A long time ago, I learnt that knowledge is power. I also learnt that knowledge can be gotten from many places and through many ways. Reading a blog is a very easy way of getting the knowledge needed to overthrow someone else.
The reason of reading a friends blog, someone once told me, is to understand what the person is thinking. I agree. However, I am seriously against opening myself to everyone and everybody else. Call me cold-hearted or call me paranoid, but I keep my own counsel and will therefore not reveal much about my thoughts in my blog. As a person, I keep my secrets very close. So, don't expect me to let everybody know my feelings here.
Blogging to me is enjoyable in that it becomes a way to voice my concerns out. I can speak out here on various issues that are happening but it will only contain my opinions on these matters. Having said all the above, my blog will still be up and running and will continue in its happy and jovial way.
Thanks for reading,
Have a great night.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Go Bawani Go!
A good laugh is to be had over this whole UUM thing. Seriously. Sharifah has made herself the biggest laughingstock Malaysia has seen since, perhaps, the Scorpene submarines which would not submerge, or the Malaysian airplanes which crashed without engines. Like, how did it even fly in the first place?
Usually, when talking about stupid events, I exaggerate to make my listeners laugh...but Sharifah has done it all by herself...a living joke.
So, here's a list of links to help you on to a better laugh:
The Original Video (Watch this first, but ignore everything after the part when they want to watch a video)
Dance Remix (quite good)
Namewee's Retort (awesome, as ever)
a beautiful connection to the NFC Scandal (damned funny)
Aftermath of the Video
Various memes about Sharifah
Hahahaha...I still can't stop laughing.
Have a great week, people.
Usually, when talking about stupid events, I exaggerate to make my listeners laugh...but Sharifah has done it all by herself...a living joke.
So, here's a list of links to help you on to a better laugh:
The Original Video (Watch this first, but ignore everything after the part when they want to watch a video)
Dance Remix (quite good)
Namewee's Retort (awesome, as ever)
a beautiful connection to the NFC Scandal (damned funny)
Aftermath of the Video
Various memes about Sharifah
Hahahaha...I still can't stop laughing.
Have a great week, people.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Boredom
I really need something other than my diary to write on this thing. I've got some ideas currently:
1. Stories, like actual short stories/novellas.
2. Poems, which I incidentally think I suck at.
3. Essays on some given topic (I really miss school now).
4. Confessions, which will very likely make me look bad and raise some hellish scandals.
So, yeah. Comment or message me if there's anything creative you wanna see on this blog.
Thanks (in advance).
1. Stories, like actual short stories/novellas.
2. Poems, which I incidentally think I suck at.
3. Essays on some given topic (I really miss school now).
4. Confessions, which will very likely make me look bad and raise some hellish scandals.
So, yeah. Comment or message me if there's anything creative you wanna see on this blog.
Thanks (in advance).
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Diary Entry #2
Phew...it's been a really disturbing weekend for me. I think the idleness and the boredom is finally getting to me. I have an acquaintance who once told me that holidays aren't all that fun but I disagree with him. I believe that holidays without friends aren't all that fun. But even this time, only reading has been able to fill the emptiness that I feel while most of my friends are away. Maybe I should have been called up for National Service. Oh, well...
Yesterday was extremely quiet due to the Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat at Stadium Merdeka. I heard that there were a lot of people there. Thank God that there weren't any clashes between the police and the protesters. I really wish I was there. The previous Bersih, Bersih 2.0, had some violence, but...with my luck...I left before the violence started. Oh, well...
Last night, I had a dream. I dreamt of my dog...well, one of my dogs. But he died about a few months back. He was a brave dog and died protecting us from a monitor lizard. He received a poisonous bite on the side and I still remember the long hours of suffering he had to endure before he passed away. As doctors are reputed to say after exiting the surgical studio, 'we tried our best'. In that moment between dream and wakening, my confused mind was quite certain he was still alive. Then, memory returns and...Oh, well...
The Cthulhu Mythos is such a beastly tale. Modern terror and horror books and movies really have nothing on it. It really is scary, but I think that I will tell it to C-- the next time she asks me for a story. Haha! I'm simply evil. That is, if she ever does ask me for another story. I have a feeling my last one bored her to death although she played the attentive listener very well. Or maybe it's just me. Oh, well...
