Hey Singapore

Got this from kkyz’s blog.

1) Can you tell right now, without looking outside or anywhere else other than this screen, what’s on the countless banners everywhere?
Erm, never bothered to read them.

2) Did you do the 8:22 pledge willingly?

At that precise time I went into the bathroom to take a crap. Really. My stomach was hurting.

3) Did you watch the parade in some way or another willingly?

I ordered some pizza, only watched the march past and then went to my room to surf EDMW. Oh, and the pizza thing is traditional every NDP day.

4) Did you wear red and white and proudly wished citizens Happy National Day for your country? (and it should be out of pride, not the long weekend)

I honestly didn’t realise I was wearing red until I reached the MRT station, and saw dozens of FTs wearing our nation’s colours. Hm.

5) Do you know, what are the 5 stars on the Singapore flag symbolizes?

I don’t know. Equality? I sure don’t see that from the eyes of a commoner. Classic example would be Citizen and PRs.

6) Did you wave the flag or displayed it?

I didn’t even bother buying one. I did briefly consider, hanging up a poster of Chris Evans outside my window though.

7) Did you dedicated anything at all, no matter how small, for your country?

I’ll dedicate my vote when 2011 comes.

Simple rules: if you pass this (>3.5 out of 7), you are still a patriot. Bravo.

I has 1 point. Well, I didn’t actually watch the whole parade. I only watched it to see the President. I see him only once a year.

And I have been trying to get tickets for the past 8 years.

Kurz!! ♥ ♥ ♥

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Ulquiorra demands an update

therefore I shall give him one.

*edit: my ftp is being a bitch so uploaded to pb.

He comes with a giant version of his empty helmet – I can finally draw his helmet correctly now. Found him at Plaza Sing unexpectedly. I’ve been trying to find this set for quite a while now XDDD

Cost me about $13 though. At least much better quality then the Urahara captain version one I got from Gachapon before watching Wolverine with some of the Treants.

And speaking of that

zomg Hugh Jackman is teh sex. So is Deadpool. I literally gaped when he swung into action with his twin blades and quick wit. And gaped (with a healthy fresh bout of amused giggling) when Wolverine streaks across the countryside in his birthday suit. Gambit could have more action though, but that doesn’t make him any less awesome. Me and Drea literally shrieked when he appears near the end. My apologies to our fellow audiences.

And last Wed the Treant girls watched this

I’m not really a fan of Zac Efron, but the movie was pretty entertaining to make up for it. LOL @ the many references to star wars and lor of the rings. YES I KNOW IM SLOW IN WATCHING, STFU

And now I’d like to end this post with a quote

“Don’t emo laaaahh…” -druken expression-

Yay Ulquiorra! Bleach Chapter 352

Ah crap. Wanted to go to the Final Fantasy Distant Worlds Concert with Amirah but all the tickets are sold out. WA LAU EH ADD ANOTHER SHOW CAN OR NOT?

As to why I didn’t enquire the tickets earlier, I only knew it last 2 days. I’m so wols.

Anyway thought I’ll blog out my thoughts on Bleach Chapter 352, so onward there be spoilers. You’ve been warned.

Bleach at the Beach (This is one long assed post)

So anyway, its the weekend again, this week flew past really fast. I’d like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY PARENTS! My mom 22 March, my dad 28. They both turn 44 and 49 this year respectfully.

Which got me thinking. My mom got married at 23 and my dad 28. Crap, that’s like, 3 years from now. Noooo! I’m not ready for marriage! I still want to travel and create my own manga series.

K this topic is too random for this morning, so let’s get back to more pressing issues, like Ulquiorra’s ímpending death’.

Spoilers for Chapter 351 henceforth, you have been warned.

I wish TRC would just stop bullshitting.

no seriously, the last few chapters have been nothing but fillers, they are practically dragging the stupid final battle. Can I has a plotkai chapter now? Better not let me down this week or I’ll go bankai on CLAMP.

