The Complete History of Russia: Arranged to the Melody of Tetris

Nice useful summary. I <3 history. 

England is NOT Synonymous to Great Britain?

Now time for some sharing on the political boundaries of GB.

GB is an abbreviated term which is used to describe The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Great Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 60.0 million people in mid-2009,^[4][7] it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000^[8] smaller islands and islets. The island of Ireland lies to its west. Politically, Great Britain may also refer to the island itself together with a number of surrounding islands which comprise the territory of England, Scotland and Wales.

All of the island is territory of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and most of the United Kingdom's territory is in Great Britain. The term "Great Britain" (and the abbreviation 'GB') is the traditional 'short form' of the full country title 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. Most of England, Scotland, and Wales are on the island of Great Britain, as are their respective capital cities: London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff.

The Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the political union of the kingdoms of England and Scotlandwith the Acts of Union 1707 on 1 May 1707 under Queen Anne. In 1801, under a new Act of Union, this kingdom merged with the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After the Irish War of Independence, most of Ireland seceded from the Union. Currently the kingdom is named the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland compromises of 4 sovereign countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Well, wikipedia helps us all, no? 

Fail Poem #3 ~ Untitled

She lay there ensconced in her fake ecstasies,

Indulging in imaginary delight,

Looking around, drinking in the delicate features,

The surreal quality, the air of a place rising out of a 

Dream long forgotten, of a place where fantasy spilled

Over into reality. The moon's lonely face

Rose from the depths of the cold abyss. 

Moonlight trickled from the bleeding sky and

Played on the windowsill, dancing.

She looked around yet again. The shadows of the night

Took their form. Hollow laughter echoed through the room

And she lay there wondering how the dream turned

Into the nightmare as the shadows converged upon her

Drowning her in a deluge of black light

And quick as a sudden crack in glass, broke her heart.

She woke up. 

The Mechanics of a Keyboard Smash

Well, now for an interesting post. Keyboard smashes, simply put, is the random smashing of keys in a random order thereby achieving a random combination of letters, numbers and symbols, commonly used to denote anger or frustration. Why does it denote/imply anger or frustration? Smashing is a common form of venting anger. Well, if you see a person smashing a keyboard, you know that he is angry. Unfortunately, we cannot see the person smashing the keyboard unless (s)he's using a webcam, so we instead show them the effects of said keyboard smash in the hope that they can make inferences and draw conclusions for themselves.

Back to the topic. I was performing keyboard smashes (practice? D: ) one day and found out that I had liked certain keyboard smashes as compared to others, thus resulting in this: the critical analysis of how a keyboard smash affects someone and how we can use that to find the perfect (well, perfect for me at least XD) keyboard smash. First, we begin with 2 random keyboard smashes.

q0ewrivaq-sr90vARWVN
q-we9mvq-we1vmwemfqavdspknfq]swet

Do they look professional to you? No. They seem as if they were made in China. Now, we begin to question how and why these look bad. First, I must state the characteristics of a keyboard smash that 1 should always look out for.

1) beginning letter - anything beginning with a number, a symbol OR the letter 'x' will look bad (in my opinion)
2) alphanumeric? just letters? letters with symbols? or alphanumeric with symbols?
3) arrangement of letters and the look of the letters, whether they are curvy or straight, the order of the curves and straights has a different effect on the viewer.
4) length? something too short like 'ap9sd' does not make a point whereas something too long such as 'q0-we98vma-s98dfjamosuidfnvasp9uhmvasou8dvnqw8urhvq8wernvg91873gvr91387turvgba8uygrv198wegtvq98ywevgq98weygvq8weyvgrqrygv19834yz' just spoils the beauty of it all.


Now, with that, we begin to look at 1 last example of a keyboard smash in which I will state my analysis below.

q-wer8unvq0w8evhnq89udfchnv2er

The keyboard smash begins with a respectable letter q, a balanced combination of curves and straights. It is however followed by a '-' (dash), which also happens to be the lone symbol, thus ruining the effect. The keyboard smash looks weird due to the randomly inserted numbers which spoils the effect. However, the keyboard smash is of a respectable length and isn't too long or too short.