W-- called me on the phone yesterday. I didn't pick it up in time, but I tried calling him back. It forwarded to his voice-mail, and he called me back after that...=.=" Anyway, he seems to be enjoying himself in NS and well, I'm so glad he called me. He told me about some problems and that he thought of calling M--, but M-- was busy apparently, and of calling K--, but K-- is also in NS. Then, he thought of calling me. Haha! That was really touching. It's touching because I've never thought that anyone would count me as a trustworthy friend. Of course, next to W--, M-- has plenty a time proven that he thinks of me as a good friend, but I know someone who would not Skype with me alone (told to me in confidence from a a person I think of as a good friend; Haha!) and I know that many of my juniors think that I'm manipulative...Gee...Oh, well...
I read C--'s blog just now. I wish I could do something but until she comes online and asks for my advice or I feel good enough to offer it, I think I can only pray. I wonder if she works on Sundays too...probably, knowing the line of work she's in. Oh, well...
Yesterday was extremely quiet due to the Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat at Stadium Merdeka. I heard that there were a lot of people there. Thank God that there weren't any clashes between the police and the protesters. I really wish I was there. The previous Bersih, Bersih 2.0, had some violence, but...with my luck...I left before the violence started. Oh, well...
Last night, I had a dream. I dreamt of my dog...well, one of my dogs. But he died about a few months back. He was a brave dog and died protecting us from a monitor lizard. He received a poisonous bite on the side and I still remember the long hours of suffering he had to endure before he passed away. As doctors are reputed to say after exiting the surgical studio, 'we tried our best'. In that moment between dream and wakening, my confused mind was quite certain he was still alive. Then, memory returns and...Oh, well...
The Cthulhu Mythos is such a beastly tale. Modern terror and horror books and movies really have nothing on it. It really is scary, but I think that I will tell it to C-- the next time she asks me for a story. Haha! I'm simply evil. That is, if she ever does ask me for another story. I have a feeling my last one bored her to death although she played the attentive listener very well. Or maybe it's just me. Oh, well...
W-- called me on the phone yesterday. I didn't pick it up in time, but I tried calling him back. It forwarded to his voice-mail, and he called me back after that...=.=" Anyway, he seems to be enjoying himself in NS and well, I'm so glad he called me. He told me about some problems and that he thought of calling M--, but M-- was busy apparently, and of calling K--, but K-- is also in NS. Then, he thought of calling me. Haha! That was really touching. It's touching because I've never thought that anyone would count me as a trustworthy friend. Of course, next to W--, M-- has plenty a time proven that he thinks of me as a good friend, but I know someone who would not Skype with me alone (told to me in confidence from a a person I think of as a good friend; Haha!) and I know that many of my juniors think that I'm manipulative...Gee...Oh, well...
I read C--'s blog just now. I wish I could do something but until she comes online and asks for my advice or I feel good enough to offer it, I think I can only pray. I wonder if she works on Sundays too...probably, knowing the line of work she's in. Oh, well...
Friday, January 11, 2013
Guilt
Haha...I feel guilty for abandoning my blog for four days...^^
This is due partly to following the Cthulhu Mythos like a hound. I have covered sixteen short stories in four days at an average rate of four short stories a day. Gosh...I'm becoming too engross in Maths...probably because I've also been reading up on economics...
Seriously, people, never ever ever watch 'Brazil'...it's a very bad movie. So bad, I nearly cried at the end of it.
I spoke to N-- just now. Well, chatted, actually, on Facebook. She seems happy enough but she's kinda worried about her results in her previous exams. Oh, well, I pray that she will be satisfied by whatever she gets. Hopefully, she can get a course she can excel in in university.
On the other hand, there's no one else on Facebook to chat with. K-- and W-- are still being clouds, same with S--. C-- is inexplicably missing. M-- is busy doing something else. Aaaannnndddd...I don't really want to chat with anyone else other than these people.
So, yeah...I'm either going to play RO or Vorp! now...or...just continue reading 'The Thing On The Roof', part of the Cthulhu Mythos....or....sleep...
