August!

Woo hoo!

August is rather important to me every year, at least since sec 4 and for now.

August 3rd:
-SHUFFLE OP released (YOU by YURIA)
-Gundam Seed DESTINY 4th op released ('Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru' by See-Saw)
-Naruto 10th ED Released ('SPEED' by Analog Fish)

August 9th:
-National Day ^_^

Auguust 10th:
-Still holiday
-GUNDAM SEED DESTINY Theme ['vestige' by TM REVOLUTION]
-Detective Conan's 22nd (yes...22nd...) ending theme released

August 11th:
-Special day. ^_______________^

August 18th:
-FULL METAL PANIC TSR (The Second Raid) Original Soundtrack
-FULL METAL PANIC TSR (The Second Raid) OP ['Minamikaze' by Shimokawa Mikuni]

I am thinking of doing something absolutely stupid and retarded tomorrow. I'll think about it in school.

Over protective adults.

In the rather thick load of Newspaper that was distrobuted today, I read with interest on one article regarding the writer being "horrified" to find her 8 year old niece e-mailing someone she met online.

Of course, with the thoughts of the two women who were raped by a guy they met online flooding her brain, she ordered the poor girl to stop immediately.

>_>

Seriously, what's wrong with meeting friends online? The problem does not lie in meeting the person online, but meeting the person OFFLINE. Yes, if you meet a person offline, the chance of getting raped, your wallet stolen, your handphone being flushed down the toilet, will be there. Yet, if you keep it to a friendly online relationship, the worst that could happen would be he/she swearing at you via e-mail, which you can simply laugh and delete it. After all, Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.

The problem lies with these over protective adults, who seem to think that every guy on the net is some kind of disease towards young girls, whom should never have any form of communication, whether digital or handwritten, whatsoever. Please, children today are much smarter then they are back in the days when the said adults are of similar age. They know the difference between real life and digital life, thanks to the extensive education given to them in their schools. In addition to " shall never talk to strangers", there's also the "I shall not meet anyone I don't know online" thingy which is taught in schools.

Online communication has allowed millions of people to get connected together. I remembered the times when I would spend hours at a time on ICQ, just fascinated with the amount of cool people out there. In comparision, that's the same thing for the kids who have learned to use the internet. Whether it's gaming boards such as Miniclip boards, Neopest boards, or actual games itself, such as MapleStory and such, the internet has allowed everyone to meet others outside their normal circle of life. If you restrict the kids from meeting "strangers", they are going to turn out to be a rather sad life person (like a particular female in my class). Talking online is one of the easier ways to express yourself, because you can go "Screw you, asshole!", and you won't have to care about it tomorrow. Of course, that's totally stupid and irresponsible, but the point is, there's no strings attached. Try saying that to a friend of yours, and see the difference. People seem to be able to communicate much better behind a mask which seems to hide them. Of course, you migth argue that the people who chat online too much will not know what to do when the mask is removed. However, being able to communicate online is more of a stepping stone towards being to communicate well. Heck, if you can interprete accurately the feelings of the person behind the computer, you definately will know how an actual person will feel.

In fact, if you remove the privilege of communicating online to the kid, s/he will actually find a way to go by you, and continue the communication. There's this rebellious nature in each and everyone of us whic will want to find a way to defy authority, especially if we can get away with it. It's part of the curiosity nature found inside the heart of children. Tell a kid not to play computer when you are out, and when you return home, the monitor will be hot.

No, the solution to such a "problem" is not to remove it totally, because it will be pointless. How can you actually spend each and every minute of your time checking what your child is doing? Install filters? Pfft. There are so many ways around such bullshit which claim to protect your children. Our hectic schedule will mean that we are unable to sit beside our kid, watching him shoot at some mushrooms in Maplestory for an hour each day. If anyone does that, he or she is just wasting precious time. The solution is to educate the child. Tell him the dangers of meeting someone online, and especially offline. Those girls had it coming because they were stupid enough to get alone with the guy. If you stay in a public place, what can happen? I have met a few GameFAQ board members offline, and the result was rather satisfying, as we basically messed around and had fun. Meeting others without that veil covering your face is rather interesting, as you would want to know what the real person is like. The kids will definately want to experience the thrill, somehow, or perhaps, someday. The trick is to simply inform their parents, get an adult if they are still young, and simply stay in crowded areas. Don't head to the person's home and that kind of rubbish, because if you do, you are just asking for it.

A kid with education, and hence knows what's happening, and what he should do is definately a better one who tries to hide everything from his parents, and end up getting screwed, literally. Hence, education is important to such "dangers" of the internet. Meeting someone online is definately nice, but you just have to be "internet-smart", and the world will continue along fine. Depriving a kid a chance to be educated, and hence become "internet-smart" isn't the way. How long can you stop the kid from using the net? 1 year? 10 years? He need to know such things. The sooner, the better.

The joy of blog surfing.

I decided to blog surf around a bit, and I was rather surprised to see the amount of old classmates having a blog.

But of course, most of their blogs are littered with the usual drag on their normal life. Seldom do you visit one which goes a little further then that. Those are the ones I prefer to read, because it can get boring after reading post after post about events which you should be there to experience it better.

Oh well. Their choice.

But it was fun.

So far, on my list, I have discovered...

-Edwin Lee
-Alyaa (The scary, yet lovely prefect head)
-Aquillah
-Sebastian (Boss. =D)
-Zi Cong
-Kiang Han (Accident goddess)
-Yadayadayada. I can't remember what I surfed yesterday. Too many opened tabs...LoL.

It's good to see that the old bunch of peeps are online. Maybe I should sneak around sometime. Maybe I should read all their posts, on how their outings went, their life went past...

Maybe..

...

Nah.
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Woo hoo! My college decided to get into the National Day fever by hanging banners around the place.

Literally.

That's probably the most retarded thing I've seen in a while. Yeah, seeing them on walls and stuff is nice, as they do add to the atmosphere.

But on the foyer, with the tail of the banner nearly touching the floor, and the entire piece of cloth blocking the path of many people?

That's stupid. Firstly, they cause an inconivence to people who are trying to walk across the foyer, but have to dodge their way around the banners in order to avoid them. If they don't they either have a choice of pushing them aside, hence dirtying them, or walking right through them, resulting in the feeling of a rough piece of cloth rubbing on your face, which isn't exactly pleasant.

In fact, to top it off, there will be some people who will make a mess out of a banner or two. I mean, when you hang it this low, all you need is someone to tug at it, and it will probably tear apart like toilet paper. Worse, someone with a marker and nothing to do could try to Portray his lack of talent in the artistic side of his brain.

Seesh. Why can't the school just hang it high on buildings? We can see them clearly, thank you very much. There's no actual need to shove the banners in our face. Sure, it's just mere seconds of dodging them, when the foyer has few people around. However, during the time after assembly, where half of the school crosses the foyer, it's a completely different story altogether. There's barely enough elbow room, much less space to walk around the banners. In fact, why must we walk around these ridiculous banners in the first place? As we all know, since most of us have taken maths of some sort, the shortest distance from A to B is the straight line distance (except for some cases) between the two points. So, instead of walking straight, we are forced to side-step to avoid the pieces of cloth hanging down from the ceiling.

Keep them on buildings. That's what they are for. Thanks.
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Goddamnit, this is annoying.

You know you can't, NF

Of course I know I can't. WTF do you think I'm doing?

Yet, what's happeneing to you? You hate it when she's not around. Your hea-

Enough!

-rt goes all melty and stuff when she smiles. You hardly could take your eyes off her. Your heart aches during those long moments when you are not around here, willing to do almost anything for merely her scent to reach that nose of yours.

Getting soft on me, old boy?

No, it's just that...

You like her, admit it.

Fine. I did, but I can't. I won't risk it, damnit.

You sure?

Yeah. I can never be half of what I think she expects anyway.

*laughs*

Like that has ever stopped you before.

You think I'm willing to risk it all? I don't want to see her hurt, or see her becoming sad once again, damnit. I won't be able to take that.

Yeah right. You selfish arrogant bastard. When have you ever bothered?

