Awesome September~

I guess it's time for my bimonthly blog update. Not my fault bah. You know me always lazy/forgetful de lah.

September. The month of awesome. Quite a few reasons why I'm so hyped about the month of nine. For one thing it's the square of three. Which is a very sexy number.

September is what the people from TV Land call 'The Month of Premieres". This is the time when the TV people show new TV series or just season premieres. Either way, this year's line-up is gonna be epic. I'm not gonna introduce you to all of them, just my faves.

(OMG. Product placement~)

1) The Big Bang Theory
Genre: Sitcom
Duration per Episode: 22 minute (excluding commercials)

Chuck Lorre, creator of Two and a Half Men, made this godly comedy show whch focuses on a group of middle-aged physicists. Oh, and a hot blonde. But whatever. It started out really weak but gained massive amount of reviewers by the 3rd season. Now in it's fourth season, it is now the top-watched sitcom in the US, surpassing Two and a Half Men. That's right. Chuck Lorre has 2 hit sitcoms airing. That shows how much genius he is.

The name pretty much tells you what kind of jokes you might expect. SCIENCE! Of course, they also deal with other things, like their lack of social interaction and geekdom. Regardless of your social category, it doesn't matter wether you're geek, a nerd, a jock or a hottie, you'll soon fall in love with these characters.

This show is half of what I love. Science, video games, technology and arrogance. :D
Here are a few short clips just to show you a glimpse of how awesome this show is.







2) Glee
Genre: Musical comedy
Duration per episode: 40 minutes (excluding commercials)

There's nothing more a I can say about this. It just screams awesome. Probably since it shines its spotlight on the unpopulars, I can totally relate. I know, tears of joy. The show is the other half of things that I love. Broadway-style musical performances, dark humour, irony (and it's relatives: sarcasm, satire, etc), and social misfits.

For the ignorant and/or stubborn-as-an-ass. This is not High School Musical. Here's why

a) People don't sng out of nowhere. People on Glee don't just sing during math class, or dance during lunch time. It's a glee club. People sing during rehearsals, or concerts. Glee is a musical comedy, not musical-comedy. And, hell yeah, there's a difference.

b) It's just snarkier. The jokes here are very harsh, quick, snappy and bes of all, adult. ;)

c) It deals with real life issues. Unlike HSM where they encourage you to choose friends over a scholarship (Part 2 and 3), Glee deals with bullying, teen pregnancies, puberty, peer pressure, homosexuality and minorities, among other stuff.

3) Mike and Molly
Genre: Sitcom
Duration per Episode: 22 minute (excluding commercials)

Mike and Molly debuts this September. A love story about an overweight police and teacher. Created by *drum rolls* Chuck Lorre. If this becomes another hit, he's gonna get THREE hit TV shows. Can yu imagine how fat (no pun intended) his wallet is going to be? Since it's a new TV show, not many people know much about it and the other video releaed is a trailer, so here:



4) Sh*t My Dad Says
Genre: Sitcom
Duration per Episode: 22 minute (excluding commercials)

Based on a Twitter account (you read it right, Twitter). This sitcom follows a dad, well, the title is self-explanatory, played by the talented William Shatner of Star Trek and Boston Legal fame. Again it's new so just a trailer.



5) 30 Rock
Genre:
Duration per Episode: 22 minute (excluding commercials)

It's a 5-year old show. It picked up dozens of big awards. It was named comedy show of the decade. Yet it's struggling to gain viewers. Not just here in Asia (especially Brunei) but in the US as well. What makes this show amaazing? It's written by Tina Fey. Comedy queen of this time. 30 Rock is loosely based on her experience as head writer on Saturday Night Live. There are 2 things that can kill a good comedy show/movie: Physical comedy and stupid people. But because Tina Fey is just so awesome, she actually made these two work in her show. Can't really comment much about this show much. Too awesome for words. But here's a great clip from the show.



6) Two and a Half Men

7) How I Met Your Mother

September is also the month the English versions Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep releases. Announced 6 years ago, 8 years in the making. Epic-ness can't get any bigger than this.



Also looking forward to Dj Max Portable 3. Some of you may know, I love music-based games. Not as much as RPGs but it's in my Top 3. I've been itching for this because there hasn't been a challeging music game for years. DJ Hero's too simple. Guitar/Band Hero's oversaturated and has become just a cash cow for Activision. And Pop'n Music is just fail. Horrible music, more horrible controls. Ugh. Just see how cool this game is. It's the sexier, slicker, smoother (what!?) o2Jam.



