30.11.05
Interview With God
Far East
P.S. The new font size good? Not? Comments...
29.11.05
Postcards
Oh....don't we all!?!? Especially Jolie-Pitt and their adopted offspring. *Ptui*
Nokia N70 for sale.
Ok, latest addition due to my buddy Ah Pui's good lobangs.
5 export sets of the new Nokia N70 are for sale. View the phone's specifications o'er here.
Export sets means NO Warranty, hence the low offer price of just $700 as compared to the normal retail of $840 [Best price i could find among my suppliers]. Think about it, won't be on the table for long. Sms my number. If ya don't have it already, email me.
Green Street Elite
Fantastic is about the only word that I can use, watch it, I totally identify with it. Resonates to the bone. The language, the brotherhood, the naivete and the sheer balls of these individuals called the GSE. Every football club in Europe has a firm. What's a firm, well it's a gang. Not exactly a gang but a football gang. Their only affiliation is the football club they support which is more than likely their neighbourhood resident club. So, the aim is just to get the reputation of their own Firm to be the best in their city or even the country. And you do this by bashing all other Firms at matches, the greatest insult of course is to get bashed in your own home turf.
The movie profiles the GSE, who are West Ham's firm as they whack other London firms and finally one of the main characters dies in a fuckin big time brawl with arch enemies and neighbours, Millwall. BTW, seems Tottenham's and Arsenal's firm stink.
Watch it. You won't regret it. Also, catch Revolver [directed by Guy Ritchie].
"I've never lived closer to danger, but I've never felt safer.
I've never felt more confident, and people could spot it from a mile away.
And as for this, the violence? I gotta be honest - it grew on me.
Once you've taken a few punches and realize you're not made of glass, you don't feel alive unless you're pushing yourself as far as you can go."
28.11.05
27.11.05
Bookworm Alert
Why you should read it:
This is not a storybook, for those of you have not been introduced to *ahem* non-ficiton yet. Also, do not look for a tell all expose on how 9/11 came to be. This is in depth analysis of all Middle Eastern/European/Asian/African countries which came to be involved in the greatest web of all time, Islamic Extremism. From way back to present day, meet the top dogs, the plans that succeeded and failed, and of course the hand that mujahideen Bin Ladin played in the entire theatre.
What I was reading:
Why you should read it:
The Haj is fiction chronicling a young boy's birth and then his journey thru his adulthood. Great in depth research by Uris will describe to you exactly how the state of Israel came to be and of course present day Israel-Palestine conflicts. Also, learn of plots to take down that tiny nation of Israel as compared to their nemesis neighbours and how at the end of the day, the Jews cannot be shaken off their pedestal.
Theme Nights
Viva La raza baby! Tequila was flowing out of the coffers like liquid gold. I tell you, there was no time to look at Man U lose on the big screen [I'm serius, check the records] and the bartop chicitas AND the drunken fucks stumbling into your field of vision. Hmmm, was darn blardy packed. Its at these times I wish I can just smuggle in that badminton court umpire chair from my neighbourhood.
3. Halloween
All stops were pulled out for this year's halloween. My third one there in fact.The entire space outsid ethe clubs was used to create such a dark morbid atmosphere. IT was scary la I tell you, you step into this darkness illuminated only by glow in the dark stickers and suddenly the doorman who has his Darth Maul mask says hi. WOah..go slow there.. I still need to drink before I die of shock. ;)
Kudos to all the people who came with costumes, special praise to this group of 5 TP students, no idea who they were, but yeah they jus trawled club after club after club parading their costumes..haha.
