hi,

this is an update.

go figure.

Cigar Ashes

1. There is no such thing as a moral book, or an immoral book. Books are well-written, or badly written. That's all.

2. Some people turn everything into moral issues. As someone once observed, consummate moralizers who see the world as a life-and-death struggle between forces of evil and good will live to die many times.

3. Seriousness is over-rated. It is a sign of laboriousness and incomplete mastery.

4. A man is light and at ease when he is able to do the things he wishes to do, serious when he is trying to do some of the things he wishes to do, and moral and self-righteous when he is able to do nothing at all.

5. Virtue is the last refuge of the inept.

6. If angels can fly, it is only probably because they take themselves so lightly.

I feel that it is appriopriate for me to blog about something to celebrate the end of exams. I shall list my thoughts in my mind at the moment, not in any particula order of significance :

1. I am very tired but for some reason i do not feel like sleeping.
2. I blew quite alot of money on a pair of trousers and a shirt. Felt guilty but they were really nice!
3. I hope the exams would turn out fine
4. I am very tired but for some reason i do not feel like sleeping.
5. I wish life would be less complicated
6. I wish Blogger would remember me, so i do not have to sign in everytime i feel like blogging
7. I think transformers was pretty good
8. I like Swensen's ice cream
9. I am having a very bad acne outbreak =(
10. I am going to have to see a skin specialist soon
11. I seem to be going to town very frequently for some reason or other lately
12. Whats with 07.07.07? Everyone seems to have it on their msn nicks. If you are making an obscure reference to something, isn't it at least common courtesy to show people what it is about?

This blog is becoming increasingly flipant, but that's okay, because serious topics were exhausted a long time ago.

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On Loafing (II)

p.s. the below mentioned loafing tips only work if you are TKM. For the rest of us, we've to slog.

nuff' said.

On Loafing (I)

I realized that there has not been a single post on idling/ loafing on this blog despite its (rather) pointed title. So I have decided to distill and condense the finer points of idling since I have nothing else to do right now:

1. Idling is only fun when you are actually supposed to be doing something else which is far more important. I have observed this curious trend because I do not find lying on the bed after exams half as enjoyable as it was before exams. I can only assume that this is because fleeting moments appear more precious. This is the same reason why I am a little unenthusiastic about the idea of an eternal heaven, because I suspect that it won't be as great as it is made out to be when we have to spend an eternity there.

2. Afternoon naps are a good way to past time, especially on weekdays, and are infinitely sweeter than sleeping at night. You should not be determined to sleep, because for some reason I sleep better if i fall asleep doing something else. I can only assume that this is again, the forbidden fruit effect ( see above). Get on the bed, read a history/English / math /whatever textbook ( Geog usually does the trick for me), and you will find yourself drifting into sleep without any consciousnes and any effort.

3. I always study on my bed. As such, my studying periods are always leisurely, as I can conveniently fall asleep whenever I am tired. The computer on which I am typing this out is on the table next to my bed, for the same reason. It would be so much better if the room is cool and you are snugly tucked in a blanket, but sometimes you can't ask for too much, i.e, boarding school.

4. If you are furiously trying to keep yourself awake when reading your notes, you are much better off asleep anyway. There is no point reading when you are tired; it is seldom enjoyable and never effective. Don't berate yourself for idling, you are just practising sound hygiene.

5. Forget about study schedules. They are too regimented and destroy the pleasure you get from idling besides( especially when you allocate a certain time to rest). I personally find it so much better to rest whenever I feel like, and then study. Study schedules might be more effective, but it is effective in the same way mass production lines and fast-food chains are effective. Which is to say, I don't agree with it.

6. Since this is also somewhat related to the subject of revising for exams (since that is when I end up idling the most) I feel obliged to address it. I do not see why people insist on sitting up when studying. I personally feel that the most natural position to be in when reading a book is to be on my bed, under a blanket. I have never done otherwise, unless absolutely necessary, i.e school. It is silly to assume that sitting up forces you to concentrate ( in the same way, I suppose, some people go to libraries to study). If you have to be forced to concentrate, you probably should not be studying at that time anyway.

There are certainly more, perhaps I'll address this question further when something comes to me because I am too lazy to think right now.

P.S. There is a rumour going around that I am a bum who sits around doing nothing. I would beg to differ. I actually do study, and quite a fair bit too (on my bed, that is, but that is a matter of personal preference). Its just that I don't study 'like a horse', because I think studying like a human being, i.e four to five hours a day, is quite enough.

9 things i could be doing instead of studying :

1. blogging. that alone should be sufficient to convince you that i should not be studying
2. reading books that i really like instead of books i really should like
3. going out
4. surfing youtube.
5. sleeping. i can't seem to get enough sleep nowadays. weird

I really can't think of anything else although if you are able to come up with any suggestions on how my time could have been better spent, feel free to leave comments.

This is so interesting that i just have to write something about it. The following is a list of Premier League and La Liga Champions over the past few years.

