Disclaimer:
This is a personal blog and should be taken as such. So don't sue me if what I write pisses you off. Or if I write lies. Or if I give maladvice. Or if you fail to read through my sarcasm. Et cetera.
I like stalkers.
Is it in bad taste to quote one's self?
"The greatest of debaters are not only the most eloquent -- they are the most bruised, the most resilient, the strongest of heart." -- Andrew Loh
Quotes "How many times have you chickened out?" - Qu Hsueh Ming
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
"Affirmative action is something the good don't need and the bad don't deserve" - A wise man
"The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us." - John F. Kennedy
"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were." - John F. Kennedy
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James A. Baldwin
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is but a broken winged bird that cannot fly." - Langston Hughes
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Sir Winston Churchill
"Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?" - Alfred Lord Tennyson
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - John Calvin Coolidge
"We will either find a way or make one." - Hannibal
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte
"For evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"War begins in the minds of men, and it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must first be constructed." - UNESCO Constitution
"The proper study of mankind is man." - Alexander Pope
"My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death." - Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens): A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
"Patriotism is to support your country all the time and your government when it deserves it" - Mark Twain
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy is a system ensuring that the people are governed no better than they deserve." - George Bernard Shaw
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." -- Noam Chomsky
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
"When the people fear the government, you have tyranny. When the government fears the people, you have freedom." - Thomas Paine
"I sense a learning: that much dumber people than you end up in charge. Look at the way things are. I'm no fucken genius or anything, but these spazzos are in charge of my every twitch. What I'm starting to think is maybe only the dumb are safe in this world, the ones who roam with the herd, without thinking about every little thing. But see me? I have to think about every little fucken thing." - Vernon God Little, Act II
The only reason I'm putting up these pictures is because I like them. July 2005
I won the HELP Law Olympiad for SMK Taman SEA with Karyn, Suk Han, Vino and Vino. Fun stuff.
I was elated, then very quickly became disappointed and took righteous umbrage (by my standards, of course =) ) against the 1950s attitudes of the rigid, undeserving administration: here, here, here, here, and here. Also in class lah, of course.
March - May 2006
I taught Pengetahuan Moral and Sivik (I always said siviks) to the Form 1 and 2 kids in SMK Damansara Jaya.
So I turned down the ASEAN Scholarship to Raffles JC and the subsequent A levels pre-university qualification for all of these. :)
Worth it lah, right? :)
2005 AFS YES Program - Wisconsin, USA HELP Law Olympiad Volunteer work - Bridges EIP SAT II self study US college applications
2006 British Council Young Global Citizens Project - Philippines ESUM Public Speaking Competition Moral and Civics teacher - SMKDJ Debate co-coach - SMKDJ IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Young Malaysians MPH Search for Young Malaysian Writers
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Btw, the summer project for Malaysia is definitely going to go on.
zhi wei March 28, 2007 09:38 PM PDT HAHA dude, you're right, you do look like a freaking gangster with the whole "the hell you want?" pose hahaha
azhan March 29, 2007 02:34 AM PDT you look exhausted to the extreme!
Karl March 29, 2007 07:47 AM PDT Good shirt! Next time we should go out: you can wear that shirt, and I can wear my "You Will Sleep With Me" one hehehe...
P.S> Don't think Siva would get it, but you would anyways.. from him.
mosta March 30, 2007 10:49 AM PDT i was searching for my name and found your blog to be quite fascinating
