Octopaul is dead

http://espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/88845/paul-the-octopus-is-dead-who-could-have-seen-that-one-coming

RIP, at least now you're safe from people trying to eat you up or kill you because you made them lose a lot of money by being right in the 2010 world cup.

Dota Brawl

Source : Gawker

Some highschool kid got beaten up for trash talking after winning a game.

Seriously... I say he deserve it. You've won already. Didn't have to be a sore-winner. Only pisses people off. Let this be a lesson to everyone else. You won a game, don't brag to the loser.

Quote from the article "...made him(the kid) kissed their (assaulters) feet.."

And, I don't support violence~ but that kid had it coming to him... and how the hell did those people find his address?!

Prevent getting yourself beaten up and in turn prevent having those people that beat you up obtaining any assault charges.

Worst Nightmare as far as I can remember

I've had countless nightmares. None of them had woken me up from my sleep since when I was a kid... til today. I've had nightmares about monsters, ghosts, aliens, demons, etc. Last night's nightmare freaked me out so much I woke up from my sleep in fear...

It's a random mix-up of things but here it goes...

I was in an english town, most likely country side and somehow I have a pig as a companion. It speaks and talks to me. It was somehow a best friend of mine (I don't know... it all didn't make any sense when I woke up and ponder about it). We were outside this tavern/restaurant and it was really cold out. Feeling cold I looked at this pig of mine... then starred at the tavern at all the dead pigs hung outside ready to be sliced, cooked and served to the customers. I was cold. My companion pig starred at me. Events happened and somehow my companion pig was wrapped up in a bag snorting (probably was me snoring...) as I try to hand it over to the owner of the tavern for some food and shelter. Guilt kicked in, but I was too cold and desperate. The owner refused. I had come so far as to sacrifice a friend (animal)....

Then the dream shifted (2nd level??).... I was in a house (my house in Malaysia, my aunt's house, my grandma's house), and the air feels cold. I can't remember how it happened but it seems that there was a ghost haunting me. A little girl, constantly smiling at me following wherever I go and having the ability to fade in and out of reality. I tried ways to deter her from me. He long dark hair covering her eyes, pale white face stares down at me from almost every dark corner I walk to. I have no idea who she is or what she wants. She's just scaring the shit out of me. I tried to attack her with a pole but she just fades out.

Constantly fading in and out scaring me from all corners. I woke up... I don't even know if I was REALLY awake. I realized this was the first time something scared me out of my dreams. It was too freaky to think of it. I went back to sleep not wanting to stay awake in fear. She was there again. The dream continues. She laughs. Knowing I can't do anything. My sisters somehow manifested in my dreams. Scared and couldn't do anything (for some reason in my dreams, I thought my sisters have the ability to see the paranormal). I asked them if they see anything. They didn't. Somehow my dad came and stabbed the girl with a knife to the back of her head while she was invisible. She reappeared. I took the knife from my dad and stabbed her in the chest/stomach. Ending the nightmare...

What caused this dream? Halloween I'm guessing... and me remembering how I was fearless in the Haunted Forest the last time I went...

Expression of thoughts

It seems that recently I've been expressing my thoughts without much peer pressure...

For years I've been trying to express my thoughts but I have been very uptight.

Well... this could be a good thing or a bad thing... only time will tell... I'll see how it goes.

There will be no emo shit this weekend (to the OC)

To OC,

there will be no emo shit this weekend because Liverpool won (at last!) with every goal in the game scored by a Liverpool player~

Me & Dexter (Morgan)

I find it awfully scary at the (coincidental) similarities in personality of me and Dexter...

Pretending to fit in? Lying to fit in? Having no feelings (not that much)...

The way he sees society as a whole... damn....

No. I don't kill... I'm definitely much kinder than him... I hold grudges instead.

Edit : Just woke up from a weird dream. I dreamt that I was Dexter and helping my lil sis hook up with some dude but I wasn't being supportive all the way =.=

And a dream before that where I was in a FPS and everyone was trying to kill me... I kept running out of bullets/dying and restarting the level. Bullets, knifes, spears etc somehow kept piercing through my senseless body...

