On Holiday! ^o^

Hey guys~

I'll be gone on holiday for the week :3 Happy Chinese New Year~ XD

Sadly I wont be blogging until sometime next week ;w; I'll be gone in some tropical wilderness that has no internet (that's not my house LOL)

See ya :D Have a nice holiday~ ^O^

(if you desperately want to read something, you can always read my older entries.. XP)

The Studious Girl

Almost everyone that goes (or went) to school would know the studious girl. Though nobody really knows for sure how they exactly came into existence. Most studious girls are an enigma to their school friends as the only things most people seem to know about them is that they're really smart, score really well, are very responsible, hardworking, and... studies in their free time? Gee, I don't know.. I was too busy asking her the answers for our homework.. ^^;

Studious girls are also the victims of the clark-kent-superman syndrome, where if they remove their glasses (and/or studious demeanor),  they stand out supremely and attract lots of attention. It's only natural that these girls then get tons of guys lining up after them, not to mention that there are many (sick) guys who like studious (and obedient) looking girls to begin with :D;

Unfortunately, most guys get blown away by the extreme coldness of a studious girl (in the relationship department, most studious girls are shyly friendly and nice people overall ^^). The natural reaction to this is to conclude that "ah.. she's been buried in books all her life, she doesn't really know how to handle relationships.. and so she's also a little blunt.. It's okay! I'll try harder next time!!"

Hold your horses, boy. While that's often the case, there's a lot more to it. Studious girls are not stupid.. lol duh I mean, they're not living under a rock. They're more than capable of understanding about relationships and very often, they actually realize it if boys are 'going after' them. The real reason why studious girls are extremely cold towards relationships (usually), is because they don't even need it.

Most studies[1] indicate that studious girls are generally very mature and think a lot about their studies and their career, leaving little, if no time for frivolous dating and relationships. Of course, if the right opportunity[2] comes up, they'd be more than able to recognize it and there are many cases of studious girls with successful relationships. I'd also like to add that studious girls are not all stuffy and boring, no, they do know how to have fun like you and me, it's just that know when to have fun and when to.. do other (more important) stuff :P

In a relationship, studious girls are very mature and often think ahead in terms of the health and sustainability of their relationship. In some cases, she might have a very definite and clear idea of what a relationship should be, and will do her best to reinforce / live up to it. It's not an easy task to argue with a studious girl as her maturity helps her back up all her arguments sufficiently and logically. In the same vein, it takes logic and maturity to get your points across to her ^^

Basically, studious girls are pretty open and friendly girls to begin with ^^ the biggest mistake one could make is to assume that they're (social) recluses or live under a rock. It's important to get to know them more instead of asking for the answers for homework.The biggest barrier to getting to know (and understanding) studious girls is the assumption that they only thing you have in common in studies or homework (and who likes to talk about that?). They are not supplementary books, they have interests like you and me~ (though some might be geekier than others :P) don't judge a book by it's cover ;P

[1] Siew, K. (2021) People I haven't met and what they didn't tell me. Journal of Totally Made Up Stuff  9(3), 14-36

[2] That is, if she meets a mature and suitable guy. Emphasis on 'mature'

An apology to academics (that lack tact)

So I openly proclaimed how I was totally against (most) academics for being elitist because they produce totally unreadable manuscripts or journals that serve as a barrier to entry for aspiring students.

looks like a wrestler lol

Until I recently got re-acquainted with (translated works of) fellow great  French philosopher-sociolinguist-historian Michel Foucault (which does not look like what I'd expect him to look like at all).

Quick intro. This guy writes in extremely long sentences, most of them confusing. From the little that I've read, the structure of his sentences can be reduced to; a topic statement, followed by elaboration and tons (and I mean tons) of examples (to the point that by the time you're done reading the sentence, you had to go back to the beginning to see what he was originally talking about).

Notable reviews from colleague of mine that were succinctly put include; "This is the first time I've read a passage where I know the words, but the words don't know me." and "I've never read a journal where I know the meaning of each word, but I have no idea what he's talking about."

And these colleagues of mine are (supposed to be) scholars, so these words that they know a out? Most of the people (that would be classified as laymen) have zero idea of. 'Bombastic' words, as most put it.

