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2011-01-09T12:01:00.003+08:00

Who YOU rather see writing is the latest digital single released by Cold RTW . The track features Haniero RTW and is composed by Fadd RTW. Despite pursuing solo, this shows RTW are still as close as before. With this latest release, Cold hopes to understand his fans as he has been on hiatus for quite some time. What are you waiting for?!

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TwoZeroOneOne

2011-01-01T04:31:00.006+08:00

RTW's here, not missing out on the action, to wish you Happy New Year.

♥ Cold, Dan, Haniero, Fadd & Hippiestatik.

Life goes on.

2010-12-23T18:13:00.004+08:00

It has indeed been a while. No, this isn't a welcome back entry or goodbye post. Let's start with the basic introduction. I'm Fadd(left). I guess amongst all the other writers, i have the most time on hand since I'm on Bloc leave. So I'll be providing some gossips, rumors and current updates about what's going about lately.

Looking at the last backdated post, it's on September 2009. A lot happened by then, and life, as we all know it, goes on. Cold who has been working when he started out writing, is still at it. Contented with his new lease of life, he expressed that he couldn't be happier. When asked if he would return to write during his free time recently, he said, " If the readers did wait a year, why not wait another?" So Cold, is that a hint that you might return in the near future? & to everyone's dismay, he revealed that he is the only writer who doesn't have a frequent email, MSN messenger nor the ever popular Facebook. Is this really the end for RTW?

Dan & Hippiestatik are finally out in the civilian world after completing their services to the nation. They can now breathe and have wasted no time in securing a place in the working society like Cold. It's a rat-race, ladies and gentlemen, to the finish. Who knows you may see them in Woodlands & Yishun respectively while they are on duty?

Don, despite his mysterious disappearance, has been integral personnel for your night life entertainment down south. Having left the army much earlier than any of us, he joined the working force aiming to climb his way up the social ladder. And he did. Who knows, if you happen to go down south and party for the NYE's countdown, you might be served by him. Don't forget to smile and tip him!

While at it, Haniero & yours truly are still servants to the republic. If you happen to have any friends in Maju Camp, ask around. Who knows, you might have found another possible mutual friend. Yay! While I have around 9 more months before the Jerusalem bell rings about my freedom, Haniero has exactly a year before his time is over. Till then, we'll just have to put up with more outfields & the upcoming dreaded A-TEC.

Lastly, Anti-Hero has been missing in action and we have yet to make contact ever since. Like a fugitive, he is seldom contactable and always on the move. Last heard was he's entering National Service but that was a few months back. Wherever he may be, let's pray for his safety.

Unfortunately, as years past by, age catches up. Next year, we will all be 23. Caught in the drift of the rapid and intense pace of what i call the rat-race. While some of them has already found life partners, some are still searching their purpose in life. We may or may not come back, that entirely depends on the amount of time we have to spare. We are contactable via other means if you have to bug us to update. No promises though. You just need to ask. With that, I conclude this meaningless post with our gratitude for your loyalty. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all of ya. Till then.

4th Comeback

2009-09-16T01:27:00.002+08:00

Good morning everyone. It's been quite some time since i last gripe eh? It's been almost 9 whole months since i last wrote here. To think there are still readers who want us to continue. That's really amazing. Well then, i won't be starting something too serious today but instead, i'll give a slide update on all the writers we have or used to have.

Let's do it in alphabetical order so first up is Anti-Hero. He's currently busy with gigs and concerts as he's the sound master. He graduated last April and gave up writing a long time ago.

Next is me, Cold. I'm going to start writing again. I'm not working for the Law firm anymore. I am now a full time jobseeker and yes, as what i wrote in the tagboard, my real's name Hashim. It really kills off the mysteries of the writer. I'm the one with the long "exciting" posts.

Then we have Dan. He's serving the nation for a year now and he too gave up writing a long time ago.

We continue with Don; not to be confused with Dan - take note of the difference in the vowel. He's ORDed and is now working. Call me. Yeah, same as above, gave up writing a long time ago.

Fadd is up next. He's serving right now and will be a week old recruit come Friday. He's the one who did all these graphics and the one with multiple sites to his credit.

Then comes Haniero. That's his pseudonym. His real name is Farhan. Thanks to him, we are having our latest resurrection. The highest in recorded history. And he's the one pushing me to write so i shall oblige. He's also a full time jobseeker as he awaits his turn to provide a time consuming service to the nation.

And last but definitely not the least Hippiestatik. He's around there somewhere, enjoying his life with nary a care in the world. He's with the copppers so knowing him, he can and definitely will bust all your guilty bottoms. But he'll be done in a year's time. He's done with writing as well.

So, to conclude this meaningless updates, aside from me, only Haniero and maybe Fadd will focus their attention to priceless proses for your enjoyment. As for the rest of the writers, at least you're updated with what they're doing. If these updates are not enough for you dear readers, bug Haniero. I'm bad with introductions and updates. Till then, keep on checking this site for "regular" updates...hopefully.

2009-09-06T15:08:00.003+08:00

It's been a long time since the last post by any one of us. So, I have decided to take this task upon myself to get this circus up and running again. First and foremost, I would like to introduce ourselves again should there be new readers out there. My name is Farhan and here I go by the name of Haniero. Was once the 2nd most active member but now no more (till today that is). Our leader here is Hashim aka Cold Sakai. Fadli's the guy who created the pretty pretty background of this site. Heck, he created the whole thing. As you can see there is the long list of names to the left of our site bearing the names of the writers here. Let's just say they are the 'off-site' contributors. Secondly, to all the new readers, please take note that this site is merely a reflection of the writers' opinions and thoughts. When we do write about something, it may project out views that some may not like. However, I would like to stress that whatever content that is posted up here are not of malice, revenge, hatred, discrimination, etc. Rather take what we may write as a point to think about.

So let's get to the main topic of the day. For the past few weeks or months that I have been at home, I have noticed a common thing that have been going on lately. It seems to me that people are getting more stupid. More accurately, people have seem to have lost the sense of prioritising. If my memory holds up well, it was about 2 weeks back when I first saw a news broadcast on TV. I supposed that some of you out there may have heard of it. The bulletin was showing that 2 of our neighbouring countries are in a war of words and pride. Let's just call the 2 countries Malaysia and Indonesia. Apparently, these 2 countries are in argument over a commercial. That commercial was for a 'Malaysia culture-esque' show on another channel. The problem was in that commercial, 'Pendet dancers', a traditional dance originating from Indo, somehow made a cameo appearance on it.

That 10-second-or-so cameo created such an uproar that it created scenes replicable from the G8 meetings. Burning of flags, banners with demands on it. Wow, never knew a dance could be so powerful. I know I know. It is not the dance itself, but more of the identity or culture behind it. Despite that, I really do not see the point of having the President of Indo coming on TV demanding to know what is going on and later on demanding an apology. Not after, the Malaysian Government had already said the comm was made by a 3rd party (a private company). This even brought on the ire of the Indons. Performers, officials are all looking for damages compensation for what have happened. So what had happened? To me it really seems that nothing of a big magnitude have taken place to warrant Indo to take Malaysia to the International Court for.

If really Malaysia had 'plagiarized' something out of Indos culture, they had already stated that it was made by a 3rd party and on top of that, they had already apologise. What more do you want? Besides, if anyone knows their history, in the earlier days of the 'Malay Archipelago', many of the local residents from all the countries have moved countries. So it is only natural for them to bring together their cultural understandings along. This will result in their cultures being infused into the local scene. This is more appropriate to the argument that they had the following week. Yes, it didn't end with the commercial. About a week later, the Indo government blamed the Malaysians of stealing its heritage by showcasing the 'Keris' and 'Batik'. The mind ponders. This isn't just stupid, it's plain ignorant. These two objects don't belong to countries, it belong to its people. Even the Malays here in Singapore are known to have history with those items. Therefore, by claiming a certain piece of history as your own, it is selfish. Even over this, the Indo Government made an official inquiry.

What's more interesting, that is only the build-up to the main point. A few days ago, I was watching the same news broadcast. This time they were showing the homeless and the destitute on the streets of Jakarta. It is heart-wrenching to see the appalling state that those people have to live with. Most of their livelihood comes from the handouts and donations from passers-by. Doing a good deed nourishes the soul I say. However, the next day I heard that the Mufti (religion head of state) releases a Fatwa (order equivalent), stating that asking or giving of donations is Haram (against religion). It was shocking needlees to say. The very idea of it is against the teachings of the religion. God encourages helping the needy and the like. So, making it wrong to do, who or what does that make you?

This weird trend is unsettling to me. It is happening even of the societal scale. People are too engrossed with the materialistic world that they are willing to do whatever it may cost them. Children sending their elderly parents to elderly home as taking of them at home takes up too much time, too much money, too much space. Parents chasing their kids away so they can have the house to themselves with their boyfriends. Indeed, our comprehension of order is out of sorts. There is more outside the circle of 'me'. If we look carefully, there are many still issues that can be worked upon. Therefore, I can only hope we as individuals start looking outside the circle and start seeing the bigger picture.

Before I end off, I would like to wish all Muslims, a safe fasting month to you and your family. Work towards doing good deeds, regardless of what people may say. Till the next time, take care.

2008-12-19T00:11:00.005+08:00

Early morning everyone. Just a short entry today. I found a cool website and i'm going to put up the add. Before that though, i wish Zaidi all the best in his future attempts at shoe throwing. Train a bit on your aim and you're on your way to hitting a certain Bush's face. Till then, kudos my man for being brave and very blunt. I salute you.

Here's the cool webby add: http://sockandawe.com/

Let's see how you guys fare. Cheers!

Lovers In Japan

2008-12-07T16:01:00.002+08:00

It has been short, and we had to part ways. We have our own believes and dreams to achieve and i won't cry for you. It's forseen that we will eventually part ways, but this is somehow too early.

I've seen you grow up. I received you from Ismail (DON) 2 years back. You we're so small and frail. Abandoned and unwanted. I took you in, not expecting you to survive because you were too young to even move, morever see. Mom rejected having you around at 1st, but having seen how cute you can get, you got a home.

Elmo was a name given by the one who founded you. We continued to see you grow this past 2 years. Remember the times we ate durian cake together when you we're still small? Or that time when you slept with the rabbits? Or the times you followed me everywhere i go in my backpack? From playing soccer under DON's void deck to Night Safari. You have been to places with me, in the backpack, with your head popping out.

It was from then, i know you are curious about the world. Everything seemed weird to you. I don't blame you. You grow up without proper upbringing as a cat. When you got sick, we brought you to the vet. Where you got your jab and your neutering. You are already part of the family. You we're dotted by us, like a little brother, giving you everything when you make those cries. Sadly, as the Veterinarian put it, you lack the identity of a cat.

2 years past, and finally the time comes. You we're so curious you peed every corner of the house and ran at every opportunity given to you. But yesterday was the climax. Mom brought you down and you jumped off and scampered away with joy. You seemed to enjoy the open area then the enclosed area's the house. It's not fair for Nazri, he has always been there, covering up for you when you did something bad, and always playing catch with you. But i guess this is goodbye.

You gave us that last look on your face that you we're happy. If that makes you happy, then we will allow that freedom. But do come home some day. I do want to hear about your adventures. Do not cause trouble for other animals and humans. You have a hard time socialising to others other than us. We will pray for your safety. Elmo, this will always be the home for you. We will always welcome you back. You are Elmo, our little devil. I miss you. The whole family misses you. Till we meet again.

The World As It Stands

2008-12-04T13:56:00.003+08:00

Good afternoon everyone. It's been quite a week eh. What with the bombings and the Singaporean hostage and the airport blockade that just recently got resolved and the floods in Kelantan. The world it seems is getting more treacherous. It's getting more dangerous, more risky for all of us living things. If we're not facing danger from the natural disasters, we still have human dangers to content with. Terrorist, protest, civil unrest, splayed economics - when will it all end? I guess it's better right now for the dead then the living.

To add salt to the wound, we're having social problems around the world that are too significant to ignore; but it's all the same everyday problems that we see in the news isn't it? It's the school holidays right now so if you want to see these social problem, go ahead and observe these young guns. You'll get first hand account of these issues that bug a certain small percentage of human lovers like yours truly. And then there's the upper class clowns. I hope one day i earn as much as them and i'll analyse whether my behaviour and mindset change to suit their class or whether i can still be me. Wishful thinking.

The world is in a stage whereby everything is cynical. I look at situations and laugh in pity. Laugh cause i can't do much about it. I can only hope that it changes but i do know realistically that the world is in peril of losing itself to the dangers. Instead of evolving, we're devolving. I'm not talking in terms of technological advances. I think that's overhype cause they don't do much about the ever increasing amount of problems. Instead, a lot of technology and material goods are replacing humanity values.

Anyways, the Mumbai bombing was a travesty. A Singaporean, Ms Lo Hwei Yen, was taken hostage for 24 hours before getting killed in a blast. She was 28. It seems only now have a substantial number of Singaporeans wake up. I mean, all these while, the plight of thousands upon thousands of victims of terrorist attack and war occupation suffered so much and yet, people here still live normally, unduly affected that another human is facing potential death just by risking a poke out the window. It seems that humanity has taken a back seat for citizenship. On behalf of the Muslim community, that has our reputation misinterpret once again (thanks a lot guys), i would like to extend my heartfelt sympathy with the grieving family. It's hard to lose someone so dear so suddenly.

Like i said, the world is in a state. It's funny that some are suffering and most are enjoying life. It's funny some are starving to death while the rest keep throwing food away. It's funny how some have to drink cow's fluids while the rest are enjoying clean, natural water. It's funny how some dream of living to see another day while there are those who want waste their lives away. It's funny how some yearn for a family to go home to while there are those who wish to run away from home. It's funny how most will read this, reflect for a few moment before resuming life as per normal. The world is in a state; a depressingly sad state.

Viva La Vida

2008-11-28T01:19:00.002+08:00

An early Friday to all. I'm Fadd, the one who runs and oversee everything goes on smoothly. From Cold's once in a blue moon small fonts, or Cold's complains regarding the layout and song of choice, I am the man behind the scene. I have nothing to post, and i do not wish to cover issues related to the world. I will let Cold be the correspondent. I'm sure he has lots to say regarding the current Fatwa they are trying to pass in Malaysia. Personally, i find it somehow embarassing that some people are so simple minded. As far as i'm concern, Yoga doesn't equate to Hinduism.

And to the stranded people in Thailand, I wish you guys a safe journey back to your home country, where ever it may be. I believe the Thais have their best interest for their motherland, and their views should be heard. Why bother to continue the term when you have many who are against the current government's policies. Then again, i will give Cold to speak his mind. Meanwhile, i came across videos my lads from ITE College East did for our FYP. To you guys, thanks for making my ITE years worthwhile. It's an eye opening experience. Good luck in your future endeavour. Enjoy.

A Teenage Life

OK! Pardon the newbie acting. But Hey! At least we scored an A. Kuddos.

Something Here And There - Part 2

2008-11-18T22:20:00.003+08:00

Hello again to everyone. I'm back again today with part 2 of the same entry heading. I don't know why i chose that. Maybe it's because it's just some coverage of some things in general. Well then, i shall now pick up on what i last wrote then.

Again i'm going to start with Obama. He's the first Black President. Not a White one. He's black, a minority in America. At last, Martin Luther King Jr's dream comes true, albeit on a course of 40 years exactly since his passing away. Now that is really an achievement and at last, America has actually show the rest of the world that they really are open to possibilities. With his historical winning election, there are bound to be a lot of cahnges and most, if not all that he has proposed looks really promising. There is a slight hiccup though. I've read newspaper reports on how some obscure groups of people in Africa and Israel are all claiming to have links to his blood. I do know that the African people have evidence but the bedouin tribe in Israel? Seems like they just want to cash in the popularity; but that's a really minor hiccup.

Another one that we have to really take notice is his increased risk of getting assassinated. It's no joke here in saying that. When he was on his campaign, police foiled an attempt on his life by 2 teens. These teens were reportedly white supremacists and wanted to die in the attempt of which they know they'll fail. Now, in this case, a funny thing to note is that these teens are not terrorist. Funny eh? In fact, there's no labelling of these teens at all; but change the situation and have a white president with 2 Arab or Russian teens instead of these white supremacists, you get terrorist. Makes you wonder.

Anyways, with Obama in charge now, i expect more reports on his life will surface. Already i've read of racist slur-in a school no less, labelled on him. It's sad really but this should make us all sit up at the level of racism that is alive and kicking in all parts of the world. No matter how hard we try to eradicate it, it'll always be there. It's a phenomenon that cannot be solved when there's too many hard heads and hard hearts. Now, this brings to mind a question again to be applied not only in Singapore but Malaysia as well. Is Singapore/Malaysia ready for a leader from the minority race? Hopes this question gets into your head and sets you to really think. I'll say not now but maybe in the near future. Why? I don't feel like explaining at the moment.

Oh, Singapore's Town Council group lost 16 million dollars in the economic crisis. Tough luck. Good thing is it's just a little more than 0.6% of total reserves brought about by the residents (yes, you and me and what our families pay) service and conservancy charges. Good thing as well that Woodlands and Sembawang GRCs were not part of the whole dabbling of sinking funds and money dabbling.

The other thing i want to bring up is a documentary i watched on National Geographic Channel. It's title is National Geographic - Inside North Korea. The basics of the documentary is that a doctor is flown in to cure a village afflicted with cataract; an eye condition that is normally attributed to the older generations. During the whole operation, the villagers were thankful to the doctor offering him gifts and well wishes even if they didn't have much to begin with. On the day of reckoning, when they had to open their eye patches and bandages, one by one, instead of thanking the doctor, thanked their leader by kissing his portrait and shouts of compliments and bowing to the floor in act of submission. Their leader by the way, just suffered a second stroke if reports were to be believed.

The thing i'm trying to bring up here is what are these people thinking when they thank their leader? Is it really a sincere gesture on their part? Or was it because of feeling patriotic? Maybe it was due to strict indoctrination of the mind? Fear of the punishments which might be capital perhaps? Or were they just all hypocrites like most of us worldwide in their own little ways? A lot of factors affect their thinking when they could see. For example the portrait of their leader and the presence of quite a number of army personnel. Maybe all these played a part in their extravagant well wishes. I'll leave it to your own ideas.

It's getting late now and i shall resume my sleep. Yup, those curious stares. I was sleeping and i woke up at 9 or so. So now, i'm heading back to sleep. Till tomorrow...maybe. Dos vidanya.

Something Here And There - Part 1

2008-11-17T12:09:00.005+08:00

Hello everyone and dobroe uto. I’m guessing that most of you are either just waking up or bored to actually come to this site and check for updates. Well, congrats cause it’s updated, like finally; after all those quiet weeks. It’s been almost a month or maybe more. If you are all wondering what I have been up to, wonder no more. What’s important is that I’m here today.

During these few weeks, a lot have happened. First up, African Americans and liberal humanitarians worldwide rejoice. Barack Obama is the new president and he’s due in about 10 weeks. These 10 weeks will be Bush’s last days in the office. I hope that dosen’t get to his head and make him abuse his power in that limited time period. Which brings to mind a question, should a South-East Asian country like Singapore have a two-way political system whereby the opposition goes head to the head against the ruling party?

To begin with, Singapore is a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system of unicameral parliamentary. What this means is that, the state-of-head (the President) is a ceremonial figure while the country is governed by the prime minister who represents the ruling party. Interesting note here, Singapore’s ruling party has been the same ever since independence; and another interesting note, Singapore is the only country to have a senior minister and a minister mentor-ministers who still have to offer in a development of a country. Having state that, Singapore does have other parties that generically have the interests of the citizens at heart. With regards to the question, should these parties be given the responsibility to keep check on the ruling party as what the Americans have been doing?

I think that they should not have this system. Singapore is a small country and I think we are doing well as it is though there are a lot of changes that I hope to happen. For example, I would really love to see this state as a full-fledged traditional democratic society. What we’re having now is actually procedural democracy; democracy achieved through the decisions made by the ruling party, not the majority of the people as what true democracy means. Another thing I would love to see is the actual freedom of speech. Nowadays, we do have freedom of speech but not to the extent of street demonstrations and private campaigns. I do understand the need for peace and harmony and not having a catalyst for riots and such; and for this matter, I will put the majority of the blame on the citizens for two things. First is the fact that most of them are oblivious to almost everything that’s happening around them saved for their interest in making money and the other is the lack of control of emotions during any campaigns be it in forms of demonstrations, music and other methods, thus having the need of a ruling to justify the freedom of speech. If these things do happen, it would be great. Life might be more exciting then like all those debates and talks and campaigns and meets like those in Malaysia which is broadcast live. But then again, the matter of reputation to the world comes to mind.

From politics to suicide and deaths. These two weeks, I’ve actually heard of 3 death cases all connected in some minor ways to me. Goodness gracious me. The first one is the death of a Marsiling Secondary School student from my batch. I don’t know him that well but he passed away after being run over by a bus as he was riding. It’s really sad that even if you are careful, accidents can still happen. From my pasts very little experience with him, I’d say he’s a really quiet chap who keeps to himself mostly. I should think he’s a nice guy. I don’t know him that well but I pray that he rests in peace.

The two other deaths are suicide cases. One of which was my classmate this year. Her suicide was a surprise. She committed suicide apparently because of her break up. Again I wasn’t that close to her. The only time I remembered speaking to her was on what shampoo I used but it’s sad really to know that a person takes their own life over such matters. I won’t say such matters are trivial because they’re not. They involve emotions and mental health which is a dangerous combination to have for a chronic depression. And the last person was the guy who got mauled by the tigers. I don’t know the guy but I used to work there so again the little connections link me. He was reportedly to be under intense pressure and stress that wholly affected his mind. Again the mind; such a brilliant creation that is always the brunt of all physical and emotional pain. Again I won’t say that his was over a trivial matter.

I just hope that all the readers out there will practice caution upon receiving a really bad news. I don’t want to hear news of any suicides from anyone of you because you are all now link to me. So if you do commit suicide, I’ll feel sucky. Life is already very short. One day you’re born, the next you’re gone. Cool line; I’ll have to copyright that. In all seriousness, stay positive. Don’t even look at a pair of scissors or anything dangerous when you’re feeling down. Instead, eat chocolates and ice creams, then go to sleep. It should help to cool you’re emotions down enough for you to think rationally after. Don’t drink on it as well, cause you’ll behave funny when under heavy influence.

I think I should stop here though I know I can carry on; but it’s getting way too long. Maybe next time. Till then dos vidanya.

Open Your Eyes.

2008-10-21T03:33:00.003+08:00

Good morning to all and hello. I'm having those cases which you can't sleep due to the fact that you have spent the entire day sleeping. Tossing and turning doesn't help, playing my psp doesn't either. So i turn to my lappy and i found myself typing away but i can't narrow down to the topic i want to write about. To compare myself with the other 2 writers, i'm far more secular. I mean let's face it, i don't take pride in politics, religious views or whatsoever. Because to me, everybody have their own way of thinking and that's all to it.

I found myself filled with Anger. Drown by sadness. Yet overwhelmed by happiness. Crazy? no. I found myself filled with anger. Anger at the current malay society. We found ourselves declining much much further than the times we still have free education. Hopefully, we will be able to make it far, instead of whining or read across typical headlines of underage sex or shotgun marriages. Truthfully, i had enough of such negative perceptions.

I've also found myself angry for some other reasons. Sometimes, i wonder what's the point of trying so hard when all those things you have done go unappreciated. I tried to find means and ways to get it done, even to the extend of using someone else's lappy, i guess it isn't good enough. I understand my latest work is not as good as others, but i rather have feedbacks then just being paid yet not showcased at all.

I am drown by sadness. 6 years have past, it's been a long time. Losing someone important in life is remorseful. I've regret it till date. I've never did get a chance to go up to him, and tell him that he's the greatest dad in the world. But one day, i'll be better than you are. Despite his tyranity over his children, we are all thankful. Without his methods, we won't turn out to be how we are today. I'll take over your position to be the family's pillar of support. Thanks and rest in peace dad. Hopefully one day, you can meet the love of my life.

I'm overwhelmed with happiness. For the simple reason, i've found her. Despite her history, her background, her lifestyle, i'm beginning to accept the fact that nobody's perfect and everybody deserve a second chance in life. I've learnt to forgive and forget. There's no need to get provoked over words or tall tales. All we need is the strength to carry on whenever we fall. Hopefully, we get to hear from Cold and Haniero that they have found that lucky girl. Till then.

Work Sucks

2008-10-13T13:41:00.006+08:00

Good afternoon everyone and welcome. I've just finished my last exams and i'm now left with the GP next month. Hopefully it'll be done in a jiffy and i'll get the much sought after paper that vouches my credentials as an able worker. This is a different layout than i expected. I've gotten use to the whiteness but cool no less. I hope the celebrating lot of you are not gorging on too much food. It might affect your slim physique you've acquired during the fasting period. It might even lead to a really bad stomachache, choking or even something worse. Please practice moderation.

Anyways, today is the first day of the week, hence a work day. It's still lunch time so i guess i should write on something. I'm done with school and my friends are either in NS, working, schooling and the list goes on and on. Add that with the fact that i've got a shit for a job and dead days and empty nights, you know i'm facing severe boredom that should lead to hypertension and stress. Well, i'm not surprise cause just a few months back i found out i have high blood pressure. How cool is that? High blood pressure when you barely reach 20. I think it should subside for the moment but with the boredom that's going to ensue, it should reactivate again soon. Hopefully it wouldn't be so bad as one of my previous post. Now, that was freakishly bad.

The only remedy that could cure me right now is having a new job. Which brings to mind the ongoing economic crisis in America. Just a background. The companies that were listed as going bust or potentially bust are all investment banking. As such, their methods of services works in a different way. To start with, they have reserves or capital. They entice all the rich clients into investing in them. So with the invested money, the banks use them for other investments. Turns out it wasn't a good idea. The more investments they made at the shaky market, the more losses they made. Before they know it, with the limited reserves, bad choices of investments and unuchecked spending, it all leads to a downward spiral which becomes the crisis they're facing today.

The crisis is affecting Singapore more then we know it. In a recent news reports, Singapore is now in recession. There is fair warning that it is going to get worse over the next two years as what the Ministries have forecast. In simple words, most of the people are going to get retrench; but hold on. Just who exactly are going to get retrench? From the given situation, it can be said that most manufacturing , exporting and some professional sectors will be affected. The proffesional sectors that will be affected or are affected already includes law firms, land investments and banks. I'm working in a law firm under the conveyancing department; in other words, land and property cases. So if you all are wondering whether i'll get retrench, then the answer is no. I see confused faces out there because i'm dealing with land and property and here i am saying i won't get retrench. Contradictory eh?

The reasons are pretty obvious. If you're the employer, surely you would want someone inexpensive, young and full of life all waiting to be snuffed out by your ambitions of earning more money. So if it happens to be recession, and you're faced with a choice between an old timer who earns quite a sum, slow in working due to age and has majority of the brain cells dead or a brash newcomer who can learn everything real fast and at a real cheap cost, surely you'll sack the old timer.

Now, i'm guessing you all are happy that i still have a job. On the contrary, i am praying and hoping for retrenchment; makes my resignation simple. The amount of stress that comes with the job is humongous and the office factor is a killer. I now realise that after a little more than a year, i do not have the mental nor physical capabilities to sit down in front of an inanimate object for long stretch of hours causing my eyes to smart and brain cells to die due to inactivity. I need a job that dosen't fault my moral values. A job that captivates my mind making full use of it. Not making it go to waste. Something that has the balance of physical labour to work up a sweat at the same time. I need a job i can enjoy working. The pay is just an added bonus. Ashanti gave a good suggestion but in my case, with the lack of a proper certificate, which apparently makes or break a person's potential job, i have to say that i will never get a good job.

Which brings me to the next factor, the credentials. Due to very fast globalisation and the focus on the corporate sector, it is safe to say that degrees are now as common as O levels a few years back; and in a few years to come, i can safely say degrees will be obsolete and Ph.Ds will be as common as degrees right now. From this scenario, if we carefully analyse, already tons of people are not getting jobs not because of lack of credentials, but instead, it has become too common that the credentials are fast losing their value. So i really don't think degree holders should strut their pansies and be happy about it. In my case, at this very moment though, i'm still losing out because i still don't have a freaking degree. I'm still looking through the catalogue though, searching for some university with a nice name for me to buy a degree.

Lastly, i really urge everyone who reads this post to think for a moment on 2 things: Am i happy with my job?, How long am i going to work here before i have a change of mind? These two questions should be asked every 3 months. Our attitudes change under the inlfuence of the environment hence our mindset will be different resulting in a minor or in most cases major change of heart for the job.

