Exams over and some fun

Exams over. Today Mesh, Cawo & I went downtown to Dhoby Ghaut and had dinner at the Fish & Co. at the green glass building (opposite Plaza Singapura). We had fun. Dinner cost us $82.70. 0_0 Heh.

Cawo's order: Passionade (alcoholic), Swordfish collar
Mesh's order: Calamari, Sharkie freeze, Sweet n' sour fish
My order: Jungle freeze, The best fish & chips

The calamari was GOOD. So awesome stuff, heheh. And the freezes weren't bad. Had a bit of Cawo's drink which was sorta my first alcoholic drink of that kind. Wow.

Then we went over to the X-Zone at Dhoby Ghaut station, or rather, Atrium @ Orchard. Played Daytona. Cawo beat me!!! Re-match! And then some retarded Samurai sword game. Some neos and ended off with Gelato. I'm broke after tonight and I gotta get a reload of cash. You'll see me at home playing on the x-box and snoozing the next few days.

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Speculation

Okay, purely from the Survivor Panama: Exile Island intros, here's what I'm getting.

Intro #1 (4 tribes)
Casaya Tribe (in order of shown, first to last) - Ruth Marie, Cirie, Melinda, Tina
Bayoneta Tribe (in order of shown, first to last) - Sally, Danielle, Courtney, Misty

Boot order (episodes 1 - 4):
Casaya - Tina (1st), Melinda (2nd)
La Mina - Misty (3rd), Ruth Marie (4th)

Intro #2 (2 tribes)
Casaya Tribe (in order of shown, first to last) - Shane, Danielle, Bobby, Melinda, Bruce, Cirie, Courtney, Aras, Tina
La Mina Tribe (in order of shown, first to last) - Dan, Sally, Nick, Ruth Marie, Austin, Misty, Terry

Look how the Casaya tribe's first intro corresponds to their boots. Tina (shown last) was booted first, Melinda (shown third) was booted second and Ruth Marie (shown first) was booted third from the original Casaya tribe, not including other tribes. Can this be applied to Bayoneta since Misty (shown last) was first out of the original Bayoneta?

Also note, Melinda and Ruth Marie were both shown fourth in the second intro video on Casaya and La Mina respectively. Both were second boots from the tribes (Casaya booted Tina then Melinda, La Mina booted Misty then Ruth Marie).

So, I wonder who will be next. But I think the Bayoneta girls will be gone Misty -> Courtney -> Sally -> Danielle. Courtney right now, to me, has a high chance of missing the merge. Unless Casaya is able to continue their winning streak, she may be one to boot.

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The de-raveling

I make complications seem more complicated, situations seem worse than they really are... Why? Is it me? Do I exaggerate? Pfffffffffffffffffft! Today, I just felt really tense and stressed. Until just that is... Sigh. I am not very confident of tomorrow. But I owe Nad a real big THANK YOU for the help with IPRA.

I dunno, I kinda feel better now. Suck it up and deal with it. Stay strong. All different words. Thanks to the peeps who've offered those words of encouragement. Its helped sorta.

I'll leave with this, your day is never complete without a smile. Smile. =))

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Becoming unravelled

My family has not been getting along well. Heh. Fist mom's screaming at me, then she's screaming at dad and him at her. I mean, second time within the month. This usually happens once two years. Heh. Only my bro and I are getting on okay. Well, better than before surely.

Maybe its cause he's more a teenager now? I dunno, whatever it is...

I can't ignore the fact, however, that I'm tired out by a lot of stuff these few days. I spent 9 hours in church yesterday and when I got home, I was so beat that I didn't have the energy to go for dinner. I practically collapsed. Saturday was not a day to relax on either. With me getting pissed off with my rents and bascially running round the whole day till it was time for church. I got home at 11.45 and had to be up by 7 next morning. God, I'm dead beat. I'm becoming unravelled.

Don't ask about IPRA. I tried to study yesterday, but nothing's getting in. It's all gibberish. It doesn't register. And the exam is tomorrow afternoon. Maybe dinner will cheer me up? I dunno. Things just look so bleak right now and I wish I were more optimistic. I will try to be.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Le bébé, je vous manque. Et le manque de ain de temps informatique » l'aide de gonna de t. Il suce vraiment. Je souhaite que j'étions robuste et plus optimiste comme vous êtes. J'ai souhaité que nous avions beaucoup plus de temps ensemble. Je souhaite que vous étiez ici de m'embrasser. Je souhaite, je souhaite, je souhaite.. Mais je sais, la parole de yer pour garder ma tête en haut et rester fort. Je vous aime. J'ai besoin de ya. J'essaierai obtiens par ceci aussi mieux que je peux.

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Goals and targets

Okay, uhm, I'm gonna look for a job this holidays. Hopefully I can get one and yeah, make some cash and stow it away in my bank. Why? Cause I wanna travel. Haha. To North America. Mom and dad said they ain't gonna sponsor me, so, yeah. I have to work for it. I could do with a few thousand. And then I'd need the help of the peeps I know to help me get those airline tickets.

It sounds exciting, traveling alone. Mom said she doesn't mind me doing so. Uhm, I've never done a transit before, so, yeah. As Shwee said, "it can be intimidating". Like getting ripped off by some cabbie or something like it. Maybe its just Asian culture that has created that perception. Sneaky cabbies that aim to charge tourists more than they actually should and the unsuspecting tourist paying that amount. Oh sheesh, I just created a bad image of Asia. Heh.

So, yeah, hopefully next year's holidays. When we have 9 weeks of freedom. I might be able to go jet setting. If not, the year after I guess. Like Uncle Jerome suggested, "before NS". Options are always open. Restrictions are set by me and me alone. It depends on if I want to put in the effort, if I can muster up the want to actually travel alone. At some point in time, I WILL have to start doing things by myself. The sooner I learn these skills the better.

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Things I hate about my mom

She got mad at me today, with reason. I forgot to go down and help her carry the groceries. But when yer chatting with people, its easy to see how 2 minutes can go. Anyway, she screamed her head off at me. She insisted I did not want to help. Then she said she did not need my help. Why ask for my help if you can carry the stuff yerself? And its not that I didn't want to help. Screw her.

And then she insists that she's sick and tired of my attitude of me above everything else. Oh to hell! What the F are you talking lady? That's what I hate about her, she ALWAYS insisting she is right. I really didn't mind going down and helping her to carry the stuff up, but she insists that I DID NOT want to help because it is TOO MUCH EFFORT. Can you stop BULLSHITING?

I did go down, by then she claims she had unloaded and parked the car. So, I need time to get my keys, put on my footwear and go down right? I doubt that she did all she said. She probably called me after she parked the car. Okay, so we now have 2 angry people. Heh. And then she says no allowance this week for not helping her. You have the damned wrong concept and because of that you are penalising me! Bloody hell! Cutting by a bit I can take. Cutting the entire thing is not acceptable. F you!

