Saturday, March 31

Fluttering Fool

Standing outside your window looking in on your life with nothing but my heart out in one hand and a longing to walk through your door in the other.

Tuesday, March 27

Names Names Names!

I wish my parents were a lil cooler and would have named me "Keira" or "Mischa". That'd be so cool!
Haha, so if I ever get about to kidnapping a blonde baby with blue eyes, I'll name the first Keira and the 2nd Mischa, regardless of their gender. You have to admit though that anybody would rather be named Keira or Mischa despite what their gender might be than being called "Ky-el" - like some idiotic Nicholas Cage decided to name his kid.
And it's waaaaay cooler than Apple.
But if I ever get a dog, I've already got my names figured out!
First, since I take Meimei as my cute tiny furry puppy, I've decided to name her Mojo JoJo, But since that name is kinda long I think I'll call her JJ for short. Which might lead me to calling her Jumping Jellybeans some times but it's still cute right? Mojo JoJo, here I come!
But if I got myself a Rottweiler I'll name it "War-Boar". Who cares if it ain't a boar? I own it right and it's cool!
If the dog happens to have brown fur and kinda fat, I'll name it "Wear-Bear" to rhyme with its mate, War-Boar.
If I got a tiny and extremely underweight blonde furred dog who happens to be an idiot, I'll name it "Persona of America's Really Idiotic Skunk" aka Paris for short.
If I got a golden retriever I'll name it "Bearer of The Almighty Testament To NY's Supreme Intelligence". Um.. short form will be "BoTAT ToNY SI". That's still a bit long.. "ToNY SI"? Wait, the 'I' is not to be mistaken with idiocy. Fine, I'll just call it Tony. Cheh, that really spoils all the fun.
Suak! I won't help any of you think bout cool names anymore!

What If God Was One of Us?

What kinda of question is that?! I'm already here aren't I? Wanna know what I'm crapping about?
Alanis Morisette - What If God Was One of Us.
Anyway, enough crap and let's get down to BZness! Oh wait, all I know how to do is crap. What the heck, let's resume crapping~ (^.^)V
Do you know how some times you get really bored so you just start looking up weird words in the dictionary? Well, I used to do this a lot. More out of wanting some bombastic to use in essays than boredom actually. But who's taking note anyway?
I looked up some pretty neat words with Slurrie during Bio class the other day and learned a few words like "beleaguered" and "inclement". And today while playing Word Dojo (Ah~ my beautiful arcade~!) with Kay I decided to think up those bombastic words (Ufufufu~ bragging rights!) and put it to good use for a while. Which leads me to where I'm going now.
Do you remember when you first learned the word "fortnightly"? Honestly speaking, I don't.
Anyway, back when we still had to obediently write English essays - not less than 350 words if my memory serves me correctly - did your teachers ever give you "magic power words" (in the very words of Farhan) to use so as to give the examiner a better impression and tricking him / her into thinking your command of the language in actually better than you're pretending it to be?
Well, I never had one. In fact, my english teachers were pretty useless crappers who came into class, flipped open a book and started dictating word for word while idiotic kids got busy being mindless ants feeding off every word she threw out. I mean, how stupid! As if brainlessly copying things have ever helped anyone?! Don't get me wrong, I think copying is perfectly fine as long as it doesn't become plagiarism but how is scribbling a heap of mumbo-jumbo in your notebook goona help with your english? By the way, paper is a very valuable thing in this world where trees are falling as fast as intelligence among politicians is so I doubt wasting it in such a matter is very "educated-person like". Idiots! And I can't believe those people became teachers without even an ounce of enthusiasm for teaching in their shallow souls.
I'm getting sidetracked here. What I was getting at just now was Farhan. He provides so much humor to my life. Anyway, he told me - after IELTS - that his English teacher once taught him to use "beeming with delight" in his essays to spice it up a notch. Ok, I mean it ain't that bad. But then he came to me saying something like 'Wei, I wasn't able to use that phrase just now! My teacher said using it will improve my marks eh! But *rubbing hands*, hehehe~ I was able to use a power word today! I was writing about 'gotong-royong' just now lah. At first I wanted to write monthly, but then it was too long. Then I thought weekly so short, so I thought "fortnightly"! Wah~ so cool! I used a power word in my essay! Haha! And I even wrote "kill two birds with one stone" (which was actually out of context) just now! So cool!! *imitates pao-san and shakes his head*"
Seriously, 18 year-old guy going excited over the word "fortnightly". But umm, he IS amusing, that much I have to give him.
So from now on, everytime I think / read / use the word "fortnightly", we all know who'll be on my mind.
And yes, he called himself cool for using it.

Monday, March 26

Shot Through A Cloud, And Who's To Blame?