Well, there we go... the mechanics of a keyboard smash.... I need to make this more conclusive, but heh, as they said in Catch-22: Oh well what the hell and Myko published the post.

Brick By Boring Brick - CLE Reflective Piece

Unfortunately, due to space constraints (I had to fit the whole reflection in 2 pages WITH Arial font 12 AND DOUBLE SPACING - how the hell do you write a good reflection in 2 pages with size 12 font and double spacing?!?!), the lyrics at the start was omitted and certain parts had to be cut. But this is my (slightly edited) CLE reflective essay. Do enjoy XD

"She lives in a fairy tale/

Somewhere too far for us to find./

Forgotten the taste and smell/

Of a world that she's left behind."

Brick by Boring Brick, Paramore, 2009

            All humans have a natural inclination to feel happy and take many measures to ensure that they are. In the world today which is fraught with so many troubles, escapism is one of the most common ways of ensuring that we are happy. Escapism is defined as an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy. In the lesson about how different people react to obstacles in life (the one about the egg, carrot and coffee bean going into hot water), this character trait is attributed to the egg. The egg’s white, when placed in hot water, hardens to protect the yolk just like how some people harden up and isolate themselves from the world when they face adversity in life. People numb the pain. It is convenient and quick and does not require much effort and at the end of the day, they feel happy. But unfortunately, not many people have had the courage or the desire to question whether the pain was truly gone.

            The difference between eliminating the pain and numbing it is that in the former, the pain is truly gone while in the latter, the pain is still present, just that our senses are unable to detect it because we deliberately make them as such. The former method acknowledges the problem while the latter simply hides it. In psychology, this is known as psychological compensation. The human mind employs a complicated system of checks and balances to ensure that the amount of sadness is always smaller or at least equal to the amount of happiness. If there is a deficit in happiness or a surplus in sadness, the human mind is quick to compensate for this by taking measures to ensure that we get our dose of happiness.  In this case, a person compensates for the sadness caused by the pain by partaking in events which entail happiness.

            Relating this back to my life, I think that when I encounter difficulties, the standard operating procedure for me is to construct a world where all of these problems do not exist. I construct fantasy worlds, an elaborate system of lies designed to make myself feel better and perhaps I may have lost my touch with reality. When a lie is repeatedly told with enough conviction, a person will eventually believe it. What’s more is that when the person has an incentive to believe in that lie, he will believe in it. We take many pains to ensure that the world we live in is as realistic as possible. The song Brick by Boring Brick by Paramore says “Well make sure to build your hose brick by boring brick/ or the wolf’s gonna blow it down.” When doing this reflection, what really struck me was how much pain and effort I took in constructing this system of lies when I could have used the same amount of pain and effort to change the real world I live in. Why waste so much effort on something fake when you could have used the same effort spending it on something real, genuine, authentic?

            What I really learned from this reflective exercise, and what really struck me, was that I was becoming something I knew that I should not have become. I was tricked and distracted by the seemingly great rewards that, impulsively, I took it without taking a closer look at the consequences. When the egg is placed in hot water, the white hardens up to ensure that the yolk is protected. But what many people seem to forget is that in the process, the yolk also hardens and we become cold, emotionless, unfeeling pieces of movable clockwork; machines unable to feel genuinely happy. And indeed, because I have adopted this method time and time again, I have also begun to harden. But fortunately, there is still hope. I think that most people feel that this placing in hot water (or boiling) is a one time event. That after it, you have chosen what you wanted to be and you are commited to it. But that is false. The boiling does not take place at a specific time of your life. The boiling spans throughout it. And I am still young and there is a lot of time to change.

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Long post, eh? Well, thanks for reading if you actually managed to endure all that D: and remind me to do an analytic/critical assessment of Brick by Boring Brick San's donut poem XD

Friendly Competition

Alistair: It's okay, Gallagher, you've done all that you could. [turns around and walks towards door]
Gallagher: [protestingly] But I've done nothing, Alistair, nothing!
Alistair: [has already reached the door with his hand half way to the door knob. Slowly, he does a half turn towards Alistair] Precisely. [walks away and slams the door behind him]


The lights fade.


