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Sunday, May 27, 2007

MY 100th POST!!!!!

In line with this momentous occassion, I will try to put up happy and cheerful things up, for this post only. I won't even be sarcastic!!!

HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!!!! In true school holiday tradition, I will now post a list of things to do which are most likely not going to be done but will be put up anyway.

Go To U.K and ENJOY myself.
And to NOT sleep through it like I(regretably) did at U.S.
Clean my room. (Why do I even bother...)
Wite some poems.
Go on outings. (Hint. Hint. I'm not going to go out alone.)
Complete all assignments.
Try and blog regularly.
Learn some new songs.
Read.
Organise my notes. For all subjects....
Class outing? Dunno...maybe study together?
Oh yeah...study...riiight....
Exercise? Hmmm(Up, down, up, down....now for the other eyelid...)
Source out for relevent textbooks and papers to help with revision.
Eeeh....try not to stay away from the PS, the Gameboy and the Computer....or a least not that much anyway....teeheee....

Notice how far down the studying part comes? I hope it isn't a reflection of anything.

By the way, I've been thinking about having different perspectives on different ideas and words, like my GP lecturer Mr Paul Charles had said. According to him, I would help to impress markers. So these were what I came out with:

Hypocrisy: Don't make the mistakes I make?

Cowardice: More useful alive than dead?

Moral Values: Conforming to society's expectations?

Tradition: Narrow mindedness?

Environmental Conservation: So that we can exploit our natural resources longer?

Generousity: The selfish need to feel good?

Sportmanship: Maintaining one's dignity in the face of failure?

Working for the Future: Sacrificing the present?

hmmm.....how? Is it out-of-the-box enough? I hope they are logical, at least.

Oh well......

Btw, in case there are still those out there who are unaware, I will be going to U.K on the 31 of May and will only be back on the 10th of June so please refrain from contacting me during that period. I am not bringing my phone along with me since I don't have auto roam anyway. I am freaking excited!!!!

And I need to pack. Maybe I'll put up the inventory later after the trip. If I put it on now, there's no telling the chance that I might jinx it.

:) I think I am going to be qualified as a relatively experienced traveller after this. Now to somehow get my foot on Australian Soil sometime later in my life....and maybe France and Italy.... now....which bank to rob......

Oh, I did my research on Islamic Influences on the world for my religious class.... did you know that it was Islamic art and culture that gave birth to the European Renaissance era? Interesting...hard to believe considering the state the Middle East and the Persian Gulf right now. And it was the Turks that first came up with the first vaccinations in the world and it was an English woman who relayed back the method to Europe. Ironic considering how women were seen as 'unworthy' of formal education back then.

Oh, and did you know that every English queen named Jane has been beheaded, killed, sent into exile, kidnapped or stripped of her position? One of them was only fifteen years old when she was beheaded, after being on the throne for only a few days. Holds the record for the shortest reign ever by a queen. For a king, the shortest was only a few hours i think...poor guy. He didn't even get to wear a crown or even seat on a throne.

Incidentally, did you know that it was the Chinese that invented gunpowder which later gave birth to bombs and grenades. Said to have been concocted by accident in a kitchen after a mixture of spices came inot contact with fire...I never knew history is so damn fascinating. And did you know that new findings are poiting towards the possibility that it was the Chinese and not Colombus that first discovered the Americas?

Other intersting facts, not sure if they are really true or not but still.... did you know that some scientists speculate that Malays were descended from the people of the ancient Chinese kingdom of Yue-nan? or is it Funan? Not sure...but they were said to be located somewhere in present day Myanmar. But did you know that in terms of genetics, Malays are most related to Native American Indians?

AND, when Christopher Colombus sailed past the Straight of Malacca, he referred to the Malays and "friendly Indians-unlike the savages found in other areas". And that was because these "indians" gave him food supplies.

DISCLAIMER: I do not, in any way, proclaim that the presented data is all true. I am merely relating what I have read from various sources, some of which are rather dubious.

I am bored. But i am still happy i guess. Who would have thought...my 100th post..........

Of course, considering that this blog has been active for around three years and that there are 365 days a year........my 100th post? How......pathetic.......

still the same.| 2:51 PM