Monthly Archive for December, 2007

Guilty

So guilty about not blogging consistently. Urgh. Too busy dreaming up new ideas for Slops to make it soar. Too much brain juices drained.

Urgh.

And I can’t wait to start building Strike Freedom Gundam MG.

And I love to play the arcade Basketball Shooting Game with my girlfriend. Our highest score so far as 628.

And I can’t wait for a new year to begin. 2008. Means ORD is even nearer!

And final fantasy 9 is really a very fun game to play on the PSP.

And D’ Gray Man is a damn nice anime to watch.

Maybe tomorrow night I will write a new year resolution. Just for entertainment sake. There is no pt taking new year resolutions seriously. If things are desperate enough that you end up writing them as new year resolution, you probably won’t fulfill them anyway.

And I got to start finding a nice, funny and insightful blog to read. I was with Dilbert Blog for awhile, but I find Scott Adam’s blogging style increasingly proud and arrogant.

Perhaps I am guilty of the same thing?

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Mr Bean in Apple Commercial

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Don’t make fun of my dear, dear National Anthem

From ST Forum,

SMU trio showed disrespect to national anthem
I ATTENDED Virtuoso 2007, an event organised by the Singapore Management University’s Music Interactive Club.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate the organising committee for a job well done. However, a segment in this event left me appalled.

This distasteful segment occurred during the group category, when a trio from the Singapore Management University (SMU) performed.

Before they started their song proper, they thought that it would be entertaining to dedicate a song in Malay for the non-Chinese audience who were attending this event.

What surprised me was the choice of the introductory song. The trio decided that they should belt out a distorted rendition of the Singapore national anthem.

I am a firm believer that we should treat our national anthem seriously. As citizens, we should learn to respect and honour it. Singing the national anthem is a solemn affair and it should not be approached in such a frivolous manner.

This choice of introduction worries me because, as tertiary students, they should know better than to possess such wilful disregard to the sacredness of our national anthem.

I am disappointed that such a wonderfully organised event had to be subjected to such blemish by three disrespectful Singaporean citizens.

I hope that action will be taken by SMU and that a repeat of such a disgraceful act can be avoided in the future.

Sing Keng Loon

I agree with many things the writer said. National anthem should be respected. It is godly. It is untouchable. It is sacred. We should not disregard it. It should be sang in a solemn manner. “Just like a funeral song,” commented one of my foreign friend after listening to the song being sung during a Flag Raising Ceremony.

The key thing in this issue however, is not whether or not whether or not the National Anthem should be respected. Since it is “correct” to respect the National Anthem, it can be safety assumed that all Singaporeans will do the right thing and respect it.

The issue at hand was whether the trio from SMU showed disrespect to the National Anthem. Using my warped sense of logic, my stand is that the SMU trio did lots of good by singing the song in a modified manner.

Wrote the writer, “they thought that it would be entertaining to dedicate a song in Malay for the non-Chinese audience who were attending this event.” It is a fun event. What is wrong with entertainment? What is more, the trio did a good job in welcoming their non-Chinese audiences to the event! Isn’t singing songs in a race’s tongue a good way to welcome them? The trio are very thoughtful and sensitive people. This modified song in malay served the double purpose of entertaining people, bringing smiles and laughter, and also welcoming audiences from a minority race so that they won’t feel left out. What is wrong with that?

Is what the trio sang still “National Anthem”? National Anthem did not consist of only the melody. It consisted of the meaningful and well-composed lyrics, and the respect that flows out from all those who sing or hear it. The trio changed the song. The original lyrics was replaced with something else. Only the melody remains. There is no respect in there either. Thus what they are singing cannot be technically labelled as “National Anthem”. It is just a song with the same melody as the National Anthem. It is not THE National Anthem.

What is more, many ignorant Singaporeans don’t even know how the National Anthem sounds like. By using its melody in a fun and entertaining way they are doing public service by showing them the melody of the National Anthem.

To conclude, they are bringing smiles to the faces of the audiences with that song. They welcome Muslim friends to the event by singing in their tongue. They are not singing THE National Anthem. Thus there is no need to respect and be solemn about it. They are also doing public service by allowing ignorant Singaporeans to know how the National Anthem sounds like.

So Sing Keng Loon, will it be a school song next?

Note: While what I say may make sense, this entry, along with other entries on this blog, should not be taken seriously. We will all have a difficult time if you do.

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What is weikiat doing?

