Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
"i know why the japs razed nanking. i am chinese and i want to burn guangdong. filthy hellhole."
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
freudian friends
Thursday, October 23, 2008
(p >_< q)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
ach mensch! another shirt!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
may be used for self-defense
please feel obliged to purchase it.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
and some of these comments are even worse.
o human nature, you are an ugly ugly thing.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
i've only thumbed through the book, but i thought i'd apply some of my new-found knowledge for the mothership's present since her birthday's coming up in a couple of weeks.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
I Heart NY. Now More Than Ever.
(girl flips off hecklers in a car)
Guy in car: Oh yeah, sweetie? Why don't you stick that up your ass?!
Girl: Maybe if I made it into a fist you'd want to stick it up yours.
--30th Ave, Astoria
via Overheard in New York, Oct 3, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
anyway, there's an increasingly negative response to the way the state is handling the passing of the man considered to be the biggest thorn in the PAP's side.
it kind of makes you wonder if the letters were all dictated by the same person and then officially signed off and published. it wouldn't really surprise me. the only good thing that comes of this - that i can see at the moment anyhow - is that people are becoming more and more vocal about their unhappiness with singapore's political situation. apathy's a shiteous thing and singaporeans have been apathetic for far too long.
now i'm actually quite interested to see what'll happen when the other old man dies. he must be contemplating his own mortality now that one of his many nemeses, the one who fought the hardest, has been taken by a force greater than himself.
the show's just beginning! majulah singapura.
Monday, September 29, 2008
the tale of ropey(lein)
let me explain moongchi's thought process, and the tenuous mental connections she made in order to come up with this gem.
step 1: take an existing nickname - in this case "nette" - which is what my family calls me.
step 2: play a word association game. when she thinks "net", she thinks "rope", because nets are made of rope.
step 3: add a 'y' to that. et voila!
right now you're probably looking a bit like this ("" =____=''') . but in moongs' own words, "it doesn't matter how it came about, the point is it stuck*. and if dj (the boyf) can call me moongchi, then i can call you whatever lame thing i want. in this case, ropey. okay?"
okay.
* how stuck is stuck? mutual friends and even my own cousin call me ropey. there moongs. happy?!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
merry magical mystical moongchi is coming to town
well, allow me to show you exhibit a:
during one of the many clean-up operations of marie's room, a piece of treasure was unearthed.
"hey marie," dingo called out, her eyes shining with wonder.
"yes?" replied marie in a most distracted manner.
"are you my good friend?"
"yes i am. wherefore do you ask such questions?" marie answered, in slight bewilderment.
"well then, are you my good friend .." and here dingo paused for dramatic effect, "MOONGCHI?"
and at this, marie was speechless. and before she could say more, it had been decided. from that moment forth, my good friend was moongchi! so named, for her moronic korean pencilcase.
so anyway the point of this is that my good friend moongchi is coming to sydney, so let the trees of the hills clap their hands.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
which stoo expanded to"ooh, a shoe!but i need two!"
basically it'll teach children that wearing shoes can prevent ringworm. gallion magdalion will be the resident super hero, and he will be the one who eventually finds another shoe for the urchin and drops it from the sky in a heroic manner."ooh, a shoe!i'm a street urchin
but i need two!
clearly he's poor
so hungry
poor people are genetically inferior
i'm eating the shoe
sucks wet laces for liquid
it's made of leather
a poor persons' steak
oh i am ill
oh he is ill
i need some comfort
here's some pocket lint
a friendly face please
i have one but it's only the skin
TAKE ME TO CASTLE ANTHRAX!"
our other regular visitor will be uncle raleigh [stoo]. his segment will be about the harsh realities of growing into a non-child. he proposes to show children "how adults lord their age, height and wisdom over you but still do stupid things like leave floaters in the toilet. it will convince them that they will never understand until later, when it will be with heart-rending nostalgia, that these are the best and happiest times of their lives; free from complication, commitment, responsibility and the obligation to always be fully clothed"
i think it will be a smash hit!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
oooooh
so anyway, it's just another exciting sunday in castle anthrax (zaido hq), fighting crime and the like in shiny RGB outfits.
update: rather disappointingly, it turns out that zoot is actually lastikman, so we've got an opening for a new red zaido. anybody? nobody? dust?
