I have a confession to make,
I am a racist. I like to poke fun at people of the other races.
I do it to my friends mostly, or at the very least, to people who can't hear or see what I'm doing.
They're not targeted at creating hate or anger, nor are they aimed to hurt anyone.
Hell, my friends laugh at my typically small beady eyes (chinese).
Being a racist has made me somewhat sensitive to potentially racist messages. Every gesture that someone makes, a glance, a finger, a snigger, a whisper into his friends' ears, they all get picked up by me. Yes, go ahead, call me paranoid I don't care.
Finally, the training in Australia's over and we're brought around Rocky for our Rest n Recreation.
The very first night, we decided to head over to the very popular 'Bush Inn Bar and Grill' to try our hand at steak the size of our heads. Unfortunately, that didn't happen; the placed was having an event (probably related to the race night) and we weren't let in.
So we decided to walk around to look for food. First person we met at the cross-junction? A young man running past us yelling jackie chan every once in a while, turning around to see if we were angry or not. Soon after that dimwit crossed the road, a black car drove by and rolled open a window. This witch of a woman popped her head out and yelled JACKIE CHAN! It's my first drive-by racist attack and it sure didn't feel good to be on the receiving end of it.
Worst of all, it wasn't even funny! Get some fresh material at the very least, Jackie Chan's old!
That aside, I've heard of cases more violent and it does get on my nerve. Sure, it's human nature to be protective against things that are of a different nature to us, but isn't it going a lil' bit too far when you call them 'yellow pieces of shit' n throw coins at them? Take into account that you're possibly having a bad case of colour deficiency n the fact that aussie coins are huge!
Comon' people, positive racism! That's what I stand by! It's impossible not to have a set of ideas about different groups of people but let's keep the hostility out of each other yeah?
Monday, October 18, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Hitting the jackpot
Yeah, I'm still in Australia with a week to go before returning to the motherland. But that doesn't mean that I must blog about life in the outback.
Instead, I'm going to share an observation that I made whilst on holiday with my parents in genting highlands.
As some of you would've known, I just turned 21 this year and therefore am of legal age to walk into casinos in Malaysia. Needless to say, my parents took me on a tour of the areas as I'd they were regulars.
What caught my interest was the rows and rows of slots machines lined along the halls of the casinos, or rather, the people playing them.
Sure, it might be fun when you roll off 50RM and walk away from the machine 150 richer, but I'm pretty sure that's just beginner's luck. Of course, that's not the point.
The point is, I noticed that most of the players were simply seated with their soulless fingers on the same button throughout. You just couldn't help but notice that lifeless look on their faces...
At the end of the day, it's almost like life on its own innit? Sure, the jackpots in life sure sound sweet, like the person who won the lottery twice or the lucky woman on oprah. But doesn't it look kinda sad when all you do is sit there and wait for a miracle to happen? Why not do something and make the miracle much easier to arrive?
Don't mind me, I'm just ranting...
Instead, I'm going to share an observation that I made whilst on holiday with my parents in genting highlands.
As some of you would've known, I just turned 21 this year and therefore am of legal age to walk into casinos in Malaysia. Needless to say, my parents took me on a tour of the areas as I'd they were regulars.
What caught my interest was the rows and rows of slots machines lined along the halls of the casinos, or rather, the people playing them.
Sure, it might be fun when you roll off 50RM and walk away from the machine 150 richer, but I'm pretty sure that's just beginner's luck. Of course, that's not the point.
The point is, I noticed that most of the players were simply seated with their soulless fingers on the same button throughout. You just couldn't help but notice that lifeless look on their faces...
At the end of the day, it's almost like life on its own innit? Sure, the jackpots in life sure sound sweet, like the person who won the lottery twice or the lucky woman on oprah. But doesn't it look kinda sad when all you do is sit there and wait for a miracle to happen? Why not do something and make the miracle much easier to arrive?
Don't mind me, I'm just ranting...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Walalaby
*emerges fron cave* YAaaaaaahH!!!
Gee I haven't been typing much since the arrival of new games on my ipod.
Lotsa shit have been going on, most prominently a series of events related to the military...
As most of my frends would've already known by now (becauae they're in it too), i'm going to australia soon. It's going to be a 3-week collision course towards a hell filled with demons called footrot and heat rash, pfft!
