Torrents of Frustration

BLOODY HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so very frustrated with my stupid vista right now.

Friends are always right. Listen to them. They said vista sucked and yet I still buy it.

Now so many problems have occurred:

1. Can't play my MP3 files

2. Can't download Photoshop which I need it so badly now

3. I just hate the system

Patience. Let's just hope dad would buy me a good one when he gets back home next month. Till then, my techo life's screwed very well up.

Religions

Definition of religion:

a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generallyagreed upon by a number of

persons or sects.

Today in class, Benjamin asked me quite a number of questions regarding my faith and my stand in my religion. I doubt that he (or anyone else) could accept the fact that I accept the fundamental religions namely, Islamism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and Buddhism. I mean... All these while I am fond of religions. For me, religion is a very wide scope where there is no right or wrong. Religion is pure and beautiful. It makes me understand their perceptions of life easier than others.

One of the questions he raised, "How could you stay faithful to Taoism while you are reading about the Bible as well?" I told him honestly that it was a very difficult question for me to answer and I thought for a moment finally replying to his inquiry, "I believe that I have to return to Him the way I was sent by Him," born as a Taoist, die as a Taoist. I don't see anything religious in this context, seriously...

Well then I retorted him, "Let's say that I am studying about 5 different religions, does that mean I have to convert my faith for 5 times?"

Honestly, he was the first person ever to question my faith this deeply before. Either to judge me (as status quo says, humans are prone to judgments) or to understand my point of view, that I wouldn't know. He was being curious, I suppose. But then again, curiosity has it's reason.

There was another thing I forgot to raise up: My friend who's currently studying in Toronto, Canada says that she's studying about world religions now. Well then again, does that mean all Canadian students will have to convert their faiths as they read along the books, to so called... Understand the religions better?

So, readers, as I have said, religion is truly a beautiful subject where we can never proof the existence of God (in the world where people sometimes claim "to see is to believe" because certainly we cannot see Him. Here I am not saying about the wonders he could do but I am saying about his physical existence. Please don't misunderstand me.) and yet we all still have faith in Him. And there is no such absolute definition of God (and Universe) because it is a very subjective matter which should not be questioned radically. Neither's right nor wrong, at all.

Family Dinner with the Ixorians

So yeah... Yesterday was our class family dinner which I thought all of us would be there and it seemed to us that only 11 came up. All my invitations sent were rejected due to (some nonsensical) excuses. Well, we can't blame them can we?

Some said

1. Parents didn't allow

2. Back to village

3. Parents asked them to study

4. Tuition

5.

Yup, reason number 5 was the best. No replies. It didn't matter anymore, anyway. We all still had fun. 11 of us. We were having this fine dinner in a Chinese restaurant and our bill turned up to be RM99.60 which really shocked Sarmila up. But... That didn't matter because all of us shared money to pay the bill. This was what the function was for, anyway.

Most of my gang members didn't turn up, mostly due to reasons 1, 3 and 5. Anyhow, we had dinner with our classmates of different gang. The "right side" I call them. It was surprisingly fun that we could actually sit down in one table and talk happily. I really liked that moment, although we ended up talking our own topics most of the time but it was really nice. We also talked on the class t-shirt design which later will be proposed to our Mummy on either this Friday or next Monday where the school comes back to life.

It's almost time right now... I have to go pay a visit to my family doctor for my blood test report. So, will see you soon then. Till then, goodbye.

PS: Win Shen, have a safe journey to the United Kingdom alright? Bon voyage!

A Mario Philosophy

Few minutes ago, I was playing this... rather childish game called Super Mario. Yes, I know I am already 17 and I should play more serious games and stuffs like that but hey, if you take a good look at this game, there actually are a lot of hidden messages in it. I'm not saying that there are a lot of invisible cubes to knock on, I'm saying here is messages about life and human norm. I have thought of two most common examples to write this post. I hope you would enjoy reading it. Food for thoughts? Decide for yourselves.

