Night cycling

My city 

9th of August commemorates the 47th year of independence of my nation. What better way to celebrate the event than to cycle with your friends around the island throughout the night and experiencing first-hand the night life of this cosmopolitan city? I was awestruck by how the city remained active throughout the night but was taken aback by the downside of human society that presented itself only when much the nation fell into a blissful slumber.

We were greeted in every corner by drunkards as we cycling through the city, muddleheaded, yet fully aware of the several cyclists around them. The thrill, danger, and perhaps even amusing experience cycling past clubbers who appeared seemingly threatening on first impression (which soon turned out to be a fluke since they were all drunk) was unforgettable. Leaving the city and taking a quick break at a neighbouring playground after leaving the city only led me to discover that these children's hangout served as residence for homeless foreign workers at night. City life at night didn't turn out to be as romantic as people tend to think after all.

Of course, I am aware that such situations are present across the world and I bear no hard feelings for my society. I am also fully aware of the ugly side of city life (after midnight) but had never realised its prevalence and never experienced it first-hand having lived in the suburb region of the island. My impression of the city as a place where its dwellers could enjoy its picturesque scenery and have a quiet time out with their loved ones was a far cry from reality. Gone was my notion that a country as rich and secure as that of mine would be at least nearly completely free of people without proper residence. I tend to see this as a depressing and appalling aspect of human society. It was truly an eye-opening experience that many of my peers, having buried themselves in their notes would not experience.

Blind

All around me, I see people who grieve over being unable to purchase a shirt of their liking and people who regard examination grades as intelligence. I see people who studies hard without a university course in mind while lacking the skills to tie a simple knot. I see people who remembers everything in their notes but doesn't know a thing about the world around them. I see people who sacrificed the time in their co-curricular activities to study for a test. I see people who claimed their lack of understanding of the world around them to be a result of their 'purity' at heart and people who refuse to learn more if the topic is not tested in their examinations.  


I want to know a little of everything, to be able to do a little of everything, to define myself not as one who performs in only their studies but also their hobbies and to utilise my skills for the better of my society. What is one's satisfaction with the world, or even of self satisfaction, if their sweat, blood and tears do not benefit the world around them, what significance does their life hold to this universe?

I only seek to detach myself from these people and keep in contact with my friends of similar ideals. Am I blind to those people's views on success and on life? Even so, one would never know how the blind sees the world. If I am clueless about them, they are just as clueless about me. I'd just keep clear of them and live life my way.

Is my refusal to be associated with them ever going to be justified? I fear that I might be too full of myself.

My project work journey part 1: Preliminary ideas

Project work is one of the compulsory subjects students in my country have to take for our A levels examination. Although it is important to do well for it, I cherish the entire process of doing this subject and I try my best to document how I went about accomplishing this. I am still in the process of taking this subject and my work is not the perfect example of how it should be done, but this memory is definitely worth keeping. There are two topics to choose from, inventions or wastage, and the first task of this project is do work on our preliminary ideas before we gather the work with our group to decide on a topic.


First stage
I was told that the first step was to go online and search for interesting inventions or sources of wastage. Had many interesting finds form synthetic life form to catalysts for electrolysis.

Over here are three different ideas which were rejected before I started on my finalised topic. Tried my luck on wastage of paper, and wastage of human waste (yes human waste in the form of biomass) and then with wastage of batteries which I am pretty confident about, but to no avail. Pretty obvious I am inclined towards the topic of wastage rather than inventions. 

Second stage

Draft 1 on my topic of wastage of food.

Trying my luck with a graphic organiser over here. Takes up too much space with too little information. I have also exceeded by word count by a huge margin. Draft 2. 

Draft 3. Back to the portrait format.

Another attempt to use the graphic organiser to stand out. Draft 4...

The pictures below are from my final draft, reached the maximum word limit, with a mock-up created entirely by myself using 'paint'. 

