Senin, 15 Januari 2018
Somone's very pertinent MSN nick:
'obscene nursery rhymes: 'rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub' (what exactly are they rubbing?)'
Ok, that's it... I'm going to pon class.
I have training every monday night anyway... so yes, I give myself off!... Anyway... LCS is a non-examinable module.
On a darker note
I secretly think that everyone has a dark side. Even the most seemingly innocent of us all. In fact, I think these are the ones that we should be most wary of. Perhaps it's my cynicism talking... too young for that? I don't think so.
Have you ever known someone you thought was this utter angel... only to find out later that she's dating your older brother, your dad, and your maternal grandfather all at the same time? Okay I'm stretching it a little here, maybe just brother and dad lah. More believable. So anyway, you get the picture.
I belive everyone has a dark side. A side we keep away from the rest of the world. A side where shadows run freely an night, without fear of being caught in the light. In the day, these shadows remain hidden, tucked deep into our (sub-)consciousness, depending on what kind of person you are.
I think the silent, dark types are the most dangerous because you least expect them to be the ones shocking you with such sordid details. Then again, maybe this is all part and parcel of life. Everyone has secrets they do not share with the rest of the world. In the event such secrets are thrown into the spotlight, they are branded 'sordid' and 'gossip'.
On the flip side, one can also imagine a party animal - the loudmouthed, attention-seeking girl with big hair and always throwing herself at anything with a dick and a scrotum. Once she's alone, alone with her dark side, she suddenly transforms into a meek, bespectacled geek of a person... Then again, that's her secret. No one is supposed to know.
Why? Why? It's the questions that jumble the facts up... the attempts at analysis that inject sordidity (is this even a word?) into the details. Lurid.
Curiosity killed the cat. But the cats never learn. They keep on questioning. That's the trouble with human beings.
OK People! Poll!
1) Should I celebrate my birthday?
- Yes/No
2) WHY?
3) What kind of celebration do you want?
- Mahjong-House Party (probably BBQ food or your typical fried beehoon and chicken curry type party food)--> boring lah. so common.
A Lawyer, Engineer, and an Accountant are having a conversation on MSN one day...
(Malibu = Lawyer, LeI = Engineer, Daquiri = Accountant)
Malibu | you never fail to make me smile, lei! (Hurhurhur.) says:
accountants very boring also what
LeI | you never fail to make me smile, vic! (wahahaha) says:
not all engineers look as terrible
Daiquiri | you never fail to make me smile! says:
i never say accountnats not nerdy or boring what
LeI | you never fail to make me smile, vic! (wahahaha) says:
i for one is an exception
Daiquiri | you never fail to make me smile! says:
who's i for one?
Daiquiri | you never fail to make me smile! says:
LOL
Daiquiri | you never fail to make me smile! says:
oops.
Daiquiri | you never fail to make me smile! says:
muahahahahahhahaz
LeI | you never fail to make me smile, vic! (wahahaha) says:
u get wat i mean?
LeI | you never fail to make me smile, vic! (wahahaha) says:
accountants...
Malibu | you never fail to make me smile, lei! (Hurhurhur.) says:
WAHAHAHAHHAA
Daiquiri | you never fail to make me smile! says:
...
Being able to laugh at yourself is one of the most important things in life.
Or so said someone famous. So, in accordance with this nugget of wisdom, I shall post a little dumb joke I came across while surfing mrbrown.com (courtesy of Kai who directed me there)
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A lawyer is doing a cross-examination.
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check
for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when
you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive,
nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing
law somewhere.
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On a slightly different note, I just returned from supper w Kai at this Hainanese Curry Rice place somewhere in Hougang... Let me just say that 5 roaches and 2 rats made for the most heart-pounding, scream-inducing, exciting supper ever.
To the General Public:
I Don't Care How Many Freaking Words Your Essay Has!
Who started this stupid trend of putting up the wordcount as an MSN nick anyway?!
Get a freakin' life already! @#$%^&
disclaimer
ok the previous post was more an expression of my frustration at the wasting away of my holidays on a stupid assignment than anything else. nobody should get offended. yes, that includes you, you, you and you.
anywaya, the intensive amount of reading that i've done in the last 24 hours has completely wiped me out. last night i read until my eyes started to water. i gave up at 2.30am pledging to return the next morning renewed and refreshed at 9am. I woke up at 1pm eventually. Gosh. I have no idea why I'm so tired! All I do is sit around reading. Even when I run 5km I don't feel so tired.
i still have a couple thousand more words to think up and churn out. ugh.
hello folks...
like the new look?
-grins-
i was very bored at home today. therefore, i changed the template. ok i know it's not very original but at least it's a change!
'flowers in the window' is the song that best represents my outlook on life, apparently.
i was inspired by the song when i heard it at a dear friend's party recently. let's just say a certain guitarist from a certain band swept me off my feet with his dazzling charms and excellent skills.
not of particular relevance...
but the entry for Seletar in Wiki is pathetic... even worse than the one for Hougang... which according to mrbrown... is already quite bad. i am seriously considering submitting a more comprehensive guide for this 'area in the northeastern corner of Singapore' that i've lived in for the last 15 years. ok on second thought, nah. too much work involved.
ramming, moving and wading into with youthful relish...
as many good public law students should, this particular one (AT myoclonic.blogthing.com) was conscientious enough to pick out a quote by our now much-revered Minister Mentor from the parliamentary debates database, Hansard... This is one (partial) quote, and also my personal favourite for the ease with which it can be taken out of context:
“I moved and waded into the Chief Minister with youthful relish.[..] They gave me openings. I took them and rammed through. The Chief Minister was not one who would take things lying down. He stood up and tried to explain his position.”
– Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore Parliamentary Debates, 6 September 1999, Vol. 79 Col 2343
Let your imagination run wild, folks.
And the Bitch of the Day Award goes to....
With about 2 months left of the school term, all the law 2s have been scurrying around submitting their applications for internships. In my haste (and extreme sleepyness at 3plus in the morning), I made the mistake of sending an application to a certain reputable firm in Singapore to another firm instead. So much for the wonders of Firefox and multi-tabbed web-browsing.
Dear Ms XxxAppended below please find a copy of the email that you sent to us regarding an internship with Dxxx and Nxxx. I believe that you may have sent it to the wrong firm.In the event that you had meant to apply to KxxxxxWxxx for a vacation internship, I regret to inform you that we will not be offering you a place as an intern, and wish you the best in your future endeavours.YoursBitchy Lawyer
Initially, I was extremely irked at the fact that I was being rejected even before I submitted an application. My first reaction: That woman is such a Bitch! I almost took up Lord Loo's suggestion to give her a bitchy reply... something along the lines of 'It was an oversight on my part, I never meant to apply to your firm in the first place.' But you see, I dare not because I'm not a Columbia Law School-going, triple-A grade dean lister like he is... Me is only small fish. And upon further reflection, I suppose I might have done the same if I were in her shoes. Oh well.
detachable penis
Was googling around aimlessly and chanced upon this song by
Primus/King Missile. I think reading the lyrics itself is better than listening
to the song. The tune (or lack of it) just doesn't get me going.
At least the lyrics are funny.
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I woke up this morning
with a bad hangover
and my penis was missing again.
This happens all the time:
it's detachable.
This comes in handy a lot of the time:
I can leave it home
when I think it's going to get me in trouble,
or I can rent it out
when I don't need it.
But now and then I go to a party,
get drunk,
and the next morning I can't for the life of me
remember what I did with it.
First I looked around my apartment
and I couldn't find it
so I called up the place where the party was.
They hadn't seen it either.
I asked them to check the medicine cabinet
(because for some reason I leave it there sometimes)
but not this time.
So I told them if it pops up to let me know.
I called some other people from the party
but they were no help either.
I was starting to get desperate.
I really don't like being without my penis for too long.
It makes me feel like less of a man,
and I really hate having to sit down every time I take a leak.
After a few hours of searching the house
and calling everyone I could think of,
I was starting to get very depressed.
