Riot

Yesterday was Friday the 13th

Go ahead and complain how unlucky this day could be

But I'm not going there

Instead I'll talk about something which is more significant in the history of Malaysia

Yesterday was significant not because it's Friday the 13th

It's significant because it's May 13th

13th May 1969

To be exact

The day our countrymen rioted

Elections had been held a few days prior to that day

And the results

Malays voted for the government

Chinese voted for the opposition

This was (alongside the most recent election) one of the elections

Where the opposition won a great amount of seats

Racial chaos came after that

I'm not going into the details here

Details about the event could easily be searched on the internet

Daddy told me his account of that day

He was only 11 years old then

Riot started in KL and news about it spread within hours to Klang

Where our family lived

As rumours that wooden houses were in danger of being burnt down by rioters spread

People went looking for hideouts

Grandpa took our family to a bungalow

Which has became a big hideout for lots of people on that day

People had to drill a hole in the fence of that bungalow to sneak in

But the owner understands the situation and allowed people to hide at his place

Women and children remain inside the bungalow

Grandma, father, and his 3 siblings were among them

Adult men guarded the place at the outside armed with defence weapons

Grandpa was among them

The location of the bungalow is somewhere near Kong Hoe primary school

Mummy and family also heard of the rumours of wooden houses being burnt

Her hideout place with grandpa, grandma, and 7 siblings

Was at the upstairs of the row of shops behind Kamdar opposite Chi Liung plaza

Nothing major happened that night in Klang though

However

In KL it was a different story altogether

When daddy and mummy told me about their experience that day

I kinda imagine what the state of panic was like at that time

Riot

What it's like?

I don't know

In another note

If Barcelona wins the Champions League I riot

But wait a minute...

If Man Utd wins I riot too

Argh

Why the final have to be contested by the two teams I hate most in the world?

新照 · 旧feel · 怀旧 · 曾经的辉煌

这张照片是用手机里新download的app ‘Retro Camera’ 拍的

拍出来的照片还蛮有feel的嘛

简单的色调和框框

就带出了旧照片的感觉

有时候

从忙碌的生活中

抽一抽时间

停下脚步

回想往事

怀怀旧

把过去的辉煌史从记忆库里搬出来

也挺享受的

最近收集了一些不三不四的东西

如精美汽水瓶，外国含酒精巧克力的盒子等

摆在房里的书架

收着收着

发现不够摆了

要把书架重新整理过以腾出位子

过程中碰了我那好多好久都没碰过的中小学奖杯

书法比赛佳作奖

科学常识比赛冠军

心算比赛亚军

电脑课程Distinction

小时了了啦

我最得意的

还不是以上这些

而是奖杯中最新的

Form 3 班级足球比赛亚军队的奖杯

也是6年前的事了

好久都没任何新奖杯了

这也证明了大未必佳

回想起中学时代

在草场上奔上奔下的我

为了什么？

不就为了对足球的一份爱好和热情

还好五年的effort还有一个小小的‘战利品’把回忆记录起来

我不厉害啦

都是靠队友的

还有十多个跟这个一样样的奖杯在十多个曾经的队友的家中可找到

不过这也可带出一个道理

许多奖杯都不是靠一个人的努力换来的

而是一班人的合作得来的

相信一班人一起赢来的多个一样的奖杯

比自己赢来的一个奖杯更具价值

Ego Makes It, Ego Breaks It

~ * COUGH COUGH * Please lah watch the video before reading... 1 minute only mah ~

This is an LOL scene

2 cops (The Rock and Samuel L. Jackson)

Chasing a group of robbers

Which led them to the rooftop of a 15-storey building

The robbers escape using a device similar to a flying-fox and destroys it after that

The 2 cops took the fastest way down

Which is jumping straight off the roof

Apparently aiming for the bushes to break their fall and continue their pursuit

They landed on concrete

With bushes nowhere to be seen

(Even if there were bushes, they actually think it could break their fall? Gosh~)

