The World Would Be a Better Place If... (part II)

The world would be a better place if we could make cigars and smoking habit completely vanished. I was a smoker too and I start smoking when I was still a teenager. However I managed to quit even before I graduated from my high school, and completely quit before I reach 20. Now I hate cigars and smoking. The truth about smoking is it turns one into a loser because addiction is a characteristic of a loser. Don't agree with me? Then you're wrong.

No Smoking

Smoking is a 'deliberate' addiction. What I mean by deliberate here is, the addiction is 'created' because as far as I know, unlike more stronger drugs like morphine, heroine and cocaine, nicotine by itself is not very addictive in nature. In other words, addiction towards smoking will not happen if one smoke only once or twice, unless one doing it repetitively to the point of addiction. So it's actually an avoidable addiction.



Why do people smoke anyway? Like I said above I was a smoker myself when I was still in high school. After I quit smoking I did asked myself the above question. My answer is "I just feel like too". Implying that most other smokers also share the same answer, I must say most smokers don't have any real reason for smoking, and even if they do, chances are they just came up with it to as excuses to rationalize why they smoke.



Actually smoking addiction is just a bad habit and not really addiction actually. What I'm talking here is, there are already many alternatives for nicotine delivery system out there, like nicotine pills, nicotine chewing gums, nicotine patch, and even nicotine inhaler, if nicotine is what those smokers really need. But most of them chose not to switch, because of the unreasonable fear they have; they can't imagine life without smoking!



Why the hell is that? It's because puffing a cigar is a HABIT. If they really want to satisfy their addiction they can just use any of the alternatives mentioned above but they didn't because for them nothing can match the 'coolness' of lighting a cigar, holding it with two fingers, putting the filter-end between the lips, inhaling the smoke and blowing the smoke. Believe me doing that ain't cool; it's stupid, and I know I was stupid too.



People said there's no use to ban smoking because people will still do it anyway and work around it. That's bullsh1t. Hey! Speeding on the legal road is also against the law but why people still do illegal racing there? The point is not about the banning itself, because both smoking and illegal racing are damaging in nature and people will always try to do it. However we can't just let people keep damaging their own life without doing a thing.

My Favorite 'Quote(s)' of All Time - part II

My 10 favorite 'quotes':



"Everybody lies" - House

"Everybody's a hypocrite" - House

"Nobody's perfect, but everybody does" - Me

"God made relatives, thank God we can choose our friends" - Me

"Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so why practice?" - Me

"Behind every successful men, there's one woman; behind every unsuccessful men, there are two" - Me

"If I give a poor man a fish, I only feed him for one day. If I give a poor man a fishing rod and teach him how to catch fish himself, he better pay me back by feeding me everyday" - Me

"Don't judge a book by its cover, instead judge it by its author" - Me

"Drink, don't drive" - Me

"Knowledge is power, but not vice versa" - Me

My Prophetic Dream

Prophetic dream may sound stupid because, who in the right mind would believe in their dream? Actually dream is there to make our sleep more 'enjoyable', interesting and not just boring. And dream is always based on our deep unconscious desire. Believe it or not sleepwalking may be caused by one's deepest desire to do things that can't be done while awake. The truth is, just because we had one or two prophetic dreams doesn't mean it is reliable to predict the future.

Dreaming

I'm saying that but it doesn't mean it never happened to me before. It did happen, many times. In my experience, usually prophetic dream shares similar characteristics. They feel/seem so real, and more often than enough, they are extremely unusual or rare. For example, I don't buy lottery tickets but there are a few times I dreamed about buying one and win the first prize. The next day I told my lottery-addict friends about it, then they went buying the exact number right away and announced as the winners the next day. Quite freaking and creepy, ain't it?



And there are not just good prophecies, there are also about the bad ones as well. For example, I dreamed about the fall of the US as the world super power in year 2XXX. The dream made me feel uneasy, not because I like America but because I'm more interested to know how the world would be without the US. So I can't wait and I switched on my time machine, went forward into time several centuries and I stopped at year 2XXX. Indeed my dream was true! Not only America is no longer a world superpower on that time, the role is then hold by a most unlikely small nation,... let just say the nation's name is 'N' because I don't want to give any more spoilers on what will happen in the future.



