Is This The World We Created...?

Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need

Is this the world we created...?
We made it all our own
Is this the world we invaded
Against the law
So it seems in the end
Is this what we're all living for today
The world that we created

You know that everyday a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by

Wooh, is this the world we created...?
We made it all our own
Is this the world we devastated
Right to the bone
If there's a God up in the sky looking down
What must he think of what we've done
To the world that he created

The Internet

The most awesomely powerfull tool ever founded by God, some people may have claimed to invent it but is it was already there to begin with, that's how God looked for information and bought the materials to create the entire galaxy.

Sometime earlier this week someone stole my Internet, the office server was somehow infected by a virus or perhaps it wa a whole host of virae so my Internet was taken away from me automatically caused me to lose m ability to do any form of work, that's where I discovered another part of Hell, it was none other than endless session of solitaire and mind sweeper combined with auto shutdowns, it was scarrier than Dante ever imagined.

In recent news

The Thai Prime Minister declared a state of emergency yesterday while attending a UN general assembly in New York after hearing that the Thai armed force enterd the Thai capital of Bangkok and occupied government buildings and media stations. The coup is one of many attempts the Thai Military have done to take over the government but it never succeded simply because nobody cares. The Military apparently also didn't give a flying fuck and declared the state of emergency void.
In Thailand's long modern political history the Military have done perhaps more than a dozen attempts in taking over the government since the 1930's but because nobody cared it hardly ever changes anything.

New resident new problems

Just with everything in life adding a new element to the household will cause problems. It's sad looking at an animal that's used to living in a large room with a predominantly cool temprature having to be locked up in a small cage with warm temprature, it's sad me to see her in that state I wish I could realy understand what she wants.

Ichi go Ichi E

Often translated as "One encounter, One chance", a common phrase in the world of Japanese martial arts meaning that you only have one chance in in making a strike, similar to the Latin phrase "carpe diem". It is usually used to encourage a person to strike at an opening as soon as it presents itself without delay. This is the same concept that I use when making a snappy comeback when a person say or do something stupid in my presence.

Much of the same concepts I practice in martial arts are applicable in the art of a snappy comebacks. The 3 "sen" mentioned in Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings are also applicable.

The first "Go no sen" is an attack performed after the opponent makes a move, generally known as a "counter" is the most common practice in snappy comebacks.

The second, "Sen no Sen" is to attack at the same time as the opponent but for it to be successful the "comeback" must be better than your opponent so that theirs will be rendered useless/worthless.

Finally "Go no sen", to attack an opponent even before he can makes a move, generally known as a "pre-emptive attack", perhaps the most difficult to practice well as it requires the ability to detect an opening before the oponent realize he/she has an opening.

Much of my comebacks are done in the state of "Mushin", roughly translated as "no mind" that is they are mostly done naturaly without the need to think although I still have some difficuty when asked to demonstrate my skills out of context.


I wish my Kendo is as good as my comebacks, I'd probably be a 5th dan by now.

Now that's over with.....

After the the cheers fade and the dust have long since settled we can see the truth to Apple's real target market. It's none other than next generation hip ninja! seriously with iPod shuffle's size being reduced small enough to be swallowed or taped/clipped behind your ears who else would be buying these things!?

With Apple dropping the word "Music" in iTunes Music Store (iTMS) will people start calling iTS? Anyway I think I'm going to get some some music and a few episodes of "The Daily Show" From the iT Store.
I think I just came up with a new term, Techccessorize!

Loosing my Way

It has been more than a year since I moved back to Jakarta, it's not strange how moving to a different environment can change people but it doesn't stop it from being interesting. Since then I have gained several things and lost many things both positive and negative things, those who know me would probably find small differences yet when I look at myself the small things that have changed made a huge difference, what was then serenity became carelessness and confidence became borderline arrogance.

I never made an issue of people's perception towards me but when I look at myself and I don't like what I see things will have to change, now is probably a good time for me to take a few steps back and move forward differently.

