Facial expressions while reading

Do you sometimes find yourself making facial expressions when you read?
Like say when you read a book and you read a line "...smiled a warm smile across the room...", do you find yourself smirking or our lips breaking out into a small smile? Say you read a scenario in the book stating that something was amiss or a plot twist, do you find yourself making the 'squinting eyes' or 'raised eyebrows'?

peculiar

but funny nonetheless.


So do you do make facial expressions while reading?

our daily papers = same shit, different day

Ever get the feeling that our daily papers just report local news which ONLY cover smiling overzealous politicians, gang raped girls, car accidents, angry politicians, sobbing cheated citizens, murderers and the murdered, motorcycle accidents, some mofo winning a prize, angry politicians getting angry at other angry politicians, husband kills wife kills son kills daughter kills husband, bus accidents, someone doing something insignificant which will be forgotten by the weekend, sobbing cheated citizens getting someone in their family murdered by other angry citizens which ride motorcycles or drive cars to accidents...

you see the trend here?

The news 'reports' are either negative, insignificant, or well......just plain negative. Yes, negative news does create more 'sensational' news due to the fact that "its always far more entertaining to laugh at the misery of others"

But then again, don't our reporters have anything else to report on in this country? Or could the reality be that our society is way closer to the aspects of these reports than we could ever imagine? If it is, we live in a sad sad world...

If it isn't, then i guess we just need to laugh harder.

SONG: HIM - The Sacrament

One of my favourite songs from one of my favourite bands of all time

NAP = Nothing Actually Policy

On the recent NAP review that has been receiving much media buzz, I feel that its just another nonsense phase that will ultimately be just 'coffeeshop talk' and nothing more.

here is the document for your reading pleasure.

Nap Review


This, in my opinion, just can not happen as the people in our fair country has not enough buying power to purchase newer cars after their old and reliable set of wheel is deemed 'unfit for the road'. And the fact that cars above 15 years are subjected to inspections opens up a new can where corruption and more money to be raked from the people's already dry pockets. 

The stupidest part is the 'Import of used parts to stop in 2011'. Ridiculous.
Where the hell are we going to find parts for our cars then? Where are our mechanics and workshops going to source for parts? How much would we have to pay for a European car's gearbox? An arm? A leg? A newborn baby? The used parts industry is a massive industry and I don't see this move actually working at all.


Yea....so my 'unreliable car' that sees more road than our fair country's favourite tin-can on wheels and sees less workshop time would have to be scrapped, forcing me to buy a 40,000+ ringgit piece of metal built with absolutely zero passion. The rich won't feel it. The people in the rural areas and smaller towns just got their asses handed to them.


again.
 

SONG: Nujabes - Luv Sic part 2 & part 3

Hope you have listened to the previous song that was posted awhile ago. That was the remix version which the lyrics basically talks about a relationship between two people. You can listen to it back here.

These two other songs are also by Nujabes which are 2 other mixes of the underlying tune of the 'luv sic' series. Part 2 is a narration about one and God, Part 3 is about life's ups and downs (this one is really very nice).

Just sit back and give it a listen. Make sure u have a drink in hand and a window to look out to the sky.

Luv Sic Part 2


Luv Sic Part 3


Add a soundtrack to your life and perfect it.

Some like it hot, some like it cold

People who defend themselves too much are actually more insecure than those who just don't give a damn.

Every human has ideals and it is good to champions those ideals if so you think its right. But going out on a whim and imposing a 'personal ideal' on every corner is a sign that the ideal is not so ideal after all. If it were ideal most people would be on the same page.


Unfortunately, it seems by far the society I live in today is champions mediocrity and superfluous ideals over the greater good, and the big picture. While the rest of the world moves over to answer questions on greenhouse effects and the amount of grains that can feed hungry mouths, we are still puzzled over the fact that some people like chillies and some don't. We still wonder why some people have one, two, three, or no  Gods to pray to. We still harbour over the premise that children are as dumb as bars of soap and can't grasp meticulous ideas.


It will be long till our fair lands finally grow up. But till then, we all just need to exercise a little understanding and compromising.

Known for the wrong things

Within this 2 years alone our fair country had an amazing streak of negative attention. Awesome isn't it?

From weirded-out political party pooping thats better than any drama on telly, superb hypocritical statements that puzzle the minds of society, murders at most high degree, ailing reforms which would probably never see the light of day, and superb lying of the tongue which makes our countrymen look like the worst bunch of people on this side of the planet.  

How are we going to dance on the world stage? How are we going to be a country of progress? The only thing we achieved in these years is being the laughing stock of people at coffeeshops and dinner tables.


Sad is our country. Sad sad sad.

VIDEO: Japan parking lots

Now if only our parking lots could be like this..........

