Stumbled upon a very good blog on Lost ... http://lost-and-gone-forever.blogspot.com/

The owner writes almost as though he is a scripwriter in the actual show because his predictions and pre-analyses of episodes are somewhat very accurate.

He put Daniel Faraday on the DeathWatch 2009 List last week and BAM ... that guy's dead in this week's episode.

Anyway i WAS gonna make a prediction to the ending of the whole series but now i guess not, cos as my guess is mostly inspired by a point the blog made ...

"The biggest question I have from this episode - and the first thing that Kate should have asked when Faraday told her and Jack about his plan is "What happens if you succeed?" Would our Survivors suddenly "skip" back to 2004, with Oceanic 815 finishing its flight as normal? Would they "skip" back to 2008, having lived different lives from 2004 to 2008 that they may or may not have memories of? Or would they "skip" back to 2008 retaining full memories of everything that happened with the Island? It's all very confusing..."

I thought it would be simple to end off back in 2004 and everyone being safe without a crash, but with memories of all that had happened ... but like what most commented, it would have been a cheap ending.

Honestly, i've got no idea how the writers are gonna end it, making everyone happy.

Last paper already and I am not in the mood to sit down and mug for it yet. Revised those notes last week already and it's open book, so it's kind of about understanding it than memorizing it.

But today's open book exam did nothing about that. It was nastily a test of who can flip the pages and find the answers faster. What kind of lousy exam is that? When i thought exams should be testing you on what you have learnt in this module, not some soft skills like finding answers in a textbook. Moreover, some of the questions listed some ulu abbreviations such as WoW! fund and SPUR asking us what it means. Practically almost everyone was scanning through the whole textbook for these terms.

Purpose?

Had a good sleep this afternoon and was in the midst of a dota game just now. Owning with sf when my laptop decided to chut stunt again. Thankfully am going to Sim Lim this weekend for some walkabout for a new computer.

Another internship interview coming up this coming Mon.

I am still astounded by the various concepts and ideas of time travel.


The conversation between Hurley and Miles was classic, drawing both flak and positive discussions from a lot of the public on the forums.

If we had gone back in time to 1974 and altered something, such as destroy the time machine, which indirectly meant that we couldn't possibly go back in time anymore in 2009, would we in the 1974 selves disappear? And where do we go from there?

If I had gone back to 1990 and met the young you, would you recognise me when we meet in say 1997 in our supposedly first meeting?

If I had gone back to 1987 and got killed off there, in accordance to the butterfly effect, you would not have met me at all. So does that mean the present you have no memories of me at all? What does this mean? How can you suddenly wake up one day and all the memories of the past is altered?

OR is everything one whole big loop? Whatever happened, happened? Like ... it is destined for me to go back in time when the right time comes?

And are there alternate timelines? If i go back to 1978, does 2009 still run on?

I think i finally know why some people have the desire or choose to move out of their house when they come of age.

Episode 8 of this season left me smiling from ear to ear at the marvelous display of Sawyer and clapping in astonishment at the ingenious plot. You see, the thing about Sawyer is he is like the anti-hero in the show. Since season 1, he hasn't been the most likeable guy around. He seems like the guy who is most likely to commit some act of felony, always vulgar, always insensitive, always too direct. The thought that he might get shot in the head did cross my mind on numerous occasions.

But episode 8 created this reality that audiences were hoping for. And i think it's the episode in the whole series that he's got the most screentime.

Jack and Locke are both gone, and now Sawyer is forced to take up the leadership, and he does it brilliantly. Especially that part with Richard when he revealed his 'time-teleporting' abilities with utmost coolness. It still remains a mystery to me how he managed to convince the dharma initiative people to let him stay, but to watch him come all the way ... becoming this encouraging figure and loving partner to Juliet, and just keeping faith that the Oceanic 6 might return ... it's really heart-warming.

And all the 'three years earlier/later' ... whew ...

Now i know why you are supposed to watch episodes weekly. Just watching all the revelations and suspense per episode gets you pretty brain-fried.

Sumiko Tan wrote an article on Sunday Times about Facebook, listing several reasons why she didn't see the hype about Facebook or why she won't ever sign up for it.

Somehow, it left a bad taste in my mouth after reading it.

The article, in my opinion, is very superficial, very negative, and seems to come from someone very caught up in her own world. Not many people are like how she says the pro-facebookers are. I don't love Facebook because it allows me to keep in touch with current friends and reconnect with old ones. I LIKE Facebook because of its functionalities, its unique applications, as well as the convenience of contacting a friend.