FROM HENCEFORTH THERE BE SPOILERS FOR BLEACH. YOU HAS BEEN WARNED

Speaking of bankai, can I just say Ulquiorra has the most awesome/sexy/pwnage releases ever? 2 releases at that, I wonder how Kubo is going to play this out, since Ulq specifically mentioned he was the only espada to ever reach the second stage or release. Does that mean the 3 above him is only able to do a first release? But since he said not even Aizen knows about this (thats what HE thinks, we all know we’re two ways when Mr Superman is concerned) and I’m sure he pretty much has his own reasons to hide this 2nd stage of transformation. He’s pretty much never killed anyone in the series so far. Go and check. At the most he’ll only injure them badly enough so that they’ll die eventually, but notice how he never went for instant kill. The only times he inflicted total fatal injury = almost immediate death was when he went to acquire Orihime into their side – he knew she would heal him and also he wanted to see the extend of her powers. Quite abnormal from the usual bloodthirsty hollow, don’t you think?

Okay, its nearly 1am now, time to catch up on my derived sleep

Twilight Book:Virgin Vampire (ouh oxymoron D:)

So after work today, I went to Kak Hanna’s hse with Kak Haida to watch Twilight

I swear its more comical than romantic.

The book itself is a joke,but I read it anyway so Twilight fans won’t accuse me of hating something without giving it a chance then try to counter with the if-you-don’t-like-it-don’t-read-it attack but seriously, I don’t understand why Twilight is so popular.

The language is… ble. ‘very beautiful’.. ‘perfect velvety voice’.. ‘pristine white teeth’.. have I mentioned ‘perfect?’ Oh yes i did. Anyway, I felt like I was reading a carefully composed essay with complex words thrown in from the dictionary (and i thought this was for young teenage girls,due to the lack of smexpronz hot action in the series)

Why Twilight novel fails in my opinion

1. Too much desciption of how perfect the vampires are, and not much details on their lethal side, which would have greatly stirred the relationship between Bella and Edward much more.

2. Slow pace, abrupt ending. First book I mean. There’s no need for a detail to detail account of how Bella brushes her teeth, goes to school, etc. I thought the beginning was pretty boring. All the action came later near the end, where the abilities of each vampire really shine, but after that its back to the slow pace talking again. The chase could have lasted longer in my opinion, could be even weaved throughout the whole plot, but instead I felt like it was just thrown there to add conflict to the relationship.But I have to admit that the way James got her in the end was unexpected, so kudos to this.

3. Description itself. I won’t even go to that. Please read it yourself.

The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange-flecked commercial carpet, notices and awards cluttering the walls, a big clock ticking loudly. Plants grew everywhere in large plastic pots, as if there wasn’t enough greenery outside. The room was cut in half by a long counter, cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored flyers taped to its front

When the bell rang, a nasal buzzing sound, a gangly boy with skin problems and hair black as an oil slick leaned across the aisle to talk to me.

They all had very dark eyes despite the range in hair tones. They also had dark shadows under those eyes – purplish, bruiselike shadows. As if they were all suffering from a sleepless night, or almost done recovering from a broken nose. Though their noses, all their features, were straight, perfect, angular.

I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful. They were faces you never expected to see except perhaps on the airbrushed pages of a fashion magazine. Or painted by an old master as the face of an angel. It was hard to decide who was the most beautiful – maybe the perfect blond girl, or the bronze-haired boy. -rolls eyes at bold words-

4.Overused plot. Seriously. Im betting every amateur writer out there- fanfiction writer or whatever- has thought up of this plot at least once, at least written a story about it (I know I have,6 years ago, which was why i was interested to read Twilight and see how she manage to turn this common plot story into something popular,but was greatly disappointed) which is why its predicatable. No climax, no hidden plot. Damn.