Till then, stay clean and fresh; and if you have suggestions for a great job that you think i could shine in, then please don't hesitate to tag or mail.

Cloud 9

2008-10-08T16:04:00.002+08:00

I have to agree with Haniero. It's been 2 years since we decided to blog our ideas and expectations. Yet, it's been almost 9 years, and we're still keeping it going. Through the ups and downs, we had it going. We have our own unique of thinking, but when it comes to similarities, i can agree that our egos are sky high in our own traits. Our recent posts regards to our friendship. It may sound corny, but they are whom i regard as family.

I imagined myself, 10 years down the road, with us having our fiancee or family by our side, still playing beach soccer at sentosa, or congregating at Haji Lane, smoking sisha. Life goes on for each of us. Some of us settled down, while others keeping their options open. Yes, we're 20. Our way of thinking differs as we mature. Being 20, we have no time to gamble on something called puppy love. Love isn't just about saying i love you, or going the extra mile. A relationship can last for 10 years but a marriage can crumble down within a few months. Such things are already playing it's role in our way of thinking. Commitment, seriousness and an open mind plays an important role to our relationship. We try as much to avoid getting worked up over petty things, yet we do want things to go our way.

It's never too late to start anew until it ends. We're not just contented with whatever we have. We want everything the world has to offer. I was over at Don's place yesterday, helping him with domestic cleaning. We came across worksheets from our secondary school years. The times when Dan wrote WAKDOLTOYOL on Don's chemistry paper, or the times when we draw at the back of our foolscape paper and throwing it around class or maybe the times we called Don KAKAK for getting emotional easily. How Dan, Don & Hairi hates doing maths. I've manage to scan a couple of old photos. Till then, The cloud takes his leave.

Change

2008-10-08T14:18:00.006+08:00

Its been 2 years. 2 long and eventful years since I was first welcomed into this human circus. I was browsing through the archived history of this very own site when I realised one thing. Change. Change have happened through all these years. I know change happens all the time but the change that I have seen just now is quite compelling. The skin of this site have been changed numerous of time due to Cold's demands as well as Fadd's ideas and work. Both of you I applaud.

The entries I read earlier on, those may seem important and cool to do back then, made me crack myself, and in the process making my mom guessing what is wrong with me. I would have done the exact same thing if I were to see myself doing that. Complaining about miniscule of issues like smelly people in train on your way to work as well as school, school itself so on and so forth. The words have progressively morphed to be more and more complicated to the point I am wondering if those words actually do exist and if they do, what do they mean.

Pictures depicting us 5 playing soccer in the hot afternoon sun, burning our already dark skin even darker. Pictures showing 5 little boys trying to find each own's identity, with the help and support of the guy beside him. How 'kid' like we all look back then. MP3s still stuck in our eyes,serenading us as we travel to our planned destinations. Caps donned,glasses worn, loose 'big boys' shirts and pants hugged our bodies. A care-free mentality ruled our minds and rebellion is the way to go. We were king of our own world. 2 years and all that changed.

Fast forward to today, Dan the Man, finally fills his role in his society and is now taking is journey into the path a man. A man worthy of society (not to say he was a lost hope back then but you get the picture). Shan aka 'R' is still rusty with the alphabet but now sports a goatee. From being a kid, now he too is taking the same path and oath as Dan. From a kid to what I hear from the other's, getting engaged after his NS. How much he has grown. I wish him all the luck. Hidz, the hippie. Now more toned down and slightly more settled. Not as much sudden bursts of randomness and self-humiliation. Cold from his short but still curly hair to what is now as I call it, a stud look. Dannggg.... I'm glad I made him my girlfriend back then... Fadd, still as creative as ever.

I know the readers out there might be thinking what on Earth am I trying to achieve here with all these things said. I'm not trying to change the world for the better (that requires more actions than words), I am just trying to point out that change brings about things that both amazes and at the same time scares you. I am honored to have stood by the sides of the boys...men... as we all grew up in this shrewd world. To have been given the opportunity to learn from them and to emulate all the good that is in them. But those exact gifts scares the living hell out of me. As I stand before this screen and look back, I am somewhat intimidated and made more confused as to what I have or could have achieved. Time had come and gone fast, too fast I would say. Einstein once made a theory that time is somewhat made of scores of pictures, like those you'll find on a reel of film. The present is a slice of the future, only to be replaced by the next shot.

I would have lost most if not all of the readers at this point of time since like I have said, most of you don't understand what I am saying. This not only applies to us 5, but to all. Just in case I happen to let time slip past me again and the next time I look back, it would be too late and we all may have walked down our own paths, regretting the chance that we had. The chance to live in the moment...Take a step back and reminisce on the past. If your lucky, you'll finally understand what I am saying here... To the men, I THANK YOU. FOR EVERYTHING.

Salam Eid Mubarak

2008-10-02T15:09:00.005+08:00

It maybe be late. It may have expired. But as i promised Cold, it is out. It calls for another new beginning. This time we lose some, yet gain none. For we wish our fallen writers farewell. Hopefully it isn't indefinite. and yes, we will welcome them back with open arms.

We thank them. Dan, Don, Hippiestatik & Anti-hero. For their attempts. On a side note, we should be thanking Cold too. For his lengthy and long winded post. Somehow we wonder how he attracts readers with minimal pictorial evidence. For his post which sparks the idea of making a wider posting area yet sacrificing our individual pictures. The rings represent us individually. The Sky, The Rain, The Thunder, The Cloud, The Mist, The Sun & The Lightning.

We've come a long way now. Thanks for making us keep going. For those who's been with us since the day we formed, till the days we have 7 magnificent members. It's been 2 years. The times where we decide that each of us should take a day of the week to post. The times where Cold and Haniero challenge each other who posted more. It was a memorable experience.

I'm Fadd. The Cloud. A writer who appears and disappears as soon as he does his 1st post. A writer who vanishes after updating the blogskin. A writer who had his fair share of writing. I promise, I will do better this time round. Be it personal, be it sports or be it general. With that i end.

It's been a new Eid Fitri for me, a whole lot of changes, a whole lot of getting used to. I believed it's quality life spent with the people who matters the most to me. I believed it's an experience SHE will remember too. Till then, i take my leave. Salam Eid Mubarak.

F1

2008-09-29T13:09:00.004+08:00

Good afternoon everyone. It’s the start of a new week so I hope everyone is taking it fine. Since it’s only two more days till Eid Mubarak (Hari Raya), I expect that most of the Muslim readers would be very busy in their preparations for the big day. Anyways, the past week saw thousands turning up for the inaugural F1 Night-time race here in “sinny” Singapore. It was hyped for a month prior to the race. With all the attention being lavished on the major event, it was no surprise to see famous names flying in from around the world just to experience the first ever night time race. It was a major success judging by the huge turnout; even if major roads were blocked and cabbies were leeching customers with the outrageous fare.

The thing about the race is, why do the media only broadcast the Singapore race and circuits from other parts of the world. What I’m trying to get here is that, F1 is a one-off thing here in Singapore. This is due to the lack of coverage. The viewers don’t know the drivers, the competition points, the cars and importantly the rules of engagement; but then again, these same viewers lap it all up as if they’re veterans of F1. I bet my bottom dollar that since F1 is done, everyone would revert back to their old lives not bothering on other races on other circuits around the world. This is sad really cause it really shows the hypocritical nature of humans in general.

One other thing to take note, before the race, most of the major news was on the American economy crisis. That did not hinder major banks to treat their major customers to the race for free though. Imagine this, the richest people get to watch F1 for free just because they’re rich while average earners have to fork out obscene sum of money just to watch 20 cars going round and round for 2 hours. Funny how it’s depicted when its simplified. The reason the banks give for treating the rich class is that they want to retain their major clients; at the expense of their reserves. That is a huge risk taken given the current situation in US. Good move on their part. Real smooth. So now we know what the banks do with their reserves thus not being able to give us the required services.

Hope that would suffice. For the Muslims, Eid Mubarak (Selamat Hari Raya). Please don't gorge yourselves on all the declicacies during the celebratory month. You'll get tummy aches. Till then, goodbye.

It's a Farce

2008-09-21T17:15:00.003+08:00

Good afternoon all. I hope you Muslims are having a ball fasting. Hang in there cause it's just another 9 days before celebrations. I know i've put most of you off for quite some time. Well, hopefully the chronic disease, LAZY, dosen't hinder me anymore. Before i start, i would like to make it known to everyone that i have a good friend who calls me Malaysian; and i call him Singaporean. In class, we're like cats and dogs whenever the matter of soverignety arises. I shall not bother to name him but given the amount of time we spent discussing on the matter, i have to acknowledge that the given situation in Malaysia is really embarrassing me.

A little bit of a background info: Malaysia is ruled by ceremonial royalty instead of a ceremonial president. The Prime Minister Ahmad Badawi is rather soft in his approach. His opposition Anwar Ibrahim, is having a ball soaking up the limelight. The citizens are making everything look stupid.

Here's a perspective of Malaysia from a Malaysian who is sidelined. I feel that given the current situation, PM Ahmad(Pak Lah) should step down. He is not ineffective but he's slow in executing certain bills and laws. Yes, he has the country's best interest at hand but due to the awkward way he's leading the country, the delayed actions in executing newly implemented laws, his infamous reputation of sleeping in meetings and his consistency in keeping a tight lid over bad behaviours by his cabinet, all these factors bring him down as an able leader.

On the other hand, we have Anwar Ibrahim, better known as the Sodomy-Guy by many. Barely out of prison and there's another sodomy case. I feel for him. Seems like he has this face that portrays him as a sodomizer. This reputation is a really big factor in choosing a leader. If you really think about it, who wants to have a country lead by a PM who has a record of sodomy or other scandals? Think Bill Clinton; he stepped down after the Monica Lewinsky episode. Aside from that, i really should think Anwar should avoid making empty statements especially so after the come and go of D-Day and the so-called 30 defecting ministers. Should he lead the country, i foresee much problems ahead espcially in the rural, religious states.

Lastly, the citizens are a showing their true colours. Confused, belligerent, mislead and macabre can be described on some of them. Actions supporters from different parties are questionable to say the least. A death of a MP by a ride-by gunshoot and an acid attack on the face of another really shows the great lengths these supporters take to show their support. The real pepertrators are the running candidates themselves for failing to control their supporters. Taunting, spitting, rioting, molesting. All done in the name of a better ruling coalition. From what i see, it's a complete farce.

And then there's the swearing upon the Quran saga. Yeah, great. Add religion into the mix. Add wood to the fire, let it boil instead of simmer. Good move? I don't know. All i'm hoping for is for my beloved country to stop and think for a while on all the events that have happened. Please think rationally and not be blinsided by any sides. Don't act on impulse because ultimately, other countries are laughing at our democracy, our immaturity and such. With the recent news that ex-Minister Mahathir is going to return to politics, i just hope he is the sane voice in the turmoil. Hope his health is not going to cause a hindrance as he brings upon salvation.

Before i leave, here's a recent report by The Strait Times on the sexually active generation of Singapore:

June Cheong

Sat, Sep 20, 2008
Mind Your Body, The Straits Times

Sexually active teen girls at more risk of infection

Teen sex is a modern reality. While today's teens easily pick up sexual practices from the Internet and books, they are generally ignorant about the deadlier facts.

For instance, sexually active girls below 15 years are more prone to diseases like the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.

Even in supposedly conservative Singapore, the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among teenagers last year hit a high of 820, up from 775 in 2006, according to the Ministry of Health.

In addition, there were 833 pregnancies in girls 19 years and under last year, 16 of whom were below 15 years old. There were also 1,363 teenage abortions.

Professor Kuldip Singh, senior consultant at the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the National University Hospital, said: 'Now, with mass media like the Internet, teenagers are being exposed to sex and sexual activities at an increasingly younger age.'

Others point to delayed marriage and relaxed attitudes for the higher numbers of teen sex.

Among the teens themselves, Sheryl (not her real name), 18, a junior college student, said she first had sex when she was 14. She added: 'Teens are now more liberal. We see sex as a personal choice and not a lot of people I know are keeping themselves celibate until marriage.'

Sarah (not her real name), 17, a secondary school student, said: 'It's almost like no one's talking about it but everyone's doing it.'

While parents despair, doctors and others worry about the consequences of teen sex, specifically teenage pregnancy and STIs.

Ms Vanessa von Auer, clinic director of EVA Psychology Centre, said teens often acquire a lot of information from the Internet and books about the practical aspects of sex but don't realise the importance of protecting themselves.

Dr Sadhana Nadarajah, head of the adolescent gynaecology unit and consultant in the reproductive medicine unit at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, said: 'Having sex too early may lead to an unwanted pregnancy and its termination. This may emotionally scar the teenager for life.'

As for STIs, the top four infections diagnosed in youths here aged between 15 and 24 years are chlamydia, gonorrhoea, candidasis and non-gonococcal urethritis.

HPV infections - which can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer - and HIV infection are also possible outcomes.

Sexually active teenagers often catch STIs because they are ignorant about them and about contraception, and also because of peer pressure.

In a survey last year by Bayer Schering Pharma of 600 Singapore youths, it was found that 13 per cent of those between 16 and 23 years old were sexually active. Within this group, 23 per cent did not use contraception.

Earlier this month, Bayer Schering Pharma conducted a similar survey of 233 university students here. In it, 56 students said they had had sex and 17 of these said they did not use contraception.

Human resources executive Carol Tan, 26, who started having sex when she was 15, said of her teenage stance towards contraception and STIs: 'I was too young to realise I should have asked about protection and STIs. It was all about love then.'

Sexual health experts Mind Your Body spoke to said that for youths who are already having sex, combining oral contraceptives with the use of condoms is the best form of protection against STIs and prevention of unwanted pregnancy.

However, some, like Focus On The Family - a charity body dedicated to the strengthening of Singapore families - and Dr Christopher Ng, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at GynaeMD Women's & Rejuvenation Clinic, mooted teen abstinence.

Dr Ng said that young people are disproportionately affected by STIs because they are more sexually active, have more sexual partners, tend to have overlapping sexual relationships and are more likely to have casual sexual relationships.

He added: 'Most young people do not use condoms and most have not been taught their correct use.'

Biology plays a role in teenagers being more prone to STIs.

For instance, sexually active girls below 15 years are at greater risk of developing cervical cancer from HPV infections. This is because their cervix and genital tract are just starting to mature.

Professor Margaret Stanley, professor of epithelial biology in the department of pathology at the University of Cambridge, told Mind Your Body that the epithelium (a layer of cells lining the genital tract) in young girls is very thin and quite easily damaged and when that happens, infection can occur.

'Moreover, hormones in a teenage girl are changing all the time and the HPV is very sensitive to hormonal changes. If you're infected and your hormones start to kick in at a ferocious rate, so does the virus,' she added.

Sexually active teens also have to deal with the social and emotional repercussions of their behaviour.

Dr Brian Yeo, consultant psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, said: 'Many young people feel coerced into having sex and when they do, they feel they've lost control of their bodies.'

Sex education is needed to equip teenagers with the emotional and psychological tools to deal with sex and its myriad confusions.

Breaking Down Barriers, taught at Secondary 3 level, is a broad-based sex education programme that is disseminated through science, health education and civic classes.

The Ministry of Education will introduce a customised programme which aims to raise awareness of STIs in November.

Some voluntary welfare groups have already taken steps to address the gaps in sex education for teens, conducting talks for youths in school and workshops teaching parents how to talk to their children about sex.

Ms Kelly Lee, programme officer and counsellor at The Singapore Planned Parenthood Association, a voluntary welfare organisation which conducts sex education talks in secondary schools and tertiary institutions, said: 'We believe in giving youths the right to choose. We provide information on sexual health and ask them to consider the consequences of their actions.

'The best choice when you're not ready though is definitely abstinence.'

Ms Tan agreed. She said: 'I started having sex too young.

'I'm fortunate I didn't catch anything or get pregnant. If anything had happened, I wouldn't have been able to cope on my own.'

This article was first published in Mind Your Body, The Straits Times on Sep 18, 2008.

An Ode To HidzirLennon

2008-09-08T12:50:00.002+08:00

Good afternoon everyone. It's been a while. I've been busy spending my time. Real busy for these past few weeks. I was thinking of writing on Open Mindedness but i think it's much more appropriate if i give an Ode to HidzirLennon, considering he's going to NS tomorrow. In true HidzirLennon's style, i shall dedicate to him a poem that might not sound a poem.

Here is a friend who worships Lennon,
He preaches peace and love while eating lemons,
His mind is pure random, utter nonsense,
1 minute Lim Bo Seng, the next Boh Tea,
He idolizes Krishna and maybe Buddha,
He swears by Indie but a chronic music slave,
He goes to town wearing slippers,
Together with the rest we'll be hitting tablas,
Singing is always on his mind,
La Obe, Dikir Rambong, Dangdut just bring it,
He loves the word STARS but he don't know why,
Might be due to all the smoke clogging up his brain,
Shisha kills germs in the body...sic,
DEY DEy Dey dey, MBATCHAAH' MBATCHaah' MBATchaah' mbatchaah',
Mi ni sam oh ho', no mi na mi sam oh ho',
Demo pegi kawe makan budu sorang ni,
Who else can i get to be as nosense as him?
Who else wants a fag when asked for a light?
Who else can just laze around at home all day and still treat me?
I guess nobody.....
So i shall see the sky, look at the STARS,
Listen to mumblings of afar,
Laugh like a retard and go back to sleep.....

I don't think most of you will understand what all that was about but it doesn't matter. HidzirLennon-esque. An ode to HidzirLennon. Have fun man. Don't change too much.

A lil less conversation.

2008-08-20T19:21:00.002+08:00

There i stood rooted. Waiting ever patiently for my 2 buddies, Cold & Dan to pick me up before meeting up the rest of the motley crews. All that i have for company was my dearest and some cigarettes. It was all blissful till this malay woman and her son walked past me. I can't help it, but i felt their conversation was somehow directed at me. It further justify my assumptions when the mother kept glancing at me.

Pardon me, for i'm not being racist. I was concieved as a malay myself. But what i wish to understand is their takings in the malay youths of today. As much as i do understand the current scenario of mats, minahs, scenes and whatsoever, there should be a line drawn to it. Stereotypically,and sadly, yes, most youth nowadays are involved in such despised scenario be it from whichever race you might come from. But for now, i wish to undertake the issues of my own race, the malays or like Dan like to put it, the melayus. We are indirectly similar to the latinos of the western counterparts. Some reached greater heights, and some, are satisfied with whatever they have. Even if it means they only have PSLE cert with them. They seemed to be proud of it. Bumming all day long. Spreading the words that this is the way of life.

Back to the plot, the mother was telling her son about how fast paced being in the express stream can be. I don't know much about her son, nor their background, but to glance at me while speaking of education, is equivelant of an insult to me. Yes, i do love to bum. I do love being free and easy. But i don't fall under them. I don't know why she was speaking of it aloud, maybe as a sign of sarcasm, or to boast that her son is in THE Express stream. Sad to say, i'm no different yet i beg to differ. For me, education is just a stepping stone. Without it, dreams can never be achieved. Without it, there's no point dreaming big. I understand her sentiments for the current youths but at the same time she shouldn't generalised the youths who are trying to make a difference for the society.

With that, you've been with me, Fadd, on this bland Wednesday evening. Till next time. Chiao.

Girl Power!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-08-17T02:54:00.002+08:00

A shaggy good morning to all dear and beloved readers.. Work has been like hell of late but hey nothing to be complaining about since I am getting paid. As you all know by now, the Games is in full swing and yes, congrats to the Singapre team for making it into the finals of the table tennis. And it's a wonder that the team is the females. Which brings me to my point.

Thoughout the ages, the female gender have been labelled as weak, soft, yadaa yadaa. But thanks to the Olympics, I have been open to the new view that I hope others will take as well. Girls should no longer be taken as the weaker sex. The guys will definitely be giving me a hard time for this entry, but I really think that its due time that girls should get up and be given a round of applause. A few days back, I was watching the soccer match between Brazil and Nigeria. They the Brazilians really showed me the meaning of the Beautiful Game. Not mainly because they are a eye candy, but they really play good ball.. Soccer i mean of course. IF you watch the men play in general, all nudge can bring down a 6ft player tumbling like a pile of bricks. But these girls slug it out to the end.

Physical prowess aside, let me ask you readers a question. How do you help a person who is going through what you went through the last time? The catch is that this person don't want to listen.. It is kinda dissappointing to know that person is one of your best friend and he is suffering and all you can do sit and watch him cry. No names to be mentioned here. All this is also due to the workings of a girl. You see, girls are seemed and depicted as the weaker sex, but really they do control much of the going ins and outs of life. Girls are everywhere if you ask me and most of the roles they play are important in out lifes. They are sisters, mothers, girlfriends. Admit it, without them life will be empty, like for real. Boys can't give birth, not even if your Arnold Schwarzenneger.

Like a 'seemingly' smart friend once said, girls have their weak and most and not often stronger sides to them. so guys play nice. A girls heart is a jungle. You don't really know what is going on in there. You may find a tree bearing the best of fruits or if you make a wrong turn a tiger will pounce on you. Sadly, for me more tigers bite me more than I get get to taste the fruits of happiness.

Ok la, Im too tired to type too much since i have been looking at receipts for way too much today and my brain cells have been killed beyind repair. So till the next time, girls. rock on!!!

My Dad, My Hero

2008-08-11T22:09:00.003+08:00

Good evening everyone to Monday night. I hope everyone is doing good considering the great amount of entertainment we have right now; what with the National Day Parade and the ongoing Olympics. A special welcome from me to my Padawan, Haniero. It's so good to have you back. At least for now, i have a partner in crime.

Last Wednesday, my little sister had her 15th birthday. Happy belated birthday dear sister. Anyways, i should like to divert all your attention to the present she got. She got a Philips 1 gb mp3. Now, i am really sure most of you are going, "So what??? I can get an iPod.". That just shows how much you are taking all the things in your life for granted.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon. I don't want to get sympathy marks. I just want to tell you how much sacrifice a person can make. This person does not earn much. Not even 2k. And yet, because of his love for his daughter, his children, he bought her a present. He shouldn't have. Yes, it's a crappy mp3 to most of you. But to me, even though i did not receive it, i was touched. He thinks of us all the time.

When i was young, i respected him out of fear. I was scared of his senseless beatings. One day, he sat me down and told me he did not i enjoy it. I didn't believe him at that point of time. He bought me and my siblings toys. Took us out to see places with a rented van from his workplace. He didn't want anything back from us. Just our word to study hard. As i get older, his beatings dwindled. I started to test him out. Test his limits and patience. We went head to head several times. It wasn't good. After O levels, he told me no more pocket money. Whatever i want, i pay by myself. I wasn't up for the idea cause my mindset was that he was responsible for my well being. After a few months of hard work, i realised why all these time he had done what he did.

He might not have taught me Maths or English but he taught me respect, trust, loyalty, life. He might not have bought for me all the expensive items that others got but he taught me to always save up. He might not have taught me how to suck up to higher power but he taught me to think for myself and strive to be better. He's my idol and my hero. He's my dad. Thanks for everything.

2008-08-08T10:25:00.003+08:00

Good morning to all readers on this gracious Friday morning. There has been a lot of activity going here on EWS, mostly contributed by Cold only it seems. For most of you, this author may be a total unknown to you. It's understandable. My pic and name have been scrapped from the page since the day I decided to take a break, which turn out to be a very, very long one. Therefore this would be considered my first of many in the days and hoepfully months to come.

As Cold would have already pointed out, there are alot of pressing issues coming up in the world lately. Rising oil prices, Anwar's sodomy case (again), a terrorist attack warning on the Olympics and a totally ungrateful society.

Let's go to the first topic. I'm pretty sure most of us would in a way have felt the pinch due to the oil prices rise. Cabs charging more, lighters costing a dollar yadaa yadaa. Yes, it is unfair for us to bear the cost of this when it is clearly the fault of those who predict that economies around the world would crumble and fall. Hello... This is not Troy. There is no wooden horse out on the lawn, or for those living in HDB flats, your gates. We are living in world where there are solutions to every single problems that may happen, and making the people pay more is definitely not the way to go. In these dire times, governments around the world should make it easier for the citizens not making it worse. If we had wanted that, we wouldn't have elected you guys to lead the country...

Across the border a familiar name is popping up faster than weeds are growing in the Istana's garden. Anwar Ibrahim is again hogging front page news, for right or wrong reasons, who can say. There are no buts about it, no pun intended. But if the government really wouldn't want him to be in the Parliament, talk it out like mature men that you are and stop sacrifising other people's asses to frame that man. It is kinda obvious that Anwar is innocent since he did got out the last time after some time behind bars. Does it occur to you as strange that in the prison facility consisting of grown up men, that there wasn't a single inmate that came crying to the prison guards saying that a certain snake went into a certain cave?

Up next, this man:

No no. This is not my brother and neither am I trying to emulate his way of life. This is a picture of a clipping in the news. Apparently, this fella is planning to blow up The Olympics in order to negotiate his way to making a certain state in a Muslim state. "Ka-boom"..Please make this a Muslim state. Yar that works. When will these people ever learn that blowing things up is not a good start in negotiations. I'm not discriminating against the Muslims coz I am one. So there is no need to report me over to the authorities. Its just ridiculous. God doesnt teach us to blow up people to get peace. I know this issue of Jihad been gone over before, but it because of individual acts like these, others are made to suffer.

A few days back, I was reading the newspaper when I came across an article about someone complaining that today's education system is too stressful. Hmm... Isn't that how people in general are able to learn? If there is no stress, nothing would be in the nutshell. If it is really too stressful than maybe you shold migrate, to other countries where the system is more relaxed. But if you realise, those systems that are accepted to be more relaxed directly equates to lower standard of education. Its due to Singapore's firm stand on its take on education that makes our country one of the best places to get an education. Given the fact that home schooling is practically unheard of here, I suggest that these kids or rather the parents, slug it out, old school. Take it in your stride...

I suppose this entry has gone long enough. I know its too early to start on the Friday prayer's sermon. Therefore, till next time. IF there is ever.

The Saddest Guy

2008-07-28T20:06:00.004+08:00

Good evening everyone. Shock to see my post today? Well then, must be your lucky day. Get a pen and a paper and i'll give you 4 numbers. Hope you'll strike it rich. The numbers are 5, 1, 0 and 9. In that order. Anyway the time is 8.09 pm as i'm writing this. I should be somewhere else, cheering my long lost buck toothed brother on in his canary yellow garb at the National Stadium; but fate would have nothing of it. This is really depressing for me actually.

I've always looked up to my brother. He's affable and laidback. Always smiling and having fun even in training. He exudes calmness when threatened and always finds a way to get out of the situation with cheek. He enjoys life and tries to incorporate it in his games. He's in Singapore for these few days and here i am not even watching him play. It's really sad cause i've always modelled my gameplay after his. I try so hard to emulate him though i know i can never reach his level in this constraint environment.

Here's a picture of him:
I'm really depressed right now....

Anyways, isn't it funny that the National Stadium is still operating. I wonder how many more big games will happen before it reallly closes down. I've noticed a lot of bonus games happening there and i really wonder why there and not anywhere else. It is supposed to be closed down.

Till next time...try to cheer me up.

Riots

2008-07-19T21:51:00.003+08:00

Hi all. it's been a while since i last wrote something here. I've just finish my exams so here i am, back to write inconsistently as always. This 2 weeks had numerous cases going about. I'm sure the more popular ones would be Anuar's sodomy....again and 30 cents extra surcharge to Comfort and Citicabs. Really stupid if you ask me. The cases that had me sit up and fear for my life are those that involved gangs and murder.

The last 2 weeks saw 4 cases of riots and murder happening in two parts of the world, Singapore and England. It's really shocking to see that gang murder is rampant in England. Especially so after the death of 2 French students. The thing that makes it even scarier is that the culprits are all in their teens.

Over here in Singapore, we've seen 2 cases of couples beaten up in the back alleys of Boat Quay. The victims in both cases are hospitilized. The suspect's age group is in the range of 20s. So far, only 2 guys are caught. It makes you wonder what is their motivation to attack these innocent people. Surely their defence of protecting their territory is stupid and nonsensical. These people cannot claim the back alleys as their territory let alone sleep there. They should know, at least by way of common sense, that it's under the property of government. I'm sure they have no concrete documents or deeds that states them as the owners.

