WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mermaid's back!Mermaid's back!Mermaid's back!Mermaid's back!Mermaid's back!
Okok...erm...ehem...My favourite disney cartoon of all time has been released!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOOPIEEEE!!!!!!
Here's a trailer to help you recall those good old days....
for the low bandwidth folks aka normal people...
Add the The Little Mermaid trailer to your site at http://www.LittleMermaidDVD.com
for the snotty high bandwidth folks...
Add the The Little Mermaid trailer to your site at http://www.LittleMermaidDVD.com
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Humour
Sementara tunggu waktu berbuka, aku buang tebiat sikit eh....
To all lovelorn male fans of Siti, I'm sure you share the songwriter's feelings...my deepest sympathies to all of you...
For the other non-Siti fans, perhaps a little bit of Homer might help?
Selamat Berbuka!
To all lovelorn male fans of Siti, I'm sure you share the songwriter's feelings...my deepest sympathies to all of you...
For the other non-Siti fans, perhaps a little bit of Homer might help?
Selamat Berbuka!
Monday, October 02, 2006
Nostalgia
Aku tengah feeling feeling nostalgia...
Anyhow, just feel like posting a couple of songs I used to love waaaayyyy back when I was a kid...Too bad I can't find the Paddle Pop song or the Toys R Us commercial song...
Kermit and his Rainbow Connection...
(So sweet the song...also reminds me of a not-so-long ago time in an idyllic little village which was almost by the sea...)
Ernie & the Moon!!!!
I LOVE ERNIE!!!!! I am about as annoying as Ernie. Everyone around me turns into a Bert at one time or another...
Dah tuek masih tak sadar diri...ish ish ish...
Anyhow, just feel like posting a couple of songs I used to love waaaayyyy back when I was a kid...Too bad I can't find the Paddle Pop song or the Toys R Us commercial song...
Kermit and his Rainbow Connection...
(So sweet the song...also reminds me of a not-so-long ago time in an idyllic little village which was almost by the sea...)
Ernie & the Moon!!!!
I LOVE ERNIE!!!!! I am about as annoying as Ernie. Everyone around me turns into a Bert at one time or another...
Dah tuek masih tak sadar diri...ish ish ish...
Mistaken Identity
Ok. Get this straight, here and now. I am, a true-blue Asian in every sense of the word. There is no African blood in me whatsoever. Not Nigeria. Not Ghana. Not Somalia. Not even South Africa (where the Malays are supposed to band together happily). I am very much, according to my Identity Card - MALAY. Whether I feel I am one or not does not matter. The state recognizes me as Malay. I enjoy the "perks" of being Malay (eg. school fees no have...can be part of Mendaki...BIG privilege, ok? don't play play)...Whatever lah..bottom line is...just because you can't figure out my ethnic background, don't assume that I must be alien to the country. I am Singaporean. I am Asian. I am Malay.
In case you're wondering why I suddenly went a little ballistic, I had a weirdo experience. Some dude tried to chat me up using my rather confused features as a starting point to the "conversation". Now, there are a few things that were wrong with the situation. Let me explain.
1. I am sick and tired of trying to explain my mixed up background. Especially when it comes to total strangers whom I have absolutely no interest in talking to whatsoever.
2. I was marking. I was doing work. It's not often that I do work. So when I'm doing it, that means that I'm both desperate as well as extraordinarily hardworking for the day. Now, that day doesn't come often so I got to SEIZE EVERY MOMENT! Thanks to your brainless chatter, I lost those precious moments. (Digress...Do you have any idea how friggin expensive those precious moments stuff are????)
3. I am anti-social. I am, to a certain extent, androphobic. I do not talk to male strangers. I do not like them very much. Hell, I don't even like those I know much, what more stranger folks trying to make conversation at a bus stop.
4. Never ask a girl for her age.
5. If you're dumb enough to have overlooked Point No. 4, don't push the girl for it if she's obviously hesitant. When a girl says something like, "I'm really old," when in fact she sure as hell doesn't look it (though she might feel it), she's either a Dr Woffles Wu's number 2 patient (after Dick Lee) or she's telling you to shut up and back off. I can assure you that the closest thing to a Woffles I know would be waffles, and I don't like them much.
5. I only smile and speak to FEMALES and known folks like colleagues, friends etc. The most I would say to a friggin non-female would be sorry, coz perhaps I poked his fats with my stuff as I scramble up buses.
Actually, there were several other things that bugged me but I'm just too lazy to type them all out.
