Animal Farm

I've finally read the much touted about Animal Farm.After hearing about this book a couple of years ago from my godbrother,it has always been in the back of my mind to look for the book whenever I'm in bookstores.No luck until finding it while I was in Penang yesterday in the Popular branch in Gurney Plaza.And wat the heck it's exorbitantly overpriced at over RM40 for a book which has less than a hundred pages..plain robbery!Nway I'm determined to find it online after that and yeah I'm glad I've found it free to read online.Here's the link http://www.readprint.com/work-1250/George-Orwell


I must say its this short novel by George Orwell is a really good work.Its some sort of a satirical allegory of things to do with the Soviet Union.Before,I know next to nothing bout communism except what we learn about in the Sejarah textbooks and the stuff we are exposed to in popular media.The book really highlights the issues,struggles and problems within communism itself.What seems to be a noble ideology in the beginning which is shared by everyone in society in the beginning is manipulated and twisted later by dirty,corrupted,self-serving individuals.It really made me feel kinda sad and I found myself getting angrier with some of its characters as I read on.And no there's no happy ending for this story as you all know..

Nice Trip

Well I'm in Sungai Siput tonight.It figures right,if it wasn't for that I won't be able to postlah haha.My dad went for a talk at G Hotel in Penang early this morning so I tagged along.Though my mum and me got robbed by the hawkers for breakfast..it's pretty much a nice day.Compensations rebound.Got to laze in the lobby of a nice hotel.Got to eat at Chili's for the first time.Got a nice book.And yeah..I got to eat at my aunt's shop in Butterworth!It must be the biggest economy rice restaurant in Malaysia.If I'm not mistaken there are 50 dishes for one to choose from!!And what's more it's very tasty and the price was okay for the quality of the food.I don't exactly know how my aunt does the pricing.Based on what I heard while standing nearby,most of the figures were below RM4 for 4 dishes.Anyway..seeing the many customers in my aunt's shop compared to the one with nobody next door is enough to put an end to this line of conversation.

By the way,I've found this nice video clip.Kinda sums up my feelings now in a way..HAHA.Enjoy.

Stealers Wheel-Stuck In the Middle With You

Crazy Calamities..

Very recently,2 really devastating natural disasters occured to our neighbouring Asians..with Myanmar being struck by Cyclone Nargis which apparently caused the deadliest natural disaster ever in the recorded history of Myanmar..and just 10 days later,a 7.9 Ritcher-scaled earthquake rocked China,where crippling blizzards just occured earlier this year.

We are indeed blessed to live in Malaysia where we are protected from most of these calamities except the freak tsunami which occured during boxing day 2004.Even then the many casualties and damage of property we experienced during that time are statistically considered little if compared to the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives in other parts of the world.I'm not belittling any of the loss and pain experienced by those who are directly affected by the tsunami which hit our country unexpectedly..there must be a lot of untold grief and suffering to all those who are involved and I really respect those who could still get on with their lives despite their loss.What I'm trying to convey is we should appreciate the fact that we are spared from what could potentially be disasters at a much larger scale that could affect even greater numbers of people.

Amidst the tonnes of rubble in Myanmar and China,I really hope that many more people are still alive and could be extricated in time..time is very short indeed for these people..Since I'm not in a real position to help out or what same for most of you people too I think..I hope it is not too much to ask that everyone spares a bit of their time to pray or just spare a thought for the victims,their loved ones,the rescuers,and all those who are involved in both of these tragedies.Here's one for the human spirit!

Doh

Man I really missed my chance to go online finally got to go online after some time and finally I've managed to post a new post without drafts yeah I think the ninja passed my thumbdrive over to Ironman when the guy was testing his new suit so I really hoped it didn't get burned into smithereens in the stratosphere or whatever anyway I really gota sleep early so yeah doh I really gotta continue hitting the bricks like what I did since yesterday slept for more than..16 hours?Agh I used a punctuation mark..I'm already out of breath,so everyone do drink lots of liquids during this dry season!