4. Foam Party
I would have included the Beach Party too, but alas I didnt attend. Foam or beach, same concept. This year's foam was like wah lau eh, overboard right! Haha, quite unlike Vibes Foam parties for those who still remember Vibes where I received my clubbin education amidst Wednesday G-String nites, yes there wasnt no ladies nights then, just nights where if you clamber up the bar top and take off your G string, you'd get a free jug. Boy was that wild. ;)
Anyway, this is how it works with the regulars at Beach/Foam parties. Element in abundance? Water. Element in abundance, easily attainable at the taps of the bar? Water. Everyone is alert, everyone's on the look out. We jus wait and wait with jugs full of plain water..for just one unsuspecting clown and booooooooosh. He gets the full water treatment. I've been soo drenched that they've even not let me into an after party club cos they thought Iw as wet after washing up my own puke.
Did I mention, we use water guns too. I like water guns. U jus wait and wait for some drunken fuck who wouldnt know a dick from his toe to walk past and jus blast. Super Soaker 1 - Drunken Fuck Nil.
While I immerse in the fumes of my cigarette which is burning down to my fingers now, see photogs from all these past events and more.
At least credit to photography team, I'm in 3 of them. Mwahahaha. Page Loads can take quite some time, have some patience. I hate FLASH! Cheeky Monkeys.
Adieu!
25.11.05
MRT Etiquette
Animania
What I was watching last year: Initial D 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/Extra Stage. Movie [2005].
What it's about:
The maniacal world of street car racing otherwise known to us only thru the eyes of The Fast And The Furious. Specializing in mountain roads, racers perfect the art of drifting [a specialized technique used to hug tight corners and hairpin curves]
Watch it for:
Learn anything and everything about driving. Pros and cons of street racing and the amount of brains it takes to be a racer, No ah Pek not you with that toyota corona and the "HIRED" sign. The sheer technical knowledge will astound you. From suspensions to carburettors, from turbo engines to 4WDs.
What I was watching last semester: Naruto [Currently Episode 160 as of today]
What its about:
The exploits of main character Naruto and his fellow ninjas as they pursue "the way of the ninja". Sudden and unpredictable plot twists engage you all the way. Friends become foes, enemies become allies, kids grow up to be intelligent albeit missing out on the maturity part, adults.
Watch it for:
Learn all you need to know about ancient Japan. The code of the samurai, though the movie is about ninjas. Ninja techniques, special skills and powers. Certain characters are also named to coincide with legendary heroes from ancient Japanese history during the days where samurai and ninja reigned supreme. Also watch for Tsunade's [she becomes the head ninja in the middle] huge tits. Makes you wonder if ninjas get down to the dirty dirty in the midst of it all or not.
What I am watching now: Bleach [Currently Episode 59 as of today]
What it's about:
A boy, couple of his friends and his family develop the ability to see ghosts. Good and bad. The good are sent to Soul Society ,something like heaven but far from it. The bad are called Hollows and need to be killed by Death Gods or they will continue preying on innocent human souls. All the characters have suffered some loss or another to Hollows. Ichigo, the protagonist, attains powers of a Death God thru weird means and battles to save his friend from execution. Meanwhile, there is a thick plot to undermine the political structure in the ranks of Soul Society. Gripping if not for the fuckin young punks who do their kawaiiii style speech sometimes. ;)
Watch it for:
Learn about the Spirit World. Especially from a nation where 95% of the population practise Shinto. Learn about netherworlds, happyworlds and special powers you have never thought of. If you think Tarantino is an ace director, the fella who directed this series has gotta be on par if not better, so well taken the anime is.
24.11.05
This is for you.
"When the world gets in my face...I say: Have a nice day!"
Jealousy
IQ
Your IQ Is 115 |
Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Above Average |
What can I say, I'm just a genius. But 115 is a freakin bad estimate la, I'm in the 95th percentile of Singapore geniuses. Certified by MENSA no doubt. Take your own test, contact them, MENSA and please only read in future if you're smarter than me. I hate to teach. Punks.
23.11.05
Drunken Night Out
I was gone. Yesterday I was fuckin gone. Wasted. Drunk. Sloshed. Whatever you call it. The brain was alive but the legs don't feel like walking. My adventure on the dark side. I drink a lot, yes i do, 4 times a week actually. It's only to the lead up of examinations and the exam period that I realize and convince myself I aint an alcoholic. So, I'm not.
