Hello all,
After numerous update requests, I have an update.
Today's Proceedings:
Bal was away from 3U so it really became a maths doing session for some, and a bludge for some others.
Chris Au and I were half canto-ing away about stuff like BBQ 1 in Eastwood (the place where you can get the HK-style BBQ etc. etc.) and our Chinese names.
And MR AU, my surname is not meant to sound like goose or 我 or whatever!!! HAHA
Then it was off to "hellooo" (our term for English, because our class is temporarily homie-ing with Aryan and Topher's class) i.e. more black cats and Hedwigs mysteriously disappearing...
Anyway I will skip to the highlight of the day...KEM!!!
RAAWRR!!! We essentially spent all double doing this titration to find the concentration of dissolved oxygen in dam water (Winkler method for those who do chem). It took so long, and half the time was spent trying to comprehend the procedure. AND one of the glass pipette thing's graduations markers were coming off, so I had this weird blue line on my hand for a while.
But it was rewarding in the end, because we managed to get what was required without fudging of results etc. Yeah the triumph against adversity thing (sounds ridiculous in this context xD).
After lunch, double maths! Haha SHM all double. Fun fun fun xD. Interesting how something going backwards and forwards over a fixed interval can be studied so much in depth.
And here endeth a normal school day in the life of the mysterious stranger.
And here endeth my ramblings for to-day.
SAY GOODBYE, JOHN!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
The City of Glass
Greetings,
As the title suggests, I would like to recommend an excellent book (or 'text'). For those of you who have read my profile (if not do so now!!! xD) you will find that under 'favorite books' (<- the spelling is deliberate) it says "City of Glass", part of the New York Trilogy.
Synopsis! A mysterious phone call (like myself HAHA) leads a writer of detective fiction to embark on a case more bizarre than any that he has thought of. (which is saying something because I suppose if you write detective/crime fiction you would have to be creative enough to dream up weird situations to begin with, right?)
Now, I didn't spoil the story. I simply paraphrased the blurb, so I just saved you some reading xD.
While ostensibly presented as some form of a detective fiction, once you peel away the surface you will find that it is an interesting exploration of identity and ambiguity, characteristic of postmodernism (PoMo). Naturally, this would be important for those who have an interest in PoMo. For those of us who have a somewhat forced interest (e.g. Ext 1 Eng doers) this is also relevant. I think that there are many different ways you can interpret this, and there's no 'wrong' way. A bit like Citizen Kane where the deep focus lets you pick what you want to see.
I have also reviewed my chatbox and Mysterious Stranger 02, you are such a hilarious character. I shall not quote his lines here, examine the chatbox and see for yourself! I almost literally laughed for all of that afternoon.
Oh, and for those who were wondering why I was laughing my head off in Jazz, it's because Mr. Chris Au was being the most hilarious person ever! Part of the reason was the super exaggerated facial expressions we exchanged xD
Enough for today!
Gut bye
As the title suggests, I would like to recommend an excellent book (or 'text'). For those of you who have read my profile (if not do so now!!! xD) you will find that under 'favorite books' (<- the spelling is deliberate) it says "City of Glass", part of the New York Trilogy.
Synopsis! A mysterious phone call (like myself HAHA) leads a writer of detective fiction to embark on a case more bizarre than any that he has thought of. (which is saying something because I suppose if you write detective/crime fiction you would have to be creative enough to dream up weird situations to begin with, right?)
Now, I didn't spoil the story. I simply paraphrased the blurb, so I just saved you some reading xD.
While ostensibly presented as some form of a detective fiction, once you peel away the surface you will find that it is an interesting exploration of identity and ambiguity, characteristic of postmodernism (PoMo). Naturally, this would be important for those who have an interest in PoMo. For those of us who have a somewhat forced interest (e.g. Ext 1 Eng doers) this is also relevant. I think that there are many different ways you can interpret this, and there's no 'wrong' way. A bit like Citizen Kane where the deep focus lets you pick what you want to see.
I have also reviewed my chatbox and Mysterious Stranger 02, you are such a hilarious character. I shall not quote his lines here, examine the chatbox and see for yourself! I almost literally laughed for all of that afternoon.
Oh, and for those who were wondering why I was laughing my head off in Jazz, it's because Mr. Chris Au was being the most hilarious person ever! Part of the reason was the super exaggerated facial expressions we exchanged xD
Enough for today!
Gut bye
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
FLEE! FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!
Welcome back to the Mysterious Stranger's Enclave xD <- right that sounded really stupid.