Ego makes it

Ego even breaks it

Ego is a form of over-confidence

In the movie they were 2 very successful cops

They thought they were larger than life and nothing is impossible for them

They thought that they could jump from 15 storeys landing unharmed

That's how big their ego is

We all have egos

Mine is pretty big I admit

If egos are used correctly

One could be damn good

But this video shows what ego causes if it was applied incorrectly

Ego could kill

So

Calm your egos when needed

P/S: Just in case if you're wondering, The Rock and Samuel L. Jackson actually died right there in this movie. The very next scene after this is their funeral. This happened barely half an hour into the movie. The movie -- 'The Other Guys'

Fast Five

During my journey home after watching this movie

I noticed that my average speed went up by 5 km/h

Yes I inadvertently drove faster on the way back

Movies do have an effect on our lives

All I can say is that this is an action-packed movie

With it's fair share of comedics as well

And no lack of star power

Those names on the above poster says it all

Not gonna be a spoiler here

But remember to stay till the very end

Don't leave during the credits

There's something after that

Fast 5

In cinemas starting 5-5

It rose my average speed by 5 km/h

So I have to give it a rating of 5 out of 5 (By the way I seriously mean this rating)

Friendster Version 2.0?

Prepare yourselves for a journey through the time machine

Because this blog post is about...

Friendster

The granny of social networking sites

N years ago

Before the emergence of Facebook

Friendster was the first social networking site for most of us

We add friends

We share photos

We post comments

We stalk people

We meet new friends

It was until Facebook arrived on the scene

That we turned our backs against Friendster

Now

Lots of people still have their Friendster accounts

But how many still remember they do?

Truly

The emergence of Facebook gave Friendster a sucker punch

It was until days ago that I came across the news of Friendster undergoing a revamp

Friendster is evolving to escape Facebook's shadow

The new Friendster would remove photo albums and comments from it's services

And focus on games

Hence users would have to save their pictures, comments, and profiles

To avoid losing it

You can read the news here

Luckily

There's an app called 'Friendster Exporter' that could allow me to download my full profile easily

And I did so

I re-read those messages dated way back to 2007

Brought back some memories indeed

You can download your Friendster profile here

While the old Friendster has became an afterthought

Hopefully the new Friendster could breath new life into it

I'm wondering how the new Friendster would look like

Will we all give it a second chance?

Will we see people coming back to Friendster?

Let's wait and see

Helpful Q&As here

Counter-terrorists Win!

"Terrorists win!"

That was something I liked to hear

While I'm playing Counter Strike

Because I always join the terrorist force

Be the bad guys

But in real life

"Counter-terrorists win!"

Is what we all want to hear

Osama bin Laden

Number One on the Wanted Persons list

Numero Uno terrorist in the world

Leader of al-Qaeda

Was shot dead by the US army

In Pakistan yesterday

"Enemy Down!"

Almost 10 years after the 911 attacks and huntings for him began

Justice has been done

But somehow

The hype and ecstasy wasn't as great as I expected

At least on Facebook it seems so

I was expecting much more status updates about the killing

It turned out to be much lesser than I anticipated

For those who did have status updates about the killing

I noticed that they are mostly from people of my age or older than me

Only then I realize that 911 happened 10 years ago

People of a younger age were too young at that time for 911 to have a significance to them

So they don't know how 'big' and important the killing of Osama is

Even I was only 11 when it happened

But I do feel the significance of the event

And I'm one of the millions around the world who are happy to hear the news of victory against terrorism

Hopefully

This would be the beginning of the end of al-Qaeda

More importantly

This is a triumph of good over evil

An important victory in the war against terrorism

我对你，只有放弃，没有忘记。

Obviously this wasn't written by me

But I feel it's nice

So I shall share it

And it could mean a thing or two...

