Ok. So it's been a bad weekend. I'm pmsing and moody cos Novak lost to Federer. No. Not lost. He retired from the match with a sore throat apparently. Imagine my disappointment. What a way to go. No wonder I feel less than inspired over the weekend. (yea right. i'm sorry nole.) You know I bloody hate that A**P*t M**. So I've decided to make myself feel better by looking at how much worse off some other parts of the world is.
Since my previous post was about saving the world.. I shall continue with that campaign cos' the following video has been rotting in the drafts since global warming. Right. It's a video against animal testing. Though that doesn't stop me from eating meat. I like to believe that they are ethically slaughtered. I'll perhaps only turn vegetarian if that's a job prerequisite to be a zoo keeper. (I tried applying for it to join my animal friends) Oh yea, in effort to channel out the rage in me, I've decided I'd rather face animals than people. HAHAHA.. But I still refuse to eat sharks' fins. Check back 2 weeks later for an updated resolution.
Here goes:
Yep. So Mars and Sneakers are bad, apparently so. Boycott them. Eat Cadbury. Wouldn't it be nice?
Ooooh.. And if you're as angry as me, or troubled or stressed or feel suicidal, I find it therapeutic to read some sadistic news. Not that I'm a sadist... It's more like "Hello... there are ppl out there in a crazier world, so get a grip already" See, all of us need a reminder every now and then.
Not sure if you've read about the news about this Austrian who held his daughter captive for 24 years (hell, before I was even born) in a cellar beneath the house and his wife didn't even notice. The worse part of this drama is she bore him 7 kids after he raped her on many occasions. Imagine how weird and twisted it must be to have the father and grandfather to be the same man... It's "Flowers in the Attic" in real life. Incest in the sickest way possible. See how twisted parts of the world has become. What other controversial news can attract the media like honey to the bees? We all delight in some of the strange, perverse and gossip ourselves. Perhaps I'm not as insane as I imagined myself to be (with my likes for thrillers and gory movies).
Read the news report here.
Well, that's the latest news that has caught my eye... aside from the PIE 6-lane traffic jam, that poor 60-something cancer surviving auntie that got ran over by a taxi... etc, etc. No wonder some people don't read newspapers (other than the fact that they are lazy, like me). It can get downright depressing sometimes. To quote Edward Norton in Death to Smoochy 'You can't change the world but you can make a dent.'
What that means I don't quite know. so... save the trees.
P/S: Find Robert Langdon (he may be able to help decode dissociative writing).
P/P/S: Velcome Badot back to the world where babis dwell. Vajivavudh, ve shall anticipate Baapok's bbq and eat like dogs. And Happy 'one-day-in-advance' Birthday, Ah Bang!
P/P/P/S: New song for new hope. If you find the song familiar, you've heard it from 'Extraordinary People', the documentary about Singaporeans you've watched the last decade. And boy aren't you old. HAHA.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
for the world's sake... and for crying out loud...
I'm not a scientist.
I'm not a marine biologist.
I'm not a veterinarian.
I'm not a politician.
I'm not an activist.
I'm not an environmentalist.
I'm not an ecologist.
Hell, I don't even hold a proper job, so what the **** am I trying to complain about this time?
But really... of recent, I've been watching some very powerful films that I feel a strong surge of emotions about. Never would I have expected that the facts, figures, politics and controversies amounted will give rise to such disgust I feel about ourselves, the human race. The world is coming to an end, so God help us. (If you believe in him, that is.) Before you think that I'm mad, consider this.. two out of the four films I've watched are movie documentaries [An Inconvenient Truth, Sharkwater], the other based on true events [Rendition], and the last about living the last days of life which puts much in perspective [The Bucket List]. If you're still this '-' close to sending me to the asylum, why not try watching the films I just mentioned and see how you feel about it, see if you feel motivation to do something. For me, blogging this post is a start... even though I may not be overwhelmed enough to join wildaid or politics to do something. I rather enjoy sitting my lazy ass at home typing away. E-F-F-O-R-T-L-E-S-S. If I can't change the world, the least I could do is raise some sort of awareness.