Another reason I'm gonna love this September? Imma go Hong Kong~ =] My first time out of South East Asia! My priority in Hong Kong? Their arcades~ They have Dj Max Technika, Pop'n Music 16, beatmaniaIIDX 17, jubeat knit, Taiko no Tatsujin 12 & 13, Drummania v6, 7 & 8, Guitarfreaks v7 and Dance Dance Revolution X2. Don't judge me. I'm proud to be a geek. (Oh, and FYI I've never played DOTA and Maple, just in case you eager beavers want me to exchange pixi dust or something.) :D

Oh, and I love autumn. It's not as hot as summer, not as cold as winter, not as bright as spring. Oh my god, I just realize something. It's autumn in Hong Kong. Oh, yeah~

And yeah, that's it. Oh, and to all my Muslim peers, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. (Please tell me I splet that right xD)

UPDATE (09/09/10)!!!!
I just remembered about the Tokyo Game Show~ They're having this massive video game conference in 16th Seeptember in, well, Tokyo (duh). Just yesterday they announced Dissdia 2 and Ace Attorney investigation 2~ <3

The Return of Pepsi Blue!

OMG! How many of you guys remember Pepsi Blue? It's Pepsi and, uhh, well, blue. Here:

Apparantly, it's back as Pepsi Gol.

It's friggin' blue!

Look!

Sorry if it's not my usually kind of post. So bite me. I'm just happy that now I can get diabetes AND turn my tongue blue.

While you roll your eyes at the simplicity of this post, look at these round eggplants I found at Hua Ho. They're nothing special but they're cute. And that's all that matters.

And here's what they look like if they had faces.

And here's one wearing a dress.

Cars cars cars. LAWL!

Sorry for the 2-month delay. I got nothing to say, then in Math, all of a sudden "Bham!". I got like 3 ideas already. Anyways, back to what I'm saying.

CARS!

I can't understand why people find cars to be something someone would like. They're not puppies.
You know who you are, you Ferrari-wallpapered fanboy with your Lexus screensaver and Mercedes display picture. How can you say a car is beautiful? What aspect? Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like cars, it's just that it's not worth drooling over for.

What is up with dads and their obsessions with cars? They clean cars like a germaphobe clean hands in a bacteria research facility. I thought cars were made to make us not get dirt on us. Ooh, how about making a vehicle for your car so it won't get dirty? :D Bet my car has a college fund too.

Misc. car rants:
-What's the point of honking for someone's attention in a place with a lot of cars? You think that person's gonna know where the sound comes from?
-I LOL at people who buy expensive cars, but pay for like a buck for gas.
-I also LOL at people who buy cars that can go really fast, 'cuz it's pointless since everywhere has a speed limit.
- Leather seat => You're sitting on dead animal.
- You know those cars that their door opens like bird wings? Must be hell to open when you're in a full parking lot.

Anyway I won't talk much. I'm not really in the mood to rant. I'm doing this so that people don't notice my last post was in June.

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Probably shouldn't have said that, huh. Anyway, follow my Twitter (on the right). I'll follow back if I know you. (smiley face here).

Ciao~ (It's not Chao, FYI. Chao's the guy on YouTube.)

ROFLOLMAO~ 3 months of no updates?

First of all, I won't apologize. And second, I do mean it. Thirdly, yeah something new soon.

Mini-rant #2: Stationary fun.

Note that I'm also guilty of making these mistakes. Thanks to Wei Hau for inspiring me with this rant.

These are staPLES:


These are staPLERS:



You put staples IN your stapler. Not bullets into your staple. You don't borrow a staple. You borrow a stapler and TAKE a staple.

This is a proTRACTor.




This is a proTECTor.




On the side-note:
1) If you think about it, you can't really borrow a test-pad. You can take a test-pad and both the giver and receiver forget about it after half-an-hour.

2) Why DO we call it blanko? From what origin? You'll get the red underline when you type that in Word.

3) Isn't the point of a pen eraser (the blue one) stupid? Sure, you remove the ink, the paper with it.

4) Should we pronounce 'compass' as 'come-pus' or 'com-pass'? Is either correct? Even I don't know.