Prophetic dream may be stupid but it's not all that bad. In fact there are times too I have to rely on dreams. I don't believe in dreams but I believe that in order for us to solve problems that can't be solved while we're awake, going to sleep and dreaming might be the best solution for it. The dream is not really the problem solver but we might find clues to the solution we're trying to find. Who knows there might be the moments of "why didn't I think of that?" in our dreams? It's not really about predicting the future here but one thing clear is, our dreams may be the key to solve our future problems. So dreaming is not really worthless as it seems.



(17/21 people dreamed about Hitler comes back to life and believe it will happen someday)

My Favorite Quote of All Time

Actually I don't really have this "favorite quote" because I never really pay attention to them or try to remember them. Besides I always stumbled upon many interesting quotes that it's hard to pick which one that I like. However, if I were to put one of many that I remember, I'll just pick this:



"He who knows, controls" or "He who knows, rules". Not sure which one is correct and I'm not sure either who coined those but one thing for sure is both of them have the exactly same meaning. It literally means a knowledgeable person is a superior one.



Interesting quote is interesting but that's all there is to it. I never really give a damn to live up to it. An interesting quote rarely gives any effect to me since most of my actions are driven by my own will. The quote above is to motivate one to learn and study, but I'm always interested to know everything even before I heard/read that quote.



Anyways, people should not treat quotes as facts and use them as a point to back their arguments. The best quote would be the one that is originally from you, not from other people.

The No-Fail Way to Make Me Roll My Eyes (Or to Make My Eyes Roll)

10+5 things that are guaranteed to make my eyes roll without fail:

eyes roll back around

1. American jokes; because they would make me think "what's funny about it?" most of the time.

2. Feminist who are bitching about the "discrimination against women" where such discrimination does not really exist.

3. People who go against death penalty but hypocritically they are OK with something torturing like lifetime imprisonment.

4. Cryptic command line interface on Linux OS, thinking why the programmers are still so reluctant to make a complete shift/migration of modern computing to GUI.

5. Girls who support gay marriage but hypocritically enraged after they found out that their boyfriends are gays/bi and ended up dumping them because of their non-straight sexual orientation.

6. Groups of people who think they are best friends and getting along well although what they are doing are just butt-kissing each other.

7. Chubby girls who cosplaying slim female anime characters.

8. People who spend more on pointless modification on the outer appearance of a normal car instead of using the money to make the car faster.

9. People scooped my eyes out of their sockets and make them rolling on the floor.

10. People made eyerolls out of my eyes, just like meatrolls being made out of meat.



Bonus (extra things that will make my eyes roll):

- eye-coaster made from my eyes, an equivalent to the roller-coaster

- roller-eye, an equivalent to roller-blade

- eye 'n' roll - a new music genre, an equivalent to rock 'n' roll

- eyeroller (not eyerolls) - an equivalent to steamroller

- "Eyes! Roll! Action!" - thing a director said before filming



(8/15 people rolled their eyes because they couldn't get what I'm talking about)

My Favorite Comfort Food

When I heard about this "comfort food" then I think it is about food that is not only 'comfortable' (easy, not much hassle) to eat but also makes the one who eat feels 'comfortable' as well. And when I'm talking about 'comfortable', it has to be something with soothing effect and calms us down, practical and is safe to be consumed regularly.

chocolate & vanilla.

If it's me I must say it's ice cream. Ice cream is easy to eat where you almost don't need any effort to crunch it since it melts well in our mouth. The coldness is also refreshing and the creamy taste of the milk leaves a deep sensation to our tongue. The most important thing is, ice cream doesn't not burn your tongue and lips.



However it's not just a random flavored ice cream I'm talking about here. For me it has to be the combination of vanilla and chocolate flavors. It doesn't matter of how it is prepared, either vanilla with chocolate chips/chunks/cookies or just a simple combo of equally scooped amount of both vanilla and chocolate as shown in the picture above.



The only problem about ice cream is it requires a special machine to prepare it, the ice cream maker. The machine is actually DIY-able but then again even if we do have the machine, we might still need to wait at least 45 minutes to 1 hour before we could have a taste on it. So I can say ice cream is comfortable to eat but inconvenient to make it ourself.