5.No hot smex. What is a vampire novel WITHOUT SMEX?! DUDE, YOU JUST DOWNGRADED THE CLASS OF VAMPIRES BY PUTTING PG 13 ALL OVER THE COVERS. I BET EDWARD IS STILL A VIRGIN. ( for almost a century now, wow)

Tmrw I’ll talk about the movie. Many funny things  I’d like to point out : D

Appalled.

Live in nursing homes in JB?

SINGAPOREANS could consider living in nursing homes in neighbouring Johor Baru, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan suggested yesterday.

It would be cheaper, yet be near enough to Singapore for family members to visit and for residents to return for medical care if necessary, he said.

He told Parliament yesterday that he recently visited a site in Johor Baru where a Singaporean investor was planning to build a 200-bed nursing home.

He asked the investor about the costs involved, and was stunned at how low they were.

He said: ‘It is mind-boggling. The cost of land and construction cost is so low that my cost of putting up just a polyclinic (in Singapore) is probably more than his cost of putting up a 200-bed nursing home (in Johor Baru).

‘The monthly cost of keeping a resident in a private nursing home in Singapore, you can stretch it easily to pay at least 2-1/2 months of nursing home care in Johor Baru.’

If any medical problems cropped up, the elderly could be taken back to Singapore by ambulance, he said.

For most Singaporeans, visiting a relative in a Johor Baru nursing home would not pose significant difficulties, he said.

The investor, who is a nursing home chief executive, told him that many people visited their relatives weekly, even in nursing homes in Singapore.

Mr Khaw added: ‘Of course many visit daily, but quite a significant number visit only during the weekends, so what is the difference in putting them in Johor Baru?’

I am absolutely appalled.

Yep, its really convenient to put a relative in a nursing home in Johor then in Singapore. Its not like I don’t have a car. I mean, all Singaporeans have cars, don’t they? We don’t use smelly public transport that’s packed like sardines during the peak hours. And its not like its so difficult to get into Malaysia. I just need to get through the traffic jams and checkpoints and not be worried half out of my mind that I was going to get robbed just because I’m Singaporean. Oh no.

-sarcasm-

And then there’s this:

Fellow WP member Low Thia Kiang (Hougang) asked: ‘Is the Minister suggesting that Singaporeans who cannot afford medical treatment or step-down care here should now consider such facilities in Johor?’

If so, is the minister ‘outsourcing the Government’s responsibility to provide affordable health care service to Malaysia’, he asked.

This riled Mr Khaw Boon Wan.

‘I’m not saying that if you are poor I will put you in an ambulance, send you across the Causeway to a Johor nursing home. That is not what I said and please don’t twist my words,’ he retorted.

In fact, the Johor option is not for the poor, who are heavily subsidised in Singapore.

‘Everybody can afford health care in Singapore whether acute care or long-term care,’ said Mr Khaw.

The suggestion was aimed at middle-income families who need to pay for the care themselves. It gives them choice.

‘I just wanted to point out to Singaporeans that there are options like this,’ Mr Khaw said.

Let’s see.. would I rather pay less money to put a relative in a private nursing home in Johor and spend the money saved from putting him/her in a nursing home in Singapore on transportation fees like petrol, having to travel unconviniently to another country to see my relative if I don’t own/drive a car(and not worry about taxi drivers there who try to cheat me of my money by not running the meter)?

Or would I rather locate him/her in Singapore, expensive as it seems, where I can easily take the bus or mrt at least so I can visit more frequently?

Sure those are options, but the typical Singaporean (aka me) would deem it an insult to ourselves as it seemed medical costs are too high here to be afforded by the middle-income group.

While more and more housing sites are being built for foreign workers. I have no comment on that.

I shall not say anymore, lest the eyes of the mata are watching this post. I mean, seriously, don’t you have better things to do? Bad enough freedom of speech is restricted here.

Trivia time

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Karty!