As a kid, I remember thinking that it must be swell to play on clouds. Seriously, I had this misguided notion (probably from too much Dragon Ball) that one day I'll be granted 3 wishes - Hint: the 2nd level wish dragon from the manga I just mentioned - of which one will be to allow me to ride a flying cloud - if you still haven't caught on what I'm talking bout, go to the nearest manga-shop and buy the series - around the world while I play, sleep and have fun on it.
Of course it wouldn't be named something as lame as "It". I'll call it the "Bringer of The Ultimate Truth". Or maybe "Thunder-rang" as in boomerang. I have a feeling Fung will name it "My Cloud" for the same pathetic reason he named his ruler "My Ruler".
Anyway, I had to drive down to Kelantan last Saturday and as I passed the mountain-roads which were tall enough to embrace the clouds, I thought 'Well, there goes my precious dream.'
Yes I did get to touch it and made my passage through it, technically speaking, that wasn't quite what I was wishing for. I did say I wanted to ride ON it, as in ON TOP of it, right? Plus I was supposed to save thousands or maybe millions of dollars in air-travel by using my trusty "BoTUT".
Dang, it was so heartbreaking

Thursday, March 22

Solitude

I really don't know what I wanna be right now. And I'm not just referring to my choice of career in the future. I mean yes of course I'm extremely concerned bout what I'm gonna end up doing for the next 50 years of my life but I've kinda resigned to fate and just assumed that I have enough luck to be accepted into Monash Msia for the med course. Fingers crossed!
What I'm referring to currently is in personality and another kind of choice. This really sounds so totally fake as we're supposed to have our own personalities and not actually choose or shape it but I've always thought I might have multiple personality disorder of a mild kind and the modification that I'm aware when my personality switches from one to the other.
I think The Gigantic Hamster might also have witnessed it since on some days I really am in a not-so-socialable zone. OK, some times it's down right not-available-for-human-contact zone. And I do realize when I go into those zones and I am fully aware that people around me will mistake my coldness as a another matter (Eg: dislike) but it really isn't so. I just woke up and didn't feel like being happy. On other (and most) days though, I must admit *smirking* I'm pretty nice though. I mean I get like all happy and friendly and stuff but I don't know why, being in that mood annoys myself although it makes everybody have 1 less grumpy person on their hands.
I guess I was just affected by people around me to be happy and smiley all the time although I was probably born to be a moody, dark, gloomy, goth-loving and satan-worshipping psychopath.
Apart from that, I also seem to prefer some "things" more than the other on some days and I'll be thinking 'Didn't I just swear I liked the other one better yesterday?'
But that's more a case of fickle mindedness I guess. Or maybe that just happens cause I'm trying to fight what I really want. I dunno.
Another confused post.

Monday, March 12

Just Follow The Law!!

*Note: This is NOT a movie by Gurmit Singh and is NOT about that movie either.*

MS was telling me today about some stupid laws around the world and he said something about... wait... I can't remember! Dang! The one I forgot is really funny but there's also another law in some part of the world that says you are not allowed to tie your giraffe on a telephone pole. Yeah, like I'll be walking down the street one day and I'll go "Oh hei MS, check out my giraffe~~" and MS would go "Oooohhh!! He's so cute~!" while pinching its cheek *roll eyes 10 million times around the world*.
Anyway, what he said got me interested in these stupiak laws so I decided to Google it up and hooola~
1) United States - Alabama:
i) Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. (And now they're complaining bout countries who give the death sentence to drug traffickers?!)
ii) Keeping an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time is a crime. (First of all, is the offender wearing reaaaaally baggy pants? Or do smashed-up pieces of what used to be a cone count as well?)
2) Baldwin Park: California: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool. Uh huh....
3) Sweden: Prostitution is legal but it is illegal to use the services of a prostitute.
4) Switzerland: It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 PM. (Saving water while spicing up he aroma of the neighbourhood perhaps?)
5) Philippines: Cars whose license plates end with a 1 or 2 are not allowed on the roads on Monday, 3 or 4 on Tuesday, 5 or 6 on Wednesday, 7 or 8 on Thursday, and 9 or 0 on Friday from 7:00 AM onwards to keep roads free of traffic jams.
6) (Can't keep my hands away from USA) Florida - Women may not expose their breasts while performing "topless dancing".
7) Kansas: If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed. (Right....)
8) California - Pacific Groove: It is illegal to molest butterflies. (And I thought pedophiles were creepy enough!)
Ah~ How smart we are! I rest my case about my Dum-Dum Land ideal.

