Suffice it to describe my recent self, I've been plagued by a lingering vacuum of boredom which has effectuated a long streak of restlessness and directionless frustration. As always though, Boredom never took long to find a friend in me, and somehow always found itself ever too comfortable to stay. Please don't mistake me for one who irresponsibly uses this blog for unjustified and persistent emotional carthasis, because throughout this period, I have made painstaking efforts at ridding this parasite of boredom. Also, if you notice from the short but sufficient history of Theamigosparasiempre, it is evident that I'm far from one who whines and wails. Anyway, the measures I've taken to eradicate this clinging vine of boredom include setting ridiculous goals like getting significantly tanner which the general population would consider ludicrous and unimportant, getting lost in those incredibly long runs(got inspired by Nate in John grishams 'The Testament'), reacquainting(even with ppl I've hardly seen in the past half decade but nevertheless enjoyable enough), watching rubbish clips on youtube.com by robin williams and feasting on the many a delectable dishes as often as I can. Yet, to this moment, I am still entranced in this lasting spell of boredom and wayyy remote from being delirious. However, today was slightly different because the pre-departure visit for UK bound students served as my first concrete activity I've had in a pretty damn long while. As I turned up at the meet late, I didn't manage to conduct an adequate and fair visual sweep of the girls who were headed to the UK. As much as I can gather, there were many randomly scattered across the ballroom even though university booths lined its perimeter, and only a handful were pretty. Yet, it was consoling enough to know that most were decently looking and you might say.. dance-able. My hopes of having a long stream of attractive girls flowing in the direction of my university's booth were dampened by the harsh reality that the booth was more often than not, vacant. Probably, the most interesting of this dull event, was talking to this yr 2 Singaporean girl who frequently holidays and also studies law at Bristol, about travelling and havoc things to do there. We promised to enchant one another with our adventures in our next meeting and I don't see myself falling short at spellbinding anyone with my string of adventures overseas and at home. To this point, I am unfortunately still frustrated with a general lack of direction, even after sapping all the joy I could muster from todays event and as always, hoping for something better every brand new day(in this case I refer to the element of hope before this event). Like in every reflection, something is learnt each time. Today, I learnt with greater relevance to my life, what I thought about a few weeks back about the story of Pandora's box, where Hope(the final resident before she reopened it), unlike what it promises, can be(not all the time though) equated with the worst and most deplorable of all evils. This is because Hope when accompanied with the fore-knowledge of an imminent negative event, deludes the individual by providing the corrosive comfort of a false 'hope,' since it is improbable he can alter the outcome of fate. Albeit contradictory to what i learnt, I am gonna get my hopes high that by sheer fortune or whatever, the natural flow of events in my life would break this unbearable cycle of boredom and steer me in a specific direction. Goodnight Amigos at this inappropriate time again. When the time is right, I will enthrall yall with a more less stupid, more silly, action packed and entertaining post..
-Kenneth Wong
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Saturday, July 29, 2006
The Saturday of Studying
Today was absolutely the most abysmal example of a good day of studying... Im completely sick of biochemistry and chemistry in general... I made a valiant attempt at forcing myself to study though... I refused to leave the house the whole day... However, after 10 hours at home, i think i know at best, an extra one mark of information as compared to what i knew at the beginning of the day... which is not good.. i bid u all good luck in enduring days like these which you will no doubt stumble upon and stagger aimlessly through, in your impending university life...
-Luke
-Luke
Friday, July 28, 2006
The Crib
ok ppl.. i finally got some time on my hands and used it to take photos of my new place for u guys to see...
ok.. that should give u guys a good idea of the place... even though my photo taking prowess is less than ideal...
im throwing in some pics of the bbq for good measure... and a pic of me and mel for no particular reason...
ciao!
-Luke
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Means and Ends
So what does this mean and how does it end, you must be asking yourselves. Haha, I sincerely apologise for my intellectual humour and failure at clairvoyance. Really, this is an entry that marks the unofficial end of the 2yr 8mth hiatus from my original route of life - the means to the eventual end. The SAF stint is nothing but a detour, a detraction from the means, that I have just mentioned, to my particular end. Sure, it has taught me things, among them being how to be independent, mentally tougher and gave me an insight through personal experience into how much our amazing physical bodies, that God has bestowed upon us, can actually be pushed to near indefinite limits. It has also taught me how fucked up organizations and the people that are part of them are. And the thing that scares the shit out of me is envisaging the highly probable future of me and you working for a lousy organization for the bulk of our lives and being one of their rats. Big or small, thin or fat, clean or dirty, black white or grey, smart or stupid, you're still a rat. Period. This leads me to my next point.
