Your typical beng!

Thursday, March 31, 2005

March 30, 2005
Cinema tickets to go up

FROM May 1, film-goers here have to pay more to watch a movie at the cinema.

Shaw Organisation, Eng Wah Organization and Golden Village will increase weekday tickets by 50 cents and weekend prices by S$1.

Currently, tickets cost about S$6 to S$7 on weekdays and S$8 to S$8.50 on weekends. After May 1, prices will range from $6.50 to $9.50.

Prices for senior citizens and students at selected weekday showtimes, which are now discounted, will also see slight increases. Rates vary for the different chains.

The three companies comprise the Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association (CFEA).

Mr Shaw Vee King, managing director of Shaw Organisation and chairman of the association, said that the price hikes will help cover increased utility costs for exhibitors.

BOH BEH ZHAO! NAO HIA CHEESE PIE *BEEEEEP!!!* *CENSORED* *LING LONG!*!

Anti piracy my foot! Viva la Bit Torrent!

Come to think of it, I think this might be a conspiracy! First, the government passed the law to catch DLers, then Starhub increases the bandwidth, and the CFEA increase pricing! This will allow the government to earn more $$ by catching those who DL movies! WTF. First ciggerette price. Then movie price. Bus fare. What's next? Condom price? Neh neh. Gonna rebel against the cheng hu liao. Viva la revolution!!

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Tremors have been detected in Singapore at 12:10 a.m. on 28 march 2005, due to an earthquake in Sumatra. Initial estimates put the magnitude of the earthquake to be about 7.5 on the Richter Scale and the location around 600 km west-southwest of Singapore.

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Damn disasters!

Monday, March 28, 2005

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/04/05/06/1929205.shtml

Interesting read. Geeks/Nerds/Hiap Seng/Eugene/Gamers only apply.

"

Things got even more interesting when Castronova learned about the "player auctions." EverQuest players would sometimes tire of the game, and decide to sell off their characters orvirtual possessions at an on-line auction site such as eBay. When Castronova checked the auction sites, he saw that a Belt of the Great Turtle or a Robe of Primordial Waters might fetch forty dollars; powerful characters would go for several hundred or more. And sometimes people would sell off 500,000-fold bags of platinum pieces for as much as $1,000.

As Castronova stared at the auction listings, he recognized with a shock what he was looking at. It was a form of currency trading. Each item had a value in virtual "platinum pieces"; when it was sold on eBay, someone was paying cold hard American cash for it. That meant the platinum piece was worth something in real currency. EverQuest's economy actually had real-world value.

He began calculating frantically. He gathered data on 616 auctions, observing how much each item sold for in U.S. dollars. When he averaged the results, he was stunned to discover that the EverQuest platinum piece was worth about one cent U.S. — higher than the Japanese yen or the Italian lira. With that information, he could figure out how fast the EverQuest economy was growing. Since players were killing monsters or skinning bunnies every day, they were, in effect, creating wealth. Crunching more numbers, Castronova found that the average player was generating 319 platinum pieces each hour he or she was in the game — the equivalent of $3.42 (U.S.) per hour. "That's higher than the minimum wage in most countries," he marvelled.

Then he performed one final analysis: The Gross National Product of EverQuest, measured by how much wealth all the players together created in a single year inside the game. It turned out to be $2,266 U.S. per capita. By World Bank rankings, that made EverQuest richer than India, Bulgaria, or China, and nearly as wealthy as Russia."

Woo! Why are you all still working? Go play Everquest!

Friday, March 25, 2005

Gently falling in love with her~

Hahah. The chalet is a success! The BBQ was one of the few which more then 20 people came. Good job Zhen Hao/Wen Ting for planning the chalet + BBQ~! Rock on! Really boh beh chao. Alright. Time to go to the library. Gotta return so books and borrow some more. See ya!

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Lovaynn Kan singing Zui Hou Yi Chi~

1)First of all, I am really happy that Mr Hafiz is not my Science teacher. His teaching methods are brutal! 1000 times writing out the same old shit? NO WAY! I prefer a c6 for my science then get A1 for his Bio. He needs Anger Management course. ASAP.

2)Cheryl Tang. I mean, our class needs a scapegoat right? I remember the tymes where we always blame Cheryl for everything.....Ahhh....the good ole' days.

3)Canteen food. It is relatively tasty. Yeah. Used to look forward to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We have Fish Noodles! Or the Malay stall. Chicken rice rocks ok. With the MSG filled soup. Love it!

4)Bernard Chew. HE DESERVE A SPECIAL MENTION! He's the best DM imho. He doesn't shout like a certain teacher(read: 1), and at least respect you as an entity. He's lessons rocks too. Rubber ducky? 10/10! Salute!

5)Mr Shahril. Don't laugh Hiap Seng! Haha. I actually kinda respect him. Quite knowledgable. Hehe. Like his subtle way of busting people! Wu boh? BOA! Classic/10. His history lessons = slack + slack! Encore!