Last Friday, there was a murder case right here in Singapore. More specifically, at the carpark right behind my block. Freaky... Well, this just goes to show the standard of living we have nowadays. I'm sure most of you will be having thoughts that Singapore is a safe country where the future is fast becoming a reality. For that, i have to give you all a dose of reality and that is with much success, those in the lower end of the chart will get more and more desperate. Thus, more and more such actions will continue happening albeit subtlely here in Singapore. It can be said that as the sun goes higher, the shadow grows longer.

I know this post is really a drag and all but give it some thought and be sure to take care of yourselves. You'll never know what's happening nowadays.

Recent Events

2008-06-20T23:53:00.000+08:00

Good evening everyone. I'm back with another topic; but before that, let me say what's been the biggest obstacle in getting my hands on my laptop so far. It's because there's something wrong with the screen. It's flickering and it's damaging my eyes. And because of that, i am termed too cool for technology by my friends because of not logging in MSN. Not that i mind; especially so when i'm using the darn box for my work 8 hours every weekdays. Anyway, i'm covering on recent events.

First up is Myanmar. I am appalled by the fact that their Junta leadership is still in control of the country and still refusing any foreign aid relief. When a country is hit by a catastrophic event and it's a developing country at that,the only thing to do is get help from other countries. When a country or the leader of the country is too proud to ask for help, too smart to show that he can run a country just as well as others, too ignorant of the actual sufferings by his own citizens, then that leader or the country is too stupid from my point of view. Right now, i really do feel that he must be tried in the International Court for genocide of humankind. All we can do is wait.

Next up, trying to get more private vehicle owners to use public vehicles. Good idea but not so well worked out plan. The gantries are a good idea. That's due to the fact that i don't drive or ride. Thing is, even if that did budge some owners to turn public, it would actually result in new problems. For example, the aim is to make the roads clearer by lowering the number of vehicles but if say, a significant percentage suddenly disown their vehicles, won't that make the vehicle market much more affordable with all the slashed prices thus making the average Joe wanting to get a vehicle? And if that drop really happened, isn't it obvious that the number of taxis or buses should increase by a significant lot. Just to cater to these ex-owners who are already attached to the comfort of their own private vehicles. In that case, shouldn't the taxi fare be lowered as well so that everyone can use it? It is after all a public transport. In fact, the first question we should ask is are these private drivers really going to give up their vehicles, at all? It's a good move to increase all the prices of gantries and even install new ones but at a time when inflation is happening rapidly? Is it really that neccessary?

I should think that the countless road works and the building of new MRT lines contribute to the overall congestion problem. I do know that the government wants everything execute swiftly but sometimes i do feel that it's unpractical and from the problems i have stated above, we can see why.

Lastly, isn't is comforting to note that it's been only a few months since Mas Selamat's escape and now we have 2 more escapees. It's great to know that the security is still lax and the ones in charge or doing the job are all having a ball of a time not learning from their previous mistakes. If this goes on, maybe a jailbreak might ensue a la Afghanistan.

Well, with that, i shall end today's post then. Till next time.

Sex

2008-05-31T23:30:00.003+08:00

Good evening all. Sorry to Aida for not doing it up last week but i've been really busy with schoolwork. Anyways, nothing much else happened except for the change of the Head of Law, the recent victory of Pedra Branca, the restriction of buying petrol from Malaysia and of course the ongoing case between our MM, PM and the Chees among the headlines. Cool huh?

I'm going to start straight on the topic i was due. So here's my thoughts on Teenage Sex. Let's not lie to ourselves. Most of the readers here are youths. Youths are street smart and, filled with raging hormones, have or will experience sex at this point of their lives. I would like to make it known beforehand to leave the issue of religion in this matter as it is a sensitive factor and truth to be told, most are non-practitioners/believers. Such a waste.

Anyway, it is without a doubt, Singapore is a progressing country thus it is still trying to find its own stand in dealing taboo matters such as this. The younger generation is becoming more and more open as the years past by. It's a good bad thing. The good thing is that they are aware of the consequences of certain actions but how are they able to apply it in their own very lives.

There are a lot of factors contributing to the problem at hand. Media is one of the most influential mediums for ideas and thoughts to the public. Youths tend to follow what they see due to the perception of being cool or in to a group. With that in mind, the trend in media is such that it's becoming more and more suggestive up to the point of being very daring. So to be exposed at such a young age is very dangerous if there is no proper education or advice on the matter yet.

Another factor that tempts the youths into doing any improper act is perception. Perception is the mindset of a person fusing with his/her morals and teachings to a certain subject. In the case of friends, what might be a good friend to a person might be a bad friend to another person. How does this relate to sex? Well, what some might think that sex is ok among youths, others are against it. Thing is though, most are in favour of it. There is a link between being in favour of sex and media. Media influences the public to favour sex through the glamorous portrayal. It's as simple as that.

So the formula here is------------> (Media = Celebs + Sex) = Perception(Cool)

What we have here is the notion in most youths mind that sex is cool or glamorous and by doing it, you'll be regarded as grown up and very liberal; the very thing that Singapore is trying hard to be. Liberal.

I'm done with the build up of the youth sex generation. Now the application of it in life. Since we know that it is acceptable to talk about it, the boundaries of its taboo-ness is being heavily tested. Certain questions we have to ask, is a one night stand/fling a social norm?, can we have sexual relationships with a teachers?, is it so simple as to ask the next stranger on the street for sex?, how come girls are now so daring in their quest to lose virginity?

All these questions are important in understanding why have the world turned so sexually active. The consequences we're thought from sex are general. Youths know it inside out so they practice caution. Since we can't prevent a youth from being sexually active, we can question on their responsibility. If one enjoys sex, surely one is able to bear the bruntt of responsibility that comes with it.

It is not as simple as it seems. Typically, we have 2 consenting youths having active sex life but the thing is, they are normally in a relationship first. Already they have lost the whole picture. Just because they're in a relationship does not mean that they have to have sex. Sex is not a representation of a relationship based on love. It's a byproduct. Then, like i've said before, the value of it is gone. It's all about the climax not the true feelings one has for their partner. They can't lie to themselves. And when it's all said and done, and they break up, more often then not will they feel regretful on their actions.

So with all that for this extremely long post, i have to say that sex is not essential in a youth's life. Simply because of the responsibility that comes with it which i have covered in this session as well as in previous entries. Furthermore, it has to be meaningful, has a value. That will be much more satisfying both physically and emotionally. Consenting sex, i feel is dangerous because of the lack of concern for one's well being. The thing about consenting sex is that most youths want the thrill of it at the spur of the moment. Lastly, i think that it's the in thing to record every sordid detail of your tryst with someone on the handphone. What better way to be a superstar.

Hopefully, that settled some questions cause i'm so turned off by sex after covering the same topic over and over again. if you still have questions unanswered, just drop me an email. It'll be easier.

Rising HIV

2008-05-19T20:14:00.005+08:00

Hey all. Happy Vesak Day to all celebrating people. To those who are not, enjoy the extra day off. For those who read the newspaper on a daily basis, i'm sure you've seen some articles and letters of complain pertaining to a certain issue. It's not about the crisis over at Myanmar nor that in China. I do know it's rather important but there's something else that need to be covered. This issue involves all the local youngsters. It's on the rising number of HIV patients among youngsters.

I have covered in an early post about the generation we're living in. This generation is very sexualised and let's not kid ourselves, youngsters know about it very well and it seems that they're very active in this field. These days, sex is no longer taboo. It's a social thing in the social scene and girls tend to be very consenting when it comes to the matter of bird and bees.

This is a strong message for the need to revise the sex education module in secondary school. I feel that it should be introduced instead in primary school. The whole system needs to be revised as well. It's not a matter of abstainence or using protection. The system should include the value of sex as well as the responsibility that comes with it.

By that, i don't mean just knowing the consequences. I mean knowing what you are getting yourself into. Are you doing it because everyone else does or is it because of the generic love or is it because of other reasons. Youngster differ from older generation in one way, their mindset are still immature. Because of that, they are at a risk from the threats of Sexually Transmitted Diseases as well as unwanted pregnancies. Couple that with the lack of life experience often results in bad predicaments.

What i think we should do, is not only to educate on sex but to educate them on responsibility as well as life making decisions. We should all try to enter their brick walled minds and teach them them a little on the consequences; but since they're all are so freaking full of themselve, i'd rather we punch their lights out till they're scared shit to shit.

Cisco

2008-05-10T11:48:00.002+08:00

Hi all. I'm back after my exam period. It's been kind of hectic. Speaking of hectic, i have a little experience that i find a little shocking. Two weeks ago, at my workplace, a colleague of mine pass away. That's something we will face one day. Anyway, the thing that made me sit up was the fact that prior to that day she was fit and healthy. She came in the morning and was as bubbly as ever. Towards the afternoon, she complained of a splitting headache and got an MC. The next day she was hospitalized. The doctor diagnosed her as having leukemia and she had bleeding in her brain. She passed away a few hours later. The mother of 2 young children was only 37.

What i want to show you readers is the importance of life as well as the pace of working. I'm sure that most of the readership are just young guns still waiting to make a name for themselves and surely most have not tried working permanently. Well, i'm a full time worker at a law firm. It's not nice at all. The office life is too fast paced and very monotonous. I guess the work is still pretty straightforward though but the thing is, the people around you, working with you are the ones that give all the problems. Then again, it might be due to office work.

When you're working with tough people and at such a fast pace, it is normal to blow up. Let it out please but not at you're seniors or colleagues. You can hold small talks with the instigators but don't bottle it all up. The stress and pressure will give bad headaches. Trust me on this. I keep it all in and it's not that i'm intimidated. It's the fact that i was brought up on a culture of respect for the elders so no matter how wrong i am, i can't lash out. I can talk to them of problems, yes but not lashing out. Not lashing out is tough and talking to such hypocritical people can be a killer so if talking's not your way, then do some exercise. Running helps clear the mind. Doing these simple body works will get your stress level down.

As for the importance of life, hey readers, my colleague was 37 and i have witness countless other personal passings from children as young as 2. So please, treasure life and don't waste it on fronts of Esplanade every evening.

With that, i would like to continue to another topic. The reason for this is that i'm feeling guilty for not writing for some time. Anyway, as most of my friends know, i'm a Singaporean PR. There are times when i will travel across the causeway to visit my relatives and my grandma. The thing is, i hate going through the customs down here on my way back. It's rather tedious and i'm always being picked. I guess it's attributed to my goatee mustache combo. Or my race. Basically though, i think they are being very judgmental. I feel like Kumar from Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. He was thought to be an Arab and was checked at the security counter before boarding the plane. Just because someone is Arab does not mean that person is a terrorist.

Going back into history, weren't there U.S.S.R. terrorist? What about Abu Sayaf? They weren't Arabs. How about the recent case of Mas Slamat? Is he an Arab? Ever since September 11, the majority of population are having this mindset that all terrorist are Arabs. It doesn't help that not much is done in creating awareness of the distinct difference between any given race and realigion as well as terrorism. Another thing to note, isn't it a wonder to see that when an Arab guy crashes a plane into a building, he's a terrorist but when a school guy goes berserk and starts a rampage in school, killing dozens of innocent lives in the process, are branded as having mental problems.

Back to the topic, I strongly think that by checking me, they're showing the others that they're actually doing something. Giving false hopes to the citizens does not help at all. For all we know, the old Ah So might be a terrorist leader or advocate of an Old Folk's Rebel group. The Uncle might be religious cult leader intent on misguiding poor souls to the road of enlightenment by suicide bombing. In this world, anything is possible. Their methods of checking are restrained to their narrow mindsets of having a painted picture of terrorist as a Muslim/Arab with facial hair.

Their vision might be about inspiring confidence in all but the way they go about their work does not inspire much confidence in me at all. I mean, how is it going to be for my safety that they're checking me.

With all that, i would like to end it by saying that's my thoughts and it won't affect everyone. So i hope nothing happens. Till next time.

Random Stuff

2008-03-29T13:38:00.002+08:00

Hello readers. I don't often write random stuff but i'll make an exception for today. I hope that you readers spared some time to read my previous entry. Judging by the hard facts from a local newspaper, i suspect that in a few years to come, much more citizens will go bankrupt. The reason is too simple, the need to show off, the need to feel accepted in a group or society, the need to follow trends. These are but a few of the many reasons available. I suggest to cut down on spending and increase in savings but realistically, my suggestion will definitely not be bothered by most. Nevertheless, i have state my say in there.

Next up is the lights out for Earthday tonight. It happens at 8 when the whole of Singapore's businesses, organizations and schools switch off all their lights. It's to show that they care for the Earth. I feel that like Valentine's Day and Mother's day, if we truly care for someone, we'll do it everyday. I don't see how by switching off the light for 1 hour can help the Earth. If these businesses and organizations and schools really care for the Earth, then practice it everyday. That will definitely have a certain impact on the natural resources of the Earth.

Lastly, i can't help but notice that a lot of people are racist. You don't have to be a detective to know this. Just click on their Friendster profiles or talk to them about cultures, more often then not, they'll blabber bad stuff about a certain race. The thing is i find it very contradicting of them. Why? Let's have an example, say a guy dosen't like the indian race, isn't it contradicting of him to eat their food. Especially cheese prata. Come on, if you're so racist you wouldn't eat that. I actually feel for these races. Just because of one black sheep, the rest are stereotyped as the same. Such narrow mindset most of us have these days.

Anyway, i'm done for the day. Have a good weekend guys. I have fever.

Stand By Me

2008-03-27T18:50:00.004+08:00

Konbanwa. It's been some time since i've posted. It's been a monotonous greetings and openings to every of my post. Going off after a post, coming back much later. But that's how it is. I was having a hard time to write. But basically, for now, i'm going to write up something close to the matter of heart. As a matter of fact, a touch of something personal.

It's something that majority of us are deprived. Yes, the recent events sparks my brain juice to activate. To think, to ponder. To assume, to factorise. Yes, i'm talking about Love. Love is like art. Art is diversity. So does love. Love for parents. Love for siblings. Love for friends. Love for someone special. Love for god. Love for animals. So on and so forth.

Though for now, i would like to take this time round to appreciate love for someone special. Love is commonly said but hardly expressed. Different people have different ways to express and demand love. While some demanded undivided attention, some demanded more. While some express love through gifts, some rather express through acts of passion.

I for once, still do not understand the concept of loving and being loved. When i am with someone i love, i will just take it she knows everything and that knowing that i loved her would be enough. Though at times, i reprimanded her to be materialistic. But i was proven wrong time and time again. I do not understand under what circumstances do you feel you love someone. Or you are being loved. Does being closer than just friends a good excuse?

How far can true love last? A few years? A few months? Or till death thou as part? These questions linger. But whenever you thought you found the answer to love, it is always at the end. Where your heart aches for that someone special. When you are desperate to right the wrong. When you are begging another shot in love. Or in simpler terms, you missed that someone special so dearly that you don't want it to happen ever again.

I admit, i do admire those long lasting relationships. It's worth the respect. For the troubles, quarrels, commitments put into. It will be sad for it to just go down the drain. Yet at times, long lasting love ends up ground zero. At times,when i ponder, i feel that i dont deserve to be love. Yet at times, i want to give in my all and make the best out of it. Is it because i'm afraid of losing someone dear to me? Or is it because i'm not good enough to think about being love? Whichever it is, i'm still finding the answer.

Having to reach 20 years of age, i can safely say, i have put behind the years of puppy love. Afraid to hurt or be hurt. It's been a fruitful experience and i hope i will learn a thing or 2 from it. But for now, i'll still continue to work out the maths. It's been an eye opener. I'm currently watching this anime, True Tears onVeoh. It's a great anime, at least for me. Although it has the same romance and drama like other animes you might have watched, I say this has a touch of reality. Though the series isn't completed, it's worth the wartch. How harsh love can be. And how sweet it is. I wonder if Love is truly pure. Oyasuminasai.

The Bankrupt Mat

2008-03-21T20:18:00.003+08:00

Hello guys and girls. Here are 2 articles that i came across. I find it very interesting and i want to share it with you readers. Hopefully you can think and reflect after reading the articles. It might be long for some but it's very, very enriching. The first is taken from Today newspaper and the second is an email a good friend of mine sent.

More Singaporeans facing bankruptcy, cash—flow woes

Thursday, March 20

SINGAPORE: The good times might still be here, but some Singaporeans are biting off more than they can chew.

After falling from a high four years ago, the downward trend of bankruptcy petitions and orders is showing signs of reversing, while the delinquency rate for credit cardholders is creeping up. Another sign that Singaporeans could be facing cash—flow woes: Pawnshops are enjoying brisk business.

ValueMax Group operations manager Yeah Lee Ching said some people run out of cash before the next payday. "They pawn their items to tide over the last week of the month and redeem their items after they get next month’s pay."

Noting that nine in 10 customers redeem their items, she added: "These are not poor people. They own gold, diamonds and expensive watches."

In January, there were 292 petitions for bankruptcy and 215 bankruptcy orders were passed, according to the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office. Last year, 268 bankruptcy petitions were filed and 230 orders were passed on average each month.

According to data from Credit Bureau (Singapore), the number of delinquent credit card holders has risen steadily. Last December, 14,379 defaulted on their bills a 1.42—per—cent delinquency rate as compared to 11,346 and 1.16 per cent in July.

Most owe less than $5,000 each. The majority are between 21 and 44 years old, and men make up almost 70 per cent.

About 80 per cent of the delinquents have credit cards with at least two banks.

Still, the bad debts, while apparently widespread, appear fairly contained for now.

The responses from banks to TODAY’s queries on property foreclosures seem to bear this out.

The three local banks said there was no discernable spike in the number of flats getting repossessed. A DBS spokesperson added that neither were there any increases in the number of foreclosures for commercial and industrial properties.

Still, property market sentiments remain tentative. ERA Realty Network assistant vice—president Eugene Lim said: "There is more bargain hunting now. You don’t see many people jumping in and buying straightaway, unlike last year."

And it’s not just the big—ticket purchases with which Singaporeans are more discerning. NTUC FairPrice managing director Seah Kian Peng said sales of its housebrand products in the last few months have been "very encouraging".

— TODAY/so

The Bankrupt Mat

Malays’ Current Money Habits Will See the Community in Financial Disaster.

Do this simple experiment when you have the time: stand by the side of a busy road in Singapore. Now count the number of cars that drive past and note down the driver’s race. You will soon observe that most of the time, 2 out of 10 cars will be occupied by a Malay family.

There may never be a proper poll on Malay car “ownership” but one cannot deny that lately there has been a surge in its number. Things like these are simply noticeable. 2 out of 10 is a very alarming statistic even for a straw poll, considering the race’s population makeup and socio-economic status. Malays make up only about 14% of our population, most of whom are not within the high income brackets. But “buying” a car seems to be the latest craze among Malays today.

Junior government officers, dispatch riders, clerks, traffic wardens, and even security guards - just some of the typical Malay professions who are now discovering that they can suddenly “afford” the ultimate middle class symbol. It used to be that Courts Superstore was the only place where Malay men would chalk up huge installment plans on their frivolous purchases. But ever since the enactment of the $0 down payment allowance for cars, the Malay man’s obsession with installments now includes his dream set of wheels.

Malay Money Habits

Malays have had dubious money habits since time can remember. Commerce and economic aspirations was never a regular feature of our culture. Accumulation of excess wealth is generally frowned upon as it’s considered avaricious and evil. Any excess that one has should be shared with the community. Malays are, after all a very communal society.

But the situation changed as time moved on. Realizing the importance of success, a handful in the Malay community advanced themselves well socially and economically. They found good jobs and good positions in society. The quality of their lives improved and they soon could afford bigger homes and other symbols of the middle class like cars and fancy home interiors.

Inadvertently, the growing affluence of this relatively small group of Malays bred silent resentment among the rest. Pressure grew among the majority members of the Malay community to keep up with their well-to-do relatives and friends. They too wanted the middle class symbols like cars and fancy home interiors. Materialism slowly becomes part of the Malay culture in Singapore. It doesn’t matter if people had to borrow money to get these symbols, as long as they kept up.

Today easy credit is available wherever you go. The booming economy is seeing Malays happily lapping up symbols like cars, home renovations, and fanciful weddings – on credit. I personally know a poly grad friend who recently took out a $30k loan to fund a lavish wedding reception complete with a live bands and a famous DJ. And yeah, a car loan is on the way for him too.

Chaps like him are not uncommon today. Many of our youngsters are indiscriminately taking on numerous credit cards and needless car loans. If the situation is left unchecked, the community will be self-destructing financially in the near future. Already the signs are there. According to a figure by the credit bureau, Malays now make up the biggest chunk of personal bankruptcy rates percentage-wise.

All it takes is for the economy to go into another prolonged recession before the rest check into the poor house. This will have serious implications for all of us as Malays are a relatively poor community to start with, struggling to build even our mosques and madrasahs. Something needs to be done and it has to be done soon.

Four “I”s of the Malay Money Habits

Malay Money Habits are characterized with the following 4 ‘I’s. They are namely income impairment, imperative to impress, inclination to credit and imprudence in financial matters.

1. Income Impairment

It is well known that Malay workers do not earn as much as their counterparts due to their education level. The majority of our young professionals enter the workforce with only an ITE certificate or Polytechnic diploma, drawing mediocre salaries with nominal yearly increments. On top of that, our community is still dealing with a large number of premature school leavers. Most have no impetus to neither carry on studying nor improve their earning capabilities and are set for a life of perpetual mediocrity.

However the need to feel like a member of the middle class runs high and meager income earners bridge this disparity by taking on loans. Today, more and more meager income earners are proudly driving around in brand new cars clouded by delusions of grandeur.

In a retirement survey conducted by AXA, it is discovered that a large percentage of Singaporeans will NOT have enough to retire on, despite the government raising the minimum CPF level to $120,000 by 2013. Needless to say, those in debts today will find themselves in a very grave situation tomorrow. Sadly, most Malays have not woken up to this fact.

2. Imperative to Impress

There is a very old but notorious motto that a lot of Malays live by. It goes “Biar papa, asal bergaya”. (Let me be broke, as long as I look good).

This need to look good is a powerful force indeed. It is the same force that drives many Malays to breaking their banks every Hari Raya. Spunky clothes and accessories, classy interiors and the latest home entertainment system are a must when friends and relatives come over to visit. To most Malays, debt is something that you can think about later, what is most important is to look impressive in front of others now.

If you head down to a public car park opposite Jalan Afifi on any given day, you will find a stable of about brand new cars – all belonging to CISCO security guards from the HQ building opposite. I’ve been observing them for quite a while now as I pass by the car park on trips to the swimming complex.

Right here where I live at Eunos Road 5, we have two Malay parking wardens who issue parking summons– in their own cars. I find it hilarious though that when they park their vehicles, they themselves do not display parking coupons but yet go around issuing summons for it.

I’m singling out these security guards and parking wardens not because I am demeaning the professions. But I feel that having an entire platoon of Malay security guards and Malay traffic wardens who drive around in their own cars; it’s a sure sign that ours is a community heavily laden with debt. Trouble is brewing.

3. Inclination to Credit

When I was ten-years old, I had a religious teacher that really hated me. One day, she unwittingly whined that the class shouldn’t demand a children’s day treat from her as she has not paid her car instalment for the month. I knew very well that Islam forbids both the taking and payment of interest. That was the reason why I quizzed her innocently about the interest that she’s paying on her car loan. Needless to say she made my life in class miserable from that day onwards.

It’s menial but true. Most Malays’ definition of “affordable” applies to the monthly instalment figure. As long as the monthly instalments can be made it is considered “affordable”, ignoring a very specific injunction in Islam to avoid paying things on instalment if interest is involved.

I’m not sure exactly how this culture came about but this is the exact mentality that most Malays adopt when they step into places like car showrooms and furniture stores. It is the same mentality that has put so many Malay families in dire consequences.

This mentality has to change. It is a culture that has been around for so long that other communities are making fun of our living-on-instalment ways. Malays must train themselves and their next generation to stop looking at the monthly instalment figures when making a purchase. If you cannot afford a liability in cash, you cannot afford it, period.

4. Imprudence in Financial Matters

People who understand financial matters are still few and far between in the community. Despite being university graduates, I have seen a few friends who got themselves trapped in negative equity situations while buying property. Worse, many still are not even aware of what terms like “negative equity” means.

In today’s complex economic climate, it is not enough to just be highly educated. It is more important to have a sound financial knowledge. The average leader of the household must be able to tell the difference between a bad debt and a good debt, the different types of mortgages and its pitfalls, and basic mechanics of the world’s financial markets.

Not only will these skills make Malays less susceptible to moronic money decisions that could lead their families into trouble, but they will also find themselves in a better position to benefit from it.

Action Now

Malay financial delinquency is an issue that has not received enough attention by the community. Perhaps they think that it’s an issue that needs no immediate arrest as compared to other more pressing dilemmas. Already our leaders are battling a host of social problems such as teenage pregnancy and single parenthood.

But the irony is, a financially dysfunctional community is the perfect breeding ground for more of such social problems in the future. More resources must be devoted to educate Malays, especially the young men, on financial responsibilities and sound spending habits.

A local newspaper reported not too long ago that there has been an unprecedented increase in the number of Malays applying for Zakat (alms), most of whom are young Malay men in their twenties. If that is not a wake-up call for the community, I do not know what is. If we let this problem go unchecked, a majority of our Malay families in the future could be led by a Bankrupt Mat as the head of the household

Postscript

Being in the forties myself, I understand the temptation to be behind the wheel sometimes. Yes, it’s pretty swell to drive up your date to a nice romantic inaccessible-by-public-transport beach after dinner for a nice chat under the stars. Yes, having a car at your command does have its perks. But being plagued by debt and liabilities should not be one of it.

An alternative that I personally use is the automated car sharing services. Using your mobile phone, you can activate one of many cars all over the island with just one SMS. The cars are new, clean and come in a wide variety of models to choose from. You get to drive all makes and brands while a car owner would usually have to be contented with the one he “bought”.

But best of all, you worry nothing about the monthly instalments, road tax, insurance, maintenance, breakdowns etc. Though I drive most weekends, my car bill rarely exceeds $100 a month. With the money you saved, you will soon find that a car is within your means, cash, by the time you’re 35 – if you really need it.

On a more interesting note, women seem to make much more financial sense than their male counterparts. In casual conversations, most of the tertiary-educated Malay ladies I know have told me that they do not admire men who drive. (The same cannot be said of the lesser-educated ones though).

According to one, starting a family with a car-bearing male is equivalent to starting a family saddled with debt, right from the start - a very dangerous concept indeed. It just takes one unforeseen disaster such as a serious illness, an accident or a retrenchment, before the entire family descends into a total financial shamble.

Maybe Malay men should drop their ego and listen to their ladies more.

With that, i conclude my post. Please reflect on the given articles. They're served as a wake up call on reality and not as a tool to insult certain race groups. Good night readers.

Have You Seen My Childhood

2008-03-16T01:34:00.002+08:00

Early morning readers. Really sorry for not updating that much this week. Been really busy with school, work and family. I've just reached home from an important event which is a key part of today's entry. The event was of my 1st cousin's engagement. She's the daughter of my father's brother; so i have no escape from engagements like i used to.

The engagement was a solemn affair witnessed by close relatives from 4 different branches of the family. They include the groom's paternal and maternal side and the bride's paternal and maternal side. My cousin is 23 years old and her partner is i don't know. The important thing to note is she's just 3 years older then me this year.

What i am trying to link from the age is how time really flies. I already have write on the hectic pace faced during secondary school but when your close cousin who is a few years older then you gets engage and married the next day, you know that you really have been on earth far too long. Couple this with the fact that you're still learning and not earning makes it a tighter slap in the face.

The most interesting aspect of the wedding were the hyper children. Watching them so happy and so bubbly brought back memories of another wedding when i was just a wee lad as well. That was 14-16 years ago. When i was 4-6, i remembered enjoying myself at a wedding with all of my cousins, running around the playground in the dead of the night with all my cousins, including the one who got engage just now. That was one of the few times i stayed up late. I had a good reason to. Look at me now writing this post at such a time which i'm suppose to be sleeping when i was young.

I realized then when i observe the hyper brats that i was one of them and that was light years ago. So much has happened and come to think of it in such a fast time. I really thought it as long but then i realize that the time i spent so far is really actually short. I still have more of life waiting for me in the near future but i cannot fathom the fact that in about 30 years time, i'll be looking back towards maybe this year and think of how much time has passed. Time is such a very valuable entity in life. You blinked your eyes a few times and lo and behold, your at your cousin's wedding, a cousin you played around with, grew up with, traveled with, joked with and the list can go on.