I didn't in the past, but I do now.

*laughs*

Stfu.

Please do not run on the platform...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/phoenixheart/Others/funnysign.jpg

XD!
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Why does Singapore has this rather ridiculous rule of preventing people under 16, and/or in school uniform from heading into Arcades/Lan Shops?

After a day of hard mugging and listening to old geezers droning on during tutorials and lectures, I think everyone should be allowed to head into a Lan shop and destress.

Unfortuntately, people (e.g. me) who wants to relax by trashing some random n00bs in DOTA is forced to change a T-shirt, before heading into the shop which requires a check of I/C. While this measure is good for people who are above the age of 16, which means that the shops will usually not be crowded, the rule itself, is something which is somewhat of a joke.

There are shops out there who just let anyone in. It shows how bad business is for the Lan Shop community. They usually earn something during the weekends and the holidays. But then, what about the rest of the days? They pay rent for the entire month, not just for the weekends. Hence, the shops are forced to rely on people, such as me, to help keep their shop running, if they do not want to resort to illegal measures. Unfortunately, people who are above 16 have a rather hectic schedule (A levels in 12 weeks!), and our free time is extremely low compared to those in Sec 1. Heck, I can play CS everyday in Sec 1 and somehow still get promoted. If I did anything like that now, I'm utterly screwed.

So, seriously, such a stupid rule should be gotten rid of like 10 years ago. Look at Hong Kong, just anyone can head to Lan Shops, at anytime of the day, irregardless of what you are wearing. My cousin invited me to a class outing which involved a Lan Shop, and we basically filled up only 1/4 of the shop. And that's around 16 of us (8v8 CS/UT2004/R6). That's how big some of the Lan Shops in Hong Kong are. Also, it isn't that kind of crap Pentinum 2 computers that some Lan Shops still own, but are some of the rather high end computers which is still considered decent now. It just goes to show how much the shops are earning, when they are not restricted.

People who will counter the removal of the ban will be parent watch-dog groups and all that pile of filth who thinks that what they do is the best for every children in the world. C'mon, everyone has self-disclipine, or else why would they open Computer Labs for Lan Gaming in schools? Sure, it's just a few schools, but if the students are still able to obtain excellent results, then why can't the rest of country be allowed to try? This isn't something like Chewing Gum or some uclear Power Plant experiment, where if the acid test fails, everyone is screwed. Sure, Singapore is a country that focuses a lot on education, but must every single second of a student's free time be used for studing?

It's just insane. There must be a time for studing, and there must be a time to relax.

All work no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Get rid of that rule already, so that money can start exchanging hands....
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Song of (whatever) changed to Sakurairo no Kisetsu by yozuca* (with the star!), which is Da Capo Second Season's opening theme. A rather decent anime that focuses more on Romance and that kind of stuff.

And so, it ends....

Chess club has officially been handed over. New Exco has been selected.

Ah well. =(

Hopefully, the secretary choice was the right one. He was definately the surprise pick, as around 5 out of the 6 has been chosen more or less by the first day. A little tinkering was needed, and everything was cool.

Seriously, I have absolutely no regrets on giving up ARC (or shooting, as they call themselves) for Chess Club. The day when I entered the chess club room, I could feel the energy inside that was vibrating, something which was different from the ARC then. The seniors didn't even talk to the juniors last time, although I think it's a different case now. However, the Chess Club seniors, especially people such as Chun and Eddie made me pick Chess Club over ARC and SC (although the reason for dropping SC was for a different reason).

As tradition went, the new president will be totally speechless and unprepared for his "opening speech". Jason's one last year was short and precise: "Hi, my name is Jason Chan". XD. At that time, I was "Who the **** is Jason". I had seen him around before, especially the SP competition, but we are not exactly close.

A little less then one year has passed, and I have made a few close friends (I think...LoL) in the Chess Club, particually the Exco, all the things we went through, although it isn't exactly much compared to some other stuff like SC or whatever, was significant and fun. I definately enjoyed the presence of the Exco, and the entire Chess Club in particular. The seniors, the Juniors....basically everyone.

Our last few hours in the room was just pretty much messing around, and playing Asshole Dai Dee. All in all, it was a pretty fun day for many people. Except, probably for those who did not managed to get into the Exco. 6 slots, but so many possible candiates, it pretty much came down to see whose interview was better. Many were disappointed me, but there were a few which simply shined.

All the best, Chess Club!
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Recently, British Police accidently murdered someone innocent, because they thought he was carrying a bomb. In the light of the London Attacks, and a second failed attempt, you can't really blame them for shooting the wrong guy.

Or, can you?

This isn't war time. You don't have a "Shoot on sight" orders given out. Yes, they are asked to shoot to "disable" people who are suspected of carrying explosives, but are the police a little too eager to show what they can do to their citizens? I mean, within hours, suspects are arrested, and video footage shown to the world. Of course, no one can exactly be sure who they are. After all, they are considered "suicide bombers", and hence they seldom leave much traces behind. The public will definately ask questions if something isn't done almost immediately, but is such a rash action, such as killing the innocent man really needed?

Yes, to a certain extent. If that guy decided to blow up the explosives hidden in his underwear, taking a few hundred with him, people will be asking as to why the police didn't kill the person outright. Given the choices, the police officers don't exactly have a choice. They can't exactly search him, because he could blow himself up while being searched, nor can they tell him to stop. IIRC, he did run away from the cops, at least that's what reported. (Media is always controlled, remember that...). If that guy stops, he could be preparing to kill others.

So, the officers do not exactly have a choice, but to "disable" that guy.

However, is it really worth it, especially after it's known that he's innocent? That would certainly cause a much bigger backlash. Kind of like a twin-edged sword, where if you don't take him out, he might blow you up, but if you take him out, and he's innocent, you are screwed.

IIRC, the police had held him down. Yes, it's the usual practise, but to shoot a guy in the back? That's a definate no. Since he's already pinned, he could be searched before shot or something. How about the usage of stun guns instead? Don't those disable rather quickly, but do not cause death to the subjects? Currently, these are kinda expensive, and not all officers are issued it. London, after such Devastating attacks, will defiately will pu their officers on a much higer alert then before.

But it's lives we are talking about, damnit. It isn't something which can be replaced. Like a broken vase or whatever. Officers MUST exercise caution, or else, more innocents are murdered. It's just ironic that the officers are killing people they are supposed to protect from.

On the otehr hand, why do terrorists want to bomb some place, especially where there are plenty of innocents around? Bomb a military stuff, and then maybe, just maybe, I understand. But a place where people of their own race and religion walk? It just does not make sense? Are they trying to create enemies everywhere? I mean, Egypt actually condamned the attacks, as did many major islamic countries.

Idiots.

Virgins in heaven? C'mon, how stupid can you get?

In any case, why are Islamic people the main target? I mean, the footage released showed four Middle Eastern people, supposedly the bombers. Why isn't it Indian, Chinese, European or whatever? Why is it everytime someone goes boom, countries point their fingers at Middle Eastern people? I'm not being racist here (although I am), it's just interesting to see that everytime some countries get bombed, everyone looks in the direction of the Middle East first.

Why? It's simply because their credibility is so low. I mean, if Jonny had stolen before, the next time someone's stuff goes missing, Jonny will be the first one to be suspected. It's just sad, because it could be someone else, but due to the countries being rather myopic sometimes, they are always picked on first. Not that they are wrong, I mean, in the end, those who are reponsible are from the middle east, especially in quite a number of western bombings.

No wonder some countries always view a few of the middle eastern countries with a little hatered.

Who wouldn't?

For a split second he wished he were a girl,

their orgasms were never quite so untidy.
--L.B.

XD!
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Why doesn't Singapore sell Grand Theft auto? I was looking around for a while, but then I realised that it's banned. Hence, I'm forced to cast Mini nova once again.

However, is this actually good for the gaming industry? GTA:SA, one of the hottest PS2 game, if not the hottest, as it sold more copies then others during the Christmas period, is also one of those which is extremely violent and stuff.

