Saturday, June 24, 2006

Life's simple pleasures

Yet another meme. I feel very bored. >_>

Name 10 of life's simple pleasures that you like most, and then pick 10 people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used.

In no particular order:

1. Walking against the wind (Windwalk >_>)
2. Stargazing
3. Lying in the grass
4. Singing in the rain
5. Watching others happy
6. Observing the little things
7. Looking up at the sky
8. A nice cup of tea
9. A good conversation
10. Hearing the silence

And people wonder why I don't talk that much. >_>

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Riezz and the Teacher

Student: Teacher, I have to ask for an extension to my work.

Teacher: But why? It is the June Holidays. Surely you must have had much time to have completed the work which was not much to begin with. (Surely, indeed, 20 is a small number you are perfectly capable of handling?)

Student: But ma'am, I have had activities for school, activities that take up time, activities that use up whatever remains of that which I must use for my work. Three weeks of the four I have been given are gone already, and that final is split into segments, segments ever so fragmented, just like my mind. Surely I cannot be expected to have such concentration to do my homework effectively in a day, and remember the ideas I plan out a week from now when my next temporal peace comes?

Teacher: Pure balderdash! Surely you must understand that I, as a teacher, am prone to far tighter schedules, far more unreasonable deadlines, far more stressful nights and days for me to complete my tasks. I am most certain that you are capable of doing the 20 that you have been given my me to complete in that one week you have for work.

Student: But the twenty you have given me has only been from you. Surely there are other teachers? Surely there is other work to be done? If other teachers had given as much work as you I may very well have more than a hundred pieces of work to pass up to everyone, teacher. Surely you are being somewhat unreasonable to ask of me to pass up my homework, knowing well that you have been the only teacher to give so much homework to the rest of the students? I still have other work, ma'am, and I doubt that I could finish your work alone during these so-called holidays with only 1 week of true peace inside, let alone carry the burden and stress placed upon me by other teachers.

Teacher: What does not kill you can only make you stronger, student. If there are ten more pieces of work given by other teachers you must merely complete them all, by hook or by crook. If there are twenty, do likewise. If there are thirty, do likewise. Do you not understand by this point? This cannot kill you. It can only make you stronger. You will understand that in time it is through acceptance and stress that one survives in our current world. My work is here to guide you through to that world, that one which you may very well consider more cruel than your current, but also one which I very well consider more realistic than your current.

Student: Ma'am, it may not kill us, but bringing us to the point that we may very choose so is not such a good choice either, is it? Even before the holidays have started we have all lamented at the huge amount of work you have placed upon us. Is that not an apparant sign that-

Teacher: Already you have admitted that you have had more time to carry out your work than you stated you had! You certainly did not just have these allegedly fragmented days to work, you had every hour after school, after clubs and CCAs, after UYO and drills, after remedials and tuitions, after gatherings and meetings, to carry out your work! Time is what you make of it. Surely you have procrastinated much. If you had spent every hour optimistically thinking that you could finish a part of the work and headed towards a goal instead of instantly crying in defeat and asking for an easier opponent or challenge, you may very well not be complaining or lamenting in front of me right now. Tell me, what have you done during these breaks apart from doing homework?

Student: Well, I have been going out to the arcade with my friends, going out to watch movies with them, going out to the local LAN centre to play DotA with them, and maybe head to the badminton court at times too...

Teacher: Then student, are these not recreational activities that are not embraced nor needed within our work ethics? Surely you could have spent this time doing homework instead. Holidays are holidays, but one must complete the work set out for him in that time as well.

Student: Ma'am, one must complete the work set out for him during the holidays, but before that the holidays must be holidays first! Surely you jest when you say that this time I spend for my precious friendships should be forgone and forfeited, instead using said time for meaningless work that makes me nothing but a more efficient worker in tomorrow's society? I still care for my friends, ma'am, and I still care for my holidays.

