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Sunday, July 22, 2007
How does it feel like to have something so dear to you fall before your very eyes? To have something everyone was counting on, something everyone trusted, something nobody imagined would fall, something which indeed had never fallen before, fall so ingloriously, and with such silent, sickening finality? And yet to have failed not to the opponents we thought we were fighting, not even to the opponents we actually fought, but to the opponents inside ourselves, the ones against whom we didn't even care to put up a fight? "The only dark you need fear, Jacen Solo, is the one in your own heart." Two days ago, 20072007, a date which will live in infamy. We found out how it felt. We did not play to our best. They did. And in the words of Robert Frost, "That has made all the difference." And now I know exactly how Obi-wan must have felt, in seeing his dear apprentice fall. How the rest of the Jedi Council must have felt as well, in seeing their exalted Chosen One fall. How the Americans must have felt at Pearl Harbor, How the English must have felt at the close of the British-American War, How Napoleon Bonaparte must have felt, at Waterloo. And to have fallen not against the forces without, but against the forces within. Moral of the story? Sometimes, life can really kick you in the nuts. Even when you think you've done all you can to prepare yourself against such a contingency. And there's not a thing you can do about it, once it's done. You pick yourself up, rub your sore nuts, and learn to take better care of something so important to you. So, where do we go from here? Where did Obi-wan go from here? He picked up the pieces (consisting of Anakin's lightsaber and his own bruised ego), retreated to Tatooine, and spent the next few decades studying for the A Levels. And then, when the time was right, he found himself a new apprentice, someone younger and fitter to carry on the torch of ages past, to reclaim the legacy that for so long had evaded their grasp. A new champion, to restore balance to the Force. A New Hope. Auspicium Melioris Aevi.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
i love my team. we may not be unstoppable like we thought we were, as we found out yesterday (painfully), but still, they mean the world to me. so thank you, for all these years. our journey does not end here. - B Boys and A Girls, splendid performance yesterday. well done, we're all very proud of you. keep it up, and next year raffles judo will rise to the occasion once again. (:
Thursday, July 19, 2007
lol who the heck is this guy plz. in other matters, let's go raffles. this year, we can definitely do it. quote mitchell: "eh end it la!" (LOL) may the force be with us all!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
So the last official training for me as a Raffles judoka has come and gone. it really strikes me how close i'm drawing to the end of the year, now.. and the end of my journey as a Raffles student =\ so now i'm gonna make a list of all the people i consider to be my enemies alright: ..to everyone else, here's sending my love, and all the best for the a levels (and friday)! jiayou!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
I Am A: Chaotic Good Elf Mage Ranger Alignment: Chaotic Good characters are independent types with a strong belief in the value of goodness. They have little use for governments and other forces of order, and will generally do their own things, without heed to such groups. Race: Elves are the eldest of all races, although they are generally a bit smaller than humans. They are generally well-cultured, artistic, easy-going, and because of their long lives, unconcerned with day-to-day activities that other races frequently concern themselves with. Elves are, effectively, immortal, although they can be killed. After a thousand years or so, they simply pass on to the next plane of existance. Primary Class: Mages harness the magical energies for their own use. Spells, spell books, and long hours in the library are their loves. While often not physically strong, their mental talents can make up for this. Secondary Class: Rangers are the defenders of nature and the elements. They are in tune with the Earth, and work to keep it safe and healthy. Find out What D&D Character You Are, courtesy of Zinious Software corporation
koped from sarah! well, the second one at least. on a sidenote, Statistics is the reason why i'm beginning to really dislike Math.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Quoted from Simon Birch, the British artist who created that video of him beheading a pig in the name of art (and who subsequently got flamed not once, twice, but three times in the ST Forum): "Get over it. If you had a broad mind and saw the world of art, and saw what else is going on, you will see that this is nothing. Pigs are things that people eat. They're not panda bears. What's annoying is that this is the least interesting of the whole exhibition. The exhibition outside of this is complex, fascinating and amazing, and like nothing ever seen in Singapore. And for the focus to be shifted onto this silly little thing, it's a bit frustrating. There are way more important things that we should be writing letters to the press about, the war in Iraq, for example. These are things that are really newsworthy. Killing a little piggy? No. Put the bacon sandwich down and then come talk to me." MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY. Way to go, Mr Birch! Same goes for the artist we learned about during KI class who put goldfish in a blender and invited audience members to come press the button. For goodness' sake, it's just a goddamned domesticated creature. I EAT about one fish per day: what difference does it make if i press a button and kill another one in the name of art? who are we to judge that the killing of animals in the name of art should be any less permissible than the killing of animals in the name of food.. just because the former is presented to you in so upfront a manner that it might put you off eating your mcdonald's sandwich? hell, it's not like we're killing people, or burning fossil fuels in the name of art.. or killing human beings just because society deems them to be beyond any hope of redemption. (and we wonder, why is it so that these people grew up to become murderers in the first place?) The sheer hypocrisy of some. It makes me sick even more than that seconds-long video possibly could have. NB: The beheading scene was shot in a pig farm (item: a pig farm is a place where pigs are reared to be killed for food) in Hong Kong under the supervision of an experienced farmer. Birch's meat-eating friends (Birch himself is vegetarian) barbecued the pig afterwards and ate it. |
