The Enlightened Friend

Having a conversation with a friend who finally saw for herself what it meant to truly and fully understand herself is amazing.

The purity, the joy, the simple straightforwardness of everything is just mind-blowing. I am glad I had a part to play in this awakening of a soul once lost and trampled upon. In her words, like a 'phoenix rising from the ashes'. Ah yes, how often do have the opportunity to be that phoenix, or at least to witness such a wondrous moment? Hardly ever, I'd say.

Anyhow, I'm glad she has been 'reborn' and that she is also the proud recipient of the SK-V effect.
(mwahahaha...it's an inside joke, I don't think any of you would understand this. Heehee~)

I look forward to the amazing results that are going to be created! =)

A Magic card for Singaporean males...

I was checking out the new Rise of the Eldrazi Magic: The Gathering set, and it was inside the Visual Spoiler that I found something quite funny, and close to the heart. This card is something that I think a lot of who have served National Service before would be fondly (or not) familiar with.

Funny right? Imagine this was the 'extra duty' slapped onto you by your Encik back in the day. And you literally took on the role of a 'defender' of your camp, and stood there watching, guarding...GUARD DUTYING...so to speak.

Well, it is a simple and interesting concept. I'm always amazed how the people at WotC churn out new card ideas, time and time again. I wish I knew their secret of how to be so creative, to such a point where they have actually managed to keep the game running since 1993! Pretty amazing stuff man...

Awright, time for bed.
Time to jump ship babes!

Cheerios! =)

Testing Testing...

I honestly hope this works...always wanted to be able to post on the go. Hehs.

Things We Have to Leave Behind

Sometimes, it really sucks watching the people you care about continue to suffer while you make plans to move to another, supposedly better place. It truly isn't easy because you constantly have to balance between being happy about the move and the level of sensitivity you accord to your friends.

It's not the best of feelings. It's a little like last year when I went to Denmark. Alas, my FIRST trip up to Europe was for a reason so sad and unhappy.

There are times when life plays this kind of cruel joke on us (in varying degrees of severity, of course) just to test our mettle, grace, compassion, dignity and above all else, knowing what is the RIGHT thing to do at all times.

Knowing what is the 'right' thing to do is something I'd like to think all of humans try to do every single day.

Well, I'm determined to keep figuring out, keep trying, keep persisting in doing the RIGHT thing. =)

Testing Testing...

I honestly hope this works...always wanted to be able to post on the go. Hehs.

TIME FOR A MOVE...

Here we go man...

Mwhahahahaa

I'm SOOO SCREWED!!!

Why? Because my IT lady, Maureen just taught me how to have some fun with my iMac during lunchtime!

She just showed me Photo Booth! (Camwhore alert!) I know I must seem very SUAKU (means very backward and not with the times), but the iMac is really quite exciting for me. I think I may actually contemplating converting to an iMac!

How how how? LOL...

Cover your eyes folks, cos there are some self-pics coming up. Heh.

Alright...that's enough for now...

DEFINITELY getting enrolled into getting a Mac now. Damn it! (it's a good kind of 'damn it' though)


*BEAMS*

On My Way...

...to being an iMac convert!!!

I know I haven't been blogging often, but that's solely because I have been really busy! (REALLY!)

However, today marks a momentous milestone in my career where I receive for FREE (somewhat for free), a brand new iMac!

It's HUGE, it's SHINY, it's FAST, it's HUGE...wait, I said that already. Well, I'm sure all of you get my drift. =P

Of course, I have... PICTURES!!! Check it out...

The Wireless Keyboard

The Magic Mouse

and let's not forget...the main attraction...

iMac!!!

Alrighty, I'm a happy camper today! Time for me to GET TO WORK! Mwahahahhaa! =)

My First Blog Post off my E72!!!

Just finished tuition! now time to head and do my cleaning before the big day comes... :)

Here it comes...

Today is the day!

I can't wait....

(SUPER PSYCHED UP right now!)

*beams*

AirMail from Wizards!

So I finished leading Coach Training yesterday, and was on my way home. I remembered I had to check my mail, because I had not done so in a long while. The amazing thing, that made my night (or day, since it was already past midnight), was mail...from the US... with a Wizards of the Coast logo in the top left corner of the envelope! Wootz!

*cue feeling of happiness and excitement washing throughout physical and emotional body*

Along with that piece of geeky bliss-dom, were the usual bills too... -_-''' SO, I said to myself that I would pay all my bills first, then treat myself to the opening of THE MAIL FROM WIZARDS. Hee.
And that is exactly what I did this morning.

*DISCLAIMER: You are allowed to skip the next bit, because it's totally self-indulgent, extremely geeky (because of the common interest and/or specialized knowledge required to understand and appreciate my excitement), and to sum it up in a most Singaporean way - 'bo liao'. =)

A preliminary analysis of said envelope

 

The FRONT and the BACK of the envelope.

Key features of said envelope

Return Address, should the envelope be undelivered

 

The hallowed Wizards of the Coast logo & address!

Opening of the envelope

 

I obviously didn't have a letter opener, so a short 15cm plastic ruler had to suffice.

 

I take a slight (ever so masochistic) peek at the contents, just to make it all the sweeter!

The GOODS

 

ALL THE GOODS TOGETHER!

Beautiful letterhead, don't you think?

FRONT & BACK of my (at long last) HARD PLASTIC DCI Membership card!

Text-less, full-art cards! *swoons*

Bigger-than-usual WorldWake card!

