Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Technology & Love
I was text messaging my classmate two tables away when something occurred to me. Technology really has come a long way and so have we. Possessing a hand phone used to be such a prestige and cool factor. Come friday, even a 8 year old kid would be a proud owner of a spanking new I-Phone! And you asked why am I not surprised...
I remember the days back in primary school when the whole class would start a ‘mass conversation chat room’ using a single piece of paper that would be passed around from person to person. Obviously it was extremely risky, and the consequence faced during times when the paper was intercepted by the teacher is still clearly etched in my memory.
There was even one occasion when a classmate and I had a little thing for each other. We’d always be passing ‘secret love letters’ to one another via the people in between. Nothing materialized eventually, it was just silly infatuations of stupid juveniles.. but those were the fun days.
It's a different feeling reading a hand written note compared to computerized text. We’ve all become so electronic in this modern world. MSN and the likes have obviously benefited us in ways that we keep in touch and communicate with our friends.. But it does have its drawbacks.
Without realizing, we’re all becoming like robots; automated and devoid of emotions. There’s just that something special about the personal human touch and interaction that no form of advanced technology will ever be able to substitute for. Yet, we’re slowly but surely conforming to the cyber touch.
But anyway speaking of old time scandals bring me to the reality of my current (lack of) love life. The current situation is.. I like (d) a girl but the feelings weren’t mutual. That was fine, I’m not the kind who believes in love at first sight anyway..
So then I was in the process of getting to know her.. I didn’t know if she was playing hard to get or just being a bloody flirt. There was something about her though, that made me want to try things differently.. you know, the feeling of willing to do things you’d normally not do..
In the end, it turned out that she wasn’t that special ‘her’ after all.
Heartbreak moment came when I realized that she might have been playing me all these while and that she really was just interested in some other friend of mine. Well maybe it's some form of retribution for all the times I’ve indirectly and unintentionally hurt girls whom I didn’t feel the same affection towards..
Love is complex. It can hurt... it can make you feel on top of the world. It makes you fly or it can break your wings. It can and will put you through experiences and emotions you’ve never felt before. But you can never define what love truly is.
'Cause it’s not meant to be explained. It’s meant to be felt.
Farewell, Mister Moel-Jo
I hope you wouldn't have any use for the stuff you received after the briefing in camp yesterday :p
Labels: Family, Ladies, School
6:13:00 PM
Monday, May 19, 2008
I had Track Meet on Friday therefore I was unable to attend cell.
Lovely excuse really, but no..
Let me recollect:
- Broke 2 School Records.
- Gold medals in 800m,1500m and 3000m as well as 4X400m.
- Silver medal in 400m
- Long Jump: Bronze.
- Some other events where I got disqualified for false starts, dropped the baton, went over the foul line. ROFLLTNT
Pssst, did i mention that Mr C. Kunalan was the guest of honour. OMG i sure hope i left an impression on the old track star.
But celebrations were marred by the unwelcome betrayal of my friend. Gee, I'm never gonna trust that dude again.
TUESDAY'S UGLY-UGLY CONFRONTATION.Labels: raMdoN, School
11:17:00 AM
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Tactful and run-off-the-mill guy is what I am. I take an effort to practice self-censorship though, so as not to insult anybody unintentionally. BUT, get on the wrong side of me and I’ll go all out fuming at something/someone/some issue.
In retrospect, I'm an average guy with an average life.. (I swear I’m not Spiderman.. wearing tights is so Z.O.M.G!! Your balls need some breathing space man!) Nothing too exciting, just a guy who's pretty opinionated.
Whoa... Picture me in politics! A Minister of LOCAL Affairs, standing in Parliament House ‘bitching’ about lesbians, taxi drivers, price hikes.. Maybe even the Rice Scare.
I’d look ghastly in white. And it's so against my principals to “PAY AND PAY”. I’ll form my own opposition party called TAT (take and take!). Plus, I’d only ask people to renovate/upgrade MY OWN house, not yours. And, I don't like meeting people who will come to me complaining about stray cats and their rusting window grill...
They’ll remind me a lot of myself.
How I digress as usual...
Hmm.. this blog is essentially me; with garbled thoughts and loads of complaints about anything under the sun. There is no where else you can be true to yourself except your own imagination and your own blog. At least I've made those two my own arena to stamp my say.
And believe me when I say, that whatever I ever write on my blog is only a REALLY tame interpretation of everything that goes through my head... the amount of thoughts that materializes in there every single second is just one of life’s greatest mysteries..