Yes. There WAS a hype. But when you are in the business for long enough, it becomes part of life. My friends and I don't go "OMG OMG OMG facebook rocks like hell and it's like soooo awesomely cool la!" Somehow, at least for me, I think it is something that is bound to happen. I am just embracing technology ... and technology is here to make our life easier. I guess my cliques just say stuff like, "Will upload these photos." And we all know where to get them from. =)

Most of us definitely know how complicated the word friendship means. We don't because we have 200 Facebook friends, then we have 200 real friends whom we can count on when we need to talk. We don't add friends on Facebook because we want to appear popular, or we are afraid of hurting that person by rejecting him. We add friends because, well ... they are REALLY friends, or you know how through some application games you need to ally up, or just for the simple plain fact "for fun".

Seriously, what's the big deal about facing up to the fact of adding a friend. It seems like to her, she's got to do her bit if she's calling you a friend. She's made it seems its a major huge task clicking the accept button ... and i don't like that. Life's too tough to think about these things. Just go with the flow man.

Her five reasons:
1) I have enough friends already, thanks. (What's wrong with networking? And ... are you married yet?)
2) I value my private space. (There's a privacy control settings ... and what makes you think people would want to know about you?)
3) I don't want to feed my voyeuristic instincts. (You are a voyeur and can't control yourself?)
4) The posturing one sometimes sees in Facebook makes me cringe. (You choose what you see. You choose to see posturing, whereas i am looking at entertainment.)
5) My time can be put to better use. (Oh definitely. Writing a superficial article on a topic that you haven't spent enough time on is definitely putting your time to better use. Sorry for the sarcasm.)

And you really don't have to waste any emotional energy angsting over anything on Facebook. Oh c'mon, it's JUST Facebook. Do you really have to put so much emotionalities into it?

It seems that you have plenty of skeletons in your closets ... if you mind so much about people seeing photos of you in any circumstances. We ALL have skeletons in our closets. We ALL have unglam shots. Too bad the digital camera got invented, and people has turned into a bunch of trigger-happy photographer. So what if you got caught puking or drunk?

Then when you go out with your close group of friends who all has Facebook and update photos regularly, do you opt out of photos in fear of having a vegetable caught in between your teeth?

Indeed, it may seem that there is a certain amount of posturing going on. BUT i don't think it's pretentious. If he depicts himself as successful, smart, happy, trendy, popular and well-travelled, he probably is. It's only pretentious when you think he isn't. And why can't he be successful when he listed himself working in a big company, smart when he listed himself as a graduate of some big university, happy when he's smiling in all his photos, popular when friends are all writing happy stuff on his wall and well-travelled because in his profile thought box, it says he is thinking of which country to visit next after travelling the whole of europe? =)

Scanning the article a second time, i can't help but notice the negativities peppered all over the page. "No harm was done ...", "a lot of ungenerous thoughts surfaced while i was checking out their albums", "Hmmm is that how her husband looks? Not quite the Prince Charming I'd imagined.", "Gosh, what an ugly jacket she's wearing.", "Why is he posting those ridiculous photos of himself?"

You have low self-esteem or what?

I think i have said enough.

Wow. Kzhang directed me to the latest episode on PB and ... well it was more or less an episode on internal backstabbing. And this is why i don't like having long breaks in between episodes, or catching per weekly episodes because firstly, i can't stand the wait. I don't like being left hanging in suspense and having to wait for the next episode. Secondly, i don't remember the exact story after awhile so i had to wiki it again and rack my memory on what went on during the last episode.

It wasn't so bad with PB because Lost Season 5 which started airing start of this year but i didn't know till now, was way longer since the last episode of season 4. And it's such a bad time discovering i've got 13 episodes to watch. Caught episode 1 just now with all the time travelling and stuff about you can't change the past ... it got me a bit zzz but then the part when locke was shot, and daniel went to find desmond from the past ... when it all made sense ... that was the bomb.

The thing about drama is that when you get audiences to go huh, you got to make sense after that. You can't have them confused and then have them sickened by a lousy plot or a lame cover up.

Damn ... now i am so eager to finish up all of season 5.

My printer has been working hard for the past 2 days. Been churning out over 100 pages of reports. Zzz.

Yesterday's the last day of school for many people. As in literally the end of their schooling life not counting any graduate sch. It was pretty nostalgic after all that 3 years. I wonder how many of these friendships would last, as we once again embark on another new phase in our lives. I brought less than 3 friends along from primary school, maybe 10 plus or so from secondary school, another 10 plus from JC ...