CHECK OUT the difference in size man...shiok!

I do feel 'rewarded' for playing in all the tourneys and what not. It's pretty damn cool to receive stuff from overseas. Yay for me! =)

I will be there at the Pre-release this weekend. Ciao everyone! =)

PS: All cards have been returned to the envelope and we are pleased to inform you that no animals were hurt or compromised in the construction of the Magic cards, or this blog spot.

(Backdated) GASTRONOMY!

I LOVE PICTURE BLOGGING!

Mindless, therapeutic uploading of photos! Yay!

Go get HUNGRYYYYYYY! =)

Tears...

occur for many reasons:

1. Happiness/Joy
2. Sadness
3. Anger
4. Dust in the eyes
5. Onions
6. Pepper spray
7. Regret
8. Frustration
9.

Blah blah blah...you get it...the list is endless.

However, for me right now, the main thing bugging me is this.

BOREDOM.

Tears of boredom...

An experience so vile and disgusting, that it should not be experienced.

(Fuck, I'm obviously don't know what I am talking crap...)

原来。。。

这是你的真面目。

陶喆-普通朋友

等待
我随时随地在等待
做你感情上的依赖
我没有任何的疑问
这是爱
我猜
你早就想要说明白
我觉得自己好失败
从天堂掉落到深渊
多无奈
我愿意改变(what can i do?)
重新再来一遍(just give me a chance)
我无法只是普通朋友
感情已那么深
叫我怎么能收手
但你说
i only want to be your friend
做个朋友
我在
你心中只是just a friend
不是情人
我感激你对我这样的坦白
但我给你的爱暂时收不回来
so i
我不能只是be your friend
i just can't be your friend
no,no,no,
我不能只是做你的朋友
不能只是做普通朋友

Lessons of Life

...come in many forms. Here are some of mine:

1. the lyrics of a song
2. the lyrics of yet another song
3. a great night out on the town
4. the slightly heated debate with another person
5. casting a spell on a horde of enemies inside a video game
6. looking into yourself
7. hugging a person
8. opening my heart to a person
9. smiling at someone
10. reading the thoughts of another
11. anticipating a great weekend ahead
12. listening to another person's story
13. sharing my own story
14. a movie
15. making up with someone
16. making out with someone (this one, I have not done in awhile.)
17. dirty dancing
18. cooking for close friends
19. cooking for someone special


I'm sure there are more lah...but that's all for now...

True Geekiness!

This is the kind of talk the nerds in the Big Bang Theory engage in. Which would entail that I too am a nerd! All hail Nerd-dom! :)

me: hahaha

  yeah, and i say your geeky FB status abt Naruto!

  lol

  saw*

 Karl: YEAH

  SO COOL

  i wish more people would do stuff like that

  i mean tie in their local myths with modern stuff

10:58 AM and actually make it cool

10:59 AM me: but they didnt really tie anything in right?

  isnt it just the name?

  (or did i miss something?)

11:01 AM Karl: well, the names of the two eye techniques are tsukiyomi and amaterasu right?

11:02 AM they came from both eyes of izanagi

  amaterasu is the sun god, which is the unending fire technique

  tsukiyomi is for the moon

  which kind of ties in with time

11:03 AM and the tsukiyomi is sort of a time technique in that it traps the victim in a illusion where time is not a factor

11:04 AM it's like redefining the local myths for a new generation

  geek gush!

 me: This gChat conversation deserves to be blogged about

11:05 AM lol

 Karl: ahaha

11:06 AM yeah, take a look at final fantasy too

  lotsa mythological references

  so when you think about it, naruto is really well researched

  you can also argue that it's well written!

Inspiring!

http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

The Mystery of the Plastic Ninja Turtle Figurine (Part 2)

I give up.

I tried my best, and analyzed the situation with my colleagues, but all the probable candidates have been eliminated. I have spoken with them personally, and they have all given me 'NO' as their answer. So, barring that any of them may have lied to me, I am back to square one, with no 'suspect' anymore.

These are the remaining possibilities:

1. I have a secret admirer.
2. I have a stalker.
3. Someone thinks I am a 乌龟王八蛋 (wu gui wang ba dan, meaning jerk/bastard) and has decided on this mode of communication to get that point across.

Sigh, I honestly HATE not knowing...and it's not even funny anymore.

Ah well...Donatello will just have to stay put, on the cubicle wall then.

The Mystery of the Plastic Ninja Turtle Figurine

Here's something strange.

Today's the first day of work for 2010, and I just arrived in office right?

So I'm on the phone with my colleague, and after we hang up, I notice something really strange on my cubicle wall. There's this plastic figurine of a Ninja Turtle (Yes, I'm talking about the turtles that mutated because of mutagen, and were trained by a similarly mutated rat master to be competent shinobi). It comes complete with a bo staffwhich spins around when you press a button on the back of the figurine.

So now I have this strange figurine on my table, and I have no idea who was the person who placed it there. was it meant as a gift? Was it meant as a warning? Was it meant as a joke? I have NO IDEA.

I DO however, have some suspects. But they aren't around today. So I shall wait till tomorrow. For now, I shall live with this mystery, and ponder upon it. LOL.

Here's the weird part: I'm NOT a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but I did watch their cartoons religiously when I was younger. The funny thing is, my favourite turtle has always been Donatello (A. He's smart. B. His weapon of choice is a bo staff, and staffs are one of my favourite weapons.), and this particular figurine, is a figurine of Donatello. Soooo strange...

*cue Twlight Zone music*