Just because

If one can explain why they did something with general, factual, and logical reasons; it is not based on true emotions.  Emotions are never based on logic, sense, and practicality. Emotions are withdrawn, intangible, whimsical, raw.

"I don't know why I did it, I did it 'just because'...."

Somethings are better left unexplained, unthoughtout, unpondered.

SONG: Smoke and Mirrors

Love this line from this song.

"Who knows what tomorrow will bring
Maybe sunshine or maybe the rain"

SONG: Nujabes feat Shing02 - Luv sic (Modal Soul Remix)

By far to me.

One of the best tunes ever.

"cause the beat plus the melody makes me speak of L.O.V.E eloquently so evidently"

Nothing

Sometimes we have to ask ourselves: How much are you willing to sacrifice for nothing.

What do you mean by 'nothing'?

Fun is nothing. It lasts a short span of time but evaporates into thin air soon after, leaving only memories. Memories are nothing too. Intangible.




But. Nothing can mean - everything - to someone.

The disappearance of delectables

Ever wondered what it would be like living 30 years down the road from now?

Dilapidation of cultures. The full stop of tradition. Discontinuity of teaching and skills. The younger do not take up after the older, leaving a whole new way of life in the wake of this conglomerated, media filled, cyber run society where people do not stop and engage in small chat over the weather, bees, and cardboard fixtures.

When the old die off, they take with them the wisdom, knowledge and skills to the grave. It has become very apparent that the younger generation seem more likely to not take up the footsteps of their forefathers. Mostly its because the two cultures that they live in are so different. One can't understand how it is that people can make friends and relationships with faceless people over this intangible space called the Internet; the other can't make it out how they can live sticking to Jurassic boulder by boulder habits. With this disparity, cultures of now and then will quickly disappear in time; bringing with it all the little nostalgic memories and lifestyles.

A great example would be to think of the one thing that binds us all together - food. If you go out often to eat, and are the adventurous type, you will notice that the foods of now have become less delectable, less wholesome, less munch. More old timers are throwing in the rag calling it quits to the culinary arts, passing it on to their children or some other human to continue their recipes. With this, many famous dishes have become smaller, less savoury and much less memorable. By the time 30 years rolls around from now, almost 50% of traditional recipes would be lost in time.

Never again would we see some old guy on a bicycle selling munchies, never again will we see small shops by the roadside offering morsels that make stomachs happy, never again will there be little little nourishments that possess two things that makes them notable - soul & passion.

It's a sad thing thinking of what our next generation would be missing out on.

......in the mean time, Bon Appetit!

SONG: I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire

A real awesome remake of the classic song from the Ink Spots - I don't want to set the world on fire



Enjoy!

Meow?

Meows have it so easy. Eat, sleep, drink, catch strings, fight bugs, and annoy their owners.

Sometimes I wish I was a meow....

SONG: Incubus cover of Lionel Richie's 'Hello'

This is an awesome cover of Lionel Richie's 80's hit song 'Hello'

Naming your children

Names. They stick with you for the rest of your frickin life. Please choose them wisely. Whether it be a given name to yourself, or particularly to your children. Please, PLEASE spare your children the agony and dispair. Imagine the resident big bully in school teasing your child to no end because his name is 'Ferrari Ng' or 'Goh Wee Wee'.

I stumbled upon this blogpost AreshaOnline on names that people have plucked out of the Singaporean Residential Yellow Pages.

Link --> http://blog.areshaonline.com/?p=509

Give it a glance, and contemplate your thoughts of your future kids....or that stupid name you wanted to give yourself.

Followers we shall always be

Social networking is a rapidly growing, attention-seeking trend that screams “look at me; see what I have to say about myself and the world as I see it”. As narcissistic as it may seem, but people warm up to the idea very quickly. As humans, no matter what kind of human you are – are highly likely to be interested with what other people do in their lives. It is because everyone wants a reference; a benchmark; an example to follow. No matter how we may like to disdain the idea, the very bulk of us are always followers rather than leaders.

Blogs that shout "Hey look! My life is much better than yours!"

Twits that tweet "My brand of toothpaste tastes much nicer than yours!"

Facebook accounts that show "My social life's more happening than yours!"

In the end, we stomach it, look up and evaluate ourselves, and try our best to follow what other people portray of themselves.

Lemmings. Sheep. We are all just that.

Change: don't we all want it?

I came across this interesting piece of art whilst traversing the interwebs.

This website is about designers ripping off other people's ideas and designs to monetise it for themselves. Its a sad thing that we live in a society full of copy cats.

http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3

Well...sometimes imitation is the best form of flattery; but really - is it morally right?

Neglect

Yes I know this blog has been neglected for quite sometime.

Lets just say certain things have disallowed me the quality time I can extend to fill this blog up with words and pixelated photos

Updates will soon come!