For the uninformed, GTA:SA is a game which focuses on the the crimes and gangs and stuff. While the blood and gore on this game isn't exactly high (it's rather low actually), the main thing about this game is that you can basically do anything. Jack cars, kill people, shoot people...anything. The great thing about this game is that it's very free on the player. There isn't exactly a rule saying that you have to do so and so. There are missions to complete, yes, but you can do it at your own time and leisure, after driving around the mountains, looking for hidden packages or something.

Of course, when freedom is involved, violence is involved. And so, could be the main reason as to why it's not being sold in Singapore. Cases where people (select few idiots, mind you) have shot people after the game just didn't help either.

However, as I've said before, those are the select few idiots who don't know how to think, and fortunately, the rest of the human race can. However, for some reason, we are forced to use other methods to obtain the game, when we are very willing to pay for an actual copy.

This is defiantely going to hurt the game industries. Especially with crap, but free games getting more and more popular. Games such as Maple and A3 or whatever (I've lost track). Heck, this game is on NF's list of "Must get in 2005", and yet it did not appear in Singapore. For those who have not tasted evil before, the joy of obtaining something for almost nothing (other then the bite of the electricity bills) will be pure bliss. Games can easily be obtained within 12 hours, 6 if you can connect to a good host. Compare that to those near insane prices that we are forced to pay, and only to find out that it does not even have multiplayer support, on top of a totally rubbish game (Doom 3, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4). The fact that you have not paid anything for a downloaded copy means that after you get it, felt that it's rubbish, you can simply drag it to the recycle bin. Other then time wasted, there is nothing to lose.

I still don't know why the Singapore gaming face is this bad. I mean, they are holding WCG this year, and it's an utter disgrace to see Singapore holding DOTA Allstars tournment. I mean, Warcraft 3, yes. But DOTA, one of the most unbalanced game (5.84c, for god's sake...), and one of the games that people make fun of once in a while. It's a game which should be played for fun, but not in a tournment level.

Oh well. Since they want it this way....

*shugs*
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I really appriciate it. It meant a lot to me as a friend of yours. I just hope that you will find strength to carry on. And I won't hope, because I know you will.

XD

Exco selection, day 2.

Day 2 of the Exco selection was rather pathetic, but I don't really care, since we only interviewed 3 peeps. 2 others didn't want to be Exco, and hence, it was a rather easy task for us all.

Then, it came to the part which was fun, but which I dislike a bit, since we have to break people's hearts. I mean, there's a bunch of people who are aiming the VP post, but there's only 1 spot.

Oh well. Should be fun.
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Damnit.

I hate it when people are sad.

And I hate it even more when a friend, particually one in the Chess Club, is sad.

And, probably the worst feeling of all is the fact that I can't do anything about it.

Sigh. This sucks. The afternoon went downhill with her occupied, as usual, by the same guy. I have no choice but to just let it go, knowing that I probably have no hope in any case.

It just went to hell after she appeared in a mess. I was a little pissed when she cut my connection on the phone, but I forgave her almost immediately when I saw the state she was in.

An overwhelming feeling of helplessness just washed over me. She's off-limits, of course, but I can't help but like her cheerful presence around at times. However, seeing her in that state just destroyed me.

Worst still, the realisation that I'm going to leave Chess Club soon, my favourite place in that hell hole I call my college, came crashing into me.

The times which I spent inside the room, messing around with the people and the Exco, those are the times which I'm definately going to miss.

But I guess I have to move on. I have no choice. I need to.

Or else, I'll be screwed.

But in any case, I don't know what to say to her. I'm still at a loss. I want to comfort her, but I can't do it well because I don't know what happened, and I probably will never know, since our relationship is not too close. I want to tell her to forget about it, but I can't, with the same reasoning above.

I feel so...useless.

Damnit.

Owned, kittens.

Owned. BWAHAhAHAA.

And..er...I don't play DOTA. :P
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Some funny links I found:

http://www.winterson.com.nyud.net:8090/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html

Piracy is a bad thing, sometimes. (Possibily OFFENSIVE)

And, of course, the GTA issue. I won't even bother talk about it, but use a website to sum up my feelings:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ticket_to_hell

XD!!

I PHAIL T_T

I just read what I wrote yesterday, and it's no where near good. Perhaps it's because of the Guild War games that I played half way through when I stumbled onto a block.

But damn, that sucks. >_<

I guess ero-fiction isn't my thing, with my strong points in action and stuff.
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Somg of (whatever) changed to Wings of Words by CHEMISTRY, which is Gundam Seed Destiny's 4th opening theme. Yes, opening theme, not ending theme. One of those opening themes that would own if it's an ending theme, but sucks totally as an opening theme. Not enough rock for me.

*The wind blows by gently...

(NOTE/OOC: ADULT MATERIAL AHEAD! Offensive! DO NOT READ IF YOU DISLIKE ADULT MATERIAL. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.)
...allowing the blades of grass being useless against it, swaying as though the wind is some kind of soothing music.

Yet, there is one patch which could not move, due to the simple fact that something is on it.

Something, to be exact.

Harry Potter.

Here he was, thinking what in the blue hell he's doing on a sunny day such as this. He, the boy who killed the Dark Lord, before pissing on his dead head, was doing nothing, instead of signing autographs and stuff. Ron and Hermioine are both enjoying themselves in Hogsmeade. Harry has decided to decline going with them, and they were both grateful (although they didn't say it), since they will have much more private time together.

So, here he was, counting the clouds, as the memories of the past few months floated into his minds like those weightless clouds.

After months of work, he had finally found and destroyed all of Voldemort's Horcruxes, and tracked the dark lord to the place which everyone thought he won't be at: Hogwarts.

And so, after all the death eaters were driven insane by the reincarnation of Dumbledore, Harry, with his wand out, had to defeat Lord Voldemort, as the prophecy had said so. The main reason for this is because Dumbledore's image, which had driven everyone insane except for Lord Voldemort, had simply disappeared, as though it's timer is finally finished.

Even though it has been almost months since Harry had fought Lord Voldemort, he could still remember each and every word exchanged, each action...

"BWAHAHA. joo can't keel meh. I HAVE TEH POWER!" Lord Voldemort screamed.

Harry retorted "You mean your Horcruxes? I DESTROYED THEM, nub!"

"WTF! NO! YOU LIE!" Voldemort cried, a tinge of fear in his voice.

A second later, Voldemort knew that Harry Potter isn't lying.

"OMFG! YOU ARE RIGHT! OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG OMFG...!"

Harry sighed, before waving his wand at Lord Voldemort

"STFU, nub. Avada Kedavra."

"OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMF..."

And hence, Voldemort died.

Harry smiled, as memories of him urinating on Voldemort's head came appeared in his brain. Better yet, it's because he killed Voldemort, was he able to increase the size of gold he had in his bank account, by the means of modeling and appearing on advertisments. These days, anything which has his face, his signature, or whatever that's associated to him on it's packaging was snapped off the shelves faster then it can be replaced. The Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, was of course, doing so well because he had personally did an advertisment for it. Spoken one too. The result was the masses buying things they won't even need, but they were there just to show their support for the "chosen one". The makers of the Chocolate Frogs released the special limited editions of "Harry Potter card", which was immediately snapped sold out within an hour. The black market has placed the value of a card at around 20 galleons. As for Harry's future, he probably would work as an auror, but he's still keeping his options open. While the prospects of working as a movie star does appeal to him, Harry will want to continue to fight against dark wizards. After all, it was those bastards who killed his parents. Or, he could be a seeker for a Premier League Quidditch team. Perhaps one of the best out there. After all, not only is he a good player, he will also bring money to clubs, as his shirt will, as people predicted, fly off the racks faster then they can be made. Harry smiled at the thought of the streets wearing a "23, POTTER" jersey. Already, the job offers were piling in daily by the owls.

Harry smiled as the sun began to set. Life, he thought, is definately good.
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(OOC: LAST CHANCE TO GET OUT. OFFENSIVE MATEIAL AHEAD!)

