Striking The Balance

This is a general description of Nemesis, the Greek Goddess of Justice. But for the sake of this post I will use this maiden of justification to symbolize something else.

Usually in Greek myth, the scales she has would mean justice, the sword would symbolize the power of retribution and her blindfolded eyes would symbolize her ignorance to nothing but the truth.

Here's my version: The blindfolded maiden herself would mean a naive person who doesn't comprehend certain facts of life. The sword would mean power, power to be anything that person wants to be. Lastly the scales, it symbolizes a "balance". Balance which I will explain soon.

Again a post high-school dilemma is at hand. Here's how high-school graduates of my generation would usually think: "Get to a prestigious college/university will give me a bright future." This is an interesting display of stereotyping and utter ignorance, an ignorance so ridiculous it boggles me how would the future of my generation would be like. To quote from my previous Vlog... "80% of Malaysian graduates are JOBLESS." To drag those who are flying like a G6 down from 7th Heaven, no matter how prestigious, famous, well-endowed in facilities, tinseled in countless certificates by a plethora of well-versed associations or foreign universities, no matter how many graduates became successful after graduating, a good college/university is naught more but a catalyst for your future, not a safety net.

LimKokWing, Taylor's, HELP, and the list goes on. Some of the most well-known universities in Malaysia which people would gather upon graduation is a big exaggeration in the world of education. Allow me to sort things out for you; humans have a strong resonance for cash. Whenever they see products which needs stunningly large amount of cash to purchase, their subconscious would automatically recognize that product as a "quality" product. Humans are also sensitive to statistics. Whenever they see other people approve of a product, or that product helped other people to achieve something, they too will acknowledge that product as a "quality" product. A Ferrari, a branch of Carl's Jr. , a Transformers movie, a Gears of War video game, a Louis Vuitton handbag, a UNIQLO shirt, an Alienware laptop, an Ecstasy pill, and lastly; an expensive institute of higher education.

In truth, no matter how expensive your studies cost you, you'd still start at the bottom. It's EXPERIENCE that counts, even if you have the best weapon in a Final Fantasy game, if you character doesn't accumulate enough EXPERIENCE for a Level Up, you'd still get a Game Over from a high level Boss. Take this fact to real life. Let's say if you are an Architecture graduate of LimKokWing University College, you don't suppose that you'd be constructing skyscrapers and Ziggurats right of the mill, am I right? Would you expect your seniors to approve you for a project just because of LimKokWing's internationally recognized certificate, no? let me tell you a fun fact of life; even the most skilled of designers needed experience to improve themselves and for people to vouch for their talents. A graduate is nothing more than a greenhorn to the industry.

For example, my father is a graduate of Business Administration. He is now 51 years of age, with newspaper cuttings for jobs, with a few decades of experience, his maximum pay was RM8000. A 51 year old. Companies are looking for experience, I can prove it to you. Flip through the jobs pages within your local papers, you'll see that they want you to have experience as a prerequisite for the job. They don't give a flying pig where you graduated from. Tetsuya Nomura has been the character designer for Square-Enix since 1997, first starting out in Final Fantasy VII. To this day his artwork is still criticized for having too much zippers, baggy clothes, leather and beads.

Coming back to the figure of Nemesis, the ignorant individual has the power to be all that he can be. But the scales of balance between a decent education and experience must be in par with each other. Going to a RM80,000 course VS. Experience. You do the thinking.

Peace out,

Jonathan

The Impending Future

Hello my fellow readers, again I whipped out another Vlog. This time with a better camera. Thus affecting the image and video quality for the better. I apologize for the late post. This was originally supposed to be posted on the 25th of March but my Internet bandwidth ran out so I had to postpone it. But without further a do, here's my 2 cents on careers and The Malaysian Mentality.

At World's End

This time I'll be a man of few words, at let the video do the talking. I find myself pondering much about the racial constitution of the world, and as the thoughts build up, I just needed to let it off my chest. So here's my fat face making a fool out of myself in front of a camera, enjoy.

P.S. I'm sorry if you can't hear me, my camera is just a webcam.

Unity

Unity. Racial Integration. Familiar words that ring in my ear this year. The government spending on the oversized billboards, posters and advertisements of the 1 Malaysia catchphrase our "brilliant" Prime Minister has brainstormed.

I've always been blatant on the subject of politics and racial matters. And since I've heard of the whole 1 Malaysia deal, all I could mutter was "It's not going to work." Some tried to prove me wrong, some shrugged me off, some agreed with me. It is now, my dear readers, September 23 of the year 2010. What has 1 Malaysia truly achieved? Has this...."resolution" no wait, that is not the valid word. Excuse me, let me rephrase, this failure of a facade to hide the fires of racial capitalism achieved? Ask yourself that.

I have the most appropriate answer. Apart from the flashy parades and an extra holiday all I can say that it has achieved nothing so far in this country of corrupted politics, nothing. In my humble opinion, 1 Malaysia's slogan "Rakyat Didahulukan, Pencapaian Diutamakan" should be changed to "Melayu Didahulukan, Pencapaian Diabaikan" Because that is all that 1 Malaysia has done. The country playing its' cards like a broken record, Malays get more perks from the government, leaving the other races behind and of course causing more and more arguments, as always.