Anyway, i wish my cousin all the happiness in the world and may she have a blessed life with her husband. To the rest, let her engagement be a lesson for you. She waited i think 8 years for this to happen. So for all of you, when you're in real love, time is a really strong threat to you. Be patient and you'll pass the test of time.

One of those Days

2008-03-09T16:46:00.002+08:00

Hey all to Sunday afternoon. It's me Cold bringing you all a post. I'm keeping my bargain of writing a few times throughout the week; so for today, i shall give a take on something we all must have been through-one of those days.

It started with Avram Grant. He suck. He can't win trophies even if he had a good run. Somehow he'll shrivel up and run out of steam during the actual final or the knock-out stage. He's Chelsea's manager and he should leave after yesterday's humiliating ousting by a lowly Barnsley. With all respect to Barnsley who ousted Liverpool as well, Chelsea should have won considering the amount of shots they had either blocked or went well of target. I'm not going to be a bad sport here but that's the second cup we lost out having preforming brilliantly for the few games before the ties. The only consolation i had here was that Man U were derailed as well by Portsmouth.

Anyway, that was just but a small factor in my one of those days. I bought 2 games yesterday for my beloved darling; but something shitty happened. My darling had one of her off days as well. Since it's the weekend, i can't do much about it till tomorrow. Hopefully microsoft can fix my darling up and we can be happy again. If you're still confused or blur, she's an Xbox 360. 2 games bought that can't be played. Getting kicked out of the cup race.

The next one is the most important factor in my one of those days. My atm card got retained. No thanks to the machine to conveniently act up when it's my turn. I called the helpline and they cancel my card for me only to have the machine returning my card. Good one machine. That was the best prank yet. Thanks for making an ass out of me. I called the helpline again and well, they can't reactivate my card. I felt so F _ _ KED that i didn't even give a rat's ass to complain. Bye was all i said.

I'm actually in the midst of doing my homework but i guess it might be good to talk about one of those days. I'm sure we all face through it once in a while. It will always be there waiting to pounce on us when we least expect it; and when it does, we're all screwed. Past advices of to just grin and bear it or laugh your way out of it will be forgotten. Undeniably, we'll feel frustrated that we'll lash out at anyone. The best remedy i guess is to just sleep. I'll be doing that soon after my homework. If you face through it, don't shout at anyone. It's not their fault. Before i make my exit, ponder on this, with so much sex going on everywhere, has the meaning of it been erased and would you mind your future spouse to do it before?

Mas Mas

2008-03-03T23:07:00.002+08:00

Hey all. Another Monday is about to end but not before i have my say. Past week's saw an event that really, for once, since the planned bombing attacked that got wind before it happened, vibrate the nation. The reason i used the word "vibrate" is because even though it's supposed to be rocked or shook the nation, there is still a majority of people who care about their money and the social circle more then their safety. Before i leave you readers clueless still, i'm here today to give my say on Mas Selamat's departure from the detention centre.

First up, he has been detained since 2006. That gives him about 2 years of knowing the place inside out, 2 years to increase his brownie points and influence with the guards, 2 years to plan, 2 years to gain an alibi and so on and so forth. That 2 years might have been crucial to his planning of his departure. Departure, in a sense that, he conveniently left the place. "Exit" sounds too embarrassing for his stature(he's a wanted man) while "escape", on the other hand, leaves the guards embarrassed. Departure is good for both parties. The guards were caught off guard or "security lapse" as they like to say, and bade goodbye to Mas who leaves with his pride.

In all seriousness, Mas has kicked the security force of Singapore right in the butt. This lapse not only means an open threat to everyone living on this shores, it shows what complacency can do to anyone. There are a lot of theories revolving his escape. In the Malay community, expectedly, almost everyone says he has some magic powers. I agree to a certain extent. I don't think it's just powers, maybe divine intervention or the power of manipulation. The Chinese community, surprisingly, from what i read about most of their comments on the forums and such, thinks that he's executed already and are just waiting for the authorities to put it as accident of some sort. I don't know what the Indian community thoughts for this matter as my friend did not picked up his phone. Other theories states that he has a friend in the detention centre, he bribed and other nonsensical stuff. Everyone loves a conspiracy theory.

What i don't understand is why the 4 long hours before the public announcement? I hope i can have answers for that. As for the escape, we can only suspect until official statement is given though answers for that are vague even among the authorities themselves. The only way to think right now is where do we go from here? How are we going to cope with any potential threats? What can we do to ensure our safety? The way we react to this situation will show the character of the society here as a whole. It will either make or break the cohesiveness the country has so hard made. It will be a test. A tough test. This is really a sensitive issue so there will be tensions and such stuff.

Anyway, some points to ponder:
-What if Mas really has not escape and this is all a Government ploy to increase awareness of sorts? Might be a good April fool's joke, albeit an early one. This is rather not likely though.
-In that space of time when information was passed out to all the immigration in the first hour to prevent his ultimate departure from Singapore; was it too long that Mas had escaped even before the information was passed to all the concerned authorities? Take note that he reportedly has a limp, surely he has an accomplice getting ready with a car the minute he escaped.
-If he really has escaped to, say Indonesia, won't it be likely he will stay low for the next few months; getting to form his group back to mount future attacks? If he can wait for 2 years before an escape, surely he can wait 2 more years before the youth Olympics. He is reported to have planned bombings on the American Embassy, American naval ships and almost everything else has American brand on them. Why youth Olympics? It's Singapore's biggest sport's event and has America taking part in it. More likely targets would be any big event coming up or maybe when the hype has died down. This we'll never know.

To finish off this post, i guess it resembles a little bit of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In that book, the most wanted convict escaped from Azkaban, supposedly the highest secured prison in that magical world. The similarities are there. Singapore, like the magical counterparts, pride in their high security and then there's a high profile escape that rocked everyone; though many in Singapore still are still ignorant of the dangers. The book goes on to show that the escaped convict was a good man, wrongfully accused. The same cannot be said for the terror escapee though if he redeem himself, it might be a fairy tale. One can only hope after sanctions from Interpol.

To end this post, i have a piece of news to share. I''ll be writing much more often throughout the week because i've received feedbacks from the other writers that they want to take a back seat. They're really busy at the moment and in their own words, they don't see themselves committing totally. Maybe a posed now and then. Fadd, in that case, let's change the concept of the blog a little to celebrate their achievements. Till next time, cherish the moment you have with anyone for you'll never know when you're leaving. Make a mark in their lives.

Olympics 2010

2008-02-25T23:34:00.002+08:00

Good evening all to the end of Monday yet again. You're all with me COLD yet again. Thanks Kingofkings for your support and applause. Today, i won't be writing something long yet again. Just a short thank you note to some people.

Congratulations to Singapore for hosting the up and coming Youth Olympics 2010. I'm sure superstars and big names will arrive on our shore to ply their trade. I want to thank you guys in advance for all the tax increase(i.e. road tax, school fees, transport hikes, etc etc...) that is going to come our way. How i want to thank you all for all the hard times i will be going through as soon as possible. I want to thank you for the increase in expats and foreign workers who will come to work here just to prepare ourselves in terms of services and such to the multitudes of professional sportsmen and athletes in 2 years time. These workers will come in handy because our own people are not making enough babies; never mind the fact that they won't be old enough to work in 2 years time. I want to thank you for all the added security that will be put strictly in place to overcome any threats be it real life or imaginary. I'm sure that i'll be most likely be put to question even though i have been singing the National Anthem for the majority of my life. I want to thank you for all the sleepless nights i'm going to have thinking of what else will eat my pocket before i run dry.

I really hope this Olympics will turn out as expected. I need my money back from all the donations that i have to give in the 2 coming years...but i know that won't happen. Thanks guys.

So Long

2008-02-18T13:05:00.002+08:00

Good afternoon readers. Hope you had a good lunch. I'm in not much mood to do an introduction today so i'll just skip the part.

Yesterday was my last working day at Night Safari, arguably the most popular attraction in Singapore. I've had a good life there but i feel it's time for me to move on. I'm happy to say that the moment i punch my card out for the last time, a great burden of responsibility was lifted; at long last. That place was the only last link to my teenage days.

I'm shocked myself to say that i've outgrown the teenage needs and wants ever since the long hiatus. I've said in my first post ever since that long break that it felt different this second coming. I've analysed and came to the conclusion that i don't have the mindset of a normal teenager anymore.

I want to thank to all the workers of Night Safari as well as Zoo especially those in FnB for all the good times i had these past years. I've worked there for almost 3 years and have learnt a lot work wise and social wise. Facing the challenges there has matured my thinking and hopefully, the experience i had would be helpful in my later journeys.

Special thanks to the Ben & Jerry's Crew and the Bongo Crew for everything. I would not give names but there are those who deserve the accolade more then the rest. Good luck guys and girls. Hopefully i've made my mark there. Till next time.

2008-02-15T02:46:00.005+08:00

It's Friday Morning with Fadd and what do we have here? A sudden mutiny by other writers it seems. Nonetheless i can see that our self appraisal Cold is a loyal writer with his usual lengthy, boring yet educational posts. It's also been brought to my attention, the one and only, Fadd - sama ( In case any of you dumbasses don't do Japanese or associate yourself with anime, manga or drama serials, -sama is a suffix to refer someone of superiority or respect if i get this correct), has been suffering from the phenomenon involving temporary loss of ability to begin or continue writing, usually due to lack of inspiration or creativity, or in simpler terms : Writer's Block. And for that i'm sorry.

To kickstart everything, I'm thankful that grandma beat the odds and is getting healthier as we speak. She's beginning to talk though it sounded more like the whispers of the wind, but i guess that a good start. 2nd, I'm also thankful to NAFA for allowing me another chance to restart life as a student. They called me up giving me an opportunity to continue. With the recent events that happened, they are more than happy to go the extra mile. I couldn't thank them more, Especially the Head of Department for VC, whoever you are.

After all, i might also give it another try on retaking my O level maths and science hoping that i would at least secure a pass which would be just nice for me to attain 5 credits instead of 4. There's alot of people rooting for me, and i thank Mom, Violet, Cold, Don, HidzirLennon, Shereen, Amalina and others who were there to tell me to grab that opportunity to make it big. I couldn't thank them more. I know it sounds like i've won an award, but yeah.. to me it's something special. Thanks again ya'll.

On top of that, I wish everyone out there a belated Valentine's Day. Better late than never. Be it bad or good. I'm sorry but i don't have any photographs to share but who knows maybe tomorrow or so i'll try to post some pictures, that is if we go out for sessions. We're also in need to work on an account to host our photographs. Till then, you've been patronised by Fadd-sama and tune in to Be Yourself - Audioslave. Great band. Over and Out!

PS: My post is getting lengthy. Must be influenced by Cold!

Writing

2008-02-10T21:54:00.000+08:00

Hi all to the end of Monday. The past few days must have been really prosperous to most of you readers considering the obscene amount of money found in your obscene stacks of red packet. I'm sure most of you won't mind donating some to the board over here for our contributions to your weekly entertainment considering the fact that 3 of us here have been working our butts off for the past few days. We're part-timers in service line mind you so there's no rest for us. Working during the holiday period is the norm for our lives.

Anyway, i'm writing in today about writing, specifically newspapers. Over here, on our little island, we have a 3 different English newspapers. I'm going to use English newspapers as an example as it's universal. 2 of these papers are from Singapore Press Holdings while the other is from Mediacorp but ultimately, all 3 are from the same source; the Government.

Since most of us read the newspaper on a daily basis, have we ever considered the fact that these papers might not be as truthful in its coverage as we thought. Just about 3 weeks ago, there was a report in one of the papers covering an accident along Mandai Road. It states that a 40 year old Caucasian man seriously injured his left leg. Most of us who are not connected to the victims of the incident might believe it; but since i have a friend involve in that accident, i am sad to say that there was no Caucasian man at all. The only man who got injured is a male Indian teen.

The purpose of the newspaper is to depict incidents or events in its entirety. The truth should be out not distorted nor exaggerated. It should not be kept hidden or be used as a weapon. Why weapon? Since it's a form of communication, in the hands of the elites, it can be used to brainwash the minds of the readers into believing the ideals of the elites. Simple hidden meanings or patriotic messages are found in most of these articles if we read between the lines. Take for example Mr Lee Kin Mun, better known as Mr Brown. His article on high living cost in Singapore led to his dismissal from Today. Obviously, the article did not go down well with the Government and its a no-brainer, on their part, to dismiss someone who is constantly thinking and putting them down in words for everyone to read. Which country wants a revolt? No country does. This shows that even with "freedom of speech/writing", it still has to depict the government in good light. In other words, saka their balls. In this little way, newspapers are very strong weapons.

Aside from that, we should not take editorials on issues and problems by face value. Instead, we should be aware of who the writer is and what is the writer's background so as to decipher the stand he/she has in the issue. Meaning to say that we should think on their opinions and see to our judgement as to whether we can hold it true or is it biased towards a certain party.

After reading this entry, i hope that most of you readers can find the time to read other papers on Singapore or your country's matter. It helps to see the same story from a different perspective. Its refreshing and challenges your mind to make a better judgement. I hope that this entry does not get terminated or something. If it does, it further solidifies the proof of control from the elites.

Anyway, Valentine's day is very near. I wish to all those who are celebrating a lovely Valentine's day. As for myself, like almost every year, i'm without a partner. So if you're a girl, read: GIRL, send me an e-mail or better still, message me at 92282773. Maybe i might be lucky this year; and yeah, if you are really in a relationship, don't bother celebrating Valentine's day as you can have it all year round. Provided if you're really into each other. That was today's lesson.

Consideration of Considerates

2008-02-04T23:17:00.000+08:00

Hello again to Monday's End with me again. It's been a testing day for my patience; but before i start today's topic, Consideration Today, i would like to thank a friend of mine as well as other readers on positive feedbacks we've received this past week. Let this be a start to more thoughts and opinions from other readers. On with the topic. As i've said, i had a real test of patience today.

Firstly, my phone line is cut off which means to say i cannot make any outgoing calls or messages. I acknowledge the fact that it's what i brought myself upon. For today, i was supposed to get certain documents in obscure place; for example, Alexandra Terrace. I doubt you'd even heard of it before. The only to get to these places would be by cab but as luck would have it, it's a few days till Chinese New Year(CNY), thus doubling the difficulty of getting a cab; even by bookings.

So there i was, at the place, in the late afternoon, rushing to the office only to find it close. Calmly, i went to find a public phone to call the secretary who sent me. Horror upon horrors was that there were no public phones at all in that compound as well as the surrounding vicinity. I composed myself before heading on to the security guard. I told her of the predicament i was in and asked her politely as to whether i could use the phone. I got a negative answer. I asked whether i could borrow her handphone instead. She still gave me a negative answer. She remarked sarcastically that i should buy a handphone. With that, i lost my cool and just walked away.

I made my way to a group of people, all queuing up for the shuttle bus. The first guy listen and politely gave me a negative answer. The second girl made a confused face; as if i was talking a different language. The malay guy next made me snapped. He was nodding his head with a i-don't-give-a-rat's-ass-about-your-problem face and ended all that nodding with a blatant lie. With his right hand hiding the phone securely, he said he had no phone. I felt like punching him right there and then. The rest of them, 8 of them to be precise, all shook their head nonchalantly as if what i was doing was a blasphemy in their eyes. Out of 13 people, only one, a guy at that, whole heartedly helped me.

After the whole ordeal, i had to take the bus and then transfer to the MRT. It is with my deepest sympathy to all the Singaporeans out there to say that in buses and trains, no one is moving in to the centre of the bus or carriage. The idiot who blocked the entrance of the MRT was unceremoniously shoved in by me. Before all that happened though, during the escalator ride, more commuters were standing idly chit-chatting at the right side of the moving staircase. It didn't help that there were couples hugging and smooching about. I politely asked to be excused but was given stares and again those were with the glimmer of heresy.

All these points i wrote down are not made up. They're honest and with great regret, the sad state of reality here in this country. Is it so hard to ask for some act of kindness? Is it so hard to do it ever so sincerely without any media attention? Is it so hard to even start thinking of others instead of yourself? Have you ever given any thought as to why those people who need help badly are in that state in the first place? Have you taken some time to think and understand the lifestyles of these people? In my daily walks at the MRT station, i noticed it is so hard for most people to take just a few seconds of their time to help an old lady carry her trolley up a small flight of stairs. Is money really that important to you to sacrifice a little bit of your time to make others in this same world we all live in happier? Or is because of the time that is so precious that every second of it is dedicated to making more money? What of those in high positions? Are they excused because of their eliteness, their exclusivity to give a little of their time to help others?

Readers, i urge you to ponder on the questions i have set. I won't answer them because it's high time you readers act as humans, open your eyes and think. For goodness sake think of everything and not only the questions i have. Considerate and kindness goes a long way. Practice it everyday, in small little ways. Give that odd cent to the donation box not because you must but because you're sincere and want to a bit for humanity.

With all that in mind, another advice on relationships: Flirting is exciting. The real relationship is boring. Try to spice up your life. Surprises and such. Good night.

2008-02-03T00:18:00.000+08:00

ARSENAL 3-1 MANCHERSTER CITY

You are the Arsenal,
my only Arsenal,
you make me happy, when skies are grey,
you'll never know just, how much I love you,
so please don't take, my Arsenal - away
(You are my Sunshine)

We're the best behaved supporters in the land,
We're the best behaved supporters in the land,
We're the best behaved supporters,
best behaved supporters,Best behaved supporters in the land (when we win!)

We're a right bunch of bastards when we lose,
We're a right bunch of bastards when we lose,
We're a right bunch of bastards, right bunch of bastards,
Right bunch of bastards when we lose.

Im elated that we have won. Damn right Fuck all the premiership team. ARSENAL is top of the table as for now. Im a fuckin Fan-atic. I get fucking upset when Arsenal lose any matches. Saddest memory of all was when Arsenal lost in the final of champions league and losing to galatasaray few years back. Heartbroken. It chewed me. No, it tored me apart. Im a big time sore loser when it comes to football lol.

Fuck City's Sven queer baldy Eriksson and his scumstaches.

Passion

2008-01-28T23:54:00.000+08:00

Hello again to Monday's end. It's none other then me, the ever consistent, COLD. It is with highest respect that i give my condolences to the Suharto's family for the passing away of their head of family. He will be remembered by most and ignored by more. Ignorance is bliss as they say. With that let's start today's end with an apology from me for a very abrupt end to the coffeeshop saga. Great readers, you need to know that i have NIGHT CLASSES and it's killing away precious time i have on earth. What can i say aside from the agonizing fact that one has to STUDY to get accepted and be successful in this dog eat dog country. Success tends to overrule everything from moral ethics to intelligence to emotions and most of all, it kills passion. Yes, today, i will cover passion.

Passion comes in different guise for different situations. Simply saying that a boy loves a girl is passion in its emotive form. That's different from the passion i had in mind. We all have passion in something be it a hobby or sport or even a drama serial. Education system in Singapore, i feel, kills the passion. We're like robots coming to school everyday to study for a brighter future whereas other countries like the all righteous America and it's avid follower Britain, nurtures students with passion in other ways aside from school.

In Britain, children as young as 3 trains under the watchful eye of an establish coach. This is football mind you. At the age of 3, that's way too early then preschool. In Singapore, you're 22 and most likely you're a Sunday boy. In fact, just compare yourself to a player from the league in Europe. Chances are you'll be comparing yourself to Ronaldo or Rooney because of the same age. Yet, since they pursue they're passion, they are earning much more and at the same age as you are. You, on the other hand, are here, reading this with shock realization that you are an average mediocre student who have to juggle studies with work life as a part timer and sustaining a failing relationship. All because over here, only the privileged few (i.e. those with money) can pursue a career that has their passion in it.

Now, most of you might say that has to do with soccer. Fine; i'll use another example. This is a positive one though. You like arts and you join an art school. You get coverage for your art works and such. You're a high flyer in the arts field and teach art at school. That's what it is. If you look at the bigger picture, yes, the person is successful and content with his/her life but it's still along the rigid guidelines of Singapore education. If the person instead were to pursue art in a different angle, like being an independent artist with his/her own shop, the likelihood of a sustainable life would be difficult. He/she would have exhibitions and such but living on that alone without a stable income here in Singapore will definitely tax the artist. Don't get offended by this though but it's a fact.

Typically, the passion to be in a band or to be seen in the "scene" is very enticing to a lot of youth but taking into account the average lifespan of these such bands and scenes, can they actually give you a stable income till a ripe old age of say 80; when only then can you dig out your CPF? I don't think so. Scenes come and goes and so does the money spent on trying to outdo each other to be the hippest, coolest or swankiest idiot of all. Well, i don't blame them cause they're not being rational and are not mature yet in their thinking; but from what i've seen of them, it's sad to say that they might continue this till the ripe old age of 25 before they start getting serious. Well, better late then never.

Now, the Government has asked time and time again, why are Singaporeans leaving to be elsewhere. This is one of the reasons and it's a major one i might add. 2nd only to expensive service and goods and bills. Yes, the jobs here offer lucrative future and sums of money, though not in most jobs but these people are finally opening their eyes to see that they can pursue their passion elsewhere and earn from it at the same time. Doing something that you love, to have the passion for it is full-filling; but to get paid for it is ecstasy. And over here, well, i think the constant stress and pressure to become to top dog with the highest paycheck seriously dampens the mood for a pleasing and meaningful worklife. I'm sure most of you disagree but hey it's Monday's end and it's ending.

Before i finish this, another lesson: Girls, don't get in the way of a guy and his car/game/football. He won't entertain you if you do. Take it from me. I'm a guy.

2008-01-27T00:37:00.000+08:00

It's a lil bit too late for Fridays I'm in Love with Fadd but i guess as long as i post everything will be just the way it should be.

To catch up with my daily-dos, I'm thankful 'cos my grandma much more stable now. All we have to do now is to wait for her to open her pretty eyes. I've also established myself as a full time bum, worst off than Hidzirlennon the legend himself.

I've nothing to rant. Nothing to complain about. Nothing to wish for. I guess everything's just going well. Great friends, great family and all. But i'm pleased to be working on a side project along 2 compatriots of mine, other than the outspoken cold, the other is Hairi. I hope we get great feedbacks now and then as we're just doing it for hobby and old time sake. I'll post it up when it's done.

Well i guess that's all about it. To my hombre, Dan the man, maybe you should take a break. You need it for now. Overdoing your limits wont necessarily be a good thing. Sometimes you just have to be wise in choosing. Till then, Adieu. Pictures courtesy of Hairi himself.

2008-01-26T00:22:00.000+08:00

I hate to say this, but sorry, really am for my absence the previous week.

And i hate to give a reason, cause i have my reasons of doing things, i feel so drained lately, mentally and physically. I mean who doesn't sometimes, i do too. But lately it has gone a notch up when i realised i get severe back aches when i get really stressed up. It has been going on for quite sometime, and true to Cold's summary, i inherited it from my father, who also suffers from back pain when he's stressed up.

It been quite awhile since i felt so drained, so exhausted. And i just cant seem to find the cure for it. I've been trying hard to put up a front in school, doing things that i don't usually do, participating in more activities and running a tight ship with my graduation show committee.

And i've been contemplating on quiting work lately. I don't know why, but working doesn't seem to be on top of my mind. I need my weekends. But then i need to the extra cash, so ya, you can see my dilemma.

Banquet

2008-01-21T23:10:00.000+08:00

Good evening everyone once again to Monday's end. Feeling shagged from the first day of the week right? Well, we are all conformed by rigid rules of the norm. I too am shagged for the day's event as well as the past weekend; but i have an obligation and that is to deliver my responsibilities to you readers.

For today, i'm going to share on my take of the coffeeshops and kopitiam. Food is an important asset in every single living thing. More so for us humans as we have intricate tastes that are unique to ourselves. With that in mind, we love to share our choice of cooking to the rest in forms of restaurant and shops and stalls. Singapore is a food haven as i have been told countless of times; but judging from the past 2 years, i have come to realise that a certain change has been brought about in the eating scene. What i'm trying to tell you readers is that if you have been aware of it, you might noticed that there are not much open aired, laidback, smoke wafting coffeeshops. Instead, what we have are air conditioned kopitiams going by the name of BANQUET.

I think that Banquet food not is not only expensive, it's way too expensive and the serving is too little for a guy like me. In fact, i'll get hungry in an hour after eating at banquet. I hate the way Banquet has such a strong grip on the nation with its decor and air con and variety and of course it's monopolisation of the eating scene. I mean, if you get down to the basics, what matters is the food. To think that we pay all those extra cents for the service rendered and the food still sucks. No matter how hard they try to cover it up with all those spectacle and coolness, the fact will never escape the mouth that eats it. I'm am disappointed that food standard has dropped in terms of quality and quantity. What goes up though, like everything else in this country, is the price.

With Banquet opening new outlets every few weeks or days, more similar novelties are springing up around the community to emulate its overestimated success. In fact, we now have Koufu as well. Pardon any wrong spellings so far. With a contender in its wake, i just hope that Banquet can raise its bar for the better of hungry people like me cause what is important when your hungry, is not the air con nor the hot girl sitting at the opposite table. When you're hungry, it all boils down to how good the food is. Never mind if the shop uses fan. Never mind if it's dingy. I need better food like how the old timers used to do it. Not how it's eing marketed.

Another day and another lesson: Girls and some of the guys, just because the person replied your messages dosen't mean that they're into you. They might be really helpful people and try to help you in any way including texting you or keeping you company or doing your homework. Yes, they care for you but don't get the wrong ideas until they reveal their true nature of their intentions. This way, more heartbreaks will be nullified.

2008-01-18T01:35:00.000+08:00

This post is dedicated to you, grandma. Nothing of any link with my usual post for any other Fridays as this week is about you and it will be without any pictorial guidance nor evidence.

You've been warded recently, this time due to stroke. We all do understand such matters of the heart doesn't only affect the old nor the young, the weak nor the strong. Such matters are unpredictable. And we're sad for you to be attacked by it.

You were attacked by a major stroke on Tuesday afternoon. Healthy as any fit grandmother you are, yet i guess it is predestined for you to be in such conditions. As I'm writing this, you are currently fighting for your life in the hospital and we, your closest family, relatives and friends will pray for your recovery, or the very least, a peaceful long sleep. We don't want to see you suffer a prolonged misery.

You are and will always be missed by us. Just like we missed Dad. Doctors said you have minimal chance of survival or recovery yet you're fighting it for us, your grandchildren. Your right brain is as good as non operational, yet you fight to open your eyes and speak as your face shows agony of pain and suffering. All that you did it for us, your grandchildren. To see you suffer aches us even more. You're fighting to keep the promises and hopes alive. But for now, forget the promises we made to each other, the times where you said you wanna see us get married, and have kids. Forget about those. Do yourself a favour and rest for now. Rest and take a break.

You've been taking care of us since we're babies. So now, let us take care of you the same way this time. Nazri will deeply miss you for he's your beloved grandchild, Even though your love for us was always equal. You are a great mum, grandma and a mentor. You thought us the importance of family relationship and we promise you that such bond will never disappear.

Whatever the outcome, we will pray for your safety. We will cling on to hopes of a miracle. We will be there for you. For you have always and never fail to be there for us. We love you grandma. We really do. Whatever the outcome, we will be your pillar of support.

Get Well Soon Grandma. We're sorry for the past, we promise to remember the present and we'll repend our ways for the future. Forgive us. For being late to save you. Only noticing you when you're already down. Forgive us and may god have mercy on your soul. Amen.

2008-01-15T01:40:00.001+08:00

I know its a bit late on this one but I offer my sincere apologies. Days run by and all I can say is I'm losing count of them. Never has time been such an important commodity. As my dearest brothers would attest to it, I'm now a school drop-out with no hope of redemption. I'm now an afternoon alcoholic with my parents wanting me out of the house. How such stories came about I will never know, but I can only hope the imagination of my dearest brothers do not run any wilder.

"These are my friends, I have their backs,
They are the closest things to blood that I have!"-Thick as blood by Black My Heart.

A sudden train of thought hits ever so randomly and it leaves a bitter-sweet aftertaste. Why do we do what we do? For the sake of standing up to our names and expectations? Crews, cliques. They damn as well do not mean a thing. Circles incomplete. Once upon a time I'd stick around to mend broken souls but now all that comes to mind is" I can't give a fucking damn anymore''. Its nothing to do with angst or anger. Ive learnt to live and let live. Some seek purpose, I seek a destination. And hopefully this journey never ends. Let me never reach the destination. For once I reach it the road ends and it all comes to a standstill. Call me a walking contradiction, but that is what I am.

On a not so much softer note, I'd like to share something I once posted in a previous blog that infuriated many and inspired many more.