Sure, after billions of years of evolution and such, here we are with our superior selves. We are the most intelligent creatures that ever walked earth, so proud of ourselves, sometimes we think we rule the Earth and its natural resources, that they are plentiful and always available to our every demand. But the fact is, these resources are rapidly depleting. We are upsetting ecosystems, killing animals that control the food chain (sharks play a large part of maintaining the ocean's health by preying on plankton-eating fishes - planktons that absorbs carbon dioxide and produces oxygen in the water, water which covers 70% of Earth, which in turn means the ocean's health affects a major percentage of air [and food] that we live on), burning cheap fuels for better bargains, building state-of-art weapon technology in a mindless arms' race, etc...
I'm no preacher, and neither am I a vegan, but I do admit to be unusually compassionate (not that I'm praising myself.. so don't roll your eyes) and I really feel a lot for our environment. This is the first time I've ever teared while watching a documentary.. Sharkwater director and biologist, Rob Steward, is the most inspiring man I've ever seen.. even more so than Novak. He's to sharks like Jane Goodall is to Chimpanzees, even greater (plus he's kinda cute too. HAHA). He put so much at risk including his own life, from battling life-threatening diseases to being on the run from the shark finning mafia, but he never stopped at his campaign to save the sharks. There's so much drama in his mission, it's hard to believe that it is a true story. You really should read up on how much he went through.. to quote from his blog:
"The creation of Sharkwater was a series of worst case scenarios. The lowest low was when I was hospitalized for flesh eating disease. The doctors were talking about removing my leg, and we were 3 weeks into shooting a shark film and had no shark footage. Everyone told me I should return home for proper medical care. My girlfriend and parents were upset, my crew was freaking… I had to turn into captain positive to keep people from flying me home… If I went home, the film would have never been finished because it was such a colossal failure that it would have been shelved. The expensive cameras would have been returned to the rental houses, and once freed from the hospital, I wouldn’t have been able to return to South America to film because of the huge financial hole that I was in. This was my one shot at making a difference and my first foray into filmmaking. I couldn’t accept that my effort to make a difference and to get into filmmaking was a failure.
The film also had a huge potential to do good…. To change the way people view sharks so they would fight for their protection, ultimately saving the oceans and humanity from destroying the ecosystems upon which they depend. Knowing this, there was no way I could give up."
And it is a amazing film indeed. Other than the fact that it really makes me wanna go diving, it made me sit up and think about doing something.
Enough said. Check this trailer out.
I've never seen any underwater footage like it. It fills me first with awe with the ocean's beauty.. then shocks me with the revolting activities some fishermen were filmed doing and that they are destroying something that is so beautiful - not just sharks, but they were killing so many other marine life with the incredulous long line fishing-, it's just so sad to watch... Everything is in relation to the other.. (Here's where 'An Inconvenient Truth' comes in) Global warming is causing the coral reefs in our oceans to die.. With our complancency, we are putting not just ourselves, but our future generations at risk. We're polluting our air, land and sea, giving rise to the global temperatures - and more violent weather phenomenal -.. If you think that I'm insane to get so worked up, it's like thinking it is impossible to rain hail in Singapore... and that my friend, has already happened... in case you haven't noticed. So what the hell are the politicians, activists, terrorists in the world are thinking.. what with the war when we are already in one with mother nature? Why are we not doing something more for our environment than building nuclear arms and changing social laws? Sure, it's not like the world is coming to an end tomorrow.. not as if we are going to run out of air in the next few days.. but if we truly deserve to be the next species to survive the next ecology evolution, we better start thinking about living in harmony with nature instead of using it for selfish gains and cheap trades.
To quote Al Gore in 'An Inconvenient Truth': "What we take for granted might not be here for our children."
This is such a great issue, some may think it far-fetched, not close enough to home and truth be told, I thought, hell, I'd be dead by then.. it's none of my business. And true.. there're controversies about Al Gore using scare tactics in the documentary film.. But you can't deny the facts and figures based on scientific research. And then, I thought, if I could make a difference now in my very short lifetime, would I? Before our future generations think of us as stupid, selfish and barbaric.. I'd better start doing something.
