Friday, August 29, 2008
Holiday.
The song's lyrics is meant to be set shortly after America's declaration of war against Afghanistan, as well as the French's condemnation of America's actions.
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame
The rain is meant as an apparent irony against "rain" being synonymous with "healing", but also refers to the layman phrase "rain of bullets". The irony is apparent when juxtaposed with the next line, "Armageddon flame", the "flame" being fire, and provides a certain degree of it being an oxymoron as water and fire are opposites.
The shame
The ones who died without a name
This refers to the soldiers who died in the war fighting with the "rebellion" troops. Again, this "shame" is contrasting to those who "died without a name", as that which does not have a name, and subsequently, no personality, cannot feel shame. This is an intended criticism of the American government in allowing thousands of nameless, faceless and above all, young, American soldiers to die in a meaningless fight against another country over which they didn't even have jurisdiction in the first place.
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
Start with the 2nd line. Hymns are means to induce pride, happiness and hope in the singer/chanter, and yet it is called "Faith and Misery"; more importantly, this is shown to be another criticism against the Bush administration for making the people have faith in them, in turn causing them misery by letting them watch their family members die. The word "howling" clearly shows this, as dogs normally howl only when they're agitated or in misery, be it from pain or otherwise. "Bleed" is self explanatory, and further proves the previous points. The "company" refers to the American Cabinet.
[lol, looks good so far but im too lazy to continue.]
Posted by Denunciator at 8:58 PM
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
HornTail
:P HT Images. Note the damage.
Besides that...
Posted by Denunciator at 8:14 PM
Surprise!
Hon was surprisingly lenient today - furthermore, he listened to EVERY point to the finish before speaking. The Seal of BQ has done the job. =D At any rate, he arrived 20 minutes late (at 2:03), but since it was revealed that he was supposed to arrive at 2pm, his lateness could be forgiven, though he claimed that he'd wanted to make us wait an hour. I bet everyone would have left. Anyway, I realized that ZC basically made a tl;dr version of my rant yesterday, so I shan't bother elaborating. Here's some stuff that's confirmed:1. Demerit points will be kept as a record, but the tally resets at the end of every year.
2. The "consequences" will take effect as of 2nd January, 2009.
3. Arriving late is forgivable if:
a. Your reason is good enough.
b. You can convince your FT.
4. If you think your FT is biased, you can report to SKK for further discussion.
Thus, we can see that after all, he is not THAT autocratic, and he actually listens behind closed doors. Here's some tidbits for you guys:
0. SKK fails at marking attendance. So does his helper.
1. Dr. Hon can be represented as Pudge.
2. He drew first blood 2 minutes into the discussion.
3. He got to Killing Spree barely 5 minutes in.
4. He hit Beyond Godlike within half an hour =X
5. He cast Empowerment on SKK, and both of them tanked the students.
6. He attempted to cast Interrupt, but the student just went on...
7. Causing him to cast Banish. Only once.
8. Towards the end, he casted Death Threat, which failed...
9. And Death Trap. "If you have any problems, look for Mr. Sung."
10. Casted Perish Song at the end, but everyone zao, so failed.
Yay.
Posted by Denunciator at 7:21 PM
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Holiday - Green Day
Hear the sound of the falling rain
Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)
The shame
The ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howling out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)
To find, the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen? (Amen!)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
(Hey!)
(Say, hey!)
(3,4)
"The representative from California has the floor"
Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we're outlaws yeah!
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday
Corrections and literary analysis tmr. Also, I will be taking notes and posting a detailed description of what Hon says to us tmr. Get ready for spammage.
And yay! Stra promised us a VPS! He also admitted to causing the Tokyo earthquake in June.
Posted by Denunciator at 9:43 PM
Denouement
Finally. Closure to this entire puppy business.I used to love you. Yes, I did, honestly and seriously. That 1 1/2 year(s) was/were the best of my life - every day was spent without futility, doing things, for you, for your friends, for myself. I tried my best to help, you accepted it. I know I changed, and yet...
Now you've change. You're the one who's acting like a blonde. Yeah, you're intelligent, you have a PSLE T-Score of 27x, you're damned "pretty", "cute", whatever. I may be an idiot for hurting you in this way, if you can even get hurt, but I don't really give a damn anymore. I'm glad to have known you. And shared that fruitcake, (if you remember), lol. Anyway, it's over between us. We're not even friends, and if we bump in the streets, don't be surprised if we don't exchange eye contact. I won't be.
Thanks a lot.
P/S: I lied about having a girlfriend.
Posted by Denunciator at 9:37 PM
Assembly.
Long rant.I think the DPS is RETARDED. Yes. RETARDED.
As Edward said, the system is imbalanced. Does it mean that repeatedly committing a minor offense 4 times is better than committing a major offense 1 time? Why does the system work this way? The school does not give people a second chance. Hon used nice overtones like "turn over a new leaf", "CWO", "point resetting" and so on - do the law imposers REALLY give chances?
Quis custodiet, ipsos custodes?
Who will guard the guards? Who will make sure that the discipline committee is doing their job PROPERLY? J. Lim was a really good discipline master - in the days following my "arrest", he explained the situation to me, convincing me to tell him all he knew, including the loopholes in the security. He then appealed against my suspension and expulsion successfully, which is why I'm even posting this now. Then comes the people who impose the system blindly. In SINGAPORE, our dear, dear country, criminals are given a second chance. Arsonists, money launderers, litterbugs, thefts... they are protected under the Yellow Ribbon Programme. Some of them are repeat offences.