But dissing 1 Malaysia isn't the main purpose of my being here blogging on this fine night. It is the phrase Divide and Conquer. The British used this method to divide the races and take over Pre-Independent Malaysia back in the Sepia-colored days. And how have they succeed, until our Father of Independence; Tunku Abdul Rahman changed that and made Malaysia a free-country. But today it was a feeling of Deja-Vu, oh yes, there was undoubtedly a allusion of Divide and Conquer in my very own school.

Long story short, since today there were trial exams for the students who are taking Tasawur Islam, Chinese Language and Tamil Language, the remaining students were subjected to "Motivational and Disciplinary" lectures from various lecturers. Sound ordinary? Think again. "May all the Chinese students please proceed to the Hall and the Indian students proceed to the library." As soon as I heard these words, the first that that comes into mind is Divide and Conquer, due to the fact that it was a Malay teacher who said that. How ironic, a miniature version of the old British game plan, mimicked by the people that they revolutionized.

Of course the Chinese students were indulged in Chinese lectures and the Indian students were filled in with Tamil lectures. I was against this whole idea of using mother tongues for lectures. When asked for feedback, all I did was state the fact that the lectures have failed at the aspect fo racial integration. And the reply I've received was "It's good to once in awhile have lectures in mother tongues for the students to feel comfortable amongst their own race. Because we did our subject workshops with everyone already." How good is it to have students curling up in the safety zone of their own race? Are we MalayChinDiaSia? or are we Malaysia? And finally, workshops for subjects are compulsory for all students to attend and it is not a motivational lecture. All I see is a De-motivational lecture today, again to feel safe in one's own race, apart from the content of the lecture itself (Which I found dull, due to the fact that it has been things that I've been counseling my friends about and I have thought myself about). But of course we all know the hidden agenda for these kinds of lectures; Getting Straight As To Ensure A Bright Future, To Honor Your Family, the Asian mindset, if you will.

We were once proud of our multi-racial community, now, it is the shell of it's former self, nothing more. That is what I've learned recently from reading my Mentor; Derek Kok's blog. Especially of the failure in our multi-racial community. Dear readers we are going nowhere if we do not abolish safety barriers between the races so that we can understand each other better. Do we need an event such as the Al-Quran burnings in the USA? Or the repetition of the lawsuit battle between the Muslims and the Catholic church?

I suppose I should quote from a Jedi Master.

"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
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Well that shows you how far we are behind our country's goal. Anyways, Jonathan here, signing out for now.

Ciao~

The Game Of Life

Before I start I'd like to thank Nathalie for the idea of this post, she thought that since I do game reviews I should do one about something else (no spoilers!) So I hope you guys enjoy this one.

P.S. This is going to be a long post.

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For this review I will judge the game on a few different aspects, which are; Story, Gameplay, Characters, Sound and Music, Graphics, and of course the final score for this game.


The name of the game is LIFE. Yes, just 1 word, LIFE. The developers and publishers of this game are unknown as of now. But rumors in the Vatican says that it was by someone named God, and the scientist from various countries claim that it was by Evolution. Either way, let's get on with the review.

LIFE's released date is also unknown, but the synopsis is that you will play as a person who starts off in your mother's womb and from there you will gain control of your character. Basically the goal of the game is to experience life, there is also Online play available, or you can even just stick to the single player mode. Either way, it's your choice. Also LIFE cannot be purchased at any game store, you need to wait for it to be delivered to you to start playing, unfortunately.


Story: The game takes place on our current time line on Planet Earth, each unit of life varies, mine started in 1993. But either way you will start the game inside your mother's womb then after 9 months of loading time, you will finally take control of your character. The game is pretty similar to Fallout 3, where you have to pick choices to shape your own story. After the baby stages, you will advance to childhood stage which is basically playing around all day without a worry, then the youngster period where you begin to go to school, adolescence stage where you continue up to high school, young adult stage where you go to college and adult stage where you get your first official job and then you will see the epilogue in the eyes of the elderly period. Each of these stages will have countless choices to choose from and they will shape the next stage of the story. However, the backdraw of the game is that you can't repeat the choices, the game offers no saving option whatsoever. So pick carefully. But in conclusion I would like to say that the story is full of depth and very down to earth. It totally has everything in it as far as I know (Since I'm still at the Adolescence Stage) It has almost everything, from drama, action, romance, thriller, horror... you name it, LIFE has it! LIFE's story is also so overwhelming that you'll feel attach to it.