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
no longer the beta version, this is PBC.08.
Monday, September 15, 2008
creative suggestions welcome!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Sunday, September 07, 2008
1. the mighty boosh on dvd (feed my noel fielding addiction)
2. the I.T crowd on dvd
3. top gear on dvd
4. an akira kurosawa dvd (or a boxset if you're feeling generous)
5. jimmy books/movies (in english or chinese, i'm not fussed)
6. a pretty dress
that's all for now.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
but check out the hosts. they look disturbingly like the original three hosts on the british series don't you think?
oh well, open minds! we go with open minds and hopefully not be too badly disappointed.
fingerstoesandeyescrossed.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
the lead up to world youth day began today and sydney is crawling with pilgrims (or "pilgrams", as the sign at the accreditation office said today). apparently the "cool" kids are calling it "wid-sid". (WYD SYD). gurrrrrrrRRRrrrr =________="'
anyway the days have been packed and i am happy he's here. yesterday we went for lebanese food and shisha yesterday with zoot and craggy b, and there was a dish called fouhl. and craggy b kept saying "pidy de fouhl" and chuckling. anyway yours truly has helped that evolve to "pide de fouhl".
and then on tuesday it's off to taipei! o the busy life of a lotus-eating jet-setter.
Friday, July 11, 2008
and also, in one of the episodes this band called ulfuls is mentioned and gosh! what kind of name is that? so a quick google search pulled up this video:
how can you not like a band that makes such fun videos and have a lead singer called tortoise matsumoto?
in other news, loo hq's correspondent in china frequently texts with snappy snippets of her experiences. the latest one:
"song playing in a disney shop with lyrics: 'suck my dick, be my friend'"
hoohoo! anyway excuse the vapid posts. actually nothing really deep'n'meaningful is happening lately but the holidays have been a lot of fun !! i have been kind of productive i suppose. but i'll post the results of that later on when i have time to sit down and blog properly.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
i was a bit wary because they said it would be at a 'secret location' which was only revealed yesterday and there was a fair bit of hype built up about it. but it turned out to be really good! before the gig began they actually served proper food (fish 'n' chips, rice 'n' curry), the drinks were cheap, and there was no support act.
they sang all the good songs from their first album, a few songs from their new one and i think they were even better than the first time i saw them in 2006!!
and as we were leaving we even got a loot bag each, with a lollipop (consumed) and a badge (proudly displayed). gig photos are on zoot's camera so i'll post them when she uploads them.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Nature: 2 Nurture: 0
Little boy #1: You're afraid to talk to girls!
Little boy #2 (very solemnly): Because they're monsters.
--56th & 8th
Overheard by: Cori
via Overheard in New York, Jun 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
mmm ...
dear sondha, sheep and cally,
this was the bestest weekend i've had in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages.
much love and many hugs,
s. bunnny
Friday, June 13, 2008
batman adventure
some simulator thing with a really involved pre-ride story. sucked.
batwing spaceshot
a fantastic warm-up ride. dragged sheep and cally along even though they didn't seem so keen. a pretty standard free-fall kind of theme park ride where you get strapped into a seat with your feet dangling free and then you get launched 8 storeys into the air and then dropped again.
superman escape
the premise being you're on a metropolitan transit railway ride and there's an earthquake or something god knows. but anyway the only way for you to be saved is superman comes along and "pushes" you to safety. i wasn't really listening to the pre-ride spiel but something about hitting g-force 4 times? or something. and negative g-force once. exciting! goes from 0 - 100 in 2 seconds or so matt claims. dragged sheep and cally on this one too and they were super apprehensive at first but i think they were glad they went in the end. right? right?
wild west falls adventure ride
we got wet. there was some tummy-churning. not bad.
shrek 4d adventure
surprisingly entertaining! sheep actually screamed a fair bit. shameful sheep. there was much arm-clutching especially at the bit with spiders. s. bunny was pillar of strength.
lethal weapon
i have no idea what the premise even was. some very haphazardly thrown together storyline i imagine. but anyway, sheep and cally sat this one out. the rest of us were strapped into our seats that were suspended from a track that ran above our heads. so it was sitting in a harness and being flung about. loop the looped 5 times and corkscrewed once! apparently i scream like a girl. and apparently it's pretty distinctive so you can hear where i am. couldn't walk in a straight line after.
