FA + LTA

Gosh, I really really hate FA with all my heart and soul.

It really doesn't help that my friends from other schools ask "Law students do FA for f*ck?!". Hell, I couldn't agree more. I couldn't agree more.

When I'm doing FA, I can hear screeching and ringing in my head. I keep asking myself WHY AM I DOING THIS.

It's not that I can't do it (maybe...), but with all the other stuff happening, why should one be graded on a primer course which has negligible effects on our career?

Think long term. Seriously, how much would this help.

If you really wanna think long term, take up a second degree or major. Primers/Uni Cores are NOT the way to go.

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You know you've been reading too much Property Law when you read "LTA" as the "Land Titles Act", and not the "Land Transport Authority" when it comes to road maps.

Google Maps with LTA data.

I'd rather be given more Property Law stuff than FA.

There must be a way out of this + The American War Machine

I wanna get the hell out of this place right now.

Need. A. Break. From. This. Congested. City.

So many people, but who the hell cares.

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Okay what ima talk about next is something which I believe I have no standing to say coz hell, I'm not even from that country nor do I even know what's actually happening there. I do understand the various anti-war sentiments of the US Marines and soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Nonetheless, let's just take the following few videos for their entertainment value.







...and finally,

Reserved seating

Seats reserved for the following people: the elderly, the pregnant, the injured, and the paedophiles.

Well, at least that's one way to identify the paedophiles.

Quotable Quotes

QUOTE #1:

"It's not that I don't have time. I really JUST DON'T CARE AT ALL!!!" by Eric Cartman.

Watch Southpark S13 Ep 11 "Whale Whores". Awesome stuff.

QUOTE #2:
"I'm going to burn my FA notes, past quizzes, and past exercises" by Angsty FA Student

Gosh, I pity that guy man... Must've been going through a tough time. How I wish he was like me - so patient when it comes to doing FA.

I hope he learns that FA is not about accounting per se, but character-building. It trains your tenacity and patience in learning something which is utterly useless...

...I mean, it's good to have a multidisciplinary education. So that, hypothetically, lawyers may save up on the client's money by doing his own accounting instead of hiring a full-fledged, licensed professional accountant. Likewise, accountants should read some law so that they can make educated guesses about the law so as to reduce the need for hiring legal counsel.

Seriously, why pay someone when you can do it yourself. Of course, the state of the law and accounting principles will not change in the next few decades, which is why our cursory knowledge from these primer modules are going to help us a long way.

QUOTE #3:
"F*ck you, understand" by NSmen.

In preparation for the NS Jamboree, my good friends who served 2 years in the army taught me some lingo to connect with the ORD people... pink ICs... whatchamacallit.

Of course the occasion to use it did not arise. But it's always good to have a weapon... Just like how it's always good to have a ready army, which is the reason why some countries have NS to begin with.

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Today (Monday) was a day of discoveries. Learned FA for once. Learned not to trust some people.

Most importantly, I learned this new song today:

Training to be soldiers,
Fighting for our land,
Once in our life,
Two years of our time...

...and I forgot the rest.

Ah yes, now is the best time for you guys to use quote #3 on me

Coke Zero is bad + Parody of Paranormal Activity

Coke Zero 2 - 0 Paul

Dementia and Alzheimer's

mabe: why u drink coke zero!

me: i thought coke ZERO = ZERO sugar mah!!!

mabe: but is has artificial sweetened = bad for the brain

...

mabe: ASPARTAME causes dementia/Alzheimer's.

So, I just increased the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's. Actually, sometimes I think I already have mild dementia. Anyway, this still not so bad.

Leakage
Was having dinner. Took out my laptop to surf the net. Noticed that my bag was wet. Checked my bag and found out that the freaking Coke Zero bottle was leaking - apparently I didn't close it tight enough.

My crumpler was wet. My laptop case was wet. My pencil case was drenched.

My neck tie was drenched, and somehow there were ink stains on it too.

...and most importantly,

My stack of foolscap is destroyed, together with my Property Law notes. Lucky I have them in soft copy.

Asked the waiter for serviettes. He just looked at my wet stack of stuff and shook his head. Then he went away. Awhile later, his colleague came to me and asked "Sir, what did you request for from the other waiter? Sorry, he's new and doesn't really speak English".

Apparently the first waiter didn't understand what I was saying and just thought that I was telling him a story about how the hell I got my entire bag wet. Gosh, why the hell would I be telling you random stranger.

So, by warped logic, Coke Zero not only increases the risk of dementia/Alzheimer's, it also may cause your bag, notes, neck tie, and laptop to get wet.

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Watch this parody of Paranormal Activity

SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Movie Spoof - watch more funny videos

Good shit.

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On a side note, I wonder how long this will last.

meh.

Paranormal Activity + own room

Paranormal Activity was supposed to be THE horror movie of this season. Was waiting in anticipation to watch it. Sadly, it wasn't really that great.

Motion sickness. The shaky camera was annoying. Felt like puking.

Storyline. Quite lame and predictable.

But I have to give credit to it coz some scenes were HOLY SHIT CREEPY!!!

Like the part where she says "I think it's here. I can feel it breathing" and then you see her hair blown.

The part when she's sleeping, and suddenly the zha bor gets dragged on the floor and pulled out into the corridor.

The ouija board moving by itself, and catching fire.

The part where she wakes up in the middle of the night and stares at him.
...and my favourite part...

The zha bor says "Everything is going to be OKAY", and when she said 'okay', you could hear another deep nasal voice.

NAIS!!!

At each scene, my reaction was like WHOA SHIT!!! But looking at the overall movie, it wasn't really that great.