So I went to the Kiev and ate breakfast.
Then as I walked down Second Avenue
towards St. Mark's place where all those
people sell used books and other junk on the street,
I saw my penis lying on a blanket
next to a broken toaster oven.
Some guy was selling it.
I had to buy it off him,
He wanted 22 bucks,
but I talked him down to 17.
I took it home, washed it off, and put it back on.
I was happy again.
Complete.
People sometimes tell me I should get it permanently attached, but,
I don't know. Even though it's sometimes a pain in the ass,
I like having a detachable penis.
Movies I want to Watch...
in no particular order...
1) Lemony' Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events
2) Closer
3) Million Dollar Baby
4) Howl's Moving Castle
5) Team America: World Police
6) A Very Long Engagement
7) Finding Neverland
NB: Michelle Kee please take note.
OK, actually this should not be a big deal.
But it suddenly got me missing Grace a lot!
Yesterday, I was on MSN trying to outwit this mutual friend (let's call him A, for Armpit.) of me and friend X. You know those stupid riddles that people like to ask sometimes, then if you get it right people think that you have a very high IQ? Yeah... anyways... friend A was trying to test me lah. So if you're my friend you would want to help me right?
That's the normal thing to do.
So anyway I got stumped by this particular question after getting the first 3 or 4 correct. So I bluffed friend A that I was talking to my project mate... (stall for time mah!...) and went to ask friend X for help, 'cos I know she likes doing this kind of mental puzzles, and of course, THINKING ALL THIS WHILE THAT SHE WAS MY FRIEND.
But nooooooo... despite my stating beforehand 'don't say I asked you this'... She actually went and told him that I asked her!!!
[At this juncture let me ask you this: I know you how long already and you know him how long huh? This goes to show what nursing a crush on/falling head over heels for someone can do to you... friendships all throw out the window already. Wah lau, my dignity at stake here can.]
OK, nevermind, I can overlook this cos maybe she didn't read that little line beforehand...
Then he asked me another 2 questions I think. Then the second time I got stumped I decided not to ask friend X for help anymore (not sure whether can trust her or not)... SO, I went to Google for the answer. Google is the most powerful tool on the Net nowsadays I tell ya. And I found it in a jiffy.
Then she very proudly gave me the answer for the question I was Googling for.... to which I replied 'No need lah... I Googled for it...' thinking that I could trust her to keep her mouth shut since she already knows what's going on... BUT NOOOOOOOOO.....
Friend X very smartly declared to Friend A (it's the pheromones on overdrive I tell you...) that I WENT TO GOOGLE FOR THE ANSWER!!!
WAH LAU. ULTIMATE BETRAYAL I TELL YOU. Never felt so betrayed in my whole life. Ok lah, maybe except for this particular incident in Sec 1 which left a very big scar on my young impressionable mind. Buy me a Corona and I'll tell you the story. Basically, it really made me value loyalty in relationships. If you betray me once, I'll remember you for life. And your friendship will become worthless to me.
Anyways, it just got me thinking, am I overreacting or what? This is probably a mild (and quite funny) version of betrayal lah. BUT STILL, Would any other friend have done that? So I imagined... and then I realized that if it was Grace, she would straightaway gang up with me and cheat the living daylights out of that bugger who thinks he's so smart lor. How dare anyone bully my best friend! So how come friend X decided not to leh? I decided to forgive her because the real answer is that... Shhhhh... SHE LIKES FRIEND A!
So then, if Grace had liked friend A, would she have done the same? No! 'Cos Grace loves me more than any other guy in the world! Grace!! Where are youuuuu! I miss you!!! Let's go and bully Ed together! I plant candles around your void deck and declare my love for you okay? Then in the middle of the night I call you (when you are out with Ed), and ask you 'Where are you?'... Then we make Ed jealous.... LOL. Tell him Victor your new beau is damn cute and hot.
Girls nowadays ah.... tsk tsk tsk
LeI | my friends are weird. says:
i want to bite u
Vic | Whey... who are you calling weird?!! {Doing Readings, Don't Disturb! Unless ur Kai or Lei} says:
ahahahahahah
Vic | Whey... who are you calling weird?!! {Doing Readings, Don't Disturb! Unless ur Kai or Lei} says:
nonono
Vic | Whey... who are you calling weird?!! {Doing Readings, Don't Disturb! Unless ur Kai or Lei} says:
i'm not turned on by violence... sorry hor
Vic | Whey... who are you calling weird?!! {Doing Readings, Don't Disturb! Unless ur Kai or Lei} says:
maybe u can try on eugene
LeI | my friends are weird. says:
biting is mild
Vic | Whey... who are you calling weird?!! {Doing Readings, Don't Disturb! Unless ur Kai or Lei} says:
ooooooooh!!!
LeI | my friends are weird. says:
too mild for him
Vic | Whey... who are you calling weird?!! {Doing Readings, Don't Disturb! Unless ur Kai or Lei} says:
scandalous!!!
Addicts...
Latest update is on the Mahjong Blog. Refer there for more (explicit) details of Friday night's game.
This blog is a family-friendly blog. Rated U. ^_^
Your Brain is 73.33% Female, 26.67% Male |
Your brain leans female You think with your heart, not your head Sweet and considerate, you are a giver But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you! |
You Are Incredibly Logical |
 Move over Spock - you're the new master of logic You think rationally, clearly, and quickly. A seasoned problem solver, your mind is like a computer! |
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All these have shown that: I am as bored as Kai.
Incredibly wiped out after school today. Just crashed in bed once I got home in the afternoon. Must be yesterday's hectic rush to town and back and then to gardens. Plus waking up super early for a crap lecture on trusts. For someone who doesn't normally take public transport (and in my vocabulary, cabs are not in this category) ... taking 7 buses and 1 train ride was overkill.
List of bus rides:
To town: 96 - 7
From town: Train - 95
To Serangoon from Sch: 151 - 156 - 136
O_0. For those of you who know what I'm like, this is a great achievement.
See kiat, the great lengths I go for your sake man. Tsk tsk, stop dua-ing your sistas for
Out-of-Point Thought of the Day:
Types of Meat should be categorized.
If Pig Meat is called Pork, then
Chicken Meat would be called 'Chock/Chork',
Sheep Meat would be called 'Shock/Shork',
and
Cow Meat would be called.... ?
As Time Goes By
Was looking for lyrics for the song 'As Time Goes By', made famous by the movie 'Casablanca', when I came across this article: No Longer Just a Kiss: As Time Has Gone By
Almost everyone (in the media, that is) is jumping on the same-sex bandwagon, according to the article. Yours truly is guilty of watching the O.C. scenes where Marissa and Alex kiss, but truth be told, I'm not entirely sure if I should be so quick to condemn it as just another tv gimmick. Let me just say that, I bet my last dollar the Singapore censors will never let those scenes be shown on Channel 5, if Season 2 is even shown at all on our sunny shores. I always believe, being a lover of the arts, that all creations (of art) should explore and reflect society as it is. If a show is merely stating a truth in today's world, then I don't see why the 'gah-men' or any other such body should try and cover things up for 'propriety's sake'. It's living in denial. Just like in all the other issues which are too many to touch upon... My point is that Singaporeans are not 3-year-old kids who are unable to judge for themselves. The only reason why g-mental policies work with such success is perhaps attributed to the small size of our country. If we were anything like China, I doubt the Papsters would have such power over the peasantry.
Too many things to say, but unsure if they should be said.
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Am looking for the John Lennon version.... if anyone has it, can you send it to me pleeeease?!!
This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension
Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension
And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed
You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, 'I love you'
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny
Well, it's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
I especially love the first part... which can only be found in the John Lennon version. This song has been sung by Frank Sinatra, Julio Iglesias, Louis Armstrong and even Diana Krall. Actually, the thing about Jazz songs is that they're always being re-sung. Love the timelessness of the lyrics.
For all my weary friends out there... Hang in there folks...
Tough, you think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough
You don't have to put up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
We fight all the time
You and I...that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need...I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more
Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
Sing, you're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me...
