This will be my 1st post whereby i reveal a little of the lame side of me. Lame as in interesting and funny, not acting humorous. Because in the Singapore, people coin almost anything funny as lame. Anyway, like the title of my post, it'll be about "ah bengs". A friendly one though, i won't condemn ah bengs because i would be condemned myself physically(my looks). Anyway, here goes...
Usually, I would help out in children's church busing.
Which means I get on to a bus that the church hired, direct the bus driver to the children's house, pick them up and drop them off in church. But today, it was more interesting.
My bus driver is a "half-ah beng". He speaks & behaves like one to a certain extent, minus away the harsh common vocabulary commonly used by "ah bengs" because of their limited vocabulary (a.k.a vulgarities). Anyway, i managed to talk to him a little, and he dropped me off near my house after the busing because he lives near me. I found out more of his job because he complained and complained about this girl who yada yada yada yoda soda cola mola(etc, etc, etc...). Anyway, the thing that was worth blogging about is about our conversation on one topic.
It started with him asking "Ni3 shi4 christian ah3 ?" (in english: are you a christian)
It was strange that he asked that, because he was driving a bus full of children who are going to church, and I am the Teacher (yes, the children call me Teacher Rickson in church, how cool, haha) on the bus, so usually the bus drivers will assume that the teacher is a Christian from that church. Anyway, i said yes, and asked him why. He chuckled a little and told me he thought that i was not a christian.
So i asked him bluntly, "because i look like an ah beng?" (in chinese, with my fluent ang-moh accent. I dunno why i have this ang moh accent when i speak chinese, but i have a perfect Singaporean accent when it comes to English or Singlish.) He chuckled again & told me that before i board the bus, when he saw me walking towards the bus, he was thinking "Wah seh, don't tell me its this guy leading the bus today".
He told me he thought i was an ah beng who was trying to act classy, because i was carrying a guitar for i had to play for children church later. So judging by my outward appearance, i was a classy ah beng; an Ah Beng Musician. You know, like those Hong Kong classy gangsters.
To the readers out there, if there really is any, you may wonder why do i blog about this. Especially those who have seen me before. Why, because the majority of people who've seen me before thinks that i look like an ah beng. too!!!
Thats so sad lar, because i'm such a good boy(in Singapore standard). i don't smoke, don't take drugs, don't use vulgarities, don't run around naked, don't commit suicide(its a crime to commit suicide in Singapore, and the fact that i didn't commit a crime like that contributes to me not being an ah beng, haha) nor kick my dog. (i only kick my brother's dog, haha.. i mean very softly, think massage, thats the strength that i use.)
Nor do i torture animals. Other than sleeping on my hamster in the past. It escaped from its cage and could not be found. A week after, we found a roti prata version with dried strawberry sauce of my hamster. It was not my fault, really. Anyway, this shows how lazy my maid was, took one week to find the missing roti prata (i doubt she'll get a chance to read this, haha..). Oh btw, i've tried strawberry prata (strawberry sauce on roti prata), its a little too sweet, but its tasty.
The only thing that i did was to dye my hair purple. And after using sunsilk colour lock shampoo, the hues and saturation of my hair was adjusted(photoshop language). Apparently, the shampoo lived up to its name; colour lock shampoo. When i first washed my hair after i highlited it purple, my hair colour locked on to the foam of the shampoo. PURPLE FOAM!!! It was cool... until i went to visit the guy stalks me everywhere, the guy who i see everytime hiding in a reflective surface (my reflection).
Anyway, what i'm trying to say is judging a book by its cover its not a very smart move. You see, i have friends who are quite handsome but are idiots on the inside. On the other hand, i have a few friends who look like idiots BUT are BIGGER IDIOTS inside!! haha.. Sorrie, that was just a joke, i don't judge people as idiots. Back to the book by its cover thingy, because when you judge someone by its cover, you will behave as if the person is who you think he is. You will avoid people who look like Ah Bengs (i've experienced that before), or mayBe look down on people.
So i shall summarize this post. Next time if you see someone who look like an Ah Beng (whether he is carrying a guitar or not, or whether he has faded coloured hair), they might not be Ah Bengs. So stop judging Ah Bengs today! and stop judging people who look like Ah Bengs too, haha..