But before that, allow me to elaborate a little on what I’ve done and learnt during these 5 mths of non-stop slacking. I’ve read political philosophical and socio books that have granted me insights through the minds of remarkable politicians and thinkers and enabled me to have a better understanding of our world, society and men. I’ve gymed and jogged and more or less got rid of the ‘uncle’ body and image that Luke had insisted I possessed before he left for studies. I’ve watched many movies, probably almost 40, which I’ve missed out on and learnt many lessons from them besides the cinematic pleasure. I’ve caught up with friends that matter to me and even rekindled a couple of stale friendships. I’ve traveled to India and China and drew a wealth of lessons, knowledge and experience from there. So, it was really a cool 5 mths of pleasure, carefreeness and some growing-up. Yes, I certainly hope that I’ve been progressing in life and that I’m ready to tackle the next phase – yet another means to the desired end.
Back to my previous point. No, I don't intend to be an eventual rat. Maybe a temporal rat, with it being an inevitable part of the means I mentioned earlier, but not a permanent rat - a rat so full blown in its maladies and filth that even the sewers shun it. Speaking about means and ends, I must admit that I adopt the Machiavellian philosophy with a slight twist. The end is definitely more important than the means to me and part of achieving the desired end includes committing a necessary evil to root out a greater one, of course done with extreme discretion. I’d like to take this opportunity to state it down in black and white for recording purposes that I intend to fulfill either one or a combination of these 3 means/ends in life: 1. Be my own boss eventually so I’ll never have to look up to anyone. 2. Have such a fulfilling career that I actually don’t mind looking up to someone. 3. If all else fails, retire by 40 a multi millionaire.
Before I conclude, I just watched A Bronx Tale which was directed by Robert De Niro and also starring him. Just a background of the movie set in the Bronx of 1960s, De Niro is the morally upright and strict dad and Chazz Palminteri is the cool mafia boss who plays godfather to the boy cos the boy saved him from the cops. Both impart different yet similar values to the boy, the dad with his morally accurate and no-nonsense values, and the godfather with his gangster brand of values. Both these men helped shape the childhood and young adulthood of the boy as well as his thinking and values. At the end of the show, the boy narrated this: ‘Sonny and my father always said that when I get old I’ll understand. Well, I finally did. I learnt something from these 2 men: I learnt to give love and get love unconditionally; you just have to accept people for what they are. And I learnt the greatest gift of all: the saddest thing in life is wasted talent. And the choices that you make will shape your life forever. You can ask anybody from my neighbourhood and they will tell you this is just another Bronx tale’. I’ve learnt something from this show and I just wanted to pass it on to you guys.
I chose this time to add in this entry cos fri marks the unofficial start of the new phase when my social science orientation commences. So yeah that’s it from me, thanks for bearing with me, and rock on, Amigos.
Justin
But before that, allow me to elaborate a little on what I’ve done and learnt during these 5 mths of non-stop slacking. I’ve read political philosophical and socio books that have granted me insights through the minds of remarkable politicians and thinkers and enabled me to have a better understanding of our world, society and men. I’ve gymed and jogged and more or less got rid of the ‘uncle’ body and image that Luke had insisted I possessed before he left for studies. I’ve watched many movies, probably almost 40, which I’ve missed out on and learnt many lessons from them besides the cinematic pleasure. I’ve caught up with friends that matter to me and even rekindled a couple of stale friendships. I’ve traveled to India and China and drew a wealth of lessons, knowledge and experience from there. So, it was really a cool 5 mths of pleasure, carefreeness and some growing-up. Yes, I certainly hope that I’ve been progressing in life and that I’m ready to tackle the next phase – yet another means to the desired end.
