Category Archives: Rants

My Office Desktop!

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It’s time again for me to show off, so check out my cool Office Desktop! It’s also linked from my About Me! page!

How’s my life? Life should be good. It’s the holidays. So why is it not good? Life is not good because the perception of you that everyone has agreed upon has finally dawned upon you. You may think you’re a saint, but when people assume you slaughter goats, you have to take action. You may think the line is drawn a mile away from where you are, but you might need your eyes checked.

In my case, it finally dawned upon me, seriously, of my arrogance. My deliverance of certain sentences, with certain intonations, give the impression that was not intended. To say that I sometimes don’t intend it either would be a lie. For once, the deadpan sarcasm I once looked so high upon has betrayed me. I used to think deadpan sarcasm and a straight face was funnier than a punchline done with a smile. Sure, the joke told may be of more humorous value, but most people don’t get my jokes. 🙁

I have to rant. At least I didn’t jump out of the psychiatrist’s office window.

Cut Across Dotted Line

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I’ve been lazy lately, but not so lazy just a few hours ago – I added dotted lines, using CSS, to all the posts in the Cross-worded skin!

This also means that future skins will look more formatted and pretty! 🙂

Why can’t I see the dots?

Well, the dots are supposed to be quite dim, but still visible (unless you have a dark monitor.)

Screw that. How’s life?

Life is weird. I finally got what I saw coming, a bit late, but still expected. People do certain things, knowing what kind of trouble it will get them into, but still do it. I just sat and waited. Is “wrong” so common in our society, that catching it comes with complacence?

I’ve always considered myself mischieviously evil, not evil in a diabolical way. Now that I can consider myself both, I don’t find it all that fun. It’s always the chase, the pursuit, that is most fun. Run, legs, run. Don’t stop running, or you’ll have to pant and gasp for air. Or, on a more contemporary example, arcade racing. Who likes being far ahead on a one-lap course? If there’s nobody to overtake, what’s the fun? If you can’t catch up to their backs when they’re one lap behind, there is no point already.

Maybe I am lazy to be the first, to be at the top, because they can then say “push the goal further away“. There’s just so much it can be pushed, especially at the end. Maybe you’ll go achieve, study 5 different courses at the same time and graduate with 5 different degrees of the most popular courses. And then what? Study more? You’re not done yet – there are so many sciences left! If you’re like that, I just wish you good luck in the pursuit.

Oh, and I’ve added 3 new Quotes. Enjoy their incisive wit!

My Parasite

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It’s fair to say that I’ve a flair to share
Goodwill to spill – just chill, I’ll foot the bill
Don’t split a hair – I’ll repair, I’ll be there
To climb uphill, to fulfil is my thrill
Feed those in need, it’s a kind-hearted deed
You’re waged? Give some to the disadvantaged
Then you come, like a weed, I’d heed your plead
The page turned, I raged as you hedged the ledge
The smallest you’d keep best close to your breast
The cheap facts you would keep deep inside, steep
You’d test my cranial nest when I need rest
Your queried beeps make me weep in my sleep
No lack of zinc, yet my hair’s turning white
In foresight it’s right – you’re my parasite

Meet Kleptoman… iac!

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I’ve updated my Lyrics section, adding Caught For Stealing – Kleptoman! I’ve also bolded the more satirical of my lyrics so you know which is more serious and which is more, uh, funny?

The closest I’ve gotten to lyric modifier Weird ‘Al’ Yankovic was this song, Crime Pays – Absolutely Must Watch. Nothing else comes closer to popular mass media satire.

Gripe of the day: People who always can’t make it.

You know these people. You may even be one of them.

I can make it. Seldom do I say I will make it, and don’t; I seldom say that I can’t make it, either. I’m not tied down by:

– A boy-girl relationship (though I wouldn’t mind ;P )
– College (well so maybe I’m smart)
– Work (I can afford to skip, hehe)
– Parents (I’m a guy, I have a handphone, and I have the house keys!)
– Transport

The last part especially peeves me. I don’t have a driving license, and haven’t started learning. I turned old enough to have a license since the second day of work, and I haven’t had the time to go get out and get one.