Where are we now?
I've got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone...
And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
The best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
'Sometimes you can't make it on your own' by U2
Everyone's feeling the pressure from the looming exams. I should too, but I'm too distracted by stuff I shouldn't be distracted by. To the engin nerds, good luck with tutorials and whatnot... don't burn out too fast... To the smu folks, good luck with project deadlines and quizzes/tests... To the ulu NTU people... I hope your assignments and all get done smoothly and no more bitchy lousy project mates...
Sometimes I wish life could be simpler. I'm easily satisfied. A walk by the beach, the feel of the cool breeze dancing across your cheek, just the feeling of someone special holding your hand... little little things... but they mean so much together.
The trouble with humans is that we are never satisfied. If only we could be satisfed with whatever life's given us... we would lead much happier lives. Treasure what we have now, because we never know if we might lose it tomorrow... and it's better to live life with no regrets, no?
5 Minute Rant of the Day
Ok, I am ashamed to admit that I read more blogs than newspapers nowadays. (cf. mr brown who linked buttermilk's page - today's post)
How can the latest Angus Ross winner have only read 3 novels in the last 2 years?!!?!!! And they were all Dan Brown novels no less!
My Favourite Smart People.
Hello everybody, today I will introduce my favourite smart people in law school. They are...
My Legal Case Studies Group!
from left to right (clockwise from back): adrian (aka the Honourable Lord Loo), shaokai, vic, darius
Note: Shaokai always bullies me. Actually, all 3 of them always bully me. But Shaokai alternates with Darius to be the 'nicest' guy in the group now and then.... there's always this one person, however, who never gets this award... Hmmmmmmmm
the mixed objective test
as devised by Lord E. Chong sitting in the Court of Appeal in the case of PP v Bastard Guy:
The test is this:
If the accused has said hurtful words, by the objective standards of the normal reasonable guy, and he KNOWS that those words are hurtful, and the victim has suffered hurt, then he is guilty under the charge. It does not matter that he does not think that the words he has said are subjectively (translation for non-lawyers: in his own opinion) not hurtful.
Clearly there are three limbs which must be satisfied:
1) the accused has uttered hurtful words; and
2) he has objective knowledge that these words are hurtful; and
3) the victim has suffered hurt.
The actions of the accused have, clearly, satisfied all three limbs and therefore he is guilty of said charges.
True to my lawyerly anality of the English Language...
| English Genius You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 76% Expert! |
| You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on Ok Cupid |
dear everybody
who reads my blog, that is.
i have a secret i wanna share.
You may link me now. HAHA! (okok don't hit me) Okay, for those of you who've known me a little longer than this blog existed, you'd probably know that there was a period when I shut down my blog 'cos I felt it was getting unwanted attention from strange people reading my blog and I felt uncomfortable about this. As a matter of fact, this blog has been shut down and restarted for god knows how many times... let's just say that there's not much historical value left lah.
Actually I have no qualms about people who know me reading my blog... but then again, I'm thinking... blogging by it's very nature is a public activity... no point keeping private blogs unless (1) you don't have money to buy yourself a diary to keep at home or
(2) you don't have enough harddisk space to store all those psychotic personal thoughts on your own computer as word documents...
I really can't think of any more reasons. Anyone?
So then, before I had the chance to really ponder on whether people could link me... my dear friend Lord Loo linked me first. Ok, no need to think anymore. So everybody, go link to your hearts delight, I am no longer irked by phantom readers...
On a related note... I'd appreciate it if people who read my blog post comments or tag me... Inane comments are welcome to... refer to right hand side tagboard for forms and precedents.
(speaking of which... Guanzhen i know you read this... comment lah! Want to laugh at adrian also should laugh together what.... hurhurhur. and yes I know you went to take the english test and went to compare with my results.... =P )
Anyway Adrian, don't worry I'm not pissed or anything about you linking me... it just got me to make a decision i was too lazy to make a long time ago. =D
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Since we are on the topic of favourite internet activities... I just wish to say that... I AM NOW AFRAID OF MSN MESSENGER! My studying productivity level has been on a steady decline due to aforementioned computer application. So from now on, I will only be in 'Appear Offline' mode.... UNLESS I can't resist the urge. Fine, I admit I am weak. Bite me. People who want to jio me for supper... please contact me via other channels.
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HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY Shaunie!!! I hope you had fun... -grins-
The Firm.
With great valour and strength, against all odds, we were never cowed throughout our negotiations.
WARNING: Long entry. Go pee first, grab a snack then sit down & read.
Sorry folks for the recent blogging hiatus but it’s an inevitable consequence once exam period comes around… I know that the ardent fans of this blog have been complaining that I’ve not been blogging but…. AIYAH…
Number One: I’m too lazy
Number Two: No time. I need to study. Even if I haven’t been studying in all this time it doesn’t mean I don’t have to ‘kay. The NEED is still there, which will make blogging very sinful if I spent that time blogging instead of studying. I will not say what else I have been doing instead of studying.
Number Three: Every time I wanna blog I have to click on “Mozilla FireFox” and then type in the address bar 'www.blogger.com' and then…. Errr okay, basically I’m just lazy lah.
SO, ANYWAY,… since I’m here right now I might as well satiate your psychotic thirst for reading other people’s blogs (don’t think I dunno, you, you, you and you… all surfing blogs instead of studing! Some of you even play hundreds of “Solitaire Showdown” instead of studying!
Attention all S.N.A.I.L.S.
Taken shamelessly from Adrian's blog who took it from Shane (whom I never knew had such hidden talents). This version has been edited by Lord Loo.
SNAILS OFFENCES ACT
1. Short Title
This statute may be read as the Snails Offences Act.
2. Interpretation
In this act,
'snails' means students not actually in Law School;
'Law School's facilities' and 'premises' pertain to, but are not limited to, the CJ Koh Law Library (henceforth known as 'the library'), the air-conditioned area outside the library, the Law Classrooms, and the tables around the Law faculty.
3. Definition of SNAILS
Any person who uses or abuses the premises of Law School for his enjoyment without giving priority to Lawyers is a SNAIL. Use and abuse includes, but is not limited to, studying, playing games, occupying space, squatting or disruptive behaviour as defined by s. 5 of this Act.
Illustration 1
X is in arts but does not use the facilities of Law School. X is not a snail.
Illustration 2
Y is a science student. Y walks past the library, and enters through the main doors. Y is not a snail until she sits down on one of the chairs, after which she becomes a snail.
Illustration 3
Z is an engineer. Z sleeps in the library and starts snoring; he is a snail and he is guilty of every offence in this Act.
4. Infringing the personal right to enjoyment of Law School facilities
Any Snail who infringes upon the personal right of a Lawyer to the enjoyment of Law School's facilities, thus depriving him of the use of the facilities, is guilty of an offence, subject to the exceptions listed in s. 6 of this Act.
Illustration
A is a Lawyer, and leaves his belongings in a classroom for the sole purpose of reserving its use for his enjoyment. Another Lawyer B is denied the use of the classroom. A, being a Lawyer, is not guilty under this Act.
4A. Penalty for infringing right to enjoyment
The penalty for this offence is subject to the discretion and pleasure of any Lawyer whose right is infringed by that snail.
5. Disruptive Behaviour of Snails
Disruptive behaviour is any conduct of a snail that reasonably causes a Lawyer to lose concentration, his temper, or causes frustration, irrespective of whether the frustration was uncalled for or otherwise, while that snail is guilty of s. 4 of this Act.
5A. Any Snail who exhibits disruptive behaviour while infringing the right of a Lawyer is subject to the derision of any Lawyer, and the discretion of any Lawyer in the vicinity.
6. Exceptions
No snail is guilty of an offence if:
(a) that snail is a babe, and does not deny a Lawyer access to use of facilites; or
(b) that snail is a companion to any Lawyer, subject to the test of reasonableness
Illustration (a)
Kristin Kreuk is in one of the classrooms. She allows any Lawyer to enter and use the classroom and any article belonging to the classroom, up to and including the chair she might be sitting on. Kristin Kreuk is a snail, but satisfies the requirements under Exception 6(a) and she is not guilty of any offence under this Act. For the purposes of this Act, Kristin Kreuk is a babe.
