the long way round

ok since i'm seriously bored and wayyy to sianded to do anything else, i have decided i shall write a very long blog entry about i'm not sure what in particular.

ok so let me start with the topic of biology, specifically the shit taught in schools. seriously, do we REALLY need to know how plants reproduce and how the artery comes after the vein? is it VITAL to know that humans are of so and so species or kingdom or what not? i mean, is there any significant bearing on our current lives? which is why i seriously tink its a stupid subject. and having a boring shit teacher helps alot too. i mean, farah doesnt jus make the lesson boring. she makes the world world slow to a friggin crawl. i honestly think she has powers of some kind, where during bio lessons she makes time slow down, prolongin the torture that is bio, den makes you drift off into sleep, only for her to pointedly ask you a question. i mean, ????. dats jus seriously inhumane lah. seriously i tink farah can be used as a means of torture.

now its not that i'm against the sciences. i think the sciences is a very honerable cause, and without it, society and the world in general would be in shits. however, the way in which teh sciences are communicated to the scientifically un-inclined or the un-scientifically inclined, its wrong. they dont make it not-interesting. they make it boring. there is a difference. whilst the former indicates that the lesson, whilst not being interesting, still has btis and pieces of value in it. the latter is berift of anything. the only thing usefull from a boring lesson is time to do other stuff like writing songs or poems or thinking up strategies of world domination.

sidetrack: here are some strange things i do when i'm very bored in class.
1. write stuff that bear fleeting resemblances to poems.
2. "draw" its more like making marks on the paper that are suppose to resemble actual or non-actual objects.
3. write down random lines of random words jumbled together.
4. write a journal entry. although i don actually have a journal.
5. hold a written conversation with cheryl, but writing in mirror. hey i can actually do that decently. and read it too. =)
6. tink of soccer formations. (since invigorate soccer is now over this prob will not happen anytime soon.)
7. write down names of things (generally bands) i like, occupying and thuis wasting a whole side of paper in my notebook.

ok sidetrack over. where was i? (nb hate me ROXXXXX!!!!)

oh yes the sciences. yea so i'm pretty much a very arts inclined person. i mean i cant draw for nuts, and i'm not even sure i can draw nuts, but i'm inclined in the sense that my humanities outstrip my sciences, and i'd pick a piano/guitar over a pipette filler anyday. however we must look at the stats. in a typical jc, say vjc, there are like 5 arts classes, compared to like 20+ sci classes. what does this tell us? 1. alot of pple actually seriously like sci, or seriously dislike arts, or suck at humans real bad. 2. alot of pple are doing what they think is best for their future, as opposed to what they want. you could say its a matter of need vs want. 3. herding instinct. everyone's doing sciences, so i shall do it oso! also, this invariably means that there will be alot of people going to uni with As in science subejcts, and prob graduate with a degree in engineering and what not. and this results in a society with lots of sciency people and not too many (some say not enough) arts inclined people. this is unavoidable. we are moving towards a society that places much focus on the sciences. the government emphasises the need to develop the art scene, and at the same time building a biohub, in ADDITION to all the other science related industries already out there.

so what is my point? my point is that whilst science is safe and ultimately perceived as the better option, other then the sciences wizs and the really interested people, i ask that people give the arts some consideration. dont listen to your parents. what do they know? think of what you want, when you want. if its still science, den go for it. but don overlook the arts so quickly.

btw yes i'm bent on taking the arts. anything else and i might as well fling myself off some building in bedok. no wait make that orchard. then sure reported in the papers one. esp if i land on some dude.

so on to my next topic. my dream house. i remember some time ago over 2 chi lessons me and eileen discussed each of our dream cribs. money not an issue of course. so what is my dream house? i havent got an exact idea, but i know what i definitely want to have. oh and i figured a 3 storey terrace with a rooftop terrace would be sweet. i base the following on it.

1. a view of the sky, unobstructed by nearby buildings. this is a must. cos i luv looking at the sky. its very zen. i'll set aside one balcony, or if possible a rooftop garden, just for me to lie back and watch the sky. on a clear night of course. and i'll jus lie on the floor. chances are half the time i'll fall asleep. if it rains? better still.