Story: 9.5/10



Gameplay: Basically, LIFE is an Action/Adventure Game with a First Person point of view. IT also has Role-Playing Game elements. When you start of you can only crawl, once you've gained enough crawling level you will be able to walk, then run. You will also be able to handle multiple objects like computers, cellphones, even weapons like knives or guns once you've gained enough experience levels and wisdom levels. But the potency of handling these objects are affected by your judgement level. Let's say at one point in your life you are short of money, and you decide to rob a bank, if your judgement level is not high enough, your karmatic level will force you to rob a bank. Or maybe when someone enrages you and your character says he/she wants to slap the offender, if your judgement is not good, he/or she will slap that person with the consequence of losing a social link, or even worse; making enemies.

LIFE takes place on Earth as I earlier stated, you have access to a open-ended world, you can go anywhere you like in later parts of the game, provided if you have enough money. Though for the earlier part you will be forced to go to school to gain more levels in various areas like sports, arts, academics and much more. This will ultimately decide which college or university will go to, hence it will affect your future career choices. Again choice plays an important part in school, you have the choice to doze of during class, do other things or even skip school entirely and going somewhere else to raise your satisfaction bar.

The satisfaction bar fills when you do the things that you find enjoyable, be it from watching a movie to partying in a club, these activities will increase your satisfaction bar, but raising the bar will of course; consume your money, that is why it is important to obtain a job when you reach the adult stage to ensure the financial stability of your character.

Again I stress, you cannot save your game hence you cannot replay the area you've got a Game Over in and it's a single cycle game. If you cannot cope with your Health meter, you will pass away and ultimately ending the game, rendering it unplayable again. So you have to take care of yourself, the risks are always high. Most players die young on the streets, others are kidnapped by other players during online play in the city and then die, some even don't receive their copy of LIFE and they will be registered as dead.

You will also have access to social links, social links, AKA Friends and Family will also affect your character development by tipping your Karmatic meter. Bad influences will turn your character into a villain while good influences will keep your character in his/her hero mode. You will gain access to different social links throughout the game, most noticeably is the Parents social links that you obtain at the very start of the game. This will ultimately tilt your Karmatic meter towards one end, it depends on what kind of parents you get though. But no matter you can work your way to your desired end of the Karmatic meter. Be helping people or taking their life, you hold the choices in your hands.

You will also have a choice to dive yourself into a religion of your choice, in LIFE, you can pick any religion you want, or maybe you prefer to be an atheist? But to sum it all up, if you pick a religion, it will slightly tilt your Karmatic meter to a positive note and it will increase the level of your character's faith which will boost your character's judgement level.

Take note, when you do kill another person playing LIFE, it will not only tilt your Karmatic meter towards the villain side, but also will place you under police surveillance, and that person whom you have just murdered will get a Game Over ending his/her LIFE.

Marriage will also become once you have enough cash and when you have a spouse that you can engage to. Marriage will result in your character marrying another character whom you will live together for the rest of the game. And when you manage to have a family, LIFE copies will be sent out to other people to grant you a baby, thus making you that person's Parent social link.

The length of gameplay varies on how you play the game, some end the game at a young age due to death, some will ultimately finish the game and die of old age. The average game time you'll get is 50 years. Some are lucky enough to keep playing the game for over 100 years. I've also heard rumors that whatever you do in LIFE will affect the sequel that's coming to you called AFTERLIFE. So, with such variety, what more can you ask for with open opportunities of LIFE?

Gameplay: 10/10



Characters: As far as character goes, you build up your own persona during the course of the game and the characters/social links you meet vary depending on which unit of LIFE you get. But here are a few screenshots of the characters that I've met so far into this game:

People who can change the way you think about LIFE:














People who can teach you a thing or two when you play LIFE:












People that help you when you're losing the game:













Or people that makes LIFE seem a little more interesting when you meet them:























With that all I can say is you will meet a variety of people from all walks of life.

Characters: 10/10


Sound and Music: In LIFE, you can customize your own music, which is one of the best features of the game. The playlist available for your music can be changed depending on your mood and as you progress the game, more songs will become available. Currently my Playlist consist of works from Paramore, Jason Mraz and one of the most renowned contemporary composers; SHoji Meguro of his Shin Megami Tensei fame. The overral SFX of the game is superb since LIFE uses a technology ahead of our time to encode the audio.

Sound and Music: 10/10


Graphics: LIFE's graphics are undoubtedly gorgeous. The resolution of LIFE goes beyond your 1080p HD boundaries. The graphics are very realistic. You can see the details of a person's every hair strand even to the finest of wrinkles. Even the environment is beautifully projected with such detail that it can only be the work of one with divine skill.

Graphics: 10/10


I would like to say that LIFE gains a 10/10 from me. It is, by far one of the most exhilarating experiences I've ever had in my life. (no pun intended) For those of you who are reading this, lucky you, you've got your copy of LIFE!

Final Verdict: 10/10 Overall Score
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And......done, I hope you guys enjoyed this and for those of you who's photos I've taken from your Facebook pages ever so secretly, I'm deeply sorry.

Also, credits for the epic sunset picture goes to Johnathan and his superb photography skill. And the game cover was a photoshop edit done by me.

ALright then, that's it from me for now. Remember, live that life of yours to the fullest.