Heh. I will find a way to fit this in something. Just popped into my mind out of nowhere. The names are... well.... uniquely Brit?! XD But back to the main point. I saw one of San's proses about a moon. I got inferiority complex (again)... :( So, for the sake of pure fun and friendly competition, I do hereby accept a challenge which as not yet been posed.


The full moon's out tonight.  It's dead, white face has risen to the surface of the inky, black pool of the sky. Staring at it carefully, you eventually come to the conclusion that it's eyeing you back. Clouds obstructing it's view immediately dissolve as if they were afraid of offending it. Light trickles from a bleeding moon; covering all it touched under a delicate blanket. It sharpened edges, made the periphery clearer and more distinct, yet the moonlight also gave objects a quality of softness. A breeze rolls in through the half-open window and a chill wraps around you like serpents would do around their pray. The cold reaches out to you through your thick blanket. A bead of sweat rolls down your cheek.


You cannot comprehend how and why the moon's countenance brings back memories. Have we sent our memories to the moon in the hopes that in the cold, black vacuum that they would never decay? Or have we sent them there to distance ourselves between it? The moon haunts you like a spirit seeking rest but finding none. Is it perhaps trying to return you the favour? As a deluge of memories suddenly rush through your mind, you crush them with mechanical efficiency and cruelty. You cannot afford to go through it all again. 


You're awed, suddenly, by how deafening the silence is. The wind does not whisper. The clock at the other end of the room does not click its tongue. And the world now seems to be tainted a gentle shade of grey. You dare not dream; you know how fraught with danger a world where fantasy can easily spill over into reality is. 


The only dream you dream is where one day you can dream again.


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Okay, feels amateurish but as the people in Catch-22 say: And he decided "Oh, well, what the hell!" and published the post.

Piano Man/ The Bridge Has Been Burnt

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The Regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Chorus:
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Chorus
Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight 
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Chorus:
Sing us a song you're the piano man 
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody 
And you got us feeling alright

3rd poem in the fail-poem serial...

The bridge has been burnt;

We can but stare blankly

At the other bank of the river.

We can but put on a mask, a veneer,

Pretend that we are perfectly alright and hope

That the other person doesn't see through it.

The deafening silence occasionally broken

By the roar of a voice loud as thunder as

We let loose longing cries 

Imbued with much emotion 

Humbled by the immense breadth of the divide,

They reach the other side as a faint, dying whispers,

Tired, exhausted and weary of travel. They attempt

To deliver their messages

But their voice blends in with

The rustling of leaves in the wind,

A bleak comparison to the gleeful laughter

Heard echoing for all eternity.

The once playful sunlight is all but gone

And only darkness shone unto the river banks.

We wonder what secrets the other bank harbours

But resign ourselves to the fact that 

We will never satisfy our curiosity.

We wonder why we imposed upon ourselves such 

A depressing condition and we cannot remember.

Perhaps the bridge was burnt by immature hands

That haven't learnt yet how to think.

We cannot hope to rebuild the bridge 

When the river is gushing ever faster.

And we can only stare at the other side of the river,

And drink in the darkness of that other side.

The Epic-Things-To-Do-To-Others List

OMG THIS VIDEO SO MADE MY DAY AND I FEEL HAPPY AND I FEEL LIKE DOING THE SAMET XD I need to buy an I <3 vlogbrothers shirt XD


Before I jump into yet another mini-essay arguing about the accuracy and correctness of the famous heart-vs-head reasoning (aka Rationality vs Emotion) - I will attempt to HAVE FUN XD and do something ENTERTAINING cuz I ACTUALLY WANT TO HAVE A VIEWERSHIP XD

SO, in absolute boredom, with inspiration from actual life events, we now come to.... *epic drumroll*
THEEPICTHINGSTODOTOOTHERSLIST