Sidenote: I thank God for the events that transpired this week. Firstly, I aced my H1 Chinese Paper! I was in shock when the teacher broke the news to me, and so were my friends. Can't blame them; for English and Gibberish(lolftw!) are known to be my only two languages I converse in. But hey, i'm also considered bilingual...no? I haven't been passing my Chinese since J1 and my 'zhuowen' can only garner a 10/30 at best. Amazingly, I secured an 'A' this time round. Finally (my pesky sister keeps bugging me lah. can't blog in peace. hope she reads this. grrr..) the doctor has given me the all-clear to compete! My ankle is fine and dandy now. 17 days to get my fitness back to tip-top condition for Nationals X-Country on the 23rd April.
Labels: God, Random Ruminations, School
5:14:00 PM
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Once again, it looks as though another veritable hornet's nest has been stirred up in my school's forum. I, on the other hand, have successfully restrained myself from replying lest it escalates into nothing short of a nuclear war ('cos I get carried away at times, hehe..) God is non-exclusive for He loves stupid people as well; he's in my school's prayer group. Geez..
He started a forum thread lambasting gays; labelling them as disgusting and unnatural which invoked the ire of the common student population.
And although I feel that the government was right not to repeal the statute on homosexuality, the issue is not something to look down upon, but rather it is something that we could try to know better and not criticize. Gays have been looked down upon by many people, which is something I don't like at all. Sexual identity is a very confusing issue to many people, and it is not really a good idea at all if one simply says that it is disgusting and unnatural. The problem is: Even the "straight" people sometimes feel homosexual impulses. A person of the same gender who is stunningly beautiful, for instance, or very successful in life, may soon begin to appeal to one's sexual senses. However, he/she only becomes a homosexual if one chooses to follow those impulses.
Another theory behind this could be due to the lack of an influence of the opposite gender in the person's life, e.g. a boy lacking a mother, or a girl lacking a father.
Before this degrades into a GP essay, let me just say this: Homosexuals are human too, and to oversimplify and generalize a complicated issue like this by calling it disgusting and unnatural only serves to show lack of maturity and critical thinking.
That's the reason why i say global fears arising from a pandemic of fatuity is NOT unfounded. There, I've said my piece.
What are YOUR views?Labels: Random Ruminations, School, Sexuality, World
6:44:00 PM
Monday, January 28, 2008
The funny thing about knowledge is that there is no way to discern between what you should seek to discover and what you're better off not knowing. It's like, acquiring new knowledge makes things simpler and more complicated at the same time.
The more I understand about things - how they work, why they behave the way they do.. the less scary and overwhelming everything around me becomes. It is as if the fact of matter has always been so obvious and simple!
Yet at the same time, learning something new always makes me wish I could tear my attention and consciousness into a million different pieces just so that I’d be able to follow the dozen different trains of thought that have entered my mind..
Sometimes, I reckon I think too much.
Sometimes, being prideful pays especially when you're in a class of suckers.
my gp essay got selected as model essay and would be printed in some school publication. oh no, not again! yawns...Labels: Random Ruminations, School
8:36:00 PM
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
It's funny cause 2007 just feels like yesterday.
Doesn't it....?
School is freaking commencing tomorrow and the only thing i look forward to are the new PAE batch of hottie babes(ROFL i hope there are. Last year we had the girl from I Not Stupid who went on to become our school belle =D) and yeah; Joseph's attempt at trying to crash my school's orientation with two girl-friends of his.
Pimpin'
That's supposed to be kept secret by the way.
I'm in the mood for some racist jokes after catching the video off SamG's blog.
It's insanely hilarious, I guarantee..
But no way am I going to post an embedded player along with the entry.
The good ol' hyperlink would suffice.
Achmed the Dead Terrorist
And I'll let it fester; your curiosity will eat at you- like a niggling ailment. Very soon you would find yourself engaging in some Mouse-xercise. Yes, a new term coined by yours truly.
I'm pleased with my recent blog post (dated: December 28th, 2007) and I surmise that readers are too.. judging from the few smses I received. Perhaps they like my frankness and style of writing..?
But keep them coming! I welcome comments especially when I'm beginning on a secret book for my future erm, wifey. Unfortunately I have been imbued with the pervasive Hollywood romanticisim ideal/notion/attitude.. Ha, so I thought a compilation of love stories written by me would be a nice engagement gift?
Not too young, Mum! Your boy's already 18 and fully grown!Labels: School
7:28:00 PM