I'll write bout the watering holes another time. Tonight, it's the ever popular blame game. I blame you Zaki Masturi. KNN..if you hadn't spouted minute after minute "I'm gone..i'm gone" I wouldnt have psychologically asked my sub conscious why I'm not gone yet. You asshole, did i not warn you drinking while sleepy aint gonna help anyone least of all me. N your pathetic decision making, I hate you la. Hahaha.
Me and Zaki, we've shared a lot. Aint the closest of pals, but it seems we pop up around one another all the time. Secondary school, boarding, Uni. I treasure your friendship, your fashion advice [oh yeah, especially on how to pluck your own eyebrows ~_^], and of course the nonsense you MATS come up with time and time again. Who else can I single out for a 50 buck loan only to be paid back in 2 weeks. It seemed not long ago, that we drank together. My Baron's present for you, that Beng Kwee Lo we snogged in the bathroom, that fateful night with candles and vodka at Macritchie. All at sweet 16. Impressive. And it took 7 years for us to drink again.
Well here is, my cheers to many more good nights out, this time keep your mouth shut bout getting high, so I wont think bout it, and wont get drunk too. ;) All in all, a good jug of whiskey dry was wasted cos you insisted on getting zoned out. U owe me for that, and cut that grin off your face. Or I'll throw some jutsu to counter it. Salaam.
Zaki on the right, Ariff on the left
22.11.05
Ronin
Reason for this promotion, well the bass guitarist is ma BMT platoon mate Simon.
What I said bout him: " his pre-sleeping ritual of bathing....putting on his PT kit..and then jumping on his bed to hump it dRY..simon was always a livewire...can trust him to bring da humour on baby"
What he said bout me: "If i am a livewire,you're one fucking giant EMP cannon like the matrix shit"
[courtesy of Friendster testimonials]
Anyway, if you haven't caught any of these guys songs, the links are all on their webbie. Here, RONIN. Featured in the newspapers umpteen times in recent months following the release of their album, buy their merchandise, support the cause. Oh btw, Ronin does school concerts too, consider it their ahem "world" tour la..
Adieu!
Simon (center): Tryin hard to be "Shades" from The Wonders
21.11.05
Christmas Wish List No. 7
I know that this is all but cliche. But, it is a damn good invention. Rumour has it that there is another IPOD killa due to be released, probably by a Taiwan firm. And also, not that I'm not pro-Singaporean but Creative's Zen series is a dud in user friendliness. Yeah..seems there's a lawsuit in the courts that the Nano scratches too easily. Hmm...scratches? You should see all of my past and present handphones, that'll show you something you wanted to know bout scratches, bumps, blood, oil, soda water, detergent, chemical solvents.
For you: Baby..get me my NANO la...I'll get you your MINI. Fair enuf?
Christmas Wish List No. 8
Christmas Wish List No. 9
20.11.05
Christmas Wish List No. 10
Christmas Wish List No. 10:
It's over.
Now, all bruised ribs, black eyes, broken glass in foot over the years later. You come to me? you come to me...and think you are my equal? You'll never be. I am rash and filled with angst. I explode and implode in mere seconds. It is my strength yet it is my weakness. By sms you apologize? Hmm..wat next...write me a love letter. Is it not obvious enough, I just dont like you. Not since you were born. You to me are nothing, you don't matter. I will not save you even if you were a random stranger drowning in a pool of water. I'll be one of those who looks on and calls the cops.
This could have been you. It was not. Your luck WILL run out someday. And when you realize you're all alone at the end of the day with nary a friend or sibling or fuck buddy to console you. You will jump. I know you will take the coward's way out. But seriusly, I wont shed a tear, nor attend nor give your grieving widow money [If you do get to that stage]. I close this chapter today. No more. I don't want any more.
