My Ramblings 02/05/06

I can actually play PS2 games on Windows. WoW!

Right, okie.

I lied. haha! =P

I guess I should say I can 'see' PS2 games, 'cos frankly, it's running too slow to be playable. Imagine abt an avg of 18 fps (frame per sec) and for FFX (Final Fantasy X), a pathetic 2 fps. Gosh, these statistics sux. But anyway, I still find it cool to actually see the graphics of PS2 grace upon Windows. Prolly gotta wait till they release a seriously working emulator. From what I gather, the current emulators do actually work but they require massive amount of horsepower from the processor which I don't know who the h*ll will own. So in a practical sense, the emulator isn't a working one.

Hope the team of members on these PS2 emulators project work harder. Go Go Go!!! =p

Anyway, yesterday was Labour Day. But I was delegated the task of clearing my stuff in my cupboard, 'cos we could be moving house and I wouldn't be around at that time. Prolly will be writing or typing some thesis in a little corner right at Down Under and the deadline's gonna be so so so close. Haha! Oh well, my imagination.

Right, where was I?

Oh yeah, the clearing out stuff part. Mostly, it was to separate my age-old toys into the 'Want' and 'Don't-Want' pile. I used to collect these Marvel action figures, prolly 'cos I started reading comics too at that time. Can't help it, my father reads them too, so I might as well. haha! How'd I play these figures last time? Well, being the only child, there aren't many alternatives available to me. I used to create these imaginative worlds with the 'good' and the 'bad' and basically, they just fight it out. Haha! No reason whatsoever for the fighting, 'cos being 'good' and 'bad' is a good enough reason to fight it out already, isn't it? =P Yeah, yeah, childish me, but I was still child then! Though now, it never hurts to keep that bit of child's innocence, positive outlook and humour somewhere in the heart huh?

I remembered about a bible quote but can't recall exactly how it goes, but something like that, "To enter heaven, we have to be or think like a child again." Something like that, food for your starving mind. =)

By having a blog and an OD, sometimes, I also don't know where to pen my thoughts. Wherever I feel like, wherever I go, I guess. haha! As they say in Chinese, er... what was it? 'Ping2 Gan3 Jue1'? I hope I haven't got the hanyu pinyin wrong. Haha! Actually, I'm still pretty confident about my chinese, all thanks to CoMiCs!!! They really do help with chinese and what's more, they help with conversing in chinese as well, since 95% of comics revolve around characters talking to one another. 'Yi1 Jian4 Shuang1 Diao1' Okie, this idiom should be correct too, right? haha!

So a secret formula to all chinese teachers who have difficulty relating to English-minded kids nowadays.... Use comics!!! I believe they make chinese seem so much more interesting. And... prolly this is just a side-note, but I don't know, when we studied Chinese, I've not met a single chinese teacher which could be a whole lot more er.... easier on the eye? Ooh, I think I sounded rather shallow with that comment, but correct me gently if that's not the truth. All of my chinese teachers are all middle-aged or I could even say, old. Behind their exterior, they may possess vast knowledge of the language, hey, maybe even the history behind it, but they appear B O R I N G. It's a chore to even remain awake during lesson.

Oh well, prolly, that was only how it was when I was learning Chinese. The kids nowadays could be getting the better end of the stick now. Yet, there are still so much squabbling about the language. I prefer to use 'squabbling' 'cos I think everything is such a pointless argument. For crying out loud, just learn the language, we are chinese after all. 'Nuff said.

I don't get it, we don't used to have such problems where the education system has to alter itself to accomodate kids who don't like chinese. Geezez, in a way, that makes it worse as it emphasizes the point that chinese may not be so important in Life after all since the ministry can make leeway for it. Prolly some people will say times have changed, but I say screw it. For all I know, the Chinese Language has such a long stretching history behind that rivals many other languages and it has even gone through many evolutions to suit the times, only to be tarnished by lazy kids in our day and age. Yeah, screw.

Not everything we learn and do has to come to a $ sign at the end, that's the point many parents and kids nowadays don't get. The phrase 'Money is the root of all evil' prolly has to change to 'Money is the root and end to everything' since the times have changed. Hm?

You know what's the irony of everything? Chinese songs are still widely popular among the population in Singapore. And we have the disinterest in Chinese at the same time. I guess it's like how Japanese and Korean songs are popular too. But people are paying to learn such languages and throwing away the free Chinese lessons. haha~! Is the Chinese songs market even larger than the English ones? I'm not sure about that.

Oh well, I can only say they don't know what they are missing as I find Chinese interesting. I already feel we are lucky that Malay isn't made compulsory even though it is our National Language, phew...

Haha! The title did say 'My Ramblings'. What I've said in the above should only be taken with a pinch of salt 'cos I'm simply just typing away without giving too much thought. They are just my ramblings after all. haha!

I'm going back to reading 'The Bourne Identity' again. Gonna be on my way to reading that trilogy again. If anyone likes the movie, you shouldn't give the book a miss. The book is very different from the movie and goes a lot deeper than that. Splendid!! =)

Oh, and I've finished watching 'The Nightmare Before Xmas'. Haha! It's a pretty old show, think from 1993, I guess I'm slow. Correction, very slow. =l It's been a while since I've laid eyes on clay animation given all the computer animation going on, but all is good. Hm, it didn't exactly appeal to me, but I still enjoyed the wildly imaginative world, very nice. All the darkness and humourous grossness portrayed in the made up Halloween world. It's worth a look. =)

I'm glad you didn't fall asleep and made it to this part of the post, which also means I'm ending it here too. Cheerios everyone! (^^)