Harry had gone to bed after a rather dismissal dinner. The pork chops were excellent, but the simple fact that he's one of the few around, had made it so. Everyone else was in Hogsmeade, and thanks to him being able to destroy the dark lord, N.E.W.T students are allowed to stay overnight in Hogsmeade. The main reason for this was due to the danger being passed, and with more and more students being so drunk they could not go home, the headmistress, McGonagall, had given her permission to allow students to stay overnight in Hogsmeade.

With no one in his year in the common room, Harry decided that he would take the night off.

As he entered the bed room, Harry immediately sensed that something was wrong.

There's an evil presence in the room, a kind of feeling he got after so many duels with death. You don't win every duel, and not get some sort of feeling that something bad is nearby.

Harry reached into his robes for his wan-

"Petrificus Totalus!"

A perfect jet of red light blasted into his chest. As it was a perfectly performed spell, Harry's lib immediately locked themselves against his body. His body itself, fell like a stone onto the carpeted floor of his bedroom.

With the sound of a "click", Harry knew he was doomed. Some death eater must have escaped his wrath and is looking for revenge for his master. With the doors locked, and his friends not appearing till tomorrow morning, there is no one to save him.

Zipp...the sound of his zipper which holds his bottom half of his ropes more or less together being undone.

"What the," Harry thought, "a gay death eater? Someone who wants to rape poor Harry before he kills Harry?"

"Sicko"

Suddenly, Harry felt something was wrong. The scent, very much like that of a female, one which threatens to drown anyone in. The touch, a feminine touch, soft and threaten.

That red hair, fiery red hair.

Ginny.

The queen of kinkiness. Seeing how her lover was lying there, unable to move a muscle, must be terribily exciting for her.

Suddenly, Ginny's head appeared in Harry's view.

She was smiling. A wicked, yet playful smile that he had known to find joy in when he had dated her.

"I missed you, dear." Ginny's soft whispers reached Harry's ears. Harry, was of course, unable to respond, given the hex, nor did he had any intension to, as he was trying hard to remove the hex, a little skill which he did in order to escape a death eater who thought a hex was all that's necessary to keep Harry immobile.

Of course, during that time, Harry had plenty of time, as the Death Eater drank too much wine.

He don't have that time right now.

Ginny's mouth met his, which was still slightly open due to the surprise. Her tongue easily slipped in, and met Harry's, playing with the immobile muscle that was in Harry's mouth. Without giving time for Harry's senses to enjoy her tongue, Ginny's hands reached downwards, and began stroking his dick gently.

In spite of being hexed, and that he was being controlled, Harry could not help, but begin to feel a slight stirring in his groin. When was the last time he had one? Harry could not even remember, but he placed it somewhere when he was dating Ginny, days before the death of Dumbledore.

So, it's roughly two years ago. In his anger and grief, Harry's manhood had not erected, due to the simple fact that he had no time, and there isn't any sexual stimulation. Bellatrix is definately not a jerk-off material, especially when she's trying to kill you.

And here he is, being violated, manipulated, by a female, who casted a spell which was easy, yet effective.

Harry is enjoying it. Every last bit of it.

Ginny noticed that too, mainly in the form of Harry's erection.

"My oh my. What a slut you are, Harry." Ginny said wickedly.

Once again, Harry was unable to reply, but his efforts to remove the hex was slowly paying off. Feeling some sense back in his back, Harry moved to see if his counter-spell is working.

Unfortunately, he squirmed instead.

Ginny, who saw this totally, smiled. Her hands continuing to stroke Harry's dick, her frequency increasing and decreasing at random intervals, but done expertly so that Harry could not go too far ahead of himself.

Suddenly, she stopped, and brought her groin down onto his manhood, still covered in his underwear. He, on one hand is wearing some form of clothing.

Ginny isn't, as under the robes, was nothing.

Moving herself against the erection of Harry's dick, Ginny started to moaning, as her grinding speed began to increase. "Naughty Harry, feeling hard even though you are being raped." Ginny moaned, as she tried to control herself.

Unable to stop himself, Harry moaned. Ginny stopped, surprised.

"Not bad, not bad at all, able to break my hex in such a short time. You are, the Chosen One."

"But when you moan, it means you want more, yes..?"

Harry could have nodded his head, if he could. However, he can't. But, it does not matter, as Ginny stood up, and removed her robes slowly in Harry's full view, like a stripper teasing her toy.

The robes fell slowly to the floor, but Harry's eyes were not on them.

They were on the beautiful figure in front of him. Ginny's formerly white skin had a tan on it due to all that Quidditch matches and practices. Her curves were perfect, one which any woman, and man, would die to obtain. Her breasts were perfect, neither too big, nor were they too small.

Harry had just that two seconds to enjoy the full view of her body, before Ginny reached down to remove his pants. His dick, free from all bondage at last, stood up, erect, waiting, to be satisfied.

With a gleam in her eye, Ginny crouched and took Harry into her mouth. The softness of her tongue, added with the intensity of it's movements drove Harry mad. Worse still, the pressure was building up, and in the heat and wetness of that environment, Harry knew, he could not hold himself any longer.

"Gi-n-ny..." Harry moaned.

Ginny paused on what she was doing, before casting a quick contraceptive charm (OOC: Copied from LavanderBrown. But what else am I supposed to call it? Condom charm..?) with her want that was nearby.

Smiling, Ginny straddled him, her sex already wet, allowing penetration to be easy.

"Hmm..", Ginny moaned, as Harry's dick entered her, or Ginny allowing Harry to enter her, as she was the one on top. Her movements on Harry was slick, almost expertedly done, as Harry felt an insane amount of pleasure riding over him. His arms, somehow working once again, reached upwards and fondled Ginny's perfect breasts, drawing a long hard moan from the one riding Harry.

"Uh...I love you...Harry.." Ginny moaned, as she continued her relentless assault on Harry. Harry did not reply, for he simply could not, as the pleasure was too great. Both of their faces were screwed up, and they both knew they could not control themselves anymore. Harry's hand decided to go autopilot, as it moved from her breasts to Ginny's sex, increasing the pleasure on Ginny.

"Oh god...Harry...I'm Comi-" Ginny screamed, as her muscles tightened around Harry's dick, who shouted "Ginny!" at the same time, as waves of orgasmic pleasure rode over the both of them, sending both into a crazy frenzy.
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Harry woke up the next day on his bed, the curtains drawn around his bed. He tried remembering how he got there, when something stirred on his chest.

Ginny.

Naked.

Memories of the night before crashed onto him, just like those which he had defeated Voldemort did the day before. The events of th night before were hazy, but Harry could remember the two of them enjoying themselves with the pleasures of sex almost through the night. He did not manage to "punish" Ginny for her trick, but Harry felt that it was alright. He did enjoy it, although he knew he should not, and Ginny was always the dominating one.

Ah, Harry thought, as he stroked Ginny's red hair weakly, here is the guy who pissed on the dark lord, and all it takes to defeat him, is the one he loves. Heck, he actually enjoyed what happened yesterday night, even though he was used like a sex toy.

Men, are sometimes, so useless.

Especially when it comes to the subject of females...*

Maple SEA

So, finally. MapleSEA appeared.

Well...seems like everyone is going gaga over it, and Digital Life actually did a review on that pathetic excuse for a MMORPG.

Well, for the uninformed, Maple Story, or Maple, is a MMORPG that's targetted at younger audience, and the girl sector (experts estimate billions of untapped gold in the female gamers market). Instead of lean mean dudes and some crazy monsters, you get some cute anime-type characters to play with, killing mushrooms and that like.

This type of game has been around since...2000 or something. Perhaps even further back, dating back to the likes of Diablo. Games like this just ask you to shoot some monsters, collect the items and the gold, rinse, repeat.

So, what happened to the multiplayer aspect?

Well, sure there is! Kill stealing, morons, spawn camping, scammers...who said there isn't anything? Again, since nothing is done much, and due to the fact there the budget is low, and hence a need to conserve server space, which is why everyone is on the same map. So, you have a bunch of people, their levels a little higher then you, and killing everything you try to kill. However, you can't leave that place, because that's the best place to get exp, since the monsters are "suited" for your level. So, you are forced to stand in that area and try to kill a monster or two.

