A Special Dedication To All My Loving Friends

Here is a song I liked very much and it carries simple meaning about unconditional love. For those of you who's been there for me when I needed a friend and have cared about me regardless, this is my dedication for you. Thank you very much!


I have customized the translation of the song to fit my story. Sorry if it lacks accuracy from the original meaning. I'm not Chinese-literated btw so.


Song: 真的愛妳 (Truly Loving You)
by Beyond

無法可修飾的一對手　帶出溫暖永遠在背後
縱使囉囌始終關注　不動珍惜太內咎
Your unceasingly warm loving arms
Always back me with courage
Apparently your constant nagging represents your care,
Regrettable had I not treasured


沉醉於音階她不讚賞　母親的愛卻永未退讓
決心衝開心中掙扎　親恩終可報答
Although you disagree with what I do
You never cease to show me supports
Breaking through the inner struggles
Would I return your lovingkindness

[Bridge]
春風化雨暖透我的心　一生眷顧無言地送贈
The spring breeze has swiftly warmed my heart
Forever silent and charitable

[Chorus]
是妳多麼溫馨的目光　教我堅毅望著前路
叮嚀我跌倒不應放棄
It's your warm glances that has
Taught me to always look firmly ahead,
And never give up when I stumble and fall


沒法解釋怎可報盡親恩　愛意寬大是無限
請準我說聲真的愛妳
Indescribable how great is your love
So vast and unconditional
Please allow me to utter "I truly love you"

[Reprise]
無法可修飾的一對手　帶出溫暖永遠在背後
縱使囉囌始終關注　不動珍惜太內咎
Your unceasingly warm loving arms
Always back me with courage
Apparently your constant nagging represents your care,
Regrettably I did not treasure


仍記起溫馨的一對手　始終給我照顧未變樣
理想今天終於等到　分享光輝盼做到
And I still remember your gentle hands
That has given me constant loving care
When the time comes and my dreams come true.
I wish I could share my joy with you

Swine Flu Is Not The Biggest Danger, The Vaccines Are!

Reported by Mike Adams from NaturalNews.com

Mandatory vaccines or a shot to the head!

Let's not beat around the bush on this issue. The swine flu vaccines now being prepared for mass injection into infants, children, teens and adults have never been tested and won't be tested before the injections begin. In Europe, where flu vaccines are typically tested on hundreds (or thousands) of people before being unleashed on the masses, the European Medicines Agency is allowing companies to skip the testing process entirely.


And yet, amazingly, people are lining up to take the vaccine, absent any safety testing whatsoever. When the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. announced a swine flu vaccine trial beginning in early August, it was inundated with phone calls and emails from people desperate to play the role of human guinea pigs. The power of fear to herd sheeple into vaccine injections is simply amazing...


Back in Europe, of course, everybody gets to be a guinea pig since no testing will be done on the vaccine at all. Even worse, the European vaccines will be using adjuvants - chemicals used to multiply the potency of the active ingredients in vaccines.


Notably, there is absolutely no safety data on the use of adjuvants in infants and expectant mothers -- the two groups being most aggressively targeted by the swine flu vaccine pushers. The leads us to the disturbing conclusion that the swine flu vaccine could be a modern medical disaster. It's untested and un-tried. Its ingredients are potentially quite dangerous, and the adjuvants being used in the European vaccines are suspected of causing neurological disorders.

Paralyzed by vaccines
I probably don't need to remind you that in 1976, a failed swine flu vaccine caused irreparable damage to the nervous systems of hundreds of people, paralyzing many. Medical doctors gave the problem a name, of course, to make it sound like they knew what they were talking about: Guillain-Barre syndrome. (Notably, they never called it "Toxic Vaccine Syndrome" because that would be too informative.)


But the fact remains that doctors never knew how the vaccines caused these severe problems, and if the same event played out today, all the doctors and vaccine pushers would undoubtedly deny any link between the vaccines and paralysis altogether. (That's what's happening today with the debate over vaccines and autism: Complete denial.)

In fact, there are a whole lot of things you'll never be told by health authorities about the upcoming swine flu vaccine. For your amusement, I've written down the ten most obvious ones and published them below.

Ten things you're not supposed to know about the swine flu vaccine
(At least, not by anyone in authority...)

1. The vaccine production was "rushed" and the vaccine has never been tested on humans. Do you like to play guinea pig for Big Pharma? If so, line up for your swine flu vaccine this fall...

2. Swine flu vaccines contain dangerous adjuvants that cause an inflammatory response in the body. This is why they are suspected of causing autism and other neurological disorders.

3. The swine flu vaccine could actually increase your risk of death from swine flu by altering (or suppressing) your immune system response. There is zero evidence that even seasonal flu shots offer any meaningful protection for people who take the jabs. Vaccines are the snake oil of modern medicine.