It's not really the chionging part that irritates me. I'm more concerned about the silly pre-activities involved. sure, we're gonna need 10 pairs of socks... right... why not make evryone of us buy a pair of that underwear that keeps you clean for 6 weeks (trust me, there is such a thing)? It's as interesting as how everyone's favourite superhero pronounces it i guess... "walalaby"
That aside, boy am i glad that my 2 years' national service is soon coming to an end. why? i think i'm starting to show symptoms of "Militarenia"!
Just last week, While attending the commissioning parade my pal was in (congrats disa!), I couldn't help but take notice of the dressing (marching neatness in layman) of the now officers.
And it doesn't happen only when i'm in a military installation. The other day, while shopping at UNIQLO (again, i know) i went home with a pair of coated bottoms. Guess what caught my eye? The sign which says "cool and military". I don't have to tell you which word drew my interest, do I?
Having said that, I've taken up the necessary measures to suppress the disorder. First up, a holiday! I'm currently seated at starbucks enjoying a cup of creme brulee machiato, and free wifi, typing this post on my ipod. what else can be better (don't be a smartass and tell me what's better. It's just a figure of speech!)
alright, my cup's emptying soon and the attendant seems to be looking at me, not in the gay way. I'd better sign off and go watch a movie now.
CHEERSsssssSCxzsXsS
Gee I haven't been typing much since the arrival of new games on my ipod.
Lotsa shit have been going on, most prominently a series of events related to the military...
As most of my frends would've already known by now (becauae they're in it too), i'm going to australia soon. It's going to be a 3-week collision course towards a hell filled with demons called footrot and heat rash, pfft!
It's not really the chionging part that irritates me. I'm more concerned about the silly pre-activities involved. sure, we're gonna need 10 pairs of socks... right... why not make evryone of us buy a pair of that underwear that keeps you clean for 6 weeks (trust me, there is such a thing)? It's as interesting as how everyone's favourite superhero pronounces it i guess... "walalaby"
That aside, boy am i glad that my 2 years' national service is soon coming to an end. why? i think i'm starting to show symptoms of "Militarenia"!
Just last week, While attending the commissioning parade my pal was in (congrats disa!), I couldn't help but take notice of the dressing (marching neatness in layman) of the now officers.
And it doesn't happen only when i'm in a military installation. The other day, while shopping at UNIQLO (again, i know) i went home with a pair of coated bottoms. Guess what caught my eye? The sign which says "cool and military". I don't have to tell you which word drew my interest, do I?
Having said that, I've taken up the necessary measures to suppress the disorder. First up, a holiday! I'm currently seated at starbucks enjoying a cup of creme brulee machiato, and free wifi, typing this post on my ipod. what else can be better (don't be a smartass and tell me what's better. It's just a figure of speech!)
alright, my cup's emptying soon and the attendant seems to be looking at me, not in the gay way. I'd better sign off and go watch a movie now.
CHEERSsssssSCxzsXsS
Saturday, July 17, 2010
A not so cheerful song
And not a songful cheer. Well at least that's that's my opinion on the 'official' cheer presented alongside the current youth olympic games.
Much controversy has been surrounding the tune - who sang it? who wrote it? who even approved it?
It's not hard to see why. The words are, as the majority of youths put it, retarded; oh yeah, oh yeah just won't cut it in terms of marking our presence in the stadium.
A good example to look at would be S.Korea with their simple yet catchy cheer (in case there's anothet cheer out there, I'm talking about the goal ole ole cheer). It has Korea written all over it, it's easy to learn yet not fiddling with stupidity.
A recent news article quoted Mr. Ken Lim (great job on the YOG theme song by the way) saying that if he were to do the cheer differently, he would have takrn two lines from a singaporean song, for example "we are singapore, we are singapore". I think it would've made a much better cheer. Heck, I'd take the whole part of it and perhaps change the last line a lil' to make it more cheer-like.
Interestingly enough, only a supposed 20-odd percent of people actually liked the cheer. If that is the case, why did they approve of the cheer then? Shouldn't they have known to do some 'beta testing' before releasing a product into the public? Or are they simply content with the fact that old fogeys enjoyed the cheer while the actual youths were left out?
