Friday, April 25, 2008

Maybe not

Day1: I wrote the Mig ayesa post
Day2: SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE found out I wrote that post (saying YAYY THERE'S A NEW BLOG ABOUT MIG AYESA TODAY) and announce it to the whole world in some obscure forum I don't know about
Day3: I got a tag on my tagboard

Too much enthusiasm surrounding the fascination with Mig Ayesa really; it's bordering on the religious fervour of the fanatics. Which is freaky.

So no, maybe I won't be his fan. Thanks, but no thanks.

Grinning Goat at 4/25/2008 05:59:00 PM pontificated

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

MIG AYESA

He's so gay-looking. And yet for some odd reasons, he grew on me. In the span of let's see an hour or so. Which is record timing, really.
He's charming in the way Edward the Scissorhand is charming. One of those few men who can pull off the skinny jeans look.

I LOVE MIG AYESAAAAAAA.

He makes me fall in love with Queen all over again. Jesus, I suppose this is a disgusting entry, even for a whiner's standard. But but but MIG AYESA, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE THE MAN.





Check this out, his rendition of I want to break free. Awesome.


And my favourite: the BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY


Grinning Goat at 4/22/2008 10:00:00 PM pontificated

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Danny boy

Danny boy. A sad sad song. This one's sang by King's singers. They're really really good. Very seasoned a capella singers.



Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

Grinning Goat at 4/20/2008 01:08:00 PM pontificated

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Congo

I think this maybe channel 5's hundredth re-runs of Congo. I never really sat down and watched it. Today I did. And I have to say that while it wasn't as brilliant as the book (they never were), it was actually pretty good. A decent movie if you minus off the bad visual effects. It was quite painful looking at the larva and the grey gorillas but seeing that this is an old movie, it's quite forgivable.

One complaint I have is just Peter Eliot's curly hair. I mean sure, it added on to his loser persona but he's the male protagonist. Surely I'm entitled to a male protagonist with a better hairstyle?

Grinning Goat at 4/20/2008 02:03:00 AM pontificated

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Babysitted right through to the end

I'm going to have one last read, but before that.

It's just unbelievable. 10000 words. Like someone correctly puts it, my first book may well be this: my thesis. The problem is, I'm not even sure if it's mine entirely.

My helpdesk wasn't available to answer my call today (helpdesk, you've been awfully helpful about the page numbering system though hahaaha) so I had to call Joan to ask her how to align the numberings on my content page. Didn't anybody teach me how to use Word?
I had a lot of help from the start and along the way. Even right before I was about to print it. I got babysitted right through to the end.

It's not like I don't have a sense of ownership of it. After all I've been staring at it for days on end. I've got to develop some feeling for it, some measure of affection.

But it's more like a sense of shared ownership. That the thesis just happens to have my name on it. I put the bricks together but the bricks weren't mine and I wasn't the architect, or the engineer. Can I call the house mine?

This whole thesis writing business, it's a most humbling experience.
And I guess this entry is dedicated to everyone in the lab.

I told chikuen that the acknowledgement page is the one page I can be creative and yet I can't fully exercise my rights. It's all about I'm grateful this and that (the word grateful alone while meaningful is really quite BORING. I bet half the faculty uses it). I asked CK if she wants me to be 'indebted' to her or 'grateful' to her (talk about sincerity huh) and she said 'indebted to' sounds too gua zhang. I contemplated seriously on 'am much obliged' - I really like this one because it's so OLD ENGLISH. But it sounds too terribly polite. I think the problem with this world is that nobody is THAT polite anymore.

So, since I was forced to use the boring GRATEFUL word on the real acknowledgment page, I just have to write another one. And here it is.

Dr.Lim, for her dedicated supervision and guidance (I wrote something along this line in the real thing and I don't wanna change it here because this part I truly believe is true). And for scaring me from time to time to get my ass back on track (and it can be really scary, by the way).

CK, for her ENTERTAINMENT (when she's not being a cantankerous tiger) Huahahahaha. Enough to get me through the bad days. Never underestimate the value of entertainment,wise man says. Oh and chikuen, for answering all my grammatical questions hahaha (I'm ashamed).

JT, for his VERY EASILY UNDERSTOOD explanations. The grammar wasn't always perfect but the content was spot on most of the time.

Joan, for her creativity. And of course for being the voice that eased my conscience.

Wegina, for all the bullshit we wrote together on the fridge door (weather forecast, that was her original idea. Before it turns into a flood, a bar menu, a theatrical performance advert, a parody of sesame street, a picture of a very big lip, then a very big calf, chikuen's car, picture of a goat being hit by a gantry and finally a mathematical question for primary school kids that I can't answer pfffttt)

Min, for his calmness. I know this is a little weird but when I look at Min, I thought how can anybody be so calm? Like nothing fazes him. Like nothing can reduce him to tears (we haven't tried korean drama on him though). I think he has a lot of patience. And having a lot of patience is good I guess if you have to keep waiting for lymph node samples.

Shibi, for her excellent cooking hahaha and maybe for putting up with a lot of my nonsense without looking at me like I'm some half-assed moron.

Madam Choo, to be honest? for her antibodies.

Ok that should about wrap it up.

Oh one other thing, I was told that I must be worried because I knew what's riding on this shit. Which is my degree. Which is a piece of paper. Much like how money is a piece of paper too.

Grinning Goat at 4/14/2008 10:37:00 PM pontificated

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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Voyager Voyager



Grinning Goat at 4/02/2008 10:45:00 PM pontificated

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