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Aufsteigende Flügel is German for "Soaring Wings", a beautiful piano piece composed by Masashi Hamauzu. It is a retreat, a place for me to speak my mind, my thoughts,
and my ideas. I bid you all welcome and please, enjoy your stay while you can.
In case you're wondering, the song you hear playing in the background is called Memories, composed and performed by Kow Otani for the best PS2 game of all time, Shadow of the Colossus.
This was one of the many unused tracks from the game, so I thought I might do it justice playing this lovely track here. It may take a while to load, but please pause it and give it a good listen.
Otani makes good music (unfortunately, this is the only one I know of), and this is one of them. Enjoy!
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Thursday, July 16, 2009, 15:42
go on, have it, you're just dying to try me
So there was a discussion in the LowYat forums on the H1N1 flu, and the appearance of this user named 'Perseus' pretty much stirred up a lot of things in there. Eventually, the whole discussion turned into a debate on the authenticity of Perseus's conspiracy theories.
But our man Perseus is very very bent on his point that he immediately labeled us all as 'sheeps' for not believing in him. And of course, he also blamed us who tried to 'oppose' his words for not being able to come up with a proper argument or point to counter his. The more I think about it, the more it seemed like this man/woman would not listen to anyone's words except for his own.
Sure, some of us did note his very authoritative-like tone in his posts and well, one of us pretty much told him off.
But our man Perseus is very very bent on his point that he immediately labeled us all as 'sheeps' for not believing in him. And of course, he also blamed us who tried to 'oppose' his words for not being able to come up with a proper argument or point to counter his. The more I think about it, the more it seemed like this man/woman would not listen to anyone's words except for his own.
Sure, some of us did note his very authoritative-like tone in his posts and well, one of us pretty much told him off.
Runecian:
Perseus, my friend, are you even listening to yourself at this point? If I was actually listening to a voice I'd swear you were the kind of person that loved to her themselves talk.
I realize that your opinion is just as good as anybody elses, but you seem to be over-glorifying your own thoughts as if they were 100% factual, obviously this isn't true (read: theories). Now I admit that you've cited a lot and stated some solid info, and for that I cannot fault you, but you've really gotta get off that high horse. Remember, all opinions are valid in discussion because they are just that: opinions.
Try not to shoot so many people down just because you believe your reasoning is superior, it's not.
And Persie's reply was this:
My reasoning is superior simply for the fact that you and your ilk has provided none except dismiss dismiss dismiss without giving any proper debunking.
Therefore you have contributed nothing in this thread other than telling 'hey don't do that, you're making everyone else look stupid. We don't like that even if it's true, stop that. We have the numbers. We're right because there're more of us stupid sheeps than you smart people.'
Some dude (kuroman84) tried to butt in to support Persie~
Like i say, if u wish to debunk anyone, give the POINT!!!! What is the point? Saying without a point is a DENIAL
POINT = HUJAH. APA HUJAH ANDA???
To which I replied:
I think what Runecian meant was Perseus's argument as a whole and the way he presented it. What he's trying to say is that although Perseus's arguments are valid and such, they way he presented it made it seem like it's "Correct, correct, correct, correct, and do not question me for I am Truth itself".
He didn't say that Perseus's statement was wrong.
To which PERSIE replied:
I didn't say no one should question me.
None of them can even come up with an intelligent rebuttal other than throwing the conspiracy theory label around and in total denial, even with proper links/videos slapping them in the face.
Some people just cannot accept being proven to be in denial. They're too comfortable and deeply rooted into the false reality they call 'civilization' and 'society'.
Sometimes you need to slap people to wake them up.
I got nothing to lose whether people believe me or not because when they start dropping like flies, or dying, probably even better.
You die, I live, less competition for resources.
Happy dying for the sheeps. Survival of the fittest. The least intelligent should die first due to their ego, denial and low IQ.
Stupid people acting smart, let them enjoy their final days in ignorance, perhaps it would be better for them to die this way.
Leave the precious resources on earth for the more deserving ones.
Eugenics do have a role after all.
Which I thought was quite true and was about to agree with him until the 'sheep' came up. Of course, in all my anger and rage, I did want to post something back to this bugger, but I decided to let it lay because clearly, there is no moving from one spot to another for Persie here. Which led me to think that perhaps he has also been through a lot of these and has learned to overcome such trials by glorifying himself to make himself feel better, knowing that he is right.
If such is the case, then this man/woman is a very lonely being.
Such humans exist.
If such is the case, then this man/woman is a very lonely being.
Such humans exist.
Labels: arguments, insecurity, people
Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 16:42
so brace yourself, I'm breaking out
Hello, readers, and welcome back to "Aufsteigende Flugel"! My
apologies for my long absence, but as you all know (or...at least, now you know), I am currently working part-time as both a tutor in my old tuition centre and an intern in my cousin's PR consulting office.
apologies for my long absence, but as you all know (or...at least, now you know), I am currently working part-time as both a tutor in my old tuition centre and an intern in my cousin's PR consulting office.TODAY! Today was the event for the 20 finalists of F&N's competition! Prior to this, I had to interview the finalists and prepare news releases and such. So today, everything pretty much fell into place juuuuust nice. :3
The venue was in Sunway Pyramid, so, knowing how the traffic is over there, we all decided to come early to set things up.
The stage~
The blowing chamber on stage~
The other area (part of the competition)~
The slaves~
Mei Cher and my boss, Kak Ina~
Me.So the competition went like this. They have 20 finalists, and well, to be fair for these 20 finalists, F&N came up with a lil' Amazing Race-like competition for these contestants.
The finalists~ (apparently, only one noticed my camera)So they grouped together the finalists in 10s (when the emcee called out the contestants, he read out the interview notes I typed out the other night! X3)...
...gave each and everyone of 'em an envelope. When the whistle blows, they're suppose to go run to Jusco (the nearest supermarket) to find their materials in there to make their teh tariks~See how they go! =D
And once they've collected their materials, they go to the first station to make their first teh tarik using F&N's new recipe on the three layer teh tarik...or something of the sort. I didn't take a picture of that one. o.o
The first station~Once that's cleared, they move to their next station by the stage to complete the last task: to make the perfect teh tarik according to F&N standards.
So off they work~
And if the judges say "no" (note the red card)~
They do it again until it's done. Apparently, this guy's the last one doing, and time ran out before he could perfect his teh tarik. A shame, really, he was quite fun to interview over the phone. XDSo once that was done, the judges gather around the results and count 'em off. While that went on, we were entertained by this man who claims to be the Teh Tarik King, winning 3 Teh Tarik championships. o.o
(unfortunately, I can't seem to load my video into this one. It was one heluva funny show though. XD)
And when all is finished, it was time for the announcement of the winners! And the winner is...I'll give you a hint; it's among these people here. (and no, it's not the guy there with the mock cheque, he won the consolation price)
Still can't guess? Right, I'll lessen the numbers then~
No? Well then, I'll just--
Oh my! Someone just passed out on stage!
Yes, ladies and gentleman, this man who nearly died from shock, IS THE WINNER! =D But he only won RM 25 000 instead of RM 500 000, because you see, in order to win the 500k, he has to get into the blowing chamber and grab flying envelopes. In the many envelopes flying in there, the 500k lurks within it~
So the day ends as it is~ And tomorrow, the post-mortem report BEGINS.