Teacher: What is this 'friends' and 'holidays' that you so overly obsess about? Surely you understand by now that those are but euphemisms, synonyms for words which when used immature children like you would not tolerate nor accept. Your friends of today are only going to be your colleagues, workmates, fellow sufferees in this web of life, and nothing more. Your holidays will soon be non-existent, as they already are going to soon become. Treasure the time you have left not by having fun, for then it will fly and soon be gone. Treasure it instead by doing work, for then you will learn your lessons, spend your time slowly, and ready yourself up for tomorrow's challenges. You have not understood true stress, child. When you become an adult you will understand what stress is. And when you become an adult you will thank me for readying you for the stress you will face in the world. Do your work, student, or your holidays will end without any being done.

Student: If I do, ma'am, my holidays would have ended before it could begin. It has been too long since you have understood and felt what a holiday was like. You have been bound by these chains for too long and have forgotten what it felt like to fly.

Teacher: And I am afraid soon the case will be for you too. You must learn that you cannot hate the chains that bind you. It is only through Stockholm's that you will survive in the world. Embrace your stress, child, or you may never get the chance to do so.

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A simple question. Who would you embrace and sympathize with?

(Despite similarities, Teacher is not anyone. And if you think that Student is me, you are dreadfully wrong. Both are just creations. But somehow I doubt Mel nor Sis would get that >_>)

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Random meme

#1 Full name? Herrick Ong
#2 Name backwards? Gno Kcirreh. Uh.
#3 Were you named after anyone? Nope
#4 Meaning of name? Herrick: War-general or something like that. Zhi Ping: Peacekeeper. >_>
#5 Nickname? Self-given or other-given? >_> Demel Riezz Herr Demelong Hewwickysaurus (Ever courtesy of Darrell >_>)
#6 Screen name? Demel/Jokerus2001
#7 Date of birth? 1st Aug 1991
#8 Place of birth:? Kuanyewland
#9 Nationality? Kuanyewese
#10 Current location? Home
#11 Star sign? Leo. Saber ;_;
#12 Religion? Christian
#13 Height? 171-2 or so
#14 Weight? 60-61?
#15 Shoe size? 8.5
#16 Hair colour? Black
#17 Eye colour? Black/Dark brown. I don't note. Probably the former though >_>
#18 What do you look like? Me
#19 Innie or outie? Either
#20 Righty, lefty, or ambidextrous? Lefty
#21 Gay, straight, bi, or other? Straight
#22 Best friends? Might as well say group >_> Klow Kwong Jarr SZ Gid ZQ Mike JY at current thoughts. Maybe I forgot some >_>
#23 Best friend you trust the most? Not much to trust with in the first place
#24 Favourite pals: SZ Cleon Kwong Jarr
#25 Best friends of the opposite sex? Uh. Mel/Wensi >_> Si Jia/Hui Yun/Jia Yun (Actually everyone here's more of an acquaintance >_>)
#26 Best buddies? SZ Cleon Kwong
#27 Boyfriend or girlfriend? None
#28 Crush? None (What >_>)
#29 Parents? Both
#30 Worst enemy: None really.
#31 Favorite on-line guys? JY SZ Cleon
#32 Favorite on-line girls? Mel/Wensi >_>
#33 Funniest friend? More than enough
#34 Craziest friend? More than... wait, SZ
#35 Advice friend? More than enough
#36 Loudest friend? Gid / Zhang
#37 Person you cry with? Demel
#38 Any sisters? chgong >_>
#39 Any brothers? Gwin >_>
#40 Any pets? Kitty. Used to have alot more
#41 A disease? Left handedness doesn't count right
#42 A pager? No
#43 A personal phone line? No
#44 A cell phone? Yes
#45 A lava lamp? No
#46 A pool or hot tub? Not anymore
#47 A car? Toyota Camry 1.6 I believe. Not sure on the 1.6 part
#48 Personality? Uh, everything
#49 Driving? Meh. Daytonas only
#50 Car or one you want? Lamborghini Diablo/Murcielago
#51 Room? Fair enough
#52 What's missing? Me
#53 School? ACSI
#54 Bed? Single bed, matress. Used to have queen-size airbed, meh =#55 Relationship with your parents? Mom is good, Dad is meh
#56 Believe in yourself: Quite well
#57 Do you believe in love at first sight? Nope
#58 Consider yourself a good listener: Nope
#60 Get along with your parents? Somewhat
#61 Save your e-mail conversations? MSN Plus does it anyway
#62 Pray? Yeah
#63 Believe in reincarnation? Heaven
#64 Like to make fun of people? Hurt them at times, but yeah
#65 Like to talk on the phone? Despise
#66 Want to get married? Not sure
#67 Like to drive? Daytona >_>
#68 Get motion sickness? Nope
#69 Eat the stems of broccoli? Yeah
#70 Eat chicken fingers with a fork? Chicken fingers is?
#71 Dream in color? I'd like my dreams to be sepia, personally. But yeah colour
#72 Type with your fingers on home row? Yeah, but my thumbs aren't on spacebar
#73 Sleep with a stuffed animal? 60, and I can name almost all I've given names to >_>
#74 Right next to you? No one
#75 On the walls of your room? Slam Dunk poster, Air con, not much else
#76 On your mouse pad? Mouse >_>
#77 Your dream car? Lamborghini Diablo/Murcielago
#78 Your dream date? Any date that is peaceful and serene
#79 Your dream honeymoon spot? Multiple
#80 Your dream husband or wife? Dunno
#81 Your bedtime? 11.30-12 midnight
#82 Under your bed? Floor
#83 The single most important question? Why?
#84 Your bad time of the day? None in particular
#85 Your worst fears? Dislikes, but not many fears. Most are horror-related I guess.
#86 The weather is? Ever breezy
#87 The time? Midnight
#88 The date? 18 1/2 June
#89 The best trick you ever played on someone? None really
#90 The weirdest food or drink that you like? None in particular. I'm rather normal
#91 Theme song? Terra - FF9
#92 The hardest thing about growing up? Turning into an adult
#93 Your funniest experience? My existence suffice
#94 Your scariest moment? Seeing JK beat me at B4U Heavy
#95 The silliest thing you've said? Hmm
#96 The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex? I replied to them when they said something
#97 The scariest thing that's ever happened while with your friend(s)? Saw JK play DDR
#98 The worst feeling in the world? Angst
#99 The best feeling in the world? Serenity
#100 5 people to do this quiz? Hmm