Funny enough, as I'm writing this, another thought has entered my brain (yes, I do have one.) - that whole I am a Malay thing. Hmm...the identity...I realize something...as much as I say that I am Malay, others seem to think otherwise. My Malay side of the family thinks I'm not Malay enough...they actually giggle when they realize I listen to Indonesian bands (I have no idea what the humour's about either)...My ML teacher friends insist that I'm not Malay enough either because I'm not as conversant in the language and as much as I enjoy some Malay songs, I kinda draw the line when it comes to those Search and Iklim stuff...I'm so sorry but guys in leather tights will probably never appeal to me. In the same breath, my not-so-Malay but actually Malay-in-denial friends think that I'm too Malay because I don't do the whole club circuit thing...others, who pride themselves on their mixed blood status thinks that I'm not "mixed" enough because I actually accept my "Malay-ness"...
Frig. Who are you to say whether I am enough Malay or not enough Malay. Honestly, what does being Malay mean to you? It really depends on which extreme of the Malay world you're part of. Should you be part of the Malay-Muslim contingent..not wearing the tudung marks you as a "kom-pem" un-Malay. You're looked upon like some kinda pariah by some folks (not all, mind you) and your identity as a Malay-Muslim is questioned. If you belong to the other extreme, not relaking-one-korner at some hip, new club and smoking sheesha marks you as being "conservative" and you're most definitely booted out of the Minah gang. Then you find yourself kinda stuck. Which is how I feel most of the time. Me, not looking particularly Malay at all times, kinda makes things worse.
Honestly, so what if I'm Malay or I'm not? Am I not human? Don't I laugh, smile, cry pretty much like every other human being? I feel just as others feel. I think. I speak. I listen. I am just an ordinary person living my own ordinary life pretty much the way you are. Living in multi-multi Singapore makes it easy AND difficult to be different. The easy bit is that society kinda recognizes the existence of different groups etc. The difficult bit comes about when you don't quite fit into any of the "established" groups. What then?
I would love to say, it doesn't matter. Race doesn't matter. In fact, 5 years back, I would have proclaimed it quite proudly. However, the truth is, it does. Having an identity matters whether we want to or not because identity isn't just about who we want to be but part of it is also about whether others are willing to accept us. Egotistically speaking, it's easy to say so what? I don't need to care about people who care not about me. However, no man is an island. We are all part of one group or another, intentionally or unintentionally.
I've thus come to realize - who you are matters. How others perceive you, matters. How you perceive others, matters. But above all us, it's how you perceive yourself above and beyond others' perceptions that matters most. For as long as you know who you are and where you stand, it doesn't quite matter if others see you as part of them or not because if you know exactly who you are, it will just be a matter of time before your identity is clear to one and all. Henceforth, you'd probably be accepted as the individual that you are with all your eccentricities and interestingly enough, identities will just evolve - yours and others such that you might probably become part of those whom you may have perceived as being different from yourself and vice versa.
Hmmm...I was rambling now, wasn't I? Honestly, if I were to re-read what I wrote, I probably won't understand what I'm trying to say either.
Oh well.
In case you're wondering why I suddenly went a little ballistic, I had a weirdo experience. Some dude tried to chat me up using my rather confused features as a starting point to the "conversation". Now, there are a few things that were wrong with the situation. Let me explain.
1. I am sick and tired of trying to explain my mixed up background. Especially when it comes to total strangers whom I have absolutely no interest in talking to whatsoever.
2. I was marking. I was doing work. It's not often that I do work. So when I'm doing it, that means that I'm both desperate as well as extraordinarily hardworking for the day. Now, that day doesn't come often so I got to SEIZE EVERY MOMENT! Thanks to your brainless chatter, I lost those precious moments. (Digress...Do you have any idea how friggin expensive those precious moments stuff are????)
3. I am anti-social. I am, to a certain extent, androphobic. I do not talk to male strangers. I do not like them very much. Hell, I don't even like those I know much, what more stranger folks trying to make conversation at a bus stop.
4. Never ask a girl for her age.
5. If you're dumb enough to have overlooked Point No. 4, don't push the girl for it if she's obviously hesitant. When a girl says something like, "I'm really old," when in fact she sure as hell doesn't look it (though she might feel it), she's either a Dr Woffles Wu's number 2 patient (after Dick Lee) or she's telling you to shut up and back off. I can assure you that the closest thing to a Woffles I know would be waffles, and I don't like them much.
5. I only smile and speak to FEMALES and known folks like colleagues, friends etc. The most I would say to a friggin non-female would be sorry, coz perhaps I poked his fats with my stuff as I scramble up buses.
Actually, there were several other things that bugged me but I'm just too lazy to type them all out.