>_>

There are many reasons why people do the things they do mainly it's devided into necessity and wants the other can be classified as accidents. The forst two things are usually very distinct to each other yet at other times they overlap each other and when they do things starts to get rather confusing then you'll loose perspective of what you had to do. The third catagory are mostly done subconsciously one example is where your wants are constantly suppressed by the lack of necessity to do so or maybe because you know it's a stupid thing to do but in the end you do it anyway. Resutls coming from an accident varies depending on the current and future variables and in accidents the laws of cause and effect are more evident usually supported by your mind or someone else saying "see I told you so" whatever the outcome may be. The laws of cause and effect however also applies with things done out of necessity but it is not as evident as accidents or wants.

Interupted thought

I was about to post something deep and meaningful (for me anyway) about wealth, power and knowledge and how we're all addicted to it, it all fell apart when I heard my manager and former manager arguing about whether his watch was chronological....and the mentions about his watch being an old timer.....I just couldn't hold myself, all previous thought just disapeared.

Yes I won't certainly not do it

sentence of the day:

"Improper misuse of office facilities will not be tolerated"

cosmic confusion

I find it strange when good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. In times like this people usually tell others to have faith, funny concept that, faith, beleiving in something that is uncertain. I'm curious to know what the concept of justice really is in the eye of the Beholder, those who steal, rob and kill gets away without reprocussion while those who are trying to do some good to the world are cut down in their prime.

FIREWALLED!!!!!

As it turns out my access to LJ and other website's been firewalled, good thing I brought a can of Compressed CO2 and a sledgehammer so no more fire and no more wall!

"The system is down"

Hard drive Irrepairable (according to Disk Utilities, I wonder if Disk Warrior would help), inactive modem (probably something to do with the former), clock's a bit wonky (again most likely related), can't access LJ (all I see is a whole bunch of strange lines of texts)so I have to post my game related blogs here for now.

Things to do, back up all files, Erase disk, reinstall everything, this is going to be a long and busy week.

To quote Aozaki Aoko (from Melty Blood: Act Cadenza) "Nya nya nya nya nya nya na!!"

someone's up to something

As I was reading through the University of New South Wales's list of Undergraduate Courses I came across a very interesting undergraduate program called Bachelor of Planning. I am sure it's a very good degree to take but I couldn't help myself thinking whether or not they also offer a Bachelor of Scheming so students can take a double degree in Bachelor of Planning and Scheming, it'd be a great start for your political career.

A matter of linguistics

As I was sitting in a cafe last weekend sipping my cup of tea I overheard a conversation about how governments in a democracy should act in the best interest of its people and government officials and public officials in effect should be working for the people and not enriching themselves with public funds. While do agree with what this person was saying the entire conversation was conducted in Indonesians so there were a few words which I found strange and unfitting in a democratic government.

The word "pemerintah" in the Indonesian language bears the inherent conotation of superiority over others as the word itself may be translated to "the one who orders" as oppose to the one's who regulate.

Then again it may just be the mentality of most Indonesians that they do not wish to be govern but to be ordered around.

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Either the Aircon isn't "working as intended" or I'm just not feeling very well today....I think I'm going to make some tea.....should I go for herbal lemon fusion, black, black chinese or jasmine tea?

U Mad retards?

How do you say tire?

During the cold war two of the most powerful nations stood on opposite sides of an ideological conflict. The USA and USSR began competing for influences in smaller states through economic and military strength, it is also in this period that both countries competed for nuclear dominance. Some have argued that through this unchecked nuclear arms build up that relative peace was able to be achieved between the two great states, the mutual awareness that both countries are able to reduce each other and the rest of the world within minutes through nuclear destruction was to be later understood to as the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction or M.A.D, an acronym befitting for the time.

