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:: Sunday, September 05, 2004 ::

Wes haves movessss...

Clicks heressss...


:: Sam 11:07 AM [+] ::
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A great way to start your morning is by practising some boken jutsu. That's something some old sensei would tell you.

Interestingly enough, I found myself wielding my sword not long after I woke up. The situation called for immediate action, and within two strokes, I had impaled my target. My sword had finally proven it's use. As a clothes picker.

Apparently, due to strong winds, and the fact that I didn't clip my clothes, one of my shirts were blown on to the ledge, and I couldn't reach it with my short and pudgy arms. Being the genius I am, my boken came straight to mind, and I retrieved it in short order.

Who says martial arts has no practical, daily use?


:: Sam 6:21 PM [+] ::
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W00t!! Joy, happiness, bliss! I had a most enjoyable experience with one of my previous featured toys, the SLR!

OK, don't really know what the settings in the camera were all about, but it sure was fun just anyhow clicking away on the shutter release. Took loads of picturs, and some actually came out looking good! No matter how I look at it, I feel so damn proud of myself. Especially the shot concept that I came up with! Haha.

I wonder if it'll get published. If it does, I'll paste like a hundred of it all over my bedroom wall. Muahaha. If it does not, I'll just get the soft copy and print a hundred of them anyways.

Watch out, I shoot!

:: Sam 8:54 AM [+] ::
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Yay! I've got a new toy!!! Man, seem to be getting a lot of new stuff to play with recently. That's the only thing that's been going good so far.

I got a WOODEN SWORD!! Ok, I was deprived in my childhood, I only had nunchuckas, but no swords. It cost a whopping 20 bucks, but now I feel another level more superior than you puny mortals, because I have a wooden sword, and you don't! Muahahah. Now I can whack you on the head on with my sword, and you can do nothing but say 'ouch' and suffer in silence.

Or you can join Aikido.

"Here I come with charging with my wooden sword! Har! Har! Har!" Last words of the toy samurai before the dog ate him up.


:: Sam 5:36 AM [+] ::
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Today during lecture, two stroke of geniuses struck me. The 1st being a new theory of life, the 2nd being an invention!

As I was extremely bored, I was languishing in my thoughts when I realised the 'I love Jac' written on my eraser (by Jac hor, not me) was fading. And this beautiful thought popped into my mind! Jac is slowly being erased from my life! Lending this analogy to a broader perspective, all things in life gradually fade away as time passes by. The only way to preserve it is to not use the eraser at all, which will defeat the purpose of the eraser. Even if you were to write over with new words, it will never be the same again. Hah! Such ingenuity!

Through my discussions the night before, and during the course of the day, another brainwave hit me. I was like, stoning in lecture, then suddenly, EUREKA!!! An invention! So, are you all excited to hear this history-changing, time-stopping, earth-shaking idea? Ready? I thought of...



A LIFE SIZED HUMAN DOLL WITH AN IN-BUILT HEATER!!



Why that? Well, I realised that people sometimes don't like to cover blankets, and everyone's only too happy to be hugged by another person. So I've decided to combine the two together. Such intelligence, such ingenuity, such brilliance, don't you think? I should get a Nobel prize for this!

Anyways, I figure I should expound more on the wonderful uses of my doll. I shall call it the Warmth Provider (TM) Doll!! When you're feeling cold at night, just activate the doll, and you've got something warm to hug. Better yet, you can set it to hug you instead, so you can feel loved and protected! Best thing for those working adults who think they need no partners, but can't help feeling lonely at night!

For those lovebirds separated by distance, the Warmth Provider (TM) Doll can be ordered with an optional speaker and microphone set that will allow you to talk to your partner while you lie on the bed at night. It feel like your partner is virtually by your side all through the night!

So hurry, make your preorders with me now! While stocks last.



:: Sam 5:43 AM [+] ::
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Aw... My draft for Chron got rejected... I was hoping I'd get a chance to rewrite, but apparently it's either too bad, or there's not enough time left. I hope at least I can get one picture published. Just for the kicks of seeing my name in print, haha.

Saw something today that inspired me. It's been there all along, but the thought just never struck me. I'm inspired to try to grow up a bit. To be more independant. 6 years and a half out here on my own, and I never really grew much, never really learnt to rely on myself. Now I suddenly feel inspired to try.

I was always so fearful of being alone, still am. But I guess if I just accept it, it's not that bad after all. And if I sit in it for awhile longer and look around, I'm not that alone after all. And I realised what makes all those people I admire is the fact that they are not afraid of being alone. Once they free themselves of that fear, they are able to walk in and out of social circles freely and easily, and are less sensitive to the way people treat them.

So today, I'm gonna grow up. I'm gonna stop whimpering like frightened babe whenever I'm alone. I'm just gonna spend that time doing the things I should be doing.