Peace Out!
This is due partly to following the Cthulhu Mythos like a hound. I have covered sixteen short stories in four days at an average rate of four short stories a day. Gosh...I'm becoming too engross in Maths...probably because I've also been reading up on economics...
Seriously, people, never ever ever watch 'Brazil'...it's a very bad movie. So bad, I nearly cried at the end of it.
I spoke to N-- just now. Well, chatted, actually, on Facebook. She seems happy enough but she's kinda worried about her results in her previous exams. Oh, well, I pray that she will be satisfied by whatever she gets. Hopefully, she can get a course she can excel in in university.
On the other hand, there's no one else on Facebook to chat with. K-- and W-- are still being clouds, same with S--. C-- is inexplicably missing. M-- is busy doing something else. Aaaannnndddd...I don't really want to chat with anyone else other than these people.
So, yeah...I'm either going to play RO or Vorp! now...or...just continue reading 'The Thing On The Roof', part of the Cthulhu Mythos....or....sleep...
Peace Out!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Diary Entry #1
Dear Diary,
I enjoy talking to you because you don't talk back. I enjoy talking to my friends as well because they talk back but they are nice about it. I also enjoy talking to my enemies because they try too hard to talk back, making them extremely funny and entertaining. Unfortunately, some of my closest friends are in that dumb PLKN, and I don't have any living enemies, at the moment.
Just had a refreshing chat with one of my friends on Facebook. I don't know her that well but that can always be ameliorated. By the way, ameliorated means 'made better'. I hate making promises yet I always make them. I hate making promises because I am not 100% sure that I can keep them and I wish to be a man who can keep his word. I was taught by somebody I love once that I shouldn't make a bet unless I'm sure I would win. In the same way, I believe I shouldn't make a promise unless I am sure I would keep it.
I am a simple person with simple goals. It's just that I sometimes have complicated ways of achieving those goals. I have few principles in life.
Loyalty, honour and a willing heart.
I enjoy talking to you because you don't talk back. I enjoy talking to my friends as well because they talk back but they are nice about it. I also enjoy talking to my enemies because they try too hard to talk back, making them extremely funny and entertaining. Unfortunately, some of my closest friends are in that dumb PLKN, and I don't have any living enemies, at the moment.
Just had a refreshing chat with one of my friends on Facebook. I don't know her that well but that can always be ameliorated. By the way, ameliorated means 'made better'. I hate making promises yet I always make them. I hate making promises because I am not 100% sure that I can keep them and I wish to be a man who can keep his word. I was taught by somebody I love once that I shouldn't make a bet unless I'm sure I would win. In the same way, I believe I shouldn't make a promise unless I am sure I would keep it.
I am a simple person with simple goals. It's just that I sometimes have complicated ways of achieving those goals. I have few principles in life.
Loyalty, honour and a willing heart.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Apparently...
It's my birthday.
One of the reasons I've always enjoyed having an early birthday is because I can almost never get jumped on in school and beaten to pulp for the ridiculous reason that its my birthday. I think we do that in MBS because we think its cool if our birthdate and deathdate are the same.
Anyway...
As usual, the birthday gifts trickle in slowly and with no appreciable effect.
1 Tim Tam Chocolate from my music teacher
1 Kit Kat Chunky from my brother's girlfriend, I believe.
1 Mango with Sago and Pomelo soup thingy from my mum at Sweet Hut or something like that...
1 Seiko Chronograph from my dad...^^
Not a bad turnout even if I do say so myself.
Picked up my brother from his residential college in the morning, then went to MidValley to shop around a little...ended up buying nothing anyway. Then, we celebrated my birthday at Tony Roma's. As usual, it was a battle between me and ribs. Just when I thought everything was over, the dessert arrived...and the birthday song was sung by the guys from TR. Very nicely done, very nicely done. ^^
My bro and I were talking about watches and this was basically how the conversation went:
Me: Why would anyone wear watches in outer space?
Bro: To keep time...duh~~~
Me: Yeah, but why?