And yet, I can go to any shopping mall in town. Here’s a localized example of areas:

Kuala Lumpur City Centre – there’s an subway train right below it, duh!
Bintang Walk area – a train station is a 5 minute walk away.
Midvalley Megamall – another train station a 10 minute walk away, or a 10 minute bus ride from yet another train station.
Sunway Pyramid/Subang Parade – a feeder bus ride from a train station.

The point is that public transport is there! The train station isn’t just there to look pretty, yes? Those raised tracks in the city are not aqueducts (water-carrying drains) but train tracks!

Then, you have buses. Buses are a bit more dinky and smoky and smelly and stuffy, and naturally cooled, but still, it gets you to a popular place!

Last but not least them taxis. The bus or train won’t go all the way, but a taxi would.

“My parents won’t let me go – it’s not safe!”

If you’re fairly street smart, you can take the LRT (high-speed, high-frequency train). It covers the whole city area, and a bit beyond. If you’re worried about being groped or pickpocketed, try to get a seat.

Finally, I leave you with some tips:

How to get a seat in a crowded train

Take the train to the end of the track! (Even if that’s the opposite direction of where you’re going!) Since most people get off before the end, you can get a seat easily!

How to get in an elevator that has lots of people waiting (This I learnt from college!)

Usually, the ground floor of my college will have loads of students waiting to go to the 8th-11th floor, but when the elevator arrives, it can only fit so many people. So how? Take a walk up one or two floors, then take the elevator down!

Sigh. I’ve typed too much for now. Go rest your eyes!

Cross-worded

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I am cross-worded, with my new skin, Crosswords! Before this it was the Red Brick skin.

My language has become so slurry, so mangled, this is what came out in inspiration. This is, of course, a metaphorical, artist’s-representation view of what has become of my brain! A 90 degree turn and they all click!

I’ve added two links in my About Me section to some people who seem to be more deserving of website hits that I do. 😛

I’ve also added a whole bunch of Quotes, of all sorts. Just see if you can spot them; I’m too lazy to list them out here. Yes, lazy I am. Lazy is the second letter of my name.

Philosophical brain farting here:

There is so much hate and yet so much happiness when I type. I was feeling all worked out half a day ago, but I am at peace now. What peeves me is not that I was worked out, but that I lost it my worked-up-ness too soon. I didn’t even get to vent it! When I saw those people, the victims, all was forgotten. It seems like I can’t stay pissed long enough to address the problem. Sure, it’s a good thing, but it’s weird knowing that, like a nightmare. Just wake up and it’s all gone.

I was even supposed to blog about at least 3 peeves, but I soon lost the anger; the burning can’t-sleep fire to write about those 3 things. Geez. With the lack of anger, you guys must think I have become a teenybopper once again. I even gave a free CD to my sister, who nonchalantly asked me much much later where I got it. (She was hooked on to Dawson’s Creek at that time.) In fact, that CD is staring at me right now, lying near the monitor. I think to myself – are Steps dead?

What happens to pop acts if they don’t release ‘Greatest Hits’ albums? If releasing a ‘Greatest Hits’ is any indication of short-livedness, then I am glad, for Westlife has released that! (I know, the Backstreet Boys released their ‘Greatest Hits’ too, but I liked BSB much better than a bunch of weenie Irish copycats!)

The Chase

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At times I wonder if I should pursue
Or give up the chasing, go home and cry
Am I worth or is an overhaul due?
At my current state, should I even try?
I’ve lost my power, I run for cover
I need a fortitude of confidence
I’m outweighed, outswayed, beat by the better
Knocked out cold; sullen is my appearance
There could be a shortcut; a detour
But I’m not familiar with the roads here
I could not find a friend at this hour
They’re competitors now; that is my fear
I’m pressured to reach the finishing line
But I fear that this racetrack is not mine

Life Is Good.

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Everything was fine, all was in order
Until one bleak day came this disarray
Lecturers had played with the scheduler
Credit hours doubled, to our dismay
You guessed it, college schedules were clashing
Making me go every day of the week
No chance to go out, no chance for resting
Calamity and free time’s all I seek
The person who designed my timetable
Ought to reshuffle or taste the gravel

Back. For Good?