Black looks best on lungs.

Xiaxue???

2008-01-14T22:49:00.000+08:00

Hello there to all the gracious readers. It's Monday and i'm here to add the blues to you readers. Yeap...more of them. First up, i would like to apologize on behalf of our Wednesday and Thursday writers. I won't make any excuses for them so instead, i just urge the rest to continue their good run so far. Today, i will address something that irks me this past few days.

As we all know, Xiaxue is big on the blog and she's part of the library archives. I want to give my two cents here. I don't think she should be part of it. Why? Because i think, that the library archives should get a blog that sets a person thinking or sets the motion for different kind of fields, be it arts, language, science, politics or social ethics. I don't think an everyday account of a person's life can change the whole nation that much. I mean, sure it's a blog and she has every right to put down her life in there for voyeurs to read but does that really set the nation thinking? I'm sure there's a hundred other blogs that are better in terms of content instead of an excerpt of an everyday life from an uncouth lady. I should stop this post here and now to prevent any scuffle with the said person but i guess it won't be much of a help. She might be pissed with this post for all i know.

Anyway, if everyone of us is thinking rationally, then no one might feel offended by the above paragraph. So, what my opinion of the matter is, in general, i don't mind if the person writes his or her private life in their blog, so be it. But if it gets into the archives, all i can say to the librarians there is to think properly. I mean, do you really want to show the whole wide world what kind of standard our writers are with that entry? I hope that if it is, you librarians have a damn good reason for it; and no, saying that it has high number of readers day in day out doesn't cut it.

I expect that will rile most of the general readers as well as the said protagonist. Aside from that, i'm sure that most of you readers are wondering what personality i have since DAN has start the ball rolling. Well, i took the test and this is my result:

Life as an INFP

(Introvert, Intuitive, Feeler, Perceiver)

People of this type tend to be: quiet, reserved, and kind; deeply passionate, sensitive, and easily hurt; loving and dedicated to those close to them; creative, original, and imaginative; curious and flexible in small matters; nonconforming.
The most important thing to INFPs is their deeply held beliefs and living in harmony with their values.

Great careers for INFPs
Here are just a few popular and often satisfying careers for people whose Personality Type is INFP.
Psychologist
Human resources professional
Physical therapist
Researcher
Translator/interpreter
Legal mediator
Employee development specialist
Religious worker
College professor: humanities
Massage therapist
Social worker
Librarian
Fashion designer
Holistic health practitioner
Editor/art director (web site)
How to Spot INFPs:
idealistic with deep yet private passions
creative and imaginative
initially hesitant and cautious
original, even funky dressers
Tips for Communicating with INFPs:
Share genuine beliefs and values to establish rapport
Respect their slower warm time and need for privacy

Emphasize the ways ideas will benefit others.

I think my family and friends can attest to that. It's as true as my curls and moustache. With that, i'll end with another advice: Guys prefer to get out with friends sometimes. So girls, when your guy says he wants to have fun with his friends, let him be. It's just innocent fun and you'll definitely will always be in their mind, no matter what they do and who they look at.

2008-01-12T11:12:00.000+08:00

Came across, this personality-take-the-quiz type not too long ago, found that parts of it were accurate or atleast right.

Life as an ENFJ

People of this type tend to be: friendly, outgoing, and enthusiastic; affectionate articulate, and tactful; highly empathetic but easily hurt; creative and original; decisive and passionately opinionated, productive, organized, and responsible.

The most important thing to ENFJs is their relationships, and the opportunity to communicate and connect with others.

Here are just a few popular and often satisfying careers for people whose Personality Type is ENFJ:

Education: College Professor: Arts/Humanities, Teacher: Art/Drama/English, Special Education, Librarian, Dean of Students, Bilingual Education

Counseling/Social Service: Career Counselor, Crisis Counselor, Psychologist, Personal Counselor, Psychiatrist, Interpreter/Translator, Minister

Communication/Other: Advertising, Public Relations, Journalist, Writer, Newscaster, Communications Director, TV Producer, Editor, Recruiter, Sales Manager, Entertainer, Composer, Artist, Designer

How to Spot ENFJs:
friendly, enthusiastic, and empathetic
creative, original, and articulate communicators
very expressive with strong, sincere, value-based opinions
decisive, organized leaders

Tips for Communicating with ENFJs:
Express appreciation for their contributions
Avoid confrontations - be diplomatic and look for points of harmony
Respect their feelings and their need to be true to their values

Take the test.

2008-01-11T20:58:00.000+08:00

I've looked for love in stranger places,
but never found someone like you.
Someone whose smile makes me feel I've been holding back,
and now there's nothing I can't do.

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
but most of all it's built to last.

All of our friends saw from the start.
So why didn't we believe it too?
Whoa yeah, now look where we are.
You're in my heart now.
And there's no escaping it for you.

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
but most of all it's built to last.

Walking on the hills that night with those fireworks and candlelight
You and I were made to get love right

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
but most of all it's built to last.

'Cause you are the sun in my universe,
considered the best when we've felt the worst
and most of all it's built to last.

Fadd - Attack! Fridays. Chiao.

2008-01-08T03:55:00.000+08:00

Its 4.30 in the morning and im typing this post. Im dead tired and my mind's not thinking straight. It is almost non functional.

Oh btw, i've been listening to devendra banhart for hours now on the pc. Let me tell you abit about this artist.The music's offbeat- mix and mash of hippy/ folk/ psychedilca/ buddha-esque.

The vocals are eerily soothing to the soul and it kinda makes my heart dance to the beautifull melody.

I know it sounds weird, but heck. He looks like a cross between Yesus, young George Harrisson and a full grown Yeti. You should checkout the song tittled 'Seahorse'.
Its about Banhart wanting to be a seahorse and escaping from reality. The lyrics are crappy and surreal or rather plain bullshite depending how you see it, but it has an added raw emotions to it which i cant define.
And that makes the song stands out. It is unlike the songs you hear on MTV or perfect 10 for the matter - totally comercial. Do check him out yes.

Another artist i'd like to mention is Bright Eyes.
He's an independant artist or in other words is, he's not tied down to any major labels out there. He sings and perform alone. One man army.
My fav song from him is 'First Day of my Life'. The song is very chillen and it makes you want to reflect on life and people you do Love. To couples out there reading this post, pleeady please check out the video. Its very sweeeeet and it can make you teary eyed too if you are also thinking of your loved ones who's already passed on.

Oh if you're bored.Checkout this mindless comedy on youtube.Type in 'The Mighty Boosh'. Plenty of no brainer jokes and hilarious characters. Definitely way way funnier than Ali G or racial realist Yehudi-hating Borat.

2008-01-07T23:15:00.000+08:00

Good evening readers. How are the resolutions coming along? Predictably failing i supposed. I don't blame you readers. It's just the lack of discipline and too many temptations right??? Yeah, yeah...go and console your guilt. First and foremost, i would like to welcome yet another brother, one who is bestowed with the fine arts of 2-steps, floorpunch and goodness knows what else. He is one of our most blunt and astute writer yet. He represents a vast minority of people that has a mixture of not 2 but 3 magical races. He is the rebel who thinks he has a cause; the opportunist at the front of every insubordination, he is the one the only, Antihero. I welcome him to enlighten you readers out there with his philosophies of life as well as his business strategies. Trust me, you wanna be rich quick, he's the man; with all possible schemes up his sleeve.

Now on to today's editorial. It concerns a post i made last year if i remembered correctly. To start off, there i was in a cab. As normal, the driver strike up a conversation. This conversation though, instead of having him screaming hissy fits at all the political agendas going on, had him on the verge of tears. I feel for the man, man. What he said was not only his, but the taxi driver's side of the story. What he told me was an awakening to the realisation of their fate. Picture this, you area cab driver. You have a 12 hour shift. You earn 300. Out of that, only 70 is yours because 160 is the rental, 60 is the fuel for the day and 10 for your lunch. Yep...a measly 70 smackaroos per day. And that's on a good day. I pity them cause with the hike in fares, i noticed queues for taxis dropped significantly. At first i was elated and mock them for not having customers but now, i guessed i was wrong.

What the driver had for suggestion though was spot on. Lower the rental cost. The operators like all other establishments are making way too much money for themselves and not for the workers. There was a minor hitch though. That was in this beautiful homeland of you priceless readers, you can't voice out your unhappiness with any problems abound. Try a peaceful protest and chances are you'll get locked up. Don't believe me, go ahead. Anyway, back to these drivers, i don't see the answer to their problems in this year. I'm not counting on you readers to suddenly go and take taxis everyday. That'll be dumb on your part. The only piece of advise i can give them is to be patient. No wonder there are so many cases of touting.

With that, i've done my part for today. It feels different this second coming. I could not put my finger to the problem yet but there is something amiss with all of this. To end my post, from now on, i'll give an advice to the female readers. One time after each and every post. Today's advice, when a guy fancies you, don't push it away. Analyze before you act. We guys tend to splutter and grow weak in face of the girl we truly fancy.

revolution.

2008-01-06T01:50:00.000+08:00

"There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination." -Edmund Burke

We grow up in a world of conflict. The need to understand that what we do stands in compliance with what is expected of us. We give up the ignorance of youth, the innocence of childhood to move on to fulfilling what is expected of us as we age. Age either matures you, or destroys you. More often than not it robs you of passion, wants, needs. All this to ensure that we grow to fit into the mould that was handed down to us without approval. But it has always been easier to say that we will break free, when most of us know that no matter how or what we never really will.

So hereby I seek understanding and forgiveness should what I request offends. Take time off from our hectic schedules and seek the childishness in us. Be fools for a day. Run with the wind. Indulge in the sun and its warmth. Think and act like a child. Do what thou wilt.

Understand that the simplest joys of life has always been to do what you want to do.

2008-01-05T16:23:00.000+08:00

Dang, when you just work, work and work, you have this sudden laziness to drop everything when you get back home and get a rest, not like someone I know who as-a-matter-of-fact even if he's shagged and all so exhausted, doesn't mind logging on for his daily dose of ^%$# and wank himself in oblivion.

I'm nt gonna waste my time here yakking about the whole damn new yr, its only a new year, same resolutions passed, same resolutions remain unachieved. Might as well carry on living as per normal and remain status-quo when you know what you want and theres nothing stopping you. I don't really give a f*ck about what resolution was passed and what resolution was achieved, hey in the end, its you yourself who know your destiny, that target of yours. As long as we really work towards it, sooner or later we will get it. God- willing. Amin.

In fact, im not gonnna carry on writing this post cos i really ain't got nothing much to say, not at the moment.

Till then...

Fridays i'm in Love

2008-01-04T19:03:00.000+08:00

Fridays will always be the day you'll fall in love with. For i'm taking up every Fridays of your life to blog about whatever there is to the world. For i'm trying to change the world one way or another. For my post would be more pictorial than others have to offer. And for Pete's sake, it's weekend baby!

With Don AWOL from his inaugural posting yesterday, I am tasked with no room for rebuttals to make up for him. So here i am, trying my best to impress with my limited vocabulary compared to other writers.

To kick start everything, i'm Fadd. 19 . A proud slacker with no sense of dressing. A Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts dropout with sub-zero artistic talents. That pretty much tells alot about me.

And those were my NAFA classmates. I kinda miss them though, and sincerely, i don't even know half of them that well. The times where they influenced me to break my fast during fasting month so that we could enjoy Jack's Place or even the cafeteria together. They make my life at NAFA less miserable, other than the fact that my drawings and ideas are often.. overshadowed by theirs. Yet, we share one common hobby. Photography. THE photography that any camwhores could do and worship. For there is no skills required to start with. Ask the camwhores. They should know. Even better, ask Shan. All you need is the visualisation and creativity. Techniques comes after.

To be a good photographer, you don't need a DSLR. With a handphone which has a 2.0 Megapixels integrated camera, one can produce good photos with good lightings and environment. To spice things up, here are some of my amatuer works that got me a good passing mark for my exams during my 1st semester using my beloved Olympus. Feel free to critic as your heart desires.

There you have it. Some of my unorthordox works. All i need is to bring my camera wherever i go and wait for the inspiration to hit. It should work fine. At least it worked out for me. So there you have it young aspiring photographers alike, do not be let down by cameras used or techniques needed. All you need is yourself, your ideas and your very own camera.

If you're still making a point that the camera and techniques plays a great role in photography, yet financially unstable to support your self with a DSLR and Photography lessons, and having ground zero ideas on how to make money to make it happen, do visit this site. I'm advising that the site has a rating of M18 to R21 depending on your countries wherever you're viewing from. It works for her. I'm guessing it might work for some too. In one way or another, we have to support local talents though it's more of the extreme. To do that, it takes lots of courage. Implimenting Japanese sex culture to the local scene is a bold and brave thing to do. Kuddos to her and all the best in her business adventure.

Till then, you've been with Fridays I'm in Love with Fadd. Have a pleasant weekend all.

2008-01-03T08:05:00.000+08:00

Good morning beloved and sorely missed readers. This is me, Haniero, back in the flesh. Yes, I know about the allocated day for us writers to write on, but heck... It's been so long since in signed in this website that I totally forgotten the G** damn password and email address. So there I was trying to figure out what were the correct information, and not because I was away boogeying my arse off. Oh ya, just so you know, I am assigned to cover the more 'interesting' side of the night life here. Why you may ask? Just because apparently I am the only one amongst the writers who seems to be the most 'MAT'.

So finally figuring out the email add, I am here to fill in my slot. Booyah. Well, it has been a day since the New Year, and since that was the biggest thing happening up till recently, I will be covering that topic. As expected, many people turned up for that 24th hour strike on the 31st Dec to sum up the year 2007. So many that by 11pm, the entrance to the Esplanade was blocked off and my buddy and I had to turn one gigantuous round just to get to the brigde. And the best part was we weren't allowed in. So we had to make do with a view from the merlion side. At least there were chicks to oogle at. This is one of the moments that strike me with awe and wonder. Seeing people being so happy at the sight of fireworks bursting in the air. Why oh why Singaporeans so happy to see fireworks? Don't they know that it is comparable to them burning their money??? Where do they think the organisers get the money from? Haiz.. Oh well, like I always say,' What's past da terlepas' or in english, 'Let bygones be bygones'.

Other than that, there wasn't really anything interesting to see apart from the regular Banglas hugging and holding on to each other as though their lives depended on it. Another big event that will take place in a few days time to this post is my birthday. Yes... I am 20 and getting older. No more the digit '1' in my age. Well, not at least for another year...

2008-01-01T18:20:00.000+08:00

"Hombre, the End is the Beginning is the End."

2007 - another year wasted.

The 12 months has been very mundane and too over-routine, no more alarms or surprises. The pathetic waste of cash on a ? bag. Im getting bored of the tiny little red dot. the high rise buildings, the dirty littered seas, the rise of taxi fares, the gst hike, the inflation of cigarrette costs, boring sickly yellowish looking girl on the covers of fhm, chinamen taking local jobs, the over-the-top-newpaper, too many immigrants.shit, syonan-to is getting too overpopulated and saturated.

happiness comes and goes as fast.the pursuit of best adult webbie has taken me and some friends,whom i shall not name, to discovering a whole new world of 3gps and proffesional prne stars local and off shore too- xt*be and redt*be.and god, to my surprise and major disbelief is that my classmate is init too. remember OREO nips heh?!website works like a charm when u need some coolin off aye-if u cant figure it out-system works like an international whore house, ya type what u want and voila, in an instant ya get what u had requested. so cytheria anyone?

the path of chemical excess has led me to rediscovering myself and the whole cosmo.laughing gas was good while it lasted and it made me laugh harder(what do u expect huh) plus the feelgood factor was- it made me zoned out for quite some time.but the sad part of it all was- word went around fast- it got busted by the newpaper.cocktail - redbull/pills/syrups gave me a frenzied sugar rush.i became too hyperactive,spewing/rapping nonsensical garbage at high speed velocity, which i myself cant comprehend.guess it made me more NIGGA G than mat thai. so i decided to stop that crap full time.it gave a me whole load of embarassment and it too, cemented my stoner image.

in this saturated and fast-moving hi-tech country of ours, makes me romanticise wanting to be in a mountainous place on the other side of the world where time ticks slowly, minutes and hours seems like fuckin Eternity.and i'll be in my solipsistic cave with maybe a tobacco pipe with me.i dont give a fuck if i were to die of lung cancer, neither if the healthcare setting sucks big time nor if the mortality rate is so high that one in every two baby die. i always believe that true wisdom can be only be obtained from the viewpoint of solitude. tt shall explain why oh why im in search of the perfect BUMDOM.

oh. i do hope the stars will shine brighter for all of us and may you have a blessed 2008 readers.

2007-12-31T08:28:00.000+08:00

Good morning to all missed readers. It is i, the unassuming COLD, back from the self-imposed exile that has hopefully kept me from changing too much. I miss all you readers out there ever since i willingly dropped my peace for some worldly pleasures...but i'm regretting that right now.

Now, for today, i won't dive into a tirade against anything and everything that i found has an issue against me. Instead, i will let in a little update on some minor changes to the blog. As you readers know, we have 6 different writers with 6 different interest and 6 different form of writings. Don't worry readers, we're not satanist. The numbers are just a minor coincidence. Back to the point, this means all of us have a unique style that might be appealing to some or nonsensical to others. What we have previously was to have everyone write something down on a daily basis so as to be consistent but after giving a few thoughts and minor tweaks here and there, we will all write on certain days only. That means to say that each of us has his own special day to write something down. I'm on Monday by the way.

Next up, we seriously need more feedbacks and from you readers to further help us in improving what we have at the moment. You could be of assistance if you have great ideas and valid points to bring up for or against any of our post. For me, if you're a hot chick then that's good enough. Just send your email address and your particulars as well as your handphone number to mutanthabeeb@hotmail.com.

Lastly, the new year is upon us and we have turn 1 year older as well this past October. Looking back, we have grown from a small team of 3 to a group of 6. It has been a very eventful year for me, i think. I just hope that in 2008, a luck so vast in its goodness will actually get me a briefcasefull of money. That would make my year.

Anyways, i hope that we can continue in giving you fruit for thought everytime your hand strays over to our webpage. Do spread the word of our 2nd coming. It's the best. Happy new year guys and gals. Don't drink too much or you'll get taken advantage later during the countdown. You don't wanna be embarrassed right?

The Fallen remembered

2007-12-23T12:00:00.000+08:00

We promised we will be back. No matter how long it take us. No matter how seperated we are from each other. No matter what our opinions beg to differ. No matter how much we're hated or loved. Restrictedtowriting will be back. And here i am, representing the lads, writing up the introductory. We promised to be back with lots to write, to ponder, to joke and even to rethoric. Forget the movements. Screw the past. Dump the future thoughts. Just soak yourself in the ambience of present, chilling, resting, thinking, presumely resulting to wanking. So here i present you with the same ol' bloggers who acknowledges the existence of each other for the past decade. So wait for us. Wait patiently.. just wait. No matter how long it takes.

For this isn't Tuesday Rhaspsody with Hippiestatik, nor the boring Thursday Bunk Ins with DON. So wait for us. As we promised. So wait for us. Like you have always did. So we thank you for waiting. For the agony of waiting, we are sorry. Sorry we couldn't be there any sooner. Sorry for the things we've left out to update. Sorry for making your lives empty. Sorry for letting you down. We will make up for that. For that we are back. Just like we promised. So don't cry. Don't hesitate. Don't brawl. Embrace the revival. We're Back. Restrictedtowriting is finally revived. Along with its writers. We'll see you soon. Very soon. How soon? That is for us to know, and you to find out. So keep watching the space. Refresh the page if you have to 'cos we know you won't miss any chance in the world to catch our very 1st inaugural post of a new revolution.

I'll take my leave and I'll see you soon.

2007-07-31T01:48:00.000+08:00

Good morning dear readers. Today's topic is more of an appeal than the usual rantings of the s****y side of life. Just yesterday, I came across a notice in school. It was a missing person notice. The missing person goes by the name of Felicia. She is 19, a student of LaSalle and is a Chinese. She has been missing for quite some time now. Her family and friends are waiting for her to come home. For more details of her, you may visit the website: findfelicia.blogspot.com.

This is not a scam. Really. I won't be playing around with these kind of things. If we ever wanted to scam someone, our Brother Taz_izi already have a coat and can get away being a salesman selling some kind of magical stones. So Brother Shan's grannie better be careful. I plead to the kind and sympathetic readers of EWS to go to the webbie above and read up more. If you do see her by any chance, please ring up the contacts left behind. To the family of Felicia, on behave of BOD, I would to extend our prayers and faith to you. Don't give up. You will once again be reunited...

2007-07-16T09:23:00.000+08:00

June 4th. That was when the FreeDom Writers decided to take a hike and rest for a while. It has been a month since you heard from the likes of Cold, Wolfie-o, Dan the Man, The Don and yours truly, Haniero. Hidzlennon isn't part of the list, coz hey... He's gone even before we went for the hiatus. And so now I am back, unbeknowst to the other writers. And God, don't we miss you guys. Many things have happen in the course of the 1 month. Like for example, 'some' of us have gotten attached, some of us have attempted to 'tame the wild horse' (ain't that so Wak) and the release of the 'Transformers'. If any of you have not watched that movie yet, only God knows from which era you are from.

Ok, let's get to the talking point of today which will be girls. Lately, the feminine side of the mankind have been taking the limelight in the media. Songs have been written about them being troubled by us men and what not. The sad part of all this is that we are all taken into it. We actually believe what they are saying is true. But as we all know is always 2 sides to a story. Girls aren't really the sweet innocent creatures they used to be. Now they are malicious and ravenous monsters. Maybe that's why men are turning gay and the governement is allowing gayism here. But that side of the story isn't known to many and the public is still blaming the men for it all.

I am one of those sad beings that actually believed what the media is potraying. But up till lately, I had a change of heart, mind and soul. There is this song, a re-arranged song cover of Beyonce (is that how you spell it?) Irreplacable only that this song is covered by a guy in a view of a guy. Girls can be bitches too. Sorry gals. Just a statement. There's no need to call the authorities (freedom of speech rules). Unlike the original song, this song is about the females being the ones who are creating the problems in relationships. I stand by that song, that guys aren't the only ones who are the source of problems. I do know of some guys who are blamed despite being a good partner. So, it is good to have someone to clear things up every once in a while...

But ladies, this is purely a personal opinion and it is not general consensus of all males. So don't neglect your boyfriends or male colleagues. I don't wish to see a sharp rise in the numbers of gays, there is far too many as it is.

HIATUS

2007-06-04T00:29:00.000+08:00

HIATUS

i wanna meet New Found Glory.
i wanna meet The All-American Rejects.
i wanna meet Copeland.
i wanna meet Muse.
i wanna meet Fall Out Boy.
i wanna meet Amber Pacific.
i wanna meet The Killers.
i wanna meet Silverstein.
i wanna meet Taking Back Sunday.
i wanna meet Arctic Monkeys.
i wanna meet Gym Class Heroes.
i wanna meet Kaizer Chiefs.

Fuck it even if they are a bunch of sellouts. They are my remedy. They are music to my ears. Fuck your comments. I love their music and that is final. For that, don't label me bitch.

I wanna stud my ear.
I wanna speak like Arctic Monkeys.
I wanna meet all the Emo~~kids~~bitch.
I wanna meet Sasuke Uchiha.
I wanna meet Ulquiorra Schiffer.
I wanna ride a KTM.

I don't care if you have comments for that. I welcome myself to the club. M.S.I way. Ignorant of comments and pathetic gossips. Living the life of a typical rockstar without the lush and posh. So fuck trying to be somebody but yourself. You are unique. You are special. And so is RTW.

RTW has come a long way. But every good beginning will come to a sad end. We're off for a hiatus. We promise a brand new layout, more nonsensical entries and more of us. We thank you readers, even if they don't exist, a very big thank you. It's not your fault that we take our leave for this while. We will be back with a bang bang bang.

If you feel disappointed and in need of something nice to read, do hop by here. It's a cliche. I intend to say that with a bad pun. With that, we take our leave. Hiatus; here we go. So don't fecking post till we're back.

Comeback Kid

2007-06-03T00:13:00.000+08:00

Hey all you serene readers. I'm back today after much thinking. I am proud to say that one of our compatriot is back. He's none other then the hallucinating HIDZIRLENNON. I am also happy to see that he's fingers are getting really horny. Look at the previous 2 posts. All by him in the same day. I just hope he continues that way to cover for most of the writers here, judging by the absence of most.

In today's editorial, i will show you readers on the interview i had with him just a few minutes ago. I wanted to know more about the intellect level of this fine specimen who is undoubtly one of the pioneers for the internationally acclaimed group, M.S.I. A little update on the group; AIIRI has accepted his invitation and will fulfill his duties as the JAWA representative. Let's welcome him and give his blasphemious jokes a chance. Visit him at FUSION-OF-SENSE-AND-EARTH.BLOGSPOT.COM. For those lazy to type out, just click on the link at the side. I will now have to extend my invitation to FADD as well to represent the ORANG LAUT. Hope you accept that. Without further adieu, i will start the interview.

COLD: Hello Hidz. I see that you're doing great. Thanks for your time. So, what did you do for all the time you were absent?
HIDZIR: Tune in tune out drop out...i got stone...fuck yeah...a failed vegetarian...no one can resist kfc...poetry...and the girls....so in one word: stoning zone in zone out....days are blurry...and oh, mind fucking.

COLD: Were the comments made by HANIERO about you settling in a secluded cave in some distant country true?
HIDZIR: Definitely...uh-huh...yeah...so?

COLD: Nothing. It's very mind opening to know all these. So how was school for the past few months?
HIDZIR: It's all spent at the smoking alley...school's a fucking drag...

COLD: Very truthful to say the least. Hope no student is here reading this insider. You are a nurse but how come are you smoking? It's kind of ironic for a healthcare student/worker to smoke.
HIDZIR: Look at is this way, after 18 yrs of my life, i come to the conclusion that i believe that the hot air(sic: smoke) kills the germs in your lungs...so in other words when there's no germs you're certified ok and healthy and i endorse it.

COLD: That's a unique perspective of things. What other hobbies do you have instead of smoking?
HIDZIR: I'm an avid left hand back hook wanker... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

COLD: That's really sordid but on to the next question. How did you get by for the past few months without any money or even a job? How did you even get to buy your daily fix of ciggarettes?
HIDZIR: This is not a question...money is not an issue when you have friends with benefit.

COLD: Why is it that all of a sudden you are back here in this blog-of-sorts?
HIDZIR: Fuck no!!! You conniving bustard. I can't be bothered to answer!!! (He's obviously high for that question.)

COLD: What are your plans for M.S.I in the near future?
HIDZIR: Set up a regional hub for young aspiring hobos...scout for any potential talents out there.

COLD: Any last words to end this?
HIDZIR: Be yourself...stay hippie happy...cunts are still running the world.

COLD: Thanks again for your time and hope you have a pleasent day ahead.
HIDZIR: My pleasure.

That was the interview i got from the man himself. I did that interview through the phone and since he was high, i had trouble listening to the garbage that was spewing from his mouth. I tried my best though. Hopefully, this interview will help all you readers who missed his poetic ways have a good insider look of his life.

P.S. I know that most of you are thinking this post is shit bue hey, you've been typing our add for days hoping for a new post. Be thankful for that. Till next time. Count the sheeps.

abatasa

2007-06-02T11:41:00.000+08:00

sc-wallflower

she gets into my brain
thus absolve my fear and pain
keeps me out from hate and blame
she's iconic rockandroll fame

she's just a simple tune
she comes and goes too soon
too many sadness, oh my
sometimes i wonder why

she's a romantic
the way she move's electric
conversation,mind games and tricks
too delicate its a prick

her words running round my mind
what can i say; she's so fine
she's love in many signs
oh dear, dont live me behind

vision bouncing up and down
her words spinning round and round
nobody leaves till she gets down
deep in albion where she's found.

alifbata.tok aji mata buta..

2007-06-02T02:04:00.000+08:00

COME ALL YER FAITHFULS.

MSI MSI MSI
amcm bungs?

hello all.
oh dear, its been ages man.
the number of viewers are ever-increasing.
and the posts are amazing.
esp the creation of MSI. i loike.

to me, being part of this exclusive club which i dare say is an honour.
its bigger than THOU.bigger than the mats n bengs.and the subcultures out there which i just cant be fucking bothered to list em down.
its a badge tht i wear proudly.
i mean, we are the vanguard of the new youth.
amoral, apolitical, apathetic.
living life to the fullest stoned and happy.
because love and dreams will get us by.
its taking the counter-culture hippy to an another new higher level.
and yes, not forgetting the excessive hedonism.

