cases if there will be, what will be the next world war?
-nuclear
-another form of cold war (this sure is against globalization!)

what would be the reason in general?
-religion
-fuel
-economic

there first two questions are possible future scenarios...

was the US right for attacking Iraq?
-...
-i do not know the full story, i really can't say in a general manner
-and with regards to righteousness, i say war is wrong and that for me is ultimate
-but for the world this righteousness is relative
-ask the US to tell the real story and ask Iraq as well...you will see different faces of the incident and even clashing details so I guess judging from their stories can be siding to either one...which is unfair...which "truth" is the real one? there must be some truths somewhere in their statements but how can I know which ones?
-if the US can't prove that there are bioweapons...can you say that there is none?
cases can be:
1. there is none really
2. they hid it properly
3. they destroyed it beforehand

but you see again... I do not know the real story...
so there is nothing I could say in this...  ¶ 10:39 AM 0 comments

  the oval of wuv it's been ages since i last jog. but two nights ago I did! with Rohit.
Aside from the long boring 7 x 400 m per oval round i saw some interesting sights that I thought I only see in parks and in sentosa at night. but yeah, it was night time and well I wasn't in either of those places where sights like that appear frequently. so pardon my great ignorance in this.. (=P)

first round... rohit and I made a deal...since I am obviously a turtle and he is a cheetah i told him that he take his pace while i take mine. So there, I happily jogged at my own pace while listening to my music.

second round... I was gasping since it was like a baptismal jog after ages but nonetheless my attention was diverted from jogging when i saw this PRC couple romantically talking to each other in the flag pole base... well it seems so... and I was like ...awww... although I couldn't hear and did not bother to listen to what they were talking about i just knew they were romantically spending their time together. They saw me looking at them but I just went on thinking "hey I reached second round! "

third round...along the way, i also saw another couple sitting on some steps... well, i think they are soon-to-be-a-couple by the looks of how they sit next to each other. they are still getting there... i know it based on experience =P. afterwards, I saw another couple entering the oval for a jog... "whoah...third couple in sight!"... In the end of my round I saw the PRC couple again. This time they lovingly cuddled each other...me: "wow.. this time they are a lot closer to each other!" and of course they looked at me again... I don't know why...LOL... maybe because I was looking at them too =P and yeah...this round the cheetah overtook me... =P

fourth round...
as i was... i kept observing the three couples along the way. the couple who went for a jog seems to happily run at their own pace. the soon to be couple has endless of things to chat about since for the past four rounds and even before we came they were already chatting... we came??? haha... oh yeah... i forgot...there are four couples in the oval =P... when I came close to the PRC couple in the flag pole base, i noticed that they have progressed to some extent. They were making out! the smoochy-woochy-steamy-gluey-kisshie-kissy. i couldn't figure how to separate them. this time, i do not exist for them... they were in their own wonderland.
sad, no more attention spared for me =P.

fifth round...okay i was a little entertained by the PRC couple because of their gradual progress but in this round along the way it was not as interesting as the last. by this time rohit finished his sixth round (the number of rounds we were supposed to jog) and started walking while I was in my zero accelaration jog. the other couple jogging were out of sight...well they were not interesting. the soon to be couple are still chatting endlessly and then the PRC couple?... they were no where to be found!!! i thought, has it really progressed that much? the night is young (12 midnight =P)... well okay, i shall not entertain any other thoughts.

sixth round...
boring. i saw rohit walking ahead of me. i was in my zero acceleration so i just jogged. when i reached him, i signalled for another round.

seventh round...
there...well, we just jogged... and i was somehow entertained overall but anyway, never thought that the night was like a night in the park or something. I could just say that it was just like jogging in the park but this time around in front of the pretigious university hall in all its glory...

but the moon... where's the moon? is it a blue moon or something?  ¶ 6:06 PM 0 comments

  NOC and more to michael, congrats! =)

glad you got accepted BUT I HOPE YOU FULFILL YOUR REQUIREMENTS TO GET IT! MANY WANTED IT AND YOU GOT THE OPPORTUNITY. DON'T WASTE IT!

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i have discussed NOC stuff with Rohit since he knows a lot of NOC returns and he himself is one of those who are interested to go for it.

i do not know, but the first time I have heard about NOC (from the stories of Brian Cu that has been scattered all over and for a sec made me pretty small when juxtaposed with his achievements), I was the least interested. I do not know why exactly but I can still remember how I did not seriously entertain a thought about it. I just said a passe reaction to seemingly cool stuff which didn't interest me as much: "hey cool can I do that too?" and then later I forgot about it. NOC is interesting for the fact that you can go to Silicon Vally, Bio valley and even to Sweden and then go around the bigger continent but anyway that fact alone did not trigger this great determination in me... I do not know why again even if I have this somewhat wanderlust character in me.

I do not regret not applying even though my last chance already went away. For some reason I am at peace about it.

