the leaves have turned yellow.....
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
randomness...
145am... and i cant sleep. Brain's juz thumping away with random thoughts... it's one of those nites when i'm sooo tired i can sleep 24 hrs straight, but my brain refuses to give me a rest. Is this a good sign that i have an active brain? probably not at this moment....
so... here goes my randomness...: 'human behavior in blogs or the action of blogging'
I've always wondered, what's the rationale behind blogging? the efforts to set up a blog: rack ya brains for an ULTRA cool but not so cheesy blog address, choose a way... cool skin that gets people asking you where you got it, create a playlist with ya fav songs which, the definition of fav probably changes faster than you can say 'blog', create a tag board for pple to write TOTALLY short and curt comments, create a list of links to ya frens' blogs to possibly LINK you up with the whole world, upload pics/videos which always seem to take forever, thinking of the title for ya blog post while you're doing something totally out of this world even before you get to post about it... fine, i admit that thats me. But dun lie through ya teeth that you didn go through all these...
Psychology: the study of human behavior. IT's cynical how i study it, yet i dun understand human behavior. The more i understand, the more i get disgusted by it. ok. sorry, disgusted is probably too strong a word... let's try... 'bewildered'. and yes, i know that i'm part of the human race. I've kinda concluded that you can TOTALLY get to know a person through a blog. I dun mean the individual, but the general human race in this case.
I could probably interview a thousand pple and ask them the qn,"why do you blog". And i think i'd probably get a fifteenth (dun ask why 15th, randomness remember) of that number of answers. It could be to boast/announce to the whole world that they DO exist as an individual and not merely a drop in the ocean of billions of people; it could be to announce to the world their impeccable technological skills or artistic flair as they compete to see who creates the most advanced blog eliciting the most 'ooooh-aaaah'; it could be b'cos they are TOTALLY bored out such that they need to be expressing their thoughts while mumbling to themselves and typing on an 8 inch keyboard; it could be to flaunt that picture-perfect portrait you took at a latest club on a friday nite with a shooter in hand and your face is juz all the over the place, only difference it's with different pple. Photoshop could have done a better job.
I guess this applies to every other modes of 'networking' (so they call it) that we have now: friendster, facebook, a system that lets you send SMS to every single fren what you are doing that VERY/at EVERY instant! gosh..... can you even sue that fren for harassment? I guess it definitely goes beyond blogging. Or probably, see it beyond the individual, and you see a psycho-social perspective. Beyond that, its a Vygotsky-perspective of the 'larger environment'. Voila! A tripartite model of you, ya social circle and ya 'larger environment'.
So what caused this human behavior? The evolution of human race (probably an evolution of increasing self-satiation/growing egoism?) OR a widening social circle such that it makes you SOOO hard to keep communicate, you need all these gimmicks? For goodness sake, we've survived an age without computers, phones, Blackberry, the Internet. Probably all you need is some psychologist to teach you some social/communication skills. OR the 'larger information' of infotechnology 'forces/compels' you to adhere to such behavior. Or it could simply be the 'larger environment' of culture which advocates such a mode of communication. or it's the physical sense of a 'larger environment' where you start to know a bigger world (beyond ya little island where you live on) out there actually exists. Probably due to a phenomemon called 'gloablisation'.
So probably the next time you wanna type ya status in ya facebook account, y not juz try visiting (calling if that person if halfway around the globe) that fren/enemy and tell them in their face how ya doing. You'd either be exhilarated to see ya fren's happiness for you; or get a kick to see the look on ya enemy's face (btw, god says love ya enemy as ya neightbour....... along those lines)
P.S. dun be offended if you can identify yourself with whatever i'm saying. Trust me, i WASNT referring to you. I understand that i'm blogging at this very moment. So if anyone shld identify with this the most, it has to be me.
so... here goes my randomness...: 'human behavior in blogs or the action of blogging'
I've always wondered, what's the rationale behind blogging? the efforts to set up a blog: rack ya brains for an ULTRA cool but not so cheesy blog address, choose a way... cool skin that gets people asking you where you got it, create a playlist with ya fav songs which, the definition of fav probably changes faster than you can say 'blog', create a tag board for pple to write TOTALLY short and curt comments, create a list of links to ya frens' blogs to possibly LINK you up with the whole world, upload pics/videos which always seem to take forever, thinking of the title for ya blog post while you're doing something totally out of this world even before you get to post about it... fine, i admit that thats me. But dun lie through ya teeth that you didn go through all these...
Psychology: the study of human behavior. IT's cynical how i study it, yet i dun understand human behavior. The more i understand, the more i get disgusted by it. ok. sorry, disgusted is probably too strong a word... let's try... 'bewildered'. and yes, i know that i'm part of the human race. I've kinda concluded that you can TOTALLY get to know a person through a blog. I dun mean the individual, but the general human race in this case.