Funny enough, as I'm writing this, another thought has entered my brain (yes, I do have one.) - that whole I am a Malay thing. Hmm...the identity...I realize something...as much as I say that I am Malay, others seem to think otherwise. My Malay side of the family thinks I'm not Malay enough...they actually giggle when they realize I listen to Indonesian bands (I have no idea what the humour's about either)...My ML teacher friends insist that I'm not Malay enough either because I'm not as conversant in the language and as much as I enjoy some Malay songs, I kinda draw the line when it comes to those Search and Iklim stuff...I'm so sorry but guys in leather tights will probably never appeal to me. In the same breath, my not-so-Malay but actually Malay-in-denial friends think that I'm too Malay because I don't do the whole club circuit thing...others, who pride themselves on their mixed blood status thinks that I'm not "mixed" enough because I actually accept my "Malay-ness"...
Frig. Who are you to say whether I am enough Malay or not enough Malay. Honestly, what does being Malay mean to you? It really depends on which extreme of the Malay world you're part of. Should you be part of the Malay-Muslim contingent..not wearing the tudung marks you as a "kom-pem" un-Malay. You're looked upon like some kinda pariah by some folks (not all, mind you) and your identity as a Malay-Muslim is questioned. If you belong to the other extreme, not relaking-one-korner at some hip, new club and smoking sheesha marks you as being "conservative" and you're most definitely booted out of the Minah gang. Then you find yourself kinda stuck. Which is how I feel most of the time. Me, not looking particularly Malay at all times, kinda makes things worse.
Honestly, so what if I'm Malay or I'm not? Am I not human? Don't I laugh, smile, cry pretty much like every other human being? I feel just as others feel. I think. I speak. I listen. I am just an ordinary person living my own ordinary life pretty much the way you are. Living in multi-multi Singapore makes it easy AND difficult to be different. The easy bit is that society kinda recognizes the existence of different groups etc. The difficult bit comes about when you don't quite fit into any of the "established" groups. What then?
I would love to say, it doesn't matter. Race doesn't matter. In fact, 5 years back, I would have proclaimed it quite proudly. However, the truth is, it does. Having an identity matters whether we want to or not because identity isn't just about who we want to be but part of it is also about whether others are willing to accept us. Egotistically speaking, it's easy to say so what? I don't need to care about people who care not about me. However, no man is an island. We are all part of one group or another, intentionally or unintentionally.
I've thus come to realize - who you are matters. How others perceive you, matters. How you perceive others, matters. But above all us, it's how you perceive yourself above and beyond others' perceptions that matters most. For as long as you know who you are and where you stand, it doesn't quite matter if others see you as part of them or not because if you know exactly who you are, it will just be a matter of time before your identity is clear to one and all. Henceforth, you'd probably be accepted as the individual that you are with all your eccentricities and interestingly enough, identities will just evolve - yours and others such that you might probably become part of those whom you may have perceived as being different from yourself and vice versa.
Hmmm...I was rambling now, wasn't I? Honestly, if I were to re-read what I wrote, I probably won't understand what I'm trying to say either.
Oh well.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Chewing Gum SHOULD NOT be banned!
This is a very compelling reason why chewing gum should be allowed to "return" to Singapore -
The "LURVE" files
Whoopie doo...I'm on a rolll....
Now what is love, I pray thee tell...
How many times can you honestly say you've been in love?
What kinda love are you talking about? If it's material-based, gosh...a zillion times? Like that Nano was such a babe of an MP3 player that I just fell in lurrve - hook, line and sinker. Oh..You mean the people-type?? Ah...Erm..Are my parents counted? Erm...guess not...Ruling out siblings, little nieces/nephews, cuzs, friends, aunties, uncles etc. etc....Erm...BIG FAT ZERO.
Do you believe that everyone has a soulmate?
Erm, to a certain extent though it may not be confined to one. It may not even be a member of the other gender (and I'm not being gay!) I mean, it could simply be a person who understands you so well and could probably read your mind - like a twin or something. You know? In that sense, yeah. Huge possibility.
Do you think that you should become friends with someone first?
Bad, bad question. What do you mean by become friends first? Before what? I mean, I know what you're trying to ask but hell, that just begs to be questioned. Before a relationship? Before marriage? Before sex? Seriously. It's so damn open to interpretation. Let's assume it's the most innocent and "halal" one - marriage. Erm, guess that would be best but you know how life just works in really weird ways and hmmm, the "norm" becomes not so normal anymore? So, I'd just leave that to fate.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yeah but it isn't some bgr thing. It's more of getting stabbed deep within your soul when the people you care most about hurt you - be it parents, siblings, friends or sometimes - students (for the teachers out there).