Illustration (b)
Ronald McDonald and a Lawyer walk into the library. Ronald McDonald's shoes are making alot of noise, disturbing the peace of every Lawyer in the library. He is a snail and is guilty of an offence inasmuch as he is companion to the Lawyer but did not satisfy the test of reasonableness.
I hear you.
Yes Adrian, yes gz... I hear your pleas for more blog updates. Fine fine, I shall write more... see how much I love you people, sacrifice my own sleep time just to satiate your perverse desire to be voyeuristic.
In any case, Adrian, your blog is not 'down' - it's still there... except that it's less, um, 'up'-looking that's all. HAHA. Ok as you can see, the equity paper has more or less drained my brain cells. The quantum of good grey matter left is highly suspect. I wonder if I can sue for something. Hmm. Any ideas?
Suddenly occurring thought: if a number of tutors read Adrian's blog, and my blog was linked on Adrian's blog, does that imply that a number of tutors also read MY blog?!?!?!!???!!!!
Complain Complain Complain
People are starting to complain that I don't blog enough. Ok, actually, they already are... SO ANYWAY, because I couldn't tahan the incessant nagging... I shall once again accommodate you people... Gee. I ought to be paid for this man. My own blog also must succcumb to mass appeal.
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Funny anecdotes of the week (in no particular order):
(Scene: At Eileen's birthday party. Lei & Kai are nuah-ing on the couch. Vic is standing up eating a bowl of konnyaku jelly.)
(Loud, clattering sounds.)
Lei (to Vic): OMG, what is that sound? Do you hear that? Is that what I think it is? (Mahjong.)
Lei scrambles to her feet and cranes her neck to look for the source of the sound... She must have been thinking: it's Mahjong Tiles Colliding Into One Another!
Vic and Lei simultaneously look in the direction of noise only to see....
Eileen's dad pouring ice cubes into the drink dispenser.
Vic laughs until she has to squat down with her bowl of jelly. Anti-climax sia. And yes, it's amazing how mahjong-mad some people can be even though they've been playing mahjong 3 nights in a row. LOL. Truly addicted I say.
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(Scene: Outside Constitutional Law Exam)
Background: Adrian has a theory that if you lose while participating in games of chance, then your good luck will go towards other things like Consitutional Law exams/grades.
Adrian: I hope I lose at Mahjong tonight!
Darius: You're going to regret saying that.
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Adrian proceeds to lose XX dollars at mahjong later that night. (basically he lost everything he started with plus 1 dollar). We were playing 20cent-40cent. Let's hope he Aces his exam. (which i think is very likely, actually.)
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Some other miscellaneous jokes which I can't quite reproduce... only because they are unique to the people who know certain people... lol... like Mr. Anaconda.
BUM
I am a bum. Bum bum. Bum bum bum.
First up, I shall wish Yan a good trip to the States... Come back with nice stuff for everybodeeee!!! Also, a big welcome to Eugene 'the Bear' Yip... please don't stuff yourself with too much Singapore food... Will get fat one. And also, a much anticipated welcome to Wee who's coming back from Perth! Yay!!! Thank god you managed to worm out of France... haha.. but no more LV and Prada! DAMN! And of course, also wanna wish Chris 'Anaconda' Mok a safe and rewarding trip to Shanghai... All the best!
Oh and of course, yours truly is going away on a short getaway to Sydney with her LC babes... YAY! This is going to be SO FUN... we need a video camera man... HOW can we not have a V-cam to record our Aussie trip??? Operation M is going International! LOL. Yeah, must cast our nets far and wide, so that the success rate will be higher. Hurrrrr.
As everyone can so obviously tell, this is an obligatory entry. I really don't have anything in particular that I want to blog about but for the sake of my blog readers not giving up completely on me and my blog, I decided I owed it to you all to put something up. Haha.
Ok lah, that's about it. Back to bumming!
I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaack!
Hello everybody... I just got off the plane... Sydney was fun fun fun... I'll be back to upload pictures soon.... watch this space!
P.s. Who wants Krispy Kreme? Call me ASAP!
BORED AT HOME...................... I MISS marEILEEN MONROE!
The Keys to Your Heart |
You are attracted to good manners and elegance. |
In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved. |
You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change. |
You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic. |
Your ideal relationship is comforting. You crave a relationship where you always feel warmth and love. |
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. |
You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. |
In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted. |
The Coming of Age
It's 5 plus AM on the night of (technically, the day after) my 21st birthday. It's another milestone in my life... and there's no better day than today to note down a few reflections.
My mum is worn out from the birthday preparations, so i volunteered to send my sis to sch for her in the morning. That's in about 20 mins time... at 6 AM. I figured I'd better not sleep if not I think I won't be able to wake up in time. Heh.
whooosh.
2 days on the job and already feeling washed out... I wonder how long I can survive this. It's not that I don't like it... I do... my boss gives me very interesting work... And I know that I'm learning a lot with the cases given to me, there's a satisfaction in learning how the stuff you learnt in year One applies in real life... it's just that... I'm wondering if I can do this for a living.
This is hands-on experience in understanding why lawyers are so stressed out all the time. And maybe also why they charge so much.
Ok, not much I can say now... am glad that there are so many law 2s in the R Pl area... plus Grace who works there too... and Lei and Kai and Cheryl who are starting work at citi soon... no shortage of lunch kakis! -big grin-
Ok back to work! (Yes I brought work home to do)
I know, I know
I haven't been updating much. It's ironic how once the holiday comes and everyone is supposed to have more free time... Nobody updates their blogs! (Except for lousy law interns who sleep in boardrooms and get paid to do nothing
http://www.tigerbeer.us/horoscope/
You are unusually restless and interested in travel, foreign affairs, and higher education. Scientific research may even capture your imagination. You bring your well-known grounded Taurean common sense to all your explorations, whether physical or theoretical, along with an honorary Capricornian logic and ability to see the big picture. You approach a balance of powers in a reasoned and diplomatic way, and you are put off when others behave in ways that strike you as less than rational. You may be learning the hard lessons that life-and humans especially-aren't always predictable, fair, or rational. This has had the benefit of preparing you for some highly illogical situations in life.
You are a rock, grounded by kindness. You bring a sense of optimism to your search for truth, although tempered by a natural reluctance to jump to premature conclusions. You have buoyancy that is not common to most Taureans, and your blend of happiness and wisdom encourages a legion of fans to populate around you wherever you go. An affectionate Aries awakens your hidden fire, and you can engage in safe-but-exciting sex with a cautious Scorpio.
Your greatest challenge is to weigh your caution against your optimism, and your greatest strength is your patient perseverance against all odds.
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I have 'a legion of fans'... MWAHAHAHAHAHA.
'safe-but-exciting sex with a cautious Scorpio'??? No way man... the last 2 (or was it 3?) guys I dated were both(all) Scorpios... no more Scorpios for me! (Unless of course, you are a Scorpio but you are also rich, good-looking and own a nice car and a nice apartment/house)
Helloooooooo my DAH-Lings!!
wahahaha... Ok I'm high on cheap bargains.
Just got off the plane! Spent shitloads of money in HongKong and Shenzhen.
Good food is pretty cheap in HK, the food's not so good in Shenzhen, but the shopping -- oh my gawd the shopping -- more than makes up for it. Too bad I only spent half a day there. Dang. Next time must plan to stay there longer.
Didn't take any pictures so yeah, you'll have to bear with my description lah. Didn't want to look like a tourist and get ripped off by the locals. The Chinese ah... tsk tsk... Cannot trust sia. Your typical Russell Peters-type chinese shopkeeper I tell you. I'm not kidding.