Oh yeah, what did I see? I saw a confident, independant person. I saw someone who leads a life somewhat like mine, but instead of moping, lives it happily. I saw someone more mature than me.



:: Sam 9:16 AM [+] ::
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As you can tell, I'm extremely bored today, and desperately trying to procrastinate my work.


Your Brain Usage Profile:

Auditory : 43%
Visual : 56%
Left : 47%
Right : 52%

Spike, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz.

You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition.

You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on.

With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning.

Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional.



:: Sam 2:03 AM [+] ::
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Everyday, we learn something new.

In the desperate attempt to calm my panicking self, I decided to look for my longest blog entry and subject it to APA style referencing to convince myself that 10 pages is chicken feet.

My efforts have only served to inspire more panic.

I realised that my longest entry here is only about 900 words. That's pretty pathetic. But then again, I'm not writing thesis essays, so I guess 900 is like waaaay too much already. Oh well. I average about 600 words, which incidentally is the word limit for opinion articles! Hah! I am so made for it man, hehe.

Anyways. Not too bad la. I crapped 3 pages already. Hopefully the remaining 7 will be less painful. I highly doubt so.

It's the quantity, not the quality!



:: Sam 1:38 AM [+] ::
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What a way to start my morning. Woke up at 8 this morning to run some admin errand that was a total wild goose's chase. I'm like yawning madly now and I think I'll take a short nap in a moment.

So early into the term, way before I'm into any sub-coms or ad-hocs, I've already had my 1st brush with NTU admin. It's not impressive, I'll tell you that. The only thing is that the people are rather nice, or rather, polite. SAO guy kinda pissed me off with his smirking top-down talk, and his 'this is policy' shit, which is the thing I hate to hear the most.

SRC peeps were more helpful in volunteering alternatives, and cracking a few jokes. Except for that last guy who came in outta nowhere, gave a rude remark, and a nonchalant acknowledgement when I thank them. In fact, I was thanking the other guys, not him. He wasn't one bit helpful. Hmph. That's why I hate people who are in mediocre positions of power. Argh. Maybe I should write an opinion article on that. Haha.

In the end, I couldn't get what I was supposed to do, done. Was supposed to submit some booking form on behalf of a friend. Sigh. Seem to be unable to accomplish the easiest of tasks these days.

Anyways. My eyelids are closing. Nap time!



:: Sam 7:28 PM [+] ::
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Just watched some Olympics boxing. Feel so inspired again...

Actually, I really do miss it a lot. Wasn't a good boxer to start with, but the feeling of being in a ring, of taking on someone one-on-one, and throwing in a good punch, it's unrivaled. Even getting hit got me on high. Hmm, come to think of it, I took quite a lot of heavy ones, but still...

Hey, on the upside, my kicks were good! Haha. But by now, I think I totally cannot make it again. Will go back for training soon, once uni settles down, and I can drag myself out to travel the 1.5 hours...



:: Sam 10:51 AM [+] ::
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Quote of the Day

- Trying to win an argument with an irrational (stupid) person is like trying to teach a cat to snorkel by providing written instructions. No matter how clear your instructions, it wouldn't work. ~ Scott Adams -



:: Sam 5:49 AM [+] ::
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Wah. Feeling very jovial today. Maybe it's coz that fever song has been ringing in my head, and it just makes me feel so amused whenever I sing it. Or maybe it's the fact that I took my 1st few shots with an SLR camera on my 1st Chronicle photography assignment!

Oh man, I'm so bloody excited. Being the gadget freak I am, an SLR is such an amazing new mystery!! Don't really know how to use it yet, but holding it makes me feel so much more superior to all you normal camera users out there already. Muahahah. Unfortunately, my bonding time with it was cut short by uncharged batteries. 10 shots into my assignment, and I already had to retire. The pictures turned out pretty dark as well. Too bad.

On a different note altogether, people are getting good at discerning foreigners. Nowadays I get that 'are you local?' thing a lot. Some say it's my accent, the way I speak, which is very strange, coz I'd have thought all those would have disappear by now. But today, history is created. Someone said I was foreign because of my skin colour!!! To quote, 'dark, but not the Singaporean kind of skin colour, Singaporeans not this colour...' I'm so amused!! Haha. I suppose maybe she took too many photos until she can tell people by shades of their skin colour? Highly doubt so though, probably just a lucky guess...

Actually, stepping into the Chronicle room brings back so many memories. Makes me feel so nolstalgic again. Of council, and of council room. I think it's such a wonderful thing to have a room all to yourself. And you can stay back with your pals and work late into the night, in the privacy of your very own room with company you enjoy. That, is bliss. Sigh. I miss those moments, and I am dying to relive them again. Wonder if I'll ever get the chance.

Man, I feel so tired now. Shall take a nap.



:: Sam 3:54 AM [+] ::
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