What do you think about long-distance relationships?
What kind of relationship? The married kind? That MUST work. The bgr kind - erm, I think I'd pass. Oh heck lah, i dunno. Sometimes, things just happen and we kinda got to go with the flow right?
Your thoughts on online relationships?
MUAHAHAHHHAHAA...oops, sorry. I mean, if it works for you, cool. I'm, as you probably can tell, a recluse. Anonymity suits me too well to desire a relationship. You can have it.
Would you rather date someone five years older or five years younger?
No biggie. But the younger bit right, erm...would be a huge NO-NO if it's an ex-student or something...Cannot lah...Just, cannot lah...
Have you ever seen a friend as more than a friend?
Duh. Sometimes, they're more like siblings (whom you get to choose). Okok, I get it...Honestly, hmm, ok..I see the person as a friend but I have more-than-friendly feelings about him.
Do you believe the statement, "Once a cheater always a cheater"?
Nope, but I do think that a leopard might find it very difficult to change his spots. He would really need to have changed, like for real and it would take more than just some girl. It would be faith. (Girls might wish they are the source of change but let's face it honey, get your head out of that cloud and come back down to Earth, pronto!)
Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt & you cried?
Hmmm, I thought I did "love" the person but seriously, it was all just a crush and it's rather embarassing to admit that I cried over a friggin' crush.
How many kids do you want to have?
Whatever the number Allah deems I should have.
Is there someone who you like at the moment?
BUT, OF COURSE! I LIKE ME!!! okok, argh...why do I put myself through this...hmm...erm, uhuh but I'm honestly trying to get over it. (No, he is not married nor gay nor anything of the sort. I just got to get over it and I guess I'd tell you some day but for now, let it be a for-me-to-know, for-you-to-speculate.)
Do you usually fall for a wrong guy/girl or the right guy/girl?
What is wrong or right anyway? Anyway, I try not to fall in love. I'm not philo-phobic(if such a word exists) or androphobic. It's just not the time. I hope that by the time I do, it'd be the right guy. I'm not into the whole make-up-break-up thing.
What is your favorite color?
Somewhere over the rainbow...Anything lah..Changes with the mood...I do have an alter-ego, you know?
What are your views on gay marriages?
Perverse. I got nothing against them as human beings. I just do not agree with their actions and choice of lifestyles but I am in no position to tell them what to or not to do. They should know what's right for themselves. Personally, I kinda feel sorry for them. They seem a little lost or at least that's how I see it.
Have you ever broken someone's heart?
Probably. What makes it worse is that they're the ones dearest to me. i.e. my parents etc.
Have you ever given or been given roses?
Hahaha..yeah, but it's not how you would normally perceive the giving of roses...It's an act of love alright, just not the kind you probably had in mind...Hehehhee...
Are you the one who makes the move or do you wait for them to make the move?
Of course I'm the one who waits. I'm lazy, what.
What is your all time favorite romance movie?
Little Mermaid! Ok, I just like the songs. Erm, LOTR's not exactly a love story, eh? Oh...Sepet and Gubra. Especially, the story bout the religious guy and his wife in Gubra. Real sweet.
Imagine you're 79 & your spouse just died, would you remarry after they died & you were married for 60 years?
I don't know because sometimes circumstances might require us to do things we might not ordinarily do but as of now, I hope I will not. I would like to see my husband again in the afterlife.
At what age did you start noticing the opposite/same sex?
Dunno. Do you know when babies start noticing people and differentiating gender? Your guess is as good as mine.
What song do you want played as you walk down the aisle?
I ain't walking down no aisle.
Are most high school kids infatuated or in love?
Infatuation. Though, most may not recognize it as such.
Who was your first love (like)?
I've yet to find that out.
How long have you loved/liked someone?
Love, erm...for as long as I've lived lah, ok? The crush bit...Ok, admittedly, I crush real bad...So, it usually takes years to get over the thing. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm really over the friggin crush but oh well..
Would you give up everything for love?
For whose love am I doing so? I will, or I hope to be able to do so for Allah swt, though I may not have the strength to do so just yet.
Will your life be incomplete without love?
You're talking about the romantic kind right? That's pretty much a "NO".
What do you notice first in a guy/girl?
Changes from person to person. Depends on what is his/her most outstanding feature.
What do you like most about your crush?
Must you really bring him back into the picture? Hell...His golden heart that's hidden behind a facade of prickly put-downs.
Want to get married?
Part of the sunnah, right?
To?
I would most prefer it to be a male human being. No aliens, please. Other than that, how am I supposed to know?
Last person who hugged you?
Sheesh. This is a toughie. I'm a non-huggy person. Can't recall. My sister, like from months back?