Let me describe a typical shopping scenario in Shenzhen. My friend and I were walking around looking at nothing in particular at first. There are PLENTY of stalls/shops/what have you, selling shoes, bags, clothes, accessories of all types and sizes. Anyway, the place we were walking around is called Dong Men (literally 'East Door'), which is a short walk from the train station at the border between HK and Shenzhen. The key to shopping in China, we realized, is that the further you walk, the cheaper the prices get. As we passed the first DVD shop we went in to check the price -- 12 yuan per piece. Ok, walk some more.... next shop -- 10 yuan. Ok, walk some more... -- the guy offers us a package deal 15 pieces for 100 yuan. (that works out to be about 6.666667 yuan per piece). Never mind.... walk some more into the heart of the shopping area -- 6 per piece.
Another thing about shopping in China. WALK AWAY. This is the golden key to getting prices slashed by as much as 80% of the original price. I'm not kidding you. These people are really desperate to make each and every sale. I picked up a shoe just, you know, to get a closer look, and casually asked for the price.
Female shopkeeper: 120 yuan.
Me: Er, okay. (Puts back on the rack and starts to walk away.)
FS: (In chinese) Ok lah, ok lah, 100 yuan.
ME: (Looks back and shakes head and smiles politely)
FS: 80 yuan! 80 yuan!
I think if I stayed and hung around long enough just barely within earshot, the price would have been slashed to like 40 yuan. Just for you information, the exchange rate is about 1 SGD = 5 Chinese Yuan.
Ok, enough talk, going to bed now. For more inside stories on shopping in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, pls call 987
Bagaholic [Warning: Bimbotic Post Ahead]
I am such a bagaholic.
After coming back from Hong Kong with no less than THREE new bags, and notwithstanding the fact that I still have a brand spanking new Gap bag sitting somewhere in my bag cupboard, I went and bought myself ANOTHER bag today. Yepp yepp yepp. That makes it a grand total of FIVE (5) new bags for myself. I feel faint.
Oh but today's bag.... oooh aaaah oooh... is just sooooooo pretty. Plus, I never had a turquoise/aqua looking bag so today's is a first! Yayy, now I have a bag to match my pretty Bebe top from Aussie.
And it was such a steal I tell you! It's from Nine West... The original price was about 100 bucks... but after 20% off... it was only 76 bucks! for such a pretty bag some more! I always thought Nine West bags would set me back at least a few hundred bucks if I were to buy it. Totally worth it I tell you. And it comes with a cute little matching handphone pouch and card holder and stuff. I felt so broke after coming back from Hong Kong that I originally swore off all shopping. Now I think that's a bit hard lah, considering the GSS is going on and all these tempting prices are screaming out at me.... Plus, I'm only going to be around to savour it for what... a week?!! How can! Must shop till I drop. Haha. =P
Sometimes, life takes the wind out of you when it socks you in the stomach unexpectedly. You're walking down the street one day, whistling to yourself about how life might not be so bad after all, and you go round a corner and suddenly this force comes out of nowhere, hitting you right where it hurts the most. And then. You find yourself wheezing, gasping for air, lying on the sidewalk, feeling a numbing sensation creep over you. And then. Pain. Such intense pain that your entire mind blanks out because the only thing you're capable of focusing on, is the pain. Maybe I've done too many bad things in my life. Maybe this is my punishment.
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It's so common for humans to imagine themselves dying. You know, self-indulgent thoughts whereby you think to yourself, 'What would happen if I die?'... And you fantasize about how many people will cry at your funeral, who will regret this and that... and not doing this and that for you... But when it comes to the crunch, oftentimes we would all rather live on, no matter how bad you THINK life might be for you. Because deep down inside, you know that you're lucky to have what you have. No matter what.
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Sorry for the doom and gloom people. Not in too good a mood now. I've not been updating much I know, but there's not that much to update anyway. Fell sick and all over the weekend... only slowly recovering. My heart seems to have stopped beating.
Hello from brisbane everyone,
The weather here is fine daytime temperature is about 20 degrees celsius… very beautiful, but at night it can drop to as cold as 9 degrees, where I am shivering and just about to die… Lol. Yeah, I cannot tahan cold lah. I’m a tropical girl.
Went shopping recently to Harbourtown… they have super duper cheap stuff! Mambo shop was selling everything inside for $40 and under. Nothing over $40!!!! Crazy sia… if Mambo in Singapore did sth like that, the entire Singapore sure go one. Like Mango Sale. ALSO, They were selling super cheap Roxy, Quiksilver etc stuff… I bought a Billabong Bikini for $39. Damn cheap lah… But must go sew the padding myself I think. So pretty! The bikinis were going for so cheap I almost bought a few more to bring back to sell but I figured I wouldn’t have time to man my auctions booth so scrapped that idea. ALSO ALSO, I bought this pair of UBER COOL shades from DKNY for $99!!! So happy with it. Now I won’t have to fear the glaring rays of the sun while I’m driving to school early in the morning. Actually I was eyeing the Gucci sunnys but they were going for $240, which is not very cheap because Singapore sells them for about the same price I think…. So I didn’t buy. Next year when I’m tired of my DKNYs then I’ll go get Guccis.
So yeah, that’s basically what I did on Saturday…. Went grocery shopping on Sunday… Australian supermarkets are very fun to shop in…
Hmm what else what else…
The law firm that I’m working at recently came up in the local newspapers… They’re defending Woolworth’s in a lawsuit by some townspeople… apparently they want to build a supermarket in this small town (I forgot the name of the town) but the people are protesting because they claim it would destroy this platypus habitat (of about 30 platypuses). Cool huh. Too bad I didn’t get to research this case… I think because I fell sick and didn’t go to work on Friday. So the other research clerks had to do it. Hurhur. Yah I’m a Keng-er. Keng-er-oo. Hurhurhur. OKOk that was lame I know. Couldn’t resist.
Oooh ooh, there’s an Arnott’s biscuit factory near my place so every evening when I walk to the dogs I can smell the fragrant smell of biscuits baking in the air… aaaaaaaahhh…. Imagine all those Tim Tams and whatnots. Must remember to buy more when I go back. Too bad Krispy Kreme only in Sydney though. =(
Ok ok, love you all and will update more soon. Maybe next weekend can go Yum Cha and visit Sara Lee cake factory. Yum yum. Cheesecake anyone?
Everything that ought to be said on the recent NKF-SPH saga has already been said, and the jokes have already been cracked... for more detailed coverage you may click on mrbrown links.
A friend passed me this link today: http://www.rockson.blogspot.com/
It's hilarious. An Ah-beng take on the whole thing. Warning: a lot of crudity though. People with an aversion to swear words do refrain from clicking.
I spent the whole morning in the office yesterday reading transcripts of the cross examination from lexis. (Thanks to Sandra for the tip.) Davinder has once again shown how he's worth every minute of his $1,000 plus per hour legal fees. Can you imagine that... over 1 K per hour! Adrian says he can't even bend down to tie his shoelace if it came loose - it'd be a waste of his time. Ahhhh Davi, marry me please.
Brisbane Baby
Hello guys, I figured it's probably high time I let you in on what I've really been up to here down under. (haha! that was a funny sentence. up down under.)
This is my workplace: The William Buck Centre. Its a really nice building right smack in the middle of the city, about 5 minutes walk from Central train station. I suppose you could liken it to Raffles Place MRT in Singapore. I work on the 14th Floor at Dibbs Abbott Stillman Lawyers. Their website can be found at www.daslaw.com.au if you're curious. My work hours are 8.30am to 5pm (Yes! FIVE-BLOODY-P-M! You'll never get such wonderful working hours in any Singapore law office. Of course, you don't get paid as much too, so that sucks.) I usually leave the office right on time. The other intern (this year 4 guy called Jonathan) is a little more hardworking than me though. He leaves the office at like 7pm or sth... (which is damn late by Australian standards). Poor him cos his boss is also the Managing Partner. Heh. He does a lot of corporate work. I'm in Commercial Litigation but I get to do a bit of Construction Work and some general liti stuff. I also get to do some Admin Law and Aviation policy research. Quite interesting I must say.