After the Soviet Union lost control of their Warsaw pact allies and smaller states under its influence which led to the eventual collapse of Communist Russia the level of nuclear proliferation became higher than it had been during the Cold War. With the increase in availability of weapons grade plutonium in the weapons black market it meant that smaller states and non governmental "organizations" and various paramilitary groups were able to obtain nuclear weapons with relative ease.

It is arguable that even with the United States being the sole remaining super power the world have been kept in a relative peace in the years after the cold war. However it had been made clear at the end of the 20th Century that the world is facing a new a different type of war, this was made evident on with events of September 11, 2001. International extremist groups, unlike countries have no homeland in the traditional sense, it spreads through ideologies that transcends borders, generations and race. Although it can be argued that terrorism have existed long before the 20th Century began organized international terrorism in such a large scale was only evident in the closing of the 20th Century.

With the increase in availability of nuclear weapons in the weapons black market and the more organized extreme politico-religious group it is feared that such group may have obtained and developed its own nuclear weapons, unlike the relative comfort the world had during the cold war with the Understanding of Mutual Assured Destruction (U-MAD)to assure that no nuclear weapons were used and without a single physical target it is much more difficult for governments to eliminate such threats, on the other hand, infiltrations to countries and government by such organized groups have become more plausible due to the mobility and fluidity that is inherent to these groups.

With the world's only super power state leading the assault it seems that governments have done nothing but strike blindly at an enemy that can not be seen causing destruction at random places. As terrorist groups attack a specified target with a very visible enemy and The US attacks a country that may or may not be the enemy we have entered a new self imposing doctrine of Totally Assured Random Destruction or T.A.R.D and as the war continues with the world's only super power constantly selecting targets at random this war will fall into a doctrine of Random Endless Assured Reoccurring Destructions or R.E.T.A.R.Ds

In conclusion, during the cold war the world was kept at a relative peace with the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction the M.A.D doctrine. However with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new kind of warfare against a new kind of enemy the world will soon fall under the doctrine of Random Endless Assured Reoccurring Destructions or R.E.T.A.R.Ds

Dude, wtf? seriously......

I don't get it, where do all these rumors about how bad an education institution is when they are clearly considered as one of the best in the world? It's always "I've heard XY Uni is bad" or "if my child have to go there he might as well not go to university", for one thing it's really not my business whether their kids go to uni or not but it becomes my problem when they defame a uni just because they heard it was bad but can't give a reason why.


Fuckin 'tards.........

"I told you so!"

There are times where ethics becomes a major dilema in the work place, the majority of people I know seems to often mistake being nice for being ethical and sometimes prioritizing being nice to being ethical to satisfy the client.

There are clear cases of breach in work ethics, there's always the regular lying and stealing in all of its form but there are cases where it is seemingly much more complex than that, like putting the interest of a third party who is the financeer of the primary client ahead of the said client and a middle ground is not in the best interest of your client, then there are cases where nice and ethical are in oppposition to another, in this case for most of the times clients couldn't care less about ethics and wants to be treated nicely despite how inethical it may be.

The majority of people would be conflicted when faced with this sort of problem, some would prefer to be nice, others would do what is ethical and a few others call their managers/supervisor, which is probably the safest thing to do, so if anything goes wrong after that it wouldn't be your fault.

To me I prefer to do the ethical thing even if I loose one or two clients, however it's not a matter of integrity, it's not a matter of profit, it's a matter of doing things the right way so they can't blame you for not doing it right.

Maybe its just me but I enjoy telling people that their failure is due to their own stupidity.

Actual Weekend round up, part 2

It's nearing sundown and so far I have done nothing particularly productive in the last 5 days (including today) and I like it. Well it's been one heck of a weekend, cancelled dates, game hunting, gaming, no phone calls. It was almost perfect I was close to doing what I aimed to do this entire weekend which was doing absolutely nothing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not lazy, lazy is not wanting to do something, I on the other hand wanted to do nothing which was something I couldn't manage to do, I ended up doing nothing productive but I still did something. It is my way of reaching that spiritual enlightenment.