5) What is the point of having 2 set squares? Isn't one good enough?

6) Why don't we ever use the dividers? The (as some of you call it) the compass with two pointy things.

7) If your stationary are stored in a bag-like container.Technically, it's not a pencil BOX anymore. It's now either a pencil CASE or a pencil BAG. Whichever suits your fancy.

The RMS Diner in KB.

Disclaimer: If you are the owner of this fine establishment (not sarcasm), please know that this is only an opinion. Your burgers are the best in Brunei. No kidding.

So, I'm sure most of you KB-ians and some Serians know about this restaurant. It's in front of the bakery and next to Zaika (?), which is also under the same management. I can't put up pictures 'cause I might get sued.

First off, I know what you're about to read is not worth ranting about, but I just can't help but point it out. They're called the RMS Diner. Fine. But the interior design is of a saloon. I don't get it. A diner is supposed to look like those restaurants with that 50s-retro feels where they serve food on roller-skates and has a jukebox and everything. Like this:



While a saloon is like those Western Spaghetti movies with the cowboys and stuff. Like so:



I know, lame rant. But still, it's something worth noting. On the side note, what I've showed you is a saloon. You may be thinking, "Doesn't a saloon look like this?"



Well, that's a salon. With one 'O'. Don't feel bad. It's a common misconception. =]

PS: The restaurant above it is a Vietnamese restaurant which has a poster saying it's "the best Vietnamese restaurant in town." Exactly HOW MANY Vietnamese restaurants are there in KB?

Why people think I'm old-fashioned. (Do people really think so?)

1) I listen to classical music and songs from the 60s to the 80s. I don't like current mainstream, exceptions are Clazziquai, Katy Perry and Beyonce~ All the single ladies put a ring on it~ =]

2) I don't use mechanical pencils. They're so clicky-click. So annoying. The leads are so thin and frail and break whenever I touch them. I keep mistaking them as pens. Time-wasting. And it's hell to put the leads in. Classical pencils are where it's at. All you need is to sharpen it, and they are so distinct from pens.

A quote from Mr. Bharat: "The click-click pencils are sissy pencils. Use the macho pencils." xD

3) I still prefer XP. The Mac OS and Windows 7 OS may be pretty, but beauty only lies skin deep.

4) I don't follow trends. I go against them. And please, believe I'm not avoiding them on purpose. Example: An LG Arena instead of an iPhone.
K-indie instead of K-pop.
Dots instead of checkers.

I can't help it.

5) I limit my use of abbreviations and smileys.
Example: GTG ASAP :O. BTW, IDK cuz NMNT xD. LOL LMAO =].

6) Reading (and hearing) grammar mistakes KILL me.

7) I love movies that has won Academic Awards. Even if there's no action involved. Shocker!

8) Only Disney shows before 2004 are worth watching. No Hannah or HSM.

9) More to be added. YAY!

What goes through my mind when I'm in the bathroom.

1) When you're showering with hot water, then you flush your toilet, the shower gets cold. Does that mean that the toilet water is warm?
2) I don't like the feeling of cold air rushing to your body when you step out of the shower.
3) If you're using the bath tub, does that mean that you're swimming in your own filth? Sick.
4) Why is it that no matter how much you pour water into the toilet, it never fills up?
5) Why are toilets shaped like that? It's so weird looking. It looks like half a person.
6) Why are shower doors made from transparent/translucent material? Is it supposed to be a striptease?
7) Why can't there be a universal soap where you use one soap for your hair, body and face?
8) Does poop float?
9) Don't you find it sickening that after you pee, then when you poop, the poop falls into the bowl and the pee+water solution splashes to your butt?
10) It's funny how lizards come look at you shower.
11) When you flush the toilet, small water particles spread around the bathroom, and onto your toothbrush, even if your toothbrush has a case. That's why I keep my toothbrush outside of the bathroom.
12) Why did they call it a shower? What do you show when you clean yourself?
13) Ironic how Eau de Toilette is actually perfume.
14) Why do people put plants in bathrooms? Free fertilizers?