It recently came to light that the extremely unbiased Discipline Committee, comprising of dear Mr. Sung, is suspecting me of hacking the "hci" account. Firstly, the password is really retarded. Don't ask me how I know, I was merely listening in class when YinXP announced it. Beyond that, though, the reason they suspect me is because I had "experience". No, Kai wasn't my only source. I had my own, seperate, source as well. So there's no reason to suspect Kai of trying to scam me. Therein lies the essential point. I'm trying to change, to use anything I know to HELP instead of harming, any entity. I've been keeping away from the fucking school computers so that I won't be tempted. I don't even have a fucking account, how do I even hack a stupid thing? From my freaking home? With my Pentium IV, 4 year old com?
I'm damned pissed right now. Really pissed. How can they suspect me for doing such a thing? I don't care if they expel me for using vulgarities, for flaming, for expressing my "stupid", "insensible" views. I don't give a freaking damn. I need, want and WILL prove my innocence. I've half a mind to change schools right now; there are plenty other schools I can enter; I could have gone to NUS, to RI, but I didn't. I didn't because I had Chinese heritage, because HCI was a good school, one of the best in Singapore. I'm severely disimpressed now. Is this the face it wants to show us? Doubting every student who has made a mistake?
Enough about ME. Let's talk about our Mr. Populars #1, #2, #3. I remember Hon saying something about "discipline teachers reviewing on a case by case basis before handing out demerit points." Let's use 2 hypothetical situations. Edward Low is late. Would a teacher listen to him? Most likely. 2nd situation: Bralee, Chun or Tim is late. Would a teacher listen to them? Most likely... NOT. Let's have a real-life example. Our dear chairman just got out of his car when one of our fabulous unbiased discipline masters carted him to a corner, booked him for an untucked shirt and took his Ez-link card. No demerits this time, but we all can see the potential of this system.
On another note: Strahan fired his chauffeur for the nth time. Let's see how many days till he gets re-employed.
Fired: 26th August 2008, 1:25 PM.
Re-hired: ??
Posted by Denunciator at 6:57 PM
Sunday, August 24, 2008
HT Run
Yeah. With much teamwork (and a 3k HP Zak Helm for Cheexyn) we downed the strongest creature in Maple - the Horntail. Over twenty minutes, Jonas, Cheexyn and I fought hard and spent plenty of potions fighting that idiot. No screenies THIS time, but there will probably be some next time. Maybe even a vid, if I feel like it.Posted by Denunciator at 7:06 PM
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
I hate myself
for thinking.Why am I still thinking?
I should just give up on both sides.
Now.
Damn.
Going to bed =.=
Edit: And I'm jealous. Of the fun people have.
[The last time I played Truth or Dare was like three years ago.]
Use the sentence in brackets, connections, and figure out what I'm referring to.
You get it right, you get a dollar. Seriously.
Posted by Denunciator at 9:35 PM
Friday, August 15, 2008
Pday Finals
Let's be honest. Brutally honest.It sucked.
I knew I could have done more - I knew the story wasn't my best effort, I knew there was room for improvement, I knew that I had to change it. I didn't. All these days, I've been looking on, denying myself the horror of having to do work - after all, who loves it? Regret always comes late.
Posted by Denunciator at 8:15 PM
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Exams.
English: ?. Ace: ?Maths: 75%. Ace: ?
Chinese: ?. Ace: ?
Physics: 50%. Ace: ?
Geog: 76.6%. Ace: 3
History: 70%. Ace: 2
IH Total: 74% Ace: 5
Lit: ? Ace: 5
IS: 80% Ace: 5
Current total MSG: (1+6+2+1)/4 = 2.5
Note my IH total. I need 1/2 more marks to get A1. Assuming I get that half:
(1+6+1+1)/4 = 2.25.
Note the difference. I shall hazard a guess at the remaining scores.
English: A2
Chinese: A1
Lit: B4
Total? (2+1+1+6+4+2+1)/7 = 17/7 = 2.428571.
If I get the 1/2? (2+1+1+6+4+1+1)/7 = 16/7 = 2.285714
Either way, my <2 MSG is GG.
I sometimes wish I were smarter.
Posted by Denunciator at 8:45 PM
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Remember the Name?
Ten percent luck...Sure, got lucky. Some good fixes, some lucky stuff. Always works out.
...twenty percent skill...
Not really. I wouldn't count kope-ing stuff from the Net and applying them "skill".
...fifteen percent concentrated power of will...
Sure. Tolerating the screams at me by adults, trying not to fall asleep while doing work...
...five percent pleasure...
When I get to do ANYTHING.
...fifty percent pain...
Couldn't agree more.
...And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!
Ahh. Here's the important point.
What name? Whose name? Who really matters to me?
Over the past three days, I've had plenty of time to think. A lull in mugging, doing work. Over the past three days, I've been considering stuff. Contemplating my life. I wonder, what the hell is really going on with me?
She's right.
I've changed. I wish I could be myself again - the way I was, back in P4. Interacting with everyone equally. Looking back, I feel stupid. Why did I hang around with them so much? What have they given me? Hardiness. The only thing they did. Which makes me glad I didn't choose any other school. Others would have been too nice to me. I'd suffer no setbacks, no troubles. I wouldn't be what I am.
I grew up pampered.
Yes, I did. I couldn't stand dirtiness in the least bit. I complained over every single thing.
After a while with those classmates of mine, back in primary school, you slowly learn that no amounts of complaints change anything. Dirt is to be expected. You slowly learn that not everything goes your way, that if you're low in class and status, you have to work hard. Thus, I tried my best in the only thing I used to excel in - Chinese. And yet the curriculum in secondary school is so different! Everything is so warped, different teachers, teaching styles; teachers who have no patience with students.
Which brings me back to my original point; whose name should I remember?
Throughout my school life, there aren't really many people who made a difference. But to those who did, I'll remember you guys. Your names.
More than that, I'll remember the service you have rendered me.
That, is the only thing that matters...
...now.