4. Doctors still don't know why the 1976 swine flu vaccines paralyzed so many people. And that means they really have no clue whether the upcoming vaccine might cause the same devastating side effects. (And they're not testing it, either...)

5. Even if the swine flu vaccine kills you, the drug companies aren't responsible. The U.S. government has granted drug companies complete immunity against vaccine product liability. Thanks to that blanket immunity, drug companies have no incentive to make safe vaccines, because they only get paid based on quantity, not safety (zero liability).

6. No swine flu vaccine works as well as vitamin D to protect you from influenza. That's an inconvenient scientific fact that the U.S. government, the FDA and Big Pharma hope the people never realize.

7. Even if the swine flu vaccine actually works, mathematically speaking if everyone else around you gets the vaccine, you don't need one! (Because it can't spread through the population you hang with.) So even if you believe in the vaccine, all you need to do is encourage your friends to go get vaccinated...

8. Drug companies are making billions of dollars from the production of swine flu vaccines. That money comes out of your pocket -- even if you don't get the jab -- because it's all paid by the taxpayers.

9. When people start dying in larger numbers from the swine flu, rest assured that many of them will be the very people who got the swine flu vaccine. Doctors will explain this away with their typical Big Pharma logic: "The number saved is far greater than the number lost." Of course, the number "saved" is entirely fictional... imaginary... and exists only in their own warped heads.

10. The swine flu vaccine centers that will crop up all over the world in the coming months aren't completely useless: They will provide an easy way to identify large groups of really stupid people. (Too bad there isn't some sort of blue dye that we could tag 'em with for future reference...)


The lottery, they say, is a tax on people who can't do math. Similarly, flu vaccines are a tax on people who don't understand health.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE!

SAY NO TO VACCINE.

The No.1 Killer In A Pandemic: Ignorance of Natural Cure

Stay Alive

Hopefully what you've noticed in all this is a very important pattern: If you stay informed, you will stay alive!


The No. 1 killer of people in the next great pandemic will be, without question, ignorance of natural medicine. Those who don't know about these natural anti-virals will literally die of ignorance, while those who understand the incredible healing power of Mother Nature's medicine are far more likely to survive.


But it's about more than survival: It's also about independence. When you use natural medicine to boost your defenses, you are no longer dependent on doctors, hospitals and conventional medicine to provide you with medicine. So instead of being a victim to the military medical establishment (because the military will be involved in the distribution of vaccines, trust me...), you can instead remain independent and self-reliant.


It is this self-reliance that scares the power mongers who run our world. The last thing they want is citizens taking charge of their own health and refusing to function as slaves to Big Pharma.


I hope you found this report informative and valuable. Stay informed and you'll stay alive during the next pandemic.
- Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, editor of NaturalNews.com



Disclaimer

Nothing mentioned in this report has been scientifically proven to protect humans from H1N1 Influenza A. Then again, neither has Tamiflu or any vaccine in the world. In fact, nothing in this report will ever be proven effective against any particular viral strain, because doing so would immediately cause these products to be considered "drugs" by the FDA, thereby restricting them from public purchase.


The criminally-operated FDA, of course, continues to insist that all plants are biochemically inert! Any food, plant or natural medicine that has any biological effect whatsoever on the human body is considered illegal by the FDA, and such products are confiscated while the companies that produce them are destroyed by the FDA.


Thus, you won't see the companies mentioned in this report talking about how effective their products are against influenza. That's because they dare not tell you the truth without risking being run out of business by the FDA.


Always consult with a naturopathic physician before using any medicinal product. Exercise caution when using products for the first time, and pay attention to proper dosing recommendations.


Although the information presented in this report is believed to be accurate and true, neither myself, nor NaturalNews, nor its employees or managers shall be held responsible for any typographical errors, inaccuracies or other mistakes in this material. Furthermore, this information is provided AS-IS, with no warranty. The user of this information ASSUMES ALL RISKS from the use or misuse of this information.




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More Anti-viral Cure For Protection During A Pandemic

More Anti-Virals

Honorable mention anti-virals

In addition to the top five I've already mentioned on the previous post, there are other antiviral products and nutrients worth mentioning:


• Nascent Iodine - (www.IntegratedHealth.com) - Offers additional protection against infectious disease while supporting your thyroid gland.


• Amazon Herbs - The Amazon Herb Company's numerous products from the Amazon rainforest are also, in their own ways, powerful anti-virals. Even their Zamu juice is a good choice (as it contains Sangre de Drago) for protection against infectious disease. Cat's Claw (Una de Gato) is also a powerful antiviral, and it's available in numerous Amazon Herb products.


