If Not Now, Then When?
Thursday, July 15, 2010
I just received a notice regarding the MAD Charity Show – its venue has been changed from changed from Dragonfly KL to the Ministry of Sound @ Sunway. Do take note and make the appropriate changes. (: *** A belated note on the World Cup. Does not anyone else feel that relying on an octopus to tell you who’s going to win the match is insulting, not just to us but to the animal kingdom as a whole? Obviously we are the most intelligent creatures on this earth, so it goes without saying that believing an octopus’s random predictions is a beyond stupid. I mean come on, how hard could it have been to get it right? It has a one in two chance of picking the right team! (Further Math students could probably prove me wrong on this but even at face value, one in two aren’t such bad odds) And I don’t believe that the octopus is psychic. Yes, many animals have been shown to be intelligent and perhaps possess abilities we would deem “psychic”. Dogs rush to the door minutes before their masters arrive home, salmon find their way back to their breeding grounds, abandoned cats find their way home after being lost 100 miles away. The animal kingdom has secrets humans can probably never hope to uncover; or at least, not for a long time. But the line is drawn at that creeping charlatan of a cephalopod. Because I believe that, no matter how “psychic”, intelligent or as Jonathan says, “pre-cognitive” he is, Paul simply will never be able understand a pointless activity that was invented purely by humans, for humans. Neither does he understand what flags and nationalities are, or what winning means to anybody at all. Paul is simply one freaking lucky – and hungry – octopus whose sole quest in life is to feed and breed. What’s worse is that his predictions have made headlines around the world. Which goes to show you that clever has humans are, most of us are - most of the time - still the gullible monkeys we once were. My point is, truthfully I didn’t really like the Netherlands that much. Spain beat Germany after all! But I REALLY REALLY hated Paul so much that I supported Netherlands just so that I could have the privilege of laughing at the world just in case he was proved wrong. So I went and changed my desktop wallpaper orange, tweeted my support to the Dutch incessantly and stayed up all Sunday night… To watch the Oranje go down in the most shameful manner ever. –.- I feel infuriated. This hasn’t convinced me at all of Paul’s capabilities and therefore I shall be revenging myself personally by eating tako every day for a month… Or as long as it takes for the disciples of Paul to shut up. (Yeah I know my form of revenge isn’t quite coherent with my rant about the wondrous animal kingdom and it’s not even Paul’s fault, but what to do. Spain really deserved to win lah!) (Besides, Paul is really quite a stupid name for an octopus.) Labels: Events, Rants
INTRODUCING
Name: Louise
13 April 1992
You can only call me Lulu if you don’t think the name’s funny.
I am a member of the Smiley Conspiracy and a proud ex-CHS-ian, graduating class of 2009. Now doing A-Levels at HELP University College. Is proudly Malaysian, but doesn’t look like it and is proud of that too.
This is the 7th time I am editing this about section of the blog this year; I have sort of accepted that my personality is ever-evolving, ever-changing, therefore rendering my moods as volatile as the weather. But just as there are some things that have stood untouched across the centuries by harsh weather, so there are some things with me that remain ever the same: a belief that to live is to learn, and the ability to bounce back from setbacks.
What I love also remains constant. I love good food, dancing, fresh experiences, open minds and friendly people, all of which can be found in the wonderful wonderful city that is Istanbul. I love musicals, plays, good books, stickers, owls, colourful wrapping paper, hugs and kisses, chocolates, almost any music from the 17th to the 21st century, intense debates and post-it notes.
Fictional characters I have been compared to (in terms of personality) are Piglet from Winnie The Pooh and Kelsi from High School Musical.
I dream of finishing this list [29/8/2010: list is undergoing revamp!], and my secret ambition is to become a hairdresser or bartender. Unfortunately I’m also incredibly kiasu, so I’m going to go to university just to show everyone that I can. But want to go to uni also because I love learning lah!
Words that describe me are impulsive, impetuous, quixotic, sanguine, quirky, bewildered, kiasu and hodgepodge. The last one also refers to my sense of fashion.
*GRINS* :D
If Not Now, Then When?
Thursday, July 15, 2010
I just received a notice regarding the MAD Charity Show – its venue has been changed from changed from Dragonfly KL to the Ministry of Sound @ Sunway. Do take note and make the appropriate changes. (: *** A belated note on the World Cup. Does not anyone else feel that relying on an octopus to tell you who’s going to win the match is insulting, not just to us but to the animal kingdom as a whole? Obviously we are the most intelligent creatures on this earth, so it goes without saying that believing an octopus’s random predictions is a beyond stupid. I mean come on, how hard could it have been to get it right? It has a one in two chance of picking the right team! (Further Math students could probably prove me wrong on this but even at face value, one in two aren’t such bad odds) And I don’t believe that the octopus is psychic. Yes, many animals have been shown to be intelligent and perhaps possess abilities we would deem “psychic”. Dogs rush to the door minutes before their masters arrive home, salmon find their way back to their breeding grounds, abandoned cats find their way home after being lost 100 miles away. The animal kingdom has secrets humans can probably never hope to uncover; or at least, not for a long time. But the line is drawn at that creeping charlatan of a cephalopod. Because I believe that, no matter how “psychic”, intelligent or as Jonathan says, “pre-cognitive” he is, Paul simply will never be able understand a pointless activity that was invented purely by humans, for humans. Neither does he understand what flags and nationalities are, or what winning means to anybody at all. Paul is simply one freaking lucky – and hungry – octopus whose sole quest in life is to feed and breed. What’s worse is that his predictions have made headlines around the world. Which goes to show you that clever has humans are, most of us are - most of the time - still the gullible monkeys we once were. My point is, truthfully I didn’t really like the Netherlands that much. Spain beat Germany after all! But I REALLY REALLY hated Paul so much that I supported Netherlands just so that I could have the privilege of laughing at the world just in case he was proved wrong. So I went and changed my desktop wallpaper orange, tweeted my support to the Dutch incessantly and stayed up all Sunday night… To watch the Oranje go down in the most shameful manner ever. –.- I feel infuriated. This hasn’t convinced me at all of Paul’s capabilities and therefore I shall be revenging myself personally by eating tako every day for a month… Or as long as it takes for the disciples of Paul to shut up. (Yeah I know my form of revenge isn’t quite coherent with my rant about the wondrous animal kingdom and it’s not even Paul’s fault, but what to do. Spain really deserved to win lah!) (Besides, Paul is really quite a stupid name for an octopus.) Labels: Events, Rants
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