P.S.
Why's everybody always picking on me?
"Why's everbody always pickin' on me' ?
Cause my fifteen year-old cousin has less acne
But why's everbody always pickin' on me'
Ain't brushed them teeth since 1983
But why's everbody always pickin' on me'
Cause you got the grooming habits of a chimpanzee
Whys everbody always pickin' on me'
Cause ya wore velour flares until the late eighties
But why's everbody always pickin' on me'
Cause you run like a girl and sit down to pee
But why's everbody always pickin' on me'
Cause your only school chum was the canteen lady
But why's everbody always pickin' on me'
You took your mom to the prom but still got lucky
But why's everbody always pickin' on me'
Cause no one likes you monkey boy
19.11.05
All the world's a stage
Yet I believe that every masked rider will have his day, the day of reckoning when he realises that despite his treasure chest brimming with the gold of wealth and a seemingly good life on the surface, he soon realises that he is but yet the poorest destitute beggar there ever was for his true treasure chest, that of his soul is so empty worse yet torn that its existence is highly rare. Those of us who have not felt this shall feel it some day though a certain level of maturity is required.
We as humans, are perhaps the most fearful creatures on earth, though we label ourselves as one of the most feared in the animal kingdom, yet another mask to hide us from ourselves. We fear everything. We say we fear death but deep down I think we fear life the most. We fear that at the end of the day when we shut our eyes for good, we will shut them with the realisation that we were actually dead all along.
Why do we make death out to be such a horrible dark thing equivalent to satanic controls? Why fear death, why cry at one's funeral when u really could not care to spend a thought with him or her when they were alive and kicking? Why shed buckets of tears and deem it mandatory and mock others or belittle perhaps another's true love for the person just because he didn't cry? I say it was he who bore no buckets who really truly loved the deceased for he knows he spent all his time with the deceased to gain a fruitful everlasting memory and the experience of some sort of pure love they shared so that now when he is gone he knows that really the deceased's soul is finally free and he as an individual has had a meaningful partner on his journey and quest of life. I say those buckets people force out are a mask, a mask to delude themselves from the reality which is that they never did all that was possible for the deceased in order to let him leave freely for after all if they truly did love him that unconditional love comes with no strings attached, and hence he is free to enter and leave your life, as ultimately all who enter and leave are like characters in our life, each bearing a unique purpose and meaning, retiring from it when their purpose is met. So what is the use of mourning their departure?
For example, when a close friend or boyfriend/girlfriend walks out of your life the common phrase we hear is that "he was never meant to be. It was never meant to be." I say quit the self pity act and wake up to reality. True, he and you may have had your own issues and as hard as it may be to swallow, he was put into your life to teach you something to make you stronger for that which does not kill you makes you stronger. Everyone leaves for forever is never. What doesn't leave is the memory, the joy and the love we experienced and shared. In the twisted sadistic realm of reality, it is the intangibles in our life that seem to bare the greatest significance.
Why continue to be the masked actors that we are, being like a rock merely existing. Shred the mask and show yourself. What you see is what you get and if others dont't get it, they are merely blinded by the foggy mist of life. As a Mayan legend goes, when man walked into a misty cave seeking some sort of deliverance, he was given a mirror, a mirror to truly see who he was and embrace the reality of his existence.
Like white stallions we all long to be free and liberated riding with the wind with our manes flying free, yet we often blame others, society, friends, family for restraining us for tugging at the reins on our backs without realising that the so called mighty horse rider can be toppled over for he is ultimately governed by his horse. Ride into the horizon, for we are not prisoners of fate or circumstance, we are prisoners of our own minds and deluded realities, we are prisoners of the masks that bind our true beauties, we are but prisoners of ourselves unless we choose to be free.
"Ah! make the most of what we yet may have, before we too into the dust descend.”