Bro: So that, like, if there's only enough oxygen for 30 minutes during a space walk, the astronaut would know when to get back into the ship. If not, he, like, dies.
*Pause while I think of a comeback*
Me: YOLO!! Haha.
Bro: *Facepalm* Bodoh...
One of the reasons I've always enjoyed having an early birthday is because I can almost never get jumped on in school and beaten to pulp for the ridiculous reason that its my birthday. I think we do that in MBS because we think its cool if our birthdate and deathdate are the same.
Anyway...
As usual, the birthday gifts trickle in slowly and with no appreciable effect.
1 Tim Tam Chocolate from my music teacher
1 Kit Kat Chunky from my brother's girlfriend, I believe.
1 Mango with Sago and Pomelo soup thingy from my mum at Sweet Hut or something like that...
1 Seiko Chronograph from my dad...^^
Not a bad turnout even if I do say so myself.
Picked up my brother from his residential college in the morning, then went to MidValley to shop around a little...ended up buying nothing anyway. Then, we celebrated my birthday at Tony Roma's. As usual, it was a battle between me and ribs. Just when I thought everything was over, the dessert arrived...and the birthday song was sung by the guys from TR. Very nicely done, very nicely done. ^^
My bro and I were talking about watches and this was basically how the conversation went:
Me: Why would anyone wear watches in outer space?
Bro: To keep time...duh~~~
Me: Yeah, but why?
Bro: So that, like, if there's only enough oxygen for 30 minutes during a space walk, the astronaut would know when to get back into the ship. If not, he, like, dies.
*Pause while I think of a comeback*
Me: YOLO!! Haha.
Bro: *Facepalm* Bodoh...
Thursday, January 3, 2013
About This Blog
This is an introductory post...
It is understandable that most people do not understand Latin, seeing as it is a dead language, so I shall tell u what the blog's title means.
Fidelitas means loyalty. Loyalty is the one thing I hold true in my life. I always say that I am a mercenary, meaning that I work purely for money, and that my motto is "For The Highest Bidder", but in truth, I aim to be loyal above all things.
Honorem means honour. Honour is something that I believe every man must have. Without honour, one is nothing. Without honour, one is worse than the lowest scum on Earth. Without honour, one has no worth.
Voluntarius means willingness. The willingness of the heart must come together with loyalty and honour. Simply stating that I have honour and loyalty but not proving it through actions and fervor for the cause I believe in is false and cowardly.
Thorin says in the movie, The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey, "Loyalty, honour, a willing heart. I can ask no more than that."
In the same way, the URL of this blog means "I can ask no more than that."
It is understandable that most people do not understand Latin, seeing as it is a dead language, so I shall tell u what the blog's title means.
Fidelitas means loyalty. Loyalty is the one thing I hold true in my life. I always say that I am a mercenary, meaning that I work purely for money, and that my motto is "For The Highest Bidder", but in truth, I aim to be loyal above all things.
Honorem means honour. Honour is something that I believe every man must have. Without honour, one is nothing. Without honour, one is worse than the lowest scum on Earth. Without honour, one has no worth.
Voluntarius means willingness. The willingness of the heart must come together with loyalty and honour. Simply stating that I have honour and loyalty but not proving it through actions and fervor for the cause I believe in is false and cowardly.
Thorin says in the movie, The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey, "Loyalty, honour, a willing heart. I can ask no more than that."
In the same way, the URL of this blog means "I can ask no more than that."
Filio
"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 'cause you're there for me too."
- I'll Be There For You, Friends (TV Series) Theme Song
Cruising along life in an 1987 Corvette didn't deaden the senses, it uplifted them. The cooling night breezes were refreshing, but Jim knew he needed more than a polished car and a long straight Californian road. He needed someone to talk to, someone he could rely on, someone different from him who could compliment him and back him up in a fight, someone to take over the wheel when he needed rest. This someone need not be perfect, this someone could, no, must have some fatal flaw, just as everyone has some fatal flaw.
Jim didn't need a wife, a house or a dog. Jim needed a friend.
~~~~~~~~
I would like to think that I've many friends and so would anyone else, but think about it. If you could choose only 1 person to spend a whole year with, who would it be?
