the grampians

went to the grampians this weekend. set off on sat morning at 9 (because we couldn't wake up at 4). went past ballarat, ararat and reached halls gap in around 3hrs. went to the information centre and i had a nice long chat with the guy there about what was there to do at the grampians and in victoria, while enlightening him on our sad state in spore where we have to fly if we wanted to go anywhere else other than msia. and also, the past summer saw a huge fire engulf an area in the grampians that was, in his words, 'larger than singapore'. i wouldnt disagree when while driving for around 30 mins out of halls gap i saw burnt tree trunks.

went offroad! what excitement! when kevin was driving at 90kmph, suddenly, the front wheels grew a mind of their own and we started swerving. an emergency brake brought the car turning around 90 degrees and we were sliding on sand towards starboard along the dirt track. a cloud of red sand surrounded us while we reacted to this incident. on the way back while derrick was driving this happened another 2 more times, albeit at slower speeds.

proceeded to climb rock scramble and 'through' hollow mountain, and saw aboriginal paintings that were handprints and drawings of emu feet. very dissapointing. had dinner we cooked (quite crap man made some mistakes), watched spy kids and catch me if you can in front of the log fire. nice and warm. and i tried xxxx gold. very nice and smooth. just like frank abagnale jr.

next day drove up mt william! wtf man when we reached the carpark and wanted to walk to the top my ears nearly dropped off. so went to some scenic lookouts (balconies) and when we reached the lookout we saw 5 metres of shrubs downhill and then.... ...fog. a foggy afternoon. it was already 12! went to see mckenzie falls, luckily it was not a dissapointment. saw the falls and walked to the bottom.

stopped at ararat for lunch and bought seafood basket from a guy originating from... ...timor! truly a global world. a timorese selling fish and chips with his family in a rural town in victoria, australia. named his shop george's fish shop. pia-ed back to melbourne and collasped. driving fast in the rain on a unstable 4wd is tiring!

basic theory for pedestrians

motorists are made to sit for theory tests to ensure they know road rules, but there appears to be a group of people that do not sit for any theory tests but should! pedestrians. pedestrians are truly terrible road users. they always assume they have the right of way. i was driving back into my underground carpark just now. i slowed down as a couple was crossing the top of the ramp down to the carpark, then proceeded to drive off. this idiotic chinese (assume china) girl wanted to cross as i went down the ramp, and stared at me as i went off, as thought she has the right of way. well bitch you sure don't!

im sure many other motorists have encountered, countless times, imbecilic people crossing the road at improper crossing points and taking their own sweet time, ensuring that motorists have to slow down for jay-walkers! if i could i would run those inconsiderate, selfish and moronnic people down.

for all those inconsiderate pedestrians out there, i implore you to use your eyes and brains when crossing road and walking. so what if u are a pedestrian, you surely are not given the right to cross as and when u feel like, impeding the flow of traffic! watch out, you will soon be asked to sit tests, and have your road crossing licence suspended!!

they are saying: "darth daniel, bastard, you are! die, you must!"

setting up, settling in, moving on

been back in melbourne since friday morning. just took over weian and daniel's apartment. gabb and i have been moving furniture, unpacking and shopping to spruce it up!

-turned my bedroom into a sleeping room that can accomodate my queen and three mattresses
-filled the kitchen up with food and many other things. feel free to come over for a meal!
-create a study area with tables and bookshelves

you might think i'm crazy that all this excites my, but i'm damn proud and happy that i have space in my house to dedicate as a study area, and that my bedroom has no books inside it. if u saw that pigeon hole i was living in last sem u would understand. and all this is even more fun now i'm officially staying with gabb, and he is also damn excited about furnishing the house. we're having a competion now to see who's study/computer table is better. all that is missing is VASANT!

and i've dropped eng! so i'm a pure commerce student now. yay.

corruption joke

the foreign minister of country A, visited the foreign minister of richer country B. At B's house, A was suprised that B could stay in such a big house with 2 servants, a BMW 745, porsche 911 turbo and a swimming pool. he asked B how he could afford such a lavish lifestyle on a civil servant's salary.

"you see the roads? you see the bridges? you see the skyscrapers? you see the subway? everything they build, i take 5%."

A returned to his country, and a year later, it was B's turn to visit A. B was stunned to see A's house. He had a servant's quarters, a lamborghini murcielargo, aston martin DB9, and tennis and basketball courts. B asked A how he managed to amass such a fortune.