And guess what? When you finally do kill one, that guy who was spawn camping starts to swear at you for "stealing" his kill. I don't think there is player killing in this game, but in others, the verbal abuse will be completed with the player killing you.

So, Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing game? My ass. There's hardly any interaction between players other then "**** you lah! Why steal my frag?!? knn".

And speaking of words like "knn", it has made some people, including me, being very careful when saying that I'm playing from Singapore. Since Gunbound appeared, the Singapore community has quite a bit of interaction with the rest of the world. Of course, more on the notorious side. I mean, in Gunbound, you have people going "<--- mine". And, when you miss, they go "knn la, nub", or "cb....like dat also mis..zz". Such stupid, and rather incomprehensible phrases, is why people are afraid to show their identity online. For example, there's more then one time when I saw people, whom I know are from Singapore, saing "It's enough to say that I'm chinese", when asked where they are from.

And, the Digital Life didn't help one bit, by saying "how you can annoy other users", with their stupid suggestions, such as "dressing up as a mushroom and asking them to pay 100 gold (or whatever they call. Also, why the hell would they ask for only 100 gold? >_>), or just being remotely annoying by spamming the message screen.

I guess I know why some people out there hate SG gamers sometimes. Even the papers have given a "guide" to being a total jackass.

Thankfully, I play guild wars, which has lesser morons, since everyone is playing Maple, which is free. And oh, Guild Wars, while it's expensive, is really worth every bit of the $99 I paid. Lesser morons, since the game really takes out all the things which morons does such as Spawn camping and PKing, and more interaction between players. It's a really refreshing, after seeing games springing up like those bubbletea shops last time, each with a better graphics, more skills and professions, but do not address the general flaws of MMORPGs, such as over-powered jobs, morons, and a lack of interaction between members of the game.
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Xiaxue got her blog hacked into! XD! And here are all her fans, begging for the posts to be returned. First of all, unless Blog spot keeps archives, nothing can be done. Secondly, there's some web archives which might work, I have not tried it, nor would I bother myself. Thirdly, she's going to make a police report. XD! I wonder if the police is even going to care. Oh well, she's a "celebrity", and they do need extra "protection", yeah? Maybe she needs one too. So, all she's left with is...pretty much nothing, but plenty of swearing.

This could be the first and the last time which I'm praising hackers, but it sure was funny, with people going "OMFG. RETURN HER BLOG! I will WITHER UP AND DIE WITHOUT IT! NOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo"

XD!

I still thinks she deserves it. Go get a life...

The interrogations begins.

Woo hoo. Finally, our turn to mess around with the junior's minds has arrived! While last year's interviews were basically interviews, with a more relaxed atmosphere around, and the seniors giving everyone a fun environment to mess around with.

Obviously, that was so boring.

So, this year, we decided to do it in a LT, lights out and stuff. It's rather amazing, especially with questions such as "Who do you dislike in the Exco", and the usual "Who do you NOT recommend to be in the exco?" =D

The sight of the J1s being fustrated, pissed, and stressed.....man, I need to do this more often. Haha.

THIS is interview man! Last year's pillowfight isn't much. Some people breakdown under stress, but many more perform better. This is one great way to see whether people can handle stress, or whether they will be above my expectations.

One thing I noticed though, was that everyone was trying to be a VP. Sad, because it means that no one wants to carry the responsibility of being the president. And why not? Everyone thinks that they cannot take the stress. Only 1 has applied so far, with the rest playing it safe by holding back on their chips.

Interesting. If you want to risk it all, then you will get it. That's what I always believe in.

There's still the monday batch, but I think the posts are more or less settled by now. Haha.

Amusing.
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I wonder if she has a boyfriend. That guy today seems to be very close to her. Perhaps she's the "Hands-off" material?

I don't know.

I hope not.

Book review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Note: This review WILL contain spoilers about Harry Potter book 6, or anything about life in general.

Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: JK Rowling
Review:

So, finally, the 6th book is here. Once again, another one of those filler books before she comes to an "explosive conclusion" in book 7. While this one was a little more straight forward in terms of the plot (Nothing like those twists here and there in book 5), I still feel that the author is dragging the book at the beginning. At roughly page 400 or so, the twist finally appears, and it finally proceeded at a nice pace. However, in this book, there isn't much "evil" generally. Voldy didn't appear much, if at all. The book focused more on the relationships between students of Hogwarts, as said later, and the past of Voldy. While the plot isn't all that fantastic (it's rather boring at times), the character building, made up for it.

Since book 4, the author seems to have some kind of a dark streak, with someone dying at least. This book is no exception. As everyone should know by now, thanks to the media, the unexpected spoilers and stuff, Dumbledore died in this book. It seems, that on top of having a teacher who cannot hold the "Defense against Dark Arts" post every year, she seems to be picking people off every year too. First was a boy, then one of those side-characters, and now, finally, one main dude is gone. What's with that? Can't everyone just live in peace?

The series, itself, has finally degraded into a DBZ type of book, where Harry must find and destroy 6 objects in order to defeat Lord Voldemort. Original, no doubt, but it would have been a little more interesting if he dueled with Voldy one on one without all that crap which he must do. Of course, finding 3 (3 were gone) of those protections or Horcruxex, as they are called, will be Harry's Solo mission in Book 7 (At least, it seems that way).

Another fact to note about Book 6 is how lamely the Prince was discovered. I think everyone was expecting the cover boy to be some kind of uber 1337 dude appearing and stuff, but instead it's snape, who's introduced during a weakly scripted fight against Harry. But then, this could be the author's point all along, finding no way to introduce the half-blood prince without some glamor, she's forced to introduce him a little lamely. Personally, I would have preferred that over some long scripted dialogue or something.

One last noteworthy point is how the author seems to have placed everybody, and anybody together. I'm talking about relationships and such. Dean and Ginny, Ron and Lavander...the list goes on. It seems as though every character has to have some sort of relationship, as though this is some sort of fan fiction you read online. For the uninformed, many fanfictions online love to hook people up with each other (For example, my personal favourite: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1496833/1/ [contains adult material..=D]). I mean, Tonks and Lupin, Luna and Longbottom. The list seems to get longer and longer with every page turned.

Oh well. I have to say I did enjoy the part where Ginny and Harry were going out (see link above. Rowling got her idea there? LoL).

Apart from all these annoyances, the character building, as usual, was excellent. You cannot expect more for a children's book (Might have had some sex if it was someone else, like Sidney...LoL), other then a good plot, and great character development. While the plot, once again, was rather dull, one reason is simply because it's another filler book before we reach book 7, known as the final book to all. Hopefully, the book does end on a high note, those endings that we have come to know in books 1 to 3. It was only from book 4 did Author seem to finally realise "Hey! I'm writing a series here! If this goes on, I won't be able to end it" Of course, I have nothing to support my claim, but perhaps it's true. The first three books showed that the series could be another one like the Wheel of Time series, one which could hit book 15 easily. I think Rowling just want to put a cap at 7. Smart move, or it would be boring. I mean, how many books do you need before you kill the dark lord? >_>

It escaped burning, partly because it isn't my book (I read more of the microsoft version), but if the ending sucks crap, like the NJO series one, I won't buy another children book for a long long time....

Score: 5/10

Blogger Conference....

>_>

<_<

Well, recently, there's this blogger conference somewhere in this quiet town.

Seriously, why do they need to have a conference? Isn't it enough to see their crap all over their blogs?

While I'm pretty cool with them meeting up, I'm rather annoyed with the papers.

Particularly with the phrase "It was like a chess club board conference".

And, according to the article, the meeting was a boring one.

So...

>_>

I'm extremely offended by that phrase. It's saying that every single damned chess club is as boring as those losers meeting together.

First off, let's start off, with what's said. Most of the people are "shy" when outside, indicating clearly that they have no life, and relied on blogs in order to tell their stories to the world, something which they probably can't do without the help of a keyboard and a mouse. This is further supported by the fact that the "conference" became more interesting due to the people "shedding their identities", hiding being a veil as a IRC type of chat is used. Again, this further adds to the fact that these people don't have much EQ, unable to communicate well with the gifts which the peeps above gave us. Of course, with this IRC chat, they are able to make snide remarks, have quite a bit of cheek, against the ones who were currently at the podium.