It doesn't help that it is often impossible to get at what Foucault is trying to say, "What is his stand?" most will ask. Ah, asking that is the deadliest question and the surest way to fail in reading Foucault. One cannot indulge in the preconditioned inclination that all of us try to comfortably slide back into that is the pursuit of a 'purpose' or a 'conclusion'.

What this (bald) guy's writing does, (in my opinion,) is not to tell you something or to teach you a nugget of his knowledge, no. What ideally would happen is it would raise questions, thus promoting thinking in the reader. It makes you think and question everything! (transforming you into a five year old philosopher) Something I myself strive to do in my writing (which.. makes me think if I'm doing selective reading and seeing what I want to see.. realizing my own 'agenda'.. but that, is another long grandmother story of its own :P)

*rereads everything* ..okay, what I was trying to say (before I went off on a completely different tangent,) is that I owe this (bald!) guy, and probably many other guys I didn't give a damn to research, an apology. They might very well be elitist, but at least I don't think it's right to jump the gun and call the kettle black :(

Because I realized...

...That I write in the exact same way LOL

Sorry guys :P Guess I'm a black dark-skinned pot, huh. And also, apologies to all the readers who have been echoing "TL;DR" all the time ^o^; Is my 'English' that difficult to understand? Or am I unbelievably long winded and unstructured? 

Do let me know okay~ I value feedback very very much (because it boosts my ego so <3) ..that's what's the reply option is for, right? ^o^v

*P.S. - I didn't really feel guilty about calling people (I don't know shit about) elitist. I just really ran out of ideas for what to post today and decided to feature a (bald) philosopher on my blog ;P Thanks for reading~

Listlessness v_v

list·less Adjective   /ˈlis(t)lis/

- (of a person or their manner) Lacking energy or enthusiasm
- personified by the emoticon v_v

How does one rid themselves of listlessness?

Simple, get some lists done! ^_^

*bricked* XP

Seriously, getting some lists to line out what you're going to do would greatly improve your motivation~

I waste tons of time everyday rolling around on my bed and lazing around trying to decide what to do next. "Should I wash my clothes? I feel like eating now though." "Maybe I should go downstairs and update my blogs earlier today so I can wake up early tomorrow~ but I wanna watch a few more episodes of this.." "Hmm.. maybe I should take a nap.." and before you know it, I wasted five hours doing nothing much and feeling pretty listless in the end ^^;

Of course, figuring this out is realy really easy. The hard part begins when you actually begin making lists! Most people feel listless to make lists v_v;

Luckily for you, I have three simple tips for making lists;

A Study on Ideas

Good ideas are those that have halos on their heads and dedicate their lives to serve towards the betterment of everything in general. :)

Bad ideas are those that have horns on their heads and try their best to achieve their selfish goals which have nothing to do with the betterment of anything in general. :(

The end ^o^

Hobbies

Our elders were not joking when they said that its important to have hobbies. I found that hobbies keep one sane, happy, and most importantly, motivated to live *_*

Before one decides on what kind of hobbies one should have, it is important to understand what exactly 'hobbies' mean.

 

Crosspost Feature: Dolphins!

This post originally ran on my livejournal last Thursday~ yes, while I was supposed to be off on holiday from blogging, I go ahead and write the longest post I've written in weeks v__v Irony is me.

Its half story-idea half what-if with bits of national geographic peppered into it *_* I was quite impressed with how it turned out (gosh, I sound so full of myself bwahahaha v__v;;) I hope you'd have a good time reading and imagining~ :D

The Emotional Boy

not to be confused with the emo-kid.

The emotional boy is a peculiar kind of person. On one hand, he's as normal as you and me, but on the other, he does things that we would normally be too embarrassed to even remember doing.

When one looks upon an emotional boy, one would normally see a attractive looking boy. Emphasis on the boy part. Emotional boys are usually youthful looking and have very boyish and pretty boy looks, in contrast to the chiseled weathered manly look or the rugged, bad boy look.

Emotional boys usually seem lonely due to their nature to skew towards being loners. This is mainly due to their inherent nature to be shy, reserved, or a combination of both. They usually bottle up their feelings and keep everything to themselves. 

Many a girl (and guy) have fallen pray to the natural parental instinct of wanting to protect and befriend these delicate creatures, but many have failed miserable due to the lack of comprehension between the two parties that is so required for a healthy relationship :(

In a relationship, emotional boys are extremely caring and loving, giving their partners extreme amounts of attention and care - because subconsciously, they want expect to be treated the same way. Emotional boys are often hopeless romantics and have a strong idea of how a relationship is supposed to be, resulting in tremendous amounts of expectations.