Being Liberated frOm Generelization

Foreword: I have changed the overall look of my blog, and already got the little piano tune up and running again, hope you guys like it, do leave remarks on the comment box below or just say your say in the chatbox in the doobly-doo to the right of this page. Thank you in advance.
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See what does the 4 capitalized letters become when you turn them into an acronym? It spells Blog. And now I've come to know,after reading the deposit of thoughts of the masses from all walks of life, with different personae I finally realize that a blog is more than just a means to chronicle your life, more than just a personal blank slate for you to type out your deepest most overwhelming emotions in it. Some would write of a country's political flaws, some would write of their angst, some would write of their own beliefs and philosophy. What do these little voices, projected via text in your Google Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer window have in common?

They are free from the limitations of real life, from the generic society, they can be themselves. Hence the acronym; Being Liberated frOm Generalization.

Of course we are still limited from the "Cyber Police" but, ask yourself, in which plane do we have more space to express ourselves without the fear of being shunned upon? Little websites and Blogs, of course. No, I'm not saying that the Internet is a better place than real life, I'm just stating the fact that Blogs are a rather unique read, by which you cannot find at a local bookstore.

A Blog is the place where the artist of words do not fear the censor, the place where they can express themselves with almost boundless freedom. If you are wondering, then head over to my doobly-doo at the right side of this blog and scroll down to my linkage. Some of the most unique blogs I would say belongs to Mr. Derek Kok, my Public-Speaking mentor and attorney-in-training who shares his opinions for a better Malaysia, Lily Tan, a new friend that I've found from Kelantan who writes rather philosophical questioning of the world and tells tales of her loving family.

Of course there are people who misuse these blank slates to fill their dark desires. I'm not sure if my fellow readers who are reading this heard of Gary Ng. He was a notorious blogger who gained fame from posting his private sex tapes with various women in Singapore. A grotesque display of immorality indeed. Fret not, his blog has been apprehended by the admins, his fate in real life is still an enigma for me.

Though I encourage to those of you who don't have a blog to start one, it would be my pleasure to read your thoughts imprinted into a single HTML page.

With this I bid you all a pleasant night.

P.S. To all the SPM candidates, you guys have GOT to take it easy, really. XD

Religion.

If you are a narrow-minded religious person, please, do close this browser now. Yes, you too Jane since you don't like my rants.
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Religion, faith, God. I know all of these terms too damn well. personally I'd like to say, "Religion is for the broken, damned, and those who have given up." Personally, I have NOTHING against religion, in fact I think it's a great way to exercise your spiritual state of mind. But The world has made religion into a tool.Why? Read on and you will find out.

This is MY story:

2005, my family was on the brink of bankruptcy, my dad was slandered and prosecuted for stealing money which he didn't, he was pressed with legal charges, payed a total of RM18.000 to his "friend" which was an attorney who loves his money. Me and my mom were chased after loan sharks because one of my dad's old's employers went bankrupt but asked my dad to pay his debts.

My dad's car was taken away. My dad was jobless due to his overconfidence in the petroleum business and quit his old job. My family was forced to stay in First Business Inn in Jalan Ipoh. The odds were against us. But a friendly cyber cafe owner lead us to Menara Megah further down the stretch of Jalan Ipoh, in the 2 1/2 mile mark of it. We got a unit on the 11th floor, which I have stayed in since 2005 till present.

My dad applied as a sales promoter in Mediaplex, to pay off our rent and debts. Things were still bad, my dad's employer stopped paying his salary.... 4 months worth of it. I had to either walk or take the bus to the school or malls. I couldn't watch movies, buy video games or hang out with friends due to money problems. We had to either capitalize on my dad's remains of his salary to buy groceries, or just eat at the Mamak Stall on the floor below.

This kept on going till 2009. My dad was employed to a company that sold a formula that would strengthen one's calcium, thus eliminating some of the terminal illness. My dad's pay went from RM 2000 to RM 6000. We had a life slightly better than before, but after a few months, the arrogant share holder of the company fired him, saying he wasn't capable of working. Again we were on the brink of bankruptcy, this went on until just recently.

Where an Australian company; VitaLife hired him to be the financial manager for the Malaysian branch office, he quickly shot his position up to Vice President of VitaLife Malaysia, his salary is currently RM 8000. Now, throughout the course of the incident, my mother whom I loathe kept praying day after day. Before this when our financial state was decent, she didn't really devote herself.

And now of course, after she has what she wants, she finally gives herself up and become my father's personal slave since he can put food on the table and stopped going to church, and her prayers have gotten much shorter. I once had asked her "Do you only devote yourself to religion during troubled times." She kept quiet. Usually when I won a debate against my mom's foolishness, she would keep quiet, so I was right all along, religion is for the weak.

While I was trying to save up money so my parents wouldn't have to spend money on me ( I had almost RM700 but my mom found out and used it to pay our drinking water bill) she gave up and prayed to her God. I do not give up easily, never had, never will. But lo and behold, a fragile soul giving herself up to "God" when she needs something, there ARE more people like this. Does the world only turn to their God when they need something and forget Him after it?