Phew. Glad THAT's over. Sheesh...this interrogating myself thing's quite tough.
Adios.
Now what is love, I pray thee tell...
How many times can you honestly say you've been in love?
What kinda love are you talking about? If it's material-based, gosh...a zillion times? Like that Nano was such a babe of an MP3 player that I just fell in lurrve - hook, line and sinker. Oh..You mean the people-type?? Ah...Erm..Are my parents counted? Erm...guess not...Ruling out siblings, little nieces/nephews, cuzs, friends, aunties, uncles etc. etc....Erm...BIG FAT ZERO.
Do you believe that everyone has a soulmate?
Erm, to a certain extent though it may not be confined to one. It may not even be a member of the other gender (and I'm not being gay!) I mean, it could simply be a person who understands you so well and could probably read your mind - like a twin or something. You know? In that sense, yeah. Huge possibility.
Do you think that you should become friends with someone first?
Bad, bad question. What do you mean by become friends first? Before what? I mean, I know what you're trying to ask but hell, that just begs to be questioned. Before a relationship? Before marriage? Before sex? Seriously. It's so damn open to interpretation. Let's assume it's the most innocent and "halal" one - marriage. Erm, guess that would be best but you know how life just works in really weird ways and hmmm, the "norm" becomes not so normal anymore? So, I'd just leave that to fate.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yeah but it isn't some bgr thing. It's more of getting stabbed deep within your soul when the people you care most about hurt you - be it parents, siblings, friends or sometimes - students (for the teachers out there).
What do you think about long-distance relationships?
What kind of relationship? The married kind? That MUST work. The bgr kind - erm, I think I'd pass. Oh heck lah, i dunno. Sometimes, things just happen and we kinda got to go with the flow right?
Your thoughts on online relationships?
MUAHAHAHHHAHAA...oops, sorry. I mean, if it works for you, cool. I'm, as you probably can tell, a recluse. Anonymity suits me too well to desire a relationship. You can have it.
Would you rather date someone five years older or five years younger?
No biggie. But the younger bit right, erm...would be a huge NO-NO if it's an ex-student or something...Cannot lah...Just, cannot lah...
Have you ever seen a friend as more than a friend?
Duh. Sometimes, they're more like siblings (whom you get to choose). Okok, I get it...Honestly, hmm, ok..I see the person as a friend but I have more-than-friendly feelings about him.
Do you believe the statement, "Once a cheater always a cheater"?
Nope, but I do think that a leopard might find it very difficult to change his spots. He would really need to have changed, like for real and it would take more than just some girl. It would be faith. (Girls might wish they are the source of change but let's face it honey, get your head out of that cloud and come back down to Earth, pronto!)
Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt & you cried?
Hmmm, I thought I did "love" the person but seriously, it was all just a crush and it's rather embarassing to admit that I cried over a friggin' crush.
How many kids do you want to have?
Whatever the number Allah deems I should have.
Is there someone who you like at the moment?
BUT, OF COURSE! I LIKE ME!!! okok, argh...why do I put myself through this...hmm...erm, uhuh but I'm honestly trying to get over it. (No, he is not married nor gay nor anything of the sort. I just got to get over it and I guess I'd tell you some day but for now, let it be a for-me-to-know, for-you-to-speculate.)
Do you usually fall for a wrong guy/girl or the right guy/girl?
What is wrong or right anyway? Anyway, I try not to fall in love. I'm not philo-phobic(if such a word exists) or androphobic. It's just not the time. I hope that by the time I do, it'd be the right guy. I'm not into the whole make-up-break-up thing.
What is your favorite color?
Somewhere over the rainbow...Anything lah..Changes with the mood...I do have an alter-ego, you know?
What are your views on gay marriages?
Perverse. I got nothing against them as human beings. I just do not agree with their actions and choice of lifestyles but I am in no position to tell them what to or not to do. They should know what's right for themselves. Personally, I kinda feel sorry for them. They seem a little lost or at least that's how I see it.
Have you ever broken someone's heart?
Probably. What makes it worse is that they're the ones dearest to me. i.e. my parents etc.
Have you ever given or been given roses?
Hahaha..yeah, but it's not how you would normally perceive the giving of roses...It's an act of love alright, just not the kind you probably had in mind...Hehehhee...
Are you the one who makes the move or do you wait for them to make the move?
Of course I'm the one who waits. I'm lazy, what.
What is your all time favorite romance movie?
Little Mermaid! Ok, I just like the songs. Erm, LOTR's not exactly a love story, eh? Oh...Sepet and Gubra. Especially, the story bout the religious guy and his wife in Gubra. Real sweet.
