hey, i just received good news. a good news that i've been waiting to hear since 4 years ago.

my sis has finally graduated. yeah!!!!

she graduated with 2nd class honours in Business Mgt. well, yeah, not 1st class honours, but i guess it's something. she's been busting her ass off for couple of years and now FINALLY, the qualifications're here to stay. damn im happy for her.

she's gonna have her convocation on the 4th of Sep. wooo...it's the exam week...but hey, ppl onli graduate on average once in their lifetime. so im not gonna miss this for the world. gonna see my sis in that dress...(wadeva you call it la). and gonna see her on stage getting her cert and stuff. would be kewl. some day, it would be my turn to wear tt "dress" and get my cert.

i hope it wun be such a formal event, i hate formal events. but in any case, i think i haf no choice but to go formal. i bet all the other people there are going formal as well. wearing polo t, jeans and sneakers would make me look weird at reception, heh. and yeah..reception!! wooo...deserts and pastry here i come!!!

anyway, im glad that my sis's finally a graduate. she's happy, and im even happier for her. mayb now she can concentrate more on her career and get tt job satisfaction, challenge and salary she always wanted.

Cheerios. my sis's a living example for me on the importance of hardwork. she busted her ass for this, i guess there's no easy way out eh? yeah, time to bust some ass baby! woooyeah....good grades here i come.....=D

i'm not realli sum1 who conscientiously reads the papers and stuff, but i woke up to an interesting morning today.

headlines on CNA, about Pope Benedict's comment made me stuck to CNA man. i just feel the need to blog abt this man. heh.

of course, i've done my reasearch and a bit of homework and yes i see where the anger and misunderstanding is coming from.

If you guys have a chance, go catch some excerpts on the Pope's speech on BBC website. that would give you a better picture of the speech. of course you wun get a chance to read the whole speech, that would take you like half an hour or so. not to mention, the person typing it would take like close to an hour, i guess..at the minimum.

anyway, in my view, the quote used in his speech by the Byzantine emperor, seriously, it's an inappropriate quote la. had i not read the excerpts, i would flare up too. i understand he juz wanted to denounce the r'ship b/w violence and religion, with regards to today's world where terrorism my muslim org reigns. but i think that's the inappropriate quote to use man. seriously.

erm, by quoting as such, it is as if, he shares the belief as the Byzantine emperor that the Muslim Prophet was indeed violent, which he was not. the quote cited was in reference to the Muslim Prophet Muhammad as being violent. it was a direct quote, and he used the quote directly to state how faith cannot be spread via violence. and that is sumtink pretty( in fact very) insulting.

what i tot was that he could haf used more modern examples now..(if he wanted to use them).

so yeah, i tink that's his major major mistake in the speech, but i dun realli deny that he had quite positive intentions. though, im not in a position to judge his view regarding religions.

well, that's that for the Pope. on the Muslim side, i realli dun tink that to protest thru violence is a good way to rid the stigma of Islam and violence. yeah, true, we demand apology from the Pope(which i think he should make an analysis of his speech on TV to prove his intentions and maybe even an apology) but, let the leaders handle that. the more we, Muslims, are enraged and infuriated, then technically, we've already kinda lost the credibility of being non-violent. you guys get what i mean?

tho today's world is filled w violent and all, call me cliche or corny, i still believe in the saying "Peace beget peace". it realli is true, we're not seeing this globally because people juz refuse to resolve via peaceful means. that's sad.

and i'm still quite disappointed that there are certain Muslim terms that are still not understood.
i seriously dun tink that 'jihad' specifically means "holy war". if i remembered correctly, wat i was taught was that, "jihad" is a form of "effort" or "sacrifice".

let's say for example, although it's raining like super heavily, i still feel enthusiastic and make my way to school. now that's a form of jihad. or if im sick and still go to school because i want to learn, that is another form of jihad cos it's a form of sacrifice, some sort. it doesnt necessarily need to be holy war. if they wanna use the term "holy war" then just use the term "holy war", leave "jihad" outta picture.

and one more, Prophet Muhammad, is not the founder of Islam. there were many prophets before him and he was the last Prophet there was. and there can be no other Prophet after Prophet Muhammad. why we refer to Prophet Muhammad as our Prophet because he is. He's the Prophet whom we, today's generation of Muslims and generations to come, will look up to, becos he's the last Prophet ever. that's why he's so significant. before Prophet Muhammad's era, there were other Prophets and they were significant during their time.

it's rare that i blog about global issue, but i tot this issue is realli rather interesting, a case of misunderstanding nearing extreme. ahah.

anyway, on a lighter note, this news is good content for GP, in case there's question on peace and discrimination and such.

this post is not a "hate" post to anyone, it's just my neutral view on how things were, and how tihngs should've been to actualli prevent this conflict between the Vatican and the Muslim world. i hope leaders learn from this mistake. it's all this one-liner mistakes that cause so much trouble in the world la. sad rite?

it's all in the details people. life is about details. take care!

Chariot by Gavin DeGraw

Staring at a maple leaf
Leaning on the mother treeI said to myself we all lost touch
Your favorite fruit is chocolate covered cherries
And seedless watermelon ohhhh
Nothing from the ground is good enough
Body rised
It puts over me

Oh chariot your golden waves
are walking down upon this face
Oh chariot I'm singing out loud
To guide me
Give me your…Strength

Remember seeking moons of birth
Rings made mirrors of the earth
The sun was just yellow energy
It is a living promise land
Even over fields of sand
City filled with burden
Cover me
From bringing back
More than a memory

You'll be my vacation away from this place
You know what I want
Holding that cup,
It's pouring over the sides
Make me wanna spend my under flights

ok, it's time. this is the final non-consequential exams that might affect our morale for the Big Fish yea.

dun tink i'll b blogging for 2 wks now.

so here's ALL THE VERY BEST to everyone taking their exams. may you get the grades that you've been working hard for. =)

cheerios!

(PS: for those who haven't been working that hard (like myself) you can still absorb lotsa more info in the days to come. yeah..all the best peeps. and yeah, rmb to stay healthy! )

heyhey, ok, gotta admit, haven't studied whole day today..damn..

veri hard le, aftnn is juz not my time for study...close to nil absorption. now's my time man...decided to blog juz b4 i start recapping my topics...heh...

kinda excited now tho, gonna haf a gig at Ben n Jerry's later. luv tt place. luv the atmosphere there, kinda cool. think im gonna start bobbing my head during performance like nobody's business. gotta feel the song man...and yeah, i feel by bobbing my head, legs and sumtimes my body...look awkward la..but wat the heck rite? im a musician..so yea..wadeva works for me eh?

went to Timbre for a gig, saw EIC. quite amazing, EIC's like a house band for Timbre as well as Walla Walla. I tink they're kewl. they've got their day jobs and they're veri good. realli realli shit freaking good. make me feel noobish. im picturing 6 years down the road when Zero Infinity hits the scene. it'll be realli cool. to perform. as pros. (not that we're not that pro now la) but we can be more proficient and be juz like EIC sum day.

wowee...better start on my revision for today...i'll c ya guys around. mug hard ppl...hehe...ciaoz!

heyhey, ok, gotta admit, haven't studied whole day today..damn..

veri hard le, aftnn is juz not my time for study...close to nil absorption. now's my time man...decided to blog juz b4 i start recapping my topics...heh...

kinda excited now tho, gonna haf a gig at Ben n Jerry's later. luv tt place. luv the atmosphere there, kinda cool. think im gonna start bobbing my head during performance like nobody's business. gotta feel the song man...and yeah, i feel by bobbing my head, legs and sumtimes my body...look awkward la..but wat the heck rite? im a musician..so yea..wadeva works for me eh?

went to Timbre for a gig, saw EIC. quite amazing, EIC's like a house band for Timbre as well as Walla Walla. I tink they're kewl. they've got their day jobs and they're veri good. realli realli shit freaking good. make me feel noobish. im picturing 6 years down the road when Zero Infinity hits the scene. it'll be realli cool. to perform. as pros. (not that we're not that pro now la) but we can be more proficient and be juz like EIC sum day.

wowee...better start on my revision for today...i'll c ya guys around. mug hard ppl...hehe...ciaoz!

hi! man, sat's a crazy day...one of the worst gigs of all time...gosh...anyway, shall not mention it...since it's a charity event...so yea...

suppose to be mugging..but all im doing is like reading thru my notes...im driving myself into hell man...gah...and so far..im still at chemistry..onli covered food chem and transition elements...maybe a bit of periodicity and its minions...

so not me to mug...wat the hell rite? for the sake of my Bs...ahaha...cant say As la...too unrealistic..though As would be pleasant...=D

oh ok..by now...u shud haf guessed that im juz smoking around...i'll leave you guys with this quote from "Boston Legal"....it's from a conversation between Danny Krane and Alan Shore at the balcony...

it's for those who wants to lead ur own life...but sumhow fear that you might be of bad example...here's a nice line..

Danny Krane: what kind of example are we setting here Alan?

Alan: we're not setting examples, we're just being true to who we are....

ok..gtg..ciaoz!