People call this a "Calling from God" but I beg to differ, I call it "giving up on Life". I went through 3 years of humiliation in my Junior High days, but now, I'm a prefect who my friends can look up to. I didn't need religion for that. A true calling from God is when you realize that faith is the key for keeping a steady heart and realizing that God is not just an entity that helps you through troubled times... as far as I know.

I am what you can refer to as an Open-Minded Catholic, I do not truly devote myself to religion, but I will accept other views of faith and the more logical side of the world, yet I still believe in Heaven and Hell. I also love studying the legends of other religions be it Islam, Hindu or Buddhist. If you were to pray for something to your God and when he grants it, you boast more about your religion, it'll just make you look fatuous, claiming you LOVE your God. But in reality, you love the blessings He gives but not God himself. If this is the way then, I'd say that God prefers Atheists since they can solve their problems without his help. It's funny how when I say "I don't really believe in God" and a random Catholic/Christian would say "Oh no! How can you say that?! You are a sinful child!"

Being overly-religious also makes you a bane of your own existence. Dear readers if you were to believe in one side of the story, what about the rest? At this point, you would always be attached to your own fantasy world and will lose your grip on reality. Giving yourself up to religion is not the way. I'm not trying to turn your back from your belief it's just that you need a reality check, and see the world around you.

Broaden your views, it'll make your life a little more interesting. Here's a fun fact, did you know Shiva's son, Ganesha was made of the soap bubbles? Parvati scooped some up and molded it into a person to guard her as she bathes, But Ganesha did not let Shiva in, not knowing who he was. Enraged, Shiva beheaded Ganesha. Parvati told him that Ganesha was their son. So Shiva commanded his followers to bring animals to his kingdom, the first one to come in would replace Ganesha's head. The Elephant came in, therefore, he cut the elephant's head and put it onto Ganesha's neck. Thus, the visualization of Ganesha was a man with an elephant's head.

If you find this post offensive, please do tell me. This is just my side of the story.

I R MALAY FIRST

Hard evidence to support my previous post. I object to this whole statement, due to the amount of contradictions he's made throughout it.

Contradictions:

"I am a Malay first! But being Malay doesn't mean I'm not a Malaysian."

But also said

"How can you say you're not Malaysian first and a Malay second?"
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"Saya sebagai timbalan pengerusi BM takkan saya tak sokong.... ( I as the deputy president of Barisan National...why wouldn't I NOT support 1 Malaysia?)"

But he said

" I am a Malay first!"
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"Can he say he say he's not a Chinese first but a Malaysian second?"

But he said

"Other parties support middle Malaysia"
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"I AM A MALAY FIRST!"

But he said

"We at the main UMNO party support 1 Malaysia"

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I may have missed some, but these are the ones that I want to point out, he's covering up his racist acts.

Well, guess that's it for now. Ciao
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Quote of the day: "Don't waste your time on somebody who's wasting YOUR time." -Teck Hui.

The Vicious Body of Lies we call "Politics".

Yes, Jane, close this tab or go to another website since you don't like my rants.
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Now usually a person of my degree of ignorance wouldn't care less about politics. But here I am, rambling like an old man of the country's flaws. And usually, I wouldn't care about the administration of this dying nation but ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to racial issues, you can be very positive that I WILL voice out.

A few minutes ago, I stumbled on a link posted on Facebook, from my mentor-like friend who graduated last year, Derek Kok. Yes, Mr. Kok the public speaking demi-god. He went AWOL on his blog updates but came back with some mind-blowing posts, 2 of which, had really made me one curious cat. One post specifically quoted on Malaysia's deputy prime minister; Muhyiddin Yassin, who's slip of tongue affected his public image said "I am a Malay first, but being Malay does not mean I am not a Malaysian." From this Derek had clearly assumed that he is contradicting the very campaign of the year that the nation has been running; 1 Malaysia.

As politicians, it's only natural that you have to keep a good public image and Mr. Muhyiddin has forgotten his place. But those 16 words that came out of his mouth had just given us the image "1 Malays first, 1 Malaysia later lah." And now this theory IS supported with a following post, addressing a NGO by the name of PERKASA. Although oblivious to the existence of this organization, it came to me as a generic action for the Malays to take.

I've wikipedia'd this NGO and found out, as Derek compared to... they are truly a mix of Adolf Hitler's tyrannical Nazi movement and the KKK ( Ku Klux Klan) Now for those of you who don't know what all of these terms are...

PERKASA is Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia. In other words, an non-government organization that seeks to rectify those who defy the Malays, they think that the other races that make up Malaysia, voicing out their views and opinions as rebels and need to be silenced.

The Ku Klux Klan is nothing more than the same thing as the PERKASA, only with an added pinch of violence. The KKK is the long-lived AND very famous group in America that defends the rights of the whites. Thus without reason, seek to punish those who are not of Caucasian decent and this resulted in controversies in the United States, the KKK to this day, still is an active group.