And of course, with losers, more of them will appear. Many actually posed for photos with the three biggest losers I've seen, namely the few which I've mentioned before.

Oh well.

Seriously, if you can "speak" well online, you should be able to do the same "offline". What's the point of being able to spew crap all over the place, but when your mask is removed, you can't communicate worth nuts?

Oh well, those who actually went were such anyway. Can't exactly expect too much. LoL.

However, why just losers such as those be attached to "chess club" members? For the chess club which I call my CCA, it's nothing like those geezers meeting up, having a nice quiet game. Heck, my exco meetings were usually filled with laughter, and often, a little bit of messing around. As it's a newspaper, I don't know why they would like to generalise people to certain attributes. Why can't silence and boring be attributed to "golf" or something noisy being tagged as an "arcade"? No, silence is always "chess club", not "science club", and noisy is "crowd" or whatever.

Really, this shows how ignorant people are. If journalists are making this kind of assumptions, what are they telling the public? Heck, what can they based upon to make such an assumption, a stupid one, in the first place?

Oh well. The world is going to hell anyway.

*shugs*
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LoL, I really have to thank Xin Lan today for all her motivation to make me, if not force me, to complete my tutorial. For once, I had to abandon my "tradition" of leaving the last question unsolved. Really, thanks! I don't think I would have continued after seeing 5 part 2. LoL. I think I might say this in person soon, but until then...

Maybe you'll read this, maybe you won't. *shugs again*
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Today, when Serena was giving out prizes to those who got did well in chem, all those who received got quite a bit of applause.

Except for one.

No need to guess. LoL. It sure was funny, as the applause died almost the instant her name is read.

Bwahahaha.

Councilors handing over.

And so, last Thursday, the main reason why we can't play badminton was because the new group of councilors were taking over.

Sigh, how time flies. When I saw Sarah again on Monday, memories of the Council flooded back. To date, I sometimes question myself as to why the hell did I not join the Council. True, shit goes on your face, but the bonding inside is incredible. And hey, let's admit it, the points for being a councilor is great too.

Oh well. I still miss Sarah, and the rest of the gang. I have no idea why I can't get Sarah out of my mind, perhaps because I have not seen her for such a long time, and that we have been working shit since Friendship day or whatever you call that crap day.

But, finally, a new council is up. And guess what? The first thing they went through was to take care of our prom.

First of all, they reduced the $80 to $76 (...), and somehow, came up with something which gave only 500 seats...

>_>

<_<

Oh well. I guess I might not be going after all. If the entire class is going, then I might be interested. Before that, I was kinda interested in going, but now that I know that it's not in Ritz (in Regent instead), I can't be bothered.

All the best for the 20th SC! I still respect each and every single councilor, especially those in the 19th, for the fact that they were my batch of students. More over, those who had stayed inside after being CI shown true steel, when the core group has disappeared. LoL.
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So, the kidney thingy's saga has finally ended, with T.T stepping down.

However, can the organisation expect the public to believe in them after such as fiasco? Sure, you can change the heads, the bodys, the entire name if you want, but what's done is done. According to the newspapers, over 6000 people have withdrawn their support. This is support which they won over 20 years, at least. Sure, the Health Ministry can step in and such, but does that prevent such an event from happening again? I mean, this is just a private organisation, how much can the government do, unless they decide to actually take over it and provide government funding to it. If that's not done, all they can do is to ensure that their people are more "econicmal", and not have 12 months worth of bonus and such. If the organisation decides to publish a book saying how much they spent every year, how much their CEOs earned and such, I doubt anyone will care. This is due to the organisation heads lying to people, or misleading them, if you wish, over the time which their reserves could last. Changing the heads won't change the fact that the organisation has lied to people before.

What the organisation need to do, is to apologise to people. Admiting your faults is the first step towards redemption. So far, at least to me, there isn't a single apology. Heck, all the words spoken to calm the public is mostly done by the Health Ministers, and not by the organisation's own staff. Do they not have the backbone to face the public after such a damning case? Do they have to fall back on things which the people can trust, such as the government, in order to "calm" the people? On top of that, after so many factors in which could be used to force a resignation of someone, T.T didn't resign immediately, but instead said that he will resign if the board wants him to. It's pretty much pure Raneri (The ex Valencia coach, possible spelling error here), who has pretty much screwed Valencia around, but saying that he won't resign unless the board ask that of him.

The first thing T.T should have done is to apologise, and resign immediately. There's no way he can sit on that chair after all that's revealed, with the public calling for his blood.

Since he didn't do that, the public will naturally feel much more anger. Instead of water being thrown to douse the flames, gas is tossed in instead, by having the Health Ministers urging calm. True, the ministers sould speak up immediately, which they did. However, the organisation should speak out as well. What are the rest of the board for? Make tea for the CEO and sing song? C'mon...

As mentioned above, one way to prevent this fiasco from happening again will be having the government taking over the organisation. However, this won't be fair to those organisation which helps take care of people who has, say, Down's Syndrome. The organisation has a lovely reserve which many organisations out there would do almost anything, possibily including giving their first born, to have that kind of money. Many have to rely funding and support via flag days, while the organisation in question can hire singers, actors and such to raise funds. Also, if the government takes over, it isn't exactly a "non-profit" organisation anymore, is it? I mean, if it's under the government, it means that the government has to provide funding for it, isn't it? Of course, the government can toss a few people as the heads and leave it as that, telling it to get their own funding and such, which is happening now anyway. That doesn't change anything. The organisation, if funded by the government, will mean that it's money out of tax payers' pockets. So, if it becomes funded by the government, it means that everyone will be paying, indirectly. Consider this, opposed to one which has people donating volunteeringly. Which is better?

Neither. Both are just as bad. Government ones will mean a higher tax for all, while the private one will mean that salaries have to be paid, and hence, another fiasco such as the recent one, may happen again.

Perhaps the only ideal solution is to get private watchdogs to report findings every year. Total transparency. If that's the case, then how will they get a CEO who can help an organisation earn as much? Asking a guy to work due to his conscience isn't exactly the best way to tell people to work for you. Perhaps a ministry official, under the government's payroll, could do that instead. That way, the government can have an eye on the organisation, while the heads can't get any "spare cash off it, since they are not supposed to use the money for their own means.

Interesting...but who will be the poor guys who are "given" the post?

Hmm...

Basketball.

LoL, basketball Inter-fac/Inter-CG/inter-whatever was today.

Oh well, our class got defeated, but not owned. The funny thing was how Teoh scored every single point for our team. =D

XD
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Song of the (whatever) changed to the Main Theme of Metal Gear Solid 2, Sons of Liberty, by Harry Gregson-Williams. A brillent track, but sounds like somethign which Hans Zimmer created. I just can't put my finger to which track it was...

Harry Potter book 6

*Spoilers from book 5*

It's coming out this saturday, and as usual, there are plenty of rumors on who the person going to die is, who the Half Blood rince is...

Blah Blah Blah.

The usual pile of publicity to increase the hype of a book. It's almost similar to the last one, where Words and paragraphs from book 5 is going to be auctioned off. Also, as with the last book, the world will release it together at midnight London time (7am SGT).

While I did bother to get the 5th book when it was first released, I can't be bothered with this one. Book 5 was so disappointing, that I was wondering why I even spent time reading it. It isn't why Sirus died and stuff, but the book in general was so boring and draggy, I think it should have been writen in half of its size, but could deliver almost the same amount of quality.

Oh well. After using publicity and such, it will die down sooner or later, before the next book appears. Also coming soon is the 4th movie. I doubt I will even watch it, as the first 3 were utterly crap in a reader's point of view. If they cannot successfully squeeze a small book (450 pages or something) into a movie, what makes them think that they can squeeze a book of 1000 pages into a movie? I think they should be simply running through the world cup, and having 3 action scenes, where Harry is in the Tourney.