Supportive/Destructive

I can't remember if I've written about this here before or not but I'll do it again regardless...

I confess, I'm bad at supporting other people for their causes. Even with my sister about to enter a competition, I wouldn't know what to say or do to help her/ cheer her up if she loses. It's usually the cliché response depending on how she end up in the competition.

If she did well, it's "Congratulations"

If she almost got 1st place it's "Try again next time"

If she did badly, "Too bad, try again next time"

Nothing else. Just a few words. I've always been very careful with my words. Most of the time opting to say nothing at all (before I came to the states) because I wouldn't want to offend or put too much pressure.

But for me, I would love the attention, I wouldn't care much cause I know that even if my friends or family said something offensive, I know they didn't mean it. If it's me saying those things, I can't seem to get it off my mind.

Even now, I'm still trying to be supportive to others. Telling them not to give up. Giving them advices on how to achieve their goals. For me? I needed a push to reach my goal. Like how an eagle teaches her off-springs how to fly. I have to thank my mom for that. All the naggings and scolding I got back in Malaysia while I was in school....

Fall fashion is sexy in it's own way

Jeans play no part in this. And I'm talking about FEMALES.

Jackets (not winter jackets), a scarf, boots, tights/skirts and the occasional gloves/sun glasses/hats make a woman pretty attractive IMO. Well it's a personal taste.

If I had to rate the seasons of fashions, it would be

Fall, closely followed by Spring and Summer and Winter dead last. (Fall being top because of the red/yellow leaves that gives a lovely background setting for these fall attires.)

Yea summer has the sundresses and bikinis but you won't see girls wearing bikinis to classes (at least probably not in Iowa). Fall clothing on the other hand, girls are able to reveal more by wearing more.

The colors they choose also play a part in this. Red/yellow/black basically the colors of fall a few levels darker would be the ideal color palette for my tastes. I wish I could find pictures as examples but all I could find are those weird fashion designer ones.

Casual fall is the way to go.

Edit : I might be biased because British/French woman are hot both in looks and voice~

8-bit Muse

Click on the vid and explore his channel 'Florio003'

Why nice guys always finish last

Or excuses for why I'm still single~ =.=

I hate remembering the past

I hate remembering the past.

It makes me feel depressed at the things I could've done but didn't do;

Things I shouldn't have done but did.

They say that you shouldn't regret what you have done but instead regret what you COULD have done.

It's my last semester before graduation and it seems that only now I'm starting to do the things I haven't done or always thought of doing. One of my biggest regrets of college life.

The older you get, the harder it is do to certain things...

I remember this figure which depicts how people are amused with young geniuses....

When you're 1-10 years of age, people consider you a genius.

When you're 11~16 years of age, people consider you smart

When you're 17~22 years of age, people consider you intelligent

Once you exceed 22 years, you're just normal...

It's kinda sad thinking that through the passage of your life, your presence will be more insignificant. Sucks...

Well.. of course unless you're in the entertainment business....

Then your life would be like a sin/cosine graph.

You're well treated at birth, ignored for a while, then gained recognition in the Jackson5, then disappeared til you grew up and started singing thriller, disappeared, got into the news with a skin disease, disappeared, then got into the news again with pedophillia, come back concert and death... and after that... an endless amount of ups and downs..

Come to think of it... I just contradicted myself.... your significance/presence depends on how you live your life. Either you do nothing and disappear to oblivion or do something that will show the world that you exist and not just some other guy/girl

(Temporary) FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!

Done with lab report/presentations.

Done with Chem324 exams

Done with IE305 homework.

and IE305 is cancelled tomorrow.

Finally some free time!!!!

(....which was used almost immediately for a two hour nap)

Lactose intolerancy

Damn this lactose intolerance!!

Stomach's been aching the whole damn day.

Gotta avoid cheeses and milk... T_T

Means avoiding ice cream, cookies, cakes and the like....

Unless I can get my hands on some lactose enzymes

Beauty & The Beast

Referring to Tai's blog...

I sure wish I can finds me a castle and an entourage of talking and singing ornaments to help me find my Belle as well...