To be frank and honest, I wouldn't know either.
However, all the friends I list below would certain make it into the final considerations:
1. Kieran
He is a very nice guy. There's not much I can really say about him, but he's there. He can take jokes and he can make them. He's human and that's what keeps him as my friend.
2. Vigknaraja
He has always given me advice when I needed it the most. He's always been there to pull me out of difficult situations. We've been friends for many years now and due to our similar interests, we've stuck together. Somehow, we've managed to drag ourselves through life.
3. Wai Jun
What can I say about him? He knows things that I don't and for that I respect him. There are few on this Earth I truly, deeply respect; Wai Jun is one of them. Not only that, but he is cute, with all due respect, in a hamster-ish way...
I don't mean to sound like a smart-ass, but I've found that friends are one of the things that people truly overlook. We seem to think that we can do without them but in reality we would feel an emptiness without them. They fill a part of us that we can't even reach.
Sometime during my life, I've made this comment: "I live for my friends." I still believe that today.
To my readers: If you've felt that you've been neglecting your friends for some time, pick up your phone and just send them a simple message that you've missed them.
To all my friends: If you ever need help, do not hesitate to call upon me. I shall answer.
Have a great evening.
I'll be there for you like I've been there before,
I'll be there for you 'cause you're there for me too."
- I'll Be There For You, Friends (TV Series) Theme Song
Cruising along life in an 1987 Corvette didn't deaden the senses, it uplifted them. The cooling night breezes were refreshing, but Jim knew he needed more than a polished car and a long straight Californian road. He needed someone to talk to, someone he could rely on, someone different from him who could compliment him and back him up in a fight, someone to take over the wheel when he needed rest. This someone need not be perfect, this someone could, no, must have some fatal flaw, just as everyone has some fatal flaw.
Jim didn't need a wife, a house or a dog. Jim needed a friend.
~~~~~~~~
I would like to think that I've many friends and so would anyone else, but think about it. If you could choose only 1 person to spend a whole year with, who would it be?
To be frank and honest, I wouldn't know either.
However, all the friends I list below would certain make it into the final considerations:
1. Kieran
He is a very nice guy. There's not much I can really say about him, but he's there. He can take jokes and he can make them. He's human and that's what keeps him as my friend.
2. Vigknaraja
He has always given me advice when I needed it the most. He's always been there to pull me out of difficult situations. We've been friends for many years now and due to our similar interests, we've stuck together. Somehow, we've managed to drag ourselves through life.
3. Wai Jun
What can I say about him? He knows things that I don't and for that I respect him. There are few on this Earth I truly, deeply respect; Wai Jun is one of them. Not only that, but he is cute, with all due respect, in a hamster-ish way...
I don't mean to sound like a smart-ass, but I've found that friends are one of the things that people truly overlook. We seem to think that we can do without them but in reality we would feel an emptiness without them. They fill a part of us that we can't even reach.
Sometime during my life, I've made this comment: "I live for my friends." I still believe that today.
To my readers: If you've felt that you've been neglecting your friends for some time, pick up your phone and just send them a simple message that you've missed them.
To all my friends: If you ever need help, do not hesitate to call upon me. I shall answer.
Have a great evening.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Let's Get Things Straight
"The first post is the hardest."
Sand blew around the legs of the heavily cloaked man as he trudged along the dusty desert path. He carried himself with a fatality common to those who live a day at a time, simply because it is too crushing to believe that tomorrow will be as harsh as today. The intense heat caused him to swoon but he did not remove his garments. He would need those for the chill of the cruel night.
He looked forward, straining his eyes to the North, where the great mountain passes were mere shadows. His home lay in that direction and he thought he could just see the smudge in the distance...his home...
Home...
The greatest challenge in life is the challenge of hoping. Hope, such a magical word. It can make slaves into warriors and kings into gods. Can I hope?
In my journey through Fidelitas Honorem Voluntarius, I will use euphemisms in place of the actual name of friends, partially to obscure the meaning to both friends, and foes, and partially to have some fun. All I can say about this is: "He who has ears, let him hear. He who has eyes, let him see."
Good night.
Good night.
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