finally, another entry after 3-4 months of hiatus! now that i'm free from school for the rest of the year, i gonna use this holiday to do a LOT of 3D and drawing training.

so me n my mates watched A Christmas Carol, and honestly, i was a bit skeptical about first, but i decided just to go along anyway.

and it's really, really, good! no kiddin' here. I never watched the trailer, and i never thought that the whole movie is made by 3D animation! i was simply amazed by the peculiar yet effective and realistic use of lighting, as if you can feel the coarse rug and the soft robe. there was some error in the animation, but i'm simply amazed at myself for being able to pick out the faults and the minor mistakes. i guess i AM improving here. But the english accent used here is like...ANCIENT, making it really tough to make sense. I'm expecting 80% of non-english speaker to say the movie SUCK just because they don't understand what they hear.

but that's not all, the message conveyed is the true treasure of the movie.

The movie is about an old accountant (i think), Mr. Scrooge's life every Christmas season. He is the MOST stingiest oldie you would find throughout your life; forget being a cheapskate, his refusal to pay 100% of a service is NOTHING next to his belief of "a smile shouldn't be given for free". Actually, i'm not sure if he still have the entry of 'free' in his dictionary. And when you don't even give out a smile, it should be obvious enough that he is self-centered and prone of negative remarks from his neighbours. His infamy can make babies stop crying just by staring at them behind the wall (lol). Anyway, 3 spirits approach him on the Christmas eve night, and Mr. Scrooge realize what's wrong with his life.

One thing that i reminded of when watching this movie is about repentance, self control, and loving others. Some of us may find Mr. Scrooge a detestable man, but few of us realize that we might as well be called 'Mr. Scrooge' because of our actions or words. We need to realize the weigh of our actions to other people. I remember seeing a phrase off a book that's saying "The best way to show that your love is giving your time and attention to others. By giving your time for others, you are giving a portion of your time, your life, to that person and will never get it back". Mr. Scrooge never gave attention to others, he kept everything for him, his wealth, his time, and himself. As a result, the entire town dislike him. The bible said on Galatians 6:7 (NKJV); "...for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

This drives me to watch my action towards others even more careful, and so should you. If you want to be blessing for others, then you need to have the right Lifestyle first before others could be blessed. The characteristics of those who have the right lifestyle are stated in the bible in Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV); "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." (And if I have to add, these also mean 'sincerity'). Now ask yourself, would you dislike someone who have these characteristics? I don't.

If we have the opposite of it, stated in Galatians 5:19-21 (NKJV); "Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murderse, drunkenness, revelries...", it's no wonder that people will dislike us. The bible also say that we have to be the salt and light for others, and that tells us to be blessing for others, giving impact to people's life.

We should question ourselves, whether we have become blessing or pest for others. How would you feel when hear people say negative comment about you? What if those negative comment came from your own family? We are social beings, it's true that some of us are not as 'sociable' as others. I, for one, am not the sociable type of person, more on the quiet side. But years ago, I began to notice that the struggle I'm having is not about getting attention from others, but it's about letting go the weight called PRIDE that has been holding me back from approaching other people. Throughout my years in Melbourne, I learn how to let it go little by little. It's really tough, but I keep on trusting the Lord that whatever happened to me on the way, He had something in mind for my own goodness (Rome 8:28).

And repentance, it's a complete 180 degree turn-around from your old ways to a completely new one. Note that this takes a long and painful process, unlike what's portrayed in the movie. Mr. Scrooge was a detestable and hated individual on Christmas Eve, but he completely changed on 25th December. A new expression is carved on his face, and people are amazed at his change, some are even confused. He is no longer a 'Zacchaeus', but a generous person. And i believe, he have impacted the entire town and their Christmas celebration is much merrier since then.

Galatians 6:8 - For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

Now, it's YOUR turn! and be blessed~

....and with more NERDY SHENANIGAN!!

NERDY JOKE WARNING! i warned you already

FEATURING THE EPIC FAIL DEATH STAR!!!!!!11!!one!eleven!!!

some notable comments from above links, each followed on each other

- First... Wash your pants.
Second... Buy some new shoes.
Third... You forgot your sign:
Will Destroy Planets For Food
- Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of embarrassing yourself for all eternity on the internet.

-One might say he's looking for attention in Alderaan places.
- It's as if a million souls cried out at once just to laugh at this guy

- "The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station."
If he's not careful, and if his pants aren't ray shielded, he could blow...
- We should be able to get a reading on those pants, up or down. Why would he have his zipper up? Unless...IT'S A TRAP!

