more.

I love you ---- Now you are officially bound to my will and you must buy me everything I want, do whatever I want and if you don't I will scream and nag your head off.

Let's have a baby ---- Let's get something that makes it so that you can't ever leave me without having to pay out the ass.

I like you, but you're not my type ---- I hate you. Fuck off and die.

Can you help me with..... ---- I want to use you for slave labour, and what you're getting for doing it is less than what slaves get.

No ---- Yes

Yes ---- No

YES ---- yes.

NO ---- maybe.

Probably ---- definitely

Sometimes ---- Never

Maybe ---- Never

Are you alright? ---- I don't wanna look heartless so I'm just asking, but you better say yes so I don't have to help

Is my hair okay? ---- Do I look fuckable?

I don't drink, sorry ---- Bring on the shots.

I don't talk to strangers, sorry ---- I just contradicted myself, so when I say I don't sleep with strangers later, take the hint.

I'm fine ----- OMFG I'M GONNA DIE COME OVER HERE AND DO SOMETHING YOU SONOVABITCH NO GOOD UNGENTLEMANLY FREAK.

NOTE: All the above content are solely for entertainment purposes. Under no circumstances are they intended to be factual and should not be referred to in the event that the persons mentioned say anything written up there. If you do take this as a factual guide and got shot down like a noob, please don't fucking blame this on me.

Now, ONWARD.


TC says, "When a door closes on you, another opens. When that door closes, a window of opportunity opens. When THAT closes, go back to the first door, bust it down and find the asshole who keeps shutting doors on you."

TC says, "Stealth is an important art. With it, you can get free cookies."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "My cousin is gay; in school while other kids were dissecting frog, he was opening flies."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "People say fish is good for a diet. But fish should never be cooked in butter. Fish should be cooked in its natural oils - Texaco, Mobil, Exxon..."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "Last year my birthday cake looked like a prairie fire."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "For two hours, some guy followed me around with a pooper scooper."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "I was so depressed that I decided to jump from the tenth floor. They sent up a priest. He said "On your mark... "

Rodney Dangerfield says, "When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "My problem is that I appeal to everyone that can do me absolutely no good."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "One day as I came home early from work... I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy, "Hey buddy, why are you doing that?" He said, "Because you came home early.""

Rodney Dangerfield says, "One year they asked me to be poster boy - for birth control."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "You wanna have laughs? Do what I do. When I go through a tollbooth, I keep going. I tell the guy, "The car behind me is paying for two.""

Rodney Dangerfield says, "I came from a real tough neighborhood. I bought a waterbed and found a guy at the bottom of it."

Rodney Dangerfield says, "I asked him, "Who said you could fool around with my wife?" He said, "Everybody.""

Rodney Dangerfield says, "With my old man I got no respect. I asked him, "How can I get my kite in the air?" He told me to run off a cliff."

For more Rodney Dangerfield, go here.