Example one - Mushrooms:

You could simple say that the mushrooms are the most common enemies in the Mario world, no one denies it. In fact, most common enemies are the ones we should be careful of, instead of thinking way too far about any other things, of reaching the poles at the end of each levels and making such brouhaha out of it, big deal. But can you tell me that no one has been killed by the common enemies before? Can you tell me that you've never being killed by this before without cursing out loud after that and can you too tell me that you've never accidentally fallen into the pits before too? So this is it. The most common enemies, the most common obstacles take our opportunities away as easily as that. In the world, you lose a life. In reality however, you lose a huge opportunity of getting something. Advise? Be careful but not too much. Everything comes and goes accordingly. So, just plan wisely.

Example two - Tokens:

You can say, "It doesn't matter if I lose one life. I can compensate for it when I've collected 100 pieces of tokens," and too no one denies that. But have us not thought for once, what if we keep that life, and get one more extra? Wouldn't it be better, instead of just losing one and getting one back (if you're lucky enough). In reality, there isn't really such thing as compensations in life, is it? What I would say here is... in life, everything has its stakes. Everything has to be well balanced. Not by grabbing so many things in a go and trust me, in the end, you will collapse. Learn to breathe as well. Don't get upset easily or worry unnecessarily about the little things that should not be of your concern. Take one step at a time. Believe it or not, I am actually advising myself on this too. It's really funny when people advise another person and when he comes to face the same challenge, he fails the same way too and needing someone else to comfort him.

In the nutshell, everything we has it's antecedence and consequence. From the most common mathematical reasoning argument type (derived from Aristotle's Laws of Logic) of if p, then q, we could say from example one:

If I step on the mushrooms, then they will die.

If I touched them, then I will die.

And surely, you would be able to think for example two's implication. That's all from me (which I dunno why am I so philosophical now) and I wish everyone here Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

PS: OK, I think there is some anachronistic lapse in my brain now. Pardon me for sounding like an old pope.

Blurts

I slept at 4am and woke up at 11am. Well it's not that I wanted to, right? Everything has reasons behind it. My reason was:

Went to shop for my sport shoes (really cool design, and it's bloody cheap. At least... Cheaper than my Polo and Admiral - RM59.90) in Parkson and walked to Terminal 1 to buy my belt. I really needed one so badly. My pants are all dropping down my waist! This Polo belt really worthed the money I've paid for. It was only RM29.95, compared to one of my likings, d'Urban which was around RM40! That saved me RM10!!!

After my shopping, I walked to Secret's Recipe to have my lunch. Once in a blue moon, mom. I know what exactly you're thinking right now. I've tried on tom yum kung noodle (RM13.50), a piece of strawberry chocolate cake (RM6.50), coffee mocha (RM7.00) and chamomile tea (RM6.00) and 15% tax which led me paying RM41.40 (instead of RM36.00). Simple calculation, thanks to Mr. Rusli who was making his speech about paying up for our Graduation night. He said, "Whenever you see there's plus plus behind a value, just add 15% into it. That's all."

Hence, my calculation: 36.00 X 1.15 = 41.40

Wow, I never knew I could actually explain MATHS here!

I got back home around 7pm with a copy of NST which contained a very sad news regarding the burning of the holy book. I prayed hard later that night and thank God, He has listened to our pleas and I was thanking Him over and over again for changing the pastor's mind! I only knew of the change of plan today noon.

And I continued living my life as usual, nothing much until I realized that I could not sleep at my normal time because of thiamine and caffeine. Awesome, wasn't it? So then I stumbled upon this piece in Youtube again (Requiem of the Dreams) and I decided to ensemble a guitar duet for this masterpiece of Clint Mansell. I was busy with the ensemble until around 3.30am and decided to watch a 911 video documentary in Youtube. May God bless them who were killed then. So then, I slept after that.

The Requiem's intro

Chorus

The hardest parts to ensemble

Ending!

These are my outcomes. Thanks to Grey who'd cleared my doubts with a good rendition.

A solo piece made into a duet.

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This morning, nothing new. I went to Arsenal's Tailor with Granny to make my trousers for my Sunway interview. I've been wearing the same suit for about six times already. It doesn't really matter because I still can wear these when I grow old (or until I grow fat). It was RM120.00 instead of RM150.00 because the boss said, "you're too small!". I've paid 50% deposit for that. Anyway, I will be getting my trousers done by 19th September he said.