Thursday, March 8

Attractive Nuisance

I recommend reading Greek myths to any bored soul cause it's really a very good spiced up version of what the human mind is like.
Take Zeus and Aphrodite for example. Zeus the king of gods who was truly an embodiment of power was so promiscuos I think the word loses its very meaning when describing him. It just reminds you that the more power people have, the more they abuse it. It's bad enough that he cheats on Hera with other goddesses, he even does it with mortals and I think at some point, his own daughter.
Then there's Aprhodite the beautiful goddess of love (read : sex and lust) who bestowed upon many men their beautiful wives. But of course there are always those stupid people who forget to worship her and she turns them into lions. Or maybe the most beautiful woman on earth who enraged Aphrodite solely for beaing beautiful. The quote by William Congreve is proved perfectly to the point.
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
Though many might associate The Judgement of Paris with the Trojan War, I think this story is better attributed to how honestly and bluntly the weakness of men is shown in a contest where Paris (with his skills for sound judgement) was to choose the fairest goddess among Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. The Greek goddesses, being themselves, chose to bribe Paris. Hera offered him to be the king of Europe and Asia, Athena to him all the wisdom of the world and Aphrodite, the beautiful and infinitely desirable Aphrodite, chose to offer him the most beautiful wife in the world.
No bonus points for guessing who he chose. Helen was presented to Paris as a wife and the Trojan War was initiated.
Here we see that even the most sensible of men lose their will to hold their own when presented with the prospects of lust. How typical, right?

PS: I have no qualms about guys and this article was merely to show how accurately Greek myths portrayed the human mind.

Wednesday, March 7

Revelation

I think it's very fitting to give flowers in relationships. They're pretty aren't they? But the truth is, 1 rose doesn't mean "one and only", 2 doesn't mean "a world with only us". Regardless of how many bouquets of flowers you give, they all boil down to the same meaning.
Just like flowers wither, feelings will fade.
Of course there's that story MS said bout this guy who gave a girl a bouquet of flowers and told her "I will love you until the day the last flower dies" and he added a fake flower amongst the real ones. It's sweet and all but I guess I'm just too cynical to really believe in all that crap.
I believe in the story of Ondine's curse more. She's a nymph and I won't indulge myself in telling you all the myth and believes towards their kind but one day, a playboy knight (I think his name starts with an L) came and they fell madly in love so they got married and the knight vowed "My every waking breath shall be my pledge of love and faithfulness to you." Then one year later he cheated on her, Ondine found out and said "As long as you are awake, you shall have your breath, but should you ever fall asleep, then that breath will be taken from you and you will die!" or something along that line and he died in the end cause he fell asleep from fatigue.
Now I guess that's a much more realistic take on life and love. That fickle-mindedness that is so distinctly human.
Though unadvicable, it is only human for feelings to waiver. How you deal with it will bring a whole new definition to your personality.

Saturday, March 3

Things I shouldn't Be Doing

I really really need to study cz i have a test (chem test *shriek!!*) on Mon and I have the whole of tmr busy but who cares! Lemme fill anybody who reads this sorry site in on some songs you guys should listen to.
1) Lily Allen! If you dnt feel like trying out all her songs then you should at least listen to "LDN" and "Alfie". They're quite cute and will give you an idea of what her songs sound like.
2) Dixie Chicks. I have no idea how these babes look in real life (I've chosen to call them "babes" cz judging by their sound, they GOTTA be pretty!) but their music rocks! No wonder they won 5 Grammies! Anyway, again if you're too lazy, try "Goodbye Earl" and "Not Ready To Make Nice".
3) Aretha Franklin - Think (Freedom). Yep, the very woman who sang "Natural Woman". Love this song and it took me a few years until I finaly remembered to Google the lyrics up. Note to Kay: Unfortunately, Kat McPhee isn't the answer to who sang this song.
4) Jessica Harp - Roses Are Red. No idea what other songs she sang but this song is pretty neat. A lil diff from my type of like (the fast tempo upbeat songs) but the lyrics are good.
5) Karen White - Superwoman. I dunno why but everytime I see this name, "Karen Mok" registers in my head first. Again, superb song.
6) Melissa Etheridge - I Need To Wake Up. She won an Oscar, what more do I need to say.
7) The Cardigans - Lovefool. Tho I can't agree to their other songs, I simply can't deny this one.
8) The Corrs. I know they're so yesterday and for the life of me, I really dunno why. They're good, they're songs are great and I'm sure they have a HUGGGEEEE fan-base. Wonder what happened to these siblings.
9) Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name. Despite what everyone who've heard this song might think, it's amazing not every single soul in this world know this song. It's so awesome that if you miss this, you're crazy.
10) Death Cab For Cutie. Their songs are nice too. That's assuming that you're into emo. But whatever, still a nice band singing bout all those nice stuff like lost love and not living. Again, lazies bums' guide: "I Will Follow You Into The Dark", "Title and Registration".
Last but not least, the ultimate singer who's too good to be put into the top ten list, presenting to the whole world. Ms. PARIS HILTON!!!!
Yeah man!!! She da bomb! She the ultimate truth man~! She the blonde of the decade*, dawg!
Wow, I typed her name here and her song started playing on my Winamp. Cool.
Oh, I know this is so cliche but I would like to take this time to tell you all that Jewel has taken Avril's spot in my heart and became my 2nd fav singer. 1st is Celine and 3rd is Paris.

*Quote by Paris Hilton while comparing herself with the likes of Marilyn Monroe (understandable) and Margeret Thatcher (what the F?!).