P.S. There is really no meaning for this post..

Sugar-Coated-Frosted Bombs,anyone?

I've always enjoyed reading comics since young.It is one of those few pastimes one does when one is still a kid and still can enjoy doing when one has grown up age-wise.Note that I said age-wise since yeah people can be getting grey hair stuff like that but nothing can prevent someone from having a young heart and all too often disregard common sense for a little fun eh?Well anyway I feel comics are timeless the way books are for many and the way toys are for most children.It is one of the sort of escapism one rarely experiences in which we surrender ourselves wholly to our imagination and just shape things up in our mind freely as they pop up in our world without any restrictions.Well,actually I remember vaguely that toys are the best for that sort of excitement.But then again it is sort of a compensation that although we have more numbers in our years,we still can enjoy in things like comics,books,musics for example and many other forms of art in order to remind us of that sublime,magical feeling we had when we were still children and are overly curious and inquisitive in everything we saw,felt,touched,heard,and imagined in those irreplaceble days.

Well anyway since my holidays started I've been sticking my nose into some stuff and one of it was Calvin and Hobbes.Well actually I've been following the series daily in the newspapers but to get the whole thing downloaded?Nice.

I like the whole thing.It really reminds me of alot of idiotic things that one as a child can identify with,yet it's not necessary to experience it in order to understand it.I really respect the artist behind this comic strip,Bill Watterson.He managed to capture that fleeting moment of..well I don't know how to phrase it..maybe childishness and naivete?And by peppering in some of his life experiences and philosophy here and there,some parts in the comic becomes a reminder to some of the simpler things in life we occasionaly forget.

It just seems perfect.Calvin is a creative,intelligent,nefarious,scheming kid with an amazingly wide vocabulary.Yet,he's just a little kid and kids will be kids being sweet at very very rare instances.Hobbes is his stuffed tiger who's living purely due to Calvin's imagination and offers a contrast to Calvin with his common sense,while during other times he'll just be sleeping or pouncing at Calvin and just playing around like nuts with his best friend.I referred to Hobbes as his since he is all too human,and it's just nice to see both of them do crazy stuff together.

There are many other memorable characters in the comic strip too,like Mom and Dad,Susie,Rosalyn,Mrs Wormwood,Moe the Bully and others and they all add to the dimension of Calvin's world greatly.It is unthinkable to have just Calvin and Hobbes scurrying around in Calvin's own train of thought without these characters since the addition of these supporting characters adds a bit of a realism and gives the comic strip a taste of modern day living by incorporating some of its elements into it.Moreover they certainly prove their important role at times by becoming subjects in clarifying some of the many poignant remarks and observations the artist weaves into his creation.

Well I guess that's enough for this topic haha.Hopefully it manages to make do for my past week of not blogging hehe :P Anyway though the comic strip has stopped its run now,I'm sure many more people will continue to rediscover the magic of the world of Calvin and Hobbes :)

Here and Away Again

Hallo.I've just managed to log in after quite some time.Regretabbly I can't post as much as I wanted to.I think I'll try to write something using the computer at home then save it in the thumbdrive to bring it up here to be posted.Well actually I'd thought about that for some time but well you know..I guess a ninja infiltrated my house and hid it in a hidden stash rigged with heat-sensitive traps like giant shurikens and unmanned flying nunchucks somewhere in my house..so i need some time to look this matter up.Nway to doug and TJ here's a little something to you before I sign out.

What's a cow and some bottles doing there?Well you know they have a lot of cows in New Zealand.Well at least that's one of the stereotypes people have of New Zealand.With plenty of cows there should be a lot of cow dung there with highly untapped commercial value,right?So I think it would be nice if there's cow dung flavouring.Don't you think so?So I'll leave the honour of testing out the first batch of cow dung flavouring specially prepared by me for you guys.Do tell me about it next time!No don't thank me really. XD

P.S :Sorry to any cows or New Zealanders who find this post offensive.