The Nazi, for those who are not clear, the Nazi are the iconic tyrant army of German origins, found by Adolf Hitler, they sought out to unite the whole world under the Nazi banner, with ruthless slaughtering and fearsome propaganda.

Now as you can see, the PERKASA are naught more but those with a superiority complex. This directly contradicts one of the moral values taught in Malaysian education. "Bebas Bersuara" is one of the values of Patriotism in Moral studies. It means Freely Voicing Out. But what we want to voice out is immediately intercepted then viewed and assumed as something of a negative intent yet we just want to let our voices be heard. This was also connected to the protests of the Catholic Church in Malaysia using the word Allah in their Holy Bible a few months back. Or how the Muslims went furious against the Swedish Embassy for "presumably" dissing the Islam religion. Which both are nothing but a misunderstanding yet the government just ignored these happenings. If you want a clear explanation of the Catholics VS. Muslim case, you can find me on MSN, or call me. or even meet me face to face.

This leads to me saying that 1 Malaysia is nothing but a lie, it was an attempted failure. With this much haughtiness within the government and those who claim they are right, we will never be on a mutual state of agreement.

What is the world coming to, ladies and gentlemen?

Don't you all make quick assumptions of me being a racist, because I am not, I'm merely stating the truth.

P.S. Derek's epic new blog is here: http://derekqiren.wordpress.com/

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Quote of the day: "Jon, it was true that I had a hard-on in class yesterday, every guy who gets exposed to coldness gets a hard-on! Just ask em' " -Muhammad Amin Rahim

Insanity of the day: "Ms. Intaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, what the hell is a daun Palas, Mempelas and Mengkuang? I really need to get this question right!"

The Superficial World.

Oh the world, oh the fucking superficial world.

You know what was funny? The fact that school counselors "council" you on how to get the word A typed 8 - 9 types vertically with the subjects you took in the SPM paper diagonally placed on the left side printed in poor quality that's supposed to worth "a lot" and that my friends is what we call... a certificate. Purpose? To get a good job and a great starting salary.

First of all I'd like to question...what IS the school counselor's job? No, not to teach you Malaysia's marking scheme for SPM. To quote, "they will help you to get through your life, so consult to them" is truly laughable, sure government exams in Malaysia will ensure a great future, I will address that matter later. But seriously, students don't only have exam stress, what about their family problems? relationship problems and what not? Don't they consist of a student's "life"?

Now seeing my friends from Science stream go on a desperate struggle to get straight As and seeing people from my class desperately copying answers just to get good marks in exams is truly one of the most funniest things on earth to date. Now I can't help but to stress this out, the original definition of education worldwide is "To build fruitful and civilized citizens for a country". Now let me ask you, does worrying about a piece of paper make you anymore civilized than you are? If you answered No, you just got my utmost respect. You see, the world has gotten VERY superficial, like Megan Fox or any other "beautiful" women making guys crave for girls who are only all looks, but have they even the slightest hint of the inside of that person? Or companies only hiring graduates of high caliber, now...graduates of high caliber weren't the mastermind behind Genting Highlands or the Berjaya Sdn. Bhd. Lim Goh Tong, founder of the City of Entertainment AKA Genting Highlands was but only an immigrant from China during the revolution of Kuala Lumpur, he only studied elementary school and yet with the creativity he had, he sparked the idea of gambling as a source of income, which later evolved into a large-scale casino complete with 4 resorts and 2 theme parks. And what about the founder of Berjaya Sdn. Bhd.? Let me tell you, ol' Vincent was just a part time worker at a local McDonald's, but look at how far he's gotten. But now? hmph, all the companies want "high-caliber graduates" to take their place? answer me this, I'm planning to be either a graphics/game designer, an attorney or a psychologist, now must I pass my economics, financial studies, history or maths?

Then this is a habit I loathe, which all parents do to their kids, they boast about how smart or talented, or how much of a little angel their kids are, but in reality, those are nothing but pointless conjecture to keep a "good image", like my mom who lies to my aunts and uncles along with my cousins about how I do in school, or my attitude, now I have to be a good little angel to everyone because of her lies. There's a famous Malaysian quote... "Take all the good and throw out the bad" but with only the good, how will people see the bad? Lies begets more lies, actually, the more you try to cover up, the more mean the cycle becomes and when it all falls down, it's gonna bite you hard. Again this leads to how superficial the world has truly become.

Society today thinks that outer appearance defines what's within, that was what Alicia Keys sang in her chart topper "If I ain't got you". Truly words of the wise, those few words in her powerful lyrics just defined the whole world and all that's within it. Society has grown ignorant and all but superficial, times have changed and superiority and position reigns supreme, there is where my seed of loathe for this current generation lies. I once promised to myself, when I get married, I want to be the best father and husband I can be, I want to have an open mind, not to simply judge someone or something at first glance and that resolution is still in my heart at all times. This current generation has already caused collateral damage to the mindsets of today, and if no one is going to stand up for me, I couldn't care less (Quote from Miss Sheila Rocky: You're fighting a losing battle Jonathan, teachers won't stand up for you when there is a major crisis, no, not even your respected Encik Zainuddin or Puan Raja.) , I'll do it myself.