Sigh. Books--> Movie always sucks. Movie --> Books don't. Just look at Star Wars Novels. While there are some rubbish series (Black Fleet), there are some rather neat ones as well (X-wing series).

I hope the 6th book won't be that bad, or I might just burn it.

If there's a bunch of people which you should not sue...

It's a company whose dealings is in the media.

Companies such as Magazines and Newspapers and such.

I mean, look at the recent case of a famous charity organisation, which deals with a certain body part disfunction, sueing a major player (or the only player) in the newspaper industry.

The result?

They are going to dig up enough dirt that you could use it to pile over yourself many times over.

And oh, tell the world about it in the process.

I mean, if they didn't sue, the world would not have known that T.T (I like that name. Looks like a smilie. :D)earns 550k a year, that the funding is used for first class trips and such. I'm kinda betting that the next charity drive will result in the lowest donations in over 10 years or so.

The report against T.T and gang is rather damaging. Organisations such as these rely on people's trust on the organisation, and hence pledging their hard earned money to the "people who will benefit". Heck, if people who earns less then 2k a month learned of the golden tap stuff, I doubt they will really donate after what has happened.

What's the purpose of having a golden tap, a golden toilet bowl and 8 cars? It's a charity organisation, damnit. That means that their money comes from the people who willingly donated. Charity organisations should appear to be as poor as possible, in order to get people to donate. Hence, why the 8 cars? Why can't the CEO take a bus to work everyday? Won't that get the people talking? Heck, that will even give the organisation a good image as well. But no, as with quite a number of organisations out there, those on the boards are filthy rich morons, living on the money of people who can't pay for their electricity bills. As what Khor said, "Their early salary is more then my pension". XD

Oh well. Ever since that it's known that this organisation has quite a huge sum sitting in the bank and collecting interest, many people have stopped donating. This article further destroys people's faith in the organisation.

I, for one, never liked donating because I'm not supportive of all the "stunts" which the actors/stars have to do in order to raise money.

Thank god for SCV these days. Charity shows can be boring at times. It might be a little more interesting if someone cut off a head of a chicken and sewed it back together. Since that won't happen, I'll move on to ESPN.

However, can an organisation have "enough funds"? I mean, even if someone is sitting on a gold mountain, it will run dry sooner or later. How much, is too much? Is there a cap saying "ok, 1 billion is enough. We shall stop our efforts now". Perhaps with a little more money, they can tone down on the amount of donations required. A little income is good, but as long as the reserves don't dry up in the next 5 years or so, I am all for organising more donations.

That, and the fact that they should stop lying to people. It's not like they have a dollar left in their reserves or something. At least make it clear. You want people to donate? Trust us by giving us some accurate information. If you don't trust us, how can we trust you?

Also, this also marks how powerful the media can be (as mentioned above). The paper was more of "for" their camp. For example, their lawyer will always be mentioned as "senior counsel", while the organisation's legal team has been referred as "lawyer" at least once. Also included were all the huge pages which the paper delicated towards the issue, with the dialogue and such in place (perhaps even edited? I hope not.) The word "business relationship" between T.T and a female director is placed in inverted commas, which may result in people thinking that something else is going on.

The power of the media....

Shocking.
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AMG season 1 has finally ended! After 16 episodes of fillers or so, it came to quite an interesting end with Keichii and Belldandy kissing each other at the end. T_T

It's extremely emotional, even for a guy like me whose tear ducts seem to have stopped functioning.

While the themes where rather poor, in my opinion, and also the soundtrack being not as strong as those from Tsubasa Chronicle or Gundam Seed Destiny, the anime makes up for it with a pretty solid storyline, and a rather decent character building. The relationship of Belldandy and Keiichi was scripted rather nicely, although it was a little rushed. The drawing was pretty decent, but hey, if an anime's drawing is crap (Xenosaga), it will die out soon.

But most importantly, IT HAS AN ENDING!

I hate those damned animes with a shit endings (Cowboy Behop...), or endings which are so damn confusing, you have no idea what it's talking about (EVA), or those sad endings. I'm a sucker for happy endings. Sue me.

8.5/10. Pretty neat, but if the sound department would beef itself up, it would have gotten a 9.5/10. Not bad for a romance anime, and this is from a action/Mecha fanboy.

Damn, dragonboat...

After all that training, we didn't get anyhing

T_T

Oh well. At least our class got 10 gold. =D

However, I think S29 is worse off. They were really expecting a gold, since they did win our group by quite a huge gap, but they got silver instead.

Blame the Current!

XD

But going out to dinner with the rest of the class was fun, although it's extremely tiring. It's the first time I went out till that late on a schooling weekday.

LoL.

CDs that can only be burnt for 3 times....

So, Sony-BGM decided to be a little smart and released CDs that can only be burnt 3 times.

Hmm, sounds like those songs which you obtain on Napster which can only be transferred over 4 computers....

Oh well.

Firstly, these CDs are much more expensive to manufacture, and hence, will be of a higher price. So, from a CD which only costs $18 or so to buy, to one which costs $22 thanks to that nonsensical feature, who's going to lose out?

Ultimately, the music industry themselves.

Sooner or later, there will be ways to crack the CD, which is happening for most of the PC games with protection. Hackers, along with the never-stopping technology, will find a way to get rid of such obstacles which, to them, is nothing but a mere challenge which they will undertake. It's like the PSP, where Sony has insisted that games cannot be played from the memory stick. A few months later, and whoa, you can play it. Although Sony did release a patch, which will be required to play newer games, it does show how powerful the hackers are.

In fact, this technology, if what I read is correct, will be rather ineffective. The reason is because it only PREVENTS burning songs onto a CD. Erm, heard of BitTorrent? All you need to do is to zip all the songs into one folder, then send it over to your friend. Who the heck uses CDs these days anyway? Everyone is using the MP3 format, whether it is for their players, or for their handphones. More over, not every single song on a CD is nice, and hence, friends can simply send songs which are popular or those which their friends want over the Internet, using Mediums such as HTTP servers, Instant messangers (MSN..ICQ...) or even hosting their own servers using Apache or something.

So really, why does Sony-BGM continue to fight against piracy? It's definately one way to lose customers, as they continue to sell CDs are pretty high prices, made higher by the new protection. They tried to sell music Online, but thanks to all the restrictions, such as not allowing local credit cards, or the fact that it does not work with certain MP3 players, has made a black mark on those who produce the CDs. Their failed efforts to prevent piracy has irked many people, resulting in many using illegal methods to obtain their songs. Authories, such as IRAA or whatever their names are, caused a scare quite a while back (forcing a 12 year old girl to pay 3k or something), but people don't really care about them after realising what their rights are, what these authories can, or cannot do.

In fact, I have yet to really think of a really effective solution to combat piracy. Catching the thieves will result in more being created. It's like those jihadists in Iraq. Everytime the US captures or kills one, ten more signs up to fight against the US. In fact, some pirates and hackers actually become famous via these illegal trading. Groups such as HOOLUM and RELOADED are actually infamous for being able to release cracked versions of the games, with CD keys when required, quickly, sometimes as quick as a full day before the game is supposed to come out.

Perhaps the record labels should simply backoff and shut up...LoL. I really have no idea how they are going to effectively combat these pirates. Using technology against them is definately NOT the way to go. Maybe a total ban on CDs of sorts? I mean, things such as releasing their music via internet only? Then again, they will definately lose out on customers who relys heavily on CDs...

Oh well. They are fighting a losing war....maybe they should just do damage control....

Since the common tests are totally screwed....

...time to start studying!

But first, let me unlock all the Elementalist skills in Guild Wars...LoL...

>_>

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) _ First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported Friday.

In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher, cushioning the fall, the daily newspaper Aksam reported.

"There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted,'' Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.

The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops US$100,000 (euro84,000), a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per person is around US$2,700 (euro2,268).

"Every family had an average of 20 sheep,'' Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us.'' --AP

XD

THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING
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Song of (whatever) changed to BLAZE by KINYA, from the Tsubasa Chronicle Opening theme. What's with me and male Japanese singers these days? >_>

Prom Night is approaching!