I wonder why I did that. Probably because I could. >_>

Saturday, June 17, 2006

3rd Week

偶然じゃない 二人出会えたのは
ずっと前から決まってた運命

目を閉じるたび 空を見上げるたび
幻ようなあの日々が蘇る
虹は進むたび遠くなる
だけど歩くよ このまま

私には見える君との明日が
君にもわかるよ いつだってそう
必ず守るよ 約束したから
悲しい時にはそばにいたいよ

偶然じゃない 二人出会えたのは
ずっと前から夢見てた運命

- Fate/Stay Night Final ED (Name not stated =\)

Just finished Fate/Stay Night It's definitely been a nice show to watch (<3 Ilya and Saber). And it's also a nice change from the immense retardedness of Suzumiya Haruhi (I can't take too much random at one shot. Which is also why I haven't started on book two of that Plue thingammo). The ending is very serene, something you never see when you play things like *ahem* Final Fantasy *ahem* Kingdom Hearts *ahem* Any darn game Squaresoft/Enix makes >_> It was much like Wild Arms 4 and Chrno Crusade in terms of the ending. Sad nonetheless ;_;

Still wondering about what anime to watch next. Haruhi is ending soon as well, so =\. Considering G-SEED Stargazer's a 3-ep series like Astray instead of an actual series, doubt that'd be any replacement. Maybe Eureka 7? Or maybe School Rumble 2, haha. Meh. Ll'think about that later.