"you see the roads? you see the bridges? you see the skyscrapers? you see the subway?"

puzzled, B replied: "no, i don't see any."

"well, everything they tried to build, i took 100%."

impossible is nothing: jose +10

adidas advertisers are really trying to get a point across in this ad. when jose's friend win's the stone paper scissors, the first player he chooses is cisse. goes to show how much they feel impossible is nothing.

or they really have a great sense of humour.

see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hJM1vKdULk&search=adidas%20jose

episode 5

yoda was crouched in a corner, waiting for his next move. his quick movements have allowed him to penetrate a sector of this castle where no intruder had gone before. he advanced again, then felt a force holding him back. using his own force he broke the hold, did 3 flips in the air, turned around and landed. when he saw the purple lightsaber in front of him he knew what had happened. mace windu, a.k.a. the gorilla holding up the big screen at cine, had crossed over to the dark side. he had to take down his former ally no matter what. he could feel the dark side emanating from MW.

he started sprinting towards MW and at the last minute side-stepped to the right and drew his lightsaber and swung it. MW parried the blow but had to take 2 steps backwards to prevent himself from falling down. upon regaining his posture he had to fend off 5 alternate left and right blows from yoda. MW adpoted a defensive posture and stared at yoda, eyes black with hate from the dark side.

"the emperor sends his regards"

"too bad you will not live to send mine back to him"

yoda rolled on the floor toward MW, stopping before him and landed in a crouching position, thrusting the lightsaber towards MW's torso. MW took a quick step backwards, evading the blow, but his overhanging belly was burnt off. yoda stifled a laugh, took a leap in the air and rained blows over MW's head. MW's training was really put to the test and though he managed to defend himself, he was wearying. panting, he turned to yoda and tried to say something. yoda stepped closer to listen, and all of a sudden MW unleashed force lightning on yoda, but the force was too strong in the old master, and he turned the lightning away, then proceeded to attack MW furiously. MW grew slower and slower as yoda's attacks increased with power. suddenly, MW collasped to the floor. holding his right elbow and realising he only had a stump left for his right arm, he threw a smoke grenade and retreated. yoda, escaping from the fumes, couldn't pursue his opponent.

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Hearing the commotion, girlfriend stealer could not take the fear anymore and bolted out of the room. unfortunately, he choose a room in a obscure part of the castle to evade the crown prince, and it happened team alpha, consisting of scribbler, was there. the scribbler confronted the girlfriend stealer, drawing his weapon of choice, the pencil. girlfriend stealer laughed out loud at scribbler.

"don't laugh now jay, i am taking you hostage"

"rubbish scribbler, come take me if you can. you have never been a match for me"

"come now jay, and i won't show the crown prince this tape i took of you and playgirl."

the girlfriend stealer appeared to surrender to scribbler, but when scribbler drew near girlfriend stealer tackled him onto the floor and grabbled him into a hold.

"watch out jay, the rest of team alpha is coming now."

at that moment seven panels of glass broke and seven harleys pulled up into the corridor. eminem stepped of his bike and walked towards girlfriend stealer, motioned to the rest of his crew and walked off. D12 grabbed girlfriend stealer and tied him up in a sack, and all of them rode off, scribbler riding pillion with eminem.

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team bravo's mission was to steal the crown jewels. they knew it was in the crown prince's bedroom as he had been showing them off the playgirl. they radioed ydpa, telling him to activate the operation.

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ydpa stood up in the hall and called out to the crown prince, who just arrived back with his precious playgirl in hand. the crown prince was truly delighted to see an old friend and called everyone to stay and party on through the night.

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egg took the block charge and stuck it to the handle of the door to blow the lock down. he was the weapons expert of the strike team.

when the door fell, team bravo could not believe what they saw. the jewels were thrown all over the bed. the sultan motioned to beehoon to grab the crown, moved out to the corridor to look out. a short while later he gave the signal, and egg ran out of the room and opened a window. beehoon followed and exited the castle from the window first, followed by the sultan and egg. they made their way carefully to the rear end of the castle where jersey was waiting for them. when team bravo and yoda reached all off them climbed over the wall and got into the van, and they radioed ydpa again. veg head drove the van to the gates again, and ydpa got in after leaving the party.

meeting up at a pre-planned RV with D12 and scribbler, the victorious strike team drove off to celebrate their victory.