LUNCHBREAK!
was wisely taken after all scary rides had been conquered. sondha and i prepared this massive picnic lunch only to realise that we probably wouldn't be able to bring it into the park (otherwise who'd buy the overprice garbage they served?) so in a very singaporean fashion, she smuggled the entire contents of our picnic basket into her satchel.
on the menu:
baguettes
cheese
prosciutto, ham & roast beef slices
box o' tomatoes & spinach leaves (rinsed and pat-dried by me. bunnies like their veggies crisp)
assorted tartlets (one each)
chocolate truffles (seven in total)
mandarin oranges
a feast!!
road runner roller coaster
an 'all-family fun' ride where cally screamed louder than all the children on the ride combined and the rest of us laughed uproariously
sondha + matt go on lethal weapon twice more. the rest of us have an ice cream break.
scooby doo spooky coaster
a fantastic traditional roller coaster. possibly one of the best rides just because it was very much like being in an actual scooby doo cartoon. went on this one twice in a row. hoohoo!
went on the superman ride again
regretted halfway through the ride. screamed "why did i go on this agaaaaaaaain" during the near-vertical drop much to the amusement of sondha and matt.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
and no zoot, he does NOT look like james lye.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
- purchase and read the little prince,
- purchase and play on the rain-slick precipice of darkness
- pack for brisbane
- eat sondha out of house and home
- watch a whole bunch of movies with sheep
- be a child at a theme park
- watch nodame cantabile (live drama)
- watch stephen chow movies 'til i pass out
and um ... study for my one exam. and update my portfolio.
i have such lofty ambitions!
i don't know why people say the new indiana jones movie is bad. all you need is a complete suspension of reality and everything about it is really entertaining!
1. harrison ford isn't hot like he was in his han solo days, but he's aged pretty well.
2. sh-sh-sh-shia labeouf
3. cate blanchett's varying accents
4. ANTS
5. implausible treatment of mummified remains
the list goes on.
the only thing i didn't like were the aliens. i wish they'd retained more of the mystery about these places! and yes, i was that person in the cinema who said "oh come on" every time the aliens popped up on screen.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
anyway, it sparked off some discussion in castle anthrax on whether things were so bad when we were growing up. we never felt it living there, but now that we're in sydney we do realise how oppressive singapore can seem from an outsider's point of view.
zoot reckons that because our grandparents lived through singapore's toughest times politically, what with the japanese and communists and the merger with malaysia, then being kicked out (depending on which history book you read) of malaysia, they really appreciate what "the great leader" has done. and similarly, our parents lived through a time where singapore was developing well and things were pretty rosy so there were no complaints obviously. so much so that the generation between us and our parents are pretty apathetic about a lot of things.
but now, you have precocious young whippersnappers going overseas to study and experiencing all these new and fantastical things and coming back (well some of them do) and asking questions like "how can singapore claim to be a first world country when its government tends to have a flagrant disregard for the human rights of dissenters and rabblerousers?"
so then we wondered if knowing what we know, we'd still want to raise our hypothetical, mythical, in-the-future children in the same place that we grew up. of course singapore has a lot of things going for it: a pretty safe environment, order, good transportation etc, and there's really a lot of lovely little places to discover if you have the inclination to do so.
zoot is pretty undecided, because she has lots of family and friends in singapore. i'm pretty much a flat-out no, because most of the family that matters to me "quit" and most of my friends are scattered all over the place anyway. of course, who knows what things will be like when we actually do have children etc, but barring all those other factors because statistics are never accurate, what would you do?
i don't know how many (ex-)singaporeans read this blog, but here's a poll so vote! because you know you'll rarely have a chance to. and if you vote, maybe leave a comment* explaining your reasons. curiosity bunny wants to know!