2. water feature/s. i haf this crazy idea of water flowing through every floor of my house, such that like from the terrace, theres a water feature, then it spirals down to the 3rd floor, where next to the staircase it flows down via small steps to the second floor where it waterfalls to the first floor. cool rite!! yea thing is i really like water. and i think more than anything for the movement.

3. a basement. it'll just be way cool.

4. a bridge of some sort. it'll also be way cool. maybe a structure for my house such that they are "2" buildings? connected by a bridge, where water runs beneath it. so cool!

5. a totally sound proof room. also an absolute must in my dream house. den i'll pack it with drums guits amps basses a keyboard. then we can jamm!!!! yea yea. throw in a violin or sax.

6. a garden place. some place that is green lah. cos i tink i'm quite a nature person. i enjoy natural surroundings. maybe even a corner with a little hut to sit and meditate or smthn.

haha. anyone very very very free wanna come up with some kind of design for me? i'll be eternally grateful.

so dats some things i want in my dream house. excluding the ferraris of course.

ok on to my third topic, which is that of inter-personal "relations". specifically the act or process of hating. honestly, i think hating is bloody stupid. i mean really really really dumb and pointless. of course i'm guilty of having hated people, but in retrosepct, its all dumb. i mean, when you hate a person, you're wasting time and energy to dislike someone, and the funny part is you never get anything back in return. so its a matter of throwing money away, instead of spending it. its dumb lah. when u hate someone u centre ure attention, ure energy and if bad enough your life around this person. and does this person actually feel like all sorry and bummed?? of course not! it'll onyl make him more arrogant and cocksure and feel all powerful and shit. the whole concept of hating is very paradoxical. technically the point of hating someone would be to make a persons likfe shit or something to that effect, but you're also making your own life shit. we've learnt in ss econs opportunity cost. by hating, you're giving up being happy. you're giving up enjoying your own life to worry abotu anothers life. isnt that stupid?

instead, we should all try to either like someone, or disregard someone. instead of hating, just don care. half the time, actually more, the person you hate is probably not worth hating, esp if he's a person many pple tend against. to hate a pathetic person you make yourself pathetic also. it means you're going down to his level. no point. while loving everybody is possibly impossibable and overly idealistic, we should at least try smthn to that effect. treasure those you have, and don give a shit about those you dont. dont however make it a point to hate anyone. its also bad for your health. i should know.

i have up to the previous sentence typed 1477 words. haha. accordin to ms word.

hm ok fourth topic. lets see. ok i shall discuss some things i more or less live for. the first thing is most defintiely and undoubtably music. i love music. all kinds minus most rap, heavy metal, i'm not big on techno, boring classical and crazy frog. i know how to play tow instruments, although i wish that number was a lot larger. i want to learn to play drums, bass, the sax, the violin and probably upright bass.

so why do i like music so much? there are a variety of reasons i can think of. the first would be that its something i can immerse myself into. much like playing soccer (to be discussed). it allows for me to lose myself in something, and that i dont haave to really think about other things. which is why i liek taking the mrt/bus alone. can spend quality time with my ipod. its not that i dont like takgin with people or i'm a loner or wad. its differnt lah. taking with people you can joke and talk and shit. i mean you cant tell youself a joke in the mrt rite. -.- whilst listening to music i can really lose myself into almost another world.

the second thing i like about music is how it reflects one's moods. well for me generally shit moods. i dont really listen to much happy music nowadays. but thing is, when you're, or i am, feeling down or wad, and i listen to sad, depressing music, its comforting. yea prob in some demented way, but for me its quite comforting. and like when i'm all pissed and all i can listen to music and sort of soothe myself. i reccomend the slow jimmy eat world songs, coldplay, mcr and maybe some oasis.

and the third i'm not sure whether its a legitimate reason. its nto a reason per se. its more something in me that makes me musically inclined. i enjoy playing music, whether on the guit or on the piano. its abit of the above two, but also something more. i dunno.

ok dats all i shall think for today. chao and i'll see you again.

remember, its better to have a little sense of humour in times of war, then to have no sense of humor at all. at least you die laughing.