Back to my previous point. No, I don't intend to be an eventual rat. Maybe a temporal rat, with it being an inevitable part of the means I mentioned earlier, but not a permanent rat - a rat so full blown in its maladies and filth that even the sewers shun it. Speaking about means and ends, I must admit that I adopt the Machiavellian philosophy with a slight twist. The end is definitely more important than the means to me and part of achieving the desired end includes committing a necessary evil to root out a greater one, of course done with extreme discretion. I’d like to take this opportunity to state it down in black and white for recording purposes that I intend to fulfill either one or a combination of these 3 means/ends in life: 1. Be my own boss eventually so I’ll never have to look up to anyone. 2. Have such a fulfilling career that I actually don’t mind looking up to someone. 3. If all else fails, retire by 40 a multi millionaire.
Before I conclude, I just watched A Bronx Tale which was directed by Robert De Niro and also starring him. Just a background of the movie set in the Bronx of 1960s, De Niro is the morally upright and strict dad and Chazz Palminteri is the cool mafia boss who plays godfather to the boy cos the boy saved him from the cops. Both impart different yet similar values to the boy, the dad with his morally accurate and no-nonsense values, and the godfather with his gangster brand of values. Both these men helped shape the childhood and young adulthood of the boy as well as his thinking and values. At the end of the show, the boy narrated this: ‘Sonny and my father always said that when I get old I’ll understand. Well, I finally did. I learnt something from these 2 men: I learnt to give love and get love unconditionally; you just have to accept people for what they are. And I learnt the greatest gift of all: the saddest thing in life is wasted talent. And the choices that you make will shape your life forever. You can ask anybody from my neighbourhood and they will tell you this is just another Bronx tale’. I’ve learnt something from this show and I just wanted to pass it on to you guys.
I chose this time to add in this entry cos fri marks the unofficial start of the new phase when my social science orientation commences. So yeah that’s it from me, thanks for bearing with me, and rock on, Amigos.
Justin
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
The Holidays
ok... a way overdue entry.. i had no internet.. not my fault...
we all know the stuff that happened this holidays... so i am gonna sum them up instead with all the things that didnt happen.
in no particular order...
1. Malik didnt get a mayo-chilli england flag painted on him
2. England did not win anyone 10-0
3. Elvin somehow didnt get drunk
4. A taxi driver didnt get paid
5. Kenyan boys didnt rob justin,kenneth or myself of anything (not sure about elvins virginity)
6. Malik didnt become superman
7. We didnt pay for a bbq pit.
8. Elvin didnt win any money on betting
9. Silent hill didnt make malik or myself scared... except for that split second
10. Malik didnt win a dota bet
most importantly.. 11. Malik was never seen physically running home.
A great holiday indeed.... I'll be back (Arnie style)... cya =)
-Luke
we all know the stuff that happened this holidays... so i am gonna sum them up instead with all the things that didnt happen.
in no particular order...
1. Malik didnt get a mayo-chilli england flag painted on him
2. England did not win anyone 10-0
3. Elvin somehow didnt get drunk
4. A taxi driver didnt get paid
5. Kenyan boys didnt rob justin,kenneth or myself of anything (not sure about elvins virginity)
6. Malik didnt become superman
7. We didnt pay for a bbq pit.
8. Elvin didnt win any money on betting
9. Silent hill didnt make malik or myself scared... except for that split second
10. Malik didnt win a dota bet
most importantly.. 11. Malik was never seen physically running home.
A great holiday indeed.... I'll be back (Arnie style)... cya =)
-Luke
The Holidays
ok... a way overdue entry.. i had no internet.. not my fault...
we all know the stuff that happened this holidays... so i am gonna sum them up instead with all the things that didnt happen.
in no particular order...
1. Malik didnt get a mayo-chilli england flag painted on him
2. England did not win anyone 10-0
3. Elvin somehow didnt get drunk
4. A taxi driver didnt get paid
5. Kenyan boys didnt rob justin,kenneth or myself of anything (not sure about elvins virginity)
6. Malik didnt become superman
7. We didnt pay for a bbq pit.
8. Elvin didnt win any money on betting
9. Silent hill didnt make malik or myself scared... except for that split second
10. Malik didnt win a dota bet
most importantly.. 11. Malik was never seen physically running home.
A great holiday indeed.... I'll be back (Arnie style)... cya =)
-Luke
we all know the stuff that happened this holidays... so i am gonna sum them up instead with all the things that didnt happen.
in no particular order...