18.11.05
And a spanking merry Christmas to you too
Ms. Aarthi
And a spanking merry Christmas to you too. Yes, its that time of the year again, when we all ham it up to get into the spirit of Giving. Hogwash if you ask me. We are all liars and we fool little children to be as ignorant as us too. Which six year old of the right mind would actually believe Santa would be so unfashionable as to ride around in a tight, red unflattering suit? For those of you who think your kids are so adorable because they really believe in Santa, I'd suggest you send them for an IQ test soon enough.
My idea of Christmas? Screw the whole falsities of the spirit and all that. Lets all dress up in Santarina outfits, get a whip and spank em naughty boys. In any case if you think that I'm sexed up, too bad for you. You can't whoop me cos this aint my blog. Muahahhaa.
But really,when did we let everything get so commercialized that the Xmas spirit itself became a must-have. People start doing the, its Xmas, can you stop being so mean. Eh hello, I will be mean whenever I want to. My calendar is there to show me the dates not the decorum!
Nevertheless, since I'm the only ungiving one here. I mean after all, someone has to receive or else all your spirits will be broken. So here's my Spankin List for a spanking Xmas.. all gifts can be sent through the Genius of course.
Buy Me This,Buy Me that!
1.A new computer
yes, I blog and type and chat with my sister's laptop.surely someone out there is kind enough to do me that favor right.
2.Wads of Cash
do I even have to explain this?
3.A trip to Thailand or Hong Kong.
I do need to go shopping with all the wads of cash you're getting me right?
4.An Automated Boyfriend.
He must be able to respond to commands and most importantly do what I want him to.
Blue eyes would be a bonus
5.A Whip
how am I supposed to make the automated boyfriend respond to my whims and woes? Plus, the old one doesn't work so well either. Over-used I say.
Do remember to send all presents(others are also accepted) through the Genius. And while I'm at it, some blatant advertising for my own blog. I'm too good.
"From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. "
Anonymous
Happy Birthday Sara.
Happy Birthday Sara. Since you are now transcending your 14 years of age barrier. It's time to advise you on a few choice items before you die before me due to either AIDS, the vicitim of an "innocent" bank robbery or touching the wrong man's woman.
Pointer 1: You are not me. Yes the family similarities are there, but I was already way beyond you at your age. Heck, I didnt have to beg to play the Playstation, we HAD NO playstation. So, I was at the arcades with the bengs and the mats (tamilehs not incl. , they preferred sports that didnt require high technology.) So don't act like me, it doesn't work with UR dad, he'll smack ya silly got it. ;)
Pointer 2: Don't bully your younger sis. I will smack you myself if you do. She is the one sweet thing left to look forward to at family reunion dinners and if I see you throwin your spare carrots onto her banana leaf again or giving smart ass comments on how stupid she is, I will sew your mouth and stitch it tight.
Pointer 3: Don't mess with my brother. Yes, you are cousins, first cousins at that and born 4 days apart and yes, you've probably shared every function together since you were that tiny age. However, if I catch you putting him down for whatever reasons you dumb fuck teenagers do, I will stand vigil outside your dumb fuck school (unfortunately my brother is in the same one..haiz) and skin your ass. Oh yes, please keep the smokers out of my brother's circle of friends, he doesnt need them. Since you want to be me that badly, I think U should pick up the next cig, happy days to your wallet son.
Pointer 4: This is a really nice cake, yes it's arriving at your place soon, soon after you discover that damn new Nike football under your bed. Play hard..play well.. It's cream cheese with chocolate chip bits on top, each oreo piece is the size of a marble. Don't start without me!
Credit: Yaso for introducing this magical culinary delight to me.
Pointer 5: The world is not fair, it don't matter if you are jus 14, it don't matter if the chicks think you're cute, it don't matter if you can do that cool ronaldinho trick or smash every known record in FIFA 2005. The idea is the world's not fair, watch your back. Watch your front too, you might be experiencing puberty. Let em grow, don be depressed, they're meant to be there....