So if you and I only make up for two in billions and billions of us, what change can I make?
Remember that Secondary school Geography textbook we had? The chapter teaching us about conservation and what not? i think it's really kinda useful. Don't have to take it out to refer lah.. it's common sense like save electricity, sleep less air-con, don't leave your computer on overnight for no reason -unless if you're downloading something important- wahahaha, recycle plastic bags, take more public transport (not taxi), DON'T EAT SHARKS' FINS AND THOSE SO-CALLED DELICACIES unless they are farm-reared, don't buy fur and products that causes the inethical treatment of animals...etc, etc.. Madam Seah, my tk 'geofy' teacher, will be so proud of me now.
Honestly, I don't mean to preach but if we could just change a little bit of our exuberant lifestyle and contribute to the greater good, why not? Really lar, if I ever get famous playing sports (like Novak), I will start some campaign about helping wildaid and the environment if I know how to get to it... =) =) =) I can be the next Rob Stewart or Jane Goodall!! but first... I'll need to further my studies. hmmmmm...... darn. I do pledge not to drink or eat any shark's fin soup from now on and I urge you to do the same. If you have friends holding wedding banquets, tell them not to serve sharks' fin soup. If you're my friend holding a wedding banquet that serve sharks' fin soup, I'll boycott your wedding. HAHAHAA... And don't ever expect to eat shark's fin soup at my wedding banquet.. (if I ever have one...muahahha). No offense lar.. but the poor sharks (watch the documentary, really can cry for them). =S
I might be a little brainwashed right now from watching all those documentary films but it's not like I'm an activist.. so raising some awareness is not exactly a crime. You're free to take my advice or not. I still don't like George Bush, but that doesn't mean you have to hate him as well. Though having said that, America is never short of controversial political issues... (It's where the movie 'Rendition' comes into place but this post is so long already I shall not babble more), and I believe whoever the president is, it will never make EVERYBODY happy.
Ok lah. The heavy talk and films aside. I watched 'The Bucket List' with Shuangru today. It's really good.. and as I said, it brings our short lives into perspective even though it's a comedy... I never really thought of death as all that scary. Die then die lor. You know I like to live my life dangerously. Whahahahaha... Thought it'd be fun to make my little bucket list, a few 'must-do's before I kick the bucket.
1: Have sex - or rather.. to put it in a nicer way.. make love to the man I love (not a social escort ar..)
2: Dive with sharks, dolphins and whales
3: Chase tornadoes
4: Meet Novak Djokovic
5: Skydive, Bungee jump
6: Write a book that can still inspire people even after I'm gone
That's all that I can think of for now.. And also, it's late and I have to switch off the computer to save electricity and save the earth. heh heh... Good night!
P/S: If you have the time, watch the two documentary films I've mentioned... 'An Inconvenient Truth' & 'Sharkwater'. The latter especially if you're a scuba diver.
I'm not a marine biologist.
I'm not a veterinarian.
I'm not a politician.
I'm not an activist.
I'm not an environmentalist.
I'm not an ecologist.
Hell, I don't even hold a proper job, so what the **** am I trying to complain about this time?
But really... of recent, I've been watching some very powerful films that I feel a strong surge of emotions about. Never would I have expected that the facts, figures, politics and controversies amounted will give rise to such disgust I feel about ourselves, the human race. The world is coming to an end, so God help us. (If you believe in him, that is.) Before you think that I'm mad, consider this.. two out of the four films I've watched are movie documentaries [An Inconvenient Truth, Sharkwater], the other based on true events [Rendition], and the last about living the last days of life which puts much in perspective [The Bucket List]. If you're still this '-' close to sending me to the asylum, why not try watching the films I just mentioned and see how you feel about it, see if you feel motivation to do something. For me, blogging this post is a start... even though I may not be overwhelmed enough to join wildaid or politics to do something. I rather enjoy sitting my lazy ass at home typing away. E-F-F-O-R-T-L-E-S-S. If I can't change the world, the least I could do is raise some sort of awareness.