Okay the title doesn't really suit the post. I simply got it off Lord of the Rings, when Denethor goes crazy when Minas Tirith is getting besieged.
Anyway enough digressing.
About to-day...
English free-U yes a 'whatever-it's-called-technique' of 3U. Hay Topher thanks for crashing our class, just like old times with Lost in Translation. "Mr. Harris...Herp prease" (replace r with l) Haha xD. Our 3U class is really just the same except with a slightly different set of who's who in the zoo, including how not much gets done haha.
Now: 2u eng: Prince Aryan where were you today? You were breathlessly awaited and then you didn't turn up!!
Anywho the highlight of the day was bio. Bialy showed us all these videos and stuff AND this dementia or alzheimer's thing.
Yeah there was this thing where you say "silk" five times and then the thing asks "hwat do cows drink?"
GRAAGH!! I said pretty loudly during the moment of silence "uhh MILK" I was such an idiot HAHA I bet you'll love that Krissybubbles after I counter-slapped you on the bus xD.
What a funderfully queer post to-day.
TO THE BRIDGE AT KHAZAD-DUM!!!
Okay the title doesn't really suit the post. I simply got it off Lord of the Rings, when Denethor goes crazy when Minas Tirith is getting besieged.
Anyway enough digressing.
About to-day...
English free-U yes a 'whatever-it's-called-technique' of 3U. Hay Topher thanks for crashing our class, just like old times with Lost in Translation. "Mr. Harris...Herp prease" (replace r with l) Haha xD. Our 3U class is really just the same except with a slightly different set of who's who in the zoo, including how not much gets done haha.
Now: 2u eng: Prince Aryan where were you today? You were breathlessly awaited and then you didn't turn up!!
Anywho the highlight of the day was bio. Bialy showed us all these videos and stuff AND this dementia or alzheimer's thing.
Yeah there was this thing where you say "silk" five times and then the thing asks "hwat do cows drink?"
GRAAGH!! I said pretty loudly during the moment of silence "uhh MILK" I was such an idiot HAHA I bet you'll love that Krissybubbles after I counter-slapped you on the bus xD.
What a funderfully queer post to-day.
TO THE BRIDGE AT KHAZAD-DUM!!!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Netfight
Hello again my friends,
After a temporary lapse in posting, which can be attributed to things like kem (another on purpose for chem), I have returned.
Firstly Happy Mother's Day for the mums out there. Mums give up a lot for our sake and today is sort of like a token of appreciation or whatever that phrase is.
Anyway:
A thought that recently crossed my mind is, as the title suggests, the strange phenomenon known as netfighting (if that is not the correct term used to describe web-based arguments then I have just made one up xP).
What I mean, for example, is that if you Youtube some video and then happen to glance at the comments below, sometimes you might see some massive flame war happening.
Now I don't mean any sort of online rant is stupid. For example I am sure many of you bloggers like to let off some steam (Bennett) online. That is okay, better than bottling it up and imploding later on.
What I do mean however, is how some people inflate small issues into some huge flame- and swear-fest in forums and on youtube.
Allow me to illustrate hwat I mean:
Situation: Video about, for example, a scene in a war movie e.g. Apocalypse Now. Comments start civilised BUT then degenerate in an argument mainly between two people about, say, the strength of the US military, which needless to say is absolutely ridiculous because that is not the point of the video.
Situation #2: Gaming video. If thou art a gamer you must have had some bit where you got stuck, so you look up a video or guide to see how you do it, right? I remember I had to get a walkthrough for JKII to realise I had to crawl under some rock on Yavin (or maybe that's just me).
NOW: there are those elements on the WWW who take this to be their grand opportunity to show off their extreme gaming skillz, honed through playing the same level (e.g. COD4 plane level) a zillion times each day. They do this not by posting their own video but by saying stuff like "you suck" or something worse to other people's attempts. Yeah we know you (the hardcore gamer) reload after one bullet in a 30 bullet mag, we know you play 10 hours a day, but try to realise that just because someone else doesn't fit into your perception of skilled gamer, doesn't mean that they suck or whatever. You play for fun, not to show off like its some life-or-death situation.
Yes games are good, but not when it gets taken this far. D:
Tragically, common to both situations are how the attacks start to become personal. What's the point? The dramatis personae are probably on opposite sides of the globe, so they'll probably never meet.
And, my friends, you will discover the reasons are quite petty. It's like if someone accidentally shoves you on a crowded bus and then you have some huge hissy fit, as if he/she suddenly declared a personal vendetta against you.