Final draft. Printed in colour with a proper title

Survey results obtained from other sources.

Mock up for my plan.

To all dragonball fans

I don't really think that I'd be able to much about the situation but if anyone of you by any chance happen to visit my blog I would like to turn your attention to what is known as Dragon Ball Hoshi. From what I believe and what everyone believes Dragon Ball Hoshi is a fraud created to confuse Dragon Ball fans that another series is coming up, and I thought that I should spread this message around for all the fans of Dragon Ball. I don't have to present the evidence because others have already done so. Here's a couple of links down below with proper evidences to explain everthing.
Blog: http://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/fans/dragon-ball-hoshi-explained/
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWo_66UVPSk

Taken from  http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/235793  It has nothing to do with dragon ball Hoshi, just to show that this post is related to Dragon ball 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOav5edmU2o&feature=g-vrec

A video I've watched today on youtube, from the history channel.

This documentary provides a good amount of information regarding the major discoveries that help us build up today's image of anthropogenesis in a chronological order, covering the discovery of the fossils of the neanderthal, homo erectus, and the discovery of the fossils of Lucy, a homo Australopithecus.
Its a good thing I've decided to talk about this only after I've watched the entire video. I was about to challenge the fact that for nearly the entire documentary they spoke of neanderthals as 'our ancestors' when it is proven that we are two different species evolving from the same ancestors. Fortunately, they mentioned about this fact towards the end of the video so its pretty accurate afterall.
 
Anthropogenesis: The evolution of the human race

While I used to manage 2 blogs, I've decided to delete my older blog and to stick to this current one. My first blog all started as some silly piece of assignment and then as a way to practice on my language and to talk (lament) about life. My second blog on the other hand served as a platform for me put the things I've read up myself to good use and attempt to explain things as accurately as possible. However, what I've experienced in school as well as what I like to do both makes up important aspects of my life and are both inter-related and dependent on each other, so why not merge them? 

This is no longer just about how I see my life nor how I try to understand it. Its about me experiencing and understanding my life while I live it through. 

Still, there are things from my previous blog which I would like to keep in this current blog, such as the things I've said below. They weren't fond memories but they are things I would not want to forget, for they are still important to me.    

At this crucial point of time the realisation of  the futility of my attempts bestows upon me. A stroke of luck?

What is pride in oneself if all I strove for could not be appreciated by my reason to strive. Perhaps I am forever inferior to one of equal caliber equipped simply with differing talents?

Reality has caught up. Though I may not falter for now, my near future is clouded with uncertainty. 

11 November 2011

''Thats not going to get any better, so break it off from there. That way, a new shoot will grow so that new leaves will grow beautifully''-Honey and clover.  

12 November 2011

In times of sorrow I seek your support and yet, to no avail. A month of turmoil from the major examination my lifetime have ended as quickly as it came. I am now thrown into nothing more than a dull, vacant life, only to despair over your absence.

I spend every passing minute peering over my phone in desperation for your messages, knowing very well that in contrast, you spend your time lavishing every hour of playtime with your friends.
Friends...Was I ever treated as a friend by you? Your absence pains me, second, only to the reality that is dawning upon me. The reality of giving in to fate, which I had worked against ever since the day you were part of my life.    

18 November 2011

Keeping sane

Recently, I often worry about my sanity. The surmounting workload as the teaching of the syllabus goes full-throttle, the long school hours, but most of all the grim reality of the environment I live in- filled with students who could give up everything for the sake of academics achievement, students who delude themselves, becoming completely unaware of the importance of various skills in the real world, teenagers without a purpose nor a goal in life, and hypocritical individuals waiting for you to falter just so as to eliminate you from the 'race' so to speak.

I would only hope that as I learn to treasure what little true friends I possess who would genuinely accompany me through thick and thin, they too would learn and benefit just as much as I would with their support. I believe  benevolent ties would certainly triumph over hypocrisy.

Also, I have owl city to make me feel better