There was a rather rich lady in the shop stared at me a couple of times when she looked at Granny and I, with a... cynical look. Her eyes almost asked me: "Do you have enough money?" Well, I couldn't really blame it on her could I? I was wearing my short pants and normal tee and Granny was wearing a simple cotton trousers and cotton shirt. We must'd looked poor to her, or maybe she'd looked too rich for us. Either way, it was none of my business.

On next Tuesday, Sook Jean and I are planning to watch Piranha in MBO since most of her friends are too scared to watch with her. On that day, I will shop for my shirt and tie. I will try my very best to find something which is nice and cheap.

Consumerism

WARNING: This post is (quite) radical. So, if you are a type of mellow person who follows according to status quo, please leave. (

Skip the upper part and just get to the gist if you are bored with the acts

)

con·sum·er·ism

   [kuhn-soo-muh-riz-uhm] Show IPA

–noun

1.

a modern movement for the protection of the consumeragainst useless, inferior,

or dangerous products, misleadingadvertising, unfair pricing, etc.

Section 14. Gifts, prizes, free offers, etc.

(1) No person shall offer any gift, prize or other free item -

(a) with the intention of not providing it; or

(b) with the intention of not providing it as offered.

(2) No person shall in offering any gift, prize or other free item with the purchase of any goods or services,

whether or not contingent on the purchase of other goods or

services -

(a) charge more than the regular price for the goods or services to be purchased; or

(b) reduce the quantity or quality of the goods or services to be purchased.

(3) A person who offers a gift, prize or other free item may impose any reasonable condition on the offer.

(4) Where a person imposes a condition on the offer, he shall -

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(a) describe the condition clearly;

(b) ensure that the description of the condition is conspicuously placed near the expression "free" or "free

offer", as the case may be; and

(c) ensure that the print of the description of the condition is at least half as large as the print used for the

expression "free" or "free offer".

(5) For the purposes of this section -

"free" or "free offer" includes any expression of similar meaning;

"regular price" means the price at which similar goods or services are regularly sold on the market.

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Above are the definition of the word and an Act of the word. What I have experienced today:

1. A lady in a convenience store has totally violated the citation of the act I've provided, Part II section 14.

These are her offenses:

1. She has taken out the seal logo of Dom's box

2. She has taken out the individual gifts which are of status quo, in the box and sells them separately

3. She has offended me in a rude manner - her speech

My offenses:

1. I was loud by saying, "I shall not come here again," to my cousin in law who was with me just to let the manager hear me.

2. I was even louder by saying, "This person (manager) is really..." to him outside the premise.

3. I was shouting on the way to my car by saying, "This is bloody insane!" and my cousin shushed me there and then.

Well, I could simply be charged due to:

1. public embarrassment to the manager

2. public harassment for shouting

But hey, these were less than 5 minutes. I doubt the manager would have such a mind to charge me due to these offenses.

These are more than enough that I shall lodge a report to Negeri Sembilan Consumer's Association. Please, readers. I am telling all of you here, if ever you are being cheated for any offense, please do lodge a report. Although I am only 17 years old, does that mean my rights as a valid and legal customer be violated? It's surely a resounding no! Stand up for yourselves, people. We can make a change. As the saying goes, customers always right.

PS: See, I told you. I am radical, but for the right cause.

What I've done?

I woke up at 10am. Went down and greeted Granny. I was supposed to prepare breakfast for us today and so I did. Sadly this time, it didn't turn out well. Sigh. Anyway, I went to do my blood check up for Hepatitis B screening and blood grouping. Doctor said that I will get my result within next week.

Swabbed wound and (very much) oxidised blood.

See, although the wound is rather small, it delivered huge pain. I'm not being a sissy, but yeah. I do have rights to say it really hurts. Try it, you'll know that I am not being sissy. And later, my left arm appears a little swollen. Or wait... are those my muscles???

Today's tasks

1. Clean room (checked)

2. Cook tom yum soup (checked)

3. Call Sunway (checked)

4. Read Mark and New Moon

5. Photocopy Commonwealth cert

1. Clean room

Mess all over my room. Clockwise from top left:

Status quo, extra heaps from downstairs, extra heap on my room's floor (also status quo) and categorizing the heaps.