This blog does not have any worth in view of eternity. In view of time, mayBe a little. But it fulfills the 2nd agenda of my blog, enjoying life on earth =D.
Sunday, 7 January 2007
Saturday, 6 January 2007
Technical Difficulties
Btw, i'll design my blog next time, so sorry for the boring layout and deisgn... I'm not really a fan of boring stuff, so you'll see changes soon (i hope).. =D
Animal Planet, National Geographic and Discovery Channel??
Watch Animal Planet, National Geographic and Discovery Channel!!!
Especially discovery channel, they're airing the best of Discovery 2006.
A MUST SEE program airs on thursdays 9pm on Discovery Channel, i forget what is the title of that show. I think its about some guys trying out all the myths, like whether putting a menthos into a diet coke will cause it to explode and many interesting stuff like that. (channel 8 is coming up with a new program like that too, but i prefer to watch the original and more interestingversion)
Why the sudden interest on this channels? Well, i realised that i could really learn alot from these channels, instead of watching tv dramas, soap operas, sitcoms and cartoons (sorry spongebob). Whats more, you get visuals and audio. Reading the papers is good, you should read it everyday, but what you get from reading "the crash of Flight 93" and watching the documentary film about Flight 93 is totally different. It is not just news, but news with emotions and a certain amount of drama attached to it. You get countles interviews of the victim's family, more details etc, etc.. Plus, it is interesting!! Even if you are just an undisciplined lazy extrovert who hates reading the newspaper. You should really try watching it, its good!!
Anyway, why i decided to substitute watching hours of tv dramas, soap operas, sitcoms and cartoons(sorry Patrick and Squidward) is because i want more knowledge. Yes, i can get them alot through newspapers and stuff, but i can also get knowledge in my slacking time now.
I shall list down some interesting things i came across watching those channels. If you already know these things that i am about to mention, good for you. But if you don't, then enjoy these interesting information!!
Do you know that:
There was actually another plane planned by the terrorists to crash into the whitehouse (i'm not very sure if its the right building) in America on September 11? The passengers in the hijacked planed called home from the plane and were informed that the plane was not in a normal plane hijack, but of a terrorist suicide mission. They fought back with the terrorists and when the plane was just 15 minutes away from the target, the terrorists were forced to crash the plane because the passengers almost broked in to the codpit armed. All the passengers of Flight 93 died as heroes.
400 million people died in airplanes and airports? Either through accidents, hijackers or terrorists.
Coca cola can be used to wash toilet bowls? Becareful of what you drink.
Dogs from K9 units saved about a thousand lives in wars and detecting of bombs?
When USA ended the war with vietnam, they abandoned all the dogs from the K9 unit because the dogs were labelled as "military equipment"?
You can marry your dogs at Japan? Some guy formed his new religion and started a mini church to marry dogs. He is the only high priest in the church.
When you decide to cremate your dog, you can call for a mobile funeral service? You have to pay US$200 though. Some clumsy guy with a dog casket will come to your house, put it in the casket, theb cremate it in his mobile funeral service dog cremating vehicle. Then you get to kneel by the dog's coffin and you all habe to bow down to this picture of a "manga version of Mother Mary holding a newborn puppy in her arms" in respect!!!! Thats super.. erm.. unique... and sorta disgusting too man..
So watch Animal Planet, National Geographic and Discovery Channel today. It definitely has worth in view of time and to an extent, even eternity...
Especially discovery channel, they're airing the best of Discovery 2006.
A MUST SEE program airs on thursdays 9pm on Discovery Channel, i forget what is the title of that show. I think its about some guys trying out all the myths, like whether putting a menthos into a diet coke will cause it to explode and many interesting stuff like that. (channel 8 is coming up with a new program like that too, but i prefer to watch the original and more interestingversion)
Why the sudden interest on this channels? Well, i realised that i could really learn alot from these channels, instead of watching tv dramas, soap operas, sitcoms and cartoons (sorry spongebob). Whats more, you get visuals and audio. Reading the papers is good, you should read it everyday, but what you get from reading "the crash of Flight 93" and watching the documentary film about Flight 93 is totally different. It is not just news, but news with emotions and a certain amount of drama attached to it. You get countles interviews of the victim's family, more details etc, etc.. Plus, it is interesting!! Even if you are just an undisciplined lazy extrovert who hates reading the newspaper. You should really try watching it, its good!!
