All work and no play...?

makes Jack a dull boy... or so they say. But when you have less than 3 days to cover just over 3 months' work, let's just say it's justified.

Just had my first paper today. I was alright for a while after that, but after studying for about another 2 hours, i was just so mentally exhausted that i had to stop, just because the words were flashing but nothing was making sense anymore.

Anyways, craving Imagine, the live version that David Archuleta sang the first time around. On the subject of AI, i'd have to say i thought the finale(which i finally watched on youtube a few days ago) seemed to actually favour archuleta, coz he did sing better, so i was kinda surprised that Cook won if it was just based on the finale performance, but i guess part of it was building a fan base anyway. But Cook, sigh. I liked Music of the Night and billie jean was quite good, but the other one..i thought he completely massacred Always be my baby.

Tiff got new headphones today..Sennheiser. Far out i'm jealous now. Gotta steal them off her when i get the chance Kekekeke... :p (She's asleep now)

Just read Aaron's blog, and i gotta say i agree. Being out of malaysia does broaden your perspective. I think it's because you see so many different points of views, and it's just like coming out from under a rock into the sun, simply because so much of what we hear in malaysia is one sided and really censored, whereas from an outsider's point of view, it's so much different. Yet once we hear both sides of the story, it's up to us to make up our minds isn't it? Like, not who to believe, but what we think of what they're saying, and what of what we hear that we do believe, and then speak our minds.

Yes..freedom of speech, it's like taboo in malaysia for some reason. And i believe i may be invading into some of our politically minded friends' territories here, but i believe we should be more exposed to all these things, to be able to see what we wanna see, hear what we wanna hear and say what we wanna say! The boundaries and restrictions malaysians are put under in our own country is almost ridiculous sometimes, and one wonders that if they truly believe they're right, what are they so afraid of? Why the restrictions if you do believe in what you do? Because the truth speaks for itself. It's when people try to speak for it that it becomes corrupted.

And so, freed from all these things, i believe our view of the world, of life is just drastically changed. We know what we're missing out on, and maybe what we've got that's better than everyone else too, and that i believe makes us appreciate the good things more. But what's more, where there are people you love and care about, no matter how bad things are, there's always a good side to everything. Quoting from a malay proverb, "buang yang keroh, ambil yang jernih" (hope i got that right...).

Along those lines, i have something to say. Stop freakin complaining about your petrol prices! RM2.70 RM 2.70...guess what people? It's only going to go up. Yes, it's bush's fault, but no boycotting petronas isn't going to work forever. And RM2.70 compared to NZD 2.10? (conversion rate of 2.6), and i'm sure it's higher in aus, and 4-5 USD per litre? It's nothing. Even Singaporeans think we get cheap petrol and everyone is just complaining non-stop.

Ok. I am done. I am not a country basher, nor am i particularly patriotic. I'm just a guy looking out for his friends.