Another long day

Gotta finish up Che426 report, finish up IE 305 homework, and study for Chem324 exam tomorrow... but after Thursday... I'm FREE for two weeks~

10/10/10

Happy 10/10/10~

10am, 10th minute, 10th second

Zodiacs

Just posting this since it was in my facebook notes and not on my blog

So if you see/ read some chinese horoscopes, you noticed that they show what kind of chemistry/ love life these animals will have with one another...

Eg. If you're a Rabbit, you'd marry a Sheep/ Boar

See here.... the age difference between those animals are like 4~6 years apart (depending on which zodiac year you're born in)

You're either gonna get a really OLD or a really YOUNG partner if you base your life on this.

PS : I'm born in the year of the TIGER (which is why I have that poster of a Tiger in my room :D

Scams/Viruses/Hacked

People are not aware enough to the dangers of believing everything you see on the internet. So I shall post this again.

Don't fall for scams

MSN Viruses and many alike

Enjoy surfing the internet~

To those that joined the "SONY PLAYSTATION3 GIVEAWAY PROMOTION" group, notice the steps, specifically part 2,
2) On the bottom left of this page there is a little button that says "Share"... Click it, and hit "Share" when it pops up. This allows the Dislike feature to be used on all of your friends' pages.
Seems like a scam to me.
"Dislike button" ? A VERY bad copy and paste. By the way, the Dislike button is a scam too.

Not to mention the rule where you have to invite ALL your friends in order to access a very sketchy website to register. (How is it supposed to know you sent it?)
Do yourselves and all your friends who aren't interested a favor. STOP FALLING FOR SCAMS SUCH AS THESE.

Such scams send spam to your friends; on facebook, on msn, emails and etc. Even worse, it can wipe out everything on your computer by means of a virus.


How about the "I WON'T PAY $$$ TO USE FACEBOOK" group?
Where in the world did you hear that facebook's starting to charge? Do you believe everything on the internet because it is? If a Nigerian prince emailed you that he is going to send you $1million to your bank account will you give him all your bank information? (Well someone was dumb enough to fall for it. Go look it up).

I could've blogged this but instead I'll leave it up here for everyone to read.

PS : If you're a victim of such scams and your peers start asking why you're sending malicious and suspicious links to them,
STOP falling for these scams in the first place
READ my blog and search for 'MSN virus' for more information
CHANGE your password. That should stop bots from sending spam to your friends.

Charity performances

I know of the effort put in and countless hours practicing for the charity events. But if you're doing this for a different reason other than to help the needy, you probably shouldn't perform at all. I'm talking of course about people that takes advantages of others misfortune to gain fortune.

Maybe just like some people who try to hard to sing...

MUSE live setlist

1. "Exogenesis: Sypmhony Part 1 (Overture)"
2. "Uprising"
3. "Knights of Cydonia"
4. "Supermassive Black Hole"
5. "Interlude" + "Hysteria"
6. "Guiding Light"
7. "Nishe" + "United States of Eurasia"
8. "Feeling Good"
9. "MK Jam"
10. "Undisclosed Desires"
11. "Resistance"
12. "Starlight"
13. "Time Is Running Out"
14. "Stockholm Syndrome"

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15. "Plug In Baby"
16. "Take a Bow"

The show was so awesome I've been listening to their live songs since watching them perform live... I don't think I can ever go back tot he normal ones... They perform so much better live. Their music is so much better live. I wanna see them live again....

MUSE live

Watching MUSE live was the best concert experience ever.

More to come. For now I must sleep

Muse in two days

Heading to Minnesota on Tuesday to watch MUSE LIVE!!

Time is running out, Tuesday's Starlight will be the venue for the Knights of Cydonia to Sing for Absolution causing Supermassive Blackholes just like Butterflies and Hurricanes~

Disasters and Me

I leave a disaster almost everywhere I go...

Penang Earthquake tsunami (from the Indonesian Tsunami of 2006) occurred 1 week after I left Penang.

Ames Flood 2008 occurred when immediately after I went back to Malaysia for summer break.

Ames Flood 2010 occurred when I was back in Malaysia for the summer break.

Is this a curse or just a huge coincidence?