Anyway, why i decided to substitute watching hours of tv dramas, soap operas, sitcoms and cartoons(sorry Patrick and Squidward) is because i want more knowledge. Yes, i can get them alot through newspapers and stuff, but i can also get knowledge in my slacking time now.
I shall list down some interesting things i came across watching those channels. If you already know these things that i am about to mention, good for you. But if you don't, then enjoy these interesting information!!
Do you know that:
There was actually another plane planned by the terrorists to crash into the whitehouse (i'm not very sure if its the right building) in America on September 11? The passengers in the hijacked planed called home from the plane and were informed that the plane was not in a normal plane hijack, but of a terrorist suicide mission. They fought back with the terrorists and when the plane was just 15 minutes away from the target, the terrorists were forced to crash the plane because the passengers almost broked in to the codpit armed. All the passengers of Flight 93 died as heroes.
400 million people died in airplanes and airports? Either through accidents, hijackers or terrorists.
Coca cola can be used to wash toilet bowls? Becareful of what you drink.
Dogs from K9 units saved about a thousand lives in wars and detecting of bombs?
When USA ended the war with vietnam, they abandoned all the dogs from the K9 unit because the dogs were labelled as "military equipment"?
You can marry your dogs at Japan? Some guy formed his new religion and started a mini church to marry dogs. He is the only high priest in the church.
When you decide to cremate your dog, you can call for a mobile funeral service? You have to pay US$200 though. Some clumsy guy with a dog casket will come to your house, put it in the casket, theb cremate it in his mobile funeral service dog cremating vehicle. Then you get to kneel by the dog's coffin and you all habe to bow down to this picture of a "manga version of Mother Mary holding a newborn puppy in her arms" in respect!!!! Thats super.. erm.. unique... and sorta disgusting too man..
So watch Animal Planet, National Geographic and Discovery Channel today. It definitely has worth in view of time and to an extent, even eternity...
Blogging?
This is an introduction to the beginning of my blogging experience. (the pros and cons of blogging)
After months of contemplating, i finally decided to start a blog. And when better to do it than on New year's day? Initially, the first thing that comes into my mind when you mention the word blogging, is "a waste of time". I mean i enjoy reading people's blog to an extent, and i know how much people enjoy blogging. But Rickson blogging??? No way!!! I doubt my friends would believe that i'm blogging too.
Because like the title of my blog, i do things "In View of Eternity". What i mean is, that i do not want to waste time on things that do not have any impact nor last. My initial thoughts were that i could use the time that i were to spend on blogging to do other things that are more productive. Things such as working, praying ( i believe alot in prayer, not just believing in my head but also through numerous experiences), doing projects, spending time with my family or even spending time teaching my dog how to do a backflip.
Anyway, you would've guessed, it turned out to be a happy ending - I am now blogging about why i did not want to blog, haha (wooo, the first haha in my new blog). The reason? Because i realised that by blogging has worth in view of eternity.
1st of all, by blogging, i can train my writing (or should i say typing) skills so that i would be better equipped to write (or type) a book in future.
Secondly, by blogging, i can get in touch with myself and spend time with myself. I can discover more about myself and people can also point it out to me through what i blog on. I can also go back to my archive in future and look at my past posts and realise how foolish i was in the past(of course i hope it'll never happen).
Thirdly, because i could get response from blogging, i can learn how people will respond to certain things and thus learn how to relate better.
Fourthly, when we blog, we will feel that people are listening to what we say. Of course it is not as effective as real friends listening to your problems face to face, but in some sense we feel that we are sharing and releasing our problems to our friends when we blog. So you could say blogging can prevent depression to a certain extent (only to a certain extent).
And last of all, unless my account gets hacked or i forgot my blog address or blogger decide to close down or i could no longer access to internet anymore, the things i post will always be there. Thus, i can always go back to the things i've learned in the past; i can remember what i've learned.