Sure, after billions of years of evolution and such, here we are with our superior selves. We are the most intelligent creatures that ever walked earth, so proud of ourselves, sometimes we think we rule the Earth and its natural resources, that they are plentiful and always available to our every demand. But the fact is, these resources are rapidly depleting. We are upsetting ecosystems, killing animals that control the food chain (sharks play a large part of maintaining the ocean's health by preying on plankton-eating fishes - planktons that absorbs carbon dioxide and produces oxygen in the water, water which covers 70% of Earth, which in turn means the ocean's health affects a major percentage of air [and food] that we live on), burning cheap fuels for better bargains, building state-of-art weapon technology in a mindless arms' race, etc...
I'm no preacher, and neither am I a vegan, but I do admit to be unusually compassionate (not that I'm praising myself.. so don't roll your eyes) and I really feel a lot for our environment. This is the first time I've ever teared while watching a documentary.. Sharkwater director and biologist, Rob Steward, is the most inspiring man I've ever seen.. even more so than Novak. He's to sharks like Jane Goodall is to Chimpanzees, even greater (plus he's kinda cute too. HAHA). He put so much at risk including his own life, from battling life-threatening diseases to being on the run from the shark finning mafia, but he never stopped at his campaign to save the sharks. There's so much drama in his mission, it's hard to believe that it is a true story. You really should read up on how much he went through.. to quote from his blog:
"The creation of Sharkwater was a series of worst case scenarios. The lowest low was when I was hospitalized for flesh eating disease. The doctors were talking about removing my leg, and we were 3 weeks into shooting a shark film and had no shark footage. Everyone told me I should return home for proper medical care. My girlfriend and parents were upset, my crew was freaking… I had to turn into captain positive to keep people from flying me home… If I went home, the film would have never been finished because it was such a colossal failure that it would have been shelved. The expensive cameras would have been returned to the rental houses, and once freed from the hospital, I wouldn’t have been able to return to South America to film because of the huge financial hole that I was in. This was my one shot at making a difference and my first foray into filmmaking. I couldn’t accept that my effort to make a difference and to get into filmmaking was a failure.
The film also had a huge potential to do good…. To change the way people view sharks so they would fight for their protection, ultimately saving the oceans and humanity from destroying the ecosystems upon which they depend. Knowing this, there was no way I could give up."
And it is a amazing film indeed. Other than the fact that it really makes me wanna go diving, it made me sit up and think about doing something.
Enough said. Check this trailer out.
I've never seen any underwater footage like it. It fills me first with awe with the ocean's beauty.. then shocks me with the revolting activities some fishermen were filmed doing and that they are destroying something that is so beautiful - not just sharks, but they were killing so many other marine life with the incredulous long line fishing-, it's just so sad to watch... Everything is in relation to the other.. (Here's where 'An Inconvenient Truth' comes in) Global warming is causing the coral reefs in our oceans to die.. With our complancency, we are putting not just ourselves, but our future generations at risk. We're polluting our air, land and sea, giving rise to the global temperatures - and more violent weather phenomenal -.. If you think that I'm insane to get so worked up, it's like thinking it is impossible to rain hail in Singapore... and that my friend, has already happened... in case you haven't noticed. So what the hell are the politicians, activists, terrorists in the world are thinking.. what with the war when we are already in one with mother nature? Why are we not doing something more for our environment than building nuclear arms and changing social laws? Sure, it's not like the world is coming to an end tomorrow.. not as if we are going to run out of air in the next few days.. but if we truly deserve to be the next species to survive the next ecology evolution, we better start thinking about living in harmony with nature instead of using it for selfish gains and cheap trades.
To quote Al Gore in 'An Inconvenient Truth': "What we take for granted might not be here for our children."
This is such a great issue, some may think it far-fetched, not close enough to home and truth be told, I thought, hell, I'd be dead by then.. it's none of my business. And true.. there're controversies about Al Gore using scare tactics in the documentary film.. But you can't deny the facts and figures based on scientific research. And then, I thought, if I could make a difference now in my very short lifetime, would I? Before our future generations think of us as stupid, selfish and barbaric.. I'd better start doing something.
