want to watch a pencil disappear?

You know what ? I tried to write a good movie review of The Dark Knight but I just couldn’t. Just go watch the damned movie and you’ll thank me for it.

July 24, 2008 | Filed Under movies | 14 Comments 

Dragonball Movie Poster

I don’t want to judge a movie by a poster … but OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS IS GONNA RAPE OUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND PISS ON OUR DEAD BODIES!

What the FUCK is Akira Toriyama thinking ??!!

July 20, 2008 | Filed Under geekery | 12 Comments 

My 25th Birthday

Grass

Wink

Thingie from Sherlene

The boys

The Girls

Sherlene and me

July 17, 2008 | Filed Under photos | 9 Comments 

Whoah! I’m 25 now

I was born 25 years ago on this day. Seems like a big number doesn’t it ? No longer a young adult, I’m on the other side of the 20s now. I don’t really feel any different on this particular day, but the past year has been a year of growth for me.

One year ago, I was alone in my room with no phone, internet or any friends. That was a horrible birthday, but I lived through it. This year I have a cold and I had to cancel a dinner but at least Sherlene kept me company. (She was the one who passed the flu to me in the first place!)

So let’s see, what’s happened over the past year ?

I guess what I really learnt from all this is that I’m no longer scared of growing up. I always had apprehensions about being an adult because I was scared of being boring and working for the ‘machine’ of society. It’s either the movies I’ve watched, or the books I’ve read, which always potrayed adulthood as mundane and meaningless. All that gen-x bullshit is really producing a lazy generation! I can’t believe I procrastinated all these years and finally woke up.

I’m glad to say that I’ve never been happier in my life.

Well, I’m heading to the park to read a book or something, just a quiet day out since I’m not feeling too well. Hopefully some sunshine will do the trick.

Also, I’m heading back to Malaysia for 2 weeks (15 July to 1 August).

July 12, 2008 | Filed Under life | 17 Comments 

the happy goat

July 9, 2008 | Filed Under comics | 13 Comments 

the inquiring mind

I believe the difference between man and animal is the ability to reason. Our ability to think beyond our senses and to rationalize has brought us humans this far in history. It is this aspect of the human condition that I believe is the greatest strength of our species.

As children, we experience our surroundings for the first time with wonder. Do you remember that ? When everything was new and the simplest thing can make you happy ? Unfortunately as we grow up, we lose this sense of wonder and everything becomes mundane. Why is that so ?

My theory is that we start compartmentalizing everything we know into distinct ‘categories’, oversimplifying and stereotyping. When we experience something new, we think we’ve experienced it before and thus come up with our theories about it. What it should be and what it shouldn’t. Some may call it cynicism, but I’ll call it narrow-mindedness.

When things happen the way we expect, it ‘cements’ our idea about that experience. If it doesn’t, we get dissapointed and reject it because we don’t understand it. Or worse still, we make up myths about what the new experience is about. Examples ? Pretending that thunder comes from Thor’s hammer. Fire comes from the gods. Or that the world was made in 7 days.

Truth is, we have to admit that we don’t know so much about our world, and that we need to find out more about it. Socrates once said, “a wise man is he who knows that he knows nothing”. Profound words, my friends.

Let’s face the truth people, we are not as open minded as we think. Put aside all your prejudices and preconceived notions and your world will be a happier place. The only thing constant about the world, is that it’s always changing, and that all our old fears are probably misplaced.

So inquire! explore! make mistakes! ask questions!

Look at the world around you with new eyes. Take the time, and you will find that everything you thought you knew, you just took for granted!

July 7, 2008 | Filed Under life | 10 Comments 

new blog layout

I’ve been thinking about changing my blog layout for a while now. I actually stuck with the previous one for 2 years with slight changes here and there. Then this morning I woke up with this in my head:

“Final Fantasy. Wings. Red. 3 column”.

Voila ! New blog layout!

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under geekery | 20 Comments 

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