6)Mr Ranjit Singh. The man! Used to think that he's an deouchebag. But it all changed in 4E4......"time seems to move very slowly when you are in a hole with a wild leopard. By the way, all leopards are wild arh....." HAHAHA! His prank about the spiral staircase is also god damn funny! Gonna treat him to a jug of beer next tyme.

7)Dena Ong. LOL! Special mention. 'Cause I failed my PoA. Hehe. Sorry arh.

8)Mdm Loh! Woooo! A bit fierce. But nvm. I admit it arh 'cher. I always copy others homework and passup to you! Never do myself. Sorry arh. But I pass my math ok? But she's really funny! Sacarsm at its max!

9)Lai Kah Kin. Sorry. I don'ch ungersten j00. But I learned all my chem from your only student, so I owe you 1!

10)NG BUCK CHWEE! This guy's the best man! Teaches us chinese......"wen jun nen you ji duo chou? Cia shi yi jiang chun shui xiang dong liu!"(Ask an emperor what troubles him; it's like the river moving east every spring). See! I remember! This guy really understanding! But cannot scold vulgarities in front of him. Will get punished. Thanks for the KFC + pizza hut!

11)Irene. Whoah. <3. *starts fantasizing*

12)Lab tech auntie. Oi. Go and make out with Cheryl Tang la! NBCB! I HATE YOU! PAU TOH BU!

13)Mr Neo Tick Watt~ Haha. King of the empire TPSS. Fatherly, to a certain extend. I never smoke la! Don't owaz check my bag!

14)Michael Toh. Michael in the Bible is supposed to be the angel that guards of Virgin Mary for eternity. Michael in TPSS, is another story.......DM wanna be. Can only be OM. NEH NEH NI BU BU!!!!

15)Miss Leong. I hope you get married soon, yah?

16)Yu Feng. Miss you homie! This guy really the best! Brings a gun to school, played punk to Cheryl......Really miss him busting everyone! Good luck this year! GAMBATE!

17)The volleyball. Where art thou? This ball is our main entertainment in class! Can be used as a soccer ball, basketBall and whatever ball! I miss you!

18)Our sec 3 math relief teacher. I forgotten how you looked like(I only remember that you are fugly), but I remember what you said to us! "What tyme are you all going to wake up? 1 o clock? 2 o clock? It's term 2!" Still brings a smile to my face. One think. I only wake up at 12 o clock.

19)Miss Chong. You look like that person in King Of Gamblers 3! Forgotten his name. Yan Xing should be. Take care miss!

20)School tie. The person who invented this must be in Hell now for suffocating us all. Ugly piece of shit. On a side note, it can be used as a whip! SM!!! Don't put this under the OHP. The tie will melt.

21)Which reminds me. OHP! This piece of ancient technology is still in every class! If this stuff gets faulty, you gotta go to 4E3 to borrow 1. Hate that.

22)SCHOOL TABLE! I owe you a lot for making my bag the lightest! Every year, I only bring 1 pen(sometimes, it is other people's pen) and a few worksheets! I can draw pictures on you too! AISHITERU! HAHA!

23)And lastly, everyone in 4E4. You guys are a part of me, never to be replaced. Been through a lot in 2 years, and even though I might have bust you before, don't take it to heart ok? Rock on people. Rock on. Together 4Ev4.

Thursday, March 17, 2005

bleh. Really dissapointed with some people. Can't do work properly. Sighz. Ass siaz! So much to 12-6 will arrive at my house. And also at some other people. Won't point fingers. 'Cause I'm not in the position of power anyway. Really a disappointing day.
On a lighter note, oh wait. No lighter note today. Fucking off right now. Bye.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

*Jay Chou sings Hui Dao Guo Chi in the background....*

1. You grew up watching He-man, Transformers, Silver hawk an Mickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles and Smurfs too.

2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug. The teachers said you must brush each side10 times too.

3. You know what's Bin(1) Fen(1) Ba (1) San(1) is all about.

4. You know what SBC stands for.

5. You were there when the first chinese serial, the Awakening was shown on TV. You know who is "Ai Yo Yo Lao Shi"

6. Internet? What the hell is that? So you thought a decade or more ago.

7. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.

8. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEEP! when pressed. There are colourful tickets for TIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole on the ticket.

9. Your favourite actor and actress is Huang Wenyong and Xiangyun. Next is Lee Nanxing and Zoe Tay and the Aiyoyo woman.

10. You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.

11. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.

12. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.

13. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.

14. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.

15. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka(20 cents per pack) and Ding Dang(50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, wherethe lollipop is the diamond on the ring and "Di Kam", which you'll win small to big bells, etc.

16. You watched TV2(also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.

17. All that you know about Cantonese is from the Hong Kong serials you watched on TV2.

18. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.

19. Civics and Moral Education was "Hao3 Gong1 Min2".

20. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.

21. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.

22. Catching was the IN thing and twist the magic word.

23. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.

24. CDIS was your best friend.

25. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellisedcharacters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.

26. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.

27. Boys loved to play soccer with small tennis balls in the basketball court or play something that uses tennis ball to hit other players known as "HUM TAM BOLA" during recess /after school

28. Hopskotch, five stones,chateh and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...

29. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives.

30. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Willy.

31. You did stupid exercises like seal crawl and frog jumps.

32. Every children's day and national day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with Happy National Day 1994'.

33. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.

34. Chinese teachers were always old, boring and damn fierce looking.

35. Your form teacher taught you maths, science and english.

36. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.

37. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.

38. Famous Chinese singers were only Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai.

39. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.

40. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.

41. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.

42. During class gatherings, parents always tag along in case someone gets lost at Orchard Road.

43. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.

44. Handkerchiefs were a must for both genders

45. Collecting notebooks and all kinds of stationery was a popular thing.

46. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch. Friend like you, hard to forget".

47. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"

48. You play "Bottle caps" and erasers with various countries' flags printed on them.

49. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.

50. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

This week =>Nothing to blog about. The usual stuff! Gaming, slacking at home and planning out next chalet! Woo. Sounds boring? Yeah. Dead on. Got myself a new mp3 player. Bought it during the IT show. Didn't manage to take photos tho. Packed like sardines. Bought the same as Eugene! Hahah! Ok. Don't waste Google hardrive's space. Bye.

Sunday, March 06, 2005

After being asked to do some soul searching by a hard-line Christian, I still did not see the the so called "holy within" or something. Maybe my soul is just too tainted. Yeah right.

Why do they keep asking me to become one of them? One of those hard-liners who turned the Church into a country club? Is this the way to treat a place where a person could at least find some peace? Blasphemy I say! This people turned a religion, a teaching into something warped, into something which just brings more pain to others. I've known hard-liners who forced their parents to join them by saying that "We would not attend a non-christian funeral" at their parents deathbed. There's a thin line between religious fervour, and a brainwashed zealots. These hard-liners crossed it. I've known hard-liners to disown their brothers and sisters, just because they do no suscribe to their beliefs. Read the 4th commandments which Moses accepted from God.

"Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee."

How about the Catholics?
"
Honor thy Father and thy Mother."

Hebrew anyone?
"
Honour thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee."

Yeah. Trust those people to break God's commandments. And they said they are peace loving. Bullcrap. Look at this. Statistics shown that 1/2 of the world suscribe to the same God(Christianity-God. Catholic=God. Muslim-Allah. Jews=Yahweh.) Yet it is this 1/2 of the world that hates each other, that tries to slaughter each other. Is this correct? Does it matter what name you call your God? God is an entity who bears many faces, different looks, for he is omnipotent. Yet, because of what you call your God, the way you show respect to him, that you people pick up arms to maim, to kill each other. Is this correct? so much for "love thy neighbour as if thy neighbour is thy brother" or something like that. Or what about "
Thou shalt not kill."? Does this commandment only applies to those who suscribe to your faith?

More to come.

Friday, March 04, 2005

Been a marvelous week for me! Got my results on Monday? Expected me to go to ITE. But I didn't. Got 15 points. That's an insane improvement! Hehe! Then at night, I went to meet ma homies for a Genting trip. Took 6 hours to reach there? Hmm. Reached there at about 4 o clock. Me and James can't enter the casino, we can't check in into our hotel until 12 o clock, and none of the shops are open! Great! We wondered around and this prostitiute asked us if we wanna get a massage :P! HAHAH! Scared got AIDS/HIV arh. Sorry. Then I tried to enter the casino.

Me-*Tries to enter*
Security-You got IC?
Me-Never bring
Security-No IC go out.

WTF. James was laughing tiu BTH! Went to Starbucks to drink some coffee. Lost something there. Hmm. Then we went to the Arcade! Believe it or not, that day was the first tyme I danced Para Para! Hmm. I didn't wanna do it in SG cos everytyme someone dance, a crowd will gather. But there is not a soul in the arcade, so I tried it. Easy game! HAHAH! 1st try = 81% hit rate! Or maybe I just dance like Michael Jackson. So we went to check in. The hotel room stinks of ciggerettes! Got the room guy to clean. Watched a DVD. We Were Brothers I think. Nice movie. Went to have dinner. Had chicken rice. Alright la. Hehe. We then went to the LAN shop. Sucks man! 10 bucks PH? NVM. Small price to pay for internet access and friendster.

SECOND DAY

Woke up at about 10 +? Bathed and brushed my teeth! Went to the theme park. Hmm. Alright la. Corkscrew and all the usual. Went back to the hotel. Watched DVDs again:P Watched A Knight's Tale and Tao Xue Wei Long? Both are really nice. Then went to the shooting range? I'd won James! HAHAH! Ate at the cafe. Quite nice. Went back to the hotel. Watched Unbreakable. It's alright. I didn't even know the show ended! Bleh. Went to sleep.

Third Day

Bathed. Gathered at the lobby with the homies? Then we went to take the cable car back to the bottom of the bloody hill. Ate some stuff. Went up the bus! Didn't manage to sleep as the seats suck. Me and James were bitching about a lot of stuff! Very funny! Hehe! Can't type them here. Nationalist:P Reached Singapore at about 9.30. Ate Nasi Lemak. Bleh.