kathryiel

its not fair part 2.

spitz is playing at this event, meet the world beat 2009. on the july 26th.... in OSAKA>

and they will also be having another event on the 22/23 july,... IN OSAKA AS WELL.

THEY Will be in osaka and i will be in singapore by that time!!!!!!!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

kathryiel

it's not fair....

takuya is at the bus-stop outside our place while i'm here in japan!!!

kathryiel

http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/

love the pictures for how old school they are. and slightly amused at how they have been completely twisted with the addition of words. indeed, words do play a significant role in changing how we interpret pictures.

the humour, is more warped than funny. but i'm sure some of you can appreciate it. i personally like how the meaning of the word is right out there, but not until you read between the lines. not so much the humour, really.

don't forget to check out his interview where he talks about the ideas for this blog. i think it might also make digesting the blog a little easier..

kathryiel

i have an overactive imagination.

2 nights ago, i dreamt i was being chased around like game by this villainous guy. he'd watch me run far far away so quickly but i'd eventually end up in his hands again somehow. so in one part, i was trying to escape on a wide open plain but i could be spotted anywhere i went. pp and i were on a jeep speeding like crazy and we were gonna get bombed anytime. amazing that we didn't end up fighting about anything. the tension was insane! i was seriously fearful for my life, and sad about all those things i hadn't done yet.

and of course the dream had to be broken up by another dream. just as we were about to make our escape. i woke up and glanced at the clock, freaked out when i realized it was 15 50. scrambled out of bed to rush to school, cos i was supposed to have a 1pm paper that day. Yeah, don't know why i had it in my head that my paper ended at 16 00 (3h long paper? huh.). and then i zipped all the way to school, but the hall was already vacant save for the invigilators. who proceeded to tell me that they were terribly sorry they couldn't do anything about me missing the paper. and that i would fail my module because it was all my own fault for arriving late.

and then my alarm clock rang for real THIS TIME. i woke up, and it was 11am. dont' think i've ever felt as relieved as i did then to hear my alarm tone.

coffee does nothing to help. if anything, i think it aggravates my imagination. 'aggravates' because too much imagination is not a good thing, obviously. it doesn't aid my studying mood. on the contrary, it ruins it sometimes. like when i drink too much coffee and get panicky or adrenaline-rush-like. a million things rush through my head, a million emotions, thoughts and images. some of them aren't even important, some are too important for adrenaline-rush-thinking, and some of them i don't have the liberty to take my time to ponder over.

but once the thinking process starts, my mood goes down in general. i could do without these huge distractions, until next tuesday at least. and the thing about my mind is, once it starts churning it doesn't really quit, especially not when its fuelled by coffee. and usually an inverse relation exists between the amount of my coffee intake, and the quality of my thoughts. which frustrates me even more, and then its a downward spiral.

and then the coffee also makes me hungry. for example, i'm craving some food right now. even though i was technically supposed to go to bed 2h ago. but cos i sipped some coffee at 9pm, i was hyper despite feeling very drained. couldn't sleep and that's how i ended up here.

and the churning is still going on. i didn't get any studying done since 2h ago, but i ended up thinking about alot of other nonsense in my life (or not in my life). being antsy obviously didn't help the semi-insomnia. obviously i wish i could say, screw this shit! but it'll just come back another day. and besides i'm not in the best position cos coffee seems to be controlling me more than the other way round. and that, i think, seems to be what can be said about my imagination and me as well. coffee, my imagination, and just about a thousand other factors in my life. and not only do i hate that i don't know what to do about it right now, but also that i can't quite do anything about it anyway. what gives?

long rant-ish entry about what makes me tick these days. very frivolous and trivial. not condensed at all. i suppose, for anybody who might be interested... cos its so frivolous that i don't even want to disturb anyone over msn with this, hehe. yeah man, that's the way things work now, which explains the post. i feel so crabby.

kathryiel

why is it that my cold shower doesn't feel cold enough? in fact, it freaking feels like a warm shower. zzz even though i'm pretty sure the water tank isn't on the roof......... or maybe it is?

bloody hot argh.

EDIT: yeah, that'd be 31degC at 10pm. ridiculous weather is not abating.

kathryiel

please read this, on aware's recent hollowing out of its old exco members by new members. Here.

for a summary of the events, we-are-aware provides details.

i'm not about to write an editorial but this is only what i feel based on what i've read. i'll just say that this whole thing is so full of nonsense that its almost amazing that something like this happened. Josie Lau, the newly appointed president of aware, had this to say in a recent interview with channel newsasia,

Josie Lau: Aware is a secular organisation. We're not there to push our personal beliefs or personal religious affiliations. We are all an inclusive... we don't discriminate people of any race, religion, or, you know, whether you're a man or woman coming in.