1)  End all sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy"
2) David Caruso style take of your glasses when answering with a sentence which has a subordinate clause.
e.g. *nonchalantly* Unfortunately, you are *David Caruso slow-mo take off specs thingy* ...Incorrect.
3) When answering the phone, say in a cheery voice that makes ppl think ur high on drugs or desperate for money (and make sure people can hear the words CLEARLY)... "Scrub-a-dub-dub Pub, may I take your other please?"
4) Call up McDonalds and make a long long order. Once you're about done, get a friend to call McDonalds (yes, another phone and at the same time) and then when he finds a person, you (the first phone) ask the guy to repeat your order AND THEN PLACE BOTH PHONES ON SPEAKER AND PLACE THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
5) When ending a call (as in after you just hung up), immediately call back the person and then in a surprisingly angry voice, yell: "One hang up just wasn't enough!" and then immediately hangup
6) When someone says "Have a nice day", tell them you have other plans
7) Sit in the middle of the canteen. Preferably at least 1 meter away from people. Start making racecar noises (like that buzzing sound as the car accelerates which then goes lower as the guy changes gear). When ppl stare at you, act as if nothing's happening
8) Ask a person how their day was. Laugh hysterically after they answer... in accordance with the prophecy XD ... ok sorry
9) When telling people who asked you to have a nice day that you have other plans, do it with a David Caruso style specs take off
10) Get a dictionary. Read it upside down and look for secret codes.
11) First day of school, wear a sticker which says "Hi! I'm Ben Dover (alternatively, Hugh Jebutt works just fine!"
12) Talk to an imaginary person in public. When someone asks you what you're doing, scream "AH! THEY'RE ONTO US! QUICK, JIMMY, HIDE!!!" then run away



Well, there you have it - the list. OH OH OH AND 1 MORE THING 1 MORE THING (and this is 1 which u can actually do despite its lameness)

1. Buy a bottled drink. Drink contents and refill with water till 3/4 full.
2. Squeeze bottle till water level is at brim.
3. Close bottle, then take a compass and use the pointy tip to poke a small hole near the bottom.

4. Watch as bubbles magically enter the bottle. Make sure the hole is small so that the effect lasts.

Mini-Essay #1 - The Pursuit of Happiness and How We Are Doing It Wrong

The Pursuit of Happiness and How We Are Doing It Wrong

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I've been dying to write a poem on the topic I am writing about here but I was at a loss to find the right words to deliver my message in a beautiful, elegant and grandiloquent manner. So, here we are, at this little mini-essay on the world we live in where fantasy has irrevocably spilled over into reality and the two are no longer separable.

Human beings have the innate desire to be happy and are in the constant pursuit of happiness (Yes, The Pursuit of Happyness was a nice movie) . We take measures to ensure we are happy and part of this is to ensure that we are free for all eternity from the dread feeling of sadness and despair. When we feel sad, the human mind employs the usage of a complex system of checks and balances to ensure that the sudden rush of sadness can be compensated by a sudden rush of happiness of equal magnitude. We desperately rush to stifle and asphyxiate the sadness and bury it under heaps upon heaps of (artificial and unauthentic) happiness until we it is but a fading memory, a ghost of a terrible feelings long gone. It is like taking a considerable dose of painkillers; quick, efficient, effective. We believe that we are free of anguish; that we have ended our plight. 

But like painkillers, this abrupt feeling of ecstasy will eventually wear off and we will realize that the painkillers have not taken away the pain but simply numbed it. We are haunted by the ghost of this sadness and now the only way to deal with this is to painstakingly dig it up through layer upon layer of false happiness and it is not only tedious, but also excruciating. The world we have lived upon so far is one which is built upon foundations of happiness and now when we undermine those foundations, we soon come to look at ourselves destroy our own worlds brick by boring brick and soon realize how when we buried our sorrows, we partly buried ourselves.