I could probably interview a thousand pple and ask them the qn,"why do you blog". And i think i'd probably get a fifteenth (dun ask why 15th, randomness remember) of that number of answers. It could be to boast/announce to the whole world that they DO exist as an individual and not merely a drop in the ocean of billions of people; it could be to announce to the world their impeccable technological skills or artistic flair as they compete to see who creates the most advanced blog eliciting the most 'ooooh-aaaah'; it could be b'cos they are TOTALLY bored out such that they need to be expressing their thoughts while mumbling to themselves and typing on an 8 inch keyboard; it could be to flaunt that picture-perfect portrait you took at a latest club on a friday nite with a shooter in hand and your face is juz all the over the place, only difference it's with different pple. Photoshop could have done a better job.
I guess this applies to every other modes of 'networking' (so they call it) that we have now: friendster, facebook, a system that lets you send SMS to every single fren what you are doing that VERY/at EVERY instant! gosh..... can you even sue that fren for harassment? I guess it definitely goes beyond blogging. Or probably, see it beyond the individual, and you see a psycho-social perspective. Beyond that, its a Vygotsky-perspective of the 'larger environment'. Voila! A tripartite model of you, ya social circle and ya 'larger environment'.
So what caused this human behavior? The evolution of human race (probably an evolution of increasing self-satiation/growing egoism?) OR a widening social circle such that it makes you SOOO hard to keep communicate, you need all these gimmicks? For goodness sake, we've survived an age without computers, phones, Blackberry, the Internet. Probably all you need is some psychologist to teach you some social/communication skills. OR the 'larger information' of infotechnology 'forces/compels' you to adhere to such behavior. Or it could simply be the 'larger environment' of culture which advocates such a mode of communication. or it's the physical sense of a 'larger environment' where you start to know a bigger world (beyond ya little island where you live on) out there actually exists. Probably due to a phenomemon called 'gloablisation'.
So probably the next time you wanna type ya status in ya facebook account, y not juz try visiting (calling if that person if halfway around the globe) that fren/enemy and tell them in their face how ya doing. You'd either be exhilarated to see ya fren's happiness for you; or get a kick to see the look on ya enemy's face (btw, god says love ya enemy as ya neightbour....... along those lines)
P.S. dun be offended if you can identify yourself with whatever i'm saying. Trust me, i WASNT referring to you. I understand that i'm blogging at this very moment. So if anyone shld identify with this the most, it has to be me.
rainbow:D
there's a rainbow in the sky
on the green grass i lie
with the wind blowing in my hair
and Krispy Kreme in my hand
Thursday, October 18, 2007
youtubing at 1am...
its 106am.. i'm scurrying to study for my behavioral neuroscience & deviations in child psychology mid terms for tml.... i think i can forget about sleeping (in case for all those pple who keeps telling me that i'm having lotsa 'fun' here; i DO STUDY fyi!) and i'm youtubing! how nice... well, found this video! Awesome vocals by Darlene... Michael juz had to take a back seat... haha.. check out the drum solo!!!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Dim Sum!
if you ask me what i miss from singapore, i'd say dim sum! hha.. well, in the food category at least. Went to chinatown, KAM FUNG to have dim sum. thanks to Hui qing's dear mum who gave us a treat :D hahaha.. she's been feeding us good food for the past week! my poor tummy... hehehe...
the dim sum was a little more authentic. Not too bad, considering montreal's standard of food (as i've reiterated before....). Hhehe.. HUi qing's mum did the ordering in canto. i cant really pass off my with pathetic canto which is limited to phrases like 'thank you', 'how much' and 'handsome boy'... HAha... well, grace knows my standard:$
the dim sum was a little more authentic. Not too bad, considering montreal's standard of food (as i've reiterated before....). Hhehe.. HUi qing's mum did the ordering in canto. i cant really pass off my with pathetic canto which is limited to phrases like 'thank you', 'how much' and 'handsome boy'... HAha... well, grace knows my standard:$
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Quebec city! 06.10.2007 - 08.10.2007
Quebec city is totally awesome... HAha.. its like a replica of a European country. Well, it has to bear some resemblance of a european city since the europeans took siege over it some hundreds years ago.. The place is totally awesome with castles, narrow streets, wall murals, and MANY MANY restaurants! Hhaa.. how can we resist food.
Quebec city's history runs way longer than montreal's. If you think montreal as authentic in their french heritage, wait till you see Quebec! Ahaa... THe tourist area was kinda concentrated at the 'vieux-port' where we basically covered the place in a day. The buildings are just awesome, with a strong bearing of the european flavour. You just cant get enuf of them. Its a city fortified with walls (yes walls which means BIG walls for battle. Not those walls in ya house...) and BIG cannons, facing the St. Lawrence River. These foritifications were used during the war against the French. Nevertheless, QUebec city fell to the french... haha.. well, how else would Quebec city be imprinted with such french flavour then! ok. enuf history lesson. Next: L'Ile D'ORleans.