How to be mature:

Step 1: Mature people don't swear like a semi-automatic.
Step 2: Mature people don't do the right thing because they want praise, It's because you don't want to end up in hell.
Step 3: Mature people take criticism as what it's definition stand for. There's a fine line between insult and criticism. Insult means saying something that hurts another's feelings. Criticism is helpful advice that, should you follow, will lead you to the road of fulfillment and prosper.
Step 4: If you see someone smart and hard-working, they are not being the teacher's pet. They're cementing their future.
Step 5: Don't be mean to people based on their behaviours and looks. Not everyone is as perfect as you.
Step 6: Mature people use smileys only as appropriate. Good example: Can I borrow? =] Bad example: I just ate dinner. O_O xD
Step 7: Mature people don't litter.
Step 8: Mature people know that their parent's work hard to put food on the table. So know how to appreciate what you already have and don't whine like a six-year-old.
Step 9: Mature people respect teachers, and whatever they do is good for you. Unless the teacher's a dipsh*t. Be rebellious and you'll look like an asshole.
Step 10: Mature people follows the rules, even though "my friends are doing it".
Step 11: Mature people respect other people's enjoyments. People are given tastes. They use it.
Step 12: When arguing, do not bring religion in. It's unfair.
Step 13: When you get punished, know that you deserved it. Don't say crap like "This teacher stupid." Whose fault is it that you "forgot" to do you homework that was given to you days ago?
Step 14: Mature people type "you're" when they mean "you're". Not "your" as in "your so pretty". It makes you sound redundant.
Step 15: Mature people are not attention whores.
Step 16: Mature people don't act cute and make kitty-poses when taking photos.

(More updates are added when dates and shown besides them)

I don't like Facebook.

For several reasons.

1) Some people of Facebook:

a) The people with bad English. And PLEASE don't say "I know your English good. Dun lin arhzx." You are given a choice to learn basic primary-standard grammar.

b) People who send sh*t to you. "Friend X has sent you an invitation to ABC group" "Friend Y sent you a drowning sheep" You are wasting both of our time. What are you gaining?

c) The people who can't use real names. Your parents spent days or even months to think of a special unique that only you have. And you just CHANGE it to something like WeiLunzDemonSlayerx3. Do you know how hard is it to tell who I'm wall-to-wall-ing with sometimes? YOU owe ME 2 minutes of my life because I had to go to your profile and look at your pictures, THEN I have to strain my brain to remember your face. I have bad memory.

d) People who quote emo, lovey-dovey crap from movies and songs. Personally I think quotes should be limited to humour or advice. Not about some perfect boyfriend that never exist. "If aliens are looking for intelligence, then you don't have to be scared anymore."

e) People who say stuff that makes me say "Too much information", then puke in the kitchen sink.

f) People who tag me in a picture of a chair, or something to that extent.

g) The people who add you but don't know who you are in real life.

h) People who like their own messages. If admiring your own sayings doesn't make you sound any more arrogant, I don't know what will.

2) The great functions of Facebook that have been abused.

a) The "Like" button. Is "I broke my nail =(" worth liking 5 times?

b) The wall-to-wall. It was made so that people can send short sentences. Such as reminders or greetings. Now, people use it as a public MSN. You remember the testimonials on Friendster? Ditto. Not to mention you people are spamming my newsfeed.

c) The status newsfeed. Don't keep changing or posting your statuses. That's why they made Twitter.

d) The fan-made quizzes. Back when Facebook was just a student of MySpace, the quizzes was brimming with informative and fun questions. Nowadays, all I see is "What is your sex position?" and "What colour is your poop?".

e) The fanpages. At one point of its early, young life. People could become fans of actual things, places, or people. Why did they have to make fanpages like "You went offline when I wanted to chat with you?" It's not fun. At all. What makes you so special that you're the only person that has this problem?

3) The limited functionality/freedom of Facebook. Personally, given the choice of Friendster or Facebook. I choose the former. I don't want to see blue and white. I want colours, people. Also, why have Facebook? To reconnect with your old friends? I guess. But out of all of your friend list, there's probably only a handful that's really faraway. The rest you can meet in school the next day. Photos? Love it, point taken. The only reason I didn't cancel my account is so that I could laugh at the miserable emo people. I'm sorry, but "You're the drug and I'm addicted to you" is something out of a 60s drama. Grow up, people.

That's all. Feel free to post all your hate comments on my Facebook (LOL irony).