Tsukihime the manga looks pretty nice. Certainly more gory than whatever I've been reading (Slightly worse than FMA/Flame of Recca), but just like what Cleon said, it's not deserving of the M18 rating. Oh well. Doubt I'd be able to read Book 2 nor 3 anytime soon.

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I've asked my mom whether she opposed to me learning about philosophy when I was in university. She was fine with it. That makes my father (Giving sis the benefit of the doubt as I don't talk to her much >_>) the sole member to actually oppose me in choosing philosophy as a course in university. With that in light I'm reconsidering whether to hold off persuing philo as a master's instead of taking it earlier. I mean, I don't know what conditions must be met for taking philo at master's level, and I can't be sure if I even get the chance to take anything at master's level. So now, what should I do? Heeding any advice from my father is not much of an option, considering that behaviour like his is what killed philosophy in the first place. It's like telling someone not to do something because no one else does it. And why does no one else do it? Because they were told not to do it. Someone has to bloody break the cycle one of these days.

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Term is starting again in one week. Damn, time really passes when you have camps. >_> Oh well, might as well relax for the chalet. Since I'm no person who likes to LAN I'm sure to have some free time off. Might as well do some work then haha. >_>

Ng Yew Hong is staying in ACSI till the end of the year. Pretty grateful for that. Klow however has not made any mention of this whatsoever and is continuing to angst. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. >_>

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Sam showed me the Student's NKJV Bible today. I commented that this could either be a very good book or a rather problematic one, and that the book might have problems on two issues. He told me to not question but rather accept. Then I told him if people did that, I'd be dead. He didn't get why, so I shook my left hand. He still didn't get it. >_>

Sometimes, Kwong, you shouldn't take things for granted. Had this been a few centuries past I wouldn't be here talking to you ;)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Committee Camp

Back from committee camp 2006. Definitely going to be the best camp I went for this year.

Since some of the stuff is confidential, I shall stick to the cooler stuff of the camp.

*Playing truth or uhh truth*
SZ: Sir what's your favourite pokemon
SZ: Sir what's your favourite digimon
Everyone else: SHUT UP LAH SHEU ZHI

*During TOC*
SZ: Assume 2-man formation!
Ming Hao, Lester, KWong assume 2-man formation except for SZ
SZ: Samula!
*They move back into position and then assume 2-man formation correctly*
SZ: Number 2 and 4, move past the obstacle!
Ming Hao and Lester: OK! *runs past obstacle and jumps around* No.1 what next?
SZ: Come back come back
SZ: Number 3, move past the obstacle!
Kevin: *Holding one end of the stretcher* I'm number 3!!!
Ming Hao and Lester: Number 3 go! Number 3 go!
SZ: Wait, Number 2 and 4 go support Kevin!
Ming Hao and Lester: KEVIN KEVIN ARE YOU ALRIGHT
J Ang, Swami and I: SZ, ask Number 2 and 4 to support Kevin's end of the stretcher
SZ: *Kena pressured by Ming Hao, Lester, Kwong and everyone around laughing at him*
SZ: TEAM LISTEN UP
Ming Hao and Lester: YES IC!
Us: *dies*

*Commanding*
KWong: SQUAD SEDIA!!!!!!!!!
Sirs: *nod* Go up
KWong: Yay, *skip skip skip*

(And yes you must hear him command. It's scary. He can actually do it. o_O)

K.Ho: Ezra, your turn
Ezra: BARIS, DAHAC SEDIA, SEDIA! 2-3-Up
K.Ho: Eh, don't do timing lah. Nevermind, go up. Herrick, your turn
Herrick: BARIS, DAHAC SEDIA, SEDIA! 2-3-Up
K.Ho: YOU STAY THERE!
Herrick: ;_;

K.Ho: Herrick, your turn again
Herrick: SQUAD, KEKANAN PUSING!...
K.Ho: Hey, that was pretty
Herrick: ...turn-check
K.Ho: YOU STAY THERE!
Herrick: ;_;

There are more, but they are generally confidential. >_>

I shall blog again soon; my body is still aching quite badly from camp.