Me, as a Teen (part II)

This is the 'memoir' about how I looked like in my teenage. However it will only cover my life between my 13th to 19th years of life. I'd have included 11th and 12th but since there is not 'teen' in them (we pronounce them as 'eleventh' and 'twelfth' respectively) and the 'teen' only started from 'thirteen', so I have them omitted. Well, the 'teen' starts with 13 so I guess that's one of the reasons why 13 is always a special (luck or curse) everywhere.

Delightful group of teens - Two Girls shown here - Beach Scenes at Morro Bay, CA

(Take note: the picture above is just a picture. I AM a man.)



Between my 13th – 15th, I looked like a pure, innocent kid. I attract people everywhere and I could easily get their money too by acting cutely. You can pretty much say that I was like Bustin Jieber and I believe if I am 13 right now I am sure people would be annoyed of me as much as how they are annoyed of Bustin Jieber. In school I used that as a weapon, and as the result, I got many “big sisters”. The advantages? I can have free meals and sex.



During my 15th – 17th, I was like a person that will kill you if I am not happy with you being in my sight. During this time I have killed more people than the average of one POW did in World War II. Yes, killing people was my hobby on that time, and it was fun to see blood splashing, limbs flying and headless bodies rolling. And I don't waste those bodies since I'm quite an environmentalist. So what I did with those dead bodies? I consume them of course.



And finally in my 17th – 19th, which is the final part of my teenage life episode. During this time I have become a fully grown women-magnet. I was so hot that I got many offers for underwear modeling, nude modeling at art colleges as well as to perform in pornos. Not to mention many women offer their bodies to me for one night stand. And I did all that, I mean who in the right mind would reject free money and sex? After all teenage life is supposed to be enjoyed to it's fullest, right?



(1/5 teenagers don't realize that by enjoying their teenage life to it's fullest, they have shortened their lifespan by half)

What Keeps Me Up at Night

These are stuff that usually makes me feel hesitated to go to sleep. It's not that I'm unaware about the importance of having adequate sleep but it's just that I feel like don't want to let go some chances at those times by going to sleep. I mean sleep can be postponed but good chance might only come once in a life time. And I don't really care whether I'm going to work the next day or not.

Playstation 3 in Full HD !!

One of them is the internet itself. Usually the time I spent on internet (non-idle) is average 4 hours a day. Sounds don't much but that time usually takes place at nights and when I say 'average' I really mean it because there are times I might go for it 8 hrs straight until morning or none at all. What do I do on that time then? Various stuff. Mostly reading awesome articles I stumbled upon the net, followed by blogging.



Next is gaming. Once I fire up my PS2/PS3, it would be hard for me to stop, even for natural calls. I not really an avid gamer because I only play very few titles but even with just that much, I give them everything I have. Analogically, it's like a little boy who savoring his favorite meal very slowly, little by little, even if it's in very little quantity because he don't want the meal to finish too quickly since they're so damn good. Now you get what I mean?



And the last and the one that is guilty most of the time for stealing my sleeping time; animarathon (anime marathon). Although this usually occur in weekend nights, the time I spend for this activity alone is more than 1/3 of my night's uptime, enough to give it a majority vote. Usually this is the time for me to watch all anime episodes that I managed to get in weekdays so it can't be helped and I won't stop anytime soon.

My Thoughts on the Death Penalty

Death penalty has been around since the beginning of law codes in human history. It even described in The Code of Hammurabi, the oldest know law code in human history. The question now is whether death penalty is necessary or not. There are different views on death penalty. Some people want it to be abolished while some other defend it. Is it worth to support or to oppose it and what's there to defend either?

NHCADP Protest - World Day Against the Death Penalty

When people support or oppose the death penalty, sure there are reasons to it. For those who want it abolished, they see it's not right for people to end the life of other people even if it is lawful. Similarly, the other group of people defend it because crimes still need to be punished, and death penalty is just one type of punishments for crimes. Crime does not pay and people should pay for the crimes they committed.



Then do the criminals need to pay for their crime with their lives? I certainly think it depends on the crime. For me death penalty is MANDATORY for homicide crime. People who have faith in God might think "it's only God who gives life so it has to be Him to take it back". Sure but murder is a crime against humanity because it caused one lost life and we have to do it even if we're aware capital punishment won't bring back the dead to life.



We are definitely not supposed to let the criminals feel like there's no consequences for what they did. Some would say that "death penalty does not have real impact or influence on crime rate" but the same is also true for any other type of crimes and punishments. Just because punishments don't have any effect doesn't mean we can let those criminals go. The point is to make the criminals face the bad consequences on what they did.



