林伯今天心血来朝用华语写,
可不知想写啥!
小弟近日很忙,日行千里,马不停蹄，忘寝废食，忙得不可开交。
就在此停笔。
友，
比利上
The Blind Side
Feb 15, 2012
I was watching this movie, Sandra Bullock's Blind Side.
I stopped, and decided to make my blog a blog, to express personal feelings to the public. (err, attention seeker betul, but siapa nak baca your blog?)
I used to keep a diary, but you know, life is hectic as a college student, not even a second should be wasted. (btw, today, i spent 2hours on ipad's games)
Sometimes, i feel that i'm a jerk. Utterly repulsive jerk. Seriously. What to do? Tell me what should i do.
perhaps, everyone has their blind sides, good ones, bad ones.
Being a jerk is my sole bad blind side, but it is the worst one.
I was studying sarcasm yesterday, only I realize my definition of sarcasm is totally opposite with the universally accepted one. I always thought that being sarcastic could bring happiness to others, since for me, I could get over some negative remarks easily. Yet, there is only one Pee Li on earth, it means that only one guy on earth is that insensitive.
The negative effects on teasing and sarcasm reads:
Teasing and sarcasm can be funny, but if they are taken too far or occur too often they can have a number of negative effects. This is because they both prey on peoples' weaknesses, highlighting them for a cheap laugh or just to be mean. This can make people develop insecure attitudes and also make it hard to trust peoples' intentions.
On one hand, I made friends around me feel insecure, which I concur to the facts on the web when I put myself on my friends' shoes. On the other hand, I bring happiness to many. As when you spread happiness, you couldn't escape from it too. Yes, I am happy, as always.
But I wasn't. 14 February 2012, I wasn't. It made my day worst when that foreign student who do not value the friendship but certificate spamming my phone. Finally, I learnt to ignore others.
I am who I am. I make no good student; I make no good son; I make no good friend; I make no good junior; I make no good senior; I make no good bf. But my intention is always good. But if this issue is delved deliberately with arguments and facts from all side analysed meticulously, one can come the conclusion that I not a bad one. I fail no paper in studies; I kill no parent; I hurt no friend with bad intention; I cause no expulsion of my senior; I beat no junior; and well, I tarnish no girl's reputation and dignity.
I just want to start again with a clean sheet. But, could I?
I call this clown syndrome.
While bringing others happiness, no one makes you happy. Because everyone is seeking happiness and few offer happiness.
- Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
After all J.M. Barrie got this wrong. As it doesn't adhere to Physics law, where light travels in a straight line. Well, if you consider the duality of light, the light waves still moving away from the source. So how in the universe can those who emit be shinned upon? On the surface, that object is lustrous, but internally? It is a mystery unless you unveil it.
Anyway, I find this song awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXLlYd-e0oE
Little yellow spider, laughing at the snow
Ah, maybe that spider knows something that I don't know
'Cause I'm goddamn cold
p/s: to those who know me, don't tell me if you've read this. Keep it to yourself.
Think.
Dec 24, 2011
On Malaysian education: poverty and margnalization
Some vital statistics on educational spending in Malaysia vis-a viz marginalization, poverty, and education. Equality for schools? Look at how much is spent on MARA Junior Science Colleges, the elitist Malay schools? How might this relate to the process of social reproduction? Are we creating classes of people with different access and hence a class of the political economic haves and have nots? ......What paradigm of education necessitates the need to see schooling as separate and unequal? How do we reverse this trend of unequal distribution of resources and make intelligence and the nurturing of it be the right of each child, especially those who are disadvantaged economically, regardless of race? Please share this. 
One man down!
Dec 19, 2011
While reading this, I couldn't help but laugh. I found similarity between this Kim Jong Il regime, Malaysian politics and Singapore's Family business. The only difference among them is how they fared in the past two decades. Worst, bad and good respectively in term of economy and livelihood of their nation.
Kim Jong Ii used his iron fist to run his family business;
Pak Jib utilizes fear, blank cheques and empty promises to make it here
while Lee Ltd. fight for it intellectually by showing exemplary leadership skills.
One with fun election that get unanimous vote for Kim Jong Il to stay in office;
another one with beautiful slogans and excellent rhetoric, elections that allow the losing party to stay in power;
and the last one which doesn't allow opposition to prosper while delivers the outcomes as promised.
December 19, 2011
Kim Jong Il Dead at Age 69
Reclusive North Korean leader died Saturday of a heart attack
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT **
North Korea's official news agency reported Monday that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il has died at the age of 69.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Kim-Jong-Il-Dead-at-Age-69-135842193.html
O' Penang
Nov 26, 2011
It has been ages since the last time I'd actually blogged. Life is but miserable, cruel and cold-blooded, but guess what, we could actually see it from a brighter perspective!
