almost

it really seems like my brain is going on a steady decline, becoming more and more inactive as the days pass. think it's due to the lack of needing to think. maybe school wasn't that bad for me after all. at least 3 more months before my brain resumes it's function, but i fear that irreversible damage would have occured by then.

christmas is coming.
dear santa, i wish for world peace.
sounds too familiar for comfort. miss universe taught me that. but then, world peace is probably the best thing that anyone could wish for, though extremely unimaginative. don't really think it's their fault though. god gave then beauty (well, at least for some of them) and thus can't possibly give them intelligence as well, could he? since then they would be perfect, and no one can be perfect. maybe except me.

and from this theory, i would believe that the recent singaporean contestant for the miss world competition posseses a fair amount of intelligence, since she obviously has no beauty. or perhaps she has already been compensated with big boobs, thus resulting in a very bad combination of ugly face, zero intelligence and big breasts.

so i wonder what made the 'judges' or whatever blind boob-followers pick her to represent singapore? it is in my belif that such a person would only attract the interest of a blind and deaf man, as he is unable to see her ugly face nor hear her retarded gurgling. what he is able to do is feel her large breasts. however, as said man is blind and deaf, he wouldn't be watching television, and so is unable to vote for her to become miss world 2004. so then, as you can now see, this woman would probably not be able to garner much support as her potential supporters do not even know of her existence.

so the conclusion is a sad one. the judges are stupid, miss contestant is stupid, and people that believe that big boobs can overcome all other bodily defects are stupid.

firefox

finally made myself un-lazy enough to download and install firefox. yay. no more internet explorer.

anyway, i just came to realise that blogging with firefox sucks. or maybe it's just my damn configurations.


by the way, realised that if your blog is getting rational hate mail, then it shouldn't be doing all that bad, since saying things like "tan ah kow is a fukking retard. LOLZ!!!11!1" would only get you hate mail to the extent of "u go die la! u then retard!!1!1!11"

so since considering the hate mail recieved is more or less legible and appear to be written by someone who is literate, then your posts should be somewhat up to standard, i suppose.

not that i know of any hate mail, since no one reads my blog. whatever.

god has many users

yes. god has many users. people are using god (in all religions) as some kind of sure-fire plan to get through the gateways of heaven. perhaps they're not actually gauranteed a place in heaven, but at least they have some sort of chance.

to put it very crudely, and i'm hoping i won't be getting any bad karma for this, it's like kissing your manager's ass for a promotion. but the thing is, how many people would still continue kissing mr. manager's ass if he was demoted to janitor? don't think so, right?

then similarly (the christian belif to be used for all examples for the sake of simplicity) , lets say satan somehow managed to overthrow god and take over his place in heaven and then relegate god and all his followers to hell to suffer for eternity, while the evil-doers and ex-hell dwellers enjoy their afterlife in heaven. i know many of you are saying it's not possible, but it's just an example. so then, how many of these loyal christians would still continue their undying support of god, knowing that if they do, they will be benished to suffer in hell for eternity? i guess very very VERY few would do so.

so it is now established that people are making use of god, in all his/her forms in all religions, in hope of a better afterlife. after all, our existence on earth is but a split second compared with they eternity of afterlife.

IF these people claim they are not using god, then why else would they blindly put faith in a religion(s) that has never been proved in any way?

i once read a christian 'handbook' of sorts, and in the faq section, there was the universal question of "if god created us, who created god?" and the 'answer' was "do not question god's existance, blah blah," which basically translates to "sorry, i have no idea, please don't ask me." the fact is, no one knows.

christians say they follow what the bible says because it's the truth. but please be reminded, the bible is only right because it says so. if i tell you to believe in witchcraft just because the harry potter books are right, would you follow what i say? probably not. then what makes the bible any different from harry potter? both are books, both are written by humans, both are widely read. oh, then they say the bible was written by people who were under god's influence. but i can also tell you that j.k. rowling wrote her books under god's influence.