SAKAI-kia are us.dream a little dream ppl.

Fixed Marriages

2007-05-23T13:18:00.001+08:00

Sup neoteric readers. I will be giving my thoughts today on fixed marriages. It seems that nowadays, there is a significant increase in the number of divorce and young marriages. I do have friends who are the same age as well as younger than me who are married or are getting married. Sorry to say guys and girls but i don't think your marriages are all going to work out. There will be problems and that's where the test of mettle comes in.

I have a novel idea and that is fixed marriage. I did a rough count at work the other day and i found out that not everyone was in favour of the idea. Hell, i paraphrase that, everyone was not in favour of the idea. What was more shocking was that they all thought it was preposterous idea and anyone who was in favour of marriage should get their brains check. It's a no brainer though that the person who has to get his brain check is none other then me. Yes, me. I am in favour of fixed marriage. I don't know what's gotten into me.

If you think it this way, maybe you'll understand. Say for example, you're not attached at the moment, i.e. the B.O.D of E.W.S and M.S.I. You get bad relationships after bad relationships. All the partners you have in mind are attached. You're growing old very fast and without realising it you're already 40. You're not married. Well, this is the time you either celibate or let loose in a fixed marriage. I chose fixed marriage simply because i have to continue my family line. That's all. No real love dosen't mean i can't live right?

Well then, if we do have fixed marriages every now and then, we might not have much social problems as these fixed marriages tend to be between 2 parties from a strict upbringing/ulu settlements/or are just plain disillusion. I'm the last. Anyways, after writing this post and reading it over, i have come to the conclusion that yes i have gone mad. I should get my brain check and i'd rather celibate then do my adopted country a favour. That is to make babies and get them bonuses.

2007-05-22T21:42:00.000+08:00

Yeah i know i haven't been updating. I've been feeling down lately. Yeah i know most of the shareholders of EWS would strongly be against this personal entry. But i can't help it. Have you ever felt so damn lonely? Felt that she is so near yet so distant? Im certain some of us here are in the same boat one way or another. In whatever case, this song by Aerosmith would reflect all that i have to say.

Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
I don't want to miss a thing

Toilet Etiquttes

2007-05-22T01:34:00.000+08:00

Hey all cathartic readers. I'm here today to bring to you some guidelines on toilet etiquettes. This entry focuses more on the males instead of the females. Before you butches, lesbians and feminists shout out male chauvinism, let me make it clear that you opposite genders don't have urinals or anything male-ish in your toilets. Hell, don't tell me you females go to male toilets! Kinky...

But first, minor updates on M.S.I. HIDZIRLENNON is now aware of his exclusive spot in the group. HANIERO has accepted his invitation for MALAY representative whilst DANIAL is not aware of his acceptance on being the BUGIS representative. We got an additional member as well. He is HARDCORE. Literally. He loves anything banging and is proud of his local compadres. He is non other than the owner of the blogsite: novemberundone.blogspot.com. He is DKKs' own representative, TAZ_MIZI. Claps please people. I would like to extend my invitation to AIIRI for the JAWA representative. Hope you accept brother.

Well anyways, back to the main topic. As you guys all know, we have urinals in our toilets unlike the females. In night safari, what is unique about the urinals is that they have two sides and it faces each other. Each side has about 7 urinals and the partitions that buffer the two sides reach up to about my neck level. Male instinct tells us males that when we urine, we have to have an empty urinal in between to prevent any situations arising. This is a well known understanding between all the males without the need of communication. But what if, like night safari, we area facing other males doing the same business. Well, common sense and instinct will tell us that we should try not to end up facing each other. Maybe a few spaces away. It helps if no one tries to be friendly cause this really is not the time to know what is your lucky knicker colours/brand.

Aside from that, i have learnt from HAROLD AND KUMAR GOES TO WHITE CASTLE that some females love to play BATTLESHIT in the toilet. I shall leave that to the you readers to judge whether females are really like that or is that just for the movie. I shall also not go into details on the mentioned game because it might make your stomach squirm. Well then, being an avid user of the male toilets, i am happy to say that none of the males i encounter plays any filthy games. Good for you guys. Keep up. Other games that should not be played are throw-the-wet-tissue-to-the-ceiling and the bang-your-friend-while-he's-doing-he's-business.

One thing though that pisses me is that some fathers love to bring their daughters in the shrines. I understand that you fathers mean well and they are all your children even though they're female; but you have to understand though that there are serious implications and effects on your young ones. Imagine if she sees something that is not supposed to be seen from an innocent young view. She might be traumatised and worst still she won't be able to perform with her husband because of the vivid images she has. Not only that, the males will definitely feel uncomfortable about this at all. I see them squirming about whenever a female is in there. I was one of them as well. I mean, what if she laughs at us when she see the size of our little brothers. It will definitely be a scarring moment for me.

Lastly, i noticed most females love to take photographs in the toilet. They're taking camwhoring to the next level. In fact, i think only Singapore girls to these stuff. So much so that males are following the trend and its rising significantly in numbers. I think this should stop because most of the time, these pictures are shown publically on a number of websites like friendster, myspace, yourlonglostfriend, somefriendyouare and other sites.

I have done with another topic that seriously is affecting the social lives the mass society today. I just hope that you readers can take the time to reflect on the things you do in the toilet. Try to pass on these knowledge to all those you know. Oh yeah, no BATTLESHIT please.

M.S.I

2007-05-16T02:13:00.000+08:00

Morning adroit readers. I'm here today to introduce you to a trend that hopefully does not have blind followers. Make that no followers at all. As we all know, we have a lot of cultures and trends in Singapore. So much so that its hard for most of us to choose which one we want to be in. Well, thankfully, the writers here from BOD of EWS are all in some scene, one way or another. Even our immediate linkies, namely COVENTIDE and AIIRI are all in a scene. Well then, this new scene i found out is really exclusive and is only for those who are personally handpicked by the initiator. That is so freaking exclusive.

Before i say out the name of the initiator, i would like to share with you all the knowledge of such a group. This group focuses more on the achievement of zen. The group don't care much about fashion and money. They take pride in the fact that they are blissfully ignorant of the material world. Their aim is to have fun in everything they do. This includes serious situations, such as working and studying. They are a bunch of eyesores anywhere but not to their immediate friends or even to those who know them. Members of this group mostly have POTFEST. There's only 2 members at the moment and one of them is unaware that he's picked for the scene. Aside from that, the group preaches sarcasm, lame jokes, shisha games and SLACKERISM, a total zone out for any activity that requires much process of thinking and analysing on the part of the brain.

This group has the acronym of M.S.I. This 3 letters represents MAT SAKAI INTERNATIONAL. Move over Mats and Rapes cause this group is much more exclusive and its internationally based. Like previously mentioned, there's only 2 members. One of them is a Pan-Arab Malaysian while the other is a Pan-Thai Singaporean. No answers there cause its your very own writers COLD and HIDZIRLENNON. I'm thinking of initiating HANIERO for our MALAY representative and DAN for our BUGIS representative. HANIERO has "politely" decline while DAN has still not answered this special once in a lifetime offer. If any of you readers out there have reached the disillusion point, feel free to send in your contacts to the given email underneath our pics. We'll give everyone a chance. Preferably girls who are hot though.

Mumsy Day

2007-05-15T01:48:00.000+08:00

Hey there gregarious readers. 2 days ago it was mother's day. I didn't celebrate it. Some of you might be saying i'm a bad boy for not celebrating it. Well, if you really love your mums, you don't have to have a special day set aside for it. You celebrate her everyday. So who's the bad boy now. Well then, aside from that, i would also like to remind you redears on their devotion towards you.

Mums give birth to you and its not a simple process. It takes nine months of hard endurance towards your kicking and punching and whatever shit you do in her womb. It ends with a terrific bang whereby the bang denotes the most painful process ever. That is the labour. This is the time when you, you and you in the white shirt there were all born. The process of forcing you out of her is taxing and might be fatal to some mums. I jest not cause there are cases of death during labour. I know some of you think its all easy and whatnot. Well, it ain't.

Then, the mums will set out to nurture you throughout your childhood, feeding you, teaching you, protecting you and taking care of you when you're sick. But guess what. When you reach you're teens, you pay all their devotion back by ignoring them, scolding them, shout at them, quarrel, breaking their hearts and all. You don't realise that they feel the scarring deep in their hearts because of a special bond. The bond that started way back when you were just a fertilized egg in her womb.

Take a look around with your eyes. You'll see so many mums in despair. All because their loved ones are far from them. Not materially but in terms of emotions and spirit. I'm not saying you all should make love to your mums. That's sick but all i'm asking is that to thank her by doing chores and making her happy. Talk to her. Know her standards and opinions of you. Be the person she wants you to be. Not the devil who deserves a bloody beating from his dear brother. Be thankful for now that you still have a mother. You'll never know when they'll go.

Cho Seung Hui

2007-05-12T00:48:00.000+08:00

A very good early morning patsy readers. Yep, i've come to burst AIIRI'S bubble. I'm going to update this relatively hip blog. I understand that we've not been writing in. Do not mind us. That was just a clever ploy to get all the new readers to read all our previous entries and ponder on the serious meaning behind the light hearted peppered jokes and snide remarks. I understand that some of you readers have a hard time reading this blog due to numerous updates almost daily. It was also for all the veteran readers to walk down memory lane as well as read between the lines.

The main reason though is that those time we spent not updating was spent on other important things in life such as watching movies online for free, listening to music online for free, reading books borrowed from the library for free, going out on tight budgets resulting in saving of money and other non wasting of money stuff like working and schooling and footballing. That is all me by the way. I don't know much about the others. They might be really busy but HIDZIRLENNON is of course on some important mission for his embassy to subdue the LTTE riots not only in Sri Lanka but in southern Thailand as well as northern Malaysia. All we can do is hope for the best. Go HIDZIRLENNON go!!!

Today i shall look into the mind of the man who went "deliriously trigger happy" Cho Seung-Hui(CSH). For those of you readers who have not been watching the news for the past 2 months due to unforseen circumstances, CSH is the asian guy who went on a killing spree in his school in some part of America. His stand was that he was fed up with all those rich people. These people he claims, rub their money in the faces of the poor and they are so rude towards non whites. In other words racist. He is a minority there but the immense discrimination he faced was more then enough to made his head loose a screw.

Well, in my own view, i would like to say, i am all for his mindset but not for his actions. I really think its too much of these people to strut their stuff around and not have an inkling of empathy to others. It's too much but i take that as a challenge to better myself. Though i do feel like doing some harm to them. But rational thinking and deep breathing helps curb such tendencies. I do think i have really tight screw in there so as to prevent any of them getting loose. I do pity the guy though cause his actions will put him in a really precarious situation if he was still alive. Yes readers, he took himself out with a gun after the massacre. That saved him from a lot of court shit that was supposed to happened. He did tell the reasons of his actions in videos and letters and mails done before he took his life. How thoughtful.

All i can say right now is that he had enough and wanted it all to end. The side effects of bullying and lack of respect given to any man, woman or child can seriously dampened not only their spirits but their will to live as well. The repercussions faced by the mass society might be as small as a pebble or as huge as a volcano eruption. As we can see, this is a vicious cycle whereby society shuns a being, the being goes crazy, severe actions taken by the crazy being, society feels the impact. Take heart, don't make fun of others and risk your life because of a moment of delirium.

This issue was in my mind since it happened. Guess i got the lazy fingers/short term memory syndrome.

2007-05-03T21:21:00.000+08:00

Hello hello peeps. It's been far too long since I updated. That's not a good thing I know. Firstly, we here at EWS needs the viewship and it sucks if the blog isn't updated regularly especially if you had taken a long time to type in the link of this blog. Secondly, with the introduction of the new BOD, The Don, I figured that I should be setting a good example to him. I mean at this early stage, it is essential that he gets it in his head that consistency is a must. And thirdly, our beloved Cold , is leading in the post tally, and the number is getting bigger by the day. Ok, that's exaggerating. More likely by the week.

So, the past weekend has been a super long one for me. Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Saturday and Sunday was spent rotting away at home and doing nothing. Monday was spent going to school and I did learnt something. The thing that I learnt was that.... Oh crap. I can't recall what I did on Monday. Can't blame me. I'm 19. But as old as I am, I have a very clear idea what life would be like if the BOD are staying together, under one roof. But of course, in different rooms. So readers, you can stop fantasizing. Imagine please, with the specialties that all of us have. Let's list them down. Let's start with the freshie, The Don. As we all know, he is in NS. So, if he is staying with us, he can have the honor of guarding the door and gates. This is important as sometimes, someone MAY just forget to lock the door.
Up next, me. Hmm.. What am I good at?? Making drinks I think. So that will be my contribution to the family. Next up, Hidzlennon. He will be the mum of the house. With the nursing background, he will nurse us back to health when we fall sick. Aww.. How noble.

Now, Cold. He can be the leader of the house. Apart from that, he can be the cook of the house. He is renowned for his signature dish, the Asam Laksa maggi mee. All you need is hot water. Quote from teh mouth of Cold himself, it is better than your mother's cooking. And the continuation from me, 'on her bad day'. So Fadd now. As the techie of the group he will have the sole rights to repair anything electrical. Speaking of which, I would like to say great job for the new layout. Woo~..But what's with my pic? Makes me want to kill myself. Finally, Dan.
Being the rational one, he can be the DM. With his artistic (sometimes autistic) nature, he can be the interior designer as well.

After hearing all these good contributions, you may think that the 'bachelors' pent' is a good thing. But trust me. Life isn't a bed of roses. It is more like a heap of rubbish if that were to happen. Trust me. That's the harsh reality. For all of you who like to think that life is easier leaving by yourselves, be thankful that your parents are old and are getting hard of hearing. Coz if they heard what you said, they won't think twice to throw you out. And you will soon realise that you will have roaches living in the same box as you.

2007-05-01T22:01:00.000+08:00

Yo yo yo my peeps. The Don is back again. Well just to let all of u know. I just came back from watching the movie spiderman 3. Well for a blockbuster movie i was expecting more from it. The Major Problem about this movie is that i find that the movie seems to draggy. I was seating in the back row seats and was expecting to be amazed, but instead, i felt like wanting to kill myself. At one moment i was brain dead, Because we all know Peter Parker, So stop going on and on about him. Instead they could expand more on the sub characters example, Eddie Brock, one moment he pops up, the next he becomes venom. I still dont get it man. Well enough of the bad parts, the best parts are the fighting scenes between sandman tag team with venom against Spidey and Harry. Wow what a combination. Well final critic on the movie i give it 4 out of 5 stars... Cheers man..

It's Tough

2007-05-01T00:33:00.000+08:00

Hey elated readers. Hope you all are elated at the moment. If not, try to, cause a lot of other people have it otherwise. I'm having the most depressing moment in my life right now.

To my Uncle, lots of love. Hope you have a proper rest.

To my Grandma's Sister, you're in my memories. Thanks for everything.

To my Grandma, hope you find peace soon.

To my Brother, have fun studying abroad. Do it prim and proper. Don't fuck up.

To those who are all feeling down, cheer up cause you're all not that fucked up.

To the phrase that ends the post, Summer's over for cold? Hell no...It never happened.

2007-04-28T12:37:00.000+08:00

Helloooo!!! 2 all my frens out ther... feelin a bit awkward here....
Hmmm welll u can call me the Don.. As u all noe i am currently serving the nation and still have about 1 year and 6 more months 2 go... Well Sometimes when im in camp doing my duty.. i feel that im cheating every singaporean living in singapore... Why??? Well im getting my pay from the?? Government.. Rite... Well the government gets the money from??? all of u dumb asses paying taxes.. fines.. even bills... Well here the story goes... my working hours is frm 8am till 6pm.. That will be abt roughly 10 hours... well what u didnt noe is that im actually doing my duty for only 2 hours... Well the rest is call Free Time... hahahaha.. Well i apologise if i am cheating all of u.. i really sincerly apologise... Well next 2 months Ns men will be getting pay increment... well u noe what will i be doin.... in Camp....

Don't Look Back

2007-04-26T00:19:00.000+08:00

Morning cocksure readers. I went out with my beloved ma, brother and cousin to Malaysia. All because of the movie Jangan Pandang Belakang. It means Don't Look Back in English. From the title alone, we can deduce that it is a ghost movie. Yeah, yeah i know, what's up with BOD of EWS and ghost stories. Well, i don't know actually. It's just appealing.

Anyways, i'll give the movie a 4 out of 5. The plot is superb because at last, a plot that sets you thinking. Aside from that, the lead actress is a very pretty one but i'm not sure of the name. The settings and places used are all reminiscence of the olden days. Great acting and definitely great lines from the movie. I mean, since the movie is in malay, the line, "Bapak kau!!!(Your father!!!) was the clincher of all things good from the movie.

Why it didn't get full 5 was because of 3 entities. The first of which is that some bad acting from the actors. They are sometimes stiff and this always results in the lack of emotions that should be shown from the faces as well as the body language. The ghost too should get a makeover. Sure she's not as creaky as our beloved Sadako but she does have such an ugly face. Yup, ugly. Not scary. Those two words are as different as Arab and Bugis. See the similarities? Only the word "b". That's all. The last entity that should be change is the atmosphere. They should really try harder to create that spine chilling feel. Make it unique from those typical loud-sounds-causes-audience-to-jump kinda feeling. Have a different use for the element of surprise.

Well, i haven't really discuss much about the movie. That's because i don't want to spoil it. Instead i would like to run a little wild on the antics of some of the patrons there. The biggest turn off in the theatre room i was in today was the patrons. Somehow they seem to influence the surround sound system that is supposed to be only done exclusively by Dolby Digital. Throughout the movie, these kind souls actually shout out loud to the actors," Don't go there!!! Don't be stupid!!! Why did you look back???". I understand that there's an actor in every one of us but this is too much. Surely they do know that this is just a movie and those who act can't hear a single thing because they're somewhere else and not acting physically in front of you ala broadway. If they have to act at 5 different theatres at the same time, then they might as well use a robot. It's such a shame to see most people still have this dirty habit right now. For goodness sake, it's just a movie, not some real life shit that happened a few days back.

I think that's about it for now. The post might say what time it's posted. That's actually the time i started. It's 2.34 right now and i'm damn sleepy. Sorry for some incoherent verses as well as sentences. Till then, don't look back.

2007-04-25T14:56:00.000+08:00

Good afternoon lads from all over. The medical industry has been an important asset in each of our very lives and where some depends on them as a matter of fact : Life and Death situation. I could still remember the days when we gave nonsensical bullshits as our future occupations, which one of mine includes becoming a doctor.

While non of my dream occupations came true, Hidzirlennon has his dream edged closer by being a Nurse. I believe that nurses play an important role to the doctors. Without them, the doctors will be working their ass off alone.

With the demand of nurses on the rise, we can fairly judge that there are plenty bandwagons for nursing despite your age, language or religion. And so, i came to my point of story.

I was at NUH, which i was referred to, to get my surgery date. Upon payment, i was told to go for the pre - admission counselling. While waiting for my name to be called, a nurse came up to me and told me to go for blood test. I complied and followed her. While extracting the blood, she asked questions which are out of my league to answer then only to know that she extracted blood from the wrong idiot when she asked whether i am Mr Safari Bin Jumari. And there i was sitting like an idiot, amazed and rooted.

I was wondering whether the nurse was being ignorant or a simple stereotypical lady. I may be a malay but hell no my IC can be traced back to Syonanto times. No wonder i adore nurses. They never seem to fail to amuse me. Over & Out, Fadd.

2007-04-23T08:58:00.000+08:00

A very good morning, sunshines. On a high note, i, on behalf of EWS would like wish Dan the Man Happy Birthday. It wouldn't be nice not to acknowledge him for what he has brought to the blog. When the birthday bells ring, it indicates another year added to the days of our lives. Despite being 18/19, we're still kids at heart.

There's nothing to be afraid off in exclaiming we're still kids. I can say that the BOD of EWS are of such. With pictorial evidence that is. Fuck those who thinks that they have outgrown their kiddy inner self.

Now, wouldn't this fit the song? Someday, When my life has passed me by.. la la la. And people say growing up is that hard. Over & Out, Fadd.

2007-04-22T18:31:00.000+08:00

A very good evening to all. I apologise for the long break that I am now enjoying. But please understand my situation. I am now currently going through this phase called 'being brain dead'. I am sure that the other readers here at EWS have gone through that stage. Heck. Our beloved Hidzirlennon is still in that phase. For the benefit of us all, I sincerely hope that he snaps out of it soon. But since I am 'back' I'll give my word to you that I will try my very best to keep the people entertained with a more regular and consistent flow of editorials. Another reason is that I am trying to get close to our beloved Cold, in terms of the number of posts.Haha.. Wishful thinking.

There are a few things that I would like to get of of the way before I get to the pressing matters at hand. First of which, I would like to just say congrats to our friends Ms. Lucinda Leong for besting the FHM contest and appearing on the front page. I also would like to thank the photographer for a splendid shot of her. Next, I would like to be the first (I think) to welcome a new member to this circus. He'll be known as The Don if I am not mistaken. However you will have to wait for some time before you can hear from him. He is currently serving the nation. Heh. However for those who can't wait to hear from this other barbarian, you are welcome to spam his email: skashark88@hotmail.com. To the owner of the address, a word of advise. Errr... 2 actually. Just remember, 'Ica Manja'. Nuff' said.

Ok let's get to the topic. For those who have cable tv, this post will be easier for you to support. For those who doesn't have cable tv, it's ok. That's what I am here for. The Starhub Cable Network offers this channel 20 (MTV). And on this channel, there is a show called 'My Super Sweet 16'. It is basically about rich (and more often than not) spoilt 16-year-old fuckers (RSFs)celebrating their 16th birthday. The thing that is bugging me is how they celebrate that special day. Partly the reason is also that I'll never be able to enjoy that kind of thing. But hey look on the bright side. I've never really celebrated my birthday. Haha.

Let's compare the 2 different cultures from the States and from here Singapore. So let's name A as a 15-year-old planning his 16th birthday and B as the local version. A week or two before the big day, A starts to fill his birthday list for things that he will want. Based on the show, some of the favorite things sought after includes a posh car and watch embedded with diamonds and other precious stones. These 2 items individually costs more than the HDB flat that you and I are living in. As for B, some things that fill his list includes things like a new handphone or a laptop. And a cool brand new Baby-G watch. Don't laugh. That's one of the things that all of us have asked for at some point in our lives. Another big must-have is a performance. For A, he will scour the lands for a famous celebrity to showcase their talents. As for B it is more of the parents who plans who does what at the party, since the money part is controlled by them.

Let's fast forward to the day itself. So the big day arrives yadaa yadaa.. A will be suited up in fashionable clothings created by renowned designers. B will be likely to be dressed in clothes bought from Far East Plaza or better still the clothes bought from the bazaar on the night before. So that's 1-0 to the RSFs. Let's now compare the gifts. A will probably get a new posh car like from the latest episode that I watched, a 6-door V2 Hummer. Yes, 6-doors. The only vehicle that I know that has that many doors is the MRT. B will be lucky if his parents bought him a toy replica of the 6-door V2 Hummer. Its that hard to find that kind of car around in the world let alone in Singapore. Even if there is such a thing here, chances are the car will be collecting dust and rust as the legal driving age here is 18, not 16. The score is now 2-0 to the RSFs.

The next and final point of argument: the performances. A's parents have likely invited famous artists to show off their talent on stage. Just a list of artists that I have seen on that show includes Young Joc, Pharrell Williams (is that how u spell it?) of N.E.R.D, P. Diddy and scores of other music chart toppers. Chances are B's party will only have his relatives around him. Even if there are artists around, they will pale in comparison. Let's take a look into the wishful stars' list that MAY come. Let's see... Fann Wong, Joanne Peh, Felicia Chin, Fiona Xie, Lucinda Leong and Jamie Teo and Yeo. I know they are all ladies. So what? This IS after all a wishful list. So that's 3-0 to RSFs.

But fret not Singaporeans. I can say that there is one thing that we can take away from this challenge. We Singaporeans are more independent and will be better equipped to face lives travails. From what I have seen in the show, the kids have little or next to none respect to others as they are way too full with themselves, and half the time they half as good looking as my butt on their best day. This makes me proud and happy to be where and who I am eventhough it would be great if I can drive my own Lamborghini Gallardo to and back to school as well as around town. Haha.. Wishful thinking.

2007-04-22T13:30:00.000+08:00

This short post is for aspiring drivers, people learning to drive, or people with a valid car driving licence.

I came across this blog with a in-your-face lesson for dumb drivers who don't know how to park their cars. It comes with a suitably nice name Parking Idiots.

The blog has been up for some time i guess but it is still relevant today. It irks me how dumb people can get when they park now and then, especially in places where its extremely difficult to find a parking lot.

Lucinda Leong

2007-04-18T20:58:00.000+08:00

Good evening chirpy readers. COLD today in another editorial. I'm going to write something i am proud of at the moment. I'm sure the BOD of EWS share my sentiments. HIDZIRLENNON would defnitely agree with me on this one considering he saw it first. What he saw will be told soon enough.

Let's start with a brief history of us as a whole. We, the BOD of EWS are all 19 and come from the same school. This school shall not be mention to protect its dignity as well as reputation so i shall henceforth call it MARSILING SEC (MSL). MSL adopted the core values of P.R.I.D.E. which are actually acronyms of Perseverance, Responsibilty, Integrity, Dilligence and Enterprise. It also adopted the aims of A.C.H.I.E.V.E. which are also acronyms of Academic Excellence, Character Building, Healthy Lifestyle, IT-way-of-life, Excellence In Asthetics, Valued Relationships and Enriching Partnerships. It's school motto is "Make Your Mark".

I'm sure most of you think that i have lost my marbles and thinking what has all this got to do with today's post. Well, take a look at this month's cover of FHM and you'll see that the cover girl is Lucinda Leong. Yep. That really hot chick who's unfortunately attached. I am proud to say that i came from the same school, same level, same batch of students as her. She was hot stuff ever since Sec 1. She is the same age as all of us here on this blog. She was a councillor and so was HIDZIRLENNON. Hard to believe but yeah. There is a link there between them but i won't say it. I'll let him tell you readers himself. She was the object of desire as well as lust from all the malay boys and some of the straight chinese boys from our level. So how is all these values and aims and motto got to do with this incredibly gorgeous, sensual hot chick.

For P.R.I.D.E, she PERSEVERED to be the prettiest and it was her RESPONSIBILTY to keep it that way. She had the INTEGRITY to make sure everyone noticed her even though she didn't tried. She was very DILLIGENT in her ENTERPRISING granduer. She was the PRIDE of all Marsiling beauties. As for A.C.H.I.E.V.E, she has ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. Her CHARACTER BUILDING is off the charts. Just check out her statistics and at 19 that's real hot. This might be due to her HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. Since this is a new age, she sure has an IT-WAY-OF-LIFE. Even if she dosen't she is the IT girl at the moment. She was part of the dance troupe in school so she definitely is EXCELLENT IN AESTHETICS. I'm sure she has a VALUED RELATIONSHIP with her ENRICHING PARTNERSHIP to some guy. She has really ACHIEVE it especially now after all her hoo haa with the FHM.

That paragraph of bad puns must be one of my finest works yet but back to the issue. I would like to say that i am truly and sincerely proud of her even though she was not a friend to begin with. Just that she was from the same level, batch and school is good enough for me. A hot saucy spread in a men's magazine is still a hard thing to achieve. Its a proud moment for all MSL students from our level for one of us has "MADE HER MARK". She has shown countless others that it pays to be wild once in a while even though at the expense of more friends on friendster and a spike in readership of her blog for her personal life.

To Lucinda if you're reading this, take this as a light hearted editorial of you. Don't sue me please. We're all at BOD of EWS are proud of you and would like to congfratulate you on your achievement even though we're all in the same school for 2 years and we don't even know each other.

2007-04-15T10:53:00.000+08:00

I know its been God knows how long since I posted my last entry. My sincerest apologies to all. But don't expect this post to be uber long just because I haven't written in for a long time. Another reason being that I am still drained from the recently over RP's orientation programme. I never knew taking care of 20 young adults can be so hard. But hey, looking on the bright side, when school reopens, I will have strangers walking up to me claiming that they know me when I sure as hell won't know them. Ahhh..The joy of making new friends.

Ok. Let's get to today's topic. This entry is made in light of the previous two entries from Cold and Dan. I assume that now you readers have the idea that the BOD of EWS have a zero-tolerance for anything stupid, dumb, or shameful. Despite being a Malay myself, I agree with what they have to say. If a Malay like me can't deny what is going on, then we know that something is really wrong. Things are going have to start to change quick or else we are going to suffer. I'm not really into statistics, I'll leave that to Dan, but you can be sure that I'll say what is apparent and clear.