Photoshop credit to Aarthi
Enjoy your cake. Best wishes. And please, stop that irritating sara...sara...sarajambo shieT. You aint gangsta... You jus attack your teppanyaki like one.
Why are we afraid? Masks.
It is strange.we keep trying to mimic the westerners with their thinkin and dressing.but somehow most of us are still afraid to show who they truly are. Some pretend to be someone they are not, hoping that by being what others want them to be they would be much happier. But are they?
"Some people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem."
- Somerset Maugham
17.11.05
Wine for Beginners
I'm gonna tell you guys about wine investing. Wine is otherwise known as the true "liquid gold" of course it should be called so, with rare vintages going for an extraordinary 3,000 a bottle these days.
It all starts at the vineyards. Some vineyards produce good wines, some produce those 12 dollar varieties you can buy at 7-11 varieties. Different vineyards have different techniques and signature tastes. Now, once the wine is produced, let's say this year 2005. The wine has to be sold. So, the vineyard holds a sale where brokers come in to purchase it at the cost price (lowest price it can ever cost). Here's where we come in.
For good wines, a 2005 wine cannot be sold in 2005. No one's gonna drink it, so the merchants won't buy it. Wine takes a good 2-3 years to achieve minimum maturity and so someone has to hold the wine for these 3 years before releasing it for sale to the merchants. Who does the holding? Not the vineyards..they aint got the space to store and produce yearly harvests of new wines. So we do.
And the benefit of doing so? Well...in that 3 years where you pay for the storage and insurance of your premium wine, the added value is almost a good 10-15%! So, when I say confirmed profit. I mean this. Now, of course store it properly la..with proper humidity and temperature control so the labels dont get mouldy and the corks dont get damaged. BTW, even premium wine manufacturers are gravitating towards plastic screw caps for their bottles now..dont know if the fad will catch on though.
So, now you are sitting on a 15% capital gain in just 3 years. OK, some fixed deposits can do better. But, now comes the investor choice-information portion. The selection of what wine to buy. Thousands of vineyards, lotsa varieities of wine. Which is the best ? Hither come the "Million Dollar Nose" - Robert Parker Jr.
Parker is the supremo in wine ratings. He just woke up one day and decided to be the only fella who is ever gonna rate wines. And he does it professionally too, his ratings are the only ones to go by in the wine world. Every wine has a base rating of 50, one's above 90 are considered exceptional, above 95 are a collectors' item liao. So, if the wine u initally purchased was a 90 pointer and above [I personally only buy 92 pointers and above], you're in for another great price increase. Imagine, if your bottle of wine was bought at $40 and in 5 years is worth $1000. Hmm, you do the math.
Ultimately, everyone has their whims on where to make the most money. But for a stable and worthwhile investment, also if you are an avid wine drinker, a good bargain. Try wine. Ask me if you need any clarifications on how to start your own portfolio, might even let you buy into mine. I'll leave you with my final thought :
16.11.05
Don Vincent Corleone
Sleep Deprivation.
Fantastic. Peaceful. Much-needed!
I havent slept fitfully for a year at least. Of course in this category i don't include sleeping off the effects of alcohol cos even in that your sleep serves a purpose. Last night, there was no purpose. Almost like in a state of samadhi except you do awake.
I find it hard to sleep at nights. Read somewhere that some people are jus night ppl and some are jus day people. In fact, it even correlates to the time you were born. I.e. those born in the evening to nights like me, are generally more active at nights.
Ok, so they might be right. I club, or used to club 4 times a week. The nightlife was almost as normal as for a person who wakes up, goes to school/work comes back all tired and retires for some sleep. I sleep during the day, ALWAYS. It's like even if I want to rest at night, some evil being sits on my left shoulder tapping me awake. Yes, that's the shoulder that the evil sub conscious always sits on, watch more animated movies will ya.