Imagine you're 79 & your spouse just died, would you remarry after they died & you were married for 60 years?
I don't know because sometimes circumstances might require us to do things we might not ordinarily do but as of now, I hope I will not. I would like to see my husband again in the afterlife.
At what age did you start noticing the opposite/same sex?
Dunno. Do you know when babies start noticing people and differentiating gender? Your guess is as good as mine.
What song do you want played as you walk down the aisle?
I ain't walking down no aisle.
Are most high school kids infatuated or in love?
Infatuation. Though, most may not recognize it as such.
Who was your first love (like)?
I've yet to find that out.
How long have you loved/liked someone?
Love, erm...for as long as I've lived lah, ok? The crush bit...Ok, admittedly, I crush real bad...So, it usually takes years to get over the thing. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm really over the friggin crush but oh well..
Would you give up everything for love?
For whose love am I doing so? I will, or I hope to be able to do so for Allah swt, though I may not have the strength to do so just yet.
Will your life be incomplete without love?
You're talking about the romantic kind right? That's pretty much a "NO".
What do you notice first in a guy/girl?
Changes from person to person. Depends on what is his/her most outstanding feature.
What do you like most about your crush?
Must you really bring him back into the picture? Hell...His golden heart that's hidden behind a facade of prickly put-downs.
Want to get married?
Part of the sunnah, right?
To?
I would most prefer it to be a male human being. No aliens, please. Other than that, how am I supposed to know?
Last person who hugged you?
Sheesh. This is a toughie. I'm a non-huggy person. Can't recall. My sister, like from months back?
Phew. Glad THAT's over. Sheesh...this interrogating myself thing's quite tough.
Adios.
The Big Three
Since I'm on a roll, let me go cut-and-paste something I wrote in someone else's blog...(Takde keje lain lah katakan...)
First and foremost, let me refer you to the post I got the questions from...no fair lah if I don't credit the person, no? Anyway, I have no idea who the person is which is pretty much the norm when it comes to the cybercommunity. Do I wish to know the person? Not really. Do I secretly wish I know the person? Erm, yeah. Do I wish the person to know that I know the person him/herself? Hell, no. I'm bloody secretive, in that sense. Actually, I just like the unfair advantage of the situation. Anyway,I digressed! Shit.
Back to the main point: Refer yourself to the following link - primarybasic
Anyway, ta-da....
QUESTIONS (duh)
1. If you knew you could double your money, easily and certainly, in two years, by investing in a company whose activities you seriously disapprove of, would you do it?
2. Should the goal of the penal system be to remove criminals from public, deterring crime by punishment, or rehabilitating wrongdoers?
3. You've been given the responsibility of packing away any three items in a time capsule to be opened up in 400 years. What would you put in there to give folks an idea of what life is like in the early 2000s?
RESPONSES (double duh)
1. Nope.
2. Frankly, the goal of any penal system should be the reduction of crime (since eradication is next to impossible in today's world.). The three are simply methods in order to achieve that goal of reducing crime rates and thus should be used in accordance to the offence that has been made. The removal of criminals from the public serves a dual purpose of protecting the public while at the same time, giving the criminal a chance to look back at his own mistakes and derive some kind of lesson. However, bearing in mind that not everyone truly is repentant of their misdeeds and thus could potentially pose to be even more dangerous upon "release", perhaps the removal from public should be made permanent. In the second instance, punishment would be an effective deterrent instead of a rehabilitative tool. Hence, people might think twice about committing the offence to begin with. As for the final point, rehabilitation would be necessary for the sake of humanity for is it not human to err and thus learn from their mistakes? Rehabilitation would give people a chance to learn. Whether or not they actually do is another issue altogether. At least, the chance was given.
3. Three things...Hmmm...a microchip - to showcase the importance of technology to the world in the 2000s, a before-and-after-extreme-makeover photo - testament to a world that is fixated with the idea of superficiality and a Holy Book (in my case, it would be the Al-Qur'an) - in an amazingly sharp contrast to the obsession of all things material, show how through it all, faith survives. In all, it's supposed to present the contradictory nature of the world in the 2000s. The culmination of the Age of Extremes (at least for now).
Now, it should really end here save the fact that there's another incredibly bimbotic side of me who has her own warped responses to the questions posed. I give up understanding me. You go figure while I try to present my alter-ego's, erm..., perspective...
1. Nope. (Strangely, alter-ego seems to still have some kind of a conscience. Whether or not it survives a non-idealistic, real-life-smacks-you-and-tempts-you-in-the-face situation, is entirely another issue.)