"Come up with a better cheer if you can", that's not exactly what they said but i think pretty much sums that up. Isn't that too late to be doing that now? And now they're coming up with a nintendo wii to award the chosen one. I'm sorry but it just doesn't seem like a proper amount considering how much you would have likely paid the people involved in "you are the one, Singapore'
Makes us wonder doesn't it?
Much controversy has been surrounding the tune - who sang it? who wrote it? who even approved it?
It's not hard to see why. The words are, as the majority of youths put it, retarded; oh yeah, oh yeah just won't cut it in terms of marking our presence in the stadium.
A good example to look at would be S.Korea with their simple yet catchy cheer (in case there's anothet cheer out there, I'm talking about the goal ole ole cheer). It has Korea written all over it, it's easy to learn yet not fiddling with stupidity.
A recent news article quoted Mr. Ken Lim (great job on the YOG theme song by the way) saying that if he were to do the cheer differently, he would have takrn two lines from a singaporean song, for example "we are singapore, we are singapore". I think it would've made a much better cheer. Heck, I'd take the whole part of it and perhaps change the last line a lil' to make it more cheer-like.
Interestingly enough, only a supposed 20-odd percent of people actually liked the cheer. If that is the case, why did they approve of the cheer then? Shouldn't they have known to do some 'beta testing' before releasing a product into the public? Or are they simply content with the fact that old fogeys enjoyed the cheer while the actual youths were left out?
"Come up with a better cheer if you can", that's not exactly what they said but i think pretty much sums that up. Isn't that too late to be doing that now? And now they're coming up with a nintendo wii to award the chosen one. I'm sorry but it just doesn't seem like a proper amount considering how much you would have likely paid the people involved in "you are the one, Singapore'
Makes us wonder doesn't it?
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Blogging from my iPod
Recently got the iBlogger app for ipod/iphone. i really hope that this'll get me the much needed 'motivation' to get back to blogging. we'll just have to see now don't we?
in other news, life in national service has been pretty alright so far. things are starting to smooth out and all there is to really tire us out is the all important NDP.
sure i might often complain about the pointlessness of countless reptition, or the awkwardness of wearing the 'lobster' costume. But hearing the kids cheering on during last night's show made me feel that this is perhaps a huniliation worth going through haha.
in other news, life in national service has been pretty alright so far. things are starting to smooth out and all there is to really tire us out is the all important NDP.
sure i might often complain about the pointlessness of countless reptition, or the awkwardness of wearing the 'lobster' costume. But hearing the kids cheering on during last night's show made me feel that this is perhaps a huniliation worth going through haha.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Singapore, Next Possible Pugilistic Gathering Ground?
On 16th January 2010, Leon Moore defeated Marbun to claim the PABA Superbamtam Weight Title right here in Singapore. It was a sign of things to come. The organised bout saw a sold out crowd at the Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre, with an interesting mix of both the young, and the young at heart.
A young guy like me would've thought that the 'old farts' like the 50 year olds know nuts about professional boxing, (actually, neither do I haha). But it so turns out, that this little island of ours used to have quite a circle actually. My dad tells me that back when he was young, Gay World Amusement Park used to be the rage amongst young men. I know what you're thinking but no, my dad didn't see those days when peculiar young men would walk around in tight leather clothes and scream "fuuu" as and when they like. Besides, the term Gay never referred to homosexuality until recent days.
Gay world, as they used to call it, is a now demolished amusement park located somewhere between Geylang and Mountbatten Road. The place housed several interesting stuff, a wide variety at that too; Entertainment ranged from cabarets to even haunted house rides! Most importantly, Gay world housed the grandest indoor stadium in Singapore until the Singapore Indoor Stadium was built, and that's what made the day for most local young men. Regular boxing and wrestling matches would be on show for just 20-30cents per ticket. According to dad, that's about 60-70 bucks in the modern SGD context.
Of course, time had passed and things get old. Eventually the fights stopped happening, fighters stopped coming, even the amusement park had to stop existing...
The news of the PABA bout, made possible by Top Rated Intl Promotions, was music to my ears. With the upcoming Integrated Resorts and possibly tourist pour-in, there'd definitely be a place for regular boxing matches. Now, I'm not much of a boxing fan, personally I don't really follow the rankings and stuff. What excites me though, would be the fact that with a proper boxing culture set up in the lion city, we might see a day when other forms of martial sport are hosted. I'm talking about Muay Thai, I'm talking about MMA!