• 2007 : Man Utd , Real Madrid
• 2006 : Chelsea, Barcelona
• 2005 : Chelsea, Barcelona
• 2004 : Arsenal, Valencia
• 2003 : Man Utd, Real Madrid
• 2002 : Arsenal, Valencia
• 2001 : Man Utd, Real Madrid

I don't know what you might be thinking, but that looks like a suspiciously strong correlation between EPL and La Liga champions. Someone cleverly noted that Liverpool must be tied to Athletico Madrid or something, and as such, are still waiting for their day. =)

So maybe that's why alex ferguson decided to ship nistelrooy off cheap.

hats off to the zebras

Greetings netizens.

It seems that the class has a somewhat vague interest in british humour, so here's my contribution to the greater good (and my long awaited update).

George Bush (to some random british minister): So what state is Wales in?

some random british minister: Terrible.


funny innit?


Anyway if you aren't satisfied, there's always Bill Bailey.
Hats off to the zebras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8wj6qoGVOs

Okay so I finally did some studying. I feel that I deserve to rant and vent my frustrations on this blog.

Mid years are coming up in exactly two weeks and i havent actually studied since last year.. which is bad ... What is worse is that i don't have a large chunk of notes that i should be studying from. ARGGHHH

Anyway i realised that there is no point telling anyone about this since its a lose-lose situation. If i do well enough, people point out to me that i always get my pre-exams predictions wrong ( i paid a heavy price for it too last year, but that's another story). And if i don't nobody is going to care that i finally got it right. Damn

There was apparently a flurry of activity on this blog last week, after my split personality posted, which I think is distinctly unfair because I never ever get responses like that. Possibly, my split personality keeps on loading the same page =P

On another note I found out that Moschino is actually pronounced Mos-keeno, instead of well. Mos-chino. Embarassing. Reminds me of the time I used to think fusilli was pronounced fusilla. No one at Coffee Bean bothered correcting me =(

China was quite horrible. There was apparently some kind of water poisoning or something, so the water tasted and smelt like crap.

Two more weeks of the hols to go and I have not even started studying... I am going to die die die

so last week we had a enoch class gathering.

you think there's ever gonna be a exodus gathering 2 years after we head out separate ways?

think harder.

dead

ahh therein lies the genius of my split personality.

if i don't post, he'll be vindicated. if i post, he'd still be vindicated..


hence the title.


btw, im back.

I will be leaving for China in about eight hours time, and I will not be back until 10 June, which means that my split personality will bear the burden of trying to keep this blog alive in the meantime. Which also means that the blog will probably die. In the meantime.

Its more of a pilgrimage trip, not really a holiday, so I am not sure how this will turn out. On the other hand, it would give me some much needed respite.

I just realised that things cannot be 'worked on'. Its a much too simplistic approach to things, perpetuated by believers of hard work and grit. But I suppose life is much subtler than that, and some things aren't going to be put right, no matter how hard we try.

But I still have a trip to look forward too, and then six more months in school. I hope it will be a blast.

oh bugger..

we lost.

My split personality had a fifteen minute headstart in typing out a post and I still beat him to it.
>.<

Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry

Life is unfair...

I have only been off antibiotics for less than a week and I am having another acne outbreak >.<

This will probably be one of my last posts, and if you have been observant, you could probably have seen this coming some time back. Blogging, which used to be quite a pleasure a year ago, has ceased to interest me anymore, because it is inextricably linked to a period I have no wish of reminding myself now.

This blog has been an expression of my thoughts for the past year, but something I have always been guilty of is my belief that words, words, words are sufficient, when sometimes it really is best to keep silent.

I am not saying that I did not have a darned good time, but I cannot recapture that feeling and it probably is best to let go. So as my blogging draws to a close, I would like you to know that my final note is not one of bitterness, or resentment, but rather of gratitude, despite whatever happened, or may happen, because I do think that you have done more for me than I have been able to do for you, even if you don't realize.

I am also sorry that I have not done more, and that I cannot do more. I can only hope that you have the grace to forgive, and hopefully not forget. Not entirely. I think I still have the tendency, even now, to believe that I can somehow make an effort to make everything right again, that if I try hard enough and offer a helping hand, I can get it back on track. But I think we both know nothing is going to come out of it.

So to all my imaginary readers out there and to you, if you are reading this, adios. I hope we are all headed to a happier place. =)

I have not posted for such a long time that I took a while to recall the password to the blog. My prolonged absence from blogging is not, as you would expect, due to school work. I do have EE, TOK and a geog field study, but I won't put it past myself to take the time to blog even if i have tonnes of work left undone, if I felt like it.

Its due to the conspicuous lack of anything interesting to blog about, because everything seems so worn out, everything seems so tired, so uninteresting. I suppose things will change, and they had better do, because I really cannot see why so many people would want to live 'a good long life' if this is all they are getting.