Latest update on the latest case that's hit the papers: there's a small town called Maleny which is along the Sunshine Coast stretch (north of Brisbane city). Woolworth's (the supermarket chain, for those who don't know) has bought a piece of land in Maleny and wants to build a supermarket there, and perhaps a small mall or something, as I mentioned in a previous post. I'm involved in the case! Yay! Haha.. no lah, just doing some research for the lawyers involved that's all. People (environmentalists and the like) are campaigning and protesting against the development of Maleny because they say there is a population of about 30 PLATYPUSes living there and building on the site would affect their natural habitat. So yeah, they've been camping on the building site and protesting and refusing to let the builders do their job. It's now known as 'The Platypus Case'. There's this one clown who manage to find a loophole in the law and exploit it. If you want more details about funny things the protestors do, you'll have to ask me personally, I don't think I can post such info up here... Not authorised to do so.. =P. Must be careful what I say in public sia, wait kenna sued how. Maybe you guys can Google for 'Maleny' and see what comes up. Or, as Sandra Phung (the famous one as quoted in the ST) suggests, you could Lexis it. As she says, and I quote, 'Lexis is the new Google.'
Ok, let's see now... My typical day involves getting myself to work (sometimes by train, sometimes I get a lift from my cousin-in-law), grabbing breakfast along the way... my favourite so far is toasted bagel with Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Strawberry Jam. MMMmmmmmMMmmmm. I think I put on like 20 kg ever since I got here. After I knock off, I take the train back, it's about 20mins to my cousin's place, and then bum around and watch tv, have dinner, play with the dogs... and then it's time for bed. Quite a relaxed lifestyle lah. I wouldn't mind living here permanently really, if I had all my friends and family with me. I just need all the important people. =)
Ok this post is long enough... will blog more another day. Still have to tell you guys about how I tried to go find this Singaporean restaurant (owned by my friend's auntie) and yeah, that was also the day Jonathan and I had dinner with Yunsong, and other miscellaneous stuff that I've experienced. P.s. Lots of cute guys in my office!
Why is it that we feel some sort of gratification when we see or hear about others suffering/feeling upset in general?
I'm not talking about the plight of the homeless or the starving children in Africa. I'm talking about people whom we know... from the interactions in our day-to-day lives. The prevalence of the blog, and the increased use of it as an online journal, a virtual wall where we can create our own graffiti... has seen many blogs which complain and whine and show outward displays of emotional turmoil, grief and what have you. And let's face it, if that person is a person you 'kind-of-know-but-don't-really-know', and you read about his/her troubles through a peephole in this internet wall of anonymity, there IS, sometimes (though you would die first before you admitted this in public), this secret glee/voyeuristic joy you derive from knowing that this person is going through a crap period in his/her life. I'm not sure if there is a logical explanation for it though. Which is what I'm trying to figure out with this blog entry...
I suppose you could look at it in the same light as the tabloid newspapers and the gossip magazines which splash features on celebrities' lifestyles and the latest news on who's sleeping with whom and who just broke up with who and which celebrity is so devastated that her husband left her for another woman (who is also a celebrity). AND WORSE, he's adopting a kid with her!.... And yadda yadda yadda... you get the drift. Is it the same thing?
In any case, this phenomenon has led to the shut down of many blogs... people who feel that their lives aren't private anymore blah blah blah... to which my only answer is: If that's how you feel, then why blog about your innermost thoughts in the first place? Blogs were never meant to be private. Whatever you decide to put out there for the world to see, be prepared for its consequences.
Things I Have Noticed in Australia
1. I went to the Conrad Treasury Casino last night. There is a sign that says 'Do not leave children unattended in vehicles' beside the Car Park lift entrance. Apparently, there ARE people in this world who are so obsessed with gambling that they leave their children in the cars while they game.
2. In the Casino... the House always wins. My first time in a Casino! Haha... went to observe and look-see look-see. Very interesting I must say. All the scenes from 'Shuang Tian Zhi Zun' and 'God of Gambling' etc shows come to mind. 9 out of 10 times, according to my observations, the House will win. By the way, a plate of Singapore Noodles at Cafe 21 (a restaurant in the Casino itself) costs 25 whopping Australian dollars. That equivalent amount in Singapore can buy me about 10 plates of Fried Hokkien Mee at Chomp Chomp in Serangoon Gardens and still leave me with change to buy myself a cup of Teh Peng.
3. Yunsong wants to acquire an Australian accent by the time he finishes exchange here.
So Long, Farewell, Auf Weidhersen, Goodbye.
As the days draw nearer to the start of term, I bid adieu to all my friends who are embarking on their exchange programmes. May you all have a wonderful time abroad... take lots of pictures, have lots of fun... and make sure you come back with lots of stories to tell. And for those of you who have blogs, I'll be expecting you all to BLOG REGULARLY to keep me updated on your happenings. So many of you out there! It's your responsibility to maintain a source of information I can go to so as to know how you are doing. Understand?!! Understand??!!!! UNDERSTAND?!!!!!! GOOD.
Ahsenglogy Quote of the Day
(After a couple of beers.)
I think it's a tradition... (that) NTU people are just ugly and boring....
Okay, NTU people, you can go and bash Ah Seng up.
I want to complain - Part Deux
ALEX TOH PANG SAI made me and Adrian go and watch The Wedding Crashers with him. We originally wanted to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... BUT because SOMEONE already promised to watch with his girlfriend, AND did not want to watch it twice... so we had to give in to him. WAH LAU. The movie made me regret being born and having the ability to see.
This is how bad it was.
10 minutes into the movie and I was like, 'Is there a point to this movie?'
Adrian: I hope so.
Alex: (laughs.)
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Halfway through I saw Adrian using a piece of tissue on his face so I turned and asked him, 'Is the movie so bad that you're crying?'
Adrian: No, I'm just so bored that I'm squeezing my pimples.
Alex: (laughs.)
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And, at intermittent periods, I would turn towards Alex and threaten to kill and maim him and cook soup with his decapitated body parts and feed them to the dogs.
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SO. Please, please, please, DO NOT EVER WATCH IT. Unless you're being paid to, or you have some masochistic urge to damage your eyesight.
Exhausted.
I have had a whirlwind of a weekend.
The main events include:
1) Law School Fright Night on Friday night... which coincided with the 1st day of the Hungry Ghost Festival and several people were spooked here and there... I refuse to tell ghost stories here.
2) On Saturday - A minor incident/dispute regarding my dad's car and another couple's silver toyota altis. WAH LAU i tell you, cannot believe that such people exist. The couple MAD one okay. I'm too tired to relate the whole story here but suffice to say, this incident took up my entire Saturday afternoon, and I only managed to have lunch at about 4pm. (Hence, dinner at 9pm.) Totally screwed up my meal pattern. Ended the day with severe gastric pain.
3) Began Sunday with a holy start by going for mass in the morning with the entire family. Then spent the second half of the day at the Cycle & Carriage showroom. Tiring sia. Came home and concussed at 6pm.
Anybody want to play mahjong on National Day in the daytime? Addicts?
HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!
Happy birthday Singapore... you've reached the prime age of 40 years old!
According to Kai, in 10 years time, Singapore would be half a decade old. (And we would all be lau kok kok by then.)
OK, real school kicks in tomorrow.... more studying and less blogging from now on!
(Unless I'm procrastinating again.)
WARNING: THIS ENTRY MAY CAUSE YOU SEVERE HEAD DAMAGE
I remember a few days ago Adrian complained to me over lunch that after he read my entry about the shift of power between couples, he wanted to go and bang his head against the wall for having wasted several minutes of his life reading that post. He also thinks that several of his brain cells have been destroyed as a result of a reading of that post. I tell you now, that is nothing compared to what you are about to read. The following is an extract from a post of a (probably teenage) girl, who is probably still in secondary school, and going through much angst. Still, I'm sure there are secondary school girls out there who can write much more intelligent posts. You have been warned. Here goes:
SEXY SALLY
OH MY GOSH.
today i was like SO sick, and i couldn't like get up?
yeah because i had a really bad sore throat?
and i missed the people in school like so much? yeah, totally.
i hate school , NOT.
and and ohmy gosh!
i went to the docs, he said i over-exert?
yeah yeah, maybe not.
anyway, he was SO hot.
then i did maths? cool huh (:
i like SO SO love maths.
not.
i re-did my maths just as ray suggested?
i am SOOO good (:
yeah, i bet my GIRLFRIENDS missed me too? right?