I joined my 3rd penang bridge run last weekend, with some non-local friends.
Event Results
17KM CheckPoint : 2:10:41.59
ChipTime : 2:47:50.74
GunTime : 2:47:57.49
Ranking : 1731/4509
I know by the ranking itself, it seems extremely unhealthy for a 18 year old, how unfit i am.. heeeeeheeee xD:)
After all, it is not about how fast you finish your run, but how and whether you complete the marathon or not. A fruitful run indeed. A run in which I made it a social hub to meet old friends, to make jokes and free 100plus sessions along the bridge with old buddies. What's more when Allianz group hired a team professional massagers which will make you feel like in heaven for 3minutes massage after exhausting 21km run. perrrhhh, TERRRrrrrbaiK!
Still, I got my finishing medal!
Though I couldn't break my own record, 2hours and 18minutes in 2009, I enjoyed the scenery and had an unprecedentedly awesome stroll on the bridge. Back in 2009, I ran my heart out to get good timing, so I didn't actually feel Penang. Imagine the cool breeze playing your hair while you're entering Penang Bridge, with who-know-which-school 24-season drum members adding a mystic aura to the serene atmosphere pumping more adrenaline to assist you to run better, THIS IS PENANG, my heart told me, and I'm proud to be born and breed on this lovely island.
Wooohoo, and for Penangites, we'll feel home whenever Penang Hokkien is spoken, be it Chinese, Indian or Malay, which overwhelmed the Penang Bridge International Marathon- add an ALLIANZ for legal purposes.
Life after all is not blind competition, with Penang located way far from Singapore, we are free from the viral kiasuness, not so.
I've noticed few i-call-it mentality problems, which are proliferating within my contemporaries, including me for instance.
First, we tend not to believe what we believed in.
No further explanation is provided, interpret it yourself. But being liberal is a good thing, yet many are moving backwards. Poor them, not me!
Second, we no longer proud of what we've learned, i.e mother tongue, but trying so badly to cling on English, yeah, I know I know, English is important in this globalised world, but when you're back in your hometown, use lah something familiar, something everyone feels comfortable lah, amboiii. If not, what's the purpose spending years back then to pick up this language?
To mothers and fathers out there, if you speak lousy broken Manglish, try not corrupt your sons and daughters with it, speak whatever you feel comfortable with, as long as it is authentic and proper when grammar is concerned. Using more Manglish-lah, it will only counter-productive. Your kids might find hard to adapt to proper English in schools or further down in their life. Expect your kids to say: "Excuse me, can you please wash your hands before you have your meal?", while you use: "Go, go wash hand!" even before he knows how to walk. Allow your kids to learn an extra language, this will arm him better in the future. After all, Lim Goh Tong only know Hokkien and Malay, but see how's Genting today. It's not about which language, but attitude! And learning a new language without prior knowledge from a proper authentic speaker will ensure a higher mastery.
Third, attitude.
Auntie ar, is it very hard to say 'thank you' 'terima kasih' 'kam sia' or even a smile? Don't lah so kedekut, will a smile causes you more wrinkles and cost you more on botox? PUUUhh-les, our mother already taught us, 'say thank you' so many times and be friendly like 'say bye bye to uncle' when we were small.
Do offer help, even if someone doesn't demand, they might be embarrass, but what's wrong to just approach an old uncle and say "can I give you a hand?", do this to nullify the notion of Malaysians are no longer friendly.
Kiasu kiasi won't bring you any far brother!
As the youths nowadays just simply don't know what it is like to be poor. Thus taking everything for granted.
Imangine when your friends wailing they couldn't sleep because "no air con", "too hot".
Or complaining to you, the heater is down, the water is too cold for shower in the morning, thus they would rather not shower. EEEewwww.....
Or worse case, I'm not going to use public transports, taxi excluded, as immigrants use them, buses are dirty, time-consuming. So, these people only got three means to commute, flight(air-asia, i'm telling you, if you seriously want to brag how rich you are, why not MAS?), taxi, and their parents' car.
How civilised of you!
Anyway, I'm glad I could bring friends around Penang, although only few which stayed in my house got the chance to really feel what life as a Penangite is with RM2.80 hokkien mee, laksa, penang road cendol and also, jackpot, lottery and 4-D. Those who chose to stay in hotel, go ahead, Penang economy needs your kindness so that our tourism could prosper even more.
Mr. Lim Guan Eng, Penang Road food prices have gone up too high for a local like me, I prefer RM2.80 char koay teow compared to a RM6.oo one.
Li Ren (a sarawakian) and me before run.
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