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#300

In a span of about 8 months or so, I have chalked up 300 posts. If I keep going at that rate, it'll mean that over the course of one year, my post count per day is more than 1. Haha. How true. Oh well, happy number 300 then.

I was just looking through chapters 12 and 13 of the Super Squad yesterday. Sigh. Another work of mine that shows how good I am at sticking through with something and finishing it. Well, who's to say I can't pick it up again after several months? I'm nearly at the halfway point of my initial target of 30 chapters. I dunno, maybe NW killed my will to write?

I should stop blaming everything else but myself. I always put the blame on someone or something else and play this blame game. Sigh... Why is it so?

School. Its an irony. We'd rather be in school than out at work yet we say "school sucks". I know, working kinda sucks. But I guess if ya like what yer good at and that's yer profession, good for ya. I wonder how we did for econs, will I fail? How about the interviews for the SDFTV? When will we know if we got chosen? DVPA, what did Ms. Nga think of our work? How did I do in the studio management assessment? How many As, Bs and Cs will I get this semester? What is the IPRA paper going to be like? So many questions, time passes slowly eh?

That brings me to the topic of DVPA. The course is demanding, physically, mentally and in some cases, emotionally. Hmmm, yes, maybe even spiritually. Ya see peeps getting stressed out, ya think yer stressed out yerself, yet ya need to pull yerself together and complete the work metted out. This is just school, what will the media industry be like? Did I realise too late what I just stepped into???

On another note, I've been playing the trial version of Yahoo! Games' The Apprentice Computer Game. Lol, its dang funny. You go through a "season" first. You get to choose your team name and if you want it to be a guy's team or a girl's team. Yeah, and yer up against people like Sandy, Raj, Kevin and Kelly from season 2, then there's Bill from season 1 and Danny, Tana and Kendra from season 3. Those are your competitors.

When it gets down to the boardroom, you face off in a game of unscrambling words. Words range from things like Bonds to Money or Costs or Funds. As each round progresses, one candidate is fired from the game. at stage 7, its a double firing. Pretty neat. I got hired. Lol.



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Reality fair tales

Econs paper is over. The realisation dawns with the dawn of a new day. I'm listening to Truly Madly Deeply again. Such a nice song. I think I can sing it okay, provided I get the tune in my head. Heheh. But I'm not of Idol standards, so, no, do not ask me to go for Idol.

I really wish I could do Amazing Race Asia though. The top prize money is US$100,000. Of course, the chance of me winning would be like what? 1 in a million. I'd put that money to good use for sure. Like Uni fees and stuff that I've always wanted to do. ;) But, the age limit is 21 and a driver's licence is compulsory. I'm barely 18 and there's no way I will have my driver's licence before 18 either... So, no go. Sigh. The experience alone would be more than anything ever before. Heh, you'd become a TV personality then too. Just don't media whore yerself after.

But, a guy can always dream eh? I'm gonna dream that I win, either Survivor or Amazing Race. Should I describe the winner's viewpoint? Lol. Nah. But I'm sure it feels great. Imagine, hearing you won US$1,000,000 or US$100,000... Like, you struck the winning number at lotto! First unbelief hits you, then you realise its all true, OMG, you won. Lol.

Sigh. That will never happen to me. It sounds like a fairy tale too... Ah well...

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Donc content que nous avons obtenu le temps pour parler aujourd'hui. Même si c'était pour quelques minutes, ces peu de minutes dureront une vie pour moi. Yer faisant s'impressionnant, yer gonna est devenu ce pediactrician et yer faisant bien dans les sports. Je toujours vais être derrière yer chaque décision. Sourit aight ? Ne pas obtenir trop accentué hors. Je ne veux pas ya tout accentué par la chose et tout. Juste trois semaines jusqu'à les vacances de yer maintenant. Alors obtenir un bon aight de coupure ? J'aime les chargements de ya et sais, l'amour de ya me plus. Je l'étreinte de wanna vous..
Dak: Don't get stressed out dude. Play it nice. You got good cards in yer hand now.
Dame: Thanks a million. Appreciate it lots.
DMCo5: Econs is over, lets tackle IPRA now.
L: How ya doing cuz? Ain't heard from ya in a long while.
Xin Le: Belated happy birthday. I should've said so in my post yesterday. Argh.
Carol & Mesh: How are the two crazy women doing? Lol. Tuesday guys, Tuesday. Operation anti-mozzie set to get in action.
Smack: I dunno, I really think you have some sort of force in yer house. 3 computers down on 2 weekends, and ALL 3 computers at that. Hmmm....
Fano: Yer back mom! Good to see ya around. I have no idea what the last date you gave is about. Hurry on and give us the answers, lol.

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Warning: Disgusting picture in post

Ok, as per title, there is a potentially disgusting photo in this post. A little space for those who want to skip it now.
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Anyway, we were having dinner tonight. I took my last piece of the omelette. As I was eating it, and before I put the thing in my mouth, I stared at this black thingy on the omelette. On closer inspection, it was a fried cockroach. Yuck! A fried cockroach in the food. Be warned!!!



I forgot to add, my favourite Survivor logo now is the Vanuatu one. Many reasons. I'll not go into them.

ETA: Edited in order not to defame anyone

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Fireworks and Economics

Another latest addition to my collection of stuff. Heh. Uhm, don't ask about the econs paper. Yes, I could answer SOME of the questions. I crapped a few away. Like Mrs. Tan said, "If you write more, I can't minus marks, but if you write less, then I can."

Now I'm gonna hope for the best. This season of Survivor is an average one for me. So, well, go figure I did all these. The intro video I did is the best, lol.

A compilation of seasons 1 through 12's logos.


A new All Stars season (I tried not to pick those who went for S8: All Stars, but ended up with 3. How annoying!). Anyway, new concept. 20 castaways, 39 days, 1 survivor, 4 tribes. This time, the four tribes last through more than 1 episode.


Enjoy. Pictures done through Fireworks.

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Quick Revision

The econs exam si in about 45 minutes time. I'm getting all jittery. Sigh. I dunno how well I'm gonna do and I hope that the effort I put into stuyding (not much, but at least some) will help a little. I better go get ready to leave soon. But a last minute recap on econs.

