Sometimes i wonder if everyone around me will grow up to this certain age and start actin old. As in really old. Where conversations are mostly in the past tense, startin every story with introductory retrospections on past events that had taken place in that halcyon years and usin words like "used to", "if i was younger", "in my younger days" or "you are too young to understand" too frequently or even develop a likin for those newborn monstersbabies that cry too much. Couldn imagine how life can possibly go on that way. Suddenly i could understand how Peter Pan feels.

Anyway, i was on my way home when i saw this tough lookin guy in a jacket lyin on the pavement after a bike accident. He seems to be in pain. This scene suddenly reminds me of something i that i had wrote a few years back in my portfolio.

"I had chosen the shell as its hardy and robust exteral usually portray a deep sense of strength and defensiveness as it give sanctuary to the life within. A shattered shell is a sheer oxymoronic example of it, the eventual breakdown despite its strength, urging people to stop and take a closer look at our vunerable life."

Somehow, reading the same words over doesn bring back the same feelin. i guess nothing have changed except my own perception.

Sometimes i dont understand how did all the junk mails ended up in my mailbox. I am constantly winning lotteries or free membership to gyms and i am so-called randomly selected base on their NEW java-based software. I have got so used to the junk mails humdrum existence that i click on the delete button almost instantly. But one day, i stopped and think. "What if its true?" 2 million euros, it didn matter whether it will be paid to me in 4 installments or as a lump sum. I could do alot with it. It simply ask for some of my information but no sensitive credentials needed. So what is there to lose i ask myself. Then i click the delete button. Haha maybe im abit low on oxytocin or something but still i couldn bring myself to trust an email like this. Or maybe im just behind the times who doesn even buy a t-shirt off the internet even though i dont even try t-shirts before i buy them but because i need to look at the t-shirt, touch the t-shirt and be assured i will get the my stuff once i pay. I am just old-fashion traditional.

And lately advertisement is gettin more ridiculous. One about gettin a genuine colleage degree in 2 weeks. No Study required! Plus academic transcript and student records are all available. What an attractive offer. They even added a short paragraph to explain this "legal loophole". And it is suppose to be a secret that has been kept quiet for years whereby the legal loophole allows established colleages to award degrees at their discretion. And with all the attention that these news are generating, the loophole should be closed in no time. So we should call up that number and order now right before the loophole closes and pray hard that the authorities will close one eye on those who ordered before this organisation got busted yeah?

I am glad. I can play Maplestory again and whack green jelly globs and finally the month of may is over and Rob Thomas is no longer the artist of the month and get to have his mtv played over and over again. Im sure coldplay would be so much better. I simply cannot stand Rob Thomas shakin his ass like a fag to the lonely no more music. And now i got the crazy frog's axel f tune stuck to my head.

DingDingDing DingDing Ding Ding DingDing Ding DINGDING

Friendster

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Sometimes i wonder who are the people in my network searching for all these or how are these selected to be included in the list. 姐姐教弟弟做爱？？ Whos that pervert??

Anyone cravin for some mac fries? Take a look at this before induglin in a pack of fries again. And the mouldy crinkle fries look like worms.. Urgh i wun attempt to do an experiment like this.

This was the most lopsided women's final in Paris since 1988, when Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva, 6-0, 6-0. That rout lasted just 32 minutes, and this one would have lasted less than an hour, too, if Pierce had not taken so much time and so many deep breaths between serves.
"I'm sad because I lost, which is normal when you lose," Pierce said, when she was finally able to make her remarks to the crowd. "But I wanted to play a better match. I'm sorry. It didn't last very long." -International Herald Tribune

Hmmm. That was harsh.

"A BASIC science degree qualifies you to wash test tubes. A master's makes you an advanced washer. And a PhD makes you an ordinary worker."

"That is the harsh reality in the world of science. Growing a mass of 'warm, intelligent bodies' is therefore the key to building Singapore's research capabilities"

"This is the nature of the game; a PhD is essential. The real value-added element is the brains and people. You can have buildings and labs - they can be easily replicated - but what will drive research are the people."