I think these are cases of "chow hei geen see" (literally: "fry up the incident" in canto, metaphorically or whatever, it means inflate the small issue into a huge thing which it isn't). Yes, a canto translation thingo =D.
That is quite unnecessary. If you don't have something nice to say then don't say it. We should remember that we're all equal and there is no right whatsoever for one person to lord it over another, and we all have the same failings at some certain stage.
Soooo that's what I think anyway. I am sorry if any of the mentioned bits have offended.
Comments always welcome. Keep it civilised please.
Thankyou for taking your time to read this.
I have rambled enough! Auf wiedersehen xD.
Note this is not a rant, just a reflection :)
After a temporary lapse in posting, which can be attributed to things like kem (another on purpose for chem), I have returned.
Firstly Happy Mother's Day for the mums out there. Mums give up a lot for our sake and today is sort of like a token of appreciation or whatever that phrase is.
Anyway:
A thought that recently crossed my mind is, as the title suggests, the strange phenomenon known as netfighting (if that is not the correct term used to describe web-based arguments then I have just made one up xP).
What I mean, for example, is that if you Youtube some video and then happen to glance at the comments below, sometimes you might see some massive flame war happening.
Now I don't mean any sort of online rant is stupid. For example I am sure many of you bloggers like to let off some steam (Bennett) online. That is okay, better than bottling it up and imploding later on.
What I do mean however, is how some people inflate small issues into some huge flame- and swear-fest in forums and on youtube.
Allow me to illustrate hwat I mean:
Situation: Video about, for example, a scene in a war movie e.g. Apocalypse Now. Comments start civilised BUT then degenerate in an argument mainly between two people about, say, the strength of the US military, which needless to say is absolutely ridiculous because that is not the point of the video.
Situation #2: Gaming video. If thou art a gamer you must have had some bit where you got stuck, so you look up a video or guide to see how you do it, right? I remember I had to get a walkthrough for JKII to realise I had to crawl under some rock on Yavin (or maybe that's just me).
NOW: there are those elements on the WWW who take this to be their grand opportunity to show off their extreme gaming skillz, honed through playing the same level (e.g. COD4 plane level) a zillion times each day. They do this not by posting their own video but by saying stuff like "you suck" or something worse to other people's attempts. Yeah we know you (the hardcore gamer) reload after one bullet in a 30 bullet mag, we know you play 10 hours a day, but try to realise that just because someone else doesn't fit into your perception of skilled gamer, doesn't mean that they suck or whatever. You play for fun, not to show off like its some life-or-death situation.
Yes games are good, but not when it gets taken this far. D:
Tragically, common to both situations are how the attacks start to become personal. What's the point? The dramatis personae are probably on opposite sides of the globe, so they'll probably never meet.
And, my friends, you will discover the reasons are quite petty. It's like if someone accidentally shoves you on a crowded bus and then you have some huge hissy fit, as if he/she suddenly declared a personal vendetta against you.
I think these are cases of "chow hei geen see" (literally: "fry up the incident" in canto, metaphorically or whatever, it means inflate the small issue into a huge thing which it isn't). Yes, a canto translation thingo =D.
That is quite unnecessary. If you don't have something nice to say then don't say it. We should remember that we're all equal and there is no right whatsoever for one person to lord it over another, and we all have the same failings at some certain stage.
Soooo that's what I think anyway. I am sorry if any of the mentioned bits have offended.
Comments always welcome. Keep it civilised please.
Thankyou for taking your time to read this.
I have rambled enough! Auf wiedersehen xD.
Note this is not a rant, just a reflection :)
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Hello!
Guten tag,
The News on the March sequence I was referring to. Legendary, just like Xanadu hahas.
Anyhow, onto other things.
S"k"ool today was usual, meaning nothing was extraordinary. (Yes I deliberately spelt it wrong, being the extremely mysterious stranger that I am xD.) Unlike Monday when I joined HTL and Tim's Eco class with the one and only Dunkerly.
He is absolutely funny, was funny in Year 8 (incidentally, when this blog came into existence) and is still. Like once when he made up a "game" called Slaves just so he could rope in some poor souls into getting some textbooks for him.
AND his Australia maps. See below:
Yeah my Paint skillz kinda suck (yes again deliberately wrong, so it's not an accident...it's an 'on-purpose' HO HO HO). Actually the term 'on-purpose' isn't a mysterious invention of mine, its actually from Judge Judy which I happened to channel-surf to once upon a time.