PRIDE has stopped airing, that's a sad fact for me. UFC just doesn't really cut it methinks, it's just different. If possible, I might even push for something of that sort right here in Singapore... Anything is possible :)
A young guy like me would've thought that the 'old farts' like the 50 year olds know nuts about professional boxing, (actually, neither do I haha). But it so turns out, that this little island of ours used to have quite a circle actually. My dad tells me that back when he was young, Gay World Amusement Park used to be the rage amongst young men. I know what you're thinking but no, my dad didn't see those days when peculiar young men would walk around in tight leather clothes and scream "fuuu" as and when they like. Besides, the term Gay never referred to homosexuality until recent days.
Gay world, as they used to call it, is a now demolished amusement park located somewhere between Geylang and Mountbatten Road. The place housed several interesting stuff, a wide variety at that too; Entertainment ranged from cabarets to even haunted house rides! Most importantly, Gay world housed the grandest indoor stadium in Singapore until the Singapore Indoor Stadium was built, and that's what made the day for most local young men. Regular boxing and wrestling matches would be on show for just 20-30cents per ticket. According to dad, that's about 60-70 bucks in the modern SGD context.
Of course, time had passed and things get old. Eventually the fights stopped happening, fighters stopped coming, even the amusement park had to stop existing...
The news of the PABA bout, made possible by Top Rated Intl Promotions, was music to my ears. With the upcoming Integrated Resorts and possibly tourist pour-in, there'd definitely be a place for regular boxing matches. Now, I'm not much of a boxing fan, personally I don't really follow the rankings and stuff. What excites me though, would be the fact that with a proper boxing culture set up in the lion city, we might see a day when other forms of martial sport are hosted. I'm talking about Muay Thai, I'm talking about MMA!
PRIDE has stopped airing, that's a sad fact for me. UFC just doesn't really cut it methinks, it's just different. If possible, I might even push for something of that sort right here in Singapore... Anything is possible :)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
How much do you work out?
Just a random thought.
I used to be quite a skinny kid, back in the primary school/lower sec days... Even got into the school volleyball team for a while..
Training was tough, but it did make me strong and healthy. Then came the upper secondary days when I simply wasn't good enough for the team and got out of training... It started to snowball from there on... I got lazier, and somewhat hungrier as well I suppose. In the next 4 years, I put on so much weight a double chin appeared on two occasions!
Thankfully I'm now in the military, doing my 2-year Compulsory National Service. Training is even tougher than I've ever had, but I'm now at a satisfactory physique (yeah yeah... I'm still bad at running long distances but my overall strength is there!).
I still can't help but think about what might happen after i finish my service. Being the natural laze, I'm bound to shrink my exercise regime. In a few months, muscles are bound to shrink, the belly's bound to swell! Unless I do something about it of course...
Here's what I plan to do:
1. A 30-minute run followed by some static exercises every weekend
2. Big dinners are limited to once a week
3. Buffet trips are limited to once a month
4. Never overeat
5. Drink lotsa water (apparently it helps)
Sounds like a plan? It's not much but it's enough methinks...
What are YOU going to do about your body?
I used to be quite a skinny kid, back in the primary school/lower sec days... Even got into the school volleyball team for a while..
Training was tough, but it did make me strong and healthy. Then came the upper secondary days when I simply wasn't good enough for the team and got out of training... It started to snowball from there on... I got lazier, and somewhat hungrier as well I suppose. In the next 4 years, I put on so much weight a double chin appeared on two occasions!
Thankfully I'm now in the military, doing my 2-year Compulsory National Service. Training is even tougher than I've ever had, but I'm now at a satisfactory physique (yeah yeah... I'm still bad at running long distances but my overall strength is there!).
I still can't help but think about what might happen after i finish my service. Being the natural laze, I'm bound to shrink my exercise regime. In a few months, muscles are bound to shrink, the belly's bound to swell! Unless I do something about it of course...
Here's what I plan to do:
1. A 30-minute run followed by some static exercises every weekend
2. Big dinners are limited to once a week
3. Buffet trips are limited to once a month
4. Never overeat
5. Drink lotsa water (apparently it helps)
Sounds like a plan? It's not much but it's enough methinks...
What are YOU going to do about your body?
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