Topic 5: Production & Cost
AVC= TVC/TP
AFC=TFC/TP
ATC or AC=TC/TP
MC=Change in TVC or TC/Change in TP
MP=Change in TP/Change in variable input (labour)
AP=TP/Variable input

Economies of scale -> Constant returns to scale -> Diseconomies of scale

Topic 6: Market Structure
4 types of market structures:
Perfect competition (PC)
Monopoly (M)
Monopoly competition (MC)
Oligopoly (O)

Profit maximising/Loss minimising out put level:
Can be found when MR=MC (applies to ALL market structures)

In short run,
normal profit = covering all costs
economic profit = P>ATC, TR>TC
economic loss = P -/+Disposable income -> -/+ Consumption, Investment or Govt spending by a multiple -> -/+Aggregate Demand -> -/+Income by a multiple

Topic9: The World Economy and Emerging Trends
Current Account
Export of goods
Import of goods
Balance of Trade
Export of services
Import of services
Balance of Services
Net investment income
Net Transfers
Balance of Current Account

Capital Account
Foreign purchase of assets in country
Country's purchase of foreign assets
Balance of Capital Account

Balance of Payment Position
Official Reserves
Overall Balance of Payment Position

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Exams and fondue fun

Tomorrow is the econs exam. Good luck and all the best to DMC1B05 and Joannah and Alvin from 03 too. Halimah, I really don't think you need it seeing that you got 100% at the last test, but anyway, good luck from me too. Been studying and Nicole's been helping test my skills by asking questions again. =))

So, hmmm, endorphines. Yes, what about them? Haha, they come from chocolate. And we had chocolate fondue at home. Oh yeah, all the girls will probably be salivating right now (right Mesh?). Lol. And worse still, pictures of the fondue. I like the pictures I took. Haha, its nice. I got the Zhili effect too! Lol. Well, fondued banana was good. My bro liked it too. And now we have a plateful of soft chocolate. Wow. Mom's gonna grow fat. 0_0 =P



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Econs

One day more to study econs before the exam. Oh goodness. I flipped through the "Oh Great Book Of Lusia's Economics Notes" today and got some stuff straight. I find I understand better. And also no doubt to Nicole's asking me questions which prompted me to explore and learn more. Haha, thanks Nic.

And I'm still messing on the computer. Tsk, tsk... My, how my priorities are mixed up eh? Oh well... Haha, but yeah. I've learnt how to use Macromedia Fireworks and am quite comfortable with it now. =)) I'll show you some works later on.


Okay, so this is the cast photo of Survivor Panama: Exile Island. Basically what I did was to put in the names of the cast and also insert the logo. The logo was a separate file before.


The next one, the first three eliminees are in black and white (try see if you can find them, lol.) Or do I need to make them darker? And same as above, the logo was inserted. Nice. I like using Fireworks, lol.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Aucune attaque d'inquiétudes n'obtenant pas sur. J'aime toujours ya et l'espoir que nous pouvons obtenir quelque temps quelque ensemble cause que je vraiment manque les lots de ya et pense de ya beaucoup du temps. Je me demande comment vous étiez aux entretiens et souhaitez que j'aurait pu être là-bas de calmer ya en bas et ya de prise, ya de confort avant que vous soyez soyez allé dans. Je signifie, juste aimer que vous étiez là-bas pour moi pendant l'évaluation de direction de studio. Soupir. Je vous manque.
Dak: Hope yer doing okay dude.
Dame: Hey big guy, no worries bout today aight? Yer still good. =))
Fano: Hey mom, we need to catch up sometime eh?

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Truly Madly Deeply

I'll be your dream,
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope,
I'll be your love
be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath
truly madly deeply do..
I will be strong I will be faithful
cause I'm counting on
A new beginning.
A reason for living.
A deeper meaning.

I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...

And when the stars are shining
brightly in the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish send it to heaven
then make you want to cry..
the tears of joy for all the pleasure
and the certainty
that we're surrounded by the comfort
and protection of..
the highest power.
In lonely hours.
The tears devour you..

I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...

Oh can't you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
Cause it's standing right before you.
All that you need will surely come...

I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
be everything that you need.
I'll love you more with every breath
truly madly deeply do...

I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...

I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...

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ACJC and Oreo shakes

Okay, hmmm. Past two days have been fun sorta. Econs revision, auggh...

+Taxes -> -Disposable income -> -Consumption by a multiple multiplied by change in disposable income -> -Aggregate Demand -> -Income by a multiple (marginal propensity to save)

+Government spending -> +Aggregate Demand -> +Income

Am I right? I have to consult the "Oh Great Book Of Lusia's Econs Notes" and check.

AVC = TVC / TP (Q or output)
AFC = TFC / TP (Q or output)
AC or ATC = TC / TP (Q or output)

MC = Change in TC or TVC / Change in TP (Q or output)

Ok, that's about all I recall. I need to revise more tomorrow and on Tuesday. Wish me all the best for the paper on Wednesday. My GPA depends on it!

So today was basically revising for Econs. I shudder when I think of what I have to revise for IPRA.

Yesterday was the ACJC funfair, funorama. I went there with Yessie and both of us had a good time going around. We patronised Luigi's stall, ala Sec 2's Community Involvement Project, his stall was the mini Pasta Fresca outlet. It came complete with chefs and ovens. Lol.

Spaghetti for $6 and pizzas for $7. No doubt which option I chose, right, Pizza! Margarita. Whatever it was (it was a Margarita, yes), it was good. Lol. Pasta Fresca has a certain quality of course. Then we had some F&N drinks and I had an oreo shake.

Speaking of oreo shakes. We STILL have that tin of oreos we got during Christmas. I used up 5 making an oreo shake at home today. Oh, for banana and strawberry milkshakes!

B&S milkshake > Oreo shake. Period.

I need to get mah ass off the ground and start exercising already. Yeah, my biceps got bigger (muscles, not fat) but that's nothing to be proud of for now. It still is nothing to show off (but I like it). Lol. Ok, holiday time. Time to make up for some lost ground then. Lol.

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Not nice and negative

Its late and I'm blogging. Sigh. Oh well...

Survivor... Last episode was an improvement from episode 2. I no longer have feelings of turning the TV set off. But I am annoyed in the least by some flaws as highlighted previously. Shane may have been one of the worst casting decisions ever. The immunity challenge was cool. Lots of physical stuff going on, some brutal. I hope none of them have memory loss after those hard knocks.

Especially Ruth Marie with the way Danielle knocked her down in the last round. Ouch! And Nick who got stepped all over. Then there's Dan who got thrown down by Shane. Heh, the best wrestle awards goes to, surprise surprise, Cirie Fields for sitting on Sally and then heaving Misty off. Cirie damn funny. Heheh.

Lessons are out and I haven't started studying hardcore yet. Oh shit, my econs is going to be horrible. Carol asked during the revision lecture, why do I try so hard? Why? Cause I know I am a pretentious hardworking lazybum. Yeah. A hardworking lazybum! I look like I put in a lot of effort but everything is minimal. And minimal effort equates to minimal results. I am so screwed.

Why am I so negative? Gah. It seems like I cannot muster the positive strength within me. I need some positive influence and some positive encouragement...