Do we have an alternative or should I say a BETTER alternative? Lifetime imprisonment or just years of imprisonment? You mean death penalty is not OK but you're fine with torturing people by confining their life? That's why I think people who oppose death penalty are hypocrites. I mean why must they feel bad for those criminals? They have committed something bad so let them have the bad taste.



C'mon, just because you support death penalty doesn't mean you're putting the risk of facing it yourself because nobody can really predict the future, so the fear of having such punishment in our law codes is unreasonable. What we really need to do is to stop bitching about it and don't take other people's life. Yes, the solution for this is simple. If people don't want to see death penalty anymore, don't commit homicide.

Me, as a Teen

So you want to know how I PHYSICALLY look like as a teenager?

USE YOUR DAMN IMAGINATION!!!

Overheard at My Own Funeral

10 things I think people might say during my funeral when they don't even know I was not dead; I was just disguising myself as a fly.

J.G.Magee's Grave, Scopwick Cemetery, Lincolnshire

1. I don't think it's him. Halfey is still alive and hiding somewhere.

2. That's just an empty coffin. I know.

3. Don't you think this is just government's conspiracy? They must have kept Halfey with them and declared his death to fool us.

4. I know he's not dead yet and is doing his mission elsewhere.

5. Nah! He must be doing undercover and spying job right now. There's nobody in the grave.

6. Hey! D'you know that Halfey is actually among one of us here? He must have made himself look like a young woman. Try finding for him now!

7. Wait! He has ascended to the heaven. Believe me!

8. What the hell you're talking about?! Halfey is immortal! He's a vampire!

9. Rev, please cancel this funeral now! I know this is just a joke but this is too much!

10. Lets form a new religion to worship Halfey.

The Beginning of My Memoir

This is the first chapter of my memoir. Read on and don't complain if you feel offended by it. If you have anything to say about it, just keep them to yourself. Even if you put up your comments, chances are I'll delete them right away even before reading them, so don't waste your time and I wouldn't want to waste my time reading your comments either. You've been warned.

Nurse & patient "Sea Breeze Jr." (LOC)

I was born on Jan 19th, 1983. As an evil baby the first thing I noticed on that time was one young and cute trainee nurse. Too bad since she's a trainee she's not always in charge to take care of me before me and my mow was discharged. However there's one time when both of us together alone and I asked her name, and she revealed to me her nametag on her chest. It reads "Maria". Since it was on her chest my sight quickly turned to something else, her boobs. It's just natural because that's what all babies, do, to look for boobs, regardless they belong to their mother or not.



I didn't waste the chance and start to caress her breasts gently using my small hands. I can see she was trying so hard to keep her voice down when she was moaning. Oh I must be born talented to do stuff like this and I'm sure she must feel good when I kneaded and massaged her breasts. Then I see an opening! Yes, I unbuttoned her nurse uniform, unhook her bra and suck on her nipples straight away. She must have thought her nurse uniform has turned me on. However while we're 'busy' at it another nurse came in. At first she was shocked but soon after that she smiled and said "Sorry, I didn't know you two are busy. Sorry again." Then she closed the door and left. Dammit, I should have asked her to lock the door but Maria seemed don't want to let my mouth go off her breast.



Then another nurse came in but she didn't give a damn as if she can't see us or something. And before she left, came in yet another nurse. She didn't do anything and she waited until the other nurse go. Then there are only three of us. While I was still sucking Maria's breast, I can see that nurse locked the door and started stripping herself. "Maggie...?" said Maria. So I know that nurse's name was Maggie. And you know what? We ended up in a situation that you could almost say a "threesome" though nothing really happen since I was only changing turns sucking those nurses' breasts. In any ways, it was fun.



(15/22 people are too stupid to the point that they believe this so-called 'memoir' is true)

The World Would Be a Better Place If...

So the question is "what we could do to make this world a better place?" eh? Then it doesn't matter if it's 'we' or just 'me' but I'm sure it's about what everybody can do to make this world better. But I am pretty sure Hitler did thought about the same thing too, at least to make this place a better place to him if not for everybody, except that in the process he caused the death of millions of people. Who wouldn't want this world to be better, right?

no more hate

People always saying that in order to make this world a better place we should stop hating each other or stop bitching about things we hate or at least don't give a damn about things we hate. The problem is that's almost too impractical to do. I mean things we hate are everywhere. Even if we try to run away from them, chances are they will always chase you back to the point of no escape. So what can we do?