Josie Lau continuing: Now, talking about sexual discrimination, it is going to be a very controversial topic. and the new exco will have to take a look at this and see what is the direction we want to take. We haven't even had a chance to discuss individual ideas yet. Just give us a chance....

if aware has been known to champion women's causes regardless of race, religion and sexuality, it is obvious that as a president of aware she is expected to continue this work. because that is exactly what aware is built on and that's exactly what people know aware for. hence its very telling if she has to contemplate the direction they want to take regarding this issue. i don't see why there should be a spectre of doubt in her mind when aware's stance as determined by its previous committee is already out there, if she intends to continue aware's previous work.

honestly, what are the chances of 5 out of 11 exco members going to the same church and not knowing each other before the exco appointments? given that the church is a small community, and which strongly disapproves of homosexuals. who is actually going to buy that story.

bringing thio su mien into aware by the new exco was a little bit too telling. given that she's practically infamous for her how outspoken she is on her anti-homosexuality views. if they're known for such views, how can the public sit back and watch as christian fundamentalists who make up a huge part of the exco, take over a secular society involved in schools and the public at large, by first replacing their exco almost wholesale, not coming clean about how they were appointed, or stumbling over their viewpoints on sexuality as spokespeople for aware. how can they expect people not to suspect them of having religious agenda when everything points exactly to that.

her interview on channel newsasia, personally, i found unwatchable, mainly because she wasn't convincingly eloquent, and their comments weak. which really is too bad for her because people judge and they aren't likely to be forgiving about it, in the face of an event such as this.

i obviously don't like this because of how tied up they are to their religious beliefs, and their plain disrespect of the rights of people, but more than that i dislike how they took over aware by making use of some loopholes. i found it disgusting and distasteful because of the way they manipulated the situation, and then denying ever doing so. although this is also largely the fault of aware for not changing their voting policy fast enough to prevent such a takeover from happening. and this is the unfortunate result.

at the same time, however, the new exco is being very sneaky and it is true that if they have nothing to hide, why takeover aware in this manner? rather than prove themselves slowly to aware and to the public that they are worthy of being in decision-making positions within the group? this isn't about homosexuality issues in our society more than it is about the possibility of our secular space being violated. and what more by making use of a far-reaching group such as aware.

i don't want to see the day their religious propaganda gets wrapped up and labeled 'secular' in aware's objectives and movements. because if we had to wait until then to stop them, it might possibly be too late. and how might we prove it anyway? which is exactly why they shouldn't be allowed a chance to prove themselves in their new positions. don't expect the public to trust you with this power when you aren't trying to gain this trust in the first place.

kathryiel

britain's got talent: susan boyle. watch this for the biggest surprise of your life.

and also to see how fast the faces of the people in the crowd changed.

(click on it again to go to the direct youtube page)

the first clip of susan boyle's performance on britain's got talent garnered at least 5million views on youtube in 2 days. now you see why? i found it extremely funny that the producer had to show clips of simon cowell alternately grinning widely and staring in adulation (lol). she was really cute at the end though, eyes widened, gaping & stomping in joy. kind of like a character right out of some cartoon...

what can i say, that i'm sorry for judging? no, not really, cos i'd do it all over again the next time. and that's why people need to be proven wrong now & then. and she did prove people wrong, so good for her cos they loved her even more after that! i think to be able to exchange sneers for amazement at being proven wrong is one of the biggest triumphs anybody can hope to have. and she only had to sing to change a thousand minds. that's triumph x1000 (x10000000 viewers on the net). and that's what i'd cry to, and not so much her performance. thanks to sserene for the info!

kathryiel

you totally have to watch this. this guy's effort is amazing O.O and the video's, well, cute. haha although 'cute' might not necessarily appeal to people in general *peer* but its pretty awesome.... yeah.

he took photos of the actual thing (outdoors) and then took photos of the photos pasted all over his apartment in order to create this! funky. but i got a bit of a headache esp towards the end when the pig's photos kept moving diagonally and vertically. even though the pig was moving normally. err yeah you know.

Currently listening to: otsuka ai

kathryiel

this is quite funny. he's quite cool for having written all of that.

heard the song they were parodying on radio. obviously its nowhere as entertaining as this, but images of boys eating rice and doing retarded things (as in the video) kept running through my head as the beat repeated itself over and over on the radio. GG.

thanks to kshihao for zee link.