And as usual, it's the famous "If you do, I will go. If you don't go, I won't go." cases....

Seesh.

Make up your own mind yourself! Why do you need your friends/family/fiends to say that they are going, before you decide to tag along?

Oh well. I guess it is boring to go to a prom alone. Then again, do you really need 1 person to say that he's going to start the ball rolling? Can't you start the ball rolling, or even, head to prom irregardless of whether they are going or not?

So, all it takes is someone to say "Hmm, $80 a bit expensive leh. I don't feel like going...", and the world suddenly echos what has been said. Although I do agree that $80 is a tad expensive, but think about the location: Ritz Carlton. Sure, the council can easily select some run-down hotel and all everyone needs to pay is $20. But, then what's the point about the prom? Everyone wants something that is cheap, but at the same time, good. You don't get that in the world we live in today.

Surprisingly, the same can be said of the opposite. Let's say, if everyone is going for the prom, and you are the only odd one out, and you are pretty cool and stuff in class, I think everyone will ask you to go to the prom, and you will very likely end up saying yes.

So, which is it? Peer pressure for being the odd one out, or the bond together thing?

Perhaps even both?

Who knows? Everyone is different, after all.

Oh well. Hopefully I don't have to cancel my Prom trip because there isn't enough Chess Club peeps/CG peeps. After all, it can be boring =P.

Fine...I'll admit. I'm sometimes also for the "one for all, all for one" thingy. LoL.

Whoops.

I screwed chem accidently. My essay was so horrible, it isn't even funny.

Oh well.

Maths is totally screwed!

I got between 20-30%, from what my teacher told me. From a B to a F. LoL

At least I passed physics. XD

For the first damned time in my entire JC life! W00t!

Oh well. Saved one sunk boat, only to see another one sinking,...

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Site updates: I've finally worked on a better banner. Didn't stretch it this time. Bear with the white divider for a while. I'll work on one when I have time (national day next month. XD)

EDIT: Song of (whatever) updated to D-tecnoLife, by UVERworld, from Bleach's 2nd Opening theme! I usually don't do this, but it was released today (when it's supposed to go on sale tomorrow...LoL), so I decided to add it. They seem to have worked on the Chorus, which was extremely weak. However, the full version of the song is rather wierd. Most of the songs will have a ABABCB part, where A is the opening, B is the chorus, the second A being the mid, Chorus and finally ending part before Chorus. This one seemed to have mixed everything up. Oh well. Pretty decent, so I'm not complaining.

What's with humans and what they don't understand?

War of the worlds showed aliens coming from the sky, blowing us to smoke, drinking our blood, eating us, and ultimately, dying because of us (BWAHAHA)

But really, why can't the aliens have came from the sky, and happily enjoyed a conversation with us humans under the palm trees in Hawaii? Why must aliens be things that blast us with some kind of super machine, with us tiny humans running around, screaming in fear and stuff?

Really, this is like ghosts. People have this werid concept that ghosts are things that will crush us, eat our soul, and so on. Really, they could be some cool dudes who don't mind sharing a beer with us or something.

So, why is humans afraid of ghosts, aliens, Loch Ness, Big Foot....

Well, I don't know. But I have a....hypothesis.

We don't understand them.

And we fear what we don't understand.

Animals, technology...these are things we understand, and hence things we don't fear.

But Aliens?

No. We don't understand them, and hence, as what all animals will do, we approach the topic with caution. We don't know whether it's a friend or foe, whether it could benefit us, harm us, or could sit there rotting away for all we care.

Sooner or later, this "feeling" will change into something else.

Like hate.

So, it starts off as some children bed time story designed to scare children to sleep. You know, the usual "If you don't brush your teeth, Uncle ET will take you to planet X", and that type of story.

And somehow, it becomes a fear sooner or later.

Probably thanks to the movies.

Now a days, just mention ghost, and everyone will think it's some scary face staring at you, bloodshot eyes and that stuff. Trying aliens gives you an image that it's some dude with a wierd head, huge black eyes, funny shrunk body....

The usual.

The movie, and hence, the media is that powerful giving people funny ideas. This, on top of some of those TV shows such as X-Files, and with some childhood horrors tossed in, gives people a brand new scare.

A good marketing scare. LoL.

But really, as I've said, are they really to be feared? It's like going to a new place for the first time, meeting new people. Your initial reaction will be fear. Reason? Because you don't know them. However, once you get used to them, who knows? They could be all really nice and cool dudes. Like Hell and heaven, you know. Hell is always one hell pit of fire, but Heaven is some cool paradise on top of the sky.

Could be the other way round. Who knows?

But funny thing is, why isn't heaven feared? Angels are said to be our saviors and stuff, and are hence not feared. Demons and hell, on the other hand, is said to be a monster, super evil, and you will burn forever, or in other words, burn to hell and back.

Funny, the way humans think.

Personally, for me, I'm not really scared of ghosts and Aliens, because I always believe that the movies Exaggerate about them. Heck, look at Scary Movie 3, they showed the aliens as pretty decent dudes, friendly and stuff.

But hey, maybe if the truth is known, the ghost industry will go bust. LoL
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Are we humans ready to time travel?

People have always talked about how if you travel faster than light, you will travel back in time, and all that. Of course, no machine can travel faster than light yet. However, suppose one is invented tomorrow, and is leaked out to the world (because the governments will hide it...."for our safety"), are we ready to go back, and uncover some truths?

Like whether there was Adam and Eve? Or whether Jesus has a wife and so on. Are we ready?

I doubt it.

Really, the fact that there's Adam and Eve is what the whole of christian stands on. Take away the chapter of Genesis, and there won't be much left to begin christianity. Not just that, many things hangs and is still around because it's passed down by word of mouth, or by writing.

However, if we can go back, and see. Things will be more interesting.

And I'm not talking about all those back in 1400s, where the Americans were obtaining their independance or something (Note, year very likely to be wrong. I don't take history. Sue me.). We are talking about whether Dinosaurs were around. How the world came about. Heck, we can even see if the Big Bang happened, or whether God created Humans, or whether those people who supposedly got enlightenment really meditated for 1000 years.

But really, are we ready to accept the truth when it's out? Imagine, billions of followers, suddenly realising their religion is fake, what that has been around for centuries, used to rule people, are all fake.

But that's not the only thing. Imagine, if we are able to go back in time. And do all those stuff which should have been done, but was not done, or vice versa. Like the bomb which should have killed Hitler, but didn't because he left early. Or maybe if Eve didn't take the fruit, but threw it at the snake instead.

All the consequences, are we ready for it? No world wars, heck, we all could be living in a nice garden right now, if Christian is true.

Doubt the humans are ready though.

First of all, if we change something, that timeline is cut, and a new one is spawned. Imagine what could have happened if the world war did not happen. Your grandparents or whatever, did not meet each other because they were not in the same bomb shelter, because there isn't air raids. So, you are not born, and what you've done, all the morons you kicked, the noobs you killed in DOTA. They will all be...nothing.

And something new is spawned instead. Perhaps that noob that would have given up DOTA because you owned him so badly, didn't get owned that badly, and hence continued to play DOTA instead. He goes on to become some kind of DOTA god, and forgotten when WC4 appears (lol..DOTA is over-rated, BTW).

But what's really is the faith which all of us hold. How humans came about, why Ah Seng was murdered. Everything will be solved. But I still don't think humans are ready to accept it. This is especially for Faith, because that's one thing wich people seek comfort and solace from, as well as guidance. One day it's there, the next, it isn't.

Scary. I think there will be mass suicides or something. LoL

Perhaps...
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Song of (whatever) changed to Don't Look Back Again, by WAG, from Saiyuki Reload Gunlock's opening theme. I didn't realise that my usual sources released it...

Oh well. It's decent enough, but I think the older ones are a little nicer.

Argh. My eyes!

8 hours of Guild Wars...

Argh.
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War of the worlds wasn't so bad. I mean, the super robots zapping people to dust (Follows what the bible said: Men were made from dust, or something like that..LoL), was super cool.

But it was pretty sick as well.

Oh well. Speilberg. You can't expect anything less.

7/10.

Next.