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ibg track. thrills and spills.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

opening day of the ibg is over, with me running a 4×100m relay and a 100m leg in a medley race… it was fun.. and the block was happy. i was happy. that is the spirit of ibg. fun. freshmen. knowing more about each other's abilities. not winning.

so it was announced that my block got 3rd and 4th placings for the guys and girls teams respectively… we were overjoyed. kind of like we just didn't want to be last, and the change of 4th to 3rd placing for the guys last minute was eversweet.

but then they just had to burst my bubble when i returned back to hall by declaring our medley team disqualified because of an illegal passing of baton before the passing zone between the first female 100m leg and me… well as far as i was concerned i was within the zone.. 50-50 maybe but i was sure of it.

won't argue with the officials regarding the matter because it serves no point. the best way to go about a decision in sports is to accept and move on. more so for ibg since it is really in its essense a pussy battleground of sports no senior is really interested in (well except some)

i guess it is still fair, though, to say that the disqualification and hence making BOTH the guys and girls team 5th place = last… the move sucked. in my opinion it would remain a unthought, uncalculated decision totally not inline with my expectations for ibg. making the final decision to deal such a big blow to the block sours the competition and says something along the lines of "ibg is a competitve arena for sportsmen. don't mess with the rules. we are serious about the competition"

ahh, whatever. not my kind of thing.

all i hope is that my blockers don't give a shit about this like me… for the last 2 weeks i have been trying to instil a non-crazy-competitive spirit for ibg for everyone. why? because being in this block that is truthfully never meant to be close to winning ibg… being competitive would blow up a mist of negative energy between one and other blockers and you'll just get burnt. i'm very proud that the a-blockers have been very supportive of each other and stayed positive in the face of negativity. ku zhong zhuo le.. haha. lets hope that this keeps up.

but still can't deny the bugging feeling like its a damn sian decision. especially when the whole event is over liao then u throw this kind of spanner… and then you are stuck with the thinking like… is it my fault? i think i should claim responsibility for it so at least like everyone isn't WTF.. but yet its not my fault also.. this kind of thing is just screw up then screw up one.. not say blame who…

but people always blame. the human is crafted in a way to constantly find scapegoats. if i'm not the culprit for screwing up the passing, then its jason for disqualifying, if not its the smu guy who declared the foul.

truth is.. its no one's fault. from every angle.. you got to understand where everyone is coming from. everyone's got a job to do. for the smu guy, its to look for fouls. for jason, its to implement the foul, and for me, its to complain about the insensible decision. but at the end of the day, no hard feelings. we all got to be grown ups.

but the decision sucked lah :D

i just hope everyone understands and stays happy.

but still.. it seems such things have their perks… look what xiuzhen gave me just to cheer me up! so sweet.. man.. i'm melting… its really nice to know how some people understand and really show it :D

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if people’s behaviour irks you, read.

Monday, June 26th, 2006

singaporeans are consistently complaining about other people's behaviour.

kpkping about couples hugging on the trains, kpkping about bloggers using profanities, kpkping about all kinds of shit. i'm actually in no position to say whether they are right or not… but no, everyone else must think they are so smart and post their freaking thoughts on the forums, for what… so that everyone else can be swayed into the same train of thoughts? so that people can nod and you can feel better for your sorry self?

i know its quite lame that i myself cannot stand this shit and i'm kpkping about these people. but just allow me to indulge for one post, so that the people around me might understand me better.

i've learnt one thing - that there are all sorts of morons in this world. i'm sorry i'm using the word "moron" but for illustrative purposes i shall use the word in a rather loose definition.

i define "moron" here as someone who is capable of doing things that i can never in my whole lifetime, (extrapolated from the incident time) ever try to understand. an example of a moron would be someone whose family earns crapshits that they are struggling on economic rice everyday, but then that moron goes all out to buy, say a LV bag. yup.. i see many of you nodding your heads.

ok how about this… i also define a moron as someone who tailgates me when i drive. ahh… suddenly i see less people nodding. and while we are on the subject. i wish to announce to all you tailgating fucks that if i EVER have all the goddamn time in the world. and you tailgate me, and its not the best day of my life… i'll fucking slam the breaks and make you die in your car. and then i'll go to your family and ask for damage compensation for my boot. troublesome? yes. but i have all the time in the world. to rid the world of one useless moron at no extra cost is probably better than sex.

so back to the point. morons are everywhere by your own standard. i have my morons, you have your morons. for some reason, i'm probably a moron to you, and it could be all for something silly, you know. like maybe, i don't wear a watch, i like to play computer games for 6 hours straight. i've met enough weirdos to conclude that for every 'normal' person you meet, there's a polar opposite somewhere else. the law of polarity.

all of us living in singapore, we are more or less confined to a streamlined set of ideals we accept. probably 80% of us think that chatting up strangers at the busstop is moronic. but there is still a 20% which i shall address as 'minority'. judging from my visual experience, only 60% think that cutting queues is moronic. so this proves that you're probably a moron for something in somebody's eyes.