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Dear Lynneh,
Here is a [pretty flower]* to brighten ur day!
Love sheep
* original text replaced, just 'coz
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
here's a small preview of the final presentation panel. actually i'm quite proud of it ^____^
i was doing a sustainability studio, so the brief was to design a (semi)autonomous habitable bridge with over the hawkesbury river in brooklyn, nsw.
i don't know if you can actually read the text, but the images on the bottom right were 3d renders not done by me. and they're very ugly so i won't assault your eyes with it. i just left it there to preserve the composition of the panel.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Sunday, June 01, 2008
last night i dreamt i was teaching a cross-dresser to thread his facial hair because she was dissatisfied with the way that his concealer n foundation was covering up his stubble. but then i couldn't find any proper thread to teach him with because everything i picked would start out as thin ordinary cotton thread and wind up as some huge thing nylon rope.
in the meantime, my friends were taking part in a rowing competition but one of them fell out of her rowboat and everybody was annoyed. she couldn't climb back in without tipping everyone else over so she swam to the shore and hitched a ride on a road train.
also, the night before i dreamt my eye was bleeding. which is pretty gross. but it didn't hurt! just like a nosebleed. but um. from my eye.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
i think the lecturers here are more confident in their intellectual abilities than they are in small-town perth so there's no need to constantly put people down in order to assert their intelligence. like the only nice lecturers at uwa are either old/went somewhere fancy for their degree/are highly qualified.
anyway, a.p. reckons it's a perth-thing. who knows.
also, girls of sydney: a shirt is not a dress and leggings are not trousers. and you are not lindsay lohan.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
it started out with me trying to see if my mobile alarm would go off even if the phone was in silent mode.
sheep says:
isitringing?
i mean sounding
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
dunno
i set it for 2 mins into the future
1min to go
sheep says:
the...future...
hey did u ever realize right that we are all time travellers
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
oh it does [ring]
what?
forwards time travellers?
sheep says:
tt's right!
we travel through time...allll the time
(obviously pleased with herself. i could almost see the look of corny glee on her face.)
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
i thnk "time traveller" by default means um...
sheep says:
NO DONT SAY IT
SHH
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
back
or far forward
oh
sheep says:
don't ruin it!
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
ok
sheep says:
=(
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
sorry
sheep says:
u ruined the romance of it!
later on...
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
u shld bring it up to ____
sheep says:
...
!!!!!!!
ARE YOU COMPARING ME WITH HER
:: stupid loser girlie :: says:
no i'm saying u shld say it to her n see her reaction
"WAH SHEEP U R SO SMART"
sheep says:
more likely it will inspire ____ to write some post abt how when u are a time traveller isnt it nice to always be close to home (i.e. time travel with ur [insert degrading pet name])
so she wishes they both cld travel together in the tardis
as long as he's by her side
as they travel together in time
she's always home
so you see, dr. who can be poetic too. also, sheep is a big geek. also, the phone does ring even if it's in silent mode.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
sheep sent me this test on facebook. and a week after getting my result, okcupid sends me this awful email that assumes i'm some kind of desperado!
apparently "Since [i'm] single and female", they thing i'll like their "matching system. There's no pressure and it's like one massive game of Q & A with millions of strangers at once. Try it!"
oh and "by the way", the fact that i "scored The Window Shopper on the OkCupid Test has caused a certain amount of automated commotion in [their] software. Nicely done."
why thank you okcupid. what ever the hell would i do without you to attempt to matchmake me with a billion freaks from across the cosmos.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
still, i feel a little bad for him for being so stupid. i mean from reading his other posts he kind of deserves to be arrested just for being a first class dick. and if he bothered to pick up a newspaper anytime in the last 3 years he would've read about those other guys who got arrested for anti-islamic rants. but if you go onto the streets of singapore and pick anybody at random, chances are they will have more than a few disparaging things to say about the other races they are meant to be co-existing harmoniously with. so actually arresting him doesn't really address the issue of racism, it just serves as a warning to everyone else to keep their thoughts to themselves please, or else.