There are many more other reasons to why blogging is good. If after reading this post you don't feel convinced to start a new blog or to start posting better stuff on your blogs, there must be something wrong. Because i myself feel so convinced by myself that i should start posting great stuff that could be of value in view of eternity in my blog. (i really managed to convince myself man =D)
So if you really don't feel convicted, you either
1) did not really understand what i mention above,
2) have a terrible psychological problem (anger or depression)
3) think that i'm an idiot
4) you are reading a blog of the wrong language
5) you have a wife (random)
or mayB you're just too busy (which i feel is the best reason to stop someone from blogging).
Anyway, so if you already have a blog, i hope you'll blog well this 2007. Avoid writing stuff like "Today morning, i walk to my kitchen, sit down, and ate breakfast. Then during lunchtime, i ate lunch at my living room table. And during dinner time, i went to eat dinner in the kitchen again!!! Weeee!! Its all so fun, eating at the right time. Then when i go home, it was already night time, time to sleep, and guess what i did??? i went to sleep!!! Woooohoooo!!!"
i mean such boring stuff does not have any value at all in terms of time (not to mention in terms of eternity). So load up great stuff in your blogs today, fun stuff that can stirr up laughter, informative stuff, emotional problems you have, your persoanl revelations and all your great experiences!!
Enjoy life on earth, but don't waste it.
After months of contemplating, i finally decided to start a blog. And when better to do it than on New year's day? Initially, the first thing that comes into my mind when you mention the word blogging, is "a waste of time". I mean i enjoy reading people's blog to an extent, and i know how much people enjoy blogging. But Rickson blogging??? No way!!! I doubt my friends would believe that i'm blogging too.
Because like the title of my blog, i do things "In View of Eternity". What i mean is, that i do not want to waste time on things that do not have any impact nor last. My initial thoughts were that i could use the time that i were to spend on blogging to do other things that are more productive. Things such as working, praying ( i believe alot in prayer, not just believing in my head but also through numerous experiences), doing projects, spending time with my family or even spending time teaching my dog how to do a backflip.
Anyway, you would've guessed, it turned out to be a happy ending - I am now blogging about why i did not want to blog, haha (wooo, the first haha in my new blog). The reason? Because i realised that by blogging has worth in view of eternity.
1st of all, by blogging, i can train my writing (or should i say typing) skills so that i would be better equipped to write (or type) a book in future.
Secondly, by blogging, i can get in touch with myself and spend time with myself. I can discover more about myself and people can also point it out to me through what i blog on. I can also go back to my archive in future and look at my past posts and realise how foolish i was in the past(of course i hope it'll never happen).
Thirdly, because i could get response from blogging, i can learn how people will respond to certain things and thus learn how to relate better.
Fourthly, when we blog, we will feel that people are listening to what we say. Of course it is not as effective as real friends listening to your problems face to face, but in some sense we feel that we are sharing and releasing our problems to our friends when we blog. So you could say blogging can prevent depression to a certain extent (only to a certain extent).
And last of all, unless my account gets hacked or i forgot my blog address or blogger decide to close down or i could no longer access to internet anymore, the things i post will always be there. Thus, i can always go back to the things i've learned in the past; i can remember what i've learned.
There are many more other reasons to why blogging is good. If after reading this post you don't feel convinced to start a new blog or to start posting better stuff on your blogs, there must be something wrong. Because i myself feel so convinced by myself that i should start posting great stuff that could be of value in view of eternity in my blog. (i really managed to convince myself man =D)
So if you really don't feel convicted, you either
1) did not really understand what i mention above,
2) have a terrible psychological problem (anger or depression)
3) think that i'm an idiot
4) you are reading a blog of the wrong language
5) you have a wife (random)
or mayB you're just too busy (which i feel is the best reason to stop someone from blogging).
Anyway, so if you already have a blog, i hope you'll blog well this 2007. Avoid writing stuff like "Today morning, i walk to my kitchen, sit down, and ate breakfast. Then during lunchtime, i ate lunch at my living room table. And during dinner time, i went to eat dinner in the kitchen again!!! Weeee!! Its all so fun, eating at the right time. Then when i go home, it was already night time, time to sleep, and guess what i did??? i went to sleep!!! Woooohoooo!!!"
i mean such boring stuff does not have any value at all in terms of time (not to mention in terms of eternity). So load up great stuff in your blogs today, fun stuff that can stirr up laughter, informative stuff, emotional problems you have, your persoanl revelations and all your great experiences!!
Enjoy life on earth, but don't waste it.
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