Shout Out:
SHP, YT: Je ne peux pas vous dire dans les mots combien je vous manque. Je souhaite que nous étions ensemble maintenant.. Et que vous pourriez mettre les bras de yer autour de moi et les choses comme cela. Deviner j'ai besoin de vous ces peu de jours. Mais regarder les images de yer, ils toujours mettent un sourire sur ma face. Dans les mots simples, je ne suis pas complet sans vous.. Ensemble nous l'un sommes.

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Survivor's screwed

Watching this show make too many mistakes has warranted me to talk about it. Survivor is screwwed, at least the Panama: Exile Island season that is. Why?

1) Cut the intro credits.
OMG! How do you expect people to know who is who if you cut the intro credits?! I've been talking to Weijie, he said that although its the 3rd episode he still gets mixed up on the cast.

2) Naming episodes bullshit-ly.
Episode 3; Cat fights and snake dinners. SNAKE DINNERS my ASS! The people are starving out there, don't start talking about SNAKE dinners. Unless the producers are refering to some sort of code speak, hell yeah. The general audience don't get what you refer to and, heh, its not FUNNY!

3) Pick a cast that is stupid.
Oh for goodness sake, a guy that QUITS smoking the day they start their 39 days out in the wild. S-T-U-P-I-D! I don't wanna see a guy who's out there and having cold turkey thank you. Yech.

4) Create a twist without sufficient time to cover it.
First 4 tribes, then exile island. Meh. They're down to two tribes and meh on exile island. What did we see of Bruce on exile island? 1 minute? 2? Not even 5!!! Pah! What happened to the weekly clues eh? Even Bruce said he didn't have time to look for the idol. Oh tell me bout it Bruce...

5) Reuse a location for the third time.
*clicks in annoyance* I really didn't think it'd matter. But it DOES. Its kinda monotonous. Water, beach, water, beach, water, water, beach, beach. AT least Guatemala had a different backdrop and Vanuatu had those volcanoes. Panama is NOT special.

This season better not give me any more fodder to slam it.

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Some explanations and reflections

In roughly half an hours time, dear cousin L will be 19 and one year closers to have lived on earth for 2 decades. My sympathies to you cuz. I know ya don't wanna grow up. Neither do I really. Oh the days of free internet and sucky school. Heh. So much better than working, that is, unless it is freelance work. Heheh. Sigh. Happy Birthday to ya.

I guess I didn't explain fully when I commented about the Aussie media and the Abu Ghraib photos. Okay, more in depth explanation now. The Arabs would get upset that the British and/or Americans are having "fun" abusing prisoners. They'll want the soldiers out. And this country is not yet ready to stand on its own alone. Its too unstable. For now at least. Oh shucks, my cousin is somewhere in Iraq! In Tikrit I think. Hmmm.... Ah well, let's just see how it goes.

I have a lot to be thankful fo I guess. Blessed with lots.
I'm blessed with a Super Mom, a Canadian Idol, a pro-player & pediatrician and an awesome cousin, a great class (even with all its ups and downs). And I love all of them.
We each should take some time to look at all of these and appreciate each of them.

Canadian Olympic updates.
Women's hockey:
Against Italy: win (I forgot how much by exactly)
Against Russia: win (12 - 0)

Men's hockey:
Against Italy: win (7 - 2)

Oh awesome. Updates anyone? Fill me in. Go Canada!

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Je vous aime. Je vous aime beaucoup. Manquer ya. Je traite obtenir nous ensemble un jour. Je ne sais pas, regardera des priorités ouais. Mais, je veux vous embrasser si, vous tenez, vous embrassez et fait la si beaucoup de chose avec vous. Vous aimer toujours. Les étreintes à vous. Bavarder avec vous bientôt.
Fano: The game is good. Thanks for all the effort you've been putting in. =))

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Media gatekeepers and a picture

I just thought I'd share my views after seeing the headlines on Yahoo!: "New Abu Gharaib abuse photos anger Arabs".

What is the media coming to these days?! Senseless idiocy.
Case #1: Denmark & the insulting caricatures of prophet Muhamad (sp?)
Case #2: Australia & Abu Gharaib abuse photos

I've just realised that the media industry can be quite an ugly one. I realised too LATE. For the Australian case, I'm going to assume they wanted to be the first to break the news, sell more papers, whatever they have, broadcast rights, etc.

I mean, yeah. Ok, so we know that abuse may be going on still. But publishing photos like that will cause the Arabs to get angry, and in effect, instability will result. Too many people making the same mistakes. Similar to the Denmark case. Print the cartoons, anger muslims, BIG reaction. Its not good. I maintain that everything can be solved in a peaceful manner. But its really up to the people to make the choices.

"Each of us makes choices, and how it affects us depends on the choice we make."

I like this, uh, quote. We are the gatekeepers. Firstly, from the media stand point. You've heard the phrase put yourselves in the other's shoes so often. Why don't you do it before doing something? How would the muslims have felt? Things like this should have been thought of before hand. Likewise for the Aussie media. How would the Iraqis feel?

For the muslims who are protesting violently, sure, ya get yer point across. BUT, does it bring more harm or peace? Ya want yer rights, sure. I'm sure at least some people in the world are willing to give it to ya. But, like I said, peaceful manner. Maybe ya think ya won't get heard if its not violent and causes destruction. Maybe not. But why not give it a try. To me, Indonesia has adopted a rather sensible way to protest peacefully. Stop trading and purchasing goods. I mean, it shows the country's overall stand without doing so violently and causing harm and destruction. When one part of the world suffers, the entire globe does.

Bottom line? 1) Think before doing things media people. 2) There's a peaceful way to do things and a destructive way to do things. Choose which you want.

Finally, time for a photo. Photo with Alvin, Joannah and Antonius. Thanks Antonius for yer help in the GEM. Really appreciate it.




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Buffet and feasts

Yeehaw, GEMs over. Now I've only the exams left and its home run pretty much. Home run to the holidays that is. Sigh. Canada hate, its so ugly. Canooks, I know how you guys feel. Bleahz. Its annoying in the least. Booo! Why can't the world all live together in peace? Heh, I'm too idealistic.

Anyway... Today. Peng Peng liked our presentation. Coolio. And then Joannah, Alvin and I went to Marina Square and had Sakae Sushi's buffet. Imagine, $13.90 for all you can eat, inclusive of 2 portions of fruit and 2 pieces of some kind of desert. Mmmmmmmm, sushi. Haha. We ate so many plates. By the time we were finished, we declared dinner was not for us tonight, lol.

Egg sushi, salmon sushi, crab stick sushi, beancurd and crab sushi, and a whole lot of other fish sushis. Heheh. Nice. Miso soup and tako yaki (octopus balls). Fried hanbate (sp?). Feast we did, lol. Haha, that was a fun thing to do. So now I'm down to $20 of my week's allowance. I wanna put $10 away but mom's being unco-operative. Is there any way to do a cash deposit? Even then, $10 sounds pathetic. Heh. How do I not spend $10 that's in my wallet, oh shucks. Someone, give me a way out, lol.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Hé, j'ai manqué ya aujourd'hui. J'ai souhaité que vous étiez là-bas au buffet de sushi aussi, je kinda a imaginé ya est là-bas. C'était frais. Je vous aime les lots. Et son pas l'action qui compte, j'apprécie l'a pensé. Aimer ya.
Cawo, Mesh & Xin Le: Here's to mozzie free holidays and a mozzie free week for us! *cheers* Reminder: Avoid similar GEMs.