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“Even heroes have the right to bleed” – Five For Fighting, Superman

So I usually don’t use other people’s quotes in my blog. So I don’t even use my quotes in my blog consistently. I originally planned to, anyway – I’d write a quote, and talk all about it, and the events/stories that happened that made me coin that quote. My blog was supposed to be like that.

Where have I been? Why haven’t I blogged? Simple. As of late, I was destressing a different way – playing computer games, be it Max Payne, Quake 3 Arena Instagib, Counter-Strike, or even the dangerously addictive Spider Solitaire.

I’d come home with a weird feeling of having not accomplished anything, like something was not right. Nothing was wrong, but I still felt that the air was uncalm. I’d come back with low self-esteem, with a strong feeling to rant (and blog!) but I went for computer games. I forgot about blogging temporarily.

It was a trained reflex. While waiting for my computer to connect to the Internet, I’d play Spider Solitaire instead of doing something more productive. Whenever I got stuck, or braindead, I’d load up Hard difficulty and prove once again that that was a lesson in futility. That was not good.

Back to the topic – me! (Who else?) I’ve been feeling depressed lately, on and off, over a few SMSes, and over certain incidents. No particular incident was solely responsible for me being down; it was a few totally unrelated incidents coming together in ironic ways to give me a combined message.

Only now I can write about it. Why? My computer is still too slow for the games I want to play. I am seriously considering a major upgrade, once I know precisely what to get.

But then again, having a slow computer (a 486 for 6 years until the end of 1998!) helped me develop my skills as a programmer and debugger.

I haven’t been online on my home PC for a week. My siblings have screwed the phone bill with their daily Neopet feeding. I don’t just hate the site because it’s addictive, I hate it because I may someday have to take part in such a huge-scale project.

Ugh. I just took a Spider Solitaire break. I have to dissasociate boredom and slow connections with Windows games.

Drat – I can’t even remember what I wanted to type, having spanned this over thunder and a whole day of sleep! Nevermind then, enjoy my latest article, My First Clubbing Experience!

Singlehood Pains

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Is it that great to be single?

These are the wonderings of a guy who has been single all his life. Serious. He’s never had a girlfriend. Excuse? Never had the courage to make a move, or the targets were taken.

Why savor being single?

Who the heck has the right to say that being single is better than being in a relationship? If you think you do, you’ve had sucky relationships (which explains why you’re single, ha!) Sure, it’s easy for someone who’s been in and out of relationships to say, “Hey, having a girlfriend sucks!” How about those who’ve been single all their lives? They’d have no right to say that, never knowing what a relationship is like. I say have at least one relationship first, then only say, “Guys suck! I’m never gonna go out with one, much less look at one!” It would be just like saying, “I like being single because I’ve never had a relationship and wouldn’t know which is better.”

Try before you cry.

Soulmates?

“There’s no such thing!” I’m sure you’ve heard that lecture everytime the word comes out. Soulmates are just conjured words from the modern day talispeople (is that right?) who write your horoscopes. Most girls will just call their current infatuation their soulmate because of some minor coincidences, then break up and say that he was not the one. Not the soulmate. The next boyfriend will then take over the role of ‘soulmate’. To some, soulmates are just another word for boyfriends!

Jilted?

Yep. That’s what’s holding them back. Don’t give me that lame excuse that you’re never gonna go after the opposite sex again because you were rejected or dumped! There are over 6 billion humans in the world, and at least 45% (I think) of the world’s population are of the opposite sex! So what if you’ve been dumped? If you can’t take rejection, that’s okay. Nobody really does. The important part is to move on. You will meet other people. You will have a crush all over again. Your hormones will ensure that you do. If you’re ugly, you’ll grow out of it, or develop skills that will earn you enough to buy you makeup, or plastic surgery.

Hmm I think I just dissed the facially-unattractive crowd, so here’s a vanity quote I want you people who think you’re too ugly for the world to recite:

“I’m not good-looking; I just need less makeup to look good.”

Think positive thoughts! =]

(If you want to whack me up now, remember I share your singlehood pains!)