Again, we are hit with the stark realisation of how time flies and how many people come and go in our lives. =)

Bought Street Fighter IV the other day cos i wasn't feeling too good. But anyways, the game's alright la. Doesn't get much from me cos it's very much like the old street fighter. Not much dimension to the game. Improved graphics and stuff la ... but definitely nothing like marvel vs capcom. Still digs tag-team play and wolverine.

Now you know why i am adamant about drawing cards for seats. Last night's game once again put me in a 'tight vs immediate-aggressive-player' situation. My tight play was no match for the aggressive player, as i was constantly being controlled. Even if i wanted to play, i had to prepare for his raise, and looking at my cards last night, i couldn't play much either. But kzhang opened up my thoughts regarding the starting chips as my base. I got to swipe off that thought. Ain't mahjong. You ain't gonna get any action playing tight.

Sometimes i look at others living out lives wrongly, and then i look at mine which ain't perfect either. Who am i to judge and tell others what to do?

But then, soon after i don't feel anything because i know it's only through living your own life when you learn about things your own way.

Today I finally started on my revision for the exams. 3 modules are down already. 3 more to go. And i need to cut my hair. I look like some guy from the 80s.

The world might really end in our lifetime you know.

Sunflares. Meteors. Aliens. Global Freeze. Or the dinosaurs might come out again.

Imagine ... working so damn hard now for all that to happen. =)

Sometimes i marvel at how superstitious i can get.

You know sometimes how you tend to perform 'rituals', almost like in an OCD manner. I guess for me, whenever something that involves heavily in luck, i will look for some sort of ritual that works in my favor.

For example the recent beach fiesta, i just had to repeat that one sentence i said starting from that first round which got us winning, and you can't say it didn't work. Similarly for exams or for a day when i desperately need luck, i will rethink back to those lucky days and what did i do ... like waking up on the right side of bed, brushing my teeth a specific way, wear a specific colour shirt, not read the newspaper or something ... and it must be a combination of as many of these things as possible. It's not just one specific thing that makes the ritual but many small things.

Well it can be one specific thing also for games like mj or poker, when out of 10 times, 7 times i draw a decent tile or card using that way, i will continue drawing or looking at them that way.

AND! they really work sometimes. Haha i mean i don't want to be that anal, but why not do something that works sometimes? =)

Interesting eh?

Doesn't it seem so clear the Gary Neville is no longer like before? Wes Brown offers so much more stability and mobility than him. And isn't it obvious how many MAJOR mistakes Neville has committed recently. Last night's one was terrible. I was like oh shit there is someone at the far post and even before the cross went in, i could imagine that goal. Furthermore, in that reserves game with Newcastle, he committed a penalty so unnecessarily.

Seriously, he shouldn't be playing anymore. I would put Wes Brown or Rafael above him any day.

This sem is coming to an end, and i guess this sem would be remembered for its projects. In a way, it was ironic to feel lonely for much of the sem considering i don't manage to see many people during my breaks or meal times and often had to eat alone. On the other hand, i managed to meet and get to know a lot more new friends this sem because of the number of projects. Well i know how most project mates may just come and go, but due to the high workload of these projects, we had to spent a lot of time together and i do sincerely get along well with most of them.

6 modules, all with their own individual projects, are finally coming to a close. 2 more weeks and 3 mods would be over. Then that 3 exams to handle and then the well-awaited 3 months break.

Last night poker's game was really action-packed! At least considering all the games we had so far. So many buy-ins and so many instances of all-ins. I guess the thrill of the game is how each and every player is different. There is no right and wrong way to playing the game and i am just glad to break even after the 5 hour game.

It was a game where i received the most 3-5s and 2-8s ever that i was folding half the game. Kelvin's aggressive stance but perpetually 2nd-best cards caused him to lose much. Huat the comeback kid continue to be the consistent and stable player after he lost his first stack to me but still managed to be one of the big winners. Fai and Kerk were the lucky boys, with good hands(and chips) going their way. Though i felt they could have been much more ruthless and could have won much more. KZhang, haha like we discussed during IPPT, was perpetually showing weakness. No ... he's weak. Haha but he was doing lesser impulsive things than me and making smarter plays thus explained his winnings. Khalif wasnt playing much either and i couldn't sense much from him either except that one time he won in a heads-up with me, somehow knowing i was bluffing. Well his friend Pete was just there for the beer and some donation i guess. =p

Thanks for the fast and great response from everyone! Well till after exams then!

*Edit: THANKS BABE for making the trip down and being a wonderful gf! =)

Freaking missed silver by 1 SECOND.

Oh well. It happens.

That's a painful 100 bucks gone.