RIGHT.
oh my my , i think i sound diferent. ugh, might be my lipgloss.
they are like totally wrong today!
oh, somebody remind me to put on my new sexy pink one next week for my oral exam (:
because i lost my voice ):
sorry, i guess my headache got me a little cranky. (:
And like, do I have a brain? Like, my lipgloss killed a few brain cells? And like, why do all my statements end in a question even when they're not supposed to?
I always wondered to myself why my brother (who is currently 16) is still single and doesn't seem to be doing any active chasing of girls. I finally understood why today. If all the girls whom he hangs out with are like that... it's no wonder he isn't expending any energy chasing them. He's already using up a lot of strength trying not to throttle girls like these to shut up.
Incidentally, the titlebar of her blog says 'my style is like a chemical spill'.
Go ahead, laugh your head off.
The Wealth Effect
As always, when it is time for me to sit down properly and study and do some proper work, I will somehow find myself back here. There is some scientific theory here, I'm just not smart enough to put my finger on it just yet. Smartypants out there, please post your postulations.
On an unrelated note, I will now make known to the world the noble reasons, the greater purpose behind the activity that I so often partake in which has caused me to be greatly misunderstood on several occasions -- cab taking.
Why is it that V takes cabs more than the average singaporean?
The answer, my friend, is in Economics.
Those of you who have taken Economics at A Level would know what I am talking about. However, because I am so nice, I will endeavour to explain this to the ignorant.
You see, the more you spend, the more the economy can grow, which benefits the total wealth of the economy. In essence, the entire country's total wealth increases, because of what you have spent as an individual. When I spend more on cabs, my money goes to the cab driver, who now has money to sustain his living, he has that little bit of money more to spend on maintaining his cab, buying food and paying the bills for his household. This increased spending then translates into increased sales from the businesses he patronises. Altogether, there is an aggregate effect -- called aggregate spending, which will have macroeconomic implications. WHA--?!
Let me explain.
Now that there is increased consumer spending, the economy will now chug along just a little faster. There is now increased demand in all sectors of the economy, e.g. service sector, retail sector... etc. More good are demanded. Hence, there will be more jobs created to cope for the increased demand in these sectors of the economy. Therefore, my little act of spending money has solved many UNEMPLOYMENT problems in the economy.
With the increased total output of the economy, the country's total assets will now have increased. This means that the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has now risen. In layspeak, it means that the country is now WEALTHIER.
So you see, with my single act of taking a cab, I have done my part as a Singaporean and helped the economy achieve two very noble goals: DECREASE UNEMPLOYMENT and MADE SINGAPORE RICHER.
Are you of the Giant Teapot Faith?
Constitutional Law enthusiasts, here is something for you to chew upon. (or chortle, whichever takes your fancy.) Taken from BBC NEWS:
Malaysia sect detainees test law
BBC News, Kuala Lumpur
Two Malaysians charged with belonging to a deviant religious sect are applying to test the nation's guarantees of religious freedom.There are among a number of people arrested at the home of an inter-faith group known as the Sky Kingdom.
The group's leader says he was sent by God, and preaches religious tolerance.
The pair argue that they had renounced Islam, and therefore did not break an edict banning Muslims from associating with the group.
Religious choice
Known as much for building a giant teapot structure as for its teachings, the Sky Kingdom has often been criticised for luring adherents away from Islam.
Police moved in to the group's compound in the state of Terengganu in early July, and arrested 21 people.
All were charged in an Islamic court with breaking a fatwa, an edict issued by the state's Islamic authorities.
Two of them are now set to challenge that charge by arguing that they had renounced their faith.
They have applied for a hearing before Malaysia's federal court - a secular body to test Article 11 of the country's constitution which allows citizens to profess and practise the religion of their choice.
However, in the past, secular judges have dodged the issue of whether Muslims are allowed to change religion, by referring cases back to Islamic courts.
They in turn have ruled that defendants are only trying to leave their religion to evade Islamic justice.
International dimension
There is strong resistance among Muslims the world over to allowing anyone to leave the faith.
However an Islamic court has already made an exception in this case, for a New Zealand citizen who was among those arrested at the Sky Kingdom.
Judges accepted her assertion that her conversion to Islam was connected with her marriage and that she remained a Christian in her heart.
The ruling neatly avoided turning an otherwise local matter into an international incident.
Of the other detainees from the sect, 17 pleaded not guilty and opted for trial before an Islamic court.
One pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year's religious rehabilitation under the guidance of local Islamic officials.
P.s. the caption for the picture reads 'A large teapot dominates the Sky Kingdom.'
I propose the Law Faculty take all its students on a Consitutional Law Field Trip to Terengganu.
A's attempt at poetics.
During Evidence tutorial today, A decided to make an attempt at poetry after he realized that I have a promising career alternative as an Economist (see entry below on 'The Wealth Effect' for explanation). Apparently, he has a flair for poetry... according to him. Let's have a look at a couple of his works...
My lecturer, Tyemon Say.
Is actually, not gay.
So don't play play.
Other(wise) as an MP, he make you pay and pay.
So everyone, don't anyhow say.
Tyemon Say is not gay.
The above was inspired by my gushing of a certain professor in law (who doesn't teach me, by the way) but whom I have heard much about... and I think he's a cool prof ever since I read some of his opinions in the parliamentary reports for Consti Law last academic year. So anyway, I would like to disclaim all liability of any inferences which anyone thinks can be made because the above was composed in jest, good faith and not by me.
And then of course, he decided to look to himself for inspiration:
A is single,
he is not ready to mingle.
He is ready to wait,
though at this rate,
he won't marry,
till he's old and hairy.
And because A is so proud of his above accomplishments, he begged of me to publish these poems on my blog and put his big name up:
A | gay as a bird says:
so wat do you think? if i dont make it as a lawyer one day, can i make it as a poet?
okay, pls pls pls dont put my name.
thanks very much.
Vic says:
LOL
Vic says:
i will just put A can
A | gay as a bird says:
if you do, i will take the next flight back to singapore.
A | gay as a bird says:
and personally slay you.
Because I'm such a nice friend and am not willing to see A expend money in order to commit murder, I will not put up his name. But most of you should know who he is lah, hor. Hurhurhur.
A Lesson in Kanji
I was browsing the shelves of BORDERS the other day at Wheelock Place with Kai because she wanted to look for Japanese textbooks. It just so happened that I picked up a book which teaches you how to write Kanji, and explains the origins of the words to you via pictures.
Lesson #1:
'Mu 3'
This means mother in Chinese. Kanji uses a lot of Chinese words... so the idea is roughly the same.
Now, class, where did the origin of the word come from? Take a guess.
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Your mummy's nipples! LOL.
For those of you with super laser sharp eyesight, you would have caught the English caption above which reads 'A woman's nipples become dark during motherhood.'
Ok, next. Lesson #2: 'Mei3' as in 'Mei3 Ge4 Ren2' -- 'Everyone'
For the less adept at Chinese... it looks like this: 每
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The english explanation reads: Every person has a mother.
See the little man running above his mother's nipples? LOL.
Lesson #3: Xiong1 - 胸
(Author's note: I have no idea how these people think man.)
Book: Across your heart bra supports fleshy breasts.
(Me: .......................)
Lesson #4: Ba1 - 巴
This is one of my personal favourites. Now class, can you guess the origin of this word?
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Book: This element means buttocks.
Dang! Why didn't my chinese language teachers teach me this?! I'm sure it would have stuck in my memory all those years spent memorizing this and that for Chinese tests.