One can liken emotional boys to glass bottles, beautiful and fragile. They loves to store things inside them, but shatter dramatically when under enough pressure. Their shattered fragments easily hurt those that are close to them, and cut deep wounds in those who try to embrace them. 

If one would be interested in getting close to an emotional boy, keep in mind his fragility and most importantly, try your best to understand his expectations as well as learn to recognize when he's bottling things inside him. Enough patience and experience will teach you how to exactly handle one with care and have a successful relationship ^_^

Hey spambots,

you guys always spam my chatbox right, so often that I actually think that I can consider you guys as friends... ^_^

So tell me, do ads and spamming really pay well?

I've been making it a point to blog every weekday and its starting to feel like a job. So I thought, might as well make some money off it, right?

So yeah, how do you make money out of blogging? @_@ Is it really viable? or are those just scams and hoaxes trying to siphon money off my (non-existent) credit card?


...I bet the spambots won't layan me at all. They seem like the type of friends that are always there when they need you but miraculously go missing whenever you need them :P

Oh yeah, Happy Thaipusam to anyone celebrating it *O* Public holiday~ Whee~~ which means...

* * Blogger off duty due to public holiday, BBL * *

^o^/

On your deathbed

Once upon a time, there was a young man that had only 4 months left to live. Half of his life had been spent combating his illness, and when he found out that he was going to die anyway, he did not despair and wanted to make the best out of the remaining month of his life.

The day after he found out he was about to die, a new nurse was transferred to the hospital he was in. It was as if she was glowing amidst the depressing background of the hospital. She was beautiful with pale skin and a bright smile, plus she was kind to all the patients she served and listened to them empathetically.

That night, he had trouble sleeping. The new nurse realized this and tried to comfort him. He spoke to her about his plans to do things he always wished he had done, at least something meaningful to everyone, maybe leave a mark in the world.. but nothing seemed... satisfying to him. It's hard to be optimistic when you're facing death, and the truth is he can't think of anything else without getting scared. It was then that she told him these words;

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Death.

The most terrifying thing ever to happen to us humans.

Isn't it?

I know a way to make death bearable - good, even.

Its pretty simple, actually.

All you have to do, is fuck up your life. Real bad. Horribly.

Then when you die, you won't gasp for your last breath. Instead, you'll sigh a sigh of relief~

You'll be happy that its all over.

All that shit? All that problems? All that suffering?

Gone.

Phew.

Now, who said doing the wrong thing is bad?

Doing the right thing is bad! Because when the time comes you'll feel sad and it would be hard to part with whatever you've earned and gained in life!

So don't you ever worry about doing the wrong thing anymore, just do whatever you want.

If it turns out to be something right, then you'll be happy now (Heres a tip: Enjoy it! - before its too late).

It it turns out to be something wrong, don't be sad - it'll be something you'll be relieved to leave behind once you're dead!

We're all gonna die someday, so why worry and dread its coming? I say we should invest in this opportunity.

There's really no good or bad in the world, its just whether we'll suffer now and be happy later.. or be happy now and suffer later.

Being able to enjoy life is to be able to happy all the time.

And what better way to do that than to relax and you do whatever you want? Don't worry about the consequences, because you won't need to be around to face them anyway.

How to get free entertainment

I've become really impressed with how the YouTube community works, especially the fact that people can actually make a living off making videos on YouTube *_* awesome. I would love to do that for a living, but I lack the skills nor the looks to be successful there.. but that's another story ^_^ (note to self)

So I've been toying with the idea of making the television industry obsolete by redirecting all entertainment content to the internet! ^o^ after all, with the state of youth nowadays, most of them don't even watch TV anymore. The only monitors watched are computer monitors~ TV is only used for console games and for higher resolution when watching videos from the computer :P

But how do people make money from the internet? Advertisements, that's how. Oh, advertisements are such a taboo word, always the most annoying thing disrupting one's enjoyment and people (celebrities, youtube or otherwise) associated with it are sellouts, money minded, sold their souls to the devil. -_-

I don't know about you, but I actually am one of the minority that enjoys watching advertisements. I've always found the methods of influencing and persuading customers immensely fascinating *_* Not to mention some advertisements are more entertaining than certain shows! (Seriously, go look up Thai ads, they're ridiculously hilarious)

My interests aside, advertisements are also a great source of income for celebrities. Did you know that some commercials pay more than a role in a drama? At lot of celebrities would fight for the opportunity to be in commercials~ and not only for the money, but for the snowballing recognition it provides to both the celebrity and the brand :D

Advertisers are the main source of income for the broadcasting industry (I think), TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, even the internet are mainly sponsored by advertisements. How do these advertisers get so much money, anyway? I don't know, but keeping them in business requires little to no effort on the audience's (our) part. 