Maybe I am not meant to go there but that is not my assurance.. It is more like, I know I wont go there through NOC but through something else. Not for work but maybe for passion or maybe solely for tourism... that of which I want to know but I have to wait...

The world is beautiful but I better set my priorities right.

I better do that... =)

hopefully, I would be able to...

ja ne! NOC
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so there.
=)  ¶ 4:29 PM 0 comments

  things to remember... Ephesians 4: 25-32

25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
26
"In your anger do not sin"[a]: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
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and do not give the devil a foothold.
28
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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i do forget a lot of bible verses and some roughly stay in my heart... i hope every now and then I could keep them in properly...

i even break some of them.

sigh...
i want to grow because I am still a baby...=( a helpless one.

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miracle of the week...

even if i still sin... my Lord still protects me from sinning further, He doesn't want me to sin... i believe in His plans for me. praise Him =)

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even while I am in a slump. i still have hope... and my hope is in Him...  ¶ 4:15 PM 0 comments

  regarding idols...those who don't want to be offended don't read those who will feel offended at the end... I warned you so don't blame me.

Isaiah 44:6---

The LORD, Not Idols
6 "This is what the LORD says—
Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
apart from me there is no God.
7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it.
Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
and what is yet to come—
yes, let him foretell what will come.

8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me?
No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."

9 All who make idols are nothing,
and the things they treasure are worthless.
Those who would speak up for them are blind;
they are ignorant, to their own shame.

10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,
which can profit him nothing?

11 He and his kind will be put to shame;
craftsmen are nothing but men.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
they will be brought down to terror and infamy.

12 The blacksmith takes a tool
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.

13 The carpenter measures with a line
and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in the form of man,
of man in all his glory,
that it may dwell in a shrine.

14 He cut down cedars,
or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.

15 It is man's fuel for burning;
some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships it;
he makes an idol and bows down to it.

16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
over it he prepares his meal,
he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
"Ah! I am warm; I see the fire."

17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships.
He prays to it and says,
"Save me; you are my god."

18 They know nothing, they understand nothing;
their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.

19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding to say,
"Half of it I used for fuel;
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?"

20 He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
"Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"

21 "Remember these things, O Jacob,
for you are my servant, O Israel.
I have made you, you are my servant;
O Israel, I will not forget you.

22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you."

23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this;
shout aloud, O earth beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,
you forests and all your trees,
for the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
he displays his glory in Israel.



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so I do not worship idols or withstand revering them or whatever they represent because in the end those are just made by men and they are still idols.
maybe in this aspect I agree with the Muslims.  ¶ 3:27 PM 1 comments

  Blasphemy! I received this chain mail with consequences of you-know-how-horrible-it-could-get using the image of Mary.

First of all, I do not pray or worship her. I believe in Jesus and in His love and I know that things like that won't harm me or my friends or my family because He will protect us. No power exceeds His, and no, not even Mary if she has.
This is my belief.

And that chain mail I received just now just defy the good image Catholics portray of Mary. Really defy it... How could believers of Mary do such a thing?

I do not know.
Besides the image in there was just an idol.
They can't do anything, especially against my Lord. They can't do anything (read the old testament and even the new testament, you can read things against idolatry every now and then).

why am I posting this?
because sad to say I am annoyed finally. I have been receiving chain mails like that and I deleted them, and some (nice to hear stuff) I forwarded guiltily. Let us just say, I reached the boiling point this time and I will just move on after this.  ¶ 9:49 AM 0 comments

  ... why Lord?  ¶ 7:34 AM 0 comments

  my "favoritest" youtube videos ever AND NO! IT IS ANIME AT ALL!

WHERE THE HELL IS MATT?



WHERE THE HELL WAS MATT?



One day, I will make a video like this.
Entitled:

Ivy Ivy-doo, where WERE you? =)  ¶ 12:22 PM 0 comments

  the post that was rendered useless i dont like my secretarial job in IEEE
i dont like it when they overload me
and i dont like it when i become useless
when could there be a time when things are reasonable enough?
i do like things when they become challenging
but not when they become unreasonable
my comrades in IEEE NUS Student Branch are not exactly what i call friends
and yeah because of this i want to have a part time work with IRC somehow
or maybe some other committee where I could meet friends and do some reasonable work
this thing is so upsetting me right now
oh why did i ever join IEEE? I had the feeling (before winning the elctions)
that I am not gonna like the job
way too different when I won last year's IRC elections
way too different...

oh Lord, I know you know how burdened I am.
Please guide me in this...  ¶ 11:58 AM 0 comments

  the laziest student alive is me...

i hate studying although i used to love it.
whoah...what a love and hate relationship it is! and it is hating for the most part of it!

i managed to survive five semesters without doing what i really can do and i am not happy with the results.
i managed to survive one semester without being serious but with devastating grades.
i managed to survive 3 weeks of the current semester without doing anything.
work have piled up. how troublesome!

i wonder what happened to me which made me feel like this towards studying... I can't graduate on guts alone. that is for sure! =|  ¶ 10:52 PM 0 comments