1. Malik didnt get a mayo-chilli england flag painted on him
2. England did not win anyone 10-0
3. Elvin somehow didnt get drunk
4. A taxi driver didnt get paid
5. Kenyan boys didnt rob justin,kenneth or myself of anything (not sure about elvins virginity)
6. Malik didnt become superman
7. We didnt pay for a bbq pit.
8. Elvin didnt win any money on betting
9. Silent hill didnt make malik or myself scared... except for that split second
10. Malik didnt win a dota bet
most importantly.. 11. Malik was never seen physically running home.
A great holiday indeed.... I'll be back (Arnie style)... cya =)
-Luke
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The creativity drought
Due to a lack of creativity(notice the repetition of this word already used in the title?), let me allow this saying by Captain Jack Sparrow in the pirates of the carribean to philosophically enlighten and strike some humanity into the hearts you readers.
Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.
-Cpt Jack Sparrow
Today, I played the fool in disguise of being the wiser and worthier one. Today, has ended.
-Kenneth Wong
This is not a kool one liner. It fits 2 nicely for a perfect ending.
-Kenneth Wong
Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.
-Cpt Jack Sparrow
Today, I played the fool in disguise of being the wiser and worthier one. Today, has ended.
-Kenneth Wong
This is not a kool one liner. It fits 2 nicely for a perfect ending.
-Kenneth Wong
Thursday, July 06, 2006
The odds
1x2
1) Thursday night action Hell in a Cell
Home: Malike(Has stabbed another thrice in the eye before)- 2.2
Stalemate- 3.0
Away: Elvin the Stun King(wanna know how it feels to be in a constant trance?)- 1.4
Title winners
2) First to get drunk(5 horse race)
Elvin(1 teaspoon and he's down) - 1.01 and dropping
Malike(he might enrage Elvin to force alcohol down his throat) - 1.12
Kenneth(Status: Conspirator) - 2.00
Luke(Status: Ringleader) - 1.4(just in case the player gets played)
Justin(Natural instigator & very well trained tanker of indian booze) - 3.2
3) First to vomit after eating Malike's(Our one n only chef) specials
Elvin(an enigma but since he spews lotsa bullshit, it must've come from within) - 1.7
Malike(he eats his own shit) - 2.5
Kenneth(intends to eat Malike's shit) - 2.5
Luke(ironically a very clean indian stomach) - 1.1
Justin(Yea he had diarrheoa twice after India but now has a 2x resistant stomach) - 2.55
Against all odds
4) For all of us to meet a victorian(Elvin not counted bec he's a stunner)...
Davinder - 5000
Venky - 5000
Harith - 5000
Uzy(worlds fastest victorian) - 10000(talk cock, like ur eyes can capture images beyond the speed of light)
Special combo offer if we cross paths with all 4- (5000^3)(10000)(Bonus:10x multiplier)
5) Other random and unclassified odds
Malike to stab Elvin - 1.5
Malike to become superman(he claims his culinary skills merit the title) - 5.0
Luke to ride on a boat...again haha(not a goat on a boat btw) - 1.5(wonder why the odds so low?)
Luke to admit thailand is a 3rd world country - is google the biggest number?
Kenneth to admit he blushed - 10.0
Kenneth to admit to imagining her(you accusers can fill in the blanks) naked - 10.0
Elvin to be like a normal person and not being his normal self - 9999999
Elvin to confess the queen of his heart - 1.0(its confirmed)
Justin to meet Fanny(its not only a noun, it's also the name that former tkgs girl n UAN model) - 101.0(faint hope resides in his heart)
Justin to harbour amorous designs on Elvin bec of the latters feminine touch HAHA! - 1.2
oh and 1 more...
Luke to jump from the second storey.. head first n without helmet - 15.1(history might repeat itself)
-Your bookmaker Kenneth Wong
1) Thursday night action Hell in a Cell
Home: Malike(Has stabbed another thrice in the eye before)- 2.2
Stalemate- 3.0
Away: Elvin the Stun King(wanna know how it feels to be in a constant trance?)- 1.4
Title winners
2) First to get drunk(5 horse race)
Elvin(1 teaspoon and he's down) - 1.01 and dropping
Malike(he might enrage Elvin to force alcohol down his throat) - 1.12
Kenneth(Status: Conspirator) - 2.00
Luke(Status: Ringleader) - 1.4(just in case the player gets played)
Justin(Natural instigator & very well trained tanker of indian booze) - 3.2
3) First to vomit after eating Malike's(Our one n only chef) specials
Elvin(an enigma but since he spews lotsa bullshit, it must've come from within) - 1.7
Malike(he eats his own shit) - 2.5
Kenneth(intends to eat Malike's shit) - 2.5
Luke(ironically a very clean indian stomach) - 1.1
Justin(Yea he had diarrheoa twice after India but now has a 2x resistant stomach) - 2.55
Against all odds
4) For all of us to meet a victorian(Elvin not counted bec he's a stunner)...
