LOL!!!!!!

I have been following the American presidential elections for quite a while now, and while I have not explicitly stated so far, I am more in favour with Obama than Mc Cain.

Something which i have been observing with interest would be the polls, especially the one on Yahoo, and I have reached a conclusion (that many others also reached) that only these following states are still in play, meaning they still have the possibility of swinging either way.

They are:
Florida (FL), Virginia (VA), Ohio (OH), North Carolina (NC), Nevada (NV), Missouri (MO) and Indiana (IN)

This leaves us with an interesting conclusion; If all these seven states end up favouring Obama, obviously he will win. However, if they all end up in Mc Cain's camp, Obama still will win. This can be seen from the following scenarios:

If Obama wins these sevens states


If Mc Cain wins the same seven states


How I ended up with these seven states is that they are the only ones who have not been consistantly mainly supporting one or the other. These seven states all initially favoured Mc Cain, and subsequently favoured Obama. All other Red states have been constantly Red, likewise for the blue.

In one of my earlier posts, I wondered why Palin was picked. A possible theory that emerged in an American article was that Mc Cain considered the strong possibility of losing this year, thus picked a candidate that can be blamed for his loss, leaving him in the clear for 2012. Which of course is a shaky arguement as HE is to be blamed for picking her in the first place. However, in the very very likely possibility that he loses, he can put much of the blame on her.

Lets wait and see if I'm right!

I just realized i've not blogged about Paris Hilton's "bid for presidency" even though these videos came out quite a while ago. I think it's really hilarious!!!!!





Actually, what i found funnier than these videos are the comments posted on both YouTube and Funny or Die. Many people commented on how Paris Hilton would not really be a bad president, as she could not possibly be worse than George Bush, or even the latest comment at the posting of this entry, saying "Maybe McCain could win had he picked Paris over Palin". I sort of share his (or her) statement, though it's quite evil, and most probably not true.

Saw this online. Thought i would share it with all MAc users out there

I'm feeling weird today; stressed, yet not stressed! I'm mentally stressed about D&D theme launch, yet emotionally not stressed at all. Usually it would be the othe way around; stressed emotionally, but mentally telling myself to calm down and relax.....

hmmmmmm oh well, just finished choir, probably going to call my cell members now....

Five weeks ago, I was at tampines interchange waiting for a bus, when i saw presumably a grandmother waiting for a bus with her grandson after marketing, as they had those metal trolleys used for marketing filled with plastic bags. The boy was very energetic (naughty), constantly playing with the metal barriers of the interchange, loudly asking plenty of questions as well.

i could have really spent the whole afternoon just watching them. since december 2 years ago, i have not missed ah mah so much. i remember she used to bring me to the market ocassionally, but not too often as i disappear all too frequently, and get into too much trouble. I really missed those days. so often we don't appreciate what we have. my sister, probably my cousin samuel and i are the privilaged few to really experience her fully. As the eldest grandson, she really doted on me . As my mother was working then, she was the one mainly raising me during the day.

compared to all my cousins, i have so much memories of her, helping her pluck the tips off taugei (beansprouts), or snapping long beans into equal sized pieces. i can remember her scolding me "jin pai si ar!" (so naughty) so clearly in my mind. which is why, everytime i see an elderly woman scolding a mischevious young boy, i think of her.

I miss singing with her. when she was struck with alzheimer's, slowly she began to forget things. i was fortunate that i was one of the last few people she still remembered. but till the end, even as she forgot everything, she still remembered her favourite songs. Blue moon, God is Good, jin jia hou, tennessee waltz, bangawan solo, burong kakak tua, oh carol. Even during my A levels period, she would quietly sit on the black recliner in the hall and i would sing to her.

it was then at the interchange i decided that i wanted to create a tribute to her. i actually arranged a song, one of her favourite songs, to be in tribute to her, but unfortunately i don't think that it's any good, so i'll just keep it till i'm more well versed in music to improve it.

On mondays, I start lectures at noon, so two weeks ago, i decided to go to clementi central for breakfast. walking around that estate, i fell in love with the atmosphere. it's not like the modern HDB estates. it was so bustling with old men at coffeeshops drinking coffee or beer, chatting, school children eating an early lunch before school, people doing marketing, etc.... Pasir ris on the other hand, feels so empty and quiet by comparison. our HDB void decks are mostly empty, save for the occasional groups of teens. I just wanted to be able to compose a couple of short films just on all the individual stories that is going on there. I know i sound a bit rambling here, but i don't know how to express how i felt then. i wanted to preserve a slice of this type of culture in celluloid. i picture it as a simple film comprising of several short stories, interlinked simply by location, without much of storylines, but full of artistic photographic composition, with a simple story of a grandmother going to the market with her grandson as one of them.

I know i am rambling, but i just have to get this off my chest. I miss ahmah....... I really want to immortalise her in one way or another in a personal way, how she was in relation to me.

Just now i felt compelled to write something about her. but as i thought, i couldn't write anything. i did not merely want to write a story about her and i, i wanted to translate feelings into words, and i was so lost for words.....

i don't know the point i'm trying to make if any. there is no concluding statements or endpoint for this whole chunk of words, just a feeling of void





















The funny thing is that i have always only known the frank sinatra's version of blue moon, having never heard the elvis version. everytime Ahmah sings that song, i felt the begining sounded a bit weird, like it's abit flat and tuneless. but as soon as i saw this elvis video, i immediately realized she was singing his version, notthe sinatra's version where "blue" is held longer before moving to "moon"

I'm so sad... my laptop just got damaged! :( The frame around my screen popped out and can't be popped back in, and the bottom of my laptop is dented! and it's because of my bag, by some freak chance, that both ends of the strap of my sling bag gave way AT THE SAME TIME!!! one side the seam gave way, and the other side, the plastic broke!!! my bag was around my waist, so i didn't expect it to be damaged, since it was even in a padded pouch!

My first reaction when i realized the damage was i want to replace my laptop. I didn't like it anymore. I was mentally calculating how much it would cost to replace it, how long i would need to work, how much could i sell this laptop for, and if i couldn't sell, what could i do with it. Maybe I could give it to marvin for his 18th birthday. I was lamenting why do bad things happen to good equipment!

I was feeling so down, that even though i was so tired, i just couldn't sleep. Looking at my laptop now, the damage is actually so minimal. So why did i react like that! During the NS L-team meeting today, i was talking about how i need to accept imperfections, and God really just gave me a real-life application. Haiz~ i really hope this is the beginning of me being able to shake off my OCD personality.