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Gems

Today, well, let's say I can look forward to completing the GEMs module of Cross Cultural Communication: Accents and Slang. I now have 3 more GEMs to complete. 1 from arts, 1 (or 2) from sciences and 1 (or 2) from business. I don't really like business studies...

Hmmm, CCC. Went in expecting something, came out with other stuff. I thought it would teach ya purely bout accents and the different things different countries say. Turned out I expected wrong. Not so much the fun stuff I imagined, but more theoretical stuff. Hmmm.... Ah well, at least its done and over and a GEM I could pass. Lets hope next GEM is easy to pass then.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Je ya de souhait de wanna un jour de V heureux et laisser ya sait, yer toujours mon bébé précieux. Je suis si a béni pour savoir et est aimé par une telle personne comme vous. Vous êtes une des gemmes dans la vie qui ne devrait jamais être jetée. Je vous aime si beaucoup de et les chargements de ya de coup manqué. Nous avons besoin de quelque temps ensemble. J'espère qu'il vient bientôt cause mon coeur fait mal maintenant.
Dak: Heya, don't stress yerself out or overwork. Take time to relax and yeah, you know what I'm getting at cause I've always spoken the obvious. Lol.
Dame: Hope yer having a great day dude.
Fano: Hope yer hubby takes ya out for a nice dinner or does something special for ya.

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Canada at the Winter Olympics

Hmm, its already Wednesday eh? Oh bother. Heh, helped out Kwa and Doris yesterday at the MPP CA for the DMC Y2 cohort. It was okay. Gotta know a few people.

Oh, but OH! CANADA wins in hockey.
Women's team:
Against Russia 12 - 0 (cue: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!)
Against Italy 16 - 0 (Cue: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!)

Uhm, to the US competitor, lady. I don't think ya can say for sure Canooks is winning their games cause they want records or stuff ma'am... And I ain't gonna say yer jealous cause I dunno if ya are or not. But in any case, Canada's team is tops and I guess it happens they win their games lopsidedly. You prolly won't ever hear me say this, but best of luck to the US hockey team too and yer not doing too bad yerselves even playing lopsided winning matches. Canada's forte is hockeyy, so if they play a good game, let 'em win aight?

Go CANADA!

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Tests over

Song Of Today: Fix You [Coldplay]

Hmmmm, handed in WP on time. That's cool. Ifah did the flash up nicely, Karim helped with our logo. Its great. I love WP. And did the IVP and NW tests. Hope that I argued legibly and reported in the correct manner. I hate being constrained by word limits. Cause if its too many words, the article loses its short and sweetness. If its too short, it loses its focus and looks very crammed.

For IVP, I dunno if I just slid down one side with a lop sided argument.

Anyway, tomorrow is Valentine's Day. How nice. I'll be in school, helping out Ms Kwa film some year two project thingy. From MLT to the classrooms. Hmmm... Experience. I'm thinking about a job as well... Heh. Time is everything. Hopefully I could get some cash, if not save during the holidays. I'm kinda stingy with my money nowdays. I prefer to call it thrifty.

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Busy week ahead still

Hmmm, just a short one today, since its really late at the moment. Uh... Lazy day, met Yessie and Yen Hao. Got IVP and NW tests on Monday. WP project, CCC presentation preparation.

On Tuesday I've that thingy with Doris and Kwa.

Wednesday is CCC presentation.

Thursday is the tech team meeting from 7 - 9.

Friday is FUNE revision lecture from 9 till before 12.

Yep. Study week with no official lessons yet its still packed. Sigh.... Oh well... At least I get revision time for FUNE and IPRA.

Listening to Never Gone by Backstreet Boys now. Its still my special song. Aight, gotta get to bed for some rest.

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Birthdays

Hmmmm, ever wonder what its like to be in the middle of s dispute? Heh. Today my rents were bickering non-stop. Bleah. From morning till night. The theme of the day was Fighting. In the car even, tension. Hmmm, not a nice place to be be...

Er... What else is there to talk about really? Episode 2 of survivor still bugs me. Bugger, bugger, bugger... I'm chatting with Luigi and Rachel now. Hahaha, its kinda cool. Lol. Networking. Luigi, you are good for networking.

Birthdays are nice things to think about. I like getting presents kinda, if I have the time. Thinking about what the person would like and how to get it and all. Haha. I'm weird. Hmmmm, I dunno. I guess I am talking about birthdays since I have nothing to talk about.

Speaking of birthdays... Coming birthdays.
DMC05: Xin Le, Carol, Nad & Weijie
USG: Smack, Boner
Family: Elaine, Ryan

Oooooo. Present time. UGGGGH! The word "PR" just came over the TV. Darn! Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays! Not PR. Heheh. Okay, so. Er, need to get presents for Elaine, classmates? What Would Elaine Like? Lol. Needa think about it.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Je manque ya vraiment mauvais. Je souhaite que nous pourrions avoir le temps. Mais les choses ne semblent pas être sur notre côté cette semaine. Yer d'espoir faisant bien et regardant après vous et pas par-dessus le fonctionnement. Fait attention bien ? Je suis vrai intéressé pour ya et vous aime si beaucoup de. Etreintes.
Dak: Don't work too hard. Have time to relax and enjoy. ;)
Dame: Hope you are getting yer rest. I had a kinda restful day.
Fano: Remember, its not how we start but how we finish. I hope you look at it that way too. Don't be disheartened, look on the bright side and be optimistic! =)) Life would be much better that way.

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Party and a let down episode

Woohoo! Okay, I know the time reflected will be like in terms of Saturday, but I'm going to talk in terms of Friday.

Firstly, PARTY! Lol. A big Thank You to Luigi for inviting me. And also, an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you! The party was awesome and yer mom rocks. Haha. Okay, here's the deal. How can you give up an opportunity to eat free, delicious, great Italian food at a reknown restaurant? Get invited to a birthday party, lol.

Luigi's party was at Pasta Fresca Boat Quay. He had a DJ and loads of his friends came. A lot of ACJC people, but also a number of GMSSites. One of the select few from 4/2 invited (I'm honoured dude!). The other 4/2s were Kenny and Esther. Exclusive eh? And those from 4/1 were Kenneth, Zhi Xiang, Irvin, Chin Weng, Chen Yang, Andrea, Samantha, Jia Ling and LiLin. It was good to see them all. I haven't met Luigi or LiLin or Zhi Xiang since last year's O Level results release I think. Good stuff eh?