- He better pull his zipper up before someone fires a proton torpedo into his thermal exhaust port. But if he really wanted to have fun, he would have put the laser hole over his crotch
- "Our ships can't repel firepower of that magnitude!"
- Some sort of complicated device that splits the pee into six streams, only to recombine and then wreak devastation on a poor urinal.


and time for the obligatory demotivational image!


see more Lolcats and funny pictures

....and so, problem solved! seriously, this is what i'd call a miracle, 2 of my problems just solved in matter of days, where it usually take weeks to finish.

and time to share stuff i overheard today!
*and possibly couple days back as well*

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Girl: "I heard an Apple store is opening there soon."

Friend: "So, like, that's all they sell? Wow! not even any oranges?"
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Boy: Hey, what was Pythagoras's surname?
Girl: "Isn't it Theorem? Pythagoras Theorem, right?"
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Boy: "Pfft, this person thinks Martin Luther King is Michael Jackson?"
Girl: "Huh! Everyone knows he's that 'sting like a bee' boxer."
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Girl studying wars: "What's socialism?"

Friend: "Paris Hilton is a socialist, but that's got nothing to do with war. Maybe socialism is someone who's socially involved in war."
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i only got 2 words for you people


 

nay, i lied, after several months, turns out that i couldn't finish the huge update i planned, so i scrapped that idea...



i've been feeling a bit down lately....i can't contact 2 of my really close friends, of which 1 of them is studying for exam, and i can understand that.
the other one, however, is a bit of mystery (to me at the very least). it started a few days ago, everything was alright, then suddenly on the next day, that person didn't come up to msn, and i wasn't bothered with that. but when it kept on going for a few days, until the whole week, i began to worry. then i found out that, that person, is very pressured from the assignment. i read that person's blog, and i don't like the sound of it. i even began to question myself whether i'm the cause of it, but i decided not to blame myself anymore.

and until now, i'm yet to be contacted by that person. all i can do here is just to pray for that person.

believe me, if i can do something, i'd go over there and help with the assignments, no matter how much it costs.

S.G, if u read this, let me do something to help you.

yes i'm too lazy to update my blog.

but i assure you, i'm gonna post something big next, i'm just preparing for it

=p

Any real guitarist will tell you that Guitar Hero has nothing to do with any real-world instrument. Disney, surprisingly, has created an educational and inoffensive spin that uses a real guitar as a controller.

I mean...seriously. Ever since Guitar Hero came out, I've been laughing my ass off every time I saw any kind of video on youtube about people, being retarded musician wannabe, scoring a OMGNOWAY-worthy amount of score to show-off their apparent "ultimate rocker" guitar skills on....a retarded, string-less, 5 cute'n'colourful buttons on the neck, guitar with this weird moveable latch around the area of the pickup.


Funny Demotivators



Disney, however, did a pretty....dunno, good job for making a Guitar Hero clone that's different than Guitar Hero. Just go watch the video, it explains everything. But then its still not a good enough excuse to learn guitar. Its still retarded.

...and I hope Konami sue Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises, really. They blatantly copy everything

......for a damn good reason too.

specifically, the government, not the country as a whole. We've always known China as the country who breach copyright law, in fact ANY kind of copyright, cheap labour, oily food, shopkeepers who NEVER give you a bargain, and the Great FireWall of China. AND YOU CAN NOT DISPUTE THOSE FACTS I STATED ABOVE BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MUCH TRUE.

....but i don't really care. However, this time, they have stepped over the line.

now i'm not speaking as a....citizen of China, or as someone who ever got a positive attitude towards China, but i'm speaking as an Artist. one who would spend months of his life to share his passion about art in general to those people of the same intention, and this include Chinese artists, ANY kind of artists. However,  THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AS OF DECEMBER 14 HAS BANNED DeviantART.com FROM THEIR INTERNET PROTOCOL FOR A STUPID REASON AT THAT TOO.


i will continue this rant some other time, i just don't feel like wasting my strength ranting against ignorant country like CHINA.

.....is revenge really THAT important to you? not only you just prove yourself weak, i can't believe you even thought of paying back what those people had done to you. it doesn't make you any better than those people.

you are worthless. i despise you for your own good.

one of reasons why i don't want to go to america is the existance of the thing called 'Thanksgiving Day." its dumb. but as usual, there's gotta be a positive and negative side of stuff. and these are the reasons why i LIKE thanksgiving day.

1. you get to eat a freaking huge turkey.
2. you can get stuffed with turkey.
3. even MORE turkeys.

i don't like "Thanksgiving Day" for a reason, and don't you ever flame me for having a freaking opinion. people over there just don't get thanked enough. they don't get thanked for their good works, and they don't get thanked for saving people's ass from humility. the only time they ever give thanks about something, is on this day called "Thanksgiving Day." can you imagine the stress level for not being thanked after inventing something that can make human life easier? i can't, and i don't want to be in that imagination.

biased and ridiculous opinion aside, lets start the REAL argument. WHY......would they make a separate day every year called Thanksgiving Day.....when it can happen EVERYDAY?