We don't even need to buy the items advertised (okay, not really true, in a long-term sense, if nobody buys an advertised item the advertising company will go bankrupt and.. yeah. Anyways.) The fact that the audience watches the advertisements already guarantees payment. This can be measured online by the number of hits a page/video gets, which is how the rate of payment is calculated for online advertisements (I think). Hmm, maybe this is the way it's done for television stations too..

So all this talk about advertisements is just to underline the fact that advertisements aren't the bad, brain-washing, money-stealing things that they're made out to be. I'm sure viewers have brains to decide.. :P and more importantly, with the freedom and ease to broadcast via the internet (youtube, blogs, etc), anyone can go into broadcasting/entertainment and can make a living out of it without having to resort to agencies and all sorts of middle people.

I'm always a big fan for fair opportunities and people making full use of their talents. I love the fact that so many talented people get recognized via YouTube. If the internet did not exist, these people would not get their chance if they didn't get stumbled upon by some casting agency. Its also great because now it'll be less of a luck factor and it rewards hard work and perseverance *_*

While getting rid of a middle-man agency or main regulating station might mean absolute chaos and disorganization, I think it's actually way better that way. While everything being chaotic, it makes it so that only the best entertainers will rise to the top, beating all competition due to only merits and not broadcast time, monopolies, or other politics related to being under a regulating body. It also gives the audience the complete freedom of choice~

And the viewer can enjoy all of this for free, on their laptop/PC/mac/etc wherever and whenever...there is an internet connection ^_~ (oh the irony, this being condoned by someone how doesn't even have internet)

Mmmmmmmond-d-d-day~!

(Sung to the tune of mmmmonster kill~!)

Wassup girls. Another week, another monday. Great week ahead :D Unless your week starts on Sunday, then too bad for you!

So I'm a filthy downloader, and I know lots of you are, too. Wanna see something hillarious? XD

sorry to all who don't understand Malay. btw, am I at risk of being caught or fined because of this?

LOL right?

For those too dense or lack the billingual facilities, the joke is in the fact that "file" in Malay is "fail".. and when it says "Muat turun fail sekarang", it reads like "download fail now" (to me). I got shocked at how the download failed before it begun a few times when I first saw this, and laughed like an idiot afterwards XD

The Malay language is so hillarious la, seriously. It never fails to amuse me. For example in the petrol station, I'm always amused by the fact that the pump labeled "Air" can really mean both water and air.. Because it has air for the tires and water to... wash your hands? lol XD talk about multipurpose labeling~

So yeah, don't let your Mondays be mundane. All you need is a little creativity (or some loose screws) and you can see things that'll cheer you up all over the place ^__^ have a nice week~ enjoy working~ XD (says the person that is currently unemployed and enjoying waking up at 4pm everyday <3)

Youtube Tuesday~

Hello ^o^

Today I'm gonna introduce you to youtube personalities the vlogbrothers *o* Which comprise of John and Hank Green, really awesome people :D Both are really funny and interesting personalities that are really really talented and funny T^T I'm so envious of them...

 (click me)

 John Green is a really awesome author (among many other things). I know this because I watch his videos and can see his methods of storytelling, heck, even the way he talks can really make people want to listen to him and enjoy whatever he says~ Of course, I haven't read a single book that he has written... :P *note to self - look for this guy's books next time* T_T
 

Hank Green is a talented songwriter, among many other things. I know this because he can write songs about almost anything and make them entertaining. That and the fact that he knows so much about words that I'm ashamed to be even associated with being a linguist T_T






aaanyways, do check them out, they're really awesome people ^o^ They post new videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ^o^ Hope you like them~

Motivational Monday

The general consensus is that people feel unmotivated on Mondays because nobody's gears have really started turning and everyone's really sluggish and all.. so today I'll attempt to write something motivational on Monday~! ...which will end in about an hour or so -_-

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Have you ever made something?