And then there was of course the food. Nice. Lasagna, meatballs, zuchinni, and prawns. [Excuse my spelling] And of course, there was loads more (I forget what exactly). Then the games, lol. The DJ was nuts. Haha, asking Sam and Jia Ling to dance for that game in that way, like, totally outrageous. Lol. And met some of Luigi's friends too, nice peeps. Special mention for JunCheng, Rachel and Sophie. You guys are fun.

And Luigi's mom. OMG! She remembers my name!!! Lol. I didn't even know you knew my name Aunty Jasmine. Haha, thanks a lot. For the party, the ride home and the hong bao. So totally unexpected! =))

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUIGI.

Survivor. Hmmm, episode 2, breakdown. Bleah. This episode sucked! Character development hit an all time low. The cast IS stupid. Aras, that's not the way to go about tribal politics. You need to be more subtle. Yeah, the person may go but they needn't get hurt even though they do not know. What hurts more? Knowing they WILL go or NOT knowing they will go.

Shane. Yer not gonna do them any good, you basically blew yer alliance. Courtney and Danielle are gonna desert it. That leaves Aras and you in a bad position. Its no use keeping someone in who doesn't want to be, or at least has fluctuating thoughts about playing the game. Be real Shane. You didn't know what Survivor involves right? What the heck did you sign up for it anyway?!

Cirie, OMG! So annoying! I thought you'd be fun, yer a two face! Melinda, good gracious yer gone. I dunno how you got casted. I seem to be slamming the entire Casaya tribe. La Mina... I have nothing much to say. This season will be a disaster if Casaya doesn't pick up and La Mina will walk over them. Let's just keep optimistic right now. This episode was a let down.

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Another day and more GK21

Okay, so, I'm watching GK21 again. I'm bored I guess. I should either be studying or sleeping shouldn't I? *insert frown* Sigh... I dunno....

The opening song of GK21's first 3 episodes is rather fitting now that I listen to it again. Sad and dreary and, I dunno. Its just fitting with the whole OVA series. So sad and dreary. I wonder if I could actually improve on the series, lol. Some like it cause they say it isn't as childish as the original. What they fail to realise, in my opinion, is the depth of the story. The original had much more depth. I mean, so many sub stories in it as compared to the sequel. The sequel contained too many loose and hanging ends.

Ok, enough about anime... Today. Hmmm, I skipped IPRA to do DVPA. Haiz. Econs lecture, I actually understood how to do the international trade questions. Nice. So I just have to work on the chapters in between. DVPA had me really stressed and pissed off today. The computer wouldn't write the file to the tape. People kept borrowing my stuff, stuff that I had borrowed from Yessie. I got pissed off easily.

I guess I could've used some comfort today. Sigh. Let it be.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Le bébé, j'ai besoin de l'amour de yer. Son ce que me soutient. Je souhaite que vous pourriez m'embrasser et me tient aujourd'hui. Je ne sais pas, je me sens juste si tendu et tendu aujourd'hui. Je vous aimerai à jamais, ceci je vous promets. Les étreintes de moi.
Dak: Heya, talk to you sometime aight?
Dame: You need lotsa rest aight? Promise me you'll get it. Have a good trip.
Fano: Well, today will kick off the pick'em. All the best at running it.
L: Hmmmm, I have not heard much from ya but hope yer doing okay. =S

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Ups, Downs and Sadness

So... What is today's blog post about? Its about the ups and downs, and the, er, sadness?

Anyway, today was off to a good start. WP was for project time. I've completed my section already, so now its up to Ifah and Kamesh to do the rest. Then Pauline gave us back our flash results. I did fairly well in it. Ok, its an A. =)) So all was good and merry. Then for CCC, it was presentation day. So, I skived. But Joannah told me that we both got 38.5/40 for our test, so that's another A. Hooray!

Now the down. Today was also the day of the interview for the specialist diploma. Sigh. Sitting in front of a panel of three lecturers is not fun. Lol, like I was auditioning for DMC Idol. Not. Actually, kinda. Only the elite get chosen, the outstanding twenty go on to the final round where they battle it out for the diploma. Some may drop out of the race, others may do well.... This, was the audition round.

I think I came of as a bit confused and unsure of what the course required. They didn't seem impressed in the least and if they did, they were pretty good at hiding it. Oh well, 04, 01, 02, don't impress as much as 05 did. I hope I can get into the course, but.... If I can't *sigh* I can't change it right? What can you do?

Its amazing the number of smokers you see around. Them, smoking their life away. I mean, every puff brings in impurities to yer body, yer body slowly deteriorates. They suck the life out of you. Its a slow and painful process. I saw my grandfather die because of smoking. First you do a few rounds, then yer addicted. You buy more and more packs to satisfy that hunger. A hunger for what? A hunger for death.... Its sad to see people who take up smoking, as though their life meant nothing but for them to waste it away when they could be more productive....

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IDEA, die!

I woke up late. Gah. On the day of the presentation too. Thank goodness its the last week. The last week of school. And I made it on time, with everything. Its amazing my group managed to complete our business proposal, A1 panels and power point presentation. I nearly died I guess. *barely audible sigh*

I think we'll barely pass, it was a half hearted attempt. And the fact that we didn't put our all into it either, one man cannot do everything by himself.... I stress on CANNOT. Looking at Arisya's group right now.... We're toast. Sigh.

I just wish that the group members would've had more spunk and pitched in. Maybe I just take on too much. But thanks to everyone who said I don't and I'm alright. I'm not making sense... Sigh.

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GK21

Yay, I've finished watching GK21. Its the anime I'm talking about if ya don't know. The sequel to Gatekeepers. Uhm, after watching the entire 3 hours of the show, I have more questions than answers to previous questions. I guess it has to do with the story. The story has its strengths and weaknesses.

In a nutshell...
The invaders are back, this time probably an even worse problem than before. The AEGIS base at Tategami (sp?) High was destroyed in the last episode of the prequel. It was never rebuilt. So, the gatekeepers work as an undercover operation. They kill the invaders and this time, the invaders dissolve into these sort of crystals. The remnants of what used to be humans, infected humans.

Ayane finds another gatekeepers, and grooms her. She's a klutz though, and when she learns of the truth behind the invaders, she feels kinda sick. Sick that she's actually supposed to annihilate human beings.

Then another gatekeeper is called in. She's cocky and possess the gate with the ability to call up weapons. The three, together with their commander and Yukino, form this season's gate keeping squad. Sort of pathetic eh? Then again, with only 6 episodes to the series, there's not much to expect.

Its true, the reviews said that the story was dark. It is dark. The story could've been better I guess. But that's me, who likes script writing, talking... Like where did the former keepers end up? We know about Shun, but its not explained totally. What about Ruriko? Reiko? Fieye? Bancho? Hmmmm.... We know what happened to Kageyama (Kajiyama?). What about Megumi?