Lesson #5: Ba3 - 把
Once again, I wonder how the people who wrote this book think.
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A hand grasps a buttocks.
Arigato Gozaimasu!
I miss...
secondary school days...
JC days...
laughing insanely at nothing at all...
hockey days...
orange bowl in st nick's canteen...
the wantons with the very sour chilli sauce and black sauce chicken...
malay food in vj canteen...
the adrenaline rush of every hockey match...
the scorching 4km runs to east coast park and back every training...
skipping lecture to sleep on the orange couches in the library and getting 'tsked' at by the malay librarian, 'Nasi Padang', and after a while she gives up seeing how tired you are...
qiu lian ban mian for dinner at parkway parade basement food court...
the discovery of bubble tea and breadtalk...
nokia 8310s of different colours all in a line...
clubbing for the first time at Orange in borrowed clothes, and leaving before 12 after having just 1 drink...
intense mahjong sessions till 6am and going home to sleep just when the schoolkids are about to go to school...
the innocence of youth.
YAH LAH I KNOW LAH.
I have not been blogging.
Well, that's mainly because... erm... I'm lazy.
Anyway, this is for all you exchange students out there who are hard up on mahjong... I highly recommend this game. I know it's not exactly like the real thing but it's the best you can get for free... Also, it has accompanied me through many hours of work during my temp days. Enjoy!
http://www.mjclub.com/Games/Browser/
The Theory of the 7th Month
As most of you know, the Hungry Ghost Festival has officially come to an end by midnight tonight. Today is the last day of the 7th Month of the Lunar Calendar and the general belief is that the Gates of Hell close today. My dad is a Buddhist, and so before I went out today he reminded me to come home before 12 midnight because he was burning joss and paper money or something along those lines. Now, as most of you know, I don't really believe in such superstitions but I conform out of respect for my Dad's religion.
So, as I was driving back home today (at 11pm), I was speculating as to exactly WHY did I have to be home by midnight? My friends (whom I was giving a lift back) said that it's because the Gates of Hell close today and the hungry ghosts who are unwilling to go back to Hell will seek souls to possess.
So my question is, if let's say I go home at 12 midnight, can I come out again after 12?
Hurhur. I know, many of you are slapping your foreheads going, wah lau... nocturnal sia... incorrigible lah this girl...
I mean, if the Gates of Hell close at 12 midnight, then doesn't it mean that all the ghosts would have gone back to Hell already? So there's nothing to fear if you go out after 12 right?
Then my friend said, 'Well, if that's the case then we shouldn't even be going home now because now is rush hour for the ghosts... All of them are rushing back to Hell right now! If we go home too then we'll bump into them...' And yes, that theory makes sense too if you think about it. So do the ghosts take time to get back to hell or is it the case whereby at 12 sharp they all go
How To Make a Good Weepy Korean Drama Serial (The Basic Ingredients)
1. Memory Loss (due to car accident) and/or Being Separated for Several Years
Either the male Lead or the female Lead must lose his/her memory. And usually, this memory loss is brought on by the impact of running into the pathway of a speeding car. After which, this person will seem to vanish from the face of the earth and be presumed to be either missing or dead... only to appear again several years later with a different identity. This is usually part of the conniving scheme of the evil stepmother/revenge-seeking mother/evil somebody.
2. Terminal Disease
No decent, self-respecting weepy Korean drama serial can do without either the male or female lead contracting a terminal disease. This is usually brain cancer or eye cancer or some kind of malignant tumour in the body (usually head area). The idea of love triumphing even death is very touching.
In Other News
The latest assignment question is out for a certain number of year 3s. It is about this guy who is charged with outrage of modesty of a young woman. Part of it reads 'Further the psychiatrist would also be prepared to testify that R
Faith.
Faith. It is a word for what is unreasonable. If a man believes in an unreasonable thing, that is faith.
Original Composition
Okay Sandy, this is your belated birthday present from me (to be honest I actually thought of this way earlier but then had no time to put it up):
There was a pretty girl named Sandy
Who looked very good in a bikini
She flew off to Canada
In a supersized bra
And will now be missed regularly.
Lol. I know i know, my limerick skills are much to be desired. Happy belated birthday Sandy!
So who is my rocky road ice cream?
| You Are Vanilla Ice Cream |
 You go well with anyone and fit into any situation. You are most compatible with rocky road ice cream. |
Star.
Flash presentation - 摘星: http://cw6.so-net.net.tw/kokoro/star.html
Only for the proficient in chinese! If not it'll all just be gibberish.
I shamelessly looted this off a friend's site... (Yes you know who you are. The reason is because your blog is so obscure that I think it would be a waste not to share this meaningful link with the masses.)
Okay maybe the rest of you might not find it meaningful, but I'm a sucker for weepy drama tearduct-engaging tv serials stuff so that's why I like this.
Excerpt:
失去，也是一种笃定。
就算拥有的时光，是那么短暂；
能够无怨无悔地为一个人付出，就是幸福。
（吴若权著）
Don't Give Up On Me
Hello friends, foes, flora and fauna. I am back once again.
My apologies for this long disappearance but I have been busy procrastinating over a certain 2,800 word assignment which, I should tell you, is incredibly difficult to procrastinate over.
I have been indulging fervently in Naruto the Japanese anime series about a little ninja boy and his friends and it is seriously very addictive. I have spent the last 3-4 days or so fervently watching all 114 episodes currently in my possession (since the rest is still with my trusty supplier). The best description of me is that I have 'walked fire into demon', literally translated from Chinese. In addition, I must announce that I am in love.
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My new love interest is called Hatake Kakashi who is Naruto's teacher in the series. AHAHA. Got you there, didn't I? All you kaypoh queens and noseyparkers. LOL. Anyway, he seriously IS very cute for a cartoon character. Sigh. If only I could see the rest of his face under that mask. I would die happy.
Because I am so apologetic, I shall dedicate this great song to all of you. I first heard it in an episode of the O.C. when Sandy sang it to his wife Kirsten in the second season. A really good oldie:
If I fall short, if I don't make the grades
If your expectations aren't met in me today
There is always tomorrow, or tomorrow night
Hang in there baby, sooner or later
I know I'll get it right,
Please, don't give up on me
Oh please don't give up on me
I know its late, late in the game
But my feelings, my true feelings
Haven't changed
Here in my heart
I know, I know I was wrong, wrong wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
I'd like to make a mends for the love that I never, ever, ever, ever shown
Just don't give up on me, every word is true
I'll give you my everything, all of my love,all of my love, all of my love love love
Just don't give up on me
Oh please, please, please
Don't give up on me.
You know it's exam season again...
when you start reading a lot of blog posts about people bitching. This is just an observation but whoa! You can practically see smoke coming out of the person's ears. While I can see the logic of why they are ranting, and I also understand that each blog is that person's private space, sometimes it's just easier to live and let live. Aaaanyway, anyhoo, let me reiterate that that was just an observation. Now, this is a public service announcement to all innocent people out there to steer clear of everybody's way. Tread carefully for fear of stepping on someone's toes, albeit inadvertantly. People should wear placards saying, 'I am grumpy. Get lost.' Then we would know. Hurhur. I know I know, you're probably thinking that I am talking rubbish. (and I probably am, hur.) Well, you have been warned.
Random musings:
To sandy -- I agree with your take on Xiaxue. It is SOOO true.
To A -- I was lying in bed last night and I had an epiphany! -- You're not called Lord Loo for nothing.
it's kind of a double-edged sword...
this whole blogging thing. On the one hand, it's a bit of cyberspace (gosh, do people still use this word? it's almost retro!) that you sort of have freedom of expression over. On the other hand, because of its very nature of being public, you are limited in expressing yourself freely. I guess it's a balance that everyone who publishes online will have to find themselves. It makes the whole issue of bitching a bitch though.
When love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous,
it is not pompous,
it is not inflated,
it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered,
it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
-- 1 Cor 13:4-7.
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