Things you should know about me

When I drink something, the number of gulps has to be in multiples of 4.
I sweat when I play the piano.
I laugh when I see people cry. I laugh out of sympathy. I'm not cold-blooded.
I clap when people clap on TV.
Unconsciously, I hate the things that are in trend.
I talk to myself when I do stuff. I just do, okay?
I can spend HOURS on Wikipedia alone. (That's where I learn a lot of crap.)
I pee sitting down. Because I'm lazy and I don't wanna make a mess at night. Alright?
I pretend I can talk to animals.
I'm a money-face.
When I sleep, I wrap myself with the blanket like a spring roll.
I cry when my pets die.
Snails scare me.
I love RPGs but I don't play Maple, DOTA and other online MMO games.
I find songs these days worse than a drowning cat.
My PS2 is 6 years old and it never broke once.
I'm a man who has no interests in sports.
I'd die happy if Astro had The Comedy Central Channel.
When I type something on the Internet, it has to be grammatically correct.
When the teacher rubs off the blackboard and misses a line or a dot, I'll just stare at it for the whole lesson.
I have the short-term memory of a hamster but the long-term memory of an elephant.
When I look at something, I'll ask myself questions about it. Yeah, I'm like that, deal with it.
I think gay people are cool.
If I talk to people about my interests, my body tingles.
When I speak in front of a crowd, my left cheek jumps like crazy.
I have a blankie that I've kept since birth.
I believe in evolution and the big bang. Down with creationism, rise with Darwinism!
I have mad Dance Dance Revolution skills. (Not to toot my own horn)
I find Singlish and Bru-English funny.
I'm a Kingdom Hearts/Final Fantasy otaku.
I know some people hate me, and that's okay because in two years, we'll never have to see each other again. :)
I love the taste of Brand Chicken Essence. I could drink a bottle if I could.
I'm crazy about the piano and everything about it.
I'm very enthusiastic about everything.
I love irony, sarcasm and other satires.
Google is my best friend.
I don't care about how I look because my face is not pretty enough.
I have yet to find my perfect friend.
I find relationships at this age stupid.
I always look down when I walk because I don't want to step on any ants and bugs.
I love the smell of freshly cut grass.
I find it hard to walk confidently i.e. a normal person.
I love curry and other spicy foods.
I drink my Coke warm.
My rice:side-dish ratio is always approximately 1:1.
I can't stand eating pork. (I can sense the "some Chinese you are" vibe.)
I enjoy thinking of ideas for my homemade movies.
I'm against gender bias, racism and homophobia. That's why I discourage the use of "You're just a girl", "kaling", "Ah Mo", "Cina babi", "That's so gay" or "You're such a fag".
I love tofu. It's just wonderful. Silk you can eat. MMMmmm~

And FINALLY: I know I'm weird. So you don't have to run around telling people that. :D

The abuse of "LOL".

The word "lol" has been an internationally acclaimed word. It's origins are currently unknown. Surely the person who invented that word must have been pisssssssssed~

This word can be compared to the use of marijuana. Small doses are legal and, frankly, quite helpful. Though overuse leads to ABUSE.

Is this your typical everyday conversation?

"Dammit, I forgot my homework."

"LOL"

-OR-

"My cat died."

"LAWL"

This is really, really sad. And ironic. Most have forgotten that it stood for "laugh out loud", yet people say it in the sometimes dullest situations.

Even the mundane.

"Man, I just love this chicken salad."

"LOL"

And the worst part is, it's being said in real life in face-to-face conversations.
How is that appropriate? It's like using a boat on land.

But it has it's upsides though. For one thing, it's a GREAT conversation ender. Have you ever had a chat with those annoying people who just keeps yapping but you don't really care? Those who did chat with me before must have had that feeling. ;)

"...And when I reached Lv. 99, my warlock became GOD"

"LOL"

*after 3 minutes of no replies*

"You know, if you're not interested you can just tell me. =("

On the side note. It's just embarassing to say it (in real life). Why do you want to make people think you're a nerd? I swear to God someone (not gonna mention a name here) had this conversation with me before in school.

"LOL. You are such a geek."

Hello, netizens.

Seeing people blog made me realize something. How fun it is. So, y'know, imma give it a try. If I get a decent amount of readers, then I'll keep making posts. First things first, it's a blog about OPINIONS. So, if you feel hurt (mentally), please, go away. So, yeah.

Hmm...

Man, this is hard. Uhh, enjoy reading, I guess?

P.S. this blog is UGLY. Maybe I'll remodel it in due time.