It can be anything, something made out of lego, a drawing of your favourite thing, a love letter, hate mail, homework, instant noodles, bla bla bla...

*half an hour later*

...ahem. Sorry. Yes, everyone has made something. Even if the only thing you've made in your life is poop, you've made something!

Do you ever think to yourself, "is this good enough?" 

"Did I do a good enough job?" 

"Will this be accepted?"

If you've thought of any or all of such questions     regarding your poop, that would be really... funny ^o^; haha ha ha..

..often times, after I've made something, I wonder if it was good enough and worry if it is up to standards. In fact, I've wondered about this so much (as I've made a lot of things *cough* every morning in fact.. eee) that I've eventually solved the question!

To everyone that wants to do their best at something, the best way to do so is to judge it according to your own standards. If you think it's good, it'll be good. If you think it's bad, no matter how good people say it is, it's bad.

Now I'd like to give a word of caution, if you're a person that easily settles for mediocrity, this might not work for you. Take note that this is based on my own line of thinking where I am constantly my harshest critic and I set an impossibly high standard for everything I do... not that I live up to it XP; long story short, I'm the type of guy who says he's bad at everything and everything he does sucks.

You might already know about this and are going 'che -o-', but if you don't, this is the kind of thing that seems obvious but really isn't and when it is pointed out, it clicks and you go ":O! why didn't I think of that~". I've yet to come up with a proper term to describe this phenomenon... but aaanyways

When I post stuff on my blog, unless I'm rushing off, I often re-read the contents that blogpost. On one hand, it's just good proofreading, but on the other hand, I'm also seeing if it's up to standard. There are a few blogposts that got terminated immediately or didn't even get posted because of this.. Even now, the existance of this very blogpost is balancing on a tip of a knife (or as we say in Malaysia, like an egg balancing on a tip of the bull's horn.. wah that's a roundabout way to say it) because I'm not really sure how to relay what little motivational information I have for you.

So the next time you make something, take a look at it yourself. Re-read that essay that you're about to submit. Taste that dish that you're about to feed to someone else. Think about how .. ok I have no idea what demographic reads my blog so I'll stop with the examples here -_-

You really don't have to worry about what other people will think of it, because according to my experience, oftentimes their opinions will be consistent with your own opinion! 

There are days that I wake up and look at myself in the mirror while brushing my teeth and I narcissistically think to myself "Hey, I look good today!" (experts have now determined this to be due to the phenomena that is the Good Hair Day) and during that day, I have a lot more confidence in everything I do~ whilst if I look bad that day (a.k.a Bad Hair Day + didn't shave) I'm a lot more reserved and the day often ends pretty gloomily for me...

The same can be said for my blogposts. Some of them I reread and go "..what the heck is this" but just let it slide because I spent like two years writing it. Those posts get no love.. whilst there are a few posts that I reread and actually laugh to myself (I really love my own brand of humor.. XP) and more often than not, those posts generate a really good response ^o^

So basically I'm saying that you don't really have to worry about what other people think when you make something. The only person's opinion you have to worry about is your own! Everyone else will just magically follow suit~!

...or will they? Of course, nothing is certain in life, and there are always those annoying corner cases that always rise to prove any sort of attempt at generalisation wrong. Sometimes you're infinitely proud of that masterpiece that you've created but it gets shot down by some pompous asshole that thinks it 'sucks'. :(

What do we do about that? We should obviously not give a shit damn shit damn (I can't decide which is better, sorry) about what they think! If you think you did a good job, it means you tried your best! And nobody can say otherwise ^__^b Good job! *gives you a pat on the back*

Of course, you'll have to be brutally honest with yourself about this. Don't ever lie to yourself, that's just setting yourself up for disaster. If you know what you made wasn't up to your own standards, then you won't get cocky if it somehow meets other people's (lower) standards, and will try to do better in the future~ and if that pompous asshole tries to look down on you for your half-assed work, you won't feel as offended because its just facts, man. No worries, you'll show them next time, when you do a full-assed job! ...wait.

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..*rereads*.....wait a minute, how is this even motivational?! ARGH *flips table* (/-O-)/~~~ ||___||

Hey guys

Happy new year *O*

k bye