Why did I not blog over the past 2 weeks? There are two simple explanations.

For the first week, I was busy reworking and reorganising my pet project, Slops, as well as busy watching tonnes of fantastic animes.

For this week, my dear had went oversea so its like part of my soul is not around at the moment. I entertain myself building my gundams and tainting myself with more animes and food.

My mood isn’t exactly what you call ok, as I am current still trying to figure out why am I such a blur person when it comes to clerical work in NS. I despise myself for that.

I will try harder.

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Slops Voting Contest

Currently working on Slops. Now you can vote for your favourite blog shop and win prizes! Head over to weikiat.net/slops/ now!

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Buy cheaper products - A story

A very fictional story regarding a very real problem.

Dear diary,

I just couldn’t take it any more. This may be the last time I am writing to you, but I don’t care. I tried ending my life just now by hanging myself, but the rope I bought was too cheap and it couldn’t support my weight. It broke while I was tying it to the ceiling fan. After I write this I will go with a cheaper way of commiting suicide. By jumping off the building. Its absolutely free.

I have always been a firm supporter of our country’s government. With the kind of clowning opposition dancing on the politcal table, it is safe to say that our current leaders are the best. I believe in everything they say and I am loyal to them.

When they banned Mass Effect to shield my eyes from the torment of witnessing unnature sex between an alien female and a human female, I felt loved and protected by the government. When they later removed the ban and gave it an M18 rating, I began to wish I can meet a female alien so that I can have sex with her. I’m above 18 years old of age.

I wanted to get hold of a copy of Mass Effect to play too, but it was too expansive. With the price of everything going up and my salary not increasing even a single cents, I really couldn’t affort the $59.90 it costs. So I followed my government’s advise to opt for a cheaper product. I got the game at $6 from a shop selling pirated cds instead. Later I was arrested and fined $20000 for procession of a pirated cd. That fine set me back by quite abit, almost driving me to bankrupcy. But I think it is worth it. I did bought a cheaper product. May the old man bless me with his powers.

Like other people I’ve always wanted an Mp3 player. I was eyeing the iPod Touch which cost $498 a while back. But I’ve been advised to buy a cheaper product, I bought a FM radio for $6 from a night market. It comes with a very long antenna too! I’m loving it!

I needed a good earphone for my darling radio, so I went shopping for one. They were all very expansive, all costin more than radio. Most outrageous was Creative Aurvana, sounding like junk, yet costing $169! How terrible! I should complain it to the government. I could only affort something cheap, so I bought a pair of earphones from a night market at $2. Old man, are you looking at me? I love you!

But sadly, my colleges seems to dislike the idea that I bought something so value for money. They laugh at me whenever they catch sight of my precious radio. How can they do that, when they baby their stupid mp3 players with all kinds of rubber covers and protectors, and constantly worry about it getting stolen? My darling radio don’t need any protectors or covers, and will never get stolen. So I sneer at them whenever I catch sight of their iPods and Walkmans too. Now I have no friends, but I don’t care, for I have not sinned.

My darling radio needs two AAA batteries for power. I was going to buy GP rechargable batteries, but they were so expansive! If I bought them I would have sinned in the eyes of my lovely government. I bought Powerbond batteries instead. 24 of those cuties only cost $1! What a baragin! Of course, I don’t mind the fact that they often leak chemicals which gave my hands red angry rashes. Buying more expansive is sinful. Especially those expansive batteries that don’t even have Mecury content in them. How unworthly.

My favourite food was Char Siew rice. They traditionally cost only $2 but recently they have been becoming more and more expansive. Most places sell them at $2.50 now. I wanted a cheaper product, yet experience the taste of Char Siew Rice. For $0.50 I got the Char Siew Rice without the Char Siew. The Char Siew gravy is free. With it on the rice I can imagine I am eating Char Siew Rice for just $0.50! Am I smart old man? Oh, hold me in thy strong arms!

Oh shit. I am running out of space. My $0.50 diary only has 50 small pages which last me for about 2 weeks. Oh god. No more space. This is the last page and I’ve almost filled it up/

Just the other day, I -

(END OF DIARY)

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Sitex 07 and my Loooooong Break

I took leave from 5dec to 10dec, and an off on 4dec. And also I have medical appointment on 3dec, so no need go camp also. The next time i’ll book in is 10dec! WHee!

Going to sitex tml. Not sure what to buy yet, just going there look around. Gadgets I mean. Not the show girls. You know what I mean.

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