After giving it a not-so-deep thought, I think there is one thing we should consider doing. Instead of stop hating stuff, how about we get rid of all things that we hate for a change? Yeah, if you hate somebody, kill him. If you hate someone's car, smash it. If you hate certain anime title, go all the way to Japan and destroy the studio. Or if you hate the world itself, how about nuking every single part of it and make the Earth disintegrated? Or perhaps you could just kill yourself so you won't see anything you hate anymore? That's just a few example of what we can do to eliminate things that make our world bad to us. What do you think?



Oh did I mention Hitler earlier?

Friend Numero Uno

Who don't have a best friend? Even I who seemingly spending most of my free time on the net also have a few of them. Yeah a few, because the other friends are either just colleagues or convenient/opportunist friends (only become friends when it's getting convenient and profitable) or even backup friends (people you know from your old school, previous workplace, etc). However I have yet to find a BFF (best friend forever) though maybe I won't find any because I might have looking for a perfect somebody without realizing it.

Baby in bunny suit and friend, pattern english/italiano

The first one I regarded as a best friend is a same age guy from my hometown. He name is Hasran and he's actually my distant cousin. We've been together since kindergarten until we're in grade 3. In grade 4, the school management changed their stance in class distribution. I happen to be in the "better grades" class while that friend of mine ended up in the "average grades" class. Take not that in local schools there's no such thing as floating class unlike in the US or some other countries so we remain separated until the homeroom ends. However we still walking home together and play soccer almost every evening (I used to play soccer a lot back then). Things are not always nice when we're further segregated until we're graduated from elementary school, and before I knew it, we already hardly see each other anymore. I entered a boarding school after that and since then we have completely lost contact with each other. Now we only meet each other during festival holidays since he's also working in other cities far from home, just like me.



In the boarding school, I met another same age guy. He is Joseph, from the same district as I am (our hometowns are in the same district). He's a nice guy who came from quite a poor family but he have good grades in almost all subject, especially history, but too bad he has problems with English (a common problem with people from suburban areas here). However he's a hardworking type and by the time we're in our final year, after almost 5 years struggling he became the top-10 student in our school and I'm also proud of him. We always thought of keeping in touch with each other but unlike me, he don't have any phone number for me to dial to. I think that's what gives him strength and spirit to study and yeah he managed to go to one of the best colleges in the country and graduated with a degree. I tried to visit him 5 years ago but he was not at home. However his parents told me he's now working at the other state far away from home and they gave me his phone number. Now I'm able to contact him though we still haven't see each other since we graduated from high school.



In college I met another guy who came from other state. His name is Azmy. We quickly became close friends and one thing that I will never forget is when I was injured in a traffic accident and unable to walk for a few weeks, he volunteered himself to wash my clothes, even my underwear. I almost cried on that time. However I didn't make it to the end in my college and ended my studies prematurely. For a couple of years we still contact each other via texts and phone (he rarely use email so we never use that method). Then a disaster struck and I've lost his number and he only knows one way method to contact me; via phone but that is no longer an option. I remember though when he said should he ever go to the state where I am now, he will try to look for me, and he told me that's a promise. I'm not sure of what he's doing right now but I do miss him a lot.



Now that I'm a working person and I have 2 of my colleagues that I could consider as best friends. One of them is 1 year older than me, Soong (but he's my junior in work) and another one is 1 year younger than me, Phil (but he's my senior in work). Those 2 however, unlike my previous best friends, are quite problematic to me. Soong is an atheist and always think his "religious views" is better while for Phil, I don't prefer his sexual orientation though (I mean he's a bi, and he live in the same house with me right now >_<). However when it comes to what it takes to be friends, those 2 can handle it perfectly and won't mix their "religious views" and sexual orientation with friendship, and that makes them undeniably are good friends.



One day I'd like to bring back together all of those who I've regarded as my best friends and introducing them to each other and when that time comes I hope all of us will get along well.