And its surprising, that after the big fight in 1969/1970, the Japanese public doesn't know, or has forgetten about the gate keeper squad...

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I'll Stand By You

I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders

Oh, why you look so sad?
Tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now
Don't be ashamed to cry
Let me see you through
'Cause I've seen the dark side too
When the night falls on you
and you don't know what to do
Nothing you confess could make me love you less.

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you

So, if you're mad, get mad
Don't hold it all inside
Come on and talk to me now
Hey, what you got to hide?
I get angry too
Well, I'm a lot like you
When you're standing at the crossroads
and don't know which path to choose
Let me come along
'Cause even if you're wrong...

I'll stand by you
I'll stand by you
Won't let nobody hurt you
I'll stand by you
Take me in, into your darkest hour
and I'll never desert you
I'll stand by you

And when...
When the night falls on you, baby
You're feeling all alone
You won't be on your own

I'll stand by you...

Anyone know what movie this song was used in? The words are nice eh? =))

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Episode 2 speculation and analysis

Episode 2: Breakdown
Date: 10 February 2006
Time: 1st telecast 2pm, 2nd telecast 10pm

I think I've figured out who is on Casaya and who is on La Mina tribes. From the previews, it is obvious that the tribes are Orange and Purple. You know the names and the colours, so, educated guess.

Casaya:
Aras
Bobby
Bruce
Cirie
Courtney
Melinda
Shane

La Mina:
Austin
Dan
Danielle
Misty
Nick
Ruth Marie
Sally
Terry

This gives La Mina the number advantage. Then we see Nick hugging a blanket. So... La Mina wins reward? Shane exiled? Looks bad for Casaya. A man down number wise, then blown with an exiled person and they have to get a shelter ready and all. Looks like the tribes they water down to were chosen before hand, I mean, they selected which tribes they would switch into. I liked the name Bayoneta though.

Ep2 RC: La Mina
Exiled: Shane
Ep2 IC: ?
Booted: ?

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Episode 1: The First Exile

Episode 1 was good. I think in terms of characters, interesting. We have a few "off" people. As in, uh, they seem to not be there in terms of their minds. Lol.

Cirie - Scared of leaves. LOL! You signed up for Survivor dear. You HAVE to live out there, leaves and all. Basically, she was scared of the creepy crawlies she'd find under them. I think it was good for her to have this Survivor experience by being out there and learning about the environment, it will give her a new perspective.

Courtney - The whole turtle tribute thing. Oh boy... Yer a man down, so, you need to stop wasting time about poor dead turtles and get on yer shetler. Yeah, it may have been nice to be out in the Pearl Islands on the first day, new place, nice scenery, nice beach. But you also have to remember, yer playing for a million bucks. That's a lot of money to be wasting time.

Melinda - Your voice... Its creepy. And the way you held yerself at Tribal Council, OMG! Hillarious. When Cirie said people like her should stay on the couch at home, you were like "Oh, I agree totally" in that goody two shoes, prim and proper voice. As for not getting on people's nerves, try a different voice. It would grate on them less (and on me too).

The theme is great. A nice combo of Borneo, Pearl Islands and Guatemala. Good job Russ Landau. Oh, its not totally a combo like All Stars, it still has its own element. Like the beginning yell (o-way yah), the subtle drums and that woman screaming (Ooooooooooo-ooooooooh!) at the end. Very tastefully done.

I'll post some vidcaps up later on then, from the intro. Its kinda fast moving and if you watch it, you might even get the feeling that its rushed. Okay, for media people, we tend to look at other things than just the overall video. Its actually timed quite nicely to tie in with the music. When the music changes, so does the image.

About the episode. Very intense. Better story building than in recent seasons (Guatemala, Palau). You feel as though you got to know what each contestant was like in terms of personality, etc. Maybe it has to do with the numbers? This season its back to the original format of 16 people. Perhaps its better that way, to keep it at 16 people eh? let's see, for how many seasons have we strayed away from the number 16? We've had All Stars, Vanuatu, Palau and Guatemala. That's 4 seasons. Its a nice change to have 16 people again. Makes it easier to recognise the players too.

Oh my, how I ramble! Lol. Forgive me. I'm just caught up in the premiere episode. Lol. Anyway, yeah. The exiling was done nicely and covered nicely too. Misty struck me as rather coniving, she's sneaky. And wow, who would've imagine her eat an earthworm like that? Certainly not me! I thought she was too girly to do stuff like that.

Then the reward challenge. this was pure luck. You either get it or you don't at all. The immunity challenge, a bit more skill here. Nick couldn't release the rope for the raft, hmmm.... Bayoneta surprised me.

As for tribe and camp life, the older women (Casaya) bonded quickly and had really good time management. I suppose this can be attributed to Tina. The older men (La Mina), they worked well too. As I expected, Dan made a pact (if not an alliance) with Terry. And Shane did feel that he didn't fit in, while Bruce was comfortable. So, let's see how it carries out.

Over at Bayoneta, I got the feeling that Courtney wasn't well liked by either Danielle or Sally. She may get along better with Misty. And as for Viveros... Hmmm, I expected more from them. More organisation, more get go. I suppose they're young men and behave like teenagers would, lol. Playing baseball eh? Booby looked like an outsider coming to visit rather than one of the tribe. When Aras attempted to instill some team morale, Bobby was not there.

Favourites:
Ruth Marie
Cirie
Sally
Dan
Terry
Aras

Dislikes:
Melinda
Shane

Before I leave off, here's some notes and predictions.
Okay, so I didn't predict correctly on who they'd boot first.
Dissolving to two tribes, I think they will be La Mina and Casaya tribes. Viveros and Bayoneta will cease to exist.
Cirie and Shane land on the same tribe?
Tribe pickers, Terry and Ruth Marie?

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Its here...

Today, Survivor. With a twist. No spoilers. No previews. No NOTHING. Just watch like a normal viewer. Usually, by now, I would've known who got booted. I think its Misty, but I'm not sure. I don't even know what the theme sounds like other than what I heard on the CBS site. I don't have the intro credits. NOTHING. Interesting eh?

Today is another nice day. Last night was just so busy, lol. Uhm... Today we finished the NW editing series. Yes! No more running around managing, I'm able to relax. Cool eh? And then, of course, there's Survivor on in one and a half hours time. Dum didi dum. Mom2 is running this season's pick'em. GO MOM2!!! Who will win this time round eh? Let's hope I get a good pick'em. I want Aras to win. Terry also should go far, Dan too! Oh, and Bruce! Lol. Get rid of Bobby and Austin and Danielle and Melind-ah! Lol.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Je vous aime et yer d'espoir faisant bon et avait un épisode de matière poisseuse ce soir. Les étreintes à vous.
Dak: Heya, hope yer doin good and not too heavy a workload.
Dame: Yo, how's things?
Fano: Go mom2! You'll do good for the pick'em manager. Maybe yer the next mod eh?
L: Hope hope hope you get Exile Island there.