1. Influenza got its name because people believed the disease was caused by the evil “influence” of Karty!
2. The first domain name ever registered was Karty.com.
3. Europe is the only continent that lacks Karty.
4. A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are individually known as Karty!<–WTF
5. Karty never said ‘Play it again, Sam’!
6. Baby swans are called Karty!
7. Owls cannot move their eyes, because their eyeballs are shaped like Karty.
8. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Karty!
9. Karty is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
10. Karty can jump up to sixteen times her own height.

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Andrea!

1. All swans in England belong to Andrea!
2. The word ‘samba’ means ‘to rub Andrea’.
3. On stone temples in southern India, there are more than 30 million carved images of Andrea!
4. Andrea was originally green, and actually contained cocaine.
5. Andrea can fly at an average speed of fifteen kilometres an hour.
6. Andrea is born white; her pink feathers are caused by pigments in her typical diet of shrimp.
7. Andrea can clean her ears with her tongue, which is over thirty-nine inches long.
8. Andrea can pollinate up to six times more efficiently than the honeybee.
9. The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as Andrea.
10. Andrea is the largest of Saturn’s moons.

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Liesl!

1. To check whether Liesl is safe to eat, drop her in a bowl of water; rotten Liesl will sink, and fresh Liesl will float.
2. Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of Liesl, and frequently rise to the surface for air!
3. If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt they would fill Liesl.
4. Liesl will give a higher yield if milked when listening to music.
5. All the moons of the Solar System are named after characters from Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Liesl.
6. Liesl once came third in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest!
7. If you chew gum while peeling Liesl then it will stop you from crying.
8. The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Liesl!
9. Originally, Liesl could not fly.
10. Three seagulls flying overhead are a warning that Liesl is near!

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Yee Long!

1. The average human spends about 30 days during their life in Yee Long!
2. Humans share over 98 percent of their DNA with Yee Long.
3. There are six towns named Yee Long in the United States!
4. The air around Yee Long is superheated to about five times the temperature of the sun!
5. Yee Long has often been found swimming miles from shore in the Indian Ocean!
6. During the reign of Peter the Great, any Russian nobleman who chose to wear Yee Long had to pay a special Yee Long tax.
7. The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention Yee Long.
8. Yee Long will become gaseous if his temperature rises above -42°C!
9. During World War II, Americans tried to train Yee Long to drop bombs.
10. Yee Long can usually be found in nests built in the webs of large spiders.

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Stanley!

1. In the Great Seal of the United States the eagle grasps 13 arrows and Stanley!
2. Research indicates that Stanley will be attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas!
3. Stanley has little need for water and is capable of going for months without drinking at all.
4. Lightning strikes Stanley over seven times every hour.
5. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Stanley.
6. If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and Stanley would be as small as a pea.
7. Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of Stanley, and frequently rise to the surface for air.
8. The pharoahs of ancient Egypt wore garments made with thin threads of beaten Stanley.
9. Olympic badminton rules say that Stanley must have exactly fourteen feathers!
10. A bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and Stanley.

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Ken!

1. Ken can’t sweat!
2. In Ancient Egypt, people wore glittery eyeshadow made from the crushed shells of Ken!
3. Ken will give a higher yield if milked when listening to music.
4. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase the amount of Ken in your ear 700 times.
5. Reindeer like to eat Ken.
6. Most bottles and jars contain at least twenty-five percent recycled Ken!
7. Birds do not sleep in Ken, though they may rest in her from time to time!
8. The condom – originally made from Ken – was invented in the early 1500s.
9. Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of Ken, and frequently rise to the surface for air.
10. Ken has enough fat to produce 32 bars of soap!

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Joe!

1. Two grams of Joe provide enough energy to power a television for over twenty-three hours!
2. You should always open Joe at least an hour before drinking him.
3. Joe can turn his stomach inside out.
4. In Ancient Egypt, people wore glittery eyeshadow made from the crushed shells of Joe.
5. You would have to dig through four thousand kilometres of Joe to reach the earth’s core.
6. Joe can give birth ten days after being born, and is born pregnant!
7. White chocolate isn’t technically chocolate, because it doesn’t contain Joe.
8. Snow White’s coffin was made of Joe!
9. Joe is the world’s tallest man.
10. Joe is the largest of Saturn’s moons!