And indeed this no way to pursue happiness because, as said many times in the previous two paragraphs, the happiness we receive as a reward of our efforts is but a counterfeit, a replica which is nothing compared to the original thing.  We indulge and enjoy the taste of these candied lies so much, we are so preoccupied with it that we forget about pursuing real happiness. And by the time we realized what pointless lives we've lead so far, it will be too late.

Sweet Child O Mine/I'll Be There For You

Yes, this is not my iPod but yes, my iPod is purple in colour XD

In search of old songs to put in my Pure Awesomeness iPod playlist, I came across 2 really nice songs. The first, Sweet Child O Mine, by Guns N' Roses (back when Slash was still part of them) was recommended by my Godfather to me while the second, I'll be there for you, by The Rembrandts is OBVIOUSLY FROM FRIENDS, cuz Friends is the only series which I think is comparable and even better than How I Met Your Mother.

Sweet Child O Mine, Gun's N' Roses, 1987

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Oh, sweet child o' mine
Oh, sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder and the rain
To quietly pass me by

Oh, sweet child o' mine
Oh, sweet love of mine

Oh, sweet child o' mine
Oh, sweet love of mine
Oh, sweet child o' mine
Oh, sweet love of mine

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Where do we go
Where do we go now

Where do we go
Sweet child
Where do we go now

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Where do we go now

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Sweet child
Sweet child o' mine

I'll Be There For You, The Rembrandts, 1995

So no one told you life was gonna be this way *clap*clap*clap*clap*
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

but..

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast so far... things are goin' great

Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
Oh but she didn't tell you when the world has brought
You down to your knees that...

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Seems you're the only one who knows
What it's like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the rest with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst I'm best with you, yeah

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month,
or even your year...

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

I'll promise to share with you the whole playlist once it's done XD *thinks of a sign off phrase to make ending a blogpost more satisfactory*

The Writing Conventions

Writing, writing, writing. Everyone has their unique style of writing comments or sms-es. Some are slightly quirky (e.g. I overuse O.o when asking questions/writing a debatable comment OR breaking into German when describing something important like Das Bruder Kode)... some are just spastic (okay, I can't remember anything spastic but I know there is something out there... HELP ME GUYS/GIRLS... does starting most sentences with HAHA count? O.o)... but, nonetheless, we all have our own unique writing conventions, a code/guideline we always follow to ensure our writing looks neat and sounds good and is uniquely and noticeably OURS. Forget simple words like 'lol' or 'rofl' or any other abbreviation for that matter. Those are all child's play. We have moved on to achieve/attain a higher level of.... whatever that word is that has something to do with understanding


Writing Conventions: For the sake of saving time, WS means writing style


Denoting action - 
Myko WS uses *action* or /*action*. The difference between the 2 is that *action* is more general and can be used in almost any situations while /*action* denotes a change in tone from a rather formal sentence. E.g. Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, are laws that promote or maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct. /*highfive*... *action* is also used to re-emphasize the strength of an emoticon (next paragraph) by describing the emotion and adding the word 'face' next to it without spacing for example in the sentence.... 'What is that? O.o *questionface*'
Anthea WS uses #action or -action- to denote an action
Joshua WS uses /action to denote action. Probably copied from Kat. 


Emoticon styles - 
Myko WS overuses 2 main emoticons (namely 'XD' and 'O.o') and also makes use of >.< and ^^ occasionally when attempting to describe the "diaoface" look AND D: to show the 'OMG WTF'/slightly disturbed/shocked look.... XD is commonly used as a filler because we have nothing better to say and because we don't quite feel satisfied when ending with a simple fullstop. O.o is used when arguing over a debatable subject or asking a question, for example, What is that? O.o ... or... Subway is not overpriced O.o .... ALSO, in Myko WS, there is a simple grammatical rule which must always be followed to ensure that the text is shone in a presentable manner, namely that 'end-emoticons" (the emoticons we put at the end of the sentence as fillers) CANNOT FOLLOW AFTER A FULLSTOP. What do I mean?
Example the 2 sentences below:
I'm kinda bored. :(
I'm kinda bored :(
The first sentence looks kinda weird due to the . : which looks like... Idk, weird stuff. Thus, whenever attempting to insert an end-emoticon after a sentence which should end with a fullstop, u either remove the fullstop OR change it into elipses OR change the direction of the smiley face
I'm kinda bored ... ): (notice that the smiley/sadface is nao facing the right)
End emoticons after ! or ? are still presentable and thus do not need to be changed. In-text emoticons should always follow by a lowercase letter. For example, in XD, the D is  big, thus should be followed a smaller, lowercase later  to compliment the size. When an emoticon ends with a colon or semicolon ": or ;", the emoticon should follow by Elipses (...)


