Can't place the place

I have this recurring dream where the location is set on Sentosa, or some resort beach area, where there is a row of candle-lit restaurants that I've never been to before. Somehow my dreams there always involve being chased by something, or come just before a subsequent dream involving chases. Somehow some of my uni friends were eating at a restaurant in yesterday's dream.

I also dreamt that my house was demolished to make way for a shopping mall with a lanshop and lots of japanese food places and bakeries, and my family was given a unit in the condominium housing directly above it.

Oh The Postmordernity!!!

"That's when I realized that the parable of the perfumes is really about being open-minded."

[...]

This is why perfumes are rather like people.

You know that there are some types you instantly take to, but the heart of a fragrance takes some time to appear, so never judge it by the bottle or the first spritz.

..."- Ignatius Low, Straits Times

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On the way back from RT, I decided I would write yet another line or two in honor of my passing.

The tallest tales, too timid even in their highest praise, could tell not of the splendor of my might or the art of my stroke, for upon my coming to the battlefield, even the defeated receive glory enough to salve their wounded pride.

Postnote: Too long.

Edit: Upon my coming to the field, both victory and defeat become glorious.


...Must...play...must validate.. self-worth.


Must abstain from using self-deprecatory quips to camouflage insufferable self-obsession...

Must pass IPPT.


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This is, the story of, Jimmy, the pervert, the man with the wandering hands, wandering hands, wandering hands...

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got swing.

I'll settle for self-praise.

I woke up this morning and finally made the decision to delete Warcraft 3 off my computer. It's something I've been meaning to do for a long time, but I never got around to it. Overall, I'm glad I did it. It doesn't mean that I'm going to stop gaming completely, but rather that I'm going on a hiatus till Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 comes along, which is as long as anything between 3 months and a year =/

Given that the Dota world is now bereft of my awe-inspiring presence, I'd like to write a sentence in honor of myself.



Few were the mortal men who could best me.



Okee dokee. It's time to move on to bigger games, like playing with the hearts of women!

Time and space

"It was the biggest house I'd ever seen, and inside there was food... good food."- Little girl on the pupil.

Clumsy, awkward, tongue-tied, thick-tongued, dumb, mute, choked

A home ties you down to the land you inhabit. Naturally it can take on a different meaning in a country where housing payments persist through most of one's adult years, but... Even if you're wandering aimlessly, or hopelessly... The home you come back to is the proof of a precious life.

Heartbeat

Abandoned by the people I called my friends, I drifted alone in the blackness of the void that is "Astronomy Class" for two whole hours.

I can't remember the last time I was so bored on campus grounds, or when I was ever so glad to have my laptop with me.

The feeling of ennui eats at my sanity. I eat simply for the sake of staving it off.



This is madness.

Moonshine; Blame Game; Bright eyes

DARKNESS UNENDING!

MIGHT AND TERROR!

BLARGGH.

Okay now that that's out of the way, here's the adjective for the day: Tantalizing.

E.g. That food looks tantalizing.
E.g. Your legs are tantalizing.


In the world of Naruto, there are several characters who possess genetic traits that allow them to see things that normal people cannot. Hyuuga Neji can see 360 degrees around himself and look through inanimate objects. Uchiha Sasuke's eyes allow him to learn things that he sees in a matter of seconds, and allows him to see through illusions. All of them can use their eyes to pierce through appearances and find the weaknesses of their enemies. All of them use what they can see to cripple their opponents, but it's only the main character who has eyes to see what is good in people.

In our anger, it's often easier to write people off or stereotype them or shut them out of our lives... The difficulty of judging character lies in being able to conclude that people are good, but so different that it's simply hard to get along.

Discount sushi, poisonous pina coladas, cheap steamboat, zombie apocalypses, sitting around and embracing the mundane... And people to sit through it all with you.


I'm probably never going to get the chance to introduce Macross Frontier to anyone, so here's one of the best songs in the series for your listening pleasure.

Awesome weekend, dead ahead!

It's probably a little too early, but I've managed to learn enough lindy moves (LT, LC, IT, OT, R/RJ, RJC, SO, Swing out, Charleston, Around the World) to do a functional beginner-level social dance number with someone. And it makes me feel good.

It's like, up until now, there was something missing in my tech tree, some multi-specialization that I'd neglected, the absence of which was preventing me from becoming the best level 22 Lawful Good Sociologist/DOTA elite I could be.

I think I've made a logical and mature decision by dropping CS100 for this semester. Ironically, I'm now considering minoring in it, but I guess I'll take it up at a better time. I'm pretty psyched for the new semester now. Wish I could get along a little better with my lindy hop batch mates but that's a small matter.

!!!YEAR 2 SEM 2 MORE ACTION MORE ROMANCE MORE DRAMA MORE KNOWLEDGE!!!

Here's a video of what may be the best opening theme for a fighting game in existence. It hails from a time where executive meddling was less common and game makers had the freedom to see their creative vision through all the way...

Thanks Chris, I feel smarter now. (Intel +3)

University seems a little lonelier now.

But no real adventure is complete without a lonely sojourn into an unfamiliar and slightly dangerous place...

Ice

Spice nice thrice rice lice entice mice splice slice dice vice price

2010

"Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each day you'll get a choice: Take one step forward, one step backward, or stay put where you are. Pick a different choice each day and you'll get what's called dancing.


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"The World Ain't Slowing Down" - Ellis Paul (First stanza and chorus)

I found you sitting on a suitcase crying
Beneath my feet I feel the rumble of a subway train
And I laugh out loud
cause it's the one thing I hadn't been trying
The train came in breathless
The passenger's restless
You say, 'baby, you'll never change'

(chorus)
You gotta get gone
You gotta get going
Hey, the world ain't slowin' down
For no one
It's a carnival calling out to you
And it sounds like a song
It hits you like scripture
You paint the picture
With colors squeezed from your hand
Weren't you the kid
Who just climbed on a merry-go-round
Hey, look, the world ain't slowin' down


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Your drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens

Steamboat and Mango Sango (With Pomelo). Love gorging on those mushrooms.

Will post a reflective end-of-a-season entry soon. Must reflect. Must make sense of one's life. Must rationalize the hours spent playing L4D2.

My burning desire to reach new heights of inanity by saying stupid things to the people around me may be impairing the brain processes that allow for decent conversation.

Either that, or I'm just not as smart or as sociable as I think I am.

... Impossible.