Return of the Angel

We will move on

It has been a while... 3 years since my last post.
Much change has come to pass.
As I checked back, most of the links from my blog are dead.
And hence, the Backspace button had to be used.
Ah, the passing of friends to acquaintances and from there to strangers...

It's great to still see friends updating their Blogs, only 2 have remained on my list now...
As time drags a curtain over us and as our paths diverge we can do nothing but let time do its part.

I am in NS now. One more year to go.
I have not decided what to do after that, but I guess I should further my studies.
I have not even signed up for anything yet.
There are far too many crossroads in life, Damn.

Omg... I just noticed something about the picture... there are 3 people in it.
corresponding to the number of links from my Blog.
And to make matters more creepy, there is exactly 2 Guys and 1 Gal in the pic.
How appropriate. (caption should read: YOSH!!! I HAVE RETURNED, ONWARD TO GLORY!!!)
But I have to agree that one of them really does put the word resemblance in.

New Chapter

Hey Chums.

In case you all have been wondering where have I been all this while,
I shall say that I have been really busy with work.
It has been a really great time working at "Eternal Minds".
My Hiatus will have to continue for another 3 months >.<
Where I will be engaged in a 3 months of meaningless project work.

YES, FOR THE SCH. (Note, not for me...)

For those who are thinking that life is meaningless and stuff...
Look at me... I have a porfolio which has big names like , , ...
Yet I still have to do some silly low cuts for NYP... haha!!!

But on the bright side... I will be able to have more time for God and for THE other things.
Which is very good as I have recently taken up R/C flying.

-.+ (This emote means Wink, Type 3)

Ahhh, Rest eh? Time to add a new Lecture to my Blog where I will Touch on

"I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies and respected by my allies. Riches and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to 14."
- Abd Er-Rahman III of Spain

OK, let's pretend. We have succeeded in the stockmarket. We are rich. We have gone beyond money and its status. What could now elude us in the pursuit of happiness?

Here are a few things on the shopping list that money cannot deliver:

Love. Imagine you are standing at the side of the road and a bus is coming. In the middle of the road, oblivious to impending death, is a person. You have the option. Watch them get run over, or push them out of the way and get run over yourself? You or them - no other options. Is there anyone in the world you would step off the kerb for? That's love. Worth more than your life, let alone money.

Family. When the Lord visits you on your deathbed and asks you what you've done in your life that's worthwhile, what will you say? Climbing Everest? Making your first million?

Something to do. For those of us with qualifications, education, effort and ambition, there is choice, and as long as there is, there's no excuse for a day, let alone a lifetime, at the grindstone. The most successful people are successful because they love their work. Why waste time doing anything else?

Passion. Spoke to a rich man once who complained about his temporary inability to generate passion. In his case he had passionately built businesses and made money. But he had done it now and it had waned. You need something to be passionate about and that means more than pretending you are passionate for the sake of it. At least that's what he said.

Dreams. As my Boss Daniel Sim who is also an avid R/C pilot said to me recently, most people who bother to pursue their dreams achieve them. The crime is that they do not dream hard enough. (Eh, Rephased by me of course, He was using words like Destiny and Fate... too theological for my blog)

Respect of our peers. Fitting in with everyone else provides foundation. It is even more comfortable if they think you are OK.
That only comes if you are, and that only comes because of your effort.
In the words of the football legend Ron Barassi, a master among men: "I don't respect talent, good looks, brains. I don't respect the things you were born with. I respect effort. Getting up in the morning and moving those arms and legs."

Rich or poor, we can have it all. But probably better rich.

Back to the grindstone then.

Passion. Spoke to a rich man once who complained about his temporary inability to generate passion. In his case he had passionately built businesses and made money. But he had done it now and it had waned. You need something to be passionate about and that means more than pretending you are passionate for the sake of it. At least that's what he said.

Dreams. As my brother-in-law said to me recently, most people who bother to pursue their dreams achieve them. The crime is that they do not dream hard enough.

Respect of our peers. Fitting in with everyone else provides foundation. It is even more comfortable if they think you are OK. That only comes if you are, and that only comes because of your effort. In the words of the football legend Ron Barassi, a master among men: "I don't respect talent, good looks, brains. I don't respect the things you were born with. I respect effort. Getting up in the morning and moving those arms and legs."