EMOTICONS WHICH MYKO WS DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE - @.@ and ;_;... I simply dislike the look of those emoticions, thus, I do not use them. 


Addressing others - 
When addressing others, the simplest way of getting someone's attention is to use @name
However, when using @name, the main convention is using a colon (@theodore:) while Myko WS prefers using elipses (@theodore...) 
Sentences after the elipses can begin in either caps or lowercase, depending on the context
When addressing others at the ends of the sentences, Myko WS follows correct english grammar by placing a comma before the name (e.g. What's that, Theodore) however doesn't abide by the law that all proper nouns should begin with a capitalized letter


Miscellaneous: Usage of /, ( ), Breaking into German and using of accents


Josh/Kat WS uses / followed by action to denote action (as stated above)
Myko WS simply uses / to denote OR (as shown in the above sentence, Josh/Kat) when the 2 things are related or are close to each other. When not related, the / turns into an 'or'
Myko WS, though not common in text, heavily uses brackets when on computers because they are much faster to type (cuz u have to spam the '1' button ALOT to get the bracket). Brackets are usually filled with points used to elaborate on the main sentence or used as helping hints to help ppl understand something, like, say, an inside joke...
Breaking into accents and using german is used when attempting to emphasize a certain something. Accents are commonly related to the context they were used in...Darth vader = epic voice, '20's mobster accent = nonchalant, informal/casual voice and so on. For example, if I want to emphasize the fact that I love BEN AND JERRY'S/ I WANT PPL TO KNOW HOW FRIGGING MUCH I LOVE BEN AND JERRY'S <3... I will probably use something like...


*in Darth Vader accent/any deep voice like Sean Connery*... I LOVE BEN AND JERRY'S


Thus, sometimes, when describing an accent, u take alot of time and effort to ensure that the reader can HEAR the accent and HEAR the way u want to the words to be said, and sometimes those *accent* can be really long ...






Wow. This is some really long blog post, but I hoped you found entertaining or at least enlightening and starts you on the path to achieve self-awareness... 
P.S. San, you're welcome XD *in Scottish accent which fluctuates from low to high and back to low again* But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door

How Starting My Day at 2am Worked Out For Me...

LOL THE ACTUALY LYRICS IS IN THE DESCRIPTION

IT WOULD BE SO AWEHSUM IF THE CLASS COULD LEARN THIS SONG AND TURN IT TO OUR CLASS THEMESONG AND THEN START SINGING IT TOGETHER LIKE A MERRY BUNCH OF DRUNKARDS XD

I am really high right now. My sleeping pattern is, as stated before, effed up. I slept at 4pm and woke up at 2am. And it might stick D: In fact, my sleeping pattern is so messed up that today, I slept throughout the whole schoolday.... thank god there was no CCA if not I would've died.

Argh! I was so sleepy that I didnt pay attention when I was walking and approached the floor at the incorrect attack angle - so I sprained/semi-sprained my left ankle and it hurts. I was supposed to have a leisurely 4km walk with music from iPod blaring. Argh, but nao I cant for at least 1 or 2 weeks :(

Other stuff that happened today:

1) Created nicknames for Gabe, San, JC and Yuki. I will not tell cuz that would spoil the fun.