In conclusion, to my beloved readers... be the best that you can be and open up your senses to reality, all things are flawed and cannot be perfect, be yourself and stop being superficial.

Of superiority complex and rights

I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog my dearly beloved readers, I'm afraid I was too busy with my girlfriend (case is solved), friends, games and school work. But this is something I have stuck in my head that I have to let out to the world.
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As all of you know by now (especially if you're in SMK Maxwell) rumors of me rebelling against out "school principal" has been flying around and spreading ad godspeed. Readers, it's true, I did rebel against Datin Zainab Bee Binti Ismail and I openly admit that. Of course a myriad of insults have been thrown at me like "The traitor", the sarcastic term "My hero" or Afiq from class 5A teasing me with a "what are you gonna do? post on Facebook" thing. Well those who still have any vengeance on me, kindly proceed to my class and tell me straight to the face, it's the best way. But in truth, I don't really give a damn about what you have to say on my actions and behavior, I have my reasons.

First off, I just couldn't take the Datin's superiority complex anymore, they way she lowers teh prestige of her students but ending up saying that it's for our own good gives her the image to the students that she's a hypocrite and that day of the SPM briefing and subject selections, She said exactly this "No, I won't allow you to take any subject due to the fact that you're potentials are limited." How does she of all people know OUR potential, not to call her fatuous, but I think that's rather rude. Not only did my friends from 5A wasted hundreds and hundreds of money to get a proper private education to prepare them for the upcoming SPM, she doesn't care less of our well being. then let me ask you, what ever happened to "Maxwell's Vision" of being a quality school on 2011? Truly this fatuous irony is laughable.

And then, this is what I see in every adult, I even consulted to my parents, friends and even teachers after the incident, I asked them "What about us? Where's OUR student's rights?" they all gave the same answer, all from fear and cowardice, I swear they all said "What can we do? it's her will, she's the boss there, we can't do anything, what if she sues you for the Facebook group?" By that moment I pondered to myself "Surely they jest, what happened to rights?" My friend Cody Rosales from America even said "No Jon, school preps you to know that in this world, you don't have rights." I humbly beg to differ, everyone should be treated with equality in this day and age. And I tend to fight for my rights. Whatever happened to our forefathers who fought for civil rights in Malaysia? The great Tungku Abdul Rahman, or what ever happened the Negro movement in America? countless lives perished fighting for their freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. died while giving a speech just to claim the civil rights of his people, for those of you who are ignorant.

By now, I sound like a dictator, don't you agree? Well, I couldn't care less, this is what I have to say. And let me stress this out one more time, if the superiors want to shun and look down upon me, so be it, but know this, that these "adults" fear us, we the generation who will take over from where they left off, we hold the power to change the world, these hands can shake the very foundations of this world and "Your voice will never be heard"? then I'll MAKE them hear me and make them understand. The Datin wants to see me, that's what Mrs. Raja told me a few days ago and I'm still waiting for her to call me up, frankly, I can't wait to debate with her, I want her to know that we, the students of this institution deserve more than what we have. But luckily, teachers have already begun supporting me, Mr. Rozaini and Mrs. Noraini are already going around to the form 5 classes to jot down those who are taking extra subjects, so if they came to your class, you know who got 3 weeks suspension from the prefectorial board, tainted his good image and took all the blame for your participation in that group. I don't need your thanks and praise. This is already considered a state of euphoria for me, and plus, I'm used to be forgotten, so yeah it's all good.

Well, keep those insults coming, I warmly welcome all of them.

Cheers,

Your sore loser and underdog,
Jonathan Law.

Out of the frying pan and into the freezer.

Well, it's been nearly a week since my return from Indonesia. I didn't have time to blog because of my laziness, due to the amount of things I have to blog about.

Here goes. See the reason I didn't wanna go to Indonesia was because of where I live there, the food's bad, the girls are...mehh and there's only 3 friggin' malls, in 3 years....they only built 2 more....wow. Also my stay at the little town outside of Jakarta known as Depok isn't FUN, it's like a baby-sitting job that doesn't pay at since I have to take care of my 3 year-old twin nephews.

But, on a different note, the heart of the country, Jakarta is a different story, though the pollution is nothing less than displeasing, progress on the city has bettered itself, roads don't get stuck in traffic jams much, and the malls there have improved, so has the social well being of the citizens. Every single block you to, every single street has a mall, that's something rather new to me since Malaysia has less.

Not only that, the entertainment industry has greatly improved, Indonesian artists make much better local tunes than Malaysia has ever did, they create something original, not used. For instance, my latest band fetish Vierra, they make great songs, powerful music and lyrics. Or local movies are shot at a decent camera quality, I immediately fell in love with a movie called Laskar Pelangi which tells of the struggle of a group of elementary school kids, the plot is diverse and complete.