if we were all to skew everyone's mentality into a fine streamline by complaining on the forums, we will get a society that is too streamlined. according to darwin evolution theory, that cannot happen. as there has to always be a balance of organisms (ie. a moron and his polar moron) for natural selection and evolution to take place. thus the people who are complaining on the forums are indirectly spurring on the extermination of the human race. (which is quite scary, cos cockroaches will take over the world)

anyway, what i really wanted to say, in a serious way, is "cool it". as much as you are irked by all these weird shit, so am i. but don't think that you are ever in a position to judge. the people you are trying to change is not going to listen to you just because "i don't understand their behaviour". the ahbeng ahlian is not going to be like "oh got people say they dunno why we kiss in the train. i think we should not kiss."

understand that people are different from you and that is the reason for you not understanding them. if it pains you to see, close your eyes. if it pains you to hear, walk somewhere else. if it pains you to smell, ditto. if all else fails, come and tailgate me next time.

people say that i'm a patient and non-invasive person. its not difficult to understand why.

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singapore television sucks.

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

yay more verbal diarrohoea for ahboo to digest!

singapore idol 2… a show i wouldn't really have bothered if not for jonathan leong (vote him k? he's a friend and he's not as stuckup as many think, but more on that next time)… so why wouldn't i normally bothere about idol 2? because its a singaporean show. and experience would have told you (particularly the english channel, i dunno much about chinese shows) that singaporean shows suck.

ok lah i know jon leong wasn't in this episode. i was watching tonite's episode to see that meryl (my taiwanese porn star, according to charsiew) gets in.. but surprise surprise… she didn't. but don't worry i think its because people have been mentioning in the forums that whoever the judges complement straightaway got into the next round… i mean it kinda makes you think the results and everything were rigged right? i mean, we are living in a country where the ruling government party can change electorial borders leh… why cannot? everything gangster also can. as long as media say so, can liao!

so anyway i'm pretty sure they also rig meryl to get in thru the wildcard show one. its just so that they can be like "oh. don't think i say you good means you in huh!" budden it is still the case of "i say you good means you get in"… just a matter of when, ie next week.

moving on, watchin this evening's episode just served to confirm that singaporean tv is gone case, and the reasons so clear.

firstly, the judges. i know too many things have been said about these 4 clowns but i still must say. but i won't go and say like "wah lau they all damn lame lah.. always say the same thing… nothing new"… i won't say them these because i admit… singapore society. people is not make for showbiz one… ask all these noobs talk in front of live tv.. only gurmit sink and daniel oink can do it.

but but but! i must condemn Penis Lee. that asshole like to comment people's nice attire and hair and say "but this is not a hair competition. it is a singing competition"… then later when someone sing not bad he never praise people's singing, and then condemn people's dressing and image as their downfall.

– warning next paragraph a lot of profanities one! close your eyes, everyone!

fuck you lah! why the fucking double standard? not say that i'm defending those people. i dun really care who gets in… but you! i fucking can't stand people who tell people one thing and then do something else. reminds me of lots of fucking loser regulars in the army. it is the ultimate hypocracy and its so fucking blatant you fucking deserve to get fucked in the anus. but oh… you already are.. oops.

– ok can open ler

so thats done for the judges. next is the incompetency of the hosts… daniel is pretty much passive so i won't say anything about him. but gurmit just plain sucks. i really wonder why he is still in show business. probably because he is just like singapore's tom hanks. anything also just get him to do.

whats with all that "who do you think will get thru to the next round" like 5 times… you just like to hear the girls scream random names so many times rite… be a professional and dun irritate the shit out of everyone… you look at the contestants faces they are like "ahh fuck you lah kermit"… i'm sure a pretty large portion of the home audiece were thinking the same thing. i won't even discuss about the number of commercial breaks just thrown in for the fun of it.

and then you try to create some "suspense" by saying "it is! it is! it is! it is!"… you know you sound like a bloody dying grandfather in hospital trying to reveal the name of the person who stabbed him…

which brings me to my next point : condecendence. it is everywhere in singapore. gurmit addresses the audience like a bunch of primary school kids. everything else in singapore must be done in such a one-step-one-step fashion. a loser in office cannot trust 4 disinterested individuals with CONFIDENTIAL documents and insist on data entry room door open.

see where i am getting to? singaporeans are just born with the mentality that with the slightest difference in power level comes absolute control. i tell you what to do, step by step. i bathe your lan jiao and clean your backside. i read in the papers… some english teacher was complaining how when we talk to our kids we always speak in noob-english "mummy go eat" instead of "mummy is going out to eat lunch"… and its not just the kids we do it to.

have you realise that when you talk to people who seem "of an inferior english standard quality"… i.e. the foreigners from countries like india, vietnam blah blah… you become this person who speaks in key-words instead of proper english so that they can understand better? so we are treating these people like kids huh. and then when we talk to caucasians we start all the fucking fake accents and try to be one of them. why? because this time we picture ourselves being looked down upon.

condecendence is everywhere here. you might not see it so obviously. but i can. and its intrinsic in our daily activities. i myself am guilty of it.. but i am pretty much aware and try to change.

singaporeans… for everyones sake. wake up your damn idea. stop being fake shits. and stop thinking you own the world just because you have this slight bit of power. you don't. i do. and i don't need any power.

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