2) Downloaded "I'm gonna be (500 miles)" [the song above] and got really high on the lyrics. Found out about the existence of the song from How I Met Your Mother, Season 5, Duel Citizenship

3) Found a better sight to watch HIMYM (http://www.cucirca.com/2009/06/05/watch-how-i-met-your-mother-online/) XD *smiley face*

4) Realized how much my mind is screwed up due to Scherbatsky... :( God it hurts 

5) Got really punchdrunk due to ^ above statement >.<

6) Ate bittergourd and enjoyed it. Something has gone terribly wrong. Admittedly, salt and eggs does make bittergourd remotely bearable.

7) Realized how awehsum the Peter Gun Themesong by Henry Mancini would be if it were used for some intro XD (HIMYM, Season 5 - The Rough Patch) AS demonstrated BELOW

Kinokuniya/Fail Poems Serial

Chapter I - Kinokuniya
Haha, ok, I noe this is 1 day late but anyway... Went to kino yesterday with San, Yuki and Das Erzengel, Gabriel XD How did it go?

10:45 Leave house
11:00 Take bus to Yishun MRT
11: 10 MRT to Orcahrd
11:40 Reach Taka and went into Kino, browsed books from Literature and Philosophy section
12:00: Meet Gabriel at Philo Section - introduce/recommend books to each other
12:20 San asks me to find Yuki
12:30?! +-: Looking for magazine section (where yuki was)... STRAYED OVER DEEP INTO THE JAP SECTION OF KINO AND FORGOT THAT THE MAG SECTION WAS INFRONT... lol sorry but I dont go in from the front entrance too often
12:45 Rendezvous (hehe, sorry... i havent used this word in a long time) with Yuki
13:00 Meet San and her mother... THE LONGEST 10 SECONDS OF MY LIFE (indeed, as promised by san, we just said Hi)
13:15 Lunch at McDonald (a.k.a lunch with The -Ex, *highfive*)
13:30 Go back to Kinokuniya and ( i think ) we go straight to the humour section
Thank you San, for showing us the failblog-ish book and Kama Pootra XD
14:30 Move to design section where gabe and I stone while u 2 enjoy ur time, meet's san's mum 2nd time
14:45 Move back to lit section, decides between Wuthering Heights + Catcher in the Rye, or Samuel Johnson's Selected Essays
15:00 San and Yuki Go home
15:10 i BUY THE ESSAYS then go home and leave gabriel to spend his $200

During the train ride: Notified by gabriel that he spent $165 AFTER DISCOUNT on books... way to go, Wingman


OK... so now i wont get bored for a while because of this thought-invoking essay collection AND charles dickens A Tale of Two Cities XD


Chapter II - Fail Poems Serial


"I'm crazy. The abstract is my playground."


HAHA... I GOT REALLY BORED AND DECIDED TO WRITE YET ANOTHER FAIL POEM. Following Sam Johnson's essay collection format, I didnt title the poems, I just numbered and dated them and put them under a general heading (Fail Poems)... Thus, the first poem would look like Fail Poems, No. 1, September 9 2010. This is the first of the epic fail poems, and indeed they are epic fail... lacks grace/emotion/lots of stuff but heh, it's my first try. HOPEFULLY I'LL WRITE EVERY THURSDAY... HOPEFULLY... AND upon further reflection, i realized that in my amateurish attempts at poetry, I cant write a coherent piece of work but can write REALLY GOOD/SOMEWHATGOOD/WORTH CONSIDERING lines (e.g. And reality will deliver its coup de grace/ and break your heart with its loving embrace... or The stars have lost their faith in me?!) ...

My mind haunts me in the night 

Like a spirit who thirsts for rest but

Finds none in its vain pursuit. 

I question the stars and their fading light 

And I ask who would guide me on

My perilous journey 

Through the dark seas. 

I am greeted with a deafening quiet -

The stars have lost their faith in me. 

And soon even the moonlight will stop trickling

And cease dancing on my window pane.

The walls of my room will stare at me with their glassy gaze

And I will stare blankly back.

The shadows of the night

Will take their ghastly forms

And take me away.

argh im losing inspiration ... :( need something more interesting to blog, but SEE U NEXT TIME?