Speaking about love, I think I just fell for my cousin's bestie, unfortunately, she lives in Jakarta and the only way I can talk to her is via Facebook, but no matter, someone told me to be patient and so I will. When will I ever be able to meet you? *sigh*

Also on the other note, my extortion of cash from my aunts is a success, I finally got myself a Nintendo DS Lite. For those of you who know my hate for Nintendo would be shooting me right now for being a hypocrite, but some NDS games are too good to resist, so I had to get one.




Then there's the cinemas of Indonesia....walking to each one of them is like walking into a 5-star hotel, since it's plain "wow" they have arcades, comfortable seats, good food and great movies shown at a reasonable price of approximately 25,000Rp - 30,000Rp, which is about 8 ringgit to 10 ringgit.

My cousins are also the people I love and I will miss them for the next 11 months, since chances are I'll be going again in 2010, anyone who wants to come with me are always welcome. And no, Indonesia isn't just bout Bali, there are other great places to see, 37 states in all, and a large metropolis of a city to hang around with.

Well, as 2010 is just hours away, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, may you successfully achive your new year's resolution. Ciao.

Of Science and Faith

Well well well, my internet was dead till 5 or so when I tried my luck to get a connection, I checked my inbox and saw an E-Mail forwarded from Peter, it's about a really cool conversation, so I'm gonna copy paste it here.

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An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .


Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD Good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?

Student : Yes.

Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.
But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.

Professor : Is Satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor : Where does Satan come from ?

Student : From . . . GOD . . .

Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?

Student : Yes.

Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.

Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe

the World around you.
Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.

Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?
Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor : Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor : Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega

Heat, White Heat,
a Little Heat or No Heat.
But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go

any further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold.
Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy.
Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?

Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir.
Darkness is the Absence of Something
You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called

Darkness, isn't it?
In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?

Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.
You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD

and a Bad GOD.
You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something

we can measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.
It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully

understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that
Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved

from a Monkey?

Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of

course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain,

Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . .
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable,

Demonstrable Protocol,
Science says that You have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !
The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.


NB:

I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so .. .
You'll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you?
Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH.

That student was Albert Einstein.

Maths and Science in Bahasa Melayu?! Screw it!!

Before I rant, I wanna do a disclaimer, this is MY blog, which means MY point of view and you can't do anything about it :-p This is just my opinion, be it right or wrong is in your judgement.
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So, Yen Yi told me to go to this blog about government affairs ( http://chedet.co.cc/chedetblog/ ) to check out a post... it was about the teaching of Maths and Science being in Bahasa Melayu prior 2012...how ironic is that? Doomsday's change day! I STRONGLY disagree with this bullshit because I'm allergic to bullshit, and if the government is seriously gonna do it, well Malaysia can kiss my ass goodbye.

Seriously, not only most people excel in English than BM, it's the language, it'll be biased towards the Malays, remember you drunkards of the government, you're running a multi-racial country, and you're somewhat "proud" of this right? so don't fuck it up by making it uniformed, where's the variety in that?! Not only Chinese and Indians don't get ANY government perks what-so-ever, now you're limiting our language skills by THIS much?! One day a scientist that's from Malaysia will get involved with an international experiment, this is what will happen:

Dmitri (Russia) : I think that the calculation for the Solar Enhancer SHOULD be revised due to the dangerous output levels of the UV rays...

Luke (America) : True that.... I'll get started with the mass of it....

Steve (Australia) : Yeah mate, I do agree with that, I'll amuse myself with the amount of amplifiers needed eh?

Azari (Malaysia) : @.@ what??

How would you be able to interpret this if you're only educated in one damn language from a country THAT'S NOT EVEN NOTICED IN THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD MAP?!

Call me racist, BUT... I'll ask you, which language sounds cooler? English,be it Queen's or American, it's STILL the world's most used language...or Bahasa Melayu, the language that only 2 country uses; Malaysia and Indonesia? I'd say English, I have Indonesian friends that'll fancy English more than Malay.

Geez, seriously, I regret not taking that offer NST gave me at the workshop to join their column; Niexter.....seriously, I could have told this to the masses...
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So those in favor of Maths and Science in English, or if you DO disagree with me, please vote on the poll above, I feel like observing the majority...

About the story Im writing in my blog...

No, Im not drunk or anything, the story was just a random idea I came up with when I was bored....to fill up my blog and for you guys to read. And NO, Im NOT bragging about my writing skills, seriously, you can't compare my random crap with authors like J.K. Rowling( Harry Potter), Stephenie Meyer(Twilight), James Patterson(Maximum Ride) and so on....

And I forgot to mention this....about the character names Adam and Ciel.... I didn't pick those names at random. Actually Ciel's name was supposed to be Eva too, but someone hated it....and I don't want people to hate my work, so I changed it to Ciel.

Oh, and Adam means "earth" in Hebrew while Ciel means "sky" or "from the heavens" in French.... JUST for your information.

And the story is basically a love story... I won't reveal much, but as soon as a good, solid idea comes into my head at random, I'll write more. You guys are free to give me suggestions too^^ So please do support my story. And, there's still no title for it too, so whoever can suggest a cool title for it will be given full credit!^^