Thats a 33.3333% success rate....

(Photo by xvikingx (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7762281@N08/). Frankly, it was taken without permission :( )

Now, I know Im not shodan yet, and hence its illegal for me to do tsuki during shiai. However, seeing how during a normal practice session, I can only land 1/3 slow morote tsukis, its come to my attention that I need to put more lovin' on this technique.

Now for a moment of silence as my walls mourn for I shall be poking them pretty frequently from now on.

I FAIL

Not only I've failed to achieve H1 for my Linear Algebra.

Despite it being watered down, and having studied for 1 subject for a whole month.

I've also lost my charm (if I had any) when it comes to talking to pretty girls.

FAIL
:(

I shall bully myself tomorrow at training. Good night.

(And when I say bully, its probably going to involve throwing myself over and over at the opponent and not get broken)

PS: Just FYI even though you wouldnt know what I'm talking about. On Wednesday night, I had a pleasant training session. One of the more memorable ones in a while. During keiko I faced off Richard, Hiro, Ben, Russell, Eddy, and Kevin.C. Since it was a combination of junior-senior-junior sequence, I was able to somewhat fight with better spirits when fighting a senior while focusing on less tiring issues when fighting a junior. When I got to fight Kevin, I noticed he was pushing in for a men cut everytime. Strong spirit and all.

You could tell he was very tired, but he just kept up with it. Kiai-men-taiatari/zanshin, all the while maintaining the same level of aggression. It was just awesome. Along that point I decided to go all out as well. By the end of kirikaeshi I was pretty wasted, but felt the job was well done.

I really hope to be able to get myself to perform at that level

Someone once told me


" You dont have to dress up to feel good"


I beg to differ dear.
I felt awesome today.

Possibly because of what I wore.

The Rainbow Ejaculation

( Appearantly theres this dude called DJ Rainbow Ejaculation who's been around waaay before I came up with this title. Nevertheless I still thought I'd use this pic. Not that I have anything to do with him apart from the fact that this blog title is all about music)

I wanna go off and waste an hour of my life by challenging 3 AI controlled armies on hard in Generals and smash them, so I'll make this quick.

Ehem, here goes.

" There was a time when I listened to things, like pop, and bubblegum pop. The days when I didnt have any musical direction and merely followed my sister. I hate to admit it, but I listened to things like Westlife, Backstreet Boys and *shudder* Britney Spear.

:(

Sad days indeed..

The for a certain amount of time, I fell in love for the first time and neglected music. From there I experience for the first time the meaning of studying. Yes, I was a true nerd back then, and teachers pet as well. During that time I didnt listen to the radio at all.

Then when I was 12, I first heard of Linkin Park..... I thought they were too loud.

It wasnt till I was 15 when I started listening to music again. Probably was while staying at my friends place in Singapore ( to attend the haxzor LOTR convention, the only one in SEA) where I listened to Blink 182 and it caught my imagination. I remember staying awake for hours one night because the lyrics of " I Miss You" were stuck in my head.

That was a musical revival year for me, I really got keen with bands like Linkin Park and Green Day. Pretty funny how 3 years ago I shunned Linkin Park because I thought " In the End" was too "loud".

Small kid thoughts.

Then when I was 16, I began embracing punk music more. It probably also made some changes to me, I became more rebellious and stopped being the prick I was as a prefect. At 17, I began to start to care less about rules and all. 17 was a pretty awesome year, I began to listen to Hendrix, GnR, Sum 41, Nirvana. Yes, my choice of bands were pretty shit, but I started to stretch beyond my previous limits. Pretty awesome days.

(I still remember the time when my friend was stunned to find out that Hendrix was black.)

At 17 I came to Australia, and started moving in a different direction. The reign of loud angry music ended, and I started listening to more alternative rock. I had a better taste for softer slower rock instead of the fast loud stuff I used to listen to. Nevertheless, I still had a thing for angry music, Rammstein in particular.

But its here for the first time that I moved away from Rock. Viet introduced me to Daft Punk, before that I only knew them from "One More Time" which was played on Cartoon Network with the video from Interstellar 5555. For once I moved beyond rock, and into the world of house, techno and electronica.

Its funny how current day me listens to so much House. Personally I believe that my musical sense has changed alot. Bob Marley is totally awesome, and I dont really mind listening to the same beat over and over.

And Sneaky Sound System is just fabulous. :)

Speak up, I cant hear you

My right speaker just recently died.

Not quite died, the cable feeding it from the laptop has something wrong with it. Probably a snapped wire within, hence only my left speaker is getting feed while the right just plays static.

As a result, most of my songs have their guitar riffs omited.

No guitar riffs.

Its like... looking at psychedelic art in black and white.

Its ridiculous...

can you imagine it? All I hear is the bass, and the drum beat.

No guitar.

Do you have any idea how bad Free Bird sounds without the riffs? Its like 5 minutes of silence.

ITS AN OFFENCE TO HENDRIX!

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*Interestingly I happen to have this poster pinned up in my bedroom. Beside a calender (that my mum got for me) that has kittens all over it.

STUDY

Matrix Transform

To think I'll run into a comic strip related to my course.

This is so weird.

Step forwards.

They always say big things begin with a step forwards. They say that progress can not be made without that first step.



It makes sense now.

Seme (攻め, せめ?, "attack", "offense") is a Japanese martial arts term for a kind of psychological pressure. The seme is the one inflicting something on to the uke. It is also an attitude meant to disrupt the opponents sense of confidence and resolution, prior to an attack.
The term is mostly used in kendo. (Wikipedia)

Its pretty interesting to take a step closer to the opponent and see how they react. And hopefully fumble and create a window of oppertunity.


However at times, seme can be daunting. You know that by taking that small step forwards (or big step for greater effect and pressure), you're exposing yourself to be within the range/maai of the opponents cut. I think whats really important is you have to be willing to move yourself out of your comfort zone if you really want to achieve anything.


Should you fail, try again.

Should you succeed, make good use of that progress, continue on with zanshin.




*Damn, I should have eaten breakfast , I think Im going crazy.

Valentines

Roses are red;

Violets are blue;

All my bases

Are belong to you

Seriously, if I ever met a girl who understood it at first glance, I'd probably hesitate less to date her.

Somewhere along the edge of that bell curve is the girl for me.

*Everything above comes from xkcd, proud creator of wetriffs.com (not work safe)*

Overtaken

Green comes from blue.


Sometimes I wish I had CStar or something :\

Baseball!

So I was talking to a friend.



"Hey man, where are you up to now with your girlfriend"



" Ummm.... 2nd base?"



*For those have no clue, I've provided a map, not of my creation of course. And it contains loads of rubbish inside.

Sigh, he's up to second base.

I've never even been on the pitchers mound before. This is super sad :(

Oh wait, I've never been into the stadium before, let alone understand baseball.

I think Im gonna run off and cry in a corner, farewell.

[T]c,b vs Mammoth tanks and Ion Cannons.

And so I was there trying to grasp the concept of linear transformations involving ..... weird stuff...


when this tune came buzzing into my head.

And now it just expands and I'm getting a whole range of tunes.
Where do they come from you ask me?




Why Command and Conquer 1 (1995). Good ol days.
Did I mention CnC1 was my first and only original game bought. Until Orange Box in the end of 2007.

Thats 10 years of getting my games from the "aunty" store in Atria.
Loyal customer.

Frogrus: Charlie, you look quite down with your big fat eyes and your big fat frown. The world doesn't have to be so grey. Charlie, when your life's a mess, When you're feeling blue, always in distress, I know what can wash that sad away. All you have to do is...Put a banana in your ear!
Charlie: A banana in my ear?
Frogrus: Put a ripe banana right into your favourite ear! It's true.
Charlie: Says who?
Frogrus: So true. Once it's in your gloom will disappear. The bad in the world is hard to hear, When in your ear a banana cheers, So go and put a banana in your ear!
Frogrus and Bananas: Put a banana in your ear!
Charlie: I'd rather keep my ear clear.
Frogrus and Bananas: You'll ne'er be happy if you live your life in fear. It's true.
Charlie: Says you.
Frogrus and Bananas: So true. When it's in the skies are bright and clear. Oh every day of every year. The sun shines bright on this big blue sphere. So go and put a banana-
Frogrus: -in your earrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
(Frogrus disappeared in flames)
Charlie: Oh, of course, he burst into flames.

Lawyers

Q: The tooth fairy, an honest lawyer and an expensive dishonest lawyer are in the same room. There is $500 in cash on a table in the room. When they leave the money is gone. Who took it?

A: Since there is no such thing as the tooth fairy or an honest lawyer, the answer is obvious.






Q: How do you greet a judge with an IQ of 50?

A: Good morning, your honour.


That doesnt stop Boston Legal from being kickass.

Samurai..... Aerobics?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Aerobics

Its just somewhere between plain sad. And downright funny.


Awesome, shodan in 2 years.
Thats just really great !