Lately, the movies industry have be churning up new and interesting shows for the viewers. This is generating alot of revenue and such. But if you guys have not noticed there have been movies lately that are toying with the ideas of faiths, believes and core values of a society to be the main plot in for them. Take for example the movie 300. I am sure that most of the readers have watched this show. If not, you must have been living in a cave somewhere at the edge of Earth. The main storyline revolves around 300 Greek Spartans pitting their skill and weapons against hordes of Persian army. At one glance, it may look like any other normal movies. But the movie have caused some uproar in Iran, modern day Persia. Iranians have claimed that the US makers of the movie have depicted them in such a light that it makes them look inhumane. These claims were made amidst the touch-n-go US-Iran talks on some nuclear stuff.

Back up a few years ago. There was this movie 'The Zoolander'. This main storyline if I am not mistaken, is about the main lead going over to Malaysia in an attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister. This is a direct tight slap to the face to the Malaysians. All this took place at a time when the US was on a noble but rather unjust crusade to wipe out terrorists. Malaysia just so happen didn't like what Uncle Sam was doing and one thing lead to another and the ties between the 2 was being strained. There is a new film in town 'The Reaping'. This movie is about the same ol same ol shit. Good vs Evil. Good wins, Evil lose. But what is disturbing for me is that this movie is based on some of the religious beliefs of the Christians. The movie focuses on the 10 Plague mentioned in the Bible that befell on a small town. Questions may have started to pop in your heads right now. This may be a good thing in today's context. It reminds us that indeed there is a greater power out there, up there, that we can't comprehend. But troubling part in this movie is that it is trying to show a certain superiority of a certain belief over another.

Films aren't the one form of media that is being passed around throughout the whole world that contains certain subliminal messages behind it all. There are many others circulating within a society. And given the present world crisis, I recommend that all movie go-ers come with an open mind. Accept it as a form of entertainment and not as a source of information to segregate another race or religion. That is the least that we can do to help mankind now. I mean, can we stop bullets with our bare hands? Can we catch missiles and bombs falling from the sky on our heads? Nah.. I doubt it.

2007-04-12T03:23:00.000+08:00

Touching into the issue that Cold has raised in his previous entry, i think i would pretty much like to add fuel to the fire. It irks me to have to go through this topic over and over again. It seems that the issue doesn't gets better as the years go by. It gets worse and worse again, at the rate of a steep downhill slope your driving instructor always warn you about.

Now far from it that i'm trying to generalise, but the more I see and hear some Malays in action the more I get disgusted with my own race.

Malays in my context over here refers to the Javanese, Boyanese, Bugis, remember, we are collectively Malayo- Polynesian regardless whether you're Javanese or Boyanese. This is the Malay Archipelago. We are of the same roots. Malays of mixed parentage but lives the way of a Muslim, embraces the culture of the Malays and speak predominantly Malay at home. And still you don't want to say you're one.

There aren't plenty of options being a Malay these days. But i do my fair bit of chest thumping and "Malay pride" every now and then knowing we ruled this part of the world quite some time ago.

The good old days, or should i say, hey, were there days when plenty of Malay boys and girls get plenty media coverage for being good at their field. Maybe a token one or two, but when's the last time we heard of a Malay scientist who achieved to find the cure for whatever diseases. Or the last time we heard of a Malay President's Scholar.

Maybe that explains its why we have had only one Malay President so far. Don't tell me you're gonna make the phrase 'the first and the last' a dignified phrase.

Yes, i admit, there are one or two who exceptionally strive in many fields, particularly the armed services i.e. the uniformed services such as the army, police and firemen. But these mere fragments only reflect of token Malays who are just being put up in Berita Harian as being the first commander for this and that fire station when we have concurrently Chinese CEOs making it into the list for Top 10 Billionaires.

I'm not trying to make a racist slur over here so get it, you cannot be racist against your own race. It doesn't make sense. And this serves as a disclaimer as well, this serves as a wake up call for us, Malays. Chinese and Indians are way ahead of us, they work hard and they're being rewarded.

WAKE UP!

So stop trying to say "Cina makan babi", fuck that phrase, i hate it when a fellow Malay keeps uttering "babi" for nothing, its hell irritating and it fucking does irks me. Hell they do, but does that gives you the fucking god damn right to diss them that way. Some Malays think they damn clean, they don't consume pork but they take bribes. Thats fucking gonna get you to hell, not just by consuming pork in the Islamic context.

Like some of our 'lovely' neighbours around Singapore we have. They fucking diss Singapore for being this and that, even accusing us of causing them flood, but hell you stop talking shit about that, keep your own people in check. Make sure they stop taking bribes, make your governments more efficient instead of uttering "Babi" the whole day long as if they are in love with this animals. Sad to say, once again, these are Malays who do this.

From the way i see it, and what a lot of other people see too, are:
1) middle aged malay uncles getting drunk at coffeeshops and/or blowing their tops at people they don't know and thus should have more common courtesy for.
2) teenage boys and girls hanging out in large groups in public and making a nuisance of themselves and
3) news reports of how bloody dismal our report card as a race is. Unwanted pregnancies, drug abuse, academic performance, divorce rates, you name it, we got it.

How do I put it nicely? I think i can't find a way to. When looking at the big picture, a fair number of Malays are totally screwed up. And a lot of it is true. Statistics don't lie. They don't take census to fool people.

The one most important factor that pisses me off about this general malaise (haha! malay-se) is that there's always the idea that it's a general conspiracy against the Malay race, that people are trying to keep the Malays down. Things about Malays are this and that, cannot do this, cannot do that. Hell my elders do it all the time. I think many of my BOD of EWS would agree. Our elders would keep saying the same damn thing about we being marginalised and shit like that. Maybe you should stop thinking like some of your elders.

And still they want to label the Chinese and Indians in Singapores are sojourners or immigrants. And they debate about indigenous people in Singapore. Look who is maximising all the opportunities there is.

Nobody owes you a living. Nobody is responsible for you own failings except yourself. I repeat, nobody owes you a fucking living. Yes i agree that, our constitution do provides for a clause for the Special Position of the Malays in Singapore, but its doesnt give you the fucking rights squander your future:

Singapore Constitution, Part XIII, General Provisions, Minorities and special position of Malays, section 152:

The Government shall exercise its functions in such manner as to recognise the special position of the Malays, who are the indigenous people of Singapore, and accordingly it shall be the responsibility of the Government to protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote their political, educational, religious, economic, social and cultural interests and the Malay language.

But this clause only provides for free education to Malay students from Primary School up to ITEs. But do some of us even fucking know we're the privileged ones who get free education? Do you even know that to study hard instead of wasting your time 'studying' at staircases.

So go ahead, keep blaming everyone except yourselves, and see if the unwanted babies and dismal grades don't keep coming.

It saddens me everytime i have 'friends' who go "Asal ko asek sokong cina je? Ko cina ke?" Translated "Why do you always have to support the Chinese? Are you one of them?"

What dismal attitudes. So Fuck You for being my 'friend.' Some 'friend' you are.

I know there are many decent/good/exceptional Malay families out there that embody good values and have good kids, but these aren't the people we see in public; these aren't the ones forming public opinions of Malays. These are the ones we should really be proud of.

Hell, I'm a Malay. One of us should at least have the nerve to say this. We've had it a long time coming. Its time you realise being 'beralas' or the Malays put it to 'say with tact', doesn't pay much this days.

Every one of us, every Malay out there, who by any chance happen to read this, and you admit you're Malay, do something about it. You can start today by helping yourself. Do yourself a favour. Do the Malay race a favour.

FUCK Papa Jahat

2007-04-12T01:55:00.000+08:00

Early morning fated readers. My previous post ruffled a more then a few feathers and it was totally unlike me. But that was my most personal editorial ever. By a mile. Anyhow's, i'm back to normal even though its for a short while. In today's post, i'll be writing on something quite humiliating. The malay race will know this as the ultra famous PAPA JAHAT.

A short intro on this phrase PAPA JAHAT(PJ). It's actually a porn clip that was home made in Singapore. It means FATHER NAUGHTY. It's an innuendo. That's about it.

There's a song going about with the same title. I am forcefully against the song as it puts to shame on the already typical malay reputation. Let's see, malay reputation as sex maniacs-check, underachievers-check, no lifers-check and so on and so forth. As you can see, the malay race is really a sad one from the impression given.

Back to the song. This song is really trying to cash in on the popularity of the clip that's passed around among STUDENTS. Yup, students. Aside from that, it has female vocals as the lead. I'm against this because i cannot believe that the malay race will actually stoop this low for their music. I thought dangdut was bad but this has drop the standard bar 10 feet lower. Not only that, the female vocals as what DAN has put it, has this sexed up voice. It's available on mass media and will definitely be a big hit with the students. I won't curse or swear like i did previously. I don't know why the race is detoriating badly and at such a fast rate.

Ending this relatively short discussion, i would like to say that this song is not worth listening to. It has seriously damage the impression of the malays and it just goes to show what kind of society we're living in today. Morals? Tell that to the students.

2007-04-11T10:26:00.000+08:00

It's been my pleasure, Fadd, Dann of Thursday, to write up to add to my post tally. At you can prolly see, i'm ranked 3rd, behind our 2 leading writers, Cold & Haniero in terms of post counts. In fact, i have not even reached their 1/2 post mark. And you might want to ask, what the fcuk is Dann? Dann is the other name of the Nordic mythology, if i did my readings correctly, it should be another name for Odin. Thus, let's not get into full swing of the Nordic mythology, for which Cold is far more knowledgeable in this field. I don't wish to side track.

BOD of EWS, hear me। Ok, now i sound like Odin. Nonetheless, it's been say 3 years since we bailed out of Secondary School years. Perhaps some of our readers would be asking, how do we look like back then? Well my humble readers, do not be shocked for what is in store. Let's walk down the memory lane.

Let us start from the top picture, featuring HidzirLennon & Dan the Man. The 2nd picture, feature yours truly, Haniero and Therene. The best part is, we share the same birthdate. How cool can that be? The 3rd picture will feature kinky-ness of both HidzirLennon & Dan the Man. That's what you get when you put 3 of them together. And yeah, That is Mizi in the picture.

And for the last pic, Jeng Jeng Jeng. None other than our most eligible bachelor, Cold. Look how much he has grown now. In terms of hair, height and maybe dick. Who knows? Do you? Well guys, again, it's been fun knowing you guys since Secondary School. Despite some misunderstandings, we still pull through. I wouldn't say you guys are my best friends but like my mom always put it, you lads are more of brothers. Heh. Enough of the emo crap. You've been in sync with Fadd. Over and Out.

What the Fuck...

2007-04-11T03:55:00.000+08:00

Yep, its me.

When you're down and out, you're shit. It's just so fucked up. Not knowing the decisions to make and unsure of your surroundings. Everything seems like just a front, a facade if you will. No emo crap but some reality shocks and jolts. Wait is all you can do to see how its gonna be.

Contrary to the ever popular believe of self mutilation and suicide notions ease the pain, it actually tensions it up, come to think of it. The hours are early. Too early for anyone to actually bother switching on a bloody PC. This shit is too garbled, too random, too slacking, too whatever for anyone to comprehend.

At least it lets me go. So what if they have it. So what if they got it. Money, smarts, some sugar shit, alpha-ism, girls, guys, everything smoothly on the ball. So what??? Does it affect you in any way? Would you be able to bring it all, yep, bring it all, everything, down with you 6 feet under all the while loved ones crying. Bring everything with you to the 7 pits of hell which for now seems a certain for everyone. A place where it was onced abhored but now adored. Where the mantra "If you can't beat them, join them" makes it so regretting. You think Your sins will get pardoned that easily.

What does he/she have that i don't? A longer dick? A pretty face? Great voice? What does he/she want at the moment? Something important, for everyday life, for show, for fun? Does it last a lifetime or is it for that split moment? Did it changed anything or did it fucked everything up? What's it to you that he's DA MAN? What's it to you that she's a FLOWER?

Fed up of these endless questions. Fed up of the things that are going about. Work, scenes, social, trend, wankers, nerds, geeks, relationships. Fuck. Fed up of high uppity society that just shits on others. Fed up of homeless rag-a-tads that don't try to improve themselves other than the fact to take up precious walking space begging for money. Fucking tired of those in betweens trying so hard to fit in the different scenes with those "oh-so-cool" get ups. Skins, punks, cores, pop yeye, metal, modz, ska, clubbers. Fuck them with their trying-so-hard-to-be-cool. Facade. Everything is a mirage. A play. Something pleasing for the eye.

Shout and scream. Make yourself heard. One way or another. You wanna be the centre of attraction. You let it go. The world revolves around you. Hell. The universe revolves around you. You think you're special. You think what you're thinking about yourself is important and you want everyone to think the same way. You need it. You want it. You crave for it. Power hungry. Power. Status. You want it really badly. The rest are too blind. Blinded by your humour, your logic, your tongue. The tongue. On their knees they fall and you laugh your way back home each and everyday thinking and scheming of new ways to humiliate them even further. Government, bosses, leaders, in-charge-s. They're all the same.

I could go on all day about things that are happening around me. I am not drunk nor am i pissed. I am unsure about what really is going on around the world. In my mind. I'm not sad nor am i depressed. Uncertainty results to absolute observation of meaningless cycles of life that are just so hard to fathom. I'm not gonna kill myself nor am i trying to back out. Unclear leads to heightened thinking. When you're unsure, you think more clearly of every single thing revolving in this dimension but you'll never find an answer to your own questions. I might have lost a lot of readers in between the post but pardon me. I'm not myself today. I was supposed to do a write up on somthing else but one thing leads to another. Pardon the vulgarities in there.

What the fuck...

Compassion

2007-04-06T01:05:00.000+08:00

It's a very early Friday morning and welcome splenetic readers to another editorial from COLD. Contrary to what DAN has written, i am not a writer who talks about my daily life. I'm very sorry about that but i feel that a blog is more for discussing certain issues then to tell the whole world you're wearing a pink thong. On a sidenote though, it was great at the Sentosa outing today but would definitely have been better with 2 notable absentees, one of which you are all too familiar with, HANIERO. My sympathies beb. Would have been great with you. I shall not name the other person for 1001 jokes on him alone will fill up the whole night and make me chuckle. Today i am here to type about one of my flaws. That's what i think i have. That flaw is compassion.

I think i'm one of the most compassionate guys around. Something happened an hour back that made me think of my past years. I realise that i have been taking too much flak and helping others too much. Just now alone, this woman came up to me and plead to me to lend her $30. I would if i had the money but i didn't so i left her. When i reached home, i told my mom, my dad and call up DAN to ask for his opinion because i feel he is another guy whom i know has compassion. He, like my mum and dad, told me not to give the money to her. My mom and dad gave me a perfect description of her and say she's a swindler but i have this strong guilty concious that i can't seem to shake off. I just felt bad.

It's not just this incident. Take for example msn. Yes, that file in your computer you use to "talk" to your friends. Sometimes when you on your msn, a lot of chat windows will pop up and there'll be that annoying sound. You'll quickly close down half of them and quickly change your status to busy when in fact you're enjoying your private sessions with the computer if you know what i mean. I don't think i ever misused my status though cause i only change it when i really have to, say like updating this post. So there i was, feeling guilty concious and having to endure numerous pop ups and sounds from different characters whom i call my friends. I'm proud to say i made the effort to talk to all of them even though it was crazy hour.

Another incident would be joking incidents. As the BOD of EWS knows, i have quite a tongue. It's not long just sharp and full of sarcasm. Sometimes when i say something, i don't mean it. Just so happens that everyone who knows me well knows about this. But their reactions are scary. They are such good at acting that sometimes they pretend to get their feelings hurt just to get back at me. I will be so guilty concious that i'll apologise again and again.

My cousin knows about this well and she tried to make me less compassionate by trying to psycho me into eating my brother's share of ice cream. I complied and tried to feel good about it but instead i feel bad. In fact, most of my post might seem full of angst and such but actually they're only for that day. After that, i'll actually forget about it and treat as if nothing had happened. I don't know about this so i'm making a desperate plea to everyone and anyone reading this: PLEASE HELP ME BE LESS COMPASSIONATE!!! PLEASE!!!

2007-04-06T00:43:00.000+08:00

Ok, we had fun at Sentosa, but i trust tht my fellow BODs of EWS would duly deliver this job.

First and foremost lets get to the point, im the in-your-face person when blogging it seems, something i haven't been able to do in person. Maybe perhaps i'm too sympathetic and more apt to other's reactions. Or perhaps i'm plain pacifist who doesn't wanna get involved in a confrontation. I don't remember the last time i got myself involved in a brawl, i don't remember when was the last time i cursed and wussed in public or land myself in a shouting match in public. I last remember the time i pick on someone.

Maybe its something in the genes or maybe its just plain fact that im lazy to get involved. What i'm trying to say today is that, sometimes it does pay to keep your damned mouth shut instead of shooting foul-filled verses that only a person in a drunken stuppor would do. It does pay, it saves your energy, it does saves your own ass from being kicked even. Its better to walk away before a heated argument that would eventually lead to a fight starts.

I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't defend ourself when involved in a situation that calls for it. The most important thing is to shut your trap instead of offending others. Yeah, i agree sometimes that it gets to your nerves when you see a dumb behaviour by someone, something stupid he utters, or even in the worst cases, you hate his look and dressing or whatever fuck. The most you should do is just snigger under your breath.

But who cares, you don't pay for his education, you don't provide for his subsistence and he doesn't ask you money for his clothes. I think we would be better of a society where we keep our damn opinions to ourselves at times. The key word here is 'at times'. What the fuck do we get from giving out malicious and dumb comments that won't benefit anyone. You don't even get paid from commenting how dumb someone's dressing is. You ain't an image consultant for god's sake.

The bottomline is, it doesn't pay to fight a fool, nobody can ever tell the difference. Fighting a fool would only make you another bloody fool.

Sentosa

2007-04-05T23:49:00.000+08:00

If you are asking me an opinion of the handsome lad on the left, I say he looks simply fit for a model. With his muscular frame, i believe, he can make it far. Then again, that's me. Yep, Fadd, the tyrant of EWS wishes everyone good evening and wishes to entertain fellow readers with an interactive post. Ignore the daddy yankee long whiny posts of Han's and his 101 complaints or even Cold's down to earth straight in the face issues.

And so, i begin, by telling a story:

It was a bright sunny day in the morning of April 5th 2007. 6 lads made their way to Sentosa after much side tracks. Referring to the previous post, our Mr. Haniero sayang, and our beloved Mr Makkel who have been giving 101 that we grow immune of couldn't make it due to unforseen circumstances.

So as you can see towards your right, these are 5 of the motley crews which consist of (from left to right) Cold, Shan, Mizi, Dan the Man & Hidzirlennon. Together with yours truly, we make up teh most irritating bunch of bums Sentosa service crews have to up with. Ignore the flirtatious animal acts and typical malay settings of hooliganism displayed throughout the whole day, the main important agenda was that we had fun.

After spending no cash on the cable car, Carlsberg Tower, Images Of Singapore, the repetitive Luge and a simple half naked outing by the Palawan Beach, I should say it was a value for money. Then again, It was all free. And so, us, being friends for almost 7 years, almost knowing each other inside out, we decided to get in touch with our roots by building sandcastles without the aid of spades and buckets. These barbaric hands prove to be the greatest asset to any human, be it crippled, insane or able bodied. Maybe we'll try the next year's annual sandcastle building competition. And of course, we won't leave without a pic of ourselves with our masterpiece.

And we're missing one, Shan, which discreetly left to have some private time with his beloved. Bahhhh. So much for completing the picture. After turning from brown to brownie, we decided the day should end with a fiesty meal which marks the end of my story. The End.

So what is my best personal experience? I say it should be her. A chinese, ever looking so presentable, clad in our traditional kebaya. Guess from now on, i'll make it a point to date chinese girl. Ahhh.. Wishful thinking..

2007-04-05T12:57:00.000+08:00

Mr. Han is here to talk about what a crap-hole of a life he has. Take note of the time of this post is being posted. Should say around 1pm. From that, we can infer that Mr. Han is at home whilst his other buddies are having a ball of a time. I am not complaining about the fact that the BOD is having fun, in fact I hope that they do, but rather about as to why I am doing this right now and not later at night. This post is called 'Moments In Life when You Just Wanna Die'.

Before starting off, I will warn you readers that this post maybe a little bit too emo-ish for you guys. So if you guys aren't into that, screw yourself in the butt. Ok, let's begin. For starters, I believe that all of us have been through some situations when you just wanna slit your wrist and watch as your life drip away, slowly. This doesn't include those people who do all that for the sake of releasing your body's endorphins. This only include those who were really in those situations whereby we believe that Death can give us that escape from everything that this 'life' has to offer. Personally, I don't see any 'promise' in this life. What can I do? Nothing really. Which is why I often wonder, why am I here? To be 'the class clown'? Maybe. But c'mon... There has got to be more than that right? Ok, don't answer that.

Ok, now we go into the first of many incidents that makes me feel so fark-ed up. Take today's supposedly fun time that I am supposedly suppose to have. First of all, there is the question of money. In life, almost everything involves money. Everything. I can deduce all this into this equation:
money+______ = life
no money+______= No life

So, from what I have guess written, it is clear for all to see that money is indeed everything. No matter what you may have seen in the movies, this is the harsh truth. Hollywood is make believe. It's all blown up, fake, a big bunch of lies. Back to my story. My mom has some of my money which I have given her so some apparent reasons that I can't remember. But when I asked for it, it look as though I was trying to rob her of her entire life savings. I guess that saying ' what's mine is mine, and what's your's is also mine' seems to be true. It sucks having to ask for money that is yours. On the topic about money, I read about the ministers wanting to raise their annual pay. $1 million isn't enough these days. I say, go ahead, raise their pays. It is a hard job of staying in the office, shaking legs and making cameo appearances once in a while. They deserve more. Not that I care anyway.

Part 2. Again about this sentosa trip which I am supposedly should be enjoying these very moment. So, after stating down the ownership rights to the money previously, I had to encounter yet another obstacle in the form of father. It's more like a crippling blow to me. Out of all the things he could have asked, he asked me whether I could swim or not. What kind of a father is that? I'm 19 and you think that I can't swim. These may seem kinda stupid to be complaining about this but this means much more to me than it seems. I don't give a damn if he thinks that I can't swim. But it is demoralising to me as he doesn't have the trust and faith in me to be able to take care of myself. This has been going on for a very long time but I think it has gone way too far this time.

There are many other instances that have crippled me in ways I don't wish to state. But please. Cut me some slack here. I'm an adult already. Probably this is karma at work. I know I have been doing things that I shouldn't have in the last 19yrs but I certainly don't want this to go on for another 19yrs. However, according to Newton's law, for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. For me, this comes in the form of my other brothers. So far, I have been blessed to have known them at these stages of life. I can only hope this carry on. These people are always the people that I will always look forward to meeting and I respect them alot although I may not show it. There is also another person that I am looking forward to for now. Let's wait for the 11th and we will see....

Before I go, here is the song that I think explains my life so far. Read through the lyrics and I am sure you will understand what I have to go all these while. Till the next time, take care people... I think I'll go sharpen the blades now...

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
"It Ends Tonight"

Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all.
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all.

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight It ends tonight.

A falling star
Least I fall alone. I can't explain what you can't explain.
You're finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening I give the final blow.
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,It ends tonight.

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes
All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,It ends tonight.

Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,It ends
When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,It ends tonight.
Tonight
Insight
When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight.

6.5 Million

2007-04-04T02:19:00.001+08:00

Another day another editorial at such ghastly hours. But hey, it's all entertainment for all you pert readers out there. Its like fun and games for you all to reload this page over and over again in hopes to see all the writers writing at the same time. That's really wishful thinking in your part as to have all the writers actually doing a post each at the same time definitely needs a really striking divine intervention. I'm going to do a write up on something more on DAN'S genre. In fact, i don't understand how come he has not address the issue since it is his forte in such matters. The topic for the day is on Singapore's population in 40-50 years time. For those who are too caught up watching paint dry to even notice the report, the BIG MEN has plans to increase Singapore's population to 6.5 million in the above mentioned time span.

I'm just going to give my opinion and simply say it out loud: IT'S STUPID. Seriously. What we have now is roughly 4.5 million as stated in the paper reports. Already the crowd in our EXPENSIVE public transport and city areas, hell even our neighbourhood centres are all mind bending. That's for me though cause i'm not sure about you guys. I just can't stand too much people in a space constraint area. Already we have problems trying to sit in the MRTs. Already we have long queues for ordering our food at any kopitiam or S11 or any fast food outlets. Even for paying for our items in the local supermarket or those 7-11. And that's just at 4.5 million. What happens when there is 6.5 millions? I'll answer that.

The queues would be longer and the public transports will be more packed resulting in being late for school as well as work which means deduction of pay for the time you miss for work. But scratch the surface and you'll get more problems. It took 42 years this year for all the different races to fully integrate in such a small speck of an island and there's still some problems with skin colours and race here and there every now and then. I'm making no bones about it cause i've seen it with my own eyes but i'll stop there for fear of my life here. You never know when the big men are reading. As i was saying, since it took 42 years to fully "co-exist", it will take the mentioned time span to fully integrate the other races, for example brazilians, colombians, africans and maybe some fiji islanders. Who knows. What i do know is that it will take so much time for them to fully adapt themselves here not only to the climate but to the reception of the typical resident here and not those poster boys from those big men ads.

With different cultures and races, there's bound to be lots and lots of misunderstanding often resulting in clashes and fights. Maybe, just maybe, these fights will be a lot more real gang fights and not what we see in those stupid video clips where they push and run. That will make Singapore a really dangerous place to live in. Already as what have been reported in the papers, Singaporean Indians and Indian Expats are at loggerheads. If the same race already have problems in between themselves, what problems will arise from more then 10 race in a community.

Then there's the matter of jobs and houses. If most of these new residents are the rich and the educated, then i might as well be gunned down for i know i can never live in a society whereby money owns all. I'm not rich and these expats are. Freaking rich. FREAKING!!! Where does that put me? NOWHERE. It doesn't help readers to act like a rich man when you do not have a single cent. If that's the case, i bet that priorities are given to the rich first before the rest and this means that even though you were born singaporean, chances are you'll still be second in the pecking order if you cannot compete with the likes of a millionaire from a distant country.

Lastly, the matter of vehicles and roads. Why should we congest them even more by adding more numbers to this little dot of an island. Please explain that to me. So, to conclude, i foresee that i shall not live here in 10 years time. I foresee that i will migrate. I foresee that with 6.5 million people in a little island, this little dot will sink. I foresee that if i don't stop there, the BIG MEN will all sue me and shut down this blog. Freedom of speech??? Yeah, right...

2007-04-04T01:08:00.000+08:00

Hey there dear readers. I apologise for not been writing lately. Not that I am lazy or what-not, its just that there hasn't been anything interesting happening lately, not to say that there has been a 'fun' event that had taken place since I am updating now. If you noticed the time I begin writing this, blame the other human being who shares my alleles.

Before I start off, my heart goes to Cold. It's ok to feel what you feel. Life is a bitch. I know but like Fadd n' I had suggested, QUIT. That helps. But let me chip in another integral part of that advise before you even think of carrying that out. Get another job. Look at me. It's been a year and still no job. Same goes for Fadd although he has that 'reliable income source'. Haha.

So this entry is dedicated to Cold, the people who are looking for a job and also myself. Here are some tips and signs to look out for. Ok, it all begins when you get that familiar feeling of not having money and way way too much time at hand. So what do you do about that? Pick up a newspaper and look for some interesting jobs that you either have experience in or you are interested to try. After which you take note of the time and day of the interviews that are to be held. It will totally defeat the purpose if you decide to go for the interview that was over days ago.

Point number two. Know where the place is. It won't be fun if you and your job-hunting partner have to take a bus for 1hr and only to know that you can take the train which will probably be faster. But even by having a partner along is good enough as you can do pretty much together, like dying along together, side by side. It will also prove easier if you are friendly in these kind of situations where you have to ask for directions at every new turn.

Point 3. Count properly. Not the number of floors at the building. But rather the turns that you and your partner have to do some tasks. I had to learn that the hard way as always. You see, due to my failings to count properly, I had the honour of taking on the heavier part of tasks, like asking for directions and for the forms as well. Ain't that so Fadd?