The Alaskan Fuzz

This is a fictional story about two Alaskan police officers, presented in dialogs. Those two are actually from other states but ended up getting a job as police officers in Alaska. After a few years, one of them who are so used with warmer climate started to bitch about Alaska's cold weather. However, he chose not to do it directly thus he came up with historical stuff first as a subject of conversation. And the dialog begins...

North Slope Borough PD

Officer John Doe: You still remember the history we learn in school?

Officer Joe Average: Yeah, which one?

Officer John Doe: What do you know about Alaska.

Officer Joe Average: If it has something to do about history then I can say it was bought from the Russian Empire centuries ago.

Officer John Doe: I never think of buying the Alaska land is a good idea. If I could go back on that time, that would be the first thing I'll be campaigning against.

Officer Joe Average: Man, why is that? You think it's better if Alaska remain in the hand of the Russian? I don't think being too close with the Soviet is a good idea either.

Officer John Doe: But I still think it's a bad move. Not only Alaska is the only state that has no shared boundary with other states despite being on the same mainland, we have to pass through other country, which is Canada just to get here.

Officer Joe Average: We could always take the flight, if traveling on land is too much of a hassle for you, you know?

Officer John Doe: Yeah I know but that can never match the feeling of traveling to other states. Besides don't you think it would be costlier to travel by air?

Officer Joe Average: I was just mentioning a possibility.

Officer John Doe: Yeah, and don't forget that if Alaska was not part of us, our History won't be tainted by the fact that the Japanese troops did set their foot on Aleutian Island in WWII.

Officer Joe Average: Huh?

Officer John Doe: And not to mention if it's not because of that, we wouldn't have to work here in the first place! It's damn cold here all year long!

Officer Joe Average: ...

Sometimes (many times) We Fight - Part II

And the fight continues...

Kangaroo fight

Mr. Chump Change: your [ very noticeable ] lack of dedication is what makes you far from being a touhou fan, and thus to call yourself a fan of touhou nevertheless is a hasty assumption, not just from the POV of them legit touhou fanboys, but also from the eyes of an outsider like myself as well. you too should have understood this very well.

Halfey: How could you say there are 'legitimate' and 'illegitimate' fans out there when all that we need is interest? Dedication? You mean I have to beg and steal and borrow or even break the bank just to show how much I'm dedicated? No, I don't need that. They are interested to play the games then they are a fan. I'm interested in the design and derivative works then I'm also a fan too. It's just that we show our love in different ways.



(Note: When Mr. Chump Change uses the [...] it literally means he is whispering or mind-talking or even using telepathy. Then Mr. Chump Change started to call me 'sir' out of spite.)



Mr. Chump Change: frankly sir, bandwidth limitation is not an issue here. even i who had to coup with the frequent un-stability of my ISP [ not to mention the time when i still haven't had internet installed to my room ] could obtain all those that i desired [ greatest example on this were the numerous eroges i've acquired from time to time ] by through of a well thought download management system. well its kinda like playing them RPG, there’s always a few ways to work around such obstacles as long as you had the dedication to penetrate through them :3

Halfey: I know what you're trying to say is “work around it” but does that mean you're implying that I must do things the same way you do so that you could accept my reasoning? My life is already divided into many small portions of which I have to dedicate my self to all of them fairly, and anime is just one of them, which happen to cover one of my many interests. So what you really need to hear from me is a reason right? Well, that won't going to happen because whatever reason I'd state for that, regardless they're strong or not, chances are you are not gonna buy them since they're not in favor of your interest.



(Note: When Mr. Chump Change uses the ":3" it literally means he is acting cutely no matter how meanie he is, though in this 'fight' he actually only act cutely and not being meanie.)



Mr. Chump Change: in regard to the second case of the argument above; the stated so-called ‘double standard’ exist because you aren’t making a solid sense in your stance, which will only lead to those who got irked to view you more as a drone in the bandwagon rather than a critic with a reason, thus their insistence to reject your views.

Halfey: What's the point of arguing over points that are only valid to myself? For me, what I need in order to love or hate something is a reason, anything regardless they're strong or weak. As long as I have reasons that's enough. And why fuss over reasons that appear to be “strong” for me just because they appear weak to you? I don't hurt anybody, not even myself over what I've chose to accept. And I don't need you to accept my reasons either. It works for me and that's all there is to it.



(And then another Mr. Chump Change jumped in (let's call him Mr. Chump Change #2) though his words are mostly just repetation of Mr. Chump Change #1's words. But I'm polite enough to welcome him since he's my guess anyway.)