Rich or poor, we can have it all. But probably better rich.

Back to the grindstone then.

Marcus Padley is a stockbroker and the author of the daily stockmarket newsletter Marcus Today. For a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter please go to www.marcustoday.com.au

EndOfSch...

Sch Is Out...

This is one of those milestones that we will all have to pass someday.
My came and yes no more classes as I have totaled them all.

But that Does not mean no more lessons.
For I must say that not all lessons are taught in the comforts of the classroom.

I feel funny like as like you know...
"Just like that? No more? I dun believe it but it is true..."

Man as I look back at the times I had before... I am lost for words.
Words are too vulgar to express a mix of emotions such as mine.

A little of Relief
A little of Pain
A little of Thanksgiving
A little of Sadness
A little of Unwillingness
A little of This and
A little of That.

And to those of you who were there for me when I needed a few mental cushions.
I want to take the oppotunity to say;

Thank You.
I would not be able to make it through if not for you.

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Why is God the Coolest being in the Universe... to a gamer

1) He speaks very little.

2) He has the ability to make you listen when he does speak. (He does not use chat boxes)

3) He is Lord over all. (He pwns all games including the one with us in it...)

4) He has Uber Micro. (His mouse cursor is everywhere)

5) He does not need to Hack to use God-Mode.

6) His avatar is li3k all shinny and you get turn into dust if you turn on "view webcam" to see who was pwning you...

SecondWeekOfHols

Dancing to the Music

I went to check out some music gizmo today wif uncle Rong Fa...
I found what I want... a good set of head phones...

Beyerdynamics DT series.

It was real good when I tested it out there in their room.
He was skeptical about my choice of headphones since it only cost $450.
OK... his was $2k so he has the right to be skeptical.
But he was converted after he tried it on a Icool amplifier...

Basically he though it was the $2600 amp that was doing all the work.
So the sales person switched over to the Icool $180 amplifier.
It owned too!!!

I must add that he had a really good CD deck and amp up there...
I looked at the stuff and it was hitting the $6k mark.
-.= damn where am I going to get the cash?

So I will start with the headphones.
I am still lost at which type I should get.
A closed type or a opened one?
Sure, I want both but I will have to save up for even one. -.-
I can't wait to start working and earning some cash.

Here is the cool stuff.
Though not the exact model I was looking at.

And here is the Amp... $2.6k really good.
Totally blows!!!

Ok, enough of the wants in my life... It is not good kids.
Be Self fulfilled... be contented..?

Let the lecture begin ~

Simple is beautiful.
The masters of any given field always go back to the basics, the fundamentals, the bare essentials of their craft.

The fancy stuff is nice, but the real cool shit is minimalist.

Drum and bass.
Color and light.
Meter and rhyme.

And the works that grab us are usually built on the simplest of concepts-- a love song, the hero myth, the afterworld.

Of course, this is not recommended for all professions, like say, medicine.
If I ever go under the knife, I don't want some quack trying to go "minimalist" on me.
I'll be in pain cuz he won't give me any drugs, and he'll be like, "Hey, I'm retro."

Or pilots.
Those guys definitely shouldn't be getting too avant garde.
"Attention. This is your pilot speaking. I thought I'd break down my craft to its bare essentials. Hold on, everybody."

But yeah. In regards to my headphones and my amp.
It is a simple piece of equipment.
It comes in two pieces, the amp and the headphone.
You pluck all the cables in and then wear the headphones to hear beautiful music.

Yes it is that simple.
Bare minimum.
No avant garde.
Only the price tag.

Damn, I still can't get away with this.

Check out these Seba Skate Frames... Blings Dude Blings!!!

Mmmmh, Rest.

Rest and Relax at last.

Okay life in the holidays is kinda good...
Its like I can sleep when I want and oversleep everyday.
Sloth is my good friend.

It is so great to slack... of course ****n from my church will go "What! You are going to slack? (looks at other church members in astonishment) He said he is going to slack!!!".

Alas, he is such a funny person, classified under (Highly Naive and Superficial) in my book of records. BTW, I really do have one... this is one of those books when I study people reactions and record down my observations... it is running page hundred very soon.