All this are said like 3yrs back by some recently quite infamous guy who is sittin on the top of this world-class scientific research organisation. It would be very discouragin if i saw this when i first got into poly, but damn it, right now im not even qualified to wash test tubes. And that was back then, now they have disposable test tubes. No wonder we learn bioremediation in school. We have to know what can we do with the test tubes after they are being thrown out by the degree holders.

Finally, the photos. Things seem to be takin place concurrently, the melancholy in the air. Sometimes i simply couldn picture myself in a workin environment of any kind in a month or so, but maybe givin myself one month is more like makin a parody of myself. Then again i think i rather be bored readin electoral manifestos at home. Anyway, since i am so exceptional and lead such a felicitous life, i should be able to find my ideal job soon enough. Hah of course that is true, i am so fortunate that i seems to have won some millons of dollars in china, not once, but twice. And they didn even contact me usin sms, i had phone calls lookin for me. How interestin, i am one of the potential victims of the latest china sms scam. Bored.

And now i know why people can stay in tioman for the rest of their lives.

Sunset at salang

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The sunset that im waitin so long for. Alluring no doubt, although i had expected something more. I thought the sunset would be somethin like those takin part in a photography competition where the sun sets slowly and disappear behind the horizon, from a glowin orange to a deep crimson and finally becoming dark.

Speedboat to tioman

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On the speedboat, leavin the urban city. The distance to tioman is inversely portionate to the excitement that im feelin.

Nature

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Some sorta swamp behind the resort, makes one feel really close to nature. But on second thoughts, i wouldn want to be caught in such a place at night. A perfect scene out of any horror movie. It wouldn be nice to have a creek behind my house after all.

The bridge

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Wooden bridges are common over there, with a cranky plank every now and then.

Paya beach

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Low tide and all the rocks can be seen, this is the so-called muddy place that i referred to. But no, it aint mud. But it doesn really matter anyway, the seabed is ugly. Wonder how moses manage to walk thru it after splitting the sea apart.

Rockfall

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Manage to reach this place after trekkin for quite sometime. The coolin water and the rocks surroundin makin the place the perfect hideout.

Ringgis island

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This is the 1st spot where we snorkel. My first time as well. Now i am really glad man are land animals. Yes i love the sea but just on the surface and not whats deep inside where ya get to see its freakish little side. Its filled with fishes, paddlepop-look-alike fish, aquarium fishes and other fishes that look like those that are sold in supermarkets. I still prefer fishes in filet o fish or wrapped nicely in clingwrap on display. I couldn help it but people are feeding them with stale bread, and bread and fish simply reminds me of filet o fish. This is how sucessful mac is, instillin all this deep into our minds.

I thought fishes are bad enough, until i saw the oysters. Disgustin barnacles like shell embedded into the rocks. Yucks. Couldn believe they are actually the same thing served in classy restaurant where people pay for it.

And then there is the shit like sea cucumber. Shit is not just bananas, shit is sea cucumber. B-A-NAN-A-S. *Just listen carefully to the lyrics of hollaback girl by stefani gwen.* The sea cucumbers lie motionless on the seabed. And the seabed look like a wreak too after all the corals die. Ok some corals look like lingzhi but still i couldn bring myself to touch any of them, soft or otherwise. I had tried to picture them just as plants, each consist of cells, nuclei, mitochondra and all but still i just couldnt. I guess man stay on land for a purpose.

Snorkelling

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Paya beach

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Right outside our doorstep. Who need a yard when there is a beach right outside.

Paya resort

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Salang jetty

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Finally. Surviving the boat ride.

Reaching salang

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Without sunlight. This place look like some scene out of chinese ancient kungfu shows where the grand master stay to 闭关修炼. Serene & tranquil.

Outside out place

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Our place at salang

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Salang jetty

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View from the jetty.

The clear blue water

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The water is so clear that the school of fish can be seen. Beautiful. I mean the water.

Me

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Salang beach

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This is the wonder of sunlight that comes abit too late. Leavin the island on that day. No one would bear to leave the place with sun, sand, sea & booze. Everything that everyone wanted.

Farewell

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Back to reality.