Mr. Chump Change #2: I doubt you’re a Touhou fan, regarding the ‘answer’ that was given by you state that ‘lack of interest’, ‘waste bandwidth’ etc. This is not what a true fan should say after claiming he/she as a fan…

Halfey: Do I need to follow your guide on "becoming a TRUE Touhou fan"? Oh well whatever I'm saying or claiming about myself is only about myself and does not concern you, so you don't have to tell me "you're not a true fan" because whatever you're gonna say is not valid to me, just as in the case where my claim appears to be invalid to you. Again it's all about myself, I don't hurt anybody, not even myself over what I've chose to accept. And I don't need you to accept my reasons either. It works for me and that's all there is to it. Love is about how we appreciate what we have no matter how much we have things we love in our hand, not about how we show them or we'd steal to have everything we love. In short, just because you don't or can't see doesn't mean it isn't there.

Mr. Chump Change #2: oh dammit.. i gtg

Halfey: Thanks for coming.



There might be another Mr. Chump Change will come soon, even the female ones (a.k.a. Miss Chump Change). Until then I have have to get prepared for more assault.

The Worst Teacher(s) I Ever Had

Every single of us are most likely having at least one teacher we despised the most. The are many reasons contributed to this, either because the teacher is stupid or because you're the one being the asshole and complaining because that teacher of yours took disciplinary actions on you. It doesn't matter here so let me be straight to the point; despicable people do exists, regardless you're teacher or not, and that's because WE ARE PEOPLE.

Leraar met gezag / Teacher with authority

Most of my teachers in elementary school are not good teachers. Yeah, I know they're just doing the job for their living but it's not that I'm not being thankful to them. Hey, if they did criticized me as a teacher so what about if I criticize their work now as a human? Alright, before any of you out there giving me the "not all teachers are like that" crap, please take note that I don't buy any politically-correct statement like that.



I did said many of my "bad teachers" are from my elementary school but there are also teachers from my hi-school are equally assholes. I remember a few times they changed their stance on students informal attire too often to the extent that even Chuck Norris would roundhouse-kicked them out to another dimension. Yea, we do welcome rules and regulations in our school but what's the meaning of having school rules if they are being used by those kind of teachers to 'legally' bully their students.



"BUT HALFEY TEACHERS DOING THAT FOR OUR SAKE" that's rubbish. If they really want to teach their students about the good things then don't let students to have bad impression on them by manipulating and interpreting school rules as they please. We don't need that kind of teachers. Seriously.

Sometimes (many times) We Fight

This is a fictional argument that is actually fictional. I did say 'fictional' but I'll let you use your brain to decide whether it's true or not but before that please do your judgment on argument because you might not buying all of my words. I don't need you to judge on the subject but rather do your judgment on who's being more positive and who's being more negative.

K-ON! Charms

Mr. Chump Change: So you said you like Touhou Project?

Halfey: I do, and I like them as they are.

Mr. Chump Change: Have you played any Touhou Project games then?

Halfey: I haven't due to my lack of interest in bullet-hell shooting games, almost as much as how I'm interested in any shooting games (particularly FPS titles). Besides getting the game is not an easy thing to begin with, though I admit that I like the 'story' inside'.

Mr. Chump Change: I thought you're a bittorrent user? And shouldn't a real Touhou fan would get those games without fail?

Halfey: On what account you're doubting the sincerity of my interest on them? Yes I use bittorrent a lot but it doesn't mean I have to dedicate all my bandwidth only for them and forgetting my interest in anime instead.



The argument went nowhere. Then comes another argument.



Mr. Chump Change: Why do you hate K-ON?

Halfey: Because I feel like to hate it, that's all.

Mr. Chump Change: Don't try to give a vague answer like that.

Halfey: Alright, if you need a 'proper' answer then what if I tell you that I hate it because it has not 'proper' story?

Mr. Chump Change: Doesn't sound like a good reason to hate it.

Halfey: Huh? Why must it's you who decide what's "the good reason" and "the bad reason" for hating K-ON? Does that implying that you'll think it's alright if I have "good reasons" to hate it?

Mr. Chump Change: Because you're being irrational.

Halfey: Irrational? Come on. If people "don't need a reason to love something" then why must I "need a reason to hate something" too? Why the double standard?