It took me about 1 hour 10 minutes to clear off this mess!

2. Cook tom yum soup

It was very nice, indeed. I'm not trying to say my cooking's nice, but it really was enjoyable. Unique taste (I'm saying this positively).

3. Call Sunway college for my interview inquiry

I've tried on both numbers but there were no replies. Was 3pm too late for them? Man, if ever this college lags with such petty issue, I can't imagine how bad would it be. First impression counts, OK? Besides, I called them because the email that was sent to me lacks of vital informations. I think I should call them earlier tomorrow then.

4. Read Mark and New Moon

I'm on the second book of the New Testament, that's Mark. Currently in chapter 2. I've finished the 10th chapter of New Moon last night, when I couldn't sleep. Proceeding to the next chapter. I think in this chapter Edward will come back for Bella. I dunno... Just making a wild guess.

5. Photocopy Commonwealth cert

Meh, Mrs. Poga still can wait. I only need to give her that copy when school reopens. Which is on the 15th. I'm reluctant to go out just to do ONE sole task, anyway.

PS: Adeline Woo, this will be for you to work it out! Thanks in advance. We'll talk on MSN tonight, yeah.

Awesome sarcasm!

A girl needs a blood transfusion, so her boyfriend gives her his. Months later they break up, and he wants his blood back. So she hands him a tampon and says she'll make monthly payments.

http://likeslikes.fanobo.com/p.php?p=137

To whom it may concern

Finally these things start knocking on my door. People who have faith in me, I thank you so very much for your continuous support. Taylor's interview was fine for me although some crap happened before my session. I was able to overcome it after washing my face in the toilet.

One for all, all for one!

There were many great things that I have discovered since my trial examination was over.

30/8/2010

Independence for us, and we've celebrated it in Salmah Beevi. 10.30pm to 1 something in the morning. Come on, it's countdown for MERDEKA!!!

These were my mates, we were all waiting for our gang to send us message telling they were there before we start moving. Credits to Amir's dad. Although he was tired, he still sent us three there. Thanks, uncle!

Well, here they were. My huge gang of Ixora (except Jac, the one on the bottom left but yeah, who cares? We accept her whole-heartedly, so shut up, people!). Never we were this close all these while.

Gopinath's birthday cake and him weeping (I think or... Was it candid?) He's a Merdeka Baby. Sadly, instead of doing countdown for Merdeka, we were all too busy on how to light the candles up... It was 12.01am already. So, too bad then, eh? Sigh... Well, after that we continued talking and after Kamini had left with Charlene at around 12.50am, we started talking business - Surprise farewell party for her on Wednesday. That was her last day in Malaysia as she had migrated to Toronto, Canada already. I hope she's fine now!!!

1/9/2010

Kamini's farewell surprise operation. Last minute preparation, actually... REALLY last minute preparation. I'd received Louisa's message early morning, asking me to bring guitar and so I brought. Surprisingly, our lyrics (Seasons in the Sun) were not done yet. Lucky Kamini was busy doing her Bio papers (re-sit). So, we had time until 12.30pm to sort out all those mess.

Our crew of farewell surprise. See, I told you, it was all last-minute jobs.

And THIS was our end-product!

Our crew moving in a line quietly into Bio lab and cam-whored there while waiting impatiently for Kamini to finish her experiment. By look at the amount of things that we could actually do, just explained how long it took for her to finish her experiments up!! Man... All of us were like, "Why the hell is she so slow? All of us has told her which to read and which not!"

Finally, here all of us were. Doing a group shot! Kamini stood behind me, if you ever wonder whom she was.

2/9/2010

I had a heart-to-heart talk with Aruna and Jia Yao (on separate occasions). Both who I really enjoy spending time with. Nice people, nice sessions. Jia Yao had advised me not to read other people's mind like how I always do. They need some privacy, he said. Well then I retorted, how would I not when the book's already opened for me? Nevertheless, I'll try to shut my mouth about what I've read, from now on. I think that's better, eh?

That covers all important things about my school life this week.