I did not know that I will go thus far.

I usually carry out my test in a try and see basis.
I will usually say something that is against their thinking or ideology and I just pick up from there. But it is very important to observe your subject beforehand first as if he or she is in one of her "funny" modes... you are not going to get very accurate and useful results.

I have much friends who are Free-thinkers, Christians and even atheist.


This is my results so far:


Free-thinkers tested: 12 meh... Observations:

These are the fun and very human kind of people that have all sorts of weird ideas and some of them do pretty radical things... but they are the people who are more willing to listen and to try to understand in their own ways and capacity.

A freethinker is one who thinks freely -- one who is prepared to consider any possibility, and who determines which ideas are right or wrong by bringing reason to bear, according to a consistent set of rules such as the scientific method.

I find them more open and more willing to share, since they do not have a solid codex in their life like Christians do, they are not so regimental in their ways of attack and understanding. They can accept new ideas and relate to others in a not so aggressive manner.

They are more practical and less mystical.
You can actually carry out an argument and both sides can benefit from it...



Christians tested: 28...
I am so surrounded by them

Observations:

Applicable for only 85.71% of my bunch of unwilling candidates... the others are well... more human, not so extreme.

These bunch of Christians are to me quite like a close book. You cannot say that they may be wrong, they will attack you back with all their countermeasures taken from their codex which is the bible...

To me, they are very naive, bunch of very limited understanding doods due to their own selective learning methods, but we are all like that... only to what extent.

This bunch are quite the extreme though...

They tend to attack first and understand later...
They open their mouths to rebuke the speaker even before they pass the information thru their heads... if it even gets to their heads.

Closed books... no one can gain much from them.
A conversation about religion will just piss both sides off... someone just shoot them already.



Atheist tested: 5...
not enough to get a good gauge

Observations:

Like most Christians, they are a freaking closed book... only worse.
I should say a book under lock and key. Get your dynamite to break though.

To get to these bunch of people is kinda hard, for they have built high fortifications around them.
They live to deny any ideas of religion in regards to God or gods.

They claim to have all the answers and are not ignorant but yeah, to me they are a bunch of naive and unrealistic doods.

No matter what you say to them, they will try to bypass it and try to undermine your ideas.
For they think that they are always correct, to be atheist is like to be God himself... you set your own right and wrongs you are the benchmark, all else is wrong. They even have doctrines to counter Christians in their rhetorics. But much weak ones that does not account to much.

I will leave you to judge for yourself... their arguments...

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/mathew/intro.html

It was very funny really... they seem to be the kind that if God himself were to tap on their shoulder, he/she will turn around and say: "NO! You do not exist!".

At this point God may add a calculated surprised look and say: "I did not say I was but yeah, I am... And I think hence I must exist. Right?".

And the Atheist closes his/her eyes and shouts: "No longer!!!"

Bottom line, call yourself a freethinker in order not to be looked down upon... Pls, open your eyes to the facts... and yes I am talking to you both atheist and Christians. I know it is hard but try or at least listen first then talk, you might be surprised and what you may understand from others.

Just do not be like be who took this advice to far and started my own study...
I do not have enough friends who are say... buddatic, Hindunic or Satanritic to get anything concrete... talk to me if you are one of the above.


Its cool, I do it all the time just that sometimes I will make it obvious that I am studying you. Oh, yes I am a Christian Freethinker BTW... for being a freethinker is:

A freethinker is one who thinks freely -- one who is prepared to consider any possibility, and who determines which ideas are right or wrong by bringing reason to bear, according to a consistent set of rules such as the scientific method.

The Eye of the Storm... is Calm.

The storm blew over.
But I seem to be tired of all this wars that rages on.

I still have my IAP plus my final year project to worry about.
It seems that for every storm that passes, a stronger one is brewing at the corner of my sky.

I need to pick myself up and move on.
Though I seem to be calm as a lake,
My smile is always strained;
I guess I need a reprieve.

For that, I am going to skate, skate and skate...
Play my e-guitar again...

Starry, Starry Nite,
Paint your Palette Emo Grey,
Stormy Faces, lines of strains,
Beneath the colors of the cloudy cloudy skies.