Again, the argument went nowhere.

My Question In Need of an Honest Answer

To expect honest answer, or should I say the will to know the truth is hardwired inside humanity, more less like "human instinct" (if you could call that 'instinct' on human being though). It's the same will also that drive us to lie about the truth and being hypocrite. We expect honest answer from other people but we'd be reluctant to answer honestly. What is it if not hypocrisy, right?

Tree of Truth

Certainly it depends on whom I can ask the question. Normally I'd like to ask everybody but there is one question I've been longing to ask all people that I know. The question is either "What lies did you tell?" or "What are your secrets that you have yet to tell me?". Some killer question isn't it? Yeah I'd like to ask that because I know everybody lies (me is no exception either because I am no saint). Now read on.



Why would I ask that kind of killer question? It's because that's what all human are doing; seeking the truth. We always interested to know everything, and I don't need to be particular or being specific here since it's really self-explanatory. Besides don't you think it would be cool if you know could know everything and being able to answer what people might ask you about some other people? At least I do.



Another reason why I'd like to ask that question is because it's one of the questions I'm fear of. Yeah, to be honest I'm afraid if people going to expect honest answer from me should anybody ask me the same question. You may call me hypocrite for being like that but like I said, everybody lies, and everybody are hypocrites. Admit it because there is no use for you to be in denial. That's what people do.

My Weirdest Pet Peeve

For those who don't know what a "pet peeve" is please go Google for it. Even wikipedia has an entry for pet peeve as well (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_peeve). In my own words, pet peeve is somewhat related to hatred and being fussy but not quite. Now I'm here to criticize things that give me a pet peeve. You may hate me for "talking bad" about what other people like, but if for that reason you DO hate me then you are no different from me because you are also talking bad about what I like (which I like talking bad about other people's interests).

Stack of phones

I'm always annoyed of other people's ringtones regardless how cool they are to most people. Sometimes it would turn into a hatred though I never really show that feeling to my friends/colleagues but I can't deny that there are times I unknowingly show traces of it. Even more, people in my office have the tendency to leave their phone on their desks while they are away to run some tasks or just having tea at the cafeteria. (Note: my office does not forbid staffs from letting their cellphones on).



Those people usually have at least two cellphones; one for personal use and another one for work purposes. I said "at least" because some of these people have even more than just two cellphones and bring all of them to workplace! I wonder if having many cellphones is trendy these days but I'm not joining the club, definitely.



So back to the topic here, I don't really mind if those people leave their cellphone(s) on their desks but since no prohibition of letting them on, those phones are subject to incoming calls/texts. Having annoying ringtones already gives me a pet peeve and to make things worse, those people don't give a damn to trim a sound file for ringtones. Yes! They use full-length mp3s for texts alerts! Learn to trim them dam it!

Would I Survive No Internet for a Whole Month?

This is a question never asked to me by either my self or anybody before. Interesting I must say. Regardless how we look at it today, internet has become part of our life, almost like a food or air or even sex to some. Some are able to live without it while some other are so used or addicted to it that they couldn't even imagine living without it. And the question above is about, "will I survive without internet connection?".

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It's not like it hasn't happened before. I'm working in land surveying field and there was a time when I was required to 'escort' (literally) a group of surveyors and had to stay deep inside the forest for weeks. On that time I was completely away from internet life, and it was in 3 or 4 years ago. Can I live without internet? I being here is a proof that I was able to live without it but I think things are not always the same.



Since the last 2 or 3 years, I've become more reliant on internet thanks to a booming growth of social networking. I've engaged in forumming, blogging, 'tweeting' and not to forget online gaming (MMORPG to be specific). I've also become a "Linux convert" recently and as many Linux users should have known, Linux is an OS that is always too reliant on internet, as much as how it is always too reliant on its command line interface (CLI) rather than GUI.



I must say having the internet connection is both a curse and a blessing at the same time. Lucky for me I've subscribed to mobile internet (3G) for more than a year already and always get updated with any subject of my interests. However the internet is so full of anonymity and that's what makes internet a dangerous, risky and serious business. However I will continue to live with it regardless all the negative impact one might received when using it. We have our brains, use it wisely.

halfey

halfey: "([H]arsh [A]ctive [L]ifeless [F]urious [E]cchi [Y]oung-at-heart)"