BUT...notice the lack of Tasmania, and this isn't an any accident, it's on purpose, because his comments give little room for anything otherwise. In fact said comments give little room for any other state but NSW.
And there was the cane toad video. Yes those who do Bio will know of such an item. For those who don't its as the title suggests...about cane toads! Of particular interest is this bit where this guy in a van that's probably as old as the dinosaurs running over cane toads on the road. He was actually swerving to hit them, and there's all these little 'pop's when he gets one.
Yeah, so that's why I couldn't stop laughing in Bio when we saw it again.
AANYWAY my reminiscing must be boring you all.
Perhaps I will reminisce some other time.
What will happen next, on the Mysterious Stranger's Enclave?...Find out after the break.
Note: Break may not actually refer to a 5 minute bunch of ads that are really just two or three repeated again and again and again...
The News on the March sequence I was referring to. Legendary, just like Xanadu hahas.
Anyhow, onto other things.
S"k"ool today was usual, meaning nothing was extraordinary. (Yes I deliberately spelt it wrong, being the extremely mysterious stranger that I am xD.) Unlike Monday when I joined HTL and Tim's Eco class with the one and only Dunkerly.
He is absolutely funny, was funny in Year 8 (incidentally, when this blog came into existence) and is still. Like once when he made up a "game" called Slaves just so he could rope in some poor souls into getting some textbooks for him.
AND his Australia maps. See below:
Yeah my Paint skillz kinda suck (yes again deliberately wrong, so it's not an accident...it's an 'on-purpose' HO HO HO). Actually the term 'on-purpose' isn't a mysterious invention of mine, its actually from Judge Judy which I happened to channel-surf to once upon a time.
BUT...notice the lack of Tasmania, and this isn't an any accident, it's on purpose, because his comments give little room for anything otherwise. In fact said comments give little room for any other state but NSW.
And there was the cane toad video. Yes those who do Bio will know of such an item. For those who don't its as the title suggests...about cane toads! Of particular interest is this bit where this guy in a van that's probably as old as the dinosaurs running over cane toads on the road. He was actually swerving to hit them, and there's all these little 'pop's when he gets one.
Yeah, so that's why I couldn't stop laughing in Bio when we saw it again.
AANYWAY my reminiscing must be boring you all.
Perhaps I will reminisce some other time.
What will happen next, on the Mysterious Stranger's Enclave?...Find out after the break.
Note: Break may not actually refer to a 5 minute bunch of ads that are really just two or three repeated again and again and again...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Citizen Kane
Hellooooooooooooo!
I would recommend you all to view this most excellent film by Orson Welles. As the title strangely enough suggests, it is called Citizen Kane.
If you care to look it up before you view, you might (no actually, you will) discover that it was composed (a term used only by English teachers, others say "made") in 1941 or some year like that.
Do not let this put you off though, it's like an amazing film of this day except it's black and white. Personally my favourite bits are the "News on the March" sequence, which many people at school would attest to e.g. Mr. Z-hang.
Yeah, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree --" xD
At first when I heard the name I thought it was some sci-fi/futuristic utopia/distopia movie (of the likes of 1984 or Judge Dredd or whatever), because typically those kinds of films have names like that.
I guess I was wrong haha.
Anyhow this film overflows with awesomeness. I'm sorry Hamlet-eers but look what you're missing out on...Jokes jokes. We know how much you like Shakespeare...
Anyway I digress! Until next time...
SAY GOODBYE!
I would recommend you all to view this most excellent film by Orson Welles. As the title strangely enough suggests, it is called Citizen Kane.
If you care to look it up before you view, you might (no actually, you will) discover that it was composed (a term used only by English teachers, others say "made") in 1941 or some year like that.
Do not let this put you off though, it's like an amazing film of this day except it's black and white. Personally my favourite bits are the "News on the March" sequence, which many people at school would attest to e.g. Mr. Z-hang.
Yeah, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree --" xD
At first when I heard the name I thought it was some sci-fi/futuristic utopia/distopia movie (of the likes of 1984 or Judge Dredd or whatever), because typically those kinds of films have names like that.
I guess I was wrong haha.
Anyhow this film overflows with awesomeness. I'm sorry Hamlet-eers but look what you're missing out on...Jokes jokes. We know how much you like Shakespeare...
Anyway I digress! Until next time...
SAY GOODBYE!
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Take 2
Yeah this is take two to this blog, which I doubt anyone would read hahas.
Anyhow
Auf wiedersehen
Anyhow
Auf wiedersehen
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