BY hook or by crook, we had to get to that island to go apple picking! HAHa.. we found a way, something called 'call-a-cab'. HAHa... it sucks when you dun have a car and you realize that the whole world (on L'Ile D'ORleans) drives. Silly car rental policy in Canada which doesn allow rental to drivers below 25 years old... i cant help it when i'm THAT young right! hehe..
ANyway, the island is concentrated with farms, vineyards, restaurants along the coast facing the river. The view there was just fantastic! Gosh... the air was so fresh, i felt as if i could juz 'suffocate' any moment! HAHa.. we visited an apple farm for apple picking, followed by a vineyard/winery (cheap wine!), had DELICIOUS apple pie baked on the spot and a chocolate factory (homemade ice-cream). HAHA... it was totally an apple-day: apple muffin from the hotel's complimentary breakfast (they were REALLY good!), apples from the trees, hot apple pie... they shld juz have an apple ice cream... hmm..i think they do. HAha...
On the island, it feels like time has no bearing... where everything comes to a standstill and you are compelled to just enjoy the weather (not the winds but rather the sun!), the trees, water and beautiful houses. It really makes you start planning for your retirement... HAHa.. ooops, or is it juz me :$ fine... start planning for ya dream house then! hehee...
Overall, Quebec city's a really relaxing place to be at... where basically our pace became EVEN slower (as if our pace wasnt slow enuf in montreal) We had the LONGEST lunch since we've arrived in canada. HAHa.. tok about a leisure meal... well, it was the best meal of the whole trip! If you count the apple pie as a snack rather than a meal. Hehe...
Quebec city's history runs way longer than montreal's. If you think montreal as authentic in their french heritage, wait till you see Quebec! Ahaa... THe tourist area was kinda concentrated at the 'vieux-port' where we basically covered the place in a day. The buildings are just awesome, with a strong bearing of the european flavour. You just cant get enuf of them. Its a city fortified with walls (yes walls which means BIG walls for battle. Not those walls in ya house...) and BIG cannons, facing the St. Lawrence River. These foritifications were used during the war against the French. Nevertheless, QUebec city fell to the french... haha.. well, how else would Quebec city be imprinted with such french flavour then! ok. enuf history lesson. Next: L'Ile D'ORleans.
BY hook or by crook, we had to get to that island to go apple picking! HAHa.. we found a way, something called 'call-a-cab'. HAHa... it sucks when you dun have a car and you realize that the whole world (on L'Ile D'ORleans) drives. Silly car rental policy in Canada which doesn allow rental to drivers below 25 years old... i cant help it when i'm THAT young right! hehe..
ANyway, the island is concentrated with farms, vineyards, restaurants along the coast facing the river. The view there was just fantastic! Gosh... the air was so fresh, i felt as if i could juz 'suffocate' any moment! HAHa.. we visited an apple farm for apple picking, followed by a vineyard/winery (cheap wine!), had DELICIOUS apple pie baked on the spot and a chocolate factory (homemade ice-cream). HAHA... it was totally an apple-day: apple muffin from the hotel's complimentary breakfast (they were REALLY good!), apples from the trees, hot apple pie... they shld juz have an apple ice cream... hmm..i think they do. HAha...
On the island, it feels like time has no bearing... where everything comes to a standstill and you are compelled to just enjoy the weather (not the winds but rather the sun!), the trees, water and beautiful houses. It really makes you start planning for your retirement... HAHa.. ooops, or is it juz me :$ fine... start planning for ya dream house then! hehee...
Overall, Quebec city's a really relaxing place to be at... where basically our pace became EVEN slower (as if our pace wasnt slow enuf in montreal) We had the LONGEST lunch since we've arrived in canada. HAHa.. tok about a leisure meal... well, it was the best meal of the whole trip! If you count the apple pie as a snack rather than a meal. Hehe...
Friday, October 5, 2007
Devotion - Hillsong United
Was listening to the album 'All of the Above' when i started to randomly google for it on YOUTUBE. Marvel at the wonders of the world world-wibe web.. again... and i found this! I think this song is juz so marvellous and great and Marty Sampson speaks of how he's inspired to write this song as a proof of how much he trusts in God wherever he is! Whether he was a kid, or 15 years old or even married (or engaged?!) as he flaunts that ring on his left hand! (all girls need to say "awww..." at this point of time)
P.S. dionne, think its really apt for you!
P.S. dionne, think its really apt for you!
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