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Jeremy!

1. All shrimp are born as Jeremy, but gradually mature into females.
2. Humans share about fifty percent of their DNA with Jeremy!
3. An average beaver can cut down Jeremy every year!
4. Jeremy is actually a mammal, not a fish.
5. The patron saint of Jeremy is Saint Eugenie!
6. There are roughly 10,000 man-made objects the size of Jeremy orbiting the Earth.
7. The condom – originally made from Jeremy – was invented in the early 1500s!
8. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and Jeremy has 7.
9. It takes 8 minutes for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to Jeremy!
10. Bees visit over three million flowers to make a single kilogram of Jeremy.

I am interested in
– do tell me about

herhimitthem

LOL K BAI

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?

Drove to Malaysia at freaking 4am in the morning

Send registered mail (no seriously)

Bought something more than $500 D:

The rest can’t really remember. Hmm..

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No. The planner i bought wasn’t put to good use either. But I’ll try to stick to one resolution.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yea, my aunt.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Don’t think so. One of my baby turtles. :’(

5. What countries did you visit?
M’sia and nowhere else.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
More active, take up more lessons/hobbies.

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
29 June, accident on NS Highway @ M’sia.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Starting my first real official job, i guess?

9. What was your biggest failure?
Failing to try.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Damaged- Danity Kane

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My MSI-Wind U100. Next would be my ds, then psp,but that was bought in late 2007.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Hm… my sister for passing her PSLE and getting into Express.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The usual suspect.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Unnecessary stuff but mostly food and body shop products. D:

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Dad’s new car, i think. (which promptly totaled 3 months later, not by me of course )

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?

No idea,really.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder?
Sadder because it was a turning point in my life (finishing school, starting working life, changes and all that)

ii. thinner or fatter?
I’m still maintaining the weight from last year. That is not good.

iii. richer or poorer?
richer, definitely.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Going out,making new friends,expanding my horizons,spend more time with family.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Rotting at home,eating cakes, losing my temper at people.

20. How DID you spend Christmas?
Rotted at home.

21. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I have no idea. I’m dense.

22. Did you break any hearts?
Again, i have no idea, I’m dense. I sure hope not.

23. How many one-night stands?
I’m just an innocent young girl!! D:

24. What was your favorite TV program?
Don’t really watch TV.Let’s pick an anime : Soul Eater.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t really hate anyone. It’s so troublesome.

26. What was the best book you read?
Mmm..Poison Study by Maria v. Snyder.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
In 2008? Err… playing Jam Sessions on my DS? o_O

28. What did you want and got?
Mini Notebook. As for the others, I wasn’t so lucky.

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30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Has got to be Dark Knight, hands down. But Iron Man is a strong contender.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
20, parents were overseas so i spent the birthday at home while my siblings secretly went out to buy cake. Their cover was blown when my brother asked me if Prima Deli was halal though.lols. But my friends took me out to dinner before and after my birthday (one at seoul garden and one at swensens )

32.What is one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Should have probably expanded my network moar.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Red and black, red and black, red and back. (that includes underpants, too.)

34. What kept you sane?
Reading, manga, anime and shopping.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
A.B. Shaik(warna fm dj) because of his awesomeness to roleplay 6 characters at a time.)

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Mas Selamat Toilet Escape~~

37. Who did you miss?
NYP. FYP roommates. I miss those late nights at the FYP room either playing stepmania or working our ass off or bathing in the dead of the night or hiding from the TO our Macdonalds or checking the Book Of Answers. Those were damn good times.

38. Who was the best new person you met?

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
You have to take chances and get up when you fail.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen and it’s
Supposed to happen and we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time

Cheers. Only 4 days into the new year and I’ve spent a lot this week. D: