9eek 9oddess' GRADUATION PICS!!! Yes finally. Pics from my graduation! Funny how it wasn't exciting to me anymore. Since I started work about 2 months back, it seemed like life has moved on... in quiscence.Me and my batchmates Time has crept up on me, I thought I would miss school life... but perhaps sometimes there is too much to think of that I hardly miss it. Perhaps once and again when my mind begins to wander, I reminisce about the days I wake up in the afternoon, and wile the day away with not a care in the world. Yes, I was once of those "pontang kias".... which proves that you don't have to necessarily attend classes to do well in school. A lot is personal effort. *but don't tell ur mother I said that, or take my word for it...*These are of course a number of people I'd like to thank:1) GOD - without whom nothing is possible.2) My parentsMummy & IDaddy & I3) My professors!Especially Dr. Eddie Tong... my mostest favourite-est professor!!!!Valerie and I showing our "psychological muscles"!4) MingWho "influenced" me to study hard despite spending so much time with him.... but we actually how how much time I really had left for studying after all the time with him... He says he passed me his intelligence.... *rolls eyes*Here, I'm between 2 Mings. Both my favourite Mings in the world. Mr. Ming Shen and Mr. Ming Wei. :) All of us go a looooooooong way back!5) My Super Uber Duper class/batch mates!!Shawn And IJeremy and I Val, Lynn & ILynn and IVal and I again...Gabriel, Raymond, Me & ValEsp to Raymond, who coloured my undergrad life... yes he was always so uber funny and being so freaking out of the box. Guess what, on graduation night, during the ceremony, he actually slapped high five to our dean. How cool is that. The rest of us were B-O-R-I-N-G.... With that said, there prolly are a thousand people I've missed, but it's just pretty uncanny to think that school life is over and done with and I've transited into the corporate world.THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER! POLISH PEOPLE HATE ME Polish people hate me. Polish people abso-effing-lutely hate me. Let me prove it. This week I got over 15000 hits on my pathetic blog. Ask me why? Thanks to the Polish dudes who have visited and left many nasty comment. Of course some good la... but then... alamak... why make me sounds to stooopid?I previously wrote this post, stating that Polar bears, I assumed were from Poland.Some one from there, apparently got wind of it and posted it on some blog aggregator. Thena ll hell broke loose,leading me to get a torrent of hate comments... REEKING WITH SARCASM!!! As you can tell, some of them are really sarcastic and... actually it was quite hilarious reading the comments. Some of them really seemed offended that I knew nuts about their contry.WHat do u guys know about Poland...?? SERIOUSLY... i don't remember being taught anything about it in school...p/s: sorry for not blogging for so long, work has been up to my neck. Party @ Timbre PART II Work has been insane... it's been a trying time, the learning curve has been steep. But I can say I SIMPLY LOVE IT. I love the challenge.... :)Here are some party pics over last weekend. Since I didn't manage to post all the last time around, here are the rest. Apologies for not blogging for so long.... I'll try to be more consitent, whenever work allows for time off :) For those going to NUFFNANG'S movie tomorrow, I'll see u there !Later Skaers!! XOXOXO Geek Goddess Show - Episode 3 & BLOOPERS! Yes, bloopers. But you have to watch until the very end to see them! SUper embarrassing. I was like "digging my nose".Anyways, Yes, EPISODE 3 is out!!! Wooooot! Watch this one -- we talk about virtual worlds in China as well as interview Daniel Cerventus Lim, founder of Ideapreneur.net.Also, I have a message for Singaporeans and foreigners who have some time to kill from today to 2 June!Yes, it is the time of the year again for International Museum Day (IMD). This year's celebration is smaller and more compact than last year, with 19 museums churning out close to 40 activities and events over three days. Happening 31 May to 2 June, IMD'08 places special focus on the three-tiered family, with activities like a Viet Fest at ACM which promises performances, tasty treats and exciting games all the way from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh to Singapore. There will also be free heritage trails along the historically rich Kampong Glam area as well as a special fun-filled experience for the family at the Singapore Discovery Centre.That's not all, entry to all NHB museums and most participating museums are FREE on 31 May (Saturday).In addition, to make heritage sweeter to members of the silver-haired community, all NHB museums will offer FREE ENTRY to seniors (aged 60 and above) EVERY MONDAY, 52 weeks a year! Its certainly a great time to encourage your parents/grandparents/aunties/uncles to visit Singapore's fascinating museums and relive the stories of their past.More details of what's happening at IMD'08 can be found here at the IMD'08 microsite:http://www.museums.com.sg/imd08/Have a g8 weekend and happy geeking!!!XOXOXO Later skaters! Isaac's Farewell Part @ Timbre (PICS) Shimei, Raine and Me!One of my ang moh friends, Issac Schwartz had his farewell party @ Timbre last night. Since my whole gang of girl friends knew him as well,we all decided to troops down together. It was funny meeting the guy Isaac "slept with".Well, the story goes, Issac is such a smooth guy that after meeting a guy at a club, he actually managed to persuade the guy to let him room at his house for 3 weeks while hunting for accomodation of his own. Yes, I know it sounds bad, but it really isn't that nasty... both of that are straight... (so far...)Me, Shimei, Raine, Zandra and Zan's friend... The 5 girls, just doing what we do best... acting cute... we're all actually 24 already, but still act cute... I think there were sooo many cute guys that night... haha some guy called David was really cute and such a sweetheart.. too bad he left early. Talking of which, this dude totally embarrased me when he asked me if I was interested in David -- right in front of his face.#$%^&* embarrassing can? And none of the girls defended me, they teased me!!! By the way, I was kicking Zandra in the ass for not hooking up with him...And then Raine was smart to snag pics with another hottie from M'sia, Imon. (pictured above with Raine.)But then.... of course, nothing beats girlfriends... But of course we don't mind eye candy.... seriously who does?? Ya, and Vinod stares blatantly at Zandra's breasts.... no one's surprised :")Yeap, one more shot of eye candy... pics taken by Zandra, clever girl!One more won't hurt right? :)We took tons more, I'll post them when Zandra darl sends them!Love u all! xoxo! p/s: Isaac I'll miss u, it was great having you in singapore... come back soon. we need talented ang mohs like u!!! (although u damn spoil market....) Genevieve's 25th birthday pics! Hey darlings, sorry I haven't been blogging.... starving you readers.I started work last Friday, so got a lot to learn and did I say a lot to learn!! I quite love my work!! :) Anyway here's some pics of Gen's 25th birthday party! Happy Birthday babe!!!! We went to Chijmes to celebrate on Sunday night and THANK GOD Monday was a public holiday!!!Happy Birthday Gen!Gen, Ming and I :)Gen and Ben - soooo schweeet!!!Alex with the girls... now why am I not suprised???Gen, Ming and I again....Gen with her shuai -ges (handsome guys)I promise i'll blog more this weekend. Now, it's just pics to show for k??? Enjoy... love u all! Geek Goddess Show Episode 2 - My after thoughts Yes! Episode 2 is here!!! check it out! This time, we want to let viewers know that we're listening and we've made minor tweaks to reflect more of what viewers want. The session is all about china based video, venture funds raising pertaining to these mega video sharing sites as well as we share insights on how to clone a facebook of your own! :) And finally we read your emails!!!!!!!! :) This episode was quite tough for me to film as my exams was a couple of days away. As you can see, I'm pretty stressed. Plus on the day of filming, well, it was Mother's Day!!! So we had to chop chop culli pok film so I could head to my granny's birthday cum mother's day celebration. I'm glad exams are over.... and I'm officially a graduate!!! yay!!!! Means no more NUS! But then again... I'm filled with a tinge of sadness - no more 3 day weeks ;( and this marks a new chapter of my life.... Part of me is happy but part of me really never wants to grow up for some reason. There is this liberation with being a child forever, the freedom, the lack of responsibilities, the late night MSN chats and the sleeping in. Then again, I'm excited at the prospects of starting this new chapter. It's really bittersweet.... Any one of you guys just graduated as well? What are your thoughts? 9eek 9oddess' take on Blogger's Treat Watch 9eek 9oddess as guest blogger on Episode 3 of Blogger's Treats! Well, it was a great surprise to me actually to be featured on blogger's treat. The truth was that... it wasn't mean to be me!!!! *sobs*. Andrew Peters was supposed to be the "star blogger", but at the last minute, he had a small accident (feel sorry for andrew)... and yaaaaaayyy I get to bring Sabrina to the Geek Terminal :) *3 cheers* (I don't mean this in a meanie tone!)Thanks to Mike, Aaron and Princessa, they made me feel so loved and... who can reject free gooood food? Hee hee... sorry for being cheap, but I just loved watching Danny work his magic on the coffee machine. Sexy huh? ...I hope you guys like Blogger's Treat. Over that last weekend as well, I managed to film another episode of The Geek Goddess Show. I'll post the clip up tomorrow so stay tuned!!! For those who can't wait, I already have it on my facebook page!Love u all darlingsss!! xoxoxo Singapore succeeds at EVERYTHING - except DATING Yes, it's sad but true. Singaporeans succeed at everything - except dating. Well, not that I had to mention it, but last week, the International Herald Tribune reported this on their Asian highlight. True or not? Well, read on for their argument...Students at Singapore Polytechnic during a class intended by the government to help set off romance among young people. (Pic taken from The International Herald Tribune)Well, apparently, as reported, students from Singapore Poly had a sort of "college mixer", to help the males and females interact to boost chances of them dating. They had assembled for the first class of "Love Relations for Life: A Journey of Romance, Love and Sexuality."The course, which is in its second year at two polytechnic institutes, is the latest of many, mostly futile, campaigns by the government to get its citizens to mate and multiply. Its popularity last year has led to talk of expansion through the higher education system. "We want to tell students: Don't wait until you have built up your career, SOMETIMES IT'S TOO LATE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GIRLS"Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, minister of state for community development, youth and sports, said at a news conference last month.The courses are an extension of government matchmaking programs that try to address the twin challenges embodied in a falling birthrate: Too few people are having babies and too few of those who are belong to what Singapore considers the genetically desirable educated elite. For 25 years, the mating rituals organized by the government - tea dances, wine tasting, cooking classes, cruises, screenings of romantic movies - have been among the country's least-successful social engineering programs. Last year Singapore's fertility rate fell to a recordlow of 1.24 children per woman!"Some people say if you're a smart guy you should marry a smart woman who can help you with your finances and career," said Chan, whose agency is called Club2040 and who has worked under contract for the Social Development Unit.eStee Thinks: Definitely, couples should complement each other, but having similar interests may not be the be all and end all of a successful relationship. It takes more work than that. I've seen people who complement each other break up down the road and also have seen couples who seem as different as 2 end of the spectrum last a long time as well. It's not cookie cutter!Three 20-year-old graduates from last year's inaugural course at Singapore Polytechnic still seemed imbued more with "kiasu" than romance. Despite everything their teachers had told them about multitasking work and love, none was in a relationship. And nothing they had heard in class seemed to have dented their stereotypes about the opposite sex. "I'm not open to relationships in school. Boys in school are not my cup of tea. They are male chauvinist pigs. They're annoying and childish. And they won't give in to you. They're just not mature." said Wei Shan Koh, a former student who works as a teacher's aide. eStee Thinks: Well Weishan, I honestly think you're childish too. I know we all talk about equality and all that but if you aren't able to respect a man or give a man the respect he deserves, then you won't go anywhere. As much as women claim to be equals, we have to accept that men can be better than us in certain areas and likewise. If you want to talk so much about chauvinism, then why don't you go enlist yourself into 2 years into the army then come back and act macho... "I think girls' ideas are a bit childish, or you might say girlie. It's a matter of pride. Guys are more outspoken. We don't like a girl to be more outspoken." said Tian, who hopes to become an engineer.eStee Thinks: Darling Tian, if you want a girl who talks less than u, then go marry a Barbie Doll k? Kamal Prakash, who hopes to be a lecturer in mathematics, gave voice to what appears to be the common theme here, both among young people and their elders. "I am not interested now in love relations because I want to continue my studies. If I concentrate on love relations, I won't be able to concentrate on my studies."eStee thinks: Every stage of your life, you'll be busy with something. After this, it'll be work. Are you going to say then that you'll wait until you retire before you start scouting? Hun, multi tasking is good practice now for the future... Singapore's childbearing age, is one of the lowest in the world and the 28th year in a row it has stayed below the rate of 2.5 children needed to maintain the population. But even a replacement-level rate would not be enough for today's planners. The government recently announced that it was aiming to increase the population by 40 percent over the next half century, to 6.5 million from the current 4.5 million. "Teaching our youth in school how to fall in love" is a good solution, wrote Andy Ho, a senior writer at The Straits Times, a government-friendly newspaper that does its best to help out in Singapore's many campaigns. In 1991, for example, when the government began1) offering cash bonuses to couples with more than two children2) Newspaper printed tips for having sex in the back seat of a car 3) Directions to some of the "darkest, most secluded and most romantic spots" for parking. It suggested covering the windows with newspapers for privacy.Singapore is known for its campaigns to get residents to be polite, to smile, to be tidy, to speak proper English and not to chew gum. In 1984, the country's master planner, then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, declared that too few of the country's most eligible women - the ones with college degrees - were marrying and having children.But in Singapore it is impossible to get very far from thoughts of money and the workplace. These guys may have other things on their minds besides romance and babies. :( Thanks to International Tribune for article..Any bright ideas to help Singaporeans MATE? Post Party Pics @ New Asia Bar!!! Soooo finally exams are over and I'm sharing some party pics.... and OMG it's back to being able to resume my social life. Not like I had much to begin with, but we threw Hadi a birthday PAARRTTYYY on Friday night at New Asia Bar. I hadn't slept a wink the night before due to my Psych paper -- which happens to be my very very last!!!!! *phew*... after 5 years in NUS, I'e been finally set free. I feel like a criminal release from what seemed a life time sentence...Ok, but not really la, I'm glad to be done with this phase of my life -- it wasn't that bad, really. I'm just happy it's over and I'm excited to start work on Friday!!! (and also looking forward to the long weekend after that)It's gonna be hard naming everyone in this shot, but I'll try.... Bottom Row (L to R): Hadi (bday boy) and Junkang; Middle row (L to R) : Raine, Shimei, Isaac (my friend whom I meet at UPenn), and me! Top row (L to R): Scott and Abu Hadi bought so much drinks and at the end, Jason (not pictured) bought 20 shots and demanded for us to finish it before he allowed us to leave. Being a non-drinker, Raine kindly obliged to drink on my behalf. Yea, I know, none of the guys came to my rescue!!! Yea, my savior, Raine, 3rd from left.... it's just awesome how we all got to be friends, through different connetions :) Us 3 girls :) Final shot. I have tons more pic to post from the party, but then Isacc my dear friend from Wharton school of business -yea u'd think him to be an intellectual crackhead-, does not know how to zip files and send them via email or Yousendit. I have to seriously say to him, " WAH LAU EH, UNCLE, MAI GONG CHIO WEI"... which translates into " Uncles, don't joke can?"I'll post more pics once I give Isaac a computer lesson or 2... BAH...XOXO, LATER SKATERS! WHY some guys BOHJEE : 9eek 9oddess' Theory For my readers who have already read this post, Ian wrote a rebuttal to this post.Click HERE to read. If you haven't yet read this post of mine, please read it...I recently wrote an entry about the sad breakdown of my 1st relationship... which really changed my way of seeing the world. One of my readers commented on it and I would like to give my theory of... WHY GUYS NEED TO ACT MACHOSo we hear of guys up and leaving their long time gfs for some short whirlwind relationship with some TRAMP.... and we wonder how someone can give up something they took so long to establish. Perhaps they were bored? I don't know, and I can never know. But that's a story for another day.An anonymous reader commented in my previous post and I quote:"Hello estee, I am an occasional follower of your thread, and I couldn't help but share some thoughts with you. You know something? A few days ago, I was catching up with some guy pals, and they said the most insensitive things in my presence, perhaps they thought that a girl who's just 'one of the guys' wouldn't mind. One of the guys commented that his female friend just broke up. This other MCP started the ball rolling by saying that"You don't know meh? Alot of guys just to have a f**k buddy, you think they really want to stick with their girlfriends faithfully forever meh? Don't be silly lah, s'pore guys won't settle down with the last fling until they reach 35. And never get those clingy GFs, they will commit suicide if you dump them, just get one that you can f**k and dump, who cares about commitment?"estee, you tell me...very painful to hear right? I suspect alot of guys are like this, well, at least those who look 'passable'. the other option would be the CMI geeks. Tell me, what is a girl to do in sg? How to find a good guy who doesn't have the intention to f**k and dump?...sigh...I was extremely flabbergasted by the above sentence, which i put in BOLD...I believe that the kind of guy who say this can be simply categorized into 2 groups. I will follow to dispense my own theory... which might offend many guys, or you might think it to be myopic, but if you want to argue with it, go write another blog post of your own -- I didn't force you to read mine.Of course there is another group who will not have the audacity to say such a thing aloud, but still are not willing to commit. These guys are OK in my books, because, you have to give it to them, they have the choice of waiting for the one or looking hard until they are sure. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.Back to the above mentioned statement, the 2 groups of guys are...1. The ones that really mean itA guy who has said the following comment could really sincerely mean it. Now let's not call him a hypocrite and give him the benefit of the doubt.What crosses the line for me is the fact that he outrightly says this, in front of his friends. These dudes truly do not believe in commitment. Because they think they are at the upperhand (which I might admit in most relationship, a girl looses out more), they see themselves as invincible and have the genetically endowed right to play (read: chop off his dick pls!).These punks, can be further subgrouped into beinga) Very young and immatureI believe that a truly mature guy will not even say or think this. Why, you ask? Because a relationship is based on trust and is mutual. It is not about one person taking advantage of another or fighting to get the upperhand, or seeing who loves who more. Please give me a break. If you think you want to dwindle your youth away being a player until you are finally "forced" to commit to one person because your time is up, then I'm sorry hunnybuns, all the best fishes will be taken up and u will be left with not much selection. Then you can start envying your other guys friends who managed to snag their chicks from young and build up a REAL relationship.Either that, you will find that girls aren't stupid. We actually learn. If we know a guy has had a string of relationship and all of them have ended with him being unfaithful, why the hoot will we want to trust you and start anything with you? Despite that glib of a gap you have, we have much more of a brain than the puny size of your dick.Conclusion: The guy ends up old and lonely, or if he finally commits when he reaches a ripe old age, it'll be the story of Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall. If you aren't rich when you are old, you can forget about getting some boobs. Yea, you get my drift yea?b) JadedI don't exactly blame a jaded guy for saying this. In fact I want to take him in my bosom, hold him and hug him, while telling him everything will be alright. PUI, PUI, PUI!But really, these boys (yes I use the word boys, argh perhaps I'm too harsh) probably have been dumped before by some gorgeous girl, whom they thought was the one (and obviously never deserved at all) and left broken to bleed on the shards of glass on his bed of broken love..Yeap, these guys are in denial, and they "fool" themselves into believing that playing around will prevent them from getting their oh so sorry hearts broken.Please give me a break. Conclusion: The guy ends up old and lonely, or if he finally commits when he reaches a ripe old age, it'll be the story of Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall. If you aren't rich when you are old, you can forget about getting some boobs. Yea, you get my drift yea?c) Never loved beforeThis is the 3rd subgroup. But I don't really blame them because they have never known what real love is before. They possibly might have been together with a girl before, but never really experienced what being in a REAL relationship is like. Because of their lack of experience in this arena, they "cover" up this insecurity and excuse the fact, or convince themselves, for that matter that single is good, because they can play.This group is an exception, because I really feel that once they have experience love with someone else, their mindset will change. They only feel this way temporarily and it is born out of pure inexperience.Conclusion: You never know love until you actually fall in it. Yeap, you fall, you can't control it. You don't walk into love, you fall, and you can't help yourself.2. Would never cheat on girlfriend Now I come to the 2nd group of guys. The 2nd group who actually dares to say something like the quoted statement from my reader can only be described with one word.BOH JEEYup, you heard me right. He ain't got no balls. The thing is that he already has a gf but is so freaking whipped and henpecked, that in front of her, he has no choice but to act submissive. Well, disclaimer here is that being submissive and being compromising and understanding are VERY different. One cannot be mistaken for the other please. (this will entail another blogpost... BAH)This dude will have to pretend to be macho in front of his guy pals to "reclaim" his position in his friend's eyes. Perhaps they have long seen him as whipped and to bolster his own self esteem, he has to act out to convince those around him that he still has a shred of di(ck)nity left.But seriously, he would never dare to cheat on his girlfriend.Conclusion: BOHJEE guys' friends see through his act. They just ignore him because if they give him problem and his gf finds out, his gf will give this bohjee guy problem. Then his friends will have to find someway of bailing him out (again). Since they are friend enough, they "one ear in, one ear out"...I don't know how accurate this theory is, but I thought it up on the fly on the way back from my exam hall yesterday. See, I waste all my brain cells to think this up instead of studying.... >_2 more papers to go! Heartbroken... Torn Up... Tired of Tears When ever I check my facebook, I get a whole list of updates...Recently a friend, not close at all, broke up with her boyfriend. And it got me thinking about what happened to me years ago, with my first bf. I know I shouldn't always harp on it, I've blogged a trillion times about him, but somehow, when I think of heartbreak, his face appears on in my mind.I remember thinking he was my first and ONLY love, how silly huh? But then my dreams got shattered when somehow he decided to make a unilateral decision to get out of my life. I was left lost... he left without a tear, and I was broken, because I had all my hopes pinned on him. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for me -- or so I thought.I never thought I'd get over him... the nights I thought I would just disappear into nothingness because of the void he left. The nights I was haunted by his face, the hours I spent next to my phone, waiting for the phone to ring, and when it did, it was never his voice...I remember being haunted by the thoughts of how I was EVER going to find someone again...And when I see that this friend of mine is going through all this pain... considering the relationship lasted for I'm guessing about 4 plus years, I can't help but feel tears well in my eyes. I've been there, haven't I?I can seriously never understand how someone can just throw years of time spent together just like that, as if nothing ever happened, throw away and burn years of memories.... how could anyone be human if they did that???? Unless, they never really loved you to begin with???I know, most of my posts are filled with pink pretty pictures or happiness, but this doesn't warren for one, my emotions run too deep.Trying to get someone to get over another person truly is easier said than done. I remember it being almost impossible. And when I met the girl whom my ex left me for, I distinctly remember thinking to myself, that she was so different from me. I didn't hate her, I wasn't envious. In fact I was curious.... What made him leave? Was I not good enough... I remember this girl to be pretty and quite a charmer, party animal and all... and I never fitted that mould. Perhaps I was too boring and cookie cutter?The thing about girls is that we go on and on, blaming ourselves sometimes for the disintegration of a relationship... was it me? what did I do wrong? Why wasn't I better? And you know what? You just have to tell yourself to SHUT THE FUCK UP.Especially when the other person left because he just didn't know what he had then and there. Perhaps, he wanted wings to fly.... perhaps he just wanted more fun.I don't know how to comfort a heartbroken person so much, but I can surely say that I've had my fair share of heartbreaks.But now years later, when I look back, I can swear that I say this with no tinge of sour grape-ness, I'm glad it's over. We are now so different, we've chosen completely different paths, different goals and different visions. And I'm just so glad he walked away because through the pain I learnt what I really wanted (or didn't want) in a guy..On hindsight, I'm really glad I walked the path I did because if not for that, I would never have been as happy as I am today and I wouldn't be able to meet someone new. Someone who knows how to love me the way I want to be loved. Most importantly, someone I can trust.For all those heartbroken souls, things happen for a purpose, and years later when you look back, you're going to smile on your hurt.Keep your head high! Someone said I Look like XiaXue - Really meh? I was looking through the referrals on my Nuffnang Analytics site and was drawn to this site. Apparently, over 200 clicks were referred through this forum thread on hardware zone. Someone commented that I looked like Xiaxue a.k.a Wendy Cheng.It started out when I posted a blog entry on some mysterious happenings outside NUS LT10. Then somehow, it spun out of control and led to some mish mash of my entry plus some entry about some crazy girl accusing a guy of rape bla bla bla...Anyway back to the point of this post, I'm attaching the screen shot and providing you with the link.The first forum post highlighting my blog postObviously not many people know 9eek9oddessDon't know 9eek 9oddess that means of course not celebrity la... >_First time someone on forum say I pretty can? Normally kennah slam one...Then someone else replies to say I look ike Xiaxue. (must squint your eyes to see the bottom of the above pic)Gnaloaijnar: Wah lau, don't have to bring XX in right? :( Cookiecookie: Your GG look like XX mah... Print out and paste it @ your backside la :)It's funny how forums can use such colloquial language, it's actually funny readingThis person obviously disgrees...I just found it very interesting how forum topics can just evolve out of the initial context, but I guess that's the fun of participating in forums, it's just a surprise at every turn. Anyways, I'm friends with Wendy and I honestly am not bothered by being compared to looking like her.She is quite pretty in person actually. Plus she's got a real spunky character to boot. Some people might not like her because she is direct and honest, and I think in fact that is her most endearing trait. She can say what she want without fear of reproach.Sometimes I wish I was more like that... then perhaps I won't be so hurt by the nasty comments and accusations of others. But I digress anyway, I seriously don't think I look like Wendy, no matter how I try to compare.... hmmmmm... Geek Goddess Show Episode 1 - LAUNCHES TODAY, WATCH HERE Finally guys, after months of discussion, and weeks of procrastination, THE GEEK GODDESS SHOW is up and running. Watch the very first episode now!We're a podcast that gives you info about web happenings and technology with an ASIAN perspective. We've heard of many US and EU podcasts but few local ones, so there was an apparent gap to fill. Your hosts Peter and I, will be delivering to you nugget bite information about what's happening in the tech space all around us!These podcasts will be hosted on podfire.sg, which will be an aggregator for other podcasts like Blogger's Treat and 65Bits. Also in time, more channels will be streamed, ranging from football news to, perhaps, shopping! :) The Geek Goddess Show: Episode 1 from Geek Goddess Show on Vimeo.Special thanks to our producers Mike Cheng and Bernard Leong!!Please give your comments, be it good or bad. We know we have a lot to work on like on sreen chemistry and delivery of information, but we're working hard on it. Hope you'll tune in next week!!!Later skaters! In need of an EXAM BREAK? I have just the solution. Exams are a particularly stressful time. You know your head is going to blow when your head blows and its too late. Yea, I'm not making sense. Anyways, click here if your a smart woman or if you're a man who isn't easily offended. Sure to blow exam blues away! It did for me!!! Caution: Causes one to laugh uncontrollably...OFFICE ARITHMETIC Smart boss + smart employee = profit Smart boss + dumb employee = production Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime _____________________________ SHOPPING MATHA man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need._____________________________GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICSA woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.A successful woman is one who can find such a man._____________________________HAPPINESS To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.______________________________LONGEVITY Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.______________________________PROPENSITY TO CHANGEA woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does._____________________________DISCUSSION TECHNIQUEA woman has the last word in any argument.Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument._____________________________ HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIEDOld aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, 'You're next.' They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals. _____________________________ ROMANCE MATHEMATICSSmart man + smart woman = romanceSmart man + dumb woman = affairDumb man + smart woman = marriageDumb man + dumb woman = pregnancyGood luck to ALL STUDENTS having exams!!! 9eek 9oddess Show & Blogger's Treats -- On Scene Shoots Yes, after much procrastination, we have finally commenced shoot on the 9eek 9oddess Show. Bernard Leong and Mike Cheng are the producers of this show. In US and EU, we know of many podcasts sharing knowledge about web news and latest technology... how ever in Asia, there are but a couple.Where else to film right? Back to the very familiar Geek Terminal, right smack in the middle of the CBD area!!! Many bloggers are very used to this place already, many product launches have been held here...The 9eek 9oddess Show is the brainchild of both Bernard and Michael, with the latter doubling up as camera man as well. They have done a great job with helping Peter, my co-host and I, with the content generation.When we were filming at Geek Terminal, the tech65 guys were there as well, and thanks to them, we managed to get some very useful input.This is me, in the process of filming. There is a huge difficulty in trying to be natural and trying to know the content you are supposed to deliver. It's TOUGH. Although I've done hosting and stuff before, this perhaps is another ball game altogether. New rules of the game like having to always look at the camera and making sure your microphone is x-inches away from your mouth...Yes, I have to admit, I AM N-G (NO GOOD) QUEEN.I kept having to reshoot my takes because either I'm fumbling my lines or I'm swaying all over the place. Mike had to replay one of my shoots to highlight the fact that I'm like on the titanic, swaying from side to side -- something I didn't know at alllll!!!!! :SAnyways, the highlight of the day was actually meeting Sabrina and Aaron. They were on shoot for Blogger's Treat as well. Mike is helping them to film as well and we will be soon launched on Podfire.sg. We're all pretty psyched up, really.Sabrina, above!Sabrina and Aaron were kind enough to allow me to be in an episode, where we tasted food from where else, the Geek Terminal!!! Here are some of the pics.Interviewing Danny on his coffee making skills!Aaron says this is my "act cute" moment... :( BLAHHeave ho... heave ho... u go girl!Then finally it was the fooooooood!Grilled Chicken Chop, Geek Terminal's favourite dish.Then Geek's platter, a mix of finger foods.TIME FOR US TO TUCK IN!!!!ARGH, I KEEP TRYING TO REMEMBER TO BLOG ABOUT MY JAPAN TRIP SO SO MANY THINGS HAVE CROPPED UP, PLUS EXAMS ARE LOOMING, BUT I PROMISE TO DO SO, STAY TUNED!!!!STAY TUNED FOR THE 9EEK 9ODDESS SHOW & BLOGGER'S TREAT! Kenny Sia & Sam in Singapore Over last weekend, Kenny Sia and Samantha visited town.It was really cool because, thanks to Daryl, I received complementary tickets to the Directions08 conference, where he was on a panel with Kenny Sia discussing new media.I thought it was a pretty decently run conference plus it was great to be of support to Kenny and Daryl. I also to the pleasure of getting to know Samantha. Was very glad to have met her -- we cliqued really well. Discussing everything under the sun from shopping, to boys, and yea everything down under :)These are a couple of shots with Boss Ming at Chong Qing hot pot having dinner.I've come to the conclusion that, yes indeed I really do like meeting new people!Will post up my Japan pics soon! Love Love! This morning, I CRIED... Perhaps sorrow can be a good thing... This morning, I CRIED... I count myself a very emotional person. I can cry very easily but the smallest things make me happy as well. This morning I received news of the passing of Uncle Desouza. It was just 3+ days ago that he was admitted into hospital and this morning. Details are vague but he suffered from a viral attack, when lead to the discovery of a blood clot in his lungs.. During the operation to remove the clot, somehow something happened and he didn't make it through the night. He slipped silently away into the arms of a higher being.My parents have been trying to bring him and his wife to church for their attempts for the past 30 ish over years have not reaped any fruits. (This is not going to be a preachy-teachy blogpost, don't worry).My mother called to tell me to tell me of the news this morning and told me my father was very sad and was crying. Her voice sounded crackled as well. I guess I understand the pain -- my dad had spent the last 30 ish years knowing Desouza and they have spent daily lunches together. Once in a while, we could all go out together for a meal or he would ever so often pop by my house when he was working with my dad. I think, my dad treated him as a very good friend. I mean, they had spent a huge amount of their lives knowing each other -- and I think they understood each other through and through.Desouza was only 68. My dad and I just had a conversation about him on Sunday night, the night he was admitted into hospital. It's ironical. Inronically unfair.When I heard the news, my heart sunk. I don't know why it did. I didn't know him that well or wasn't too close to him, but perhaps I was saddened by the wife he had left behind. Also I was sad at the fact that the people I cared about were sad. I absolutely hate it when the people I love are sad and the thought of that itself is enough to drive me to tears.I found myself sobbing incessantly, as if some larger force had overcome me. The transcience of life. Doesn't it suck? As much as I tried to stop, I just couldn't and I logged on to MSN to attempt to speak with my sister. Perhaps she was one who could comfort me because she too, knew Desouza and although she was half a world away, it made me feel that someone understood.I hate the passing of people. Absolutely.But the tears kept flowing, and I had to hold my breathe to stop the sobbing -- I didn't want my eyes to swell up and nose to run like no tomorrow.Then it hit me, how some small things can affect us the most. It it's all about riding on our misery in hope for better days ahead.Perhaps sorrow may not be such a bad thing if through sorrow, we find inspiration for greater things.Sometimes happiness is just so near, but our hands are soiled by memories of us doing wrong things. Our mind tells us we can't when, happiness is for everyone. We defeat ourselves before we even try.People around tell us we can't; beat us down.... sometimes we have to learn to block out what the world says and listen to the music of our heart.Learn to love ourselves for what we are and stop criticizing or targeting ourselves. Just for the littlest of mistakes. If you don't love yourself, who will?It's time to take off that facade -- that just doesn't fit.Or wish for something you don't have...Or try to fit into someone else's shoes... just to please others, but not yourself...And don't try to find the exit in to your problems, sometimes the best is to face it, head on.Dwelling in misery boxes noone up but yourself...And locks you to your problems. LOCKS.Poisoning your own thought with negativity never did anyone good. Rubbish in, rubbish out.And your load only gets heavier... and heavier, dragging you down...In the end you're your own prisoner, not anyone else's.The solution may just sometimes lie in chopping off the source of the problem, although it hurts, being a bad relationship, a bad experience, or a bad ....A bad bad addiction...Pick yourself up, stop crying over spilt milk or miscarried dreams.You can only achieve great things if you aim high....This kinda detracted from a very sad post to something very uplifting. Perhaps because by some stroke of luck, while I was trying out this initially sad post, I came across these pictures and although they seemed at first to be unrelated to anything, I started to think about things in a brighter fashion.Would like to leave you readers with a little clip, which made me laugh out loud. Perhaps life is better than I think it to be, and... there will be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.Maybe after all, I really am very temperamental.... : / 5 Reasons Why Couples FIGHT... and BREAK UP No, I'm no LOVE guru, hardly am close to one, but over the last week or so, I've encountered friends of mine, either having HUGEASS arguments with their partners leading to MAKE UPs or, unfortunately BREAK UPs.And I've spent a huge portion of my time, lamenting at the outcome of their fights, and wondering why people just can't seem to solve their differences. - if they claim their love for each other is as deep as the valleys.Like I said, I'm no guru, but from my (little, almost) experience, I hope to shed a bit of light. 1) Misaligned expectationsI remember distinctly with my first boyfriend, we used to fight because I felt I spent too little time with him. He used to like hanging out with his guy friends over me (or so I thought, but hey I was right OK). As a result, I felt neglected and hated playing 2nd fiddle to his friends. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I hated hanging out with his friends or anything, but it's just he very neatly dichotomized "me" time and "guy friends" time. There was no intersection, whatsoever. Thus since I always expected to spend #XX days with this fella a week, I would end up spending only #XX-Y time with him, which fueled my frustrations and when I vented it out, he would get upset and distance himself. He reasoned that I should not demand for that much of his time.... Thus the slow decomposition of our relationship -- he really broke my (very fragile) heart. But alas, first love is always the most memorable right?Lesson Learnt: Set expectations right concerning things which matterIf you're unhappy about spending insufficient time with someone, set things straight. For example, I find setting a schedule formal but very effective. Say for example, make things clear like "Will it be OK if we spend every SAT and FRI evening together and the rest of the time, we can plan on the fly?" This ensures that your expectations are in sync and if one needs to back out before hand, it is common courtesy to give advance warning (instead of pulling out last minute)...2) Different LOVE languagesI commonly hear girls saying, "He NEVER buys me anything... he's so cheapskate. I don't think he loves me anymore". Now dear dear, I pretty much laugh at that! What she doesn't see is the fact he drives her around and picks her up from work and always hugs her and kiss her!Lesson Learnt: Understand your partner's LOVE languageChapman's 5 love languages include: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, physical touch. Different people show love and expect love to be showed in different ways. And because of point #1, misaligned expectations, we expect our partners to show love the way we THINK love should be shown. Very often, we are different, so understanding someone else's love language can go along way...E.g., My father is not a gift person but he is an acts of service person to my mom, and my mom is a gifts person - they've been married for almost 30 yrs!3) Unwillingness to Compromise Admittedly, this is a huge issue for me. People tell em I'm stubborn and hell yeah I am. I like to say what I like and I like what I say (tongue twister hey?) Many of my fights have started and brewed because of an unwillingness for either party to back down and admit their fault. (many times both of them are wrong).Lesson Learnt: Don't force your opinions down someone else's throatThere is such a thing as "ageeing to disagree". I know, I know, it sounds so oxymoronic, but that's what it exactly means. Differences in opinions may never converge but perhaps, convergence is not the main aim. Maybe what would be a more plausible solution is to respect what the other person is saying and think of a second what the other person means. Then try to integrate some parts of it into your own viewpoint. You don't have to swallow everything, that's not compromise! Oh yes, saying sorry often helps.Sometimes I often apologize for having the fight escalating to a certain level, so I apologize for the fight ensueing but give no apology for the reasont he fight started. So far that has never worked before though, haha someone help?4) Lack of communication (Assumptions)"I thought you would understand my actions", "I thought you knew me better than that", "I though you would know that I was feeling that way" FUCK. FUCK. FUCK. The men do not get it. They do not know or understand -- stop assuming they do.Lesson Learnt: TALK, TALK, TALK (speak up, dammit)They just don't. Men, unlike women, need things spelt out for them. Don't expect them to be extra sweet because you think they know you had a bad day at work. Men DO NOT have ANTENNA of any sort. In fact, if you want something, ask for it. If you expect anything, tell him. Please, don't be such a goondo and get your heart broken due to assumptions. Men's brains aren't hardwired to predict the future a.k.a more often then not they are insensitive... (there I said it, no reproach pls!)Sometimes females just need to S-P-E-L-L T-H-I-N-G-S O-U-T!!!5) Lack of LAUGHSDo you know that the hormone "oxytocin" gets produced everytime we hahahaahahehehahaha? Yes that's right. It's the hormone implicated for the bonding between a child and a mother during breastfeeding. Oxytocin helps to create a bond and increase love between 2 people. Indeed, yes it is also the hormone that causes an orgasm in females. So throw that vibrator away and start watching comedies -- I swear by "Kids says the darndest things", "Just for laughs", and the very old school "Friends" and "Seinfield".Lesson Learnt: Learn to laugh at the simplest thingsA laugh a day keeps the doctor away. Yeap, you don't need an apple anymore if you begin to laugh at yourself, and the both of you. You'll never realise how silly things can get once you start thinking about things. Happy HAHA-ING! Here's wishing you couples success in whatever you endeavour! CHEERS! Is your BOYFRIEND always JEALOUS? Here's why... Have you ever wondered why your boyfriend is so easily jealous?You go out with your friends and he thinks you're going out with some other guy. Even if it's just for a while, he can't seem to trust you... or let you out of his sight.. I HAVE THE ANSWER FOR YOU!Well, on the flip side, for that matter, jealousy probably can also be tagged to your girlfriend (if your a male and reading this), but in your case, unfortunately, I can't explain why...I used to have a bf who got jealous very easily. I remember I couldn't even so much as talk to his friends without getting accused for flirting. Perhaps then I was young - yes only 17 - and thinking that I was invincible. Sometimes, his petty little tantrums about my apparent flirtatiousness got me irked, especially if it lead to a full blown fight. But at the back of my mind I didn't mind too much -- at least to me, it was a sign of love. Yes, I know I'm warped but how you you know if your bf loves you if he doesn't give a flying ratsass about you hanging out with "competitors"?Then my 2nd bf was pretty lasaire fair - but this is a totally new blog page/chapter altogether...Now let's go on to explain your bf's jealousy...A recent report on BBC news on the 12 March this year claimed that studies showed that...Short men 'are the most jealousYup, you heard/read me right... Short men are the most likely to be jealous, scientists believe. ** disclaimer: by short I'm assuming it means short as in height and not otherwise...***Spanish and Dutch researchers quizzed 549 men and women to rate how jealous they felt and to identify the qualities that made them feel the most insecure. Men felt most nervous about attractive, rich and strong rivals, but the taller ones were the most relaxed, the New Scientist magazine reported. Women were most jealous of others' beauty and charm - with short and tall women the most jealous. Average-height women, while being the least jealous, were mostly likely to feel insecure by women who were of a different height. Jealousy is a type of fear Simon Gelsthorpe, of the British Psychological Society The report, produced by the universities of Groningen and Valencia, said women with average height tended to be more fertile and healthy and, as a result, would be unlikely to be jealous of women with similar attributes. Instead, the researchers added, the findings showed they would be more jealous of taller women possessing masculine features such as physical dominance and social status. Meanwhile, the report, originally featured in the journal of Evolution and Human Behaviour, said taller men may be less jealous because male height is associated with attractiveness, dominance and reproductive success. The researchers said the animal kingdom illustrated this where larger males were likely to win fights and obtain dominance and monopolise access to females. They said in humans height was one of the first features others notice and was therefore associated with status. They pointed to previous research which showed taller men were likely to be more successful in their careers, earn more and have more attractive girlfriends. How Fertilie R U? Lead researcher Abraham Buunk said this research now showed that taller men enjoyed psychological advantages as well. "The present findings suggest that height may have important psychological consequences." But psychologists said there were other factors that played a role in jealousy. Simon Gelsthorpe, of the British Psychological Society, said: "Jealousy is a type of fear. It is about being afraid you are going to lose someone you love. "One of the key components is self-esteem and obviously height is related to this but then so may other characteristics such as baldness. "Another key element is how strong the relationship is."In my opinion, I think a bit of jealousy is better than none at all. At least he notices you. MacBook Air ... you want one? Can U Handle it? So you THINK you want the Mac book Air, the sleek form factor, the thiness that allows it to be fitted into a Manila envelop. The ability to show off to the rest of the people around you that you are an, well, early adopter...Perhaps I'm not your conventional Mac-User. I love the Mac, but really for it's OS. Yes it's pretty but I'm not the one to swear by it and act all "cultish".Welcome to the world of competition.Can't believe what you're seeing? This is the LENOVO X300, hasn't it really lightened up by a lot?The X300 represents a milestone in the ThinkPad series. A departure from its staid-looking brethren, Lenovo's latest ThinkPad crams all the regular features of a full- featured laptop into a form factor so thin it could fit into a Manila envelope.Yes, that's a feature much touted by Apple's MacBook Air, too.Although both notebooks flaunt ultraportability as a wow factor, each resides on the opposite side of the spectrum when it comes to features and style.For starters, the X300 doesn't sacrifice function in the name of thinness. It has a webcam, full-sized keyboard, built-in DVD burner, Gigabit Ethernet port, graphics and audio ports and three USB ports. Connectivity options include Bluetooth, WiFi, and the new wireless USB standard.Unfortunately, Lenovo has chosen to exclude 3G, GPS and WiMax in the X300 configuration sold here.There's an extra set of mouse buttons to cater to those who prefer to use the TrackPoint instead of the touchpad and a fingerprint reader.This machine sports an Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at a steady 1.20GHz. It won't break any speed records but it provides ample performance for run-of-the mill office, Internet and multimedia applications.One of the key features of the X300 is the use of a solid-state disk for storage. Compared to a conventional hard disk, a flash disk is more rugged because there are no moving parts. It also supposedly consumes less power and increases performance.As a demonstration of this, the ThinkPad takes a zippy 35 seconds to boot up on average. It manages 3.6 hours under regular use with a three-cell battery. You can choose to fit it with an extended battery and replace the DVD drive with another battery to extend battery life to a maximum of seven-and-a-half hours.The ThinkPad's screen performance suffers when used outdoors. Although it employs the same LED-based technology as the MacBook Air, its matte screen seems dimmer than the Air's glossy screen, even when brightness settings are at maximum.The X300's stereo speakers deserve a mention. For a laptop so thin, it churns out loud audio from movie DVDs or music.However, if you think I'm sold by the Lenovo X300, the truth is that in terms of style, the MacBook Air wins. For example, the X300 illuminates its keyboard with a manual switch that turns on a light from the top of the screen — very much like your standard desk lamp.The MacBook Air senses ambient lighting in your surroundings and its backlit keyboard glows automatically when it's dark.Now, which one would you prefer? VERDICTThe main bugbear with the X300 is the premium ($4,799) - yes there is a huge price differential! You have to pay for the flash-based drive because Lenovo doesn’t offer an alternative configuration with a conventional drive. Its processor could use a bit more muscle, too.The MacBook Air’s lack of features might put a blip on your radar but its desirability, which goes beyond its svelte and clean aesthetics, is undeniable. Both are worthy contenders, but corporate drones might prefer the full-featured X300.Read more here. Japanese Schoolgirl Watch In my recent trip to Japan a couple of weeks ago, I imagined to be seeing girls in short skirts, automatic dispensers with soiled girl's underwear in it and tons of cosplay babes and hunks.Was I disappointed with my trip?Well, what gave me this impression, you ask? Perhaps it was the very intriguing movie, Lost In Translation, that gave me this very morbid impression.Since my return from Japan, I've started to have an interest in this island.One thing for sure I didn't see was the soiled underwear dispenser (and yes, if you were wondering, I was pretty darn disappointed!) But to my amazement, there were cigarette dispensers everywhere!This shocked me quite a bit because knowing that the legal smoking age in Japan may be 20, schoolgirls in need of a nicotine fix should find easy workarounds. Vending machines can't tell if you're 16, so how can a country like this stop illegal underaged smoking and purchasing of cigarette packs?The ubiquitous dispensers have long sold packs of Marlboros and Mild Sevens to anyone with the yen, and they never asked for ID — until now. Earlier this year, the Tobacco Institute of Japan began issuing "taspo" (short for "tobacco passport") age-verification cards, which must be scanned at newly installed smart vending machines before a purchase can be made.The integrated circuit-embedded cards will also be equipped with an electronic money function that lets custo-mers buy stuff with a simple swipe. In keitai-crazy Japan, where phones can be used like credit cards, it shouldn't be long before taspo-capable mobiles begin to appear — for gals 20 and over.High school girls will just have to find some other way to look cool and sophisticated -- and I don't mean anything to do with smoking....But really, I was simply Lost in Translation! What MEN REALLY Want & What WOMEN REALLY NEED Im sure I'm going to be slammed a great deal for this. Otherwise, I will be thanked profusely for dispensing this information. What do men really want in a woman, and what do woman really need. (Many lie about what they need so to seem less "materialistic" or "shallow")I've had many arguments with fellow friends about this touchy issue. The bottomline I get told time and time again is that WOMEN WANT MONEY/POWER, which translates into rich and powerful men. On the other hand, men want beautiful, and attractive women.ARE WOMEN THAT MATERIALISTIC AND ARE MEN REALLY THAT SHALLOW?I still continually debate this issue but recently, I was sent this email directing me to this link, which I was so engrossed in reading I actually missed a class. Thanks to Tim for sending Ming this link! And for Ming for sending it to me! Because of this, I have been debating with my friends over this issue for the last couple of days!Welcome to your introductory class on the LADDER THEORY. I shall now attempt to summarize it for you people.Sally: We are just going to be friends, OK?Harry: Great, friends. It's the best thing...You realize, of course, that we can never be friends.Sally: Why not?Harry: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape, or form - is that men and women can't be friends, because the sex part always gets in the way.Sally: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.Harry: No, you don't.Sally: Yes, I do.Harry: No, you don't.Sally: Yes, I do.Harry: You only think you do.Sally: You're saying I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?Harry: No, what I'm saying is they all want to have sex with you.Sally: They do not.Harry: Do too.Sally: They do not.Harry: Do too.Sally: How do you know?Harry: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.Sally: So you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.Harry: No, you pretty much want to nail them, too.Sally: What if they don't want to have sex with you?Harry: Doesn't matter, because the sex thing is already out there, so the friendship is ultimately doomed, and that is the end of the story.Point One: Every time you meet someone you give them a quick mental rating. This rating is dependent of whether you are female or male.This is the WOMEN'S Rating systemThis is the MEN'sNow the ladder theory description goes like this:Bob Meets JaneBob sizes her up based on the above criterionBob puts her on the ladderBob meets ConnieBob sizes her up based on the above criterionBob puts her on the ladder above JaneYou can recognize this has gone on because Bob says " I'd like to fuck Jane, but not as much as I want to fuck Connie"Need me to elaborate? Well, the WOMEN'S rating can actually be broken down more specifically. The author says: Most guys know that women dig guys with money. Would Donald Trump be fucking models if he wasn't rich? That question is rhetorical. Now I don't even believe this is wrong, I think it is just nature. But I also think women who are this way (and it is almost all of you) should be honest and admit that they are basically whores, and stop saying bad things about the so-called "actual whores" who are just trying to earn an honest living.Most women read this and say something like, "Well I'm not the average woman because.. blah... blah... not true... blah blah... my boyfriend/lover/husband/masseuse was poor... blah... blah." If you thought something like this you are very likely the average woman. If you read it and went "Hmmm..." and then you went back to doing physics, then you have a case. Looks are not to be discounted. I see many girls revert to about a seventh grade emotional level when they see some guy at the club, or some guy from a crappy movie. I think everyone has seen this phenomena, and it seems to have become an alarming trend in women of increasing age. The attraction category is broken down further in the next section. This is a change from previous versions of the ladder theory that included looks here instead of attraction. I feel this is a more accurate depiction, as evidenced by experiment and peer review. The last 10% was my effort to give women the benefit of the doubt. A common question men ask of women is "Tell me what you want in a man?", which is like asking how many guys she's slept with, an invitation to be lied to. Because she'll almost invariably answer with some combination of sense of humorintelligencesensitivityemotional stabilityAs far as I can tell this is mostly rubbish. But in an effort to be fair I have included this, since there seem to be a few rare cases of this. Just none that I have ever seen.Another thing to watch out for is the code words women use. Here is a translation guide for dealing with women.Says: I want a man who is motivated and has goals.Means: I want a rich manSays: I want a man who knows how to treat a woman.Means: I want a rich manSays: He's from a really good family.Means: He's from a really rich family.I'm sure you get the point. Let's move on.Physical Attraction/Looks - This is still a big factor in attraction. This is self-explanatory.Competition - I almost titled this section disinterest. The two are closely related. We can only pursue what runs away from us. A man who is devoted to something else besides the woman is autmatically more attractive. Any intellectual whore who has ever listened to a girl complain about how her boyfriend-ran-off-with-a-slut or how her boyfriend-is-really-not-dumb-he's-just-streetsmart-and-he- has-to-sell-weed-to-support-his-baby's-mama or he's-really-nice-even-though-he-ignores-me-and-hits-me-sometimes-but-you-don't- know-what-he's-like-when-we're-alone or he's-not-emotionally-available-that's-why-I-like-talk-to-you-until-it's-time-to-go-fuck-him while he himself is sitting right there and would like nothing better than to be with her but of course is sitting solidly on the friends ladder knows this intuitively. Ultimately, almost all guys learn this truth for themselves: The best way to never score with a woman is to show too much interest in her.Women seem to especially like it if you are more devoted to your bad music, biker gang, forearm tattoo or marijuana. These all seem to work wonders. There are some interests you can show in a woman that will help you to fuck her: a healthy interest in destroying her self-esteem and in fucking her friends more than her seem to work wonders. Note that the following topics of disinterest have been field tested and shown conclusively not to work: Unix, literature, poetry, international politics, and sodomy.Novelty - Let's face it, if you're like every other guy who works a normal job and tries to live a good life, you're probably like just about every other guy. Chicks don't dig this, and why would they? Who wants someone who is just like everyone else? Something different is more attractive. Like someone who does not have to work during the day like most people because they have lots of money from business or selling drugs. Or like someone who has stabbed a man and went to prison for it. Different and a veritable ticket to getting laid.Deconstructing money/power "Power is a great aphrodesiac" - Notorious Asshole and War Criminal Henry Kissinger"A woman's test is material. A man's test is a woman...if a man could fuck in a cardboard box, he wouldn't buy a house." - Rabbi Dave Chappelle It was previously assumed that money was a fundamental unit of attraction to a woman. Further investigation has revealed a better understanding of this very important piece of the woman's rating system. The piece which was formerly labelled money has been replaced by a money/power paradigm. The two are almost always intertwined in a way that makes them hard to distinguish, so I don't think it productive to make a chart of how they breakdown exactly. One almost always follows the other in any case. What is important to know about the money/power piece is that previously it was thought of as static. Now we know that the money/power piece of attraction displays time-variance. That is, the amount of money needed to get maximal "points" in the money category varies according to the age of the woman. When a woman is younger her perspective is different as to what makes a lot of money. As she gets older the amount of money neccessary for full points increases. For a girl of 16 full points for money might be obtained by having access to a car and beer money. When she is in her early college years, a nicer car and enough money to join a fraternity is probably sufficient. As she advances into her twenties what we consider to be the normal money chart will begin to manifest itself -- that is, she'll want the richest man she can get. At no point that we can discern does money ever not become a factor. Take any guy. Take a woman that has that guy. In no circumstance that is known would she not rather have a guy just like that, but with more money. Actually, maybe in one circumstance -- when the guy has enough money to buy her basically everything she wants. This is self-evident, I should think. Dreams of a Final Theory I think is very very close to a final analysis of how a woman's rating system works. If you are very attractive, rich, and novel and show no interest in her she is almost guaranteed to want to fuck you. Indeed, isn't this the very definition of Alpha Male? In this way we have derived from our theoretical framework an idea that agrees with observation and experiment to many degrees of accuracy. It also provides a frameowrk for the Logic. Strive to be attractive, novel and aloof and you will go far.Construction of the Ladder Now for the core of the theory. Since everyone you meet has a rating, it is only natural to stack them up on a ladder. Let's look at the ladder of some example man.So it should be self-evident, if you are following this at all, that the people you want to have sex with the most will be at the top of the ladder. Descending down to the bottom of the ladder we pass the following people: The people we really want, who may even be out of our league, are on topThen come the people we likeMoving further down we pass the people who we would fuck if we were intoxicated and would admit to doing it later.At the bottom are the people we would fuck drunk, and would lie about doing it later.Clinging to the bottom are the girls that are wolf ugly. These are women so ugly you would chew your own arm off to get away rather than fuck them. Usually fake teeth, or the loss of several hundred pounds can move a woman up from wolf ugly. Now let's take a look at what the typical woman's ladder looks like:The first thing to notice here is that a woman has not one ,but two ladders. This is becasue in addition the normal ladder, a woman also has a friends ladder. The friends ladder is where a woman puts guys that she considers "just friends". More to the point where she puts guys who don't get to have sex with her. The problem arises because a woman never lets a guy know which ladder he is on. Obviously there is a huge difference, or gap between these two ladders. It is in this gap that kisses of death are delivered and intellectual whores are made. All a man can do is "go for it" and make a move on a girl; ask her out, try to kiss her, write her a love note or whatever. If he's on the good ladder fine. If he is on the friends ladder this is a case of ladder jumping. The man is trying to jump the gap from the friends ladder to the real ladder. The girl has two choices at this point: she can let him on the ladder and all is well, or, more likely, she can kick him in the head, and off the ladder. If you look you'll see that below the ladder is the Abyss(what was it Nietzsche said about a man being on a rope stretched over an Abyss?....well it's worse than he thought; there is no rope.) So the man falls into the Abyss. The Abyss isn't really as bad as it sounds. Mostly it's a period of self-loathing, embarrassment, and of course utter awkwardness with the girl in question if they are talking at all. To fully illustrate the point I'll now examine some common scenarios and their ladder theory explanations. For purposes of these examples Tom will be our boy and Jane will be out girl. Scenario 1: Tom meets Jane. She's pretty and seems interesting to talk to. Tom and Jane start haging out and talking more and more. Tom develops an attraction to Jane, and one day tries to kiss her. Jane tell Tom she doesn't think of him that way and she wants to remain friends. The next few weeks contact between the two falls off. Jane starts fucking an outlaw biker.Ladder Theory Explanation: Tom met Jane. Tom was immediately placed on the friends ladder. Tom didn't know this. Tom tried to jump ladders. Jane kicked Tom in the head rather than let him on and sent him hurtling to the Abyss below. The oulaw biker was not on her friends ladder (they never are) but rather on her good ladder.Scenario 2: Tom meets Jane. She's cute and seems smart. After an appropriate amount of time he asks her out on a date. She acccepts and they have what seems to be a perfectly nice date. Tom thinks he has a chance with Jane. He asks her out again. She says no, either explicitly or by never returning his phone call. Tom has no idea what the Hell just happened. Jane starts fucking an unemployed alcoholic.Ladder Theory Explanation: Jane misrepresented which ladder Tom was on. He thought he was on the good ladder because of her acceptance of the date. Mistake. This led to an unintentional ladder jump. He was kicked into the Abyss. In this situation, Jane often wants to stay friends becasue you are so interesting and funny or some shit like that. If this happens you are most likely an Intellectual Whore. I'm sorry. This is most likely to be a ninja-bitch.Scenario 3: A girl says any of the following to you: "You're like a brother to me""You're like a big teddy bear""I feel like I can talk to you about anything""You're so nice""Can you help me with my homework"Ladder Theory Explanation: You are on the friends ladder. So Sorry. You can see that a lot of problems can be avoided(though sadly not problem two) by declaring as soon as possible to a girl that you will not be friends under any circumstances. You can explain that she is too attractive or you can be blunt and say you don't want to bend your "friends" over a table and fuck them, but would rather play poker and go to the races with them, thus disqualifying her from friendship. As long as you are clear. This may scare a girl away. But if it does what would you want with such a skittish little twit anyway? Next we'll explore some of the consequences of the ladder and applications in every day life.Hidden Variables in the Ladder The Ladder Theory is assumed to be correct for all classical phenomena. There do seem to be some "hidden" variables that modify the Ladder to some extent. These variables do not affect the rating system, nor do they affect the fundamental theorems of the Ladder. They do, however, modify how we act with regard to the Ladder. These are the hidden variables that have been identified.Religiosity: While most people, even people who believe in God, will have sex before they are married and thus fall under the rules of the ladder, some people are so religious they will not have sex until they are married. This is of course a silly and anachronistic practice, but it does occur. In this case, the Ladder should me modified as follows: change instances of 'would have sex with' to be 'would like to have sex with.' This works because while religious people have the same impulses, they choose to deny them as opposed to embracing them. Drunkenness: Of course when drunk we do things we wouldn't do otherwise. Usually when sobriety sets in, there is a return to the tenets of the ladder theory. In most cases, it should be noted, repressed Americans use being drunk as an excuse to do what they wanted to do anyway, so one should be very careful in applying this variable. For example, I'm drunk as I type this, but I would have typed it anyway, even though I might fall back on that excuse if there are a lot of typos in there or it doens't stand up to peer review. Do not let me get away with this. Loyalty: A lot of people have asked about the significant others of friends and if they are special cases of the Ladder. They are not. These are not your friends. These are virtual friends. For example, a friend of mine is fucking a girl. I like her, she's great, we get along, etc... But when they break up she is dead to me. Or if the friend leaves the picture the normal rules of the Ladder apply. So are we really friends? Of course not. We are conditional friends. This does not affect where she goes on the Ladder. Think of it like this: the Ladder is a rating system, and I'll rate her along with everyone else based on how much I would like to fuck them. A note for guys: if your friends girl offers you a piece you should hit that shit, because he shouldn't be laying up with no ho. Ideally you should tape it also, because most guys will believe the person they're fucking. Desperation:What desperation does is shift downward the line of quality that one would consider for fucking. There is a line on the ladder that is the quality of the last person you were fucking. Since one of the purposes of life, if not the purpose, is to move up the ladder, you want someone above this line. Sometimes you can't find someone above this line. This leads to a virtual shift in the line downward as one gets more and more in need of a fuck. But in terms of what a person wants, nothing changes -- you'd leave your desperation fuck for someone else with the requisite ladder attributes. Hidden Variables and Sanity Note that all known hidden variables are indicative of an altered consciousness of some kind. At the 'limit of sanity' the Classical ladder's rating system still applies. So I don't feel that these change the core theory, but explain times when the theory is not able to be applied because your perception is wrong.Back to the Beginning: Yes, They All Want to Bang You. You'll note that a man has one ladder while a female has two. The man is lacking a "friends ladder." The man's ladder reflects the conventional wisdom that a man generally only wants one thing. That's because the conventional wisdom is correct. This leads us back to the conclusion that many women I have explained this to find so distasteful: IF A MAN FINDS YOU ATTRACTIVE YOU CANNOT BE FRIENDSMany women want to argue this point and say things like " I have lots of guy friends." Maybe. There are exactly 3 cases Intellectual Whores has identified whereby a guy and a girl can be friends: The guy is gayThe guy does not find you attractive.The guy already has a woman much higher than you on the ladderEven Nietzsche knew this. Most guys know this intuitively. Most girls doubt. I have a challenge for all of you girls who still doubt. Pick a guy who does not meet any of the criterion on the above list that you think is your friend. Then ask yourself this question: If you were both alone at his place one night, and you excused yourself to the bathroom and came out naked and asked him to have sex with you would he: Tell you he doesn't want to risk the beautiful friendship you have created with messy physical entanglements.ComplyConsequences of the Ladder Toward a Meaning of Life Convieniently, the ladder theory answers the oft asked question, "What is the purpose of life?" The purpose of life is to move up the ladder. The person you are with now should be better (higher on your ladder) than the person you were last with. Okay it's not perfect but if you have no direction in life, trying to fuck hotter and hotter chicks or richer and richer guys is as good a place as any to start. In addition to giving a good base toward a meaning of life there are a few other things that ladder theory explains. Topping out the Ladder: Have you ever seen a guy that was not particularly attractive, rich or muscled yet was with a lovely woman? For most guys the most common reaction is envy, something like "Hey I'm not all that muscled, attractive or rich either. Why can't I be fucking a girl like that?" We at intellectual whores used to feel this way about "stump factor" as well. But then ladder theory was discovered and we realized that it was more rational to pity this man. Ladder theory tells us that the purpose of life is to move up the ladder. When their relationship ends, he will probably never be able to get another woman as good as the one he is with right now -- the rest of his life he'll likely be striving in vain. In effect, he's doomed the whole rest of his life to meaninglessness unless he marries this girl. This of course is just trading one type of doom for another. Ladder Disparity The ladder is obviously a two-way process. When Bob meets Jane he puts her on his ladder and she puts him on her ladder. It often happens that one person is a lot higher on your ladder than you are on theirs, or vice versa. The leads to a situation that looks like this: Notice that Bob has Jane very low while Bob is very high on Jane's ladder. He is most likely rich and she is most likely ugly. Anyhow this is a classic case of disparity. If we connect the two points we can make a right triangle. The resulting hypotenuse "c" is the magnitude of the disparity. Common shorthand among ladder thoerists is "Well, she caught him fucking a stewardess and didn't leave him but what do you expect for a level 5 disparity." The position of being high on someone else's ladder while having them low on yours is referred to as being in the "upper" or "power" position. This is good and leads to different things depending on who is in the power position. If the man is in the upper position the disparity is a measure of how long the woman will put up with him cheating, using her physically without committing, or paying his rent and all his bills. If the woman is in the power position then it is a measure of how much the man will spend money on her, fetch her things at midnight, and listen to stories about other guys she is fucking.Basically I literally copied everything said on this website because although in the beginning I wanted to paraphrase, I felt anything I added would decrease the quality of content on such a well written theory. There are more sub-theories to this Ladder Theory, so click here to find out! Meeting the men from GOOGLE @ Geek Terminal From left: Bill, Dionis, Me, Meow, Peter, Derek Callow, Audrey, Dickson Seow, Shirley, Nic, Daryl & WayneWhen Mayda from The Hoffman Group called me regarding arranging a meeting between Google and TDM, I was like WOOOOT!It's not everyday you come face to face with the wonderful people of Google. Well, I mean, it's been some time since TDM arranged meet up, so having the opportunity to be in dialogue with the big guys was a chance we jumped at.Google is always seen as the money making giant in the valley -- the semi-Godlike company in Mountain View. But hey, coming face to face with them was such a good experience.I won't be a spoiler and reveal much now, but with 2 new additions, Daryl Tay and Audrey, we set for some good shit ahead!STAY TUNED! HP Mini Note Book PC - Blogger's Exclusive Showcase Last night, I had great fun at the HP Mini Note Book PC Showcase for bloggers. It was held at the Grand Hyatt @ Mezza9. It's always great seeing familiar faces within the crowd and so many fellow Pingsters and Nuffnangers.What do I think about HP's latest addition to the family? Say hi to Miss. HP 2133 Mini-Note PC. How do you think she looks? Well, I can't really compare to anything except the Asus Eee I guess, since they have something as bite-sized at the above. This PC has the Windows Vista edition as well as the Linux one, so user can choose between both.Despite its diminutive size, it’s amazing how the mid-range and more expensive models manage to pack in 120 to 160 GB HDDs which is a huge difference especially when compared to the Eee. Not to mention, the Mini-Note looks more sturdy and sophisticated with its anodized aluminum shell.Side view, pretty slim. (but cannot compare to MacBook Air la)!!!I had a hard time convincing the HP people that although I used a Macbook, I wasn't one of those cultish MacBee lovers. I could appreciate any non Mac PC as well, but they just broke off laughing.As usual, I saw familiar faces, like I said. The likes of Vanessa Tan (whom I stole pics from), Nicole, Jean, Nic, Michael Cheng, NTT, Farenelli, Justin Lee, Ming Shen, DK, Melvin Yuan, Coleman Yee, Preetam Rai, Priscilla and Bernard Leong (pic below)(Eligible but not so single anymore!!!!! Sorry girls!)Mike Cheng, or whoever was it, kept shining the light from the PC at me. Dang it's really bright man... (or perhaps it wasn't mike and Im just trying to pick on him-- I can't remember after all the food and drinks!) *update- the culprit was Coleman Yee!!! I remember now argh!, sorry mike!*It fits squarely in the hand, but upon first holding it, I thought that it was pretty heavy, but was told that this was due to the extra battery pack attached -- The original is a 3 cell battery which causes it to weight 1.19kg and can last slightly over 2 hours. (I still wish it was lighter though, I know, I'm demanding)Me, Nic & Jean!Comparing to the Asus, I hear can last about 3 hours. The Asus Eee I must say is cheaper than the HP one which comes in at about $999. The highest end model of the HP mini notebook, with all it's external additions, will actually cost as much as a full sized notebook, I figure. But those who are looking for something lightweight and pretty to carry around -- this would be good as it's form factor outshines the Asus Eee by quite a margin.Aren't the skins pretty? Hey, we need clothes, but so do our PCs ok!This chick comes with a respectable 160gb hard drive. It comes with wireless 802.11a, b and g as well as Bluetooth! Speakers wise, this girl can seriously pack in the oomph. The speakers were loud and pretty audible for it's size. Reminds me of a little chilli padi chick petite in size but can bark super loud! However, if you're really into music, you'll prefer headphones, I guess.I hear the keypad is over 90% the size of a normal notebook, which is great so you won't feel so cramped up when typing... however, the touchpad has it's right and left click located beside the pad, instead of below it. I got used to that pretty fast, perhaps I was pretty excited when Nicole was explaining to me how to use the Linux version so I wanted very much to operate it.Melvin trying happily to steal one away.... no but really thanks to him for the invite to this event!And it was definitely good to meet up with Vanessa again. (pictured with a HP rep, Madeleine)!I really wouldn't mind this little chick mini notebook, but due to my budget constraints, I'll probably have to wait until I start working to buy one. I'm happy with my Mac but hey, sometimes I find it a bit heavy, especially if I sling it on my shoulder....Yes darlings, if you were wondering, Miss HP Mini-notebook reaches our shores Mid May.Me, Nicole and Jean here!Later Skaters!!! Incest between father and daughter -- IS IT RIGHT? An Australian man and his daughter have asked for understanding after revealing on national TV they have an incestuous relationship, and have a daughter. How can a child tell his friends that his father is also his grandfather? How will this affect him psychologically and socially? Well, in Australia, a father and his daughter are having a sexual relationship and have a baby girl. This child is their 2nd one, as their first passed on due to complications at birth.Well, nature does work that way, does it? It prevents inbreeding, for a reason!However, who are we to judge this couple. They bring along atypical reasons for this bond.So the story goes that father and daughter were separated at birth and only met 30 years later!***John Deaves, 61, appeared on the TV show 60 Minutes with daughter Jenny, 39, and nine-month-old Celeste - to whom he is both father and grandfather. Last month a judge banned them from having sex with each other and revealed they had a child in 2001 who died. But they insisted on the programme that they were "normal intellectual adults". Mr Deaves said they both "had careers, had a normal life like everybody else". He added: "But [we have] fallen in love with each other when we are biologically related, when we've discovered each other later in life." Mr Deaves had left the family home when his daughter Jenny was a baby, and did not see her again for 30 years. When the couple met, in 2000, they began a sexual relationship. Ms Deaves told 60 Minutes she began to see John as a man first and a father second. "I was looking at him, sort of going, oh, he's not too bad. Like you might look at a man across the bar at a nightclub," she said. "John and I are in this relationship as consenting adults. We are just asking for a little bit of respect and understanding." The couple each pleaded guilty to two charges of incest last month and were banned from having sex with each other. How do you guys feel about this issue? Should they maintain their relationship despite what the law says? Is it MORAL?Updates: This is the latest video talking about the probable congenital defects for the child. Only Women READ this... (men keep away!) This can be found in Singapore. To be precise, the HMV Heeren carpark. My Prof sent our class this. Women might agree and men might get offended, but what the heck. It's a PINK world, so men, eat your hearts out! HAIL ARISTOTLE!!! Truly, if women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning! :) 9eek 9oddess Scales Mount. Fugi Yeap, as you've guessed, no blog updates for so long. That's cuz I'm in Japan!!!!Check out the view of Mount Fuji!!! It was amazing!As we were coming out through the tunnel, Uncle Allan suddenly said, "Whoa,Mount Fugi"... and lo and behold, in front of us, was the most amazing sight... but I'll blog about this when I return...Also, we went to Shinjuku Park, where the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. They call it the grand bloom at this time... I have a lot of new pic to post, so stayed tuned k? I'll be back on Monday!!! See u all! UPDATES on POLICE outside NUS LT10 Previously, I blogged about the police and investigators outside NUS LT10, outside the male toilet. I was there just doing my work when suddenly, plain clothes men were walking around, pictures were being taken, and everyone was talking in a hush hush manner.Didn't seem like much to me until I realised that something fishy was happening. My first thought... OMG, CSI man... some crime happened.I asked the plain clothes men what it was, he brushed me off telling it was nothing much. Of course trying to allay my fears, but.... with the police around collecting evidence and disallowing anyone from entering the male toilet, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING RIGHT????This is a pic I took:Perhaps the policemen interviewing the cleaner auntie is clearer:Anyways... I finally managed to flip the pics... my previous post was a bit screwed up because I didn't know if I was supposed to take photos... but I guess they did see me doing it, so should be OK?Anyways, I was wondering what was wrong because when I asked this girl who apparently knew what happened, she told me it was inappropriate to tell me. Perhaps that was true cuz I was asking her right in front of the police officer. (yes I'm damn kaypoh can?)So later on, when the police left and the "coast was clear", she told me that there was grafitti written on the wall of the toilet.It being a male toilet, I couldn't enter....But more to that, there was this...But then how could that stop me? I know la, I'm not your typical CSI investigator... but I went in still... to check out what was written on the door of the toilet...This is what I saw:Number 1 toilet was okay, functional... and open but number 2 toilet was sealed up. I pushed the door but it wouldn't budge.On closer investigation, the toilet had been locked from within....Seeeeeee??????So, no choice I went outside and the lady cleaner shoo-ed me away to tell me I wasn't allowed to enter -- she had work to do... she said she had to use some chemicals.So I waited while she and her colleagues went in and I guess, cleaned all evidence off the wall of number 2 cubicle before they all left and took away the sign from outside the toilet.Of course, being me, I went it.The whole place was washed and scrubbed clean. And the number 2 toilet was open. I went in and took this picture of the inside of the door.Can see still some remnant marks, but apparently it has been almost erased clean.NOW... WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON IT????Later on I found out that it was not the first time this had been done, in fact this had happened before... (I don't know how many times though)....On the inside of the door was something (I don't know what exactly)..but it had to do with Mas Selamat. Someone (or with his/her accomplice) had written comments about Mas Selamat... not sure if they were good or bad.. but basically comments about Mas...I was curious to find out exactly what they were, but no one around would tell me. None of the cleaners wanted to say anything...Guess that's the ending to this encounter.I was like super kancheong because initially I thought it was some like murder or what nots, then I thought it was arson... now we all know it's grafitti... of that sensitive nature.. which was why no one would let me in on anything...I don't know how else I can dig info now. I guess case is closed, unless I meet this encounter again... but must be pretty harsh/sensitive statements to warren the police and investigators down huh?What do you guys think?*disclaimer: Do not quote me on anything in this blogspace. DO NOT. Do not take what I say as the truth. Perhaps I am just sleep-blogging. I do not welcome further questions regarding this issue to my email about this incident. I consider it case closed and will not blog more about this after this post unless completely neccessary.*