很偶尔的，我们会联系，还是会挑拨我的心弦。只是，我也学会对你伪装了，不冷不热，不咸不淡，笑得没心没肺，也不会再流那廉价的眼泪了。

总要等到过了很久，总要等退无可退，才知道我们曾亲手舍弃的东西，在后来的日子里，再也遇不到了。

我还能够说些什么？我还能够做些什么？我好希望你会听见，因为爱你，我让你走了。

再见了，我那么那么爱你，虽然笨拙，但也努力做了好多，所以我不遗憾了。现在，我把爱情还给你，你把我仅有的一点点骄傲还给我。

我还是会相信爱情，只是不会再相信爱情能永远。

我们相识的时间能够以年计算了，你找到了你爱的，而我，还在原地徘徊着。

我们再也不会像以前那样，以彼此为不可替代；我们再也不会像以前那样，那样用力的爱，直到哭了出来。

陪你走完这一段路，你也变成我路过的路。

我知道，忘记是件轻松的事情，只要不看着，不想着，不记着，就忘记了，就像，烟火过后的天空。

望穿流年，我相信你真的爱过我，就像我当初真的为了你，可生可死。

让我站在心碎的地方，轻轻打一个结，一种缝补，阻止伤痛再流出。

一直股指的以为面对什么事情我都能够坦然的微笑，可是，终于在你转身决定离去的一刹那，我泪如泉涌，不可抑制。这是，过往的幸福嘲笑着心中的疼痛，原来，世界上最痛的痛是你的离开。

我赢了所有人，却输掉了你。

有天当你想起我，时间已摆平所有的错，也学会不再问为什么。直到有一天，面对爱情开始吝啬，会不会怀念当初的炙热？一路上经过各自曲折，直到有一天，选某个人相濡以沫。

你唯一没做好的事，是和我在一起。我唯一没有做好的事，是没能留住你。

也许当看破一切的时候，能知道，可能失去比拥有更踏实。

似乎等待了一百年，忽然明白，即使再见面，也许成熟的表演，不如不见。

忘记你，不如忘记自己，告诉自己，不是怕你忘记，而是怕有一天再把你记起。岁月带走的是记忆，但回忆会越来越清晰。

以后再也不会奋不顾身的去爱一个人了，哪怕是你。

安慰自己，没有什么忘不了的，总会在以后的时间忘了你，先忘了你的样子，再忘了你的声音，忘了你说过的话，现在不行，以后也可以。

我心里一直有你，只是以后会变而已。

现在终于到了要分别的时候，你比我先走，我反而觉得有点欣慰。这样的悲伤，迟早会让我们其中一个人单独体会，就让我来承担好了。

分手后，我还认识你，不过不再想见你，你过的好，我不会祝福你，你过的不好，我也不会嘲笑你，因为我们从此陌生，你的世界不再有我，我的世界不再有你。

我不能再珍惜你，抱歉，我失去的，也是你失去的。

我们都这样离散在岁月的风里，回过头去，却看不到曾经在一起的痕迹，尽管，曾今那么用力的在一起过。

这次的爱，我无法轻描淡写。

总以为，在最初的地方，有一个最原来的我，就也会有一个最原来的你。

是你变了心，还是白天黑夜交换了时差？

我住在这个伤感的城市，没有你的城市我只是一个人独自，而你却依然存活的快活。

对于你，我只能以陌生人的身份去怀念。

等你有新欢了，我连旧爱都不是。

(只不过。你以后也只是换一个人，把以前我们做过的事情再做一遍而已。你做那些事情的时候，是不是会想起我。我也没有什么遗憾了，该陪你做的事情我都做了。没有做的事情我曾经努力过的去做，只不过你没有答应。)

也许有一天，你回头了，而我却早已，不在那个路口。

结局和过程都有了，再去纠缠，连自己都觉得贪婪。

不停的写日记，我不知道停不住的究竟是笔，还是记忆。

我们说好一起老去看细水长流，却将成为别人的某某。

藏在心底的话并不是故意要去隐瞒，只是并不是所有的疼痛都可以呐喊。

人这一辈子，真爱有几回，而后即便再有如何缱绻的爱情，终究不会再伤筋动骨。

我对你，只有放弃，没有忘记。