of course everybody discriminates on some level, present company included. show me a person who claims to be completely accepting and i'll show you a person who's completely delusional. or maybe you've literally found jesus. but at the very least there should be some kind of sensitivity in keeping your mouth shut for the sake of keeping the peace and the greater good.
anyway since i'm going to taipei in july i thought i'd google for a more comprehensive list of insults and rude words (just in case) and discovered there wasn't much more than what i already knew! well howsabout that!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
and it's sad to say but he's really just saying what more than a few people don't dare. so basically he's just self-absorbed and completely witless. anyway it's no secret that singapore is a pretty racist society only it's kept on the down low and smothered in multicultural society national education crap.
where's the love people?!
Friday, May 16, 2008
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
i wish the policemen were quicker and k had tackled the guy. then the evening would truly have been complete.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
where you can meet people like t****** n*** whose idea of a good pickup line is "Hey I am a cantonese, you want some lup cheong in you"
there are so many things wrong with it i don't even know where to begin. oh i know, the spelling! and then from there, how it's so frakking offensive. i know it's a common mentality but i still hate the soulless-ness of it all.
for some reason i'm very irritated by this. sheep says that these particular people in question should join the sri lankans obsessed with college degrees, social status and money society. or the slocdssms.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
so all in all i'd rate the evening an 8/10.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
anyway the person i'll be spending the rest of my life with has a name that starts with J. so there i am pleased at the fact that i might have a chance of my future husband being johnny depp as opposed to sheep who was paranoid that she'd have to spend her life with a specific someone whose name begins with N.
anyway zoot says fat chance of johnny depp. i'll probably get some guy with a chinky name that's been "anglicized" like jenson or jendon.
"what about jincent?" i asked
"oh yes! jincent! jincent kwok! you will be the future mrs. jincent kwok"
so anyhoo, if anybody meets a guy called jincent let me know! we might really hit it off ! =P
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Saturday, May 03, 2008
so anyway you can click on that link to have a look. although i think i'm the only person who probably gets a kick out of seeing my own picture there. this is because - and you can check my flickr photostream for this - i am actually a pretty terrible photographer.
in any case ... ( ̄ー ̄)bragbragbrag
Friday, May 02, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
moving along, i'm probably going to taiwan for a week in july for an international urban design workshop! so that'll be fun too and danielle seems to be really keen on coming along so i'll have good company. and we'll probably be going a few days before the workshop begins so we can do touristy things. YAY!
aaaaaaaaand that's really about it for now.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
anyway after lecturebreaklecturebreak we were meant to go to a site visit at nida at 2pm, so like good punctual students we left uni at about 1.20pm and a friend said she'd drive us so we all hopped into the car. THEN someplace in surry hills or something, we stop at a traffic light and the car just dies. in the right lane. of a busy 2-lane road.
to the credit of all 4 girls in the car (myself included), there was no screaming or panicking, just mild confusion as to what just happened. turns out she'd run out of petrol literally one street away from a petrol station.
so 3 of us had to hop out of the car and push it into a side road which was comedy in itself because the road was on a slight slope and we were struggling a fair bit, then run off to buy a can of petrol from BP which took bloody forever because we didn't even know what the can was meant to look like, then spent even more time looking for a funnel because we didn't realize that the funnel was built into the can, then ran back to the car and wished there was a better funnel because it seemed like more petrol was ending up on the side of the car rather than inside the car, then drove to the petrol station to fill up the tank properly, then drove to nida where the ticket machine rejected all our coins, made a billion beeping noises, reset itself and spat money out at us. jackpot! by the time the frazzled four made it into nida, it was about 15 minutes into the tour and we weren't allowed to go into the workshops unsupervised until some kindly classmate came to retrieve us. and then by 3pm it was all over!
i doubt our car-driving friend reads this blog but if she does, she really doesn't have to feel bad about anything!
it was quite an adventure.