Survival of the fittest

Well today is Hari Raya Haji. I'm in the Starbucks in the Mines Shopping complex in Serdang. This morning i happen to see some cows tied up to a tree near a mosque. They look calm & relaxed although they were about to be sacrificed for the festival. Maybe they have no idea what will happen to them soon or maybe they just accepted their fate. Although I pity them but well...its the law of mother nature. Survival of the fittest. Hopefully when i get back later, i would be witnessing the slaughter of those cows. Because honestly, i wouldn't want to see it. That reminds me of one particular incident when i was young & my grandpa was alive.

I was taken care of my grandpa when i was young as my parents had to work. One day, I went to the back & witnessed my grandpa killing a chicken for dinner later. He slit the throat of the chicken, let it run around until it bleeded to death. It was a little scary having to see it run around trying to stay alive only to die in a pool of blood,with it's eyes opening wide as if it's asking to be saved. That day i reluctantly ate the chicken my grandma later cooked for dinner. It seems cruel that we have to feed on other creatures to live but it's the law of nature. If we don't do it, we will die. So we do it to keep on living.

Now, i do still think about it everytime i take a bite of food but i don't feel as guilty as before. Maybe I've come to accept that it's the law of nature. Survival of the fittest...

Have you seen the rain?

I woke up one night,

It was cold due to the rain,

A heavy rain indeed.

I never said this,

But I've always liked the rain,

I never knew why.

I like how the rain,

Washes everything on earth,

Of the dirt and dust.

I like how the rain,

Sounds as it falls to the ground,

Nature's own music.

I like how the rain,

Making the air nice and cold,

As I sip my drink.

I like how the rain,

Trickles down everything,

Like tears of the sky.

And last but not least,

It gives me a sense of peace,

That I have longed for.

So here's a question,

That I ask you to answer,

Have you seen the rain?

Game Preview : Scribblenauts (NDS)

Now I don't own a NDS. But when I saw this game on E3 2009 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), it just blew my mind!. This game really shows the potential of NDS to the max!. The title of this game is...


This game was developed by 5th Cell who also came out with games like Drawn to Life which gave a new way to play the NDS. So what make this game great you ask? Well it says on the box. Write anything to solve everything.

The basic idea of Scribblenauts is to complete puzzles to collect "Starites". Your main character in the game, Maxwell has the power to summon objects that he writes. So the player need to summoning objects by writing the name of the object in the ds & using it to helped solve the puzzle. Since there are tons of words stored in the database of the game, the only limit is the imagination of the player. Take this for example...

You see a Starite (the yellow star) stuck on top of the tree. You can't reach it, so what can you do? You can do the obvious, just write on the nds "Ladder", place the ladder by the tree, climb up the ladder & you get the Starite. But they are also various methods to solve this puzzle. You could well...

1) Write "Chainsaw", equip it to you character, saw down the tree & get the Starite
2) Write "Beaver", place the beaver near the tree, let it make a meal out of the tree & collect the Starite
3) Write "Axe", equip it, chop down the tree & get the Starite

But those are just the methods they showed in the video trailers I saw. Who knows what other ways you can solve it? So like I said earlier, the only limit to the game is the player's imagination. Oh just for you information, the game doesn't allow any words that is vulgar or indecent. So don't think of summoning anything vulgar like *#%^& or @#$%^&. The games not out yet but so far, base on the game trailers, it looks awesome! (^o^)

To checkout more of the game, check this links :
~Gametrailers~

Twenty One Years Old

So I'm now officially 21 years old. For most people, being 21 is a huge thing. It's the legal age for you to buy alcohol or go to the casino or even get married? [I have no idea bout this one). I don't find it a big deal. I'm not a good drinker & I'm not really fond of drinking. I'm not a gambler. Never really was fond of gambling although almost all my relatives (especially in KL) know how to gamble. And about getting married? Well...I haven't even started looking for a girlfriend, so I'll skip this one. (>.<) Out of curiousity, I googled "being 21 years old" & I got all kinds of links from blogs to forums & even some news. Guess everyone does that when their 21 years old. Haha. I laughed at some of the topics I got from the search. Like "Is a guy being 21 years old and a virgin bad?" or "It sucks not being 21..". But I also got a slice of life from other people's blog about being 21 like "Being 21 Years Old" or "Being 21 Years Old, Happy?".

But one things for sure, I'm still the same guy as I was yesterday. A little wiser? Well maybe. A little older? Yeah I guess. All I wish is I get to live my life to the fullest & have fun at the same time. (^_^) So I'm now 21 years old,what about you?

Dreamworld

Welcome to my dream,
My own world within the world,
where my mind wanders.

Inside the dream world,
the boundary of the world,
becomes a blur line.

All my inner thoughts,
swirl,mix & blend together,
to form this strange world.

In this little world,
I am but a traveler,
of my twisted mind.

Even as I wait,
this one question comes in mind,
Where it'll take me next?

Did I do the right thing?

I'm right now in Metro Point,Kajang, surfing the net. But early in the morning I had a dillema. As I sit here at a table in Starbucks, I wonder if I should have done something. Because right now I'm feeling a little guilty.

I was waiting at the bus stop hoping to catch a bus or a taxi heading to Kajang. As I was waiting, i turned around & noticed a cat resting under a car. I adore cats although I don't have any pets, so I tried calling it to me. The cat noticed me & approached me. That's when I noticed one of his back leg was broken! I could see the bone sticking out of his back leg. I regretted calling it because as it appoached me, it had to cross over a drain. It stayed at the edge of the drain & started meowing at me. It stared at me like it wanted my help.

I was hesitant to help because I have no idea what to do with it. I would have bringed it to the vet if I had any idea where to find one. So I decided to turn my back & look away from it, hoping that it will lose interest in me & walk away. After a while, I looked back & noticed it was gone. I gave a sigh of relieve. But when I looked inside the drain, I saw the cat lying inside it. I'm not sure if it tried to jump to reach me or it wanted to rest down in the drain. Out of guilt, I decided to put my bag down & maybe help the poor cat out of the drain. Fortunately the drain was dry as there was not any water running through it. As I approached him, it suddenly got scared & started running on it's three leg clumsily. I tried to calm him down & approach him but he ran deeper into the drain. I couldn't follow it. I was a little annoyed that it ran away from me as I wanted to help it. So with a little anger in me, I got out of the drain & just continued with my day.

But as I was riding the bus & walking my way to Metro Point, I wondered...Should I have helped the cat? Or maybe I should mind my own business? I really don't know. But there's guilt in me for calling it out to me although it was injured. Hopefully the poor guy would be fine on his own...

I really hope so....(T...T)

The man in the shadow

Welcome to my world,
A world of endless darkness,
opposite of light.

I can see nothing,
but the blackness of this world,
like an endless night.

I do not fear it,
Because I have embraced it,
accepting darkness.

Few know the darkness,
and dare to venture further,
But I am not them.

Here in this darkness,
is where I can be myself,
One with the darkness.