Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Right. From now on, all my post title will be irrelevant to the post's contents. As you can see, all
my previous titles are so ... lame. Yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway from now onwards, the titles will be pop culture references. To make my blog feel more interactive, contests will be held starting from this post. Everytime I make a new post, the first person from Lodge Secondary School, Kuching, to guess the what the post title means will be awarded with a prize. Please post your answer in the CBox or by commenting on the related post. Please be honest and don't use Wikipedia or anything similar. I will never know if you're cheating ... but doesn't it feel better if you win something honestly?
This post's prize: Mentos Fruit
Prizes are what I MYSELF can afford. So sorry if I can't match up to your expectations in prize-giving. Hopefully when I start my career I can finally give prizes to readers from all over the world. I have a fairly tight budget see, and even when my first book gets published I wouldn't
use it to get fabulous prizes first ... I am aiming for a XBox 360. Flame me all you want, you
Sony/Nintendo fanboys. I can use consoles from any company I want. I rate their quality
through the classic trial and error technique. So this will be my first Microsoft console. I didn't try the XBox. That one really has suckish games, IMO. The 360 instead gets more attention from developers, proven by the fact that they now
quite a number of quality RPGs. If you think that that's the reason I want a 360, then you just nailed my intention on the spot. I want to play Eternal Sonata. Tales Of Vesperia. Infinite Undiscovery. Blue Dragon. Lost Odyssey. Mass Effect. Enchanted Arms. Spectral Force 3. Operation Darkness. I am not dumb. I know quite a few of them have their PS3 counterparts.
Maybe I should even continue focusing on Sony home consoles. Added on with the fact that the PS3 will get Steambot Chronicles 2. I loved the first. Well, the main reason is, Ps3 games are pricier then 360's. The variety of its games here is kind of limited as well. So uh, unless someone changes the current situation, I may have to stick to buying the 360.
Since I started junior high, swimming and jogging have been towering over badminton for me. Though possibly it's more like my badminton mate is frequently unavailable when I'm free.
Doesn't really matter much, though Willie Liew does badminton. I wish I can be as good as him,
my near-perfection idol, but my capabilities aren't flawless. Swimming is kind of fun. I don't expect myself
to excel in it, but it's best that at least I can swim. Last week I was late to class. By 20 minutes, which isn't funny at all. So that annoying
sense of justice interfered. I asked my instructor to expand my class' duration till 7:20, to balance things. Sometimes, I just can't help but feel irritated that neither of my two birth Arcana is Justice. Sure, Hierophant and Temperance isn't bad, coupled with how similar I am to Noriaki Kakyoin from JJBA, but ... still. Also, during last week there was a pretty obvious sexual innuendo occuring in the pool ..... *cough* Dawn *cough* Alex *cough*. I am not elaborating as to
not violate Dawn's privacy. Last night's class was very fun. Sadly Dawn was unable to attend. Due to a certain pesky
hurdle. So we did a lot of rope-throwing, under Karen's supervision. It was kinda fun though I've done it before, and I spoke up to volunteer as a victim! It isn't easy for me to speak out such
things. For me, a lot of things manipulated my cowardice to its advantage. For example, I can't even greet Mr Willie when everyone else have no particular problems. I am pathetic, and I know it. Anyway, since Karen is playing instructor for life-saving missions/assignments, I must comment that she needs more patience with her brother ... who is a student of hers. Actually she can draw that from quite a few short-tempered teachers we know. Let's pinpoint a few! One can actually 'feel' the presence of these kind of people you know.
When around them, you will naturally feel tense and get overcome by a cold, steely aura. Eventually you'll fall silent even when you need to ask for something, contrary to the normal you who will immediately speak. However I am fairly certain that Mr Willie is a very calm and mature fatherly-figure for classes he teach. Also we did some snapping in the pool! Sadly the photos aren't with me. I did most of the phototaking in the second half, and it
wasn't so easy ... you have to capture the correct action ... and most of the time I have no idea what I am supposed to snap. BTW, Karen, after you left, yeah, I can jump into the pool. It still scares me, nevertheless. So after you left, I did diving. Not a bad progress, I can swim on the pool's bottom now. Though it hurts my ears. Turgor pressure. Makes me dizzy.
I've finished my holiday assignments. Here's my final version of my poem for English:
[by Wilson Liew]
[for Willie Liew]
Summer scorched the earth and made everyone yearn for a dive
Leaves scatter in autumn’s cradle
Yet still there is no hope coming from winter’s saddle.
I always see them
Fathers reaching out for their children without feelings of sham.
I’ve seen it
Fathers lending their children their ears without throwing a fit.
I’ve always known
That instead of bad ones good fathers have good qualities shown.
I am so sick
Of that abusive prick
Within that fear-filled dome
Of a home.
I had been observing
Noticing and keeping in mind of everything.
You sure are a good husband
Helping your partner to carry her luggage like she’s your diamond
Unlike my father
To him she is no more than trash, my mother.
You sure are a good dad
For your child’s comfort and safety, onto your car seat a child’s seat you add
Unlike mine
Although I am quite fine.
I try so hard so that you will notice me
Yet I only ebb and flow in your eyes, like the sea.
I hate myself for being pathetic
Unable to even greet you, I must seem apathetic
I want to apoligise, but as they say,” Every sorry,
Goes off on a lorry.”
I swear on my life
To be of some value to you, I will strive
So that I can be like Sheryl, Sue and Eddy
To have a figure I can call ‘Daddy’.
- End of poem -
I guess the only part which could be obscure for interpretation is the first verse/stanza. It means I have waited over a year, that all the seasons have flew past already. Sheryl is Sharon. Sue is Susan. Eddy is Edbert. Quite random, but I just need something to rhyme with Daddy. As Jessy said, I am VERY random. Random whore, as Gaians say it. Not whore in terms of a slut.
My mother finally resubscribed for HBO, Cinemax and Star Movies. I went on a movie rage these few days, watching flicks I never had the chance to watch before. So addictive. I only got 2 new games for this holiday, which are Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Yakuza 2. I am not a
Star Wars fan at all, not to say a fanboy. I only purchased it due to the large fanbase and positive
reviews. Trial and error time. Not bad. Graphics are quite near to the 3rd-gen consoles. Yakuza
2 is so much fun! It has GTA-style gameplay, with its own twists, but I love it though I scorn GTA!
I went to watch Run, Fat Boy, Run with ShaSu and Sharon's brothers. Before that Susan and I stopped at Tun Jugah first, she got herself a sizzling plate dish and I ordered my usual: Tonkatsu-don. I love donburis. I think Tun Jugah's only stall serving omurice does not know how to cook it well. Better than nothing. It's the first time I see omurice in Malaysia anyway. The movie wasn't bad at all. I voted to watch The Strangers, a horror. However Sharon was so determined to watch RFBR ... so, uh, everyone complied. Star Cineplex's popcorn is as awesome as ever. Being as emotional as always, I cried. The movie was quite a tearjerker and joker at the same time, with dynamic actors. I'd rate it a 4/5. After that we walked to Parkson. Along the way, I saw this:
Notice the WATERFONT Cafe? Epic typo much?
So at Parkson, we split up to shop. The other went to a sports equipment store while I go to Times. I bought Twilight since Dawn was obsessed with it, and Train Man since I am crazy about
Densha Otoko. BTW, yes, I have finished Tokyo Cancelled, and I loved it. I also love 7-11's Slurpee. I'm an official Slurpee-holic.
Before ending this post I would like to thank Jessy and Elisa for acknowledging that I am random
and innocent respectively.
Toodles.