So if you and I only make up for two in billions and billions of us, what change can I make?
Remember that Secondary school Geography textbook we had? The chapter teaching us about conservation and what not? i think it's really kinda useful. Don't have to take it out to refer lah.. it's common sense like save electricity, sleep less air-con, don't leave your computer on overnight for no reason -unless if you're downloading something important- wahahaha, recycle plastic bags, take more public transport (not taxi), DON'T EAT SHARKS' FINS AND THOSE SO-CALLED DELICACIES unless they are farm-reared, don't buy fur and products that causes the inethical treatment of animals...etc, etc.. Madam Seah, my tk 'geofy' teacher, will be so proud of me now.
Honestly, I don't mean to preach but if we could just change a little bit of our exuberant lifestyle and contribute to the greater good, why not? Really lar, if I ever get famous playing sports (like Novak), I will start some campaign about helping wildaid and the environment if I know how to get to it... =) =) =) I can be the next Rob Stewart or Jane Goodall!! but first... I'll need to further my studies. hmmmmm...... darn. I do pledge not to drink or eat any shark's fin soup from now on and I urge you to do the same. If you have friends holding wedding banquets, tell them not to serve sharks' fin soup. If you're my friend holding a wedding banquet that serve sharks' fin soup, I'll boycott your wedding. HAHAHAA... And don't ever expect to eat shark's fin soup at my wedding banquet.. (if I ever have one...muahahha). No offense lar.. but the poor sharks (watch the documentary, really can cry for them). =S
I might be a little brainwashed right now from watching all those documentary films but it's not like I'm an activist.. so raising some awareness is not exactly a crime. You're free to take my advice or not. I still don't like George Bush, but that doesn't mean you have to hate him as well. Though having said that, America is never short of controversial political issues... (It's where the movie 'Rendition' comes into place but this post is so long already I shall not babble more), and I believe whoever the president is, it will never make EVERYBODY happy.
Ok lah. The heavy talk and films aside. I watched 'The Bucket List' with Shuangru today. It's really good.. and as I said, it brings our short lives into perspective even though it's a comedy... I never really thought of death as all that scary. Die then die lor. You know I like to live my life dangerously. Whahahahaha... Thought it'd be fun to make my little bucket list, a few 'must-do's before I kick the bucket.
1: Have sex - or rather.. to put it in a nicer way.. make love to the man I love (not a social escort ar..)
2: Dive with sharks, dolphins and whales
3: Chase tornadoes
4: Meet Novak Djokovic
5: Skydive, Bungee jump
6: Write a book that can still inspire people even after I'm gone
That's all that I can think of for now.. And also, it's late and I have to switch off the computer to save electricity and save the earth. heh heh... Good night!
P/S: If you have the time, watch the two documentary films I've mentioned... 'An Inconvenient Truth' & 'Sharkwater'. The latter especially if you're a scuba diver.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
dedication..
for you jan, (because it's a few weeks late and i promised so)...
I present to you the hottest man in the face of earth. It's drool time!
No, it's not Novak Djokovic.. this guy is THE PERFECT 10! on my scale at least. But only in terms of looks on the superficial level. I don't really know his character. Christian Bale is still the man with the most complete overall package I've ever known. (Bale is intensely dedicated to his acting as my Nole is to his tennis, and he scores better than Nole on looks and maturity wise.)
Ok. Enough talk. Here are the to-drool-for pictures...
James Franco (You will recognise him as the Green Goblin's son from 'Spiderman', or mr-very-hot pilot from 'Flyboys'.)
Annapolis
Annapolis
Annapolis
Flyboys
Flyboys
shuai4 or not?
so cute for wad la?
haha. ok la. maybe he's not that photogenic if you're still not won over.. But you should see him in Annapolis or Flyboys man... If I dream of him when I sleep, I will slip into coma and never ever wake up. HAHAHA. Even Djokovic hasn't reached that standard yet, cos I still woke up after dreaming of him, twice. Amazingly, I've never dreamt of Franco yet. YET.