My mum claims I have a fight with the sun. I say I'm just a vampire. Seeking blood red vodka swiggin nubiles and confined within my abode awaiting the evil rays of sunlight to pass me by.
I can't function in the day. At all. This has to be some kind of disease. I can't concentrate in school, I hate waking up for work. I am just not a morning person. And I need help. I am coming right out and asking for help. This is not insomnia mind you, it is just a case of excessive day sleepiness.
Does anyone out here know a cure?
"Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast" - Shakespeare in Macbeth
15.11.05
First Love
14.11.05
Ovid Speaks
A general looks for spirit in his brave soldiery;
a pretty girl wants spirit in her companions.
Both stay up all night long, and each sleeps on the ground;
one guards his mistress's doorway, one his general's.
The soldier's lot requires far journeys;
send his girl, the zealous lover will follow her anywhere.
He'll cross the glowering mountains, the rivers swollen with storm;
he'll tread a pathway through the heaped-up snows;
and never whine of raging Eurus when he sets sailor wait for stars propitious for his voyage.
Who but lovers and soldiers endure the chill of night,
and blizzards interspersed with driving rain?
The soldier reconnoiters among the dangerous foe;
the lover spies to learn his rival's plans.
I too was once an idler, born for careless ease;
my shady couch had made my spirit soft.
But care for a lovely girl aroused me from my sloth
and bid me to enlist in her campaign.
So now you see me forceful, in combat all night long
If you want a life of action, fall in love.
Of Love and War
Her source was from a philosopher of the early centuries, and as distrusting as I am, I didnt bother to immerse my total belief in just the words of one source. My way is simple as the toll-free highway [u heard me..fuck ERP], what you hear...if u see it happen then u can believe. If what you hear u never see it happening anywhere or it isnt proven by anyone's actions in your entire existence, then that's all that it is. A baseless theory. Mathematics theories can be proven, psychological theories? Leave it to the experts I say, unless of course they lean towards the institution that provided them the sponsorship grant in the first place.
I totally believe relationships are split into 2 very distinct groups. [3 actually..but i couldnt be bothered to expound on the 3rd one cos you jus wont get it, unless you are a psychology major, neither am i]
1.The ones you cant run away from.
Family and relations. Some bonds are set the moment the doctor slaps your ass n realizes you arent a still born. Relations are prickly cos they jus don know how to mind their own fuckin business, I know this by self-example. I'm totally estranged from my father's side of the family, unless me and my 2 cousins meet up in the clubs or something. Family, ah, the thorn in most teens' sides. The world might turn upside down but you can never say that person is NOT my father/mother/brother/sister. Heck, there are loads of documents proving otherwise. Love em or hate em...u cant ignore them. Perhaps thats what makes us cherish them in a sort of way. They're there when we need them most, aloof when we dont. No matter what the fuck happens, no one CAN leave, and that jus makes the bond a whole lot stronger cos you learn to stick thru it thick and thin like an "ideal" marriage should be. Is this based on love then? Since there's an unbreakable bond already. What good or bad does love do, the r'ship is there to stay!
2. The ones you have a choice on : Friends
Friend is such a big diverse group, I should have dived in further and produced more categories, alas my 1st order differential equations is also calling for my attention. Friend, acquaintance, best friend, girlfriend,boyfriend, fuck mate, hang out buddy. Anything and everything, come in all shapes, all sizes, all kinds of attitudes. Is this r'ship based on love then? The same friend who instructed me on the teachings of an ancient philosopher, also told me that no matter what and who she quarrels with about, it all depends on the love she had/will have for the person which results in how she ultimately views the r'ship. If you ask me, utter crap. Friends are expendable. Simple truth. Expendable to the point where you can quarrel over the most minute of things and also the most major of things. In primary school, we fight cos someone took our things, didnt let us play the game with them, stole our canteen money, cut our queue. Yeah, it's that simple to lose a friend when you're sub-12 years old. In sec school, whole lotta other issues. The opposite sex, cliques, even CCAs for that matter. I know of an entire hockey team and basketball team of a school come to blows before even though both the captains were best buddies since pri school.