Flirtations

Do pick-up lines really work? Lemme try my luck

"Can i take a picture with you? what for? I wanna show santa what I want for Christmas"

Or maybe something a little unorthodox?

"Did you fart? Cause you totally blew me away"

how about something I came up with all these diet routines going around :

"How much can you eat before you realize that you're getting fat? What if I took you to _____(expensive) restaurant for dinner?"

I think the only thing I'll probably get out of that is a slap to the face...

Song of the month Oct 2010

7 posts in one day

Been holding out for these few days since I was too busy watching Dexter

Song : Imitation of Life

Artist : REM

Music video is really amazing. Pan and zoom, forward and reverse over and over again from a 20 second-ish video. Truly a work of art. And the song, very calming IMO

Dear Tarzan/George of the Jungle

Dear Tarzan/George of the Jungle,

That loin cloth you wore all your life will not bear you any kids. Dead animals' skin, not properly sanitized, it's a miracle you still manage to live til you were an adult without much medication and relying solely on your antibodies. What's even more amazing is that you were able to bear kids and at the same time not inflicting any STI's to your dearly beloved. And speaking of your loving and faithful wife, are you sure she isn't cheating on you? As mentioned before I doubt you're able to have any healthy kids... so why does your wife/spouse gave birth to a healthy one? It boggles the mind.

From,

HD FS 276 (Sexual Education) student.

Pastries

As a growing boy, I need my proteins and pastries!!!!

Strudels, danishes, tarts..... garghhhhhh!!!!

I miss Malaysian bakeries and those kuih stalls

Woman, (400th entry)

"You need a woman to tell her she's a woman"

- Some song I heard

Edit : This is my 400th entry

Blood #3 : Bleeding

Nosebleeds... before and after blood donation.

I was hoping that by donating my blood, I can stop these random nosebleeds (I had one the day before donation)...

but this morning it happened again.... So I guess I'm losing more blood than I needed...

Lets just hope I don't faint which I think I was close to yesterday during the lab session.

Was feeling light headed and had to squat down and stand back up again. Not a good sign...

Edit : I'm no stranger when it comes to nosebleeds though it's starting to get frequent and as often as back in April (do a search of nosebleeds on my blog) 2010. The moisturizing saline solution does help a little bit but if I miss not spraying it up my nose, it can lead to a very red day...

Blood #2 : Donation

So I went and donated blood on Wednesday. My first time donating blood. Reading through the brochure, I noticed that people sometimes feel light headed or dizzy after donating blood. Yea I was worried that it might happen to me since I'll be having an exam on that night. Still, I went for it.

Procedure prior to the 'poking' of the veins for blood was rather straight forward. Answer about 48 questions about your health and where you have been. Standard screening procedures. I passed.

I've had needles poked into my arm before and it does sting a bit and for a while but this experience was just torture. The nurse/doctor was having a hard time finding my veins as she 'stabbed' my arm with the needle, took it out and repeated it again. I don't know if the muscle pain I had because I was playing basketball the night before had anything to do with this but it fucking hurts like hell. Probably embarrassing since I was making faces as well while she was 'stabbing' at my muscles.

Finally, she asked for help of another doctor/nurse/helper and got the needle into my veins. The stinging pain was subsided and blood was finally being pumped into the collection bag.

After the donation, there was a bruising on my arm and patterns that resemble herpes... She must've struck some veins unintentionally (I hope) which caused this. As of now, my left arm still hurts. Hopefully because of the bruising/muscle pains and not because of some unwanted infections...

Blood #1 : Dexter

So I started watching this series called "Dexter". Yea, I've heard about it a few years back about some bloody series but all that came to my mind was Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory (A cartoon I liked when I was a kid).

Dexter's about a guy who's an expert forensics scientist who specializes in blood in the day and a serial killer at night. In general, this series can be related closely to Death note as Dexter only kills those who are guilty/killers that escapes the law.

I've just finished the first season in 3 days (12 one hour episodes) from Tuesday til Thursday... Don't know if I should start with season 2... It would be hard for me to stop since the series is well written and leaves the viewers wanting for more information and clues.