Anyway, speaking of Djokovic, he lousy pok la.. after winning Indian Wells, he went on to lose out in the opening match of Miami a few days later. I almost died of disappointment and shock. But lebermind cos in the end nobody expected Davydenko to win either, so Djokovic is still not so far behind Nadal in terms of points. And... clay court season is coming, so it's a different surface altogether, a different start - Even for your Federer. but but, nole is very comfortable on clay ar... so we'll see..
Here's an article from Men's Vogue that provides more insight to the relationship between him and his country, how his tennis has brought Serbia to be known to the world in an otherwise forgotten place. Men's Vogue article
After reading the article, I can only imagine how tough it must hav been for him back then in Serbia. He is someone who has been through a lot (who clearly has a past) and it's heartening to see how far he've come and how much he does for his country.. though it's really amusing to hear tt he's bigger than a politician over there - given his demeanor (djoker and wad not).
And here in this article - after winning Australian Open -,Nole's words of wisdom, you can see how proud he is to be a Serbian.. and it gives an idea of the kind of person he really is.. (he doesn't go over the top even when he's the first Serbian to ever win a Grand Slam title - at such a young age. What did I ever achieved when I reached 20?) Certainly gotta give him credit for that, even though people may think him cocky, I call that confidence. After all, it's that belief since he was a boy that brought him to where he is now.
Just so you know that - with Djokovic, it's not a mindless obsession. heh.. (even though I may have many obsessions with other people & things) =P
I present to you the hottest man in the face of earth. It's drool time!
No, it's not Novak Djokovic.. this guy is THE PERFECT 10! on my scale at least. But only in terms of looks on the superficial level. I don't really know his character. Christian Bale is still the man with the most complete overall package I've ever known. (Bale is intensely dedicated to his acting as my Nole is to his tennis, and he scores better than Nole on looks and maturity wise.)
Ok. Enough talk. Here are the to-drool-for pictures...
James Franco (You will recognise him as the Green Goblin's son from 'Spiderman', or mr-very-hot pilot from 'Flyboys'.)
Annapolis
Annapolis
Annapolis
Flyboys
Flyboys
shuai4 or not?
so cute for wad la?haha. ok la. maybe he's not that photogenic if you're still not won over.. But you should see him in Annapolis or Flyboys man... If I dream of him when I sleep, I will slip into coma and never ever wake up. HAHAHA. Even Djokovic hasn't reached that standard yet, cos I still woke up after dreaming of him, twice. Amazingly, I've never dreamt of Franco yet. YET.
Anyway, speaking of Djokovic, he lousy pok la.. after winning Indian Wells, he went on to lose out in the opening match of Miami a few days later. I almost died of disappointment and shock. But lebermind cos in the end nobody expected Davydenko to win either, so Djokovic is still not so far behind Nadal in terms of points. And... clay court season is coming, so it's a different surface altogether, a different start - Even for your Federer. but but, nole is very comfortable on clay ar... so we'll see..
Here's an article from Men's Vogue that provides more insight to the relationship between him and his country, how his tennis has brought Serbia to be known to the world in an otherwise forgotten place. Men's Vogue article
After reading the article, I can only imagine how tough it must hav been for him back then in Serbia. He is someone who has been through a lot (who clearly has a past) and it's heartening to see how far he've come and how much he does for his country.. though it's really amusing to hear tt he's bigger than a politician over there - given his demeanor (djoker and wad not).
And here in this article - after winning Australian Open -,Nole's words of wisdom, you can see how proud he is to be a Serbian.. and it gives an idea of the kind of person he really is.. (he doesn't go over the top even when he's the first Serbian to ever win a Grand Slam title - at such a young age. What did I ever achieved when I reached 20?) Certainly gotta give him credit for that, even though people may think him cocky, I call that confidence. After all, it's that belief since he was a boy that brought him to where he is now.
Just so you know that - with Djokovic, it's not a mindless obsession. heh.. (even though I may have many obsessions with other people & things) =P
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