then, there are perhaps 20,000 religions out there, what makes you think that the ONE you chose is THE ONE? why not believe in a religion which has one follower, who conincedently is the high priest, god's messenger and cleaner of the church all in one? what makes one religion more credible than another? nothing.

see? it again proves that all this blind belif in religion is done only because the user thinks that he can enter heaven through his support of god.

i do believe that there IS a god(s), be it a greek goddess or some aztec sun god, for i think that earthly existence is too damn short to be the whole of a person's existence. there HAS to be something else after you're clinically certified deaaad. perhaps a person's best bet is to believe in all and pray to all forms and types of gods he can find. after all, it is much easier to hit your target with 100 out of the 20,000 gods to choose from, rather than having odds of 1 in 20,000. then again, people have been known to strike lottery, which has lesser odds of winning than 1 in 20,000 (i suppose). so, stick to what you believe in and pray and pray. and when you're done praying, pray that you're not praying to a non-existant entity.

god bless china

from sg.yahoo.com.

china is tightening regulations to prevent television commercials with "inappropriate content" from going on air following an uproar over a "blasphemous" nike ad.

the state administration of radio, film and television (sarft) was working on new regulations concerning "design, image, taste and possible psychological impact on viewers" of advertising, xinhua news agency said.

large numbers of advertisements produced by overseas companies are broadcast in china, and many of them "neglect cultural diversities between the east and west, often leading to misunderstandings," sarft deputy director ren qian said.

the review follows what chinese state media said was a wave of protest following the airing of a nike commercial featuring us basketball star lebron james.

it showed him defeating a kung fu master, two women in traditional chinese attire and a pair of dragons, considered a sacred symbol in chinese culture.

the sarft said it violated rules that require advertisements not to "blaspheme national practices and cultures" and banned it nationwide. the us sports manufacturer issued a statement apologising thursday.

ren also noted that many chinese-made commercials were "tasteless and vulgar, some even with excessive sex innuendo which causes public detestation and exerts a negative impact on minors."

he said sarft would solicit public opinions while drafting the new regulations, which are expected to take effect in the first quarter of next year.

"we hope the new regulations will set a distinct criterion for both domestic and overseas ads producers and effectively prevent the recurrence of commercials like the nike 'chamber of fear,'" he said.

ok, something IS fucking wrong with those people in china. this is what decades of communism does. suppose the situation is worse over in north korea. oh, forgot they don't own tvs. it's just a fucking advertisment about fucking basketball shoes involving some stupid chinese symbols and a black man. seriously, it's not even worth giving a fuck about.

anyway, what is it with the americans and their wave of chinese fever? maybe chinese in america should go get some revenge and start doing ads with niggas and other stereotypical hip-hop-nigga bullshit.

"hey yo wassup ma nigga! lets go check out the new chanese restaurant yo?" ok, i give up. hippity-hoppity-nigga bullshit is not something i'm well-versed at.

then maybe the americans would also call out against such advertisments that "blaspheme national practices and cultures." oh, forgot that americans don't have any culture. unless you consider haloween a cultural event. heh.

die in peace

when i was in malaysia, i watched some science info-documentry-weird shit program on one of the few channels that was available there.

it was about the human brain or something, if i'm not too wrong. it showed some experiment that a bunch of scientists did, where they removed a dog's brain and put it in it's neck so that it would continue recieving oxygen and whatnot and thus wouldn't die. then they cut open a monkey's head and removed it's brain, and put the dog's brain into the monkey's head, and then revived the animal. lo and behold, the thing woke up and blinked it's eyes and stuck out it's tongue repeatedly in some semi-consious state.

then it went on to how people who got their heads cut off through executions could still respond to external stimulations by blinking, because there is still blood in the brain, which then proves that the brain can survive without the body.

blah blah blah, lots of crap later, there was this woman living in london, who surprisingly, couldn't speak english. she paid $60,000 (if i'm not wrong) in god-knows what currency (think it's us$) to have her head and brain removed and frozen after her death in hope that one day, technology would be advanced enough to resurrect her.