Then Jc/Poly..whatever other tertiary institutions you clowns belong to. This time things change to be a bit more intellectual.It's no more bout the friends you choose but whether those friends share your thoughts too. You kinda delve more into your self, become a more ideological person, form your own values and prefer to live it by those principles.
[of course i'm not referring to all ya idiots who jus go yes-sir, yes-ma'am...this post wasnt for you in the first place. thanks for reading so long...now u may get the fuck out]
Any of the above gotta do with love. What the fuck is love? 85% of you guys have no idea what is is with the exception of paternal/maternal/sibling love. That is unconditional, a love for a pal has its own conditions by which it is fulfilled. Love is what you reserve for that group of special ppl, by special i don't mean 50 best friends. Jus that select group, who dont have to be there to share every tear or every joy but you know...they are jus there..ready to be called upon ...like the proverbial genie in a bottle.
Taken from a nick I saw in msn: "A friend is who you can call upon to bail u out of jail, a best friend is who will join you for the ride sayin WOAH! that was fun!"
About as much as I can relate to, bottomline. Love has nothing to do with it. I love my hamster too, but that don't mean I can go break the ramp in his cage everytime it gets his leg caughter within the rungs right. I don have to prove my love. IT just is there. Unconditional. He knows it too. Thank god, he can't sms me n say "Look, I want to break off this r'ship, I think you're eyeing my best friend" ;)
Cheers. Adieu!
The Air Force: Above All
Anyways..the story continues..I love what I do. I'm an ATC..that's air traffic controller for those who never watched a single documentary on 9/11, and the fuckin flop of a movie Tin Cup. Control, yeah....that's what its all about. Of course a power hungry megalomaniac like me would feel totally comfortable rattling off R/T [radio telephony] to pilots way up there. We can't see them (not with our eyes tho) but yet we take em up and bring em down. Safely! Yes, key word...safety...do ur job..but don do it like a fuckin klutz. Though the pilot may be a dickhead, he has a family a wife, a nicer car and a whole better pay package.
I been reading supernova's posts for quite a bit and his whole desire to kinda sign on. Let me put the Air Force perspective in short and sweet pictures. Look and learn:
What everyone wants to be...without knowin jack shit bout what the job entails.
Why does the RSAF website only have pics of pilots in fighter jets. Tsk Tsk.
The old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori
The next best thing.
Sit at the back of an F16, do no flying, do all the shooting. Damn, sounds like a regular gamer's fantasy. Shoot the baddies, at Mach 1 ! Note to self: The pilot is right, no matter what.
The controller (Or the Pilot rejects, sometimes)
Now for all u dickheads who jus cannot fathom that a controller can be anything other than that fella holding that orange thang on that certain aircraft carrier, here's a brief introduction.
Chick above? Tower controller, supervises take off and landings of all aircraft within their base or airport whichever the case.
Me? Air traffic controller, use a radar which looks like this:
So anyway, our job is to take control of the aircraft after it leaves the naked eye range of the tower controller. To bring them where they wanna go and take them back from wherever they wanna come from.
Others? Dog-fighters. Radar controllers who specialize in dog-fights between fighter jets. Very very fast paced, very very important. These are the guys u want next to u in all those "who pushes the button first gets to answer" gameshows.
And then these guys:
What no one wants to be...
Don't kid me la...I know you guys jus hate it being there..But why? but why? Hmm...question for the Twillight Zone. Basically, Anti Aircraft guys, tough army life within the more refined Air Force manifold. Who knows...who knows...
So there goes, the review of all occupations that you can be an occifer in. Oh yeah, I didnt include the Logistics guys, well truth be told, i hate to comment on stuff i don know much bout. :)
For anything and everyting, well not everything you want to know bout my great employers, please feel free to visit them: RSAF.
Adieu.