Davinder - 5000
Venky - 5000
Harith - 5000
Uzy(worlds fastest victorian) - 10000(talk cock, like ur eyes can capture images beyond the speed of light)
Special combo offer if we cross paths with all 4- (5000^3)(10000)(Bonus:10x multiplier)
5) Other random and unclassified odds
Malike to stab Elvin - 1.5
Malike to become superman(he claims his culinary skills merit the title) - 5.0
Luke to ride on a boat...again haha(not a goat on a boat btw) - 1.5(wonder why the odds so low?)
Luke to admit thailand is a 3rd world country - is google the biggest number?
Kenneth to admit he blushed - 10.0
Kenneth to admit to imagining her(you accusers can fill in the blanks) naked - 10.0
Elvin to be like a normal person and not being his normal self - 9999999
Elvin to confess the queen of his heart - 1.0(its confirmed)
Justin to meet Fanny(its not only a noun, it's also the name that former tkgs girl n UAN model) - 101.0(faint hope resides in his heart)
Justin to harbour amorous designs on Elvin bec of the latters feminine touch HAHA! - 1.2
oh and 1 more...
Luke to jump from the second storey.. head first n without helmet - 15.1(history might repeat itself)
-Your bookmaker Kenneth Wong
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Team Germany
As the title suggests, this entry's gonna be made with a slant and I am of course, referring to their prospective victory over Italy in the semis. Although my judgement isnt entirely objective and in small part, emotion fuelled, I am still reasonably confidendt that the Germans would emerge victorious for several reasons. The first justification of my bold stand stems from the comfort in the knowledge that Team Germany, unlike the one under Sven's helm, has always been and currently operates under an intricately designed system which encourages efficient and effective play. Though the players may shoot themselves in the foot by straying from it at times, a good system is still imperative to producing/preventing goals and also hopefully generates wins because players feel secure with direction and not aimless play. My judgement on this issue secondly, is drawn from the conclusion through various matches over the years(partially valid now) that Germany has the gall to abandon their numbers in defence for a concentrated attack when the chips are down. If you notice, when the scoreline tilts unfavourably against the Germans, the coach usually commits 3-4 strikers upfront through substitutions and also provides the call for many a relentless attack. Of course, though not completely effective, this tactic often produces a good result. I'm particularly in favour of this because I find it extremely exciting to witness the germans blitz their opponents when activatimg 'Nazi mode.' Like how they gased the Argentines with a Klose sucker punch haha ironic! as well as later shooting them down n out in penalty kicks. Thirdly, though ballack has commonly been the main contributor to Germany's gameplay and instrumental to goals, the remainder of the squad, despite inexperience and lack of talent as compared to other footballing nations, manages to operate at their optimum, which has been paramount to their series of victories and most evidently their success(finalists) in the previous world cup that not many saw coming. Just take Klose for example, who was relatively unknown before 2002 and grossly underrated right now, was 4 years ago 2nd top and this tournametn insofar, the highest scorer. Although I have other reasons such as motivation from home crowd which further reinforce my stand, I shall right now just conclude with the final and most important reason as the match is just around the corner; the Germans are plain hardcore. Yup, the combination of brains(overall tactical n individual intelligence) as well as brawn(Justin and I agree that they're among the most aggressive worldwide) inevitably engineers positive results which unfortunately spells big trouble for their opponents. In making this entry, I'm not undermining the qualities, in every respect, of their upcoming opponent-Italy, but instead am underlining the considerations I find suffice my immense(whoa! it just skyrocketed! read 2nd sentence) confidence in the 3rd team haha I'm supporting this world cup.. to go for the jugular, if not, stem the tide and extricate themselves if need be.
-Kenneth Wong
-Kenneth Wong
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