she claims that she wants to do this to see what the world would be like in the future, where she thinks "there would be no wars and no poverty," and basically everyone would be peaceful and happy.

i think she and the 1000 other idiots who have too much money to spend are retarded. stop the bullshit. there are a lot of people who want to be immortal, and that's what they are wishing for. if you're really that stupid, go find some dracula/vampire/zombie to bite your neck and make you immortal too. heck, if you're REALLY desperate, i would voluntarily bite your neck for you.

anyway, if that woman was telling the truth, then she still is the most fucking naive (retarded) 60-year-old i've seen. read somewhere that the us are developing a plane which can travel at mach 8 or 9, which is 8 to 9 times the speed of sound, hoping that it would allow them to transport bombs to any part of the world within 2 hours. so how would this bring peace? or maybe it will, since any disagreements with the us would be settled within 2 hours or less.

anyway, i think the great united states of america would just get more and more poweful while lesser nations struggle to keep up. but that's not good as well.

afi said, "omnipotence, nurturing malevolence," which basically means being all-powerful brings malicious behaviour. this is so true. just look at the iraqi prisoners getting abused by american soldiers. the soldiers are all-powerful in the prisons, and the prisoners are powerless, and thus unable to protect themselves from abuse.

furthermore, a study done some years ago by some university students also shown the same results. they set up a 'prison' in a basement and then got some students to be the 'wardens' and 'prisoners', and got them to simulate prison environments, where the wardens have authority over the prisoners. according to the study, within 2 weeks, the 'wardens' were already getting abusive, and the study was quickly called off.

so then, the us would probably start bullying other countries, which would then bring more resentment towards them, probably not only from muslim militants, but from everyone else. how very peaceful and happy.

oh fuck, i shall leave these people to do whatever they wish. maybe they'll wake up one day to find out that george bush the third is bathing in oil in a diamond bathtub while the rest of the world lives in poverty.

back

stop your celebrations, i'm not dead yet.

went to malaysia on wednesday and was supposed to be back by saturday. but they decided to extend the damn stay for another day. and i was already bored to death.

fucking waste of time. 4-5 hour coach ride to get there and back, stayed in 3 hotels in all. didn't bathe for the whole 4 days, but did when i got back on sunday. first in my life without showering for so long. and i'm not disgusting. i really didn't sweat for the 5 days because the time was spent in air-conditioned environments, and the first 2 days was in genting. so then, there really wasn't a need to bathe.

and i've watched too many ghost movies and read too many stories to be able to bathe in a fucking hotel bathroom in peace. yeah, i'm a wimp. whatever. i didn't change my pants as well. but i DID change my shirt and underwear. i'm not that disgusting.

discovered that cassettes are still produced by music companies and that i'm quite afraid of heights. actually i'm not. i'm just afraid of what will happen if i fall. when i was playing some damn ride at the theme park where it brings you up some tower and then drop you to the bottom, i had my first realisation of this fear. since i was at the top, and imagining that the tower would fall flat down, the impact would definitely be not too pleasant. and furthermore, there would be no way for me to save myself. and don't tell me that these rides are safe. people have been killed by falling roller coasters before.

then in the cable car going down, i was worried that either the cable or the part that connects the cable to the car would snap. i suppose that no one has been killed in a falling cable car, but i was really not too keen to be one of the first. heck man, who knows when was the last time they serviced the parts? and even if the cable had some problems, how would they know? and they could only change the cable by taking down all the cars and then removing the entire cable, since it was basically one long wire.

bought the strokes' room on fire on tuesday for $17.50 if i'm not wrong. and also the beatles' yellow submarine in malaysia for rm44.90, which is like $19. and then, the 8 cds i bought from amazon.com got here while i was away. 5 afi cds and 3 modest mouse ones. i'm a happy man.

think my brain is still not functioning well. be back tomorrow.