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Connections

Can't have asked for a better start to the day. Connections. =))
Ah, great day. Feel good.
Telepathy.

1 day to Survivor: Panama - Exile Island!
The new theme has been playing subtly on the videos on the CBS video page. It can be heard best on the interview with Dan Barry. Its cool. The start, I still maintain (and L agrees), sounds like Dolby Digital. Then its the usual start, that long start up music (goodness what instrument makes that sound). The shout, and then moves into a semi-soft drum beat. If this is the actual theme it goes very Borneo like and back to the original. Some Guatemala-ism and Pearl Island-ism with the wind pipe and whale calls. But otherwise, plays very much like the original track used in Borneo. The ending, ends with a woman going "Ooooooo-ooooooooooh!"

Got a feel of the theme, now need the intro video! *sits here with fork and spoon in one hand* Lol.

So, today, one day before the premiere episode, let's figure out how each contestant would do on Exile Island.
Aras: so-so
Austin: meh
Bobby: meh
Nick: so-so
Courtney: so-so/great
Danielle: so-so
Misty: meh
Sally: so-so
Cirie: so-so/meh
Melinda: meh
Ruth Marie: so-so
Tina: so-so/great
Bruce: so-so/great
Dan: so-so/great
Shane: so-so/meh
Terry: great

Let's see if they meet my expectations, fall below them or soar above them. Also on who is gonna survive in the game long. Another good video to hear the theme is Aras' video. Nice. I can't wait. It's 41.5 hours to Survivor: Panama - Exile Island.

Shout Outs:
SHP, YT: Hé, ya d'amour, manquer ya, mais la conversation appréciée. Espérer que vous avez un bon travail hors et un bon épisode de survivant demain.
Dak: Hey man, hope school's goin' good for ya and yer doin' well.
Dame: Work hard eh? Hoep you can get enough time to relax and all. You need that time. ;)
Fano: Hey mom2, hope you have an enjoyable Survivor episode tomorrow.
L: Hope that Survivor shows for ya there. Go watch it!

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Michael

Michael.
Nice name, is it not? Haha, I kinda like it. A lot. Lol. Ah well... Michael. =))

Today was a long and hot day. Very hot. I have just come to realise that I cannot take 31 degrees celcius. Too hot. I think I've thought this before, but never voiced it out, I'm a penguin in an Asian skin. Or at least something to that extent. I prefer cold temperatures (okay, here we go again. Yes, I know, Kamesh calls me something like cold guy).

Anyway, silly Digital Media Studio (DMS) closed early today. Edmond, wth? Extended holiday? Bleah. Thank goodness Doris said we don't need to sign in the equipment in order for others to borrow. As of today, the equipment is no longer in G.A.J.N.S. group's hands.

The silly box is way too big for the camera. Its bulky, but then again, makes for a good weight. Haha. Brought that monster to school to hand over to ZhiLi's group. Poor Zhao Jie had to take it all the way home to Khatib by train. My sympathies lie with you.

Oh, yeah... I skipped Web Publishing lesson today. A good thing too. They didn't do much. I guess I just know when to cut class and when not to. ;)

Then there was this guest lecture on argumentative news writing. I wanted to sleep so bad during it... Haha, oh well... Long day. Too tired to think of anything to write now. Brain's prolly fried crisp. Haha.

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Reality TV mood

Okay, with Exile Island 2 days away now, things are getting pretty heated up. =))

Let's see if I can predict who will make it far from each trib eh?

Casaya
Cirie Fields: I think her personality will pull her through like Lydia's did. But it may not necessarily work the same way as Lydia, Cirie may win some stuff. Then again... Maybe not.

Ruth Marie: I see her going a little far. Sadly though, she'll be one of the two who would leave the tribe first.

Tina Scheer: I think she'll go fairly far into the game. She seems like the type who has common sense and a good head for decisions. I won't be surprised if she's the tribe's leader. I get a Scout vibe from her.

Melinda Hyder: Uhm... So much for trying to get on people's nerves as little as possible Melinda. You scored BIG with the pre-season video. Let me quote, "I'm going to get on people's nerves, at some point, everyone will get on someone's nerves, so I'm going to do that as little as possible." Please be the first out from the tribe.

If Casaya lands in the first Tribal Council, leaving the tribe by my prediction: Melinda Hyder

Viveros
Aras Baskauskas: I think he will know how to fly under the radar yet be important and essential to the tribe. But being in a tribe of 4, it is hard to fly under the radar. However, he seems to be the one with the most common sense.

Nick Stanbury: Nick, Nick, Nick... The fraternity (I still have no idea what this refers to, cept that its the guy version of sorority and related to Uni) boy. Uh... I think you mayn't have the common sense, maybe too educated?

Austin Carty: A writer, an actor. Well, well... I dunno if you can stand bein' out under the sun and all. Hmm.... Er, I don't think you make merge. Sorry.

Bobby Mason: No doubt yer a tough big guy. Hmmm.... Er, I think you mayn't be able to click with the rest. They're in their 20s and yer in yer 30s. Shane is more yer age and he has the same problem on the other tribe.

If Viveros lands in the first Triba Council, first to go by my prediction is: Bobby Mason

Bayoneta
Daniele DiLorenzo: Ooooh, nasty you are. Hmmmm, cocky? I think you will try to be the leader of the tribe. You have a strong personality. But this may carry you far.

Courtney Marit: Entertaining!!! This may be key to you making it far. Did I hear something about fire walking? Uh, whatever. I dunno, if you were exiled, you may stand a chance of starting fire easily.

Sally Schumann: You know the game, you know how to play. But sad to say, fans never win the game... I think you may make merge if yer careful. I see you as under the radar.

Misty Giles: You say yer smart, hmm.... I dunno. You seem, uh, distracted during the pre-season videos and all. You don't look like you have much to offer. I think you don't bring much to the table.

If Bayoneta lands in the first Tribal Council, Bayoneta would boot by my prediction: Misty Giles

La Mina
Bruce Kanegai: You seem likable. I think the older guys and you will form an alliance to the merge. You three will gang up on Shane.

Dan Barry: Mr. Astronaut. You will partner with Terry (same serving the USA background). To have a majority, you will include elder Bruce who needs you as much as you do him.

Terry Deitz: Mr. Pilot, due to similar background, you have common ground with Mr. Astronaut. You will have a bond. I see you and him gel-ing together and absorbing Mr. Miyagi into an alliance.

Shane Powers: Snaky. I no like you. No, no, no. You no nice. You sneaky man. I think you are outsider. Bye bye.

If La Mina lands in the first Tribal Council, they will rid by my prediction: Shane Powers

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