Friday, February 06, 2009
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Firstly, congrats to Brennan for getting a mention on The Straits Times paper yesterday. Now everybody knows you SMS to Plurk.
I've been using Twitter for a while now, and more recently, Plurk. They're great platforms for micro-blogging. If you haven't seen them, they're on the sidebar to the right of this page. Then I have to wonder how you could even miss that.
I tend to use them when I have a little quip to say that doesn't justify a new blog post. My preference is Plurk, for its rather colorful and friendly way of communicating. I like the prefix that you could choose from like, "Audi is, Audi has, Audi loves...". It helps when you're having a little writer's block. Oh, and it has a privacy function so you could bitch about things and only your Plurk friends could see it.
Otherwise... I'd use Twitter via its SMS service when I have a random quote or a brain fart while in the MRT and there's no Internet nearby.
What I don't really like, though, is the character limit. But that's fine... there's a saying, "Keep it simple, stupid.", or K.I.S.S. when you're writing. It's trimming the fat so people won't get lost in words.
I leave here now with two quips I wrote today but went over the character limit.
- "If i were to die of lung cancer, it would be less the fault of smoking and more of me spending a good part of NS gulping air from truck exhausts." - Written while I was on duty.
- "I think the best gift to receive is one that couldn't be preserved. Like a conversation... Or a serenade. Sweet memories are eternal. Or is this just an ideal?" - I thought of this after wishing Justin well on turning 22 today. I was questioning myself why I don't buy presents for people.
And now, excuse me while I head over to town. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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Here's to another great year ahead!  TWENTY-ONE!
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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I am a Singaporean adult.
These are my rights.
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I've had a relatively good run with my Canon 450D.
 Celebration!
But I guess it's time I put it down.
January alone has been a major snap-fest and I've snapped up about 14GB of photos. I'm afraid of reaching an artistic and creative plateau, which it seems that I have for the past weeks.
This period of, say, two weeks (or a month), would be a good time for me to get other things back on track in my life. To explore new ideas and meet new people. Hopefully, I'd return with a different perspective.
I might even start editing videos instead.
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Sunday, February 01, 2009
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
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I found this excerpt from Euthyphro by Socrates rather thought provoking.
P.S I'm not trying to push an Atheist propaganda. I couldn't care less or it'll put me in the same boat as bible thumpers or bigots. This has nothing to do with it anyways. I just find this worthy of sharing. What good is living if you do not question things?
And the Lord spoke unto the philosopher," I am the Lord thy God, and I am the source of all that is good. Why does thy secular moral philosophy ignore me?
And the philosopher spake unto the Lord," To answer I must first ask you some questions. You command us to do what is good. But is it good because you command it, or do you command it because it is good?"
"Ur," said the Lord. "It's good because I command it?"
"The wrong answer, surely, your mightiness! If the good is only good because you say it is so, then you could, if you wished, make it so that torturing infants was good. But that would be absurd, wouldn't it?"
"Of course!" replieth the Lord. "I tested thee and thou have made me pleased. What was the other choice again?"
"You choose what is good because it IS good. But then that shows that goodness does not depend on you at all. So we don't need to study God to study the good."
"Even so," spake the Lord," you've got to admit that I've written some pretty good textbooks on the subject..."
What do you think?
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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So I turned 21 today.
I took note of myself today... seeing whether some magical thing will happen now that I'm a 'man'.
Nothing different. Though I realize I have quite a package now.
It's feels much nicer when I give it a firm hold every now and then, really.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
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The essence of my demise stares me in the face
As I pen my thoughts with words misplaced.
A world of beauty have I lived with haste
A wandering gaze away from truth but a view replaced.
A secret undressed, the mind obsessed but the heart protests.
I listened to the words you used on me.
And you deny the truth of your words laid on your breasts.
A joke as it was, I have to agree.
The seeds of your lives is the beauty I seek.
The empty touch of the girls who work I cannot feel.
Why can't I put my lips on your cheek.
A life of lies I've lived
With you it cannot heal.
Friday, January 23, 2009
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Jayden once showed me a few pictures that had quite a pretty effect on it. Basically it consisted of an off-focus light source-thingy layer over another image of a subject.
We tried reproducing this effect at our own leisure.
Well, this is what I came up with half-asleep one night.
Meh. I should refine this effect a bit more. The look isn't quite there yet and overdone.
What do you think?
By the way, Happy Chinese New Year to all of you out there! Enjoy the long weekend!
P.S. Should I put a little video of me editing my photos?
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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I'll be staying in camp from today till Friday morning. I'm a heavy sleeper so it's best I stayed in camp so that I won't be late. At least my curfew's at 2359... before the guards lock the main gate.
I turn 21 in exactly a week.
There's a saying that goes,"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes."
Twenty-one is a big number for me. They'll usually give a key to the guy on their 21st to tell them that they're a man. Or now liable to be sodomized by the thick arm of the law.
If I could, I would love to finally throw a party... or a gathering... at least for once. Just once. I'd invite everyone I've ever been thankful to meet and we'd mingle and shoot the shits the whole night.
I've never celebrated my birthdays. I keep telling myself I'm too busy. Obviously, I'm only making myself feel better.
But this is me. This is who I am.
I have no cash. I have no ideas. I'm overall a very boring person in real-life. Even my Internet persona isn't exactly something to fancy all about. The best friend I ever had was a QWERTY keyboard.
As much as I'd like to have something big done this year, I'd most probably spend this year like the usual: At home, on the computer, probably surfing porn. I'll occasionally get the usual SMS-es from a couple of guys and get on with life. Once, I had a friend call me up to get him out of debt.
 If I could have at least one day where I'm not bothered by aimless pedestrians blocking my way, the nagging of my parents or useless bickering on the newspapers... it's on my 21st.
This will be the day.
The day where I can walk around in the middle of the night in the city with another person. Our hearts in a knot. I will lay myself on that lap to cuddle up and weep. Weep at the joy such a night could bring. When the life I knew has gone and I've reached a place of no return.
Dreams are dreams. And that's where they will stay. I am not a king. And I don't ask to be treated like one. I don't ask for gifts. I don't ask for women. I don't ask for all the money in the world.
I only want silence. For that one day.
No more nagging. No more dollars. No more worries.
All I wish for is to look down that night... only to see your hands in mine.
These roads of life, will I then march with courage.
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