2. Hmmm...toughie. Must I really answer it? I'm not a lawyer. Anyway, the penal system...that's like punishment system right? So punish lah...CASTRATE IF YOU MUST!!! Actually, castrate if you wish especially when it comes to those PERVS who rape their own kids!!! MORONS!! (oookkkk..so, alter-ego's PMS-ing and thus has decidedly not answered the question. typical.)
3. My darling IPOD because it contains Bird Cage, incredibly funny show, LOTR funny shots - again for tickle-me pleasures, my darling siblings' kids and of course music galore...It's like the ultimate entertainment system...ERM, you know what? I take it back...I WANT my IPOD...who the hell would put their most precious items in a friggin' capsule for some undeserving futuristic descendant to mangle with?! Ok...that would mean I have to start from scratch.(Here we go again...)
Ehem, ehem...Number 3: 3 things to put inside some stupid capsule...erm...honestly, I cdn't give a shit...Why should we make it easy for them to figure out what life "was" like on Earth 400 years earlier when we have had to go through so much trouble trying to figure out what happened yesterday? Like, duh...No easy way out for them...No, no, no...Go do some source analysis. (U-huh).
Riigghhtt....
See what I have to live with? Sigh.
First and foremost, let me refer you to the post I got the questions from...no fair lah if I don't credit the person, no? Anyway, I have no idea who the person is which is pretty much the norm when it comes to the cybercommunity. Do I wish to know the person? Not really. Do I secretly wish I know the person? Erm, yeah. Do I wish the person to know that I know the person him/herself? Hell, no. I'm bloody secretive, in that sense. Actually, I just like the unfair advantage of the situation. Anyway,I digressed! Shit.
Back to the main point: Refer yourself to the following link - primarybasic
Anyway, ta-da....
QUESTIONS (duh)
1. If you knew you could double your money, easily and certainly, in two years, by investing in a company whose activities you seriously disapprove of, would you do it?
2. Should the goal of the penal system be to remove criminals from public, deterring crime by punishment, or rehabilitating wrongdoers?
3. You've been given the responsibility of packing away any three items in a time capsule to be opened up in 400 years. What would you put in there to give folks an idea of what life is like in the early 2000s?
RESPONSES (double duh)
1. Nope.
2. Frankly, the goal of any penal system should be the reduction of crime (since eradication is next to impossible in today's world.). The three are simply methods in order to achieve that goal of reducing crime rates and thus should be used in accordance to the offence that has been made. The removal of criminals from the public serves a dual purpose of protecting the public while at the same time, giving the criminal a chance to look back at his own mistakes and derive some kind of lesson. However, bearing in mind that not everyone truly is repentant of their misdeeds and thus could potentially pose to be even more dangerous upon "release", perhaps the removal from public should be made permanent. In the second instance, punishment would be an effective deterrent instead of a rehabilitative tool. Hence, people might think twice about committing the offence to begin with. As for the final point, rehabilitation would be necessary for the sake of humanity for is it not human to err and thus learn from their mistakes? Rehabilitation would give people a chance to learn. Whether or not they actually do is another issue altogether. At least, the chance was given.
3. Three things...Hmmm...a microchip - to showcase the importance of technology to the world in the 2000s, a before-and-after-extreme-makeover photo - testament to a world that is fixated with the idea of superficiality and a Holy Book (in my case, it would be the Al-Qur'an) - in an amazingly sharp contrast to the obsession of all things material, show how through it all, faith survives. In all, it's supposed to present the contradictory nature of the world in the 2000s. The culmination of the Age of Extremes (at least for now).
Now, it should really end here save the fact that there's another incredibly bimbotic side of me who has her own warped responses to the questions posed. I give up understanding me. You go figure while I try to present my alter-ego's, erm..., perspective...
1. Nope. (Strangely, alter-ego seems to still have some kind of a conscience. Whether or not it survives a non-idealistic, real-life-smacks-you-and-tempts-you-in-the-face situation, is entirely another issue.)
2. Hmmm...toughie. Must I really answer it? I'm not a lawyer. Anyway, the penal system...that's like punishment system right? So punish lah...CASTRATE IF YOU MUST!!! Actually, castrate if you wish especially when it comes to those PERVS who rape their own kids!!! MORONS!! (oookkkk..so, alter-ego's PMS-ing and thus has decidedly not answered the question. typical.)
3. My darling IPOD because it contains Bird Cage, incredibly funny show, LOTR funny shots - again for tickle-me pleasures, my darling siblings' kids and of course music galore...It's like the ultimate entertainment system...ERM, you know what? I take it back...I WANT my IPOD...who the hell would put their most precious items in a friggin' capsule for some undeserving futuristic descendant to mangle with?! Ok...that would mean I have to start from scratch.(Here we go again...)