Point 4. Talk, even if the interviewer isn't talking to you, especially at group interviews. I had that particular experience and I can walk away knowing that I can kiss the job good bye. Why? Coz' the only words that I said during the interview was, 'Yar...I was his in-charge'. I believe that qualifies to be the shortest interview ever done.

Point 5. Wait for the magic words. Not zam zam ala kazam. The words that you may not really want to hear are 'We will give you a call within the next week or so'. I think from all of our experiences, we can safely say that the job will remain out of reach for us. For example me. Out of 10 interviews with that reply, I landed an astonishing 1 job. Woo~

From what you have just read, you can say that finding a job can be kinda stressful. So its always a good idea to unwind after that. But as luck would have it, that too turn out to be kinda bad as the interviews. Without 2 of the main man, Cold and Dan, around, the night was as dead as I was at the end of the day. The shisha was ordered tasted like plain water. Only with some aromatic smells.

In conclusion, before you set of on your little crusade to find a job, plan well. As for me, chances are if I don't get any of the jobs that I have applied for recently, I will be a full-time student and a full-time bum. So people, pray to which ever god you may believe in, that I will get a job. Coz if not, you'll be having more of these kind of plain bad entries from me in the future. Furthermore, there are somethings that have been set in motion that I wish to see through. SO please Allah, Jesus, Buddha, Wingtai Corp. and GV, give me a job......

Buses and Transport Fees

2007-04-03T12:30:00.000+08:00

Good afternoon bubbly readers. I'm going to address the issue of public transport fees and buses today. It seems that buses are part of our everyday lives. I know for a fact they are in mine. It has come to a platonic relationship between the riders and the drivers. What i meant by that is up to you readers to decide. I enjoy taking long bus rides after emptying my bladder first though. What i don't enjoy is riding a certain bus service. That is 926. It's a bus from woodlands to zoo. Yeah, my workplace. As you all have already known, i don't enjoy working there anymore. Couple with what i'm about to tell you about the mentioned bus service will set my blood boiling once more.

This bus service is only available on Sundays. I'm fine with that. As long as i can go to work in peace. What sets me ranting is the waiting time. They put the information there as 25 minutes to 45 minutes. Right...The time i waited for the bloody bus 2 days back was 1 hour. Yep...1 hour. And it's not only for that sunday. Let's just say for almost every sunday the bus will be late. So if you just miss it, chances are you'll have 1 hour to kill. I know it's all fine and dandy but you are actually going to be late for work, even though you know you are early. Your manager will just pass off all your true reasons as fake lies. Those ignorant bigots. They'll scold you for the mistake of the bloody bus and will ask you to take an earlier bus. Ok then, fine. You take an earlier bus but then you reach work damn early. So damn early in fact that its you got 1 and a half hours to kill and your manager scolds you for trying to punch in early to get more money. Great. It seems the life you have is just getting scolded for the mistake of a bloody bus service.

It's not helping that the transport fees are really expensive for those without any government aids. Hell that's bad. Real bad. I know this first hand because i have to top up my ez link once every 3 days. And the shittiest thing is that i have to top up 10 dollars everytime. I know some of you are asking why not get license or a vehicle be it a bike or a car. Please readers, don't make me laugh. I got a license and am WORKING. What does working means? It means that i don't have money to sustain the everyday life of paying and more paying. I'm not a rich man's son and my dad expects me to pay for everything i do. I thank him for that because i do know the importance of money. Back to the issue. I don't undersand why we have to pay so much for transport fees. It's killing my pay every month.

What does the above discussed topics shows you. Well, it shows you readers that -
926 + expensive transport fees -----> COLD going broke and getting scolded. In other words, COLD having quite a shitty life. Amen readers to the fact that you're all not me.

Working Sucks

2007-03-31T01:55:00.000+08:00

A very early morning to all the astir readers right now. Hopefully nothing happens to this post like the previous 2 drafts which had me losing my patience at the inanimate object in front of me at that moment. I just came back from work and again that's more than a good reason not to blog at a regular basis. I'll be doing an expose on my life as a worker for today's post and let you have a feel of what transpires during a certain period of time. Before i start, i would like to make it known to my colleagues who are reading this post not to mention it either directly or subtly to the manager, assistant manager, supervisor or those who have not read it. Please keep to yourself. Fadzil, if you are reading this, pretend that it is all imaginary.

For a start, a short intro. I work at the Zoo and the Night Safari for 2 years this May. Before the typical "Which animal you take care" comes out, i would like to make it known that i take care of homo sapiens a scientific term for us humans. I make sure i feed them everytime i work so they don't get hungry. I feed them pizza as well as ice cream. For a clearer view of my inconsistent ramblings, i work at a pizzeria as well as an ice cream parlour. Their names are Pizzafari(corny, i know) and Ben n Jerry's. Most of you will think that working at a tourist hotspot, let alone these kind of shops are all great and that. Well, i beg to differ. Sure we have our perks like for example, free stuff or free visit to other tourist attractions or improvement courses or even awards. To every good thing, there's a bad thing.

With that out of the way, i will now explain why is it that working there can be actually sucky. There's a few factors contributing the great decline in sleep for an average worker there. I shall discuss the worst 3. Let's start with the place itself. I used to love pizza and ice cream. Now it's just another phase of life. All because of eating too much of each for the 1st year of the work there. For ice cream alone, i hate all those with chunks or super duper names or silly colours. It's all hogwash. I don't care whether it's chunky or has monkey in there. I don't care about fudge fishes in the ice cream. Instead of appealing, its rather distasteful in my view. I've grown so spiteful of ice creams that if i ever had to eat one, i'd rather get a 50 cent worth of paddle pop or just some plain vanilla. Yes, you heard me, vanilla. Plain, ntaural, cooling vanilla.

2nd of the 3 are the customers. I know that most of you will think that customers from other countries are all cool. But since this is an expose, let me tell you this. IT AIN'T!!! From the lost-in-translation japanese to the over-demanding/ridiculous-questions indians, they are all such a big pain in the ass after sometime. I know that when i first start working at that place, one of the top attractions as a worker there would be the girls. Well, i don't care whether they're exotic or cute or even a miss universe. All i know is that, after a while, you'll get pissed. Really pissed. Take the kawaii japs, i hate them nowadays. Simple reason because they can't speak english. Even simple ones. This results in queue hogging and they take such a long time to make up their mind on a certain flavour. Singaporeans shouldn't look down on others cause they are 2nd on the guilty sheet. Yes you are you overdemanding arses. Imagine this scenario, you just took out an ice cream from the freezer. It's rock hard and when you try scooping it, its like scraping hard surface which literally means nothing will come out of it. Then, the queue is long, damn long. And this customer, a singaporean housewife comes up to you. Instead of asking nicely, she rudely ask for 4 of the same hard flavour. You try to suggest other flavours but she thinks she pays you so she has to have it her way. She is paying you actually but the point is that singaporeans are hard to compromise and most of them are cruel, evil and just plain dumb.

I'm not going to start on the top reason for the disadvantage of working at my place yet because i'm sure most of you are thinking which race are the tops for really bad customers. Without further adieu, let me present the INDIANS. Take note that i am not being racist at all. They love to cut queues, shout, push other customers, change their mind lots and lots of time, ask all the workers the same question at the same time even with a long queue behind them, ask stupid questions like "Is this an ice cream shop?" and other stupid stuff that's bound to make you pissed. I'm not going to start a 1001 night safari story here but just to make it clear to all those indians out there from india who are here on holiday or whatsoever, you people are not rich. If you are, then please buy a large ice cream instead of getting a small cup of 1 scoop with 9 spoons or more after happily tasting all the flavours at least twice per person in a family that you have bought with you. It helps as well if you speak slowly cause when you speak fast, i tend to speak faster and what comes out is the exact thing that you call for a language. A lot of patience, empathy, kindness helps as well. Lastly, why not take a basic courtesy or manners courses. IT WILL DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL TO YOU.

The main reason for why i'm typing this really long insider on my life as a worker is some of the my colleagues. These people tend to be lazy, ignorant or having multiple characters. It dosen't help that when its busy then the characters come into play. I am not going to point out names here for the benefit of their reputation as well as the company's. Let's just hope there's a certain difference after this. I'm not going to gripe about them so i'll just leave it at that.

Another issue that stems from working at a tourist hotspot is this, prices are a killer. Most of you there will definitely demand explanation on why it is so. The answer is simple, animals. Thay require lots of maintanence so most of what you pay either on food or entry or tram goes to them and the workers. So technically, the profits for Zoo or Night Safari isn't that high.

I might ruffle more than one bird's feathers after this long post. Embassies of all the stated countries might be knocking at my door anytime soon. Before you do so, know this. What i've written so far is a wake up call to all the shit i'm experiencing except for the first one. Take this as a means of improving yourself as well as your country or just take this as a very COLD bloody slap on your face. Before the suggestion of try quitting comes up, let me tell you this, i have thought about that and will do it once i get a new job or something great happens to me. Till that day, i'll just zone out at work while having fun with those crew that have the same view as mine. Hope no one from work reads this.

Technologic

2007-03-30T23:16:00.000+08:00

I've been over the moon lately even since i've been accepted into Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts. Though i doubt my capabilities of getting in when i miserable felt that i didn't have the artistic edge, i manage to scrap through. In the words of my mom, I suck at drawing.

Let's face it, Mr Dan the Man draws better stick figures than i do. I swear! Anyways, i thank Violet.. No; Not Haniero's, the other one, for the portfolio. It's cool.

As someone who grew up with technology technically, I for once would like to make a factual statement that the up to date the tech gadgets get, the more flaws it has. Not to mention it's booming price. And instead of solving such bugs and problems, they rather work on new and advance gadgets thus adding more to the misery of bugs and problems.

Take for example, you bought a PSX at $1000+ which is just released the day before. And while you are playing your HD games, watching your Bluray pornography DVD, or maybe surfing the net, you came across bugs and problems. With that, you turned to their 24 hours toll free hotlines searching for help.

After going through the tedious process of keying 1, then 3, then 2 and 1 to basically talk to the operator, you get a simple please come down to our service centre to get it checked answer. So you drag your lazy ass, along with the PSX full set, and it's warranty, down there only to know that your current PSX's problems and bugs causes are relatively unknown. For that they used your warranty to replace it with a new one. You felt glad, went home, boot up the PSX and when you're about to stim kering (Dry stim), you got back to square one. The same bugs and problems.

And so, the process of going to the service centre repeats. And this time with a catch. They had to recall all their products because it's bugs and problems are still not being able to anhilate.

So my dear readers, what can you conclude from this? Well, as a tech whiz, based on what the BOD has labelled me, I should advise to only not buy the "latest" gadgets to be a fucking show off or simply too much money to spent. As for once, it will cost a bomb and your "latest" gadgets will be the guinea pigs of the future bugs and problems updates.

After all that useless ranting, i've to do my part in getting a laptop for my sister who needs it for her polytechnic studies. Unlike her dumb friend, who spent her entire fortune on her state of the art laptop, only to be downgraded by her polytechnic so that it's compatible with the school's software. Boo yah!

To sum it all up, please do be smart when it comes to shopping for tech gadgets. & Blogger/Google; please do something about about your New Blogger. It's kind of buggy lately which i presume most will agree. The old blogger works perfectly fine. I swear! Fadd - Attack! Over and Out.

2007-03-29T00:43:00.000+08:00

Good morning my dear readers. This post is coming a bit late, so it's ok if you tag tomorrow morning. So today's topic is about face to face with death. Ok. That's over saying it. It's more like face to face with passing out, multiple times. So today, the 4 brothers namely B2, Mr Rat, Morgan and.. errr.. let's stick to Danial, went cycling। Yes. I can cycle. But( there's a but here) only for a certain distance. But (again) I'm here aren't I? So that means I made it. Well, barely. Let's go into what happened into the day of the brothers 4.

For today's entry, I think it will be original to do it in a graphical time line. So I'll let the pictures do the talking. I'll chip in a few words just in case the readers miss the typed words from yours truly. Ok. Let's begin.

3pm:

Macam tak cukop makan jek ni budak..Haha. Ok, maybe this picture doesn't really tell you much. This picture shows that i AM cute.Right..But if you look really close, you can see that I have cut my hair. See? No fluffiness at the side. And another if you are really observant, this picture is also depicting a bored guy waiting for his friend to be done with his 'royal deposit' session, even though the plan was to meet at 3. Nuff' said.

Around 4pm:

This picture right here shows us actually there at Sembawang Park. Or at least in the vicinity. This was at the Botol Tree Village if I am not mistaken. I know that the initial plan was to go cycling but it was raining. So as to not melt our makeups and hair gel, we decided to take shelter for awhile. As you can see, Morgan and Mr Rat aka Fadd and Sheem respectively, is having a ball of a time disturbing Danial. At a glance it may seem just like any other ordinary disturbing but there is more to the story. for your info, Morgan has another nickname. We ALL like to call him Mr ATM. He is the main man with all the funding needed. So as to keep himself in the good books of Fadd, Danial like it or not had to take. I am another beneficiary of the funding and you may ask, what did I do to stay in the good side of Mr ATM. The answer is pretty clear. I took the picture didn't I? So after that little session we decided to go for prayers at the mosque nearby, but sorry I can't recall the name. But do look it up. It really needs help coz' they are doing some upgrading. I know this sounds weird coming from me, but this is a real plea.

But before that, we decided to..:

Before your 'pure' lil' minds stray elsewhere, I think its best that I clarify some things first. Picking off from the we decided to... take more pictures. And not looking in the sky for our birdies that had flown away.

Around 5pm:

So after the prayers was done and all, we decided to continue on with our venture. So we decided to go up a somewhat unused road. But being us, we decided to cycle that path as well, and as expected we met a dead end. But nothing can faze us at that point, so we went around the barrier and headed down to the beach. From the pictures, you can understand why the barrier was put up in the place. If you are virtually blind, I'll tell you although that still won't help you as you ARE blind. The path was blocked because the beach from that side was small and for the most part was covered in rocks. Tilting rocks to be exact. And beside those rocks was the sea. Ok, back to the story. Since we were already there, we decided to be 'smart and adventurous' for once in our lives. Even the presence of not 1,not 2 but 3 Banglas didn't scare us. So we went ahead and tried to cross over to the other side via these rocks. Since the path wasn't really 'bicycle-friendly' we had to carry it for the most part through out it all. Again not part of the plan. But after what seems like 1hr (which in reality was only 20mins) we did it. YAY!!! I know that sounds gay. Let it be. And during these stretch we learn that even at these rock face, the government was kind enough to erect (Cold, don't smirk) places of worship there as well for those who are fishing there. After that, we met up with Mr Hidz and his buddy.

Around 5.30pm:

Since Hidz was around we decided to proceed to the playground which was meant for kids who else. I doubt there's a playground for adults. So we play some fond childhood games like Police n Thief, Poison Ball and the all time favorite, the swing. This 1 guy was so into it, he can't even keep still to actually be on the swing. He even had the proper attire for it, which is err... pants only? Poor little thing. No one told him that adulthood was going to be hard. And who can blame him. Afterall, he has been a boy for the past 19 years.

7pm:

So after a hard day of cycling and for some pillion riding others,we headed for the nearest food outlet, which by the way wasn't near. From the pictures you can see that we are so tired, we had to take a moment of silence to comtemplate what to order.

20mins later....

So after waiting for eternity, food finally arrived. I have picked these 2 barbarians to show the sheer joy of the moment. The reason for picking the 1st one is because he is just that, a barbarian. But you can't deny that he does indeed look happy. As for the 2nd picture I think it is pretty clear why. He is so darn cute. Haha. I could just pinch his cheeks. Ouch! Oh right that's me. Haha. You may be asking, why the hell am I wearing my singlet only. The answer is simple. It was hot and I am hot. Either way you look at it its the same. Well, kinda. Haha.

Another 20mins later:

Aww. Somebody, please give him a biscuit. I mean look at him. So pityful sampai nak kene sebat. Ok, translation. til you wana whack him silly. But he managed to finish that alone, the fastest. And he was still hungry, so he ordered another something. But look at him. He doesn't look like the eating much does he? Hmm.. Let's us silently comtemplate.. Well I can tell you, he can eat ALOT. By that, I do mean alot.

So after that dinner, we all cycled our heavy bums all the way back to admiralty except for me all the way back to marsiling. I still have the bike with me.

Look,

Ok. That's about it. It's been fun entertaining you guys, but you gotta pay for my writing services. Eyy, mangkuk saje. Haha. Ok people. Take care and good night. Now let's see if I can go into my room without waking up my mom. Wish me luck. Haha.

WWE

2007-03-26T12:43:00.000+08:00

Good day to all those haut readers there. I'm here today to write something on Stone Cold Steve Austin and not another post on the secret shenanigans of BOD of EWS. For the benefit of everyone out there, the reason i'm writing at an irregular basis is because of work. It can take so much out of anyone.

Stone Cold has been a really influential figure in my life. He and a few others, namely The Undertaker, The Rock and Brock Lesnar, have been there week in week out to dish out some serious entertainment in the otherwise boring world of soap operas. Yes haut readers. I classify WWE as a soap opera. More on that later. Stone Cold has the word COLD in there. If you're guessing whether there's a link between him and me over that word then i say aye, there is. He is like the i-don't-give-a-fuck-whoever-you-are-just-so-long-you-don't-be-a-pain-in-my-ass-cause-i'll-be-on-you-in-a-heartbeat kinda guy. He's mentality is to arrive, raise hell and leave and i love that mentality.

WWE contains all the elements of a great soap opera like drama, action, backstabbing, scheming, lie, deceit, women, women gone bad, good guys gone bad and its own rendition of black magic. Where else can you find a grave digger, a hollywood actor, a brawler, a US Marine, a rapper, another rapper, some japanese guy and other quirky personas all coming together every week with a twist to its already twisty plots typical of soap operas.

I know that some love to watch Bold And Beautiful or Days of Our Lives or even Laguna Beach but i say nay. They don't consist of 1 important element and that's a good choreographed fight. That's where WWE wins. They have numerous in ring bouts as a result of different idea of settling a problem. Fighting always is a means of settling something. But that's in the TV world and not here. Over here, for every intended fight or riot or even a big gang just hanging out together playing an innocent game of monopoly or UNO results in suspicion of fights from the laudable blue brigade. And by that i don't mean MY Chelsea.

Anyways, if you are bored of soap operas that are boring and slow paced, get the remote and switch it to WWE. You'll bound to get hyped about it positively or negatively.

Our Stories, Our Alibis.

2007-03-25T21:48:00.000+08:00

After 7 years of knowing the freedom writers of EWS, i could say that i know each and everyone of them and with these testimonials of each other flying around, i couldn't thank Haniero enough for complimenting my sensitive nose. That aside, it wouldn't be nice not to drop them one. It's like in friendster, when someone drop you a dumb unofficial testimonial eg You're hot! and you ~~have~~ MUST reply instantly with eg You're hot too. Since Haniero kickstarted with me, i shall do the same by starting with him.

Haniero, the eldest amongst the Veto 5, and of course like Dan the Man
said, is the Man. He is everything Dan the Man said, so he pretty much
said everything i wanna say. He is also blessed with his height, a common
talking point amongst girls. Ohhhh he's tall.. he's hawt. So yeah, but he's fun
to be with, especially when it's about creating a scene in the public. He'll be
the 1st one to disappear.

Next up,

Cold from up north. Being manhandled during his 3 ~~years~~ months in camp, his
transformation from a bwoy to a man has completed. He's all that we ain't. Put
him with HidzirLennon & Dan the Man, you can expect a lot of embarassing
moments. That aside, another great man who deals suave-ly with girls. Don't mind
him, he prefers lil innocent toddlers & camels over matured ladies. So girls, you know what to do ;)

Dan the Man, is the walking dicktionary of the BOD. With his vast knowledge of
the things happening around the world & our government itself, he is set to
ace any form of general papers thrown at him. Unseparable from his ciggies, he's
given the nickname, putera sampoerna. Together with Cold, he clouds the mind of the youths to listen to Dangdut: the music of his country. And did i mentioned that maths and science is a taboo subject to talk to him. Speaking of which, you just have to mention Ms Ong, & He'll be a mile away before you could finish saying it off. Above all, he is the man of words and his gentleman-ly ways of dealing with girls and his flair in arts give him the upperhand.

And so

we're left with HidzirLennon, the bum of the BOD. Other than wasting his life on
hobbo-ing and wanking on cytherea moans, he is a dedicated aspiring nurse who is the only one currently to have man boobs and a figure which can be mistaken for a suckling pig. Used to be well known for his playboy days, he's mojo has been sucked dry and has been trying to search for it ever since. Don't worry ladies, he is afterall a reformed bwoy.

With regards to that, EWS has definitely grown since the day we started. Founded by the Wayang brothers, Cold, Fadd & Hidzirlennon, it was counted as a great success for having over 1000 unique visitors over a life span of 3 months. Ok.. it's a great achievement according to Cold.

January came, and we had a double salvo, Haniero & Dan the Man joining the ranks. And it has been that way ever since. The BOD of EWS couldn't thank enough to those who make this possible. After say 5 - 6 months on the roll, some credits should be given to both our readers and our beloved freedom writers.

Spearheading the 1st award for the best writer is none other than Cold himself with Haniero closed behind. Although it was a close fight, Cold and is afro antics never fail to amuse readers.

Haniero however won the most charismatic writer for his posts have won million of hearts worldwide. Ok.. maybe a thousand.. OK! lesser than that. It's a figure of speech. You get the idea.

And for the rest, HidzirLennon won the Longest AWOL writer & Dan the Man won the Mr Busy of the Year. Not to forger our beloved taggers, who have all won themselves the supporter of the year award for contributing nothing but rants. Kuddos to all the winners.

I thank all who commented about the blog layout. & We welcome the return of Dan the Man, Again! Peace.

2007-03-25T14:37:00.000+08:00

Alrites...i'm back after my exams, its been awhile since i updated, but hey, we have our blogger-in-residence who is always updating. The person being in the form of Haneiro. Think he's the only one who have been updating, and of relevant issues lately.

Straight to the point, i'd like to thank him for his flattering testimonial of me, then again, he's always the Mr Nice Guy. I think the rest of the BOD should also dedicate a post for him. I think he's the only one of those around here who keeps a clear-mind of what he's doin. Not saying everybody on the BOD is insane, but he's definitely the Mr Nice Guy around here, i emphasise again. Probably also the quiet ones at times, he's the only one who least make a mockery out of all of us when we go out. Needs a little encouragement and moral support from us when we intend to do something stupid all out of the sudden in the lift at CWP or something like that. Sometimes he can be tempted to do something stupid, when there is a combination of Cold, me and Mr Hidz. I think Wolfie-o is the only one who prefers to watch us doin dumb things in public, instead of joinin, and we end up disturbin him altogether.

Then again, everybody on the BOD does dumb and not to mention a mockery out of ourselves every now and then. Rite guys?

2007-03-22T16:59:00.000+08:00

Hey there my revered readers. More crap talking that needs to be done. First and foremost, let's welcome back the other writers after such a long and unannounced break. Thank you for remembering this space and the readers affiliated to it. We really do appreciate your presence here. Secondly, to Mr. Khadd, the entries are meant for fun and laughter. So the risks are yours to take should you find the need to follow whatever we have said here at EWS. And finally to clear up some of the mess that may have been done. According to one of the tags made by the witty Cold, I am a HIS padawan. I am not merely a padawan now master. I am now a padawan class 2. I just took my test the other day. So, I'd appreciate it if I am addressed accordingly as of NOW.

Ok, with that out of the way, let's get it on the topic of the day. There are mainly two things that I wana address in today's entry. First of which is technology. The other topic would be the other side of the BOD most of you don't know about, especially those of you who aren't us, which constitutes all the readers. Ok Technology. I am sure that most of us have used or at least heard about this wonderful creation of man, apart from porn and more porn. Well, if you haven't heard about it, I can safely deduce that you have been living in a cave off Easter Island and you definitely deserve to stay there. For of those of you who have just returned from your exile from one of the caves, here's a definition for technology.

tech·nol·o·gy [tek nólləjee](plural tech·nol·o·gies)
noun
1.
application of tools and methods: the study, development, and application of devices, machines, and techniques for manufacturing and productive processes.

If that doesn't mean anything to you, it means anything and ALMOST everything under the sky, correction, the sun. Catering to these knowledge lacking people can be kinda tiring. Ok. So, we all know what technology have done for us. Airconditioner, television, computers, laptops, etc. Almost on a daily basis human beings rely and are thankful for these inventions. But there are also a negative side to it all. Take the new blog for example when we attempt to switch feom the old to the new one. Sure. They have provided steps that seem easy enough. But not entirely true. I just switched and let me tell you, it was no walk in the park. Following the steps clearly written in what seems like English, I still managed to get lost somewhere out there over the rainbow. I just can't seem to understand what more they want from me even after an hour trying to figure it out myself. Werst still, the term customer service took a new meaning for me today. Instead being the place where even your minute problems are solved, it have became a place where anger can be nurtured to a stage where you want to smash your one and only 2000 buck laptop. Imangine please. You have been staring at the screen for God knows how long but you still haven't done what you want to initially. Of course, anger and frustration builds up and you just wana get away from it all for a while. It certainly doesn't help when a picture of one of those perfect looking woman in a suit smiling and saying 'It's that simple' is looking and smiling at you. It just makes you wana pop her head. Even another compatriot of mine have had some run-ins with technology. She is starting a new blog but just can't seem to solve her layout problem. Probably she is observing 'Occam's razor'. Good luck in your future endeavours. And look that up yourself if you are interested what occam's razor means . Im not going to be a walking wikipedia. There are also many other instances but I think the readers already have a clear picture what I am trying to send across.

So now for the moment you have been waiting for. The incriminating stuff about the BOD of EWS. Let's start with the main shareholders first, out of respect yadaa yadaa. First up, the techie whiz, Mr Wolfie-o. From the post he holds in this Board, the techie whiz, I am sure you know what he is good at. If not, you really do deserve to be left in that cave mentioned earlier on. For the benefits of these people, Mr Wolfie-o is architect of this whole blog. See the layout? He made it. See the blog? He started it. See the pics at the top? Yes altogether now, HE DID IT. Ok. That maybe something boring to those who already knows him. So, another interesting about him. Among the 5 of us, Wolfie-o have the most sensitive nose. Yes he does. He seems to be able to pick up the tiniest molecule of smell that is undetected to others. One of his specialty is picking up the smell of Dan's aka Wak's fart. Once again readers, with gusto this time, YES HE CAN DO IT!!!

Next up, our most prized writer, Mr Cold. From the picture, the 1st impression that some of us may get is that he is bum abandoned by the roadside. But let me assure you that he isn't so there's no need to call up Social Services. From his posts, we can tell that he is a smart guy due to the usage of words addressing the readers, many of which I have not heard of. We can also say that he is Da' talker of trash with his very the flowery vocabulary and grammar. One interesting thing about him is that he resembles not one but two of the modern world legends. No, not Jimmy Hendrix but rather, SpongeBob and Sideshow Bob. I uploaded some pix, but I am not going to find out what happened to them since they aren't here. Look for the pictures and I am sure you will know what I mean.

Next, Mr Dan. This one is pretty hard to talk about. He is by far the quiet one amongst us, definitely one of the smartest as well. He is an overall a nice chap, his only vice being his ciggies, heck that's mine too. He has a license. Haahaa. Ok the interesting thing about him is that his fart has filters so you can hardly smell it unless of course you are our Wolfie-o. And he is one fiesty lil thing at times. And look at his pic on top. Aww. Ain't he adorable. Haha. Ladies, he is available, I think, for the time being. Haha. So be quick so as not to miss out on this incredible offer.

Time for Mr Hidz. A lost immigrant from some cannibal tribe, according to him at least. WAS a player but now it seems like he's lost his mojo. A nurse. Yes a nurse. There's nothing wrong in a guy being a nurse, coz it can be macho if the right people are doing it. I'll let the BOD decide. Oh ya, I presume he is one of those people stuck in the cave. Don't get me wrong, I am sure he knows how to navigate thru d comp but just for the simple fact that he hasn't update much. Ok thats a lie. He hasn't been updating at all. The interesting thing about him is that he has a special talent. He can control by 'abs' superbly and make them dance. If you are lucky, you may just get to see it someday. I am not gona elaborate much about it. Haha. I know BOD know.

That's most all about the BOD. I know I'm missing, but hey, the entry has gone long enough. Haha. Just hope that the other writers will say something about me so you can know. That is very likely to happen I predict. So til next time, Chiaoz. Before I go here is the reference for the definition. I still don't want to get sued.

Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.