Still, for the effects, it's worth watching in the cinema. Of course everything isn't perfect, so just take it for what it is.

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I really want a single room. I want to be able to talk on the phone in comfort, to blast my music on my 2.1 stereo speakers, I want my own bigass study table, I want to be able to put my 19-inch LCD monitor to play videogames and connect my laptop to do work, and not having to clean it up even if my friends and family visit me.

COZ IT'S MY ROOM.

I love it how I have my own bigass room back home in KL, with my own toilet, my own queen-sized bed, my favourite rocking chair, a hugeass table, TV to play videogames, large enough to accommodate 5 people sleeping there, and can have TEH parties.

Well, I don't expect to get a room as huge as mine in KL, but for now, I just want my own single room.

Oh, and I want to be able to drive too. Have to wait until my parents drive down to Singapore, or until I go back to KL.

Been living in hostel since Sec 1. Been having roommates for 8 years. It's not that I don't like them (Many of my best friends are from hostel), but I just want to have my own space.

Now, when invite friends over, I needa get 'permission' from my roommate, check whether he doesn't mind. Of course he has a right to refuse, but you see, why do I even have to go through this added hassle.

My mum said if I wanted to, I can go look for a place on my own. I'm eyeing Rivervalley... but I don't think paying $900 a month on rental is going to be worth it. Right now, staying in hostel is really manageable... can tahan... It's just that I'm being a brat.

I can't wait for the day when I start working, get my own pay, choose my own house, have my own space, and don't let my mum worry whether I am living in a shithole or not.

In fact, how I wish that KL-Singapore intercity travel wouldn't be so long. Haha.

To say that I wish my family were living in Singapore would be going too far... Coz I know they would be happier in KL.

I guess we can't get the best of both worlds.

Badass!!!

Awesome shit!!!



11.10.09.

November 10th 2009.

I guess I'm not gonna quit playing videogames afterall.

God Bless America for creating the xbox 360!

Gosh. You see an American suburb under attack. You see the International Space Station (presumably) being blown up. You see British SAS invading some castle.

Best. Shit. In. Videogaming History.

Ever.

Expectations

When I was young , I used to be very temperamental. Like a brat, I always argued with my mum. After that, I'd always feel damn shitty, asking myself why the hell did I even argue with her. Once I came to Singapore, I never argued with my mum coz maybe I just grew up. I certainly hated the feeling of making her angry.

In the past few years, I've had lotsa nightmares that I get into uber heated arguments with people I care, making them upset over what I've said and/or done. And I'm damn glad that it's only a nightmare coz it did not actually happen. Everytime after such nightmares, I'd be so happy seeing them, knowing that I did not screw up anything.

There were also several times when I got into heated argument with friends. The feeling of wanting to tell them off felt so.... gratifying.

Recently, I've found myself expecting so much.

But then I realised how petty I can be a lot of times. Mostly due to my own high expectations making me easily disappointed by their acts or omissions. No one owes us a 'duty of care', if I may say so.

And what the hell, why am I being so petty.

Friends are there to have fun with us, talk cock, share our experiences, complaints, and to keep us company. But when they are not there for us in our shitty times, we tend to feel disappointed even though they did nothing wrong.

I guess it's normal to expect so. When you're beaten down, it's not that you can't carry on by your own. Neither do you want sympathy. You just want friends to be there to understand what you're going through.

But it's selfish to expect people to do things for you. Being frustrated over things is just gonna make things shittier for everyone.

It's better to let go of certain expectations.

It's not worth sacrificing something valuable for just a brief moment of self-indulgence and gratification.

I don't want to see that look of disappointment on people's faces after I've said anything wrong to them.

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As I was typing this, my boss just told me how disappointed she is that barely anyone (but me) replies to her emails!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHA

Jennifer's Acting

Stupid storyline. But cute acting by Amanda Seyfried, and even more awesomely scary acting by Megan Fox.

She look like an intelligent zombie from Left 4 Dead or something...
Caption: Succubus Nutcase crowned Prom Queen.

The best part of the show was the Kitchen Scene. Really some awesome shit. Jennifer just standing there in the dark, body all bloodied, smiling.

Wasn't able to find that photo, so this comes closest to it. Makes you feel like going up to her, hug her, and say "Don't worry, everything's gonna be okay..."

Caption: WARAO! Why you pour red paint on me?

The ending was too abrupt. Should've made Jennifer come back to life to fight off her friend. Awesome catfight.

Great Expectations + Greatest Vampire Movie Ever

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

Yeah yeah some of you guys are gonna say 'Wow Paul is quoting from the Bible'.

Thanks to Kahn the Wise Man.

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Anyway, I recalled that I had a freaking nightmare about the best vampire movie ever: An Interview with the Vampire (1994). Starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, and Kirsten Dunst when they were all younger.



AWESOME.

The feeling of longing, frustration of a damned life, adaptation... In my nightmare, I wasn't the victim of a vampire, but the vampire himself.

That nightmare caused me to wake up an hour before my alarm clock was to wake me up. Couldn't recall what the dream was about, but I just had an overwhelming feeling of fear and loneliness. Took me the entire day to recall what the dream was about.

How did I recall what the dream was about? Coz I wanted to watch a horror movie so badly, somehow I just recalled the best vampire movie I ever watched and voila, I managed to recall my nightmare.

I'd have to say it was an awesome nightmare though... Just as how awesome the movie was.

Loved the beginning. Loved the middle. Love how it never seems to end. Love the ending.

Rent it. Buy it. Do whatever it takes to watch it.