Ehem, ehem...Number 3: 3 things to put inside some stupid capsule...erm...honestly, I cdn't give a shit...Why should we make it easy for them to figure out what life "was" like on Earth 400 years earlier when we have had to go through so much trouble trying to figure out what happened yesterday? Like, duh...No easy way out for them...No, no, no...Go do some source analysis. (U-huh).
Riigghhtt....
See what I have to live with? Sigh.
Revelation
Hi hi, I thought about it and guess what? Instead of telling you about me which is really pretty boring, when you think about it, I'd just babble, ok? The more I babble, the more you'd know me. Hmmm...that sounds good, no?
Honestly, this isn't really about you knowing me. Since, you probably might never read me to know me now, would you? But, the "you" who would really read about me would actually be me so that would mean that I would be reading about myself and thus, THAT is the whole point of this.
I'm getting to know me.
I am seeking the truth within.
Care to join me?
(Funnily enough, for a me-centric blog, I've added a tagboard. Hmmm, does that mean that I'd be posting to myself? Frig, I know I'm pathetic lah but this is getting absurd.)
Honestly, this isn't really about you knowing me. Since, you probably might never read me to know me now, would you? But, the "you" who would really read about me would actually be me so that would mean that I would be reading about myself and thus, THAT is the whole point of this.
I'm getting to know me.
I am seeking the truth within.
Care to join me?
(Funnily enough, for a me-centric blog, I've added a tagboard. Hmmm, does that mean that I'd be posting to myself? Frig, I know I'm pathetic lah but this is getting absurd.)
innercrap
I do have another blog. Make that numerous other blogs but hmmm, never mind.
Anyway, welcome one and all to a part of me that feels the need to be awakened.
Let's start from the start.
Hmmm, I don't know where to start.
Now that's a funny thing. Just when I wanted to introduce myself (as anonymous-ly as I possibly can), I realize that I do not know where or how to begin. I wanted to start with my job but somehow or other, that felt really wrong. This is simply because if I were to do that, would that mean that I am defining myself through my job first, before anything else? Am I just an extension of my job? I shudder to think that that may be so.
In view of that, I tried something else. What about starting with my age? Age is just a number right? It's logical, practical and no one can argue that age is not a part of them (or at least if they're not delusional about it). But, that's just it, it's just a freaking number. A plain, insignificant digitalized view of the time that has passed based on a Gregorian calendar that is actually all screwed up. Oh well, there goes the age start thing.
What about my earliest memory? That would be a start, no? This could potentially be well and good but heck, freak, I'm not about to write some kinda memoir to myself. I'm just trying to introduce me.
Frig. I wish someone would just set up a template and ask me questions and I can just answer them. Like some Singapore Idol-styled biography thing...Hehehe...
As I continue to mull over the how-tos of introducing myself to cyberworld, it just occurred to me...
I have already begun. This is me. In all honesty. Okok, make that to a certain extent. (I don't intend to lie. I might just prefer to keep certain things to myself but for whatever else that's revealed, it's pretty much the truth, albeit from my own perspective.)
This is me.
Anyway, welcome one and all to a part of me that feels the need to be awakened.
Let's start from the start.
Hmmm, I don't know where to start.
Now that's a funny thing. Just when I wanted to introduce myself (as anonymous-ly as I possibly can), I realize that I do not know where or how to begin. I wanted to start with my job but somehow or other, that felt really wrong. This is simply because if I were to do that, would that mean that I am defining myself through my job first, before anything else? Am I just an extension of my job? I shudder to think that that may be so.
In view of that, I tried something else. What about starting with my age? Age is just a number right? It's logical, practical and no one can argue that age is not a part of them (or at least if they're not delusional about it). But, that's just it, it's just a freaking number. A plain, insignificant digitalized view of the time that has passed based on a Gregorian calendar that is actually all screwed up. Oh well, there goes the age start thing.
What about my earliest memory? That would be a start, no? This could potentially be well and good but heck, freak, I'm not about to write some kinda memoir to myself. I'm just trying to introduce me.
Frig. I wish someone would just set up a template and ask me questions and I can just answer them. Like some Singapore Idol-styled biography thing...Hehehe...
As I continue to mull over the how-tos of introducing myself to cyberworld, it just occurred to me...
I have already begun. This is me. In all honesty. Okok, make that to a certain extent. (I don't intend to lie. I might just prefer to keep certain things to myself but for whatever else that's revealed, it's pretty much the truth, albeit from my own perspective.)
This is me.
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