• Probiotics - Virtually all probiotics will boost your defenses against infectious disease. Scientific research has even shown that probiotics directly reduce the risk of contracting H1N1 swine flu. You can find probiotics at your local health food store. Read more here: http://www.naturalnews.com/026265.html


• Wildcrafted oregano oil - (www.P-73.com) or (http://www.vitacost.com/productResu...) - This is a phenomenal wildcrafted oil with too many health benefits to mention here. It's extremely useful as a first aid product, too, and can help your body heal more quickly. (It's also known to be very useful for topically treating spider bites and insect bites.)


A related product, also available from Vitacost.com, is called OregaRESP (http://www.vitacost.com/North-Ameri...), which is an extremely potent encapsulated form of oregano oil. (Just open this bottle and inhale, you'll be floored!)




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The Top Five Natural Anti-viral Medicines

Top Five Anti-Virals

Anti-Viral #1 - Super ViraGon

My favorite liquid anti-viral product remains Jon Barron's Super ViraGon - a potent combination of garlic, olive leaf extract (a powerful anti-viral!), onion, ginger, zinc and other nutrients. I keep this in my own emergency supply of natural medicine.


It's available from www.BaselineNutritionals.com for a very fair price (order five for the best discount).








Anti-Viral #2 - Fitura PowerImmune

The PowerImmune anti-viral tincture offered by Fitura (www.Fitura.com) combines organic Echinacea, Cat's Claw, Shiitake Mushroom, Olive Leaf and many other ingredients (all organic). This is another "medicine chest" product I keep in good supply. It's also good to travel with. I personally take a dropper full of this product each time I board an airplane.


Living in Ecuador, this is also a "first aid" product I keep with me in the Valley of Longevity. Of course, if a pandemic were to strike, I would just go to my garden and eat all the natural anti-virals located there, but if I'm caught traveling -- or I need an extra boost of herbal concentrates, PowerImmune is one of my top choices.









Anti-Viral #3 - Lomatium Dissectum


This product is the "secret" anti-influenza herb that very few people know about, even in the natural health industry. The root of the Lomatium is perhaps Mother Nature's "perfect" anti-influenza herb because its anti-viral action is combined with a respiratory clearing action that's especially useful for dealing with the secondary infections caused by many strains of influenza.


The indigenous American Indians grew Lomatium and used it as medicine. If you live in the American Southwest (or other dry, hot climates), you can probably grow this medicine, too. It might be one of the best investments you can make in your own health defense, because herbs that are growing in your yard are always more potent than herbs found in bottles.


If you can't grow it, of course, you'll need to buy it. Here's one recommendation of an existing Lomatium tincture:


Nature's Answer has a 1-ounce tincture that's available at Vitacost.com for a ridiculously good price (http://www.vitacost.com/Natures-Ans...). This product will probably be wiped out of inventory shortly after this special report goes public, so get some of this quickly if you want it in your natural medicine chest.








Anti-Viral #4 - HerbPharm Virattack Compound


Speaking of Lomatium, HerbPharm offers an herbal tincture that combines it with St. John's Wort (also a powerful anti-viral), lemon balm, olive leaf and other powerful anti-viral herbs.


This is a superb combination. It's really, really powerful in defending against influenza infections. Vitacost offers it at nearly half off the retail price.


I definitely recommend getting some of this. You might also wish to check your local health food stores to see what they have in stock. During a pandemic, I can practically guarantee you won't be able to find any of these medicines, because people will engage in "panic buying" of these natural anti-virals. It's smart to have a few on hand now, before the next pandemic strikes.






Anti-Viral #5 - Olive Leaf Extract

One taste of real olive life extract and you'll be convinced: This is powerful stuff! The best-known phytochemical in olive leaves is oleuropein, a very potent antimicrobial medicine that also has natural anti-viral properties.


Your best value on a standardized extract, in supplement form, is the NSI brand from VitaCost (http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-Olive-L...). I personally like the liquids better (http://www.vitacost.com/Natures-Ans...), but the taste is a big turn off for most consumers. If you're not into chugging really bizarre-tasting liquids, go with the capsules instead.


Ideally, your best way to have this medicine nearby is to grow your own olive trees. To make the medicine, just gather leaves from the trees, wash them, add them to a large container of water and boil it into a concentrate. This liquid can be consumed internally or used topically. Seek the direction of a naturopathic physician, of course, before consuming this internally, and be especially cautious if you are pregnant.


The shelf life of most of these natural medicine products is about 1-2 years. That can be roughly doubled by refrigerating the products (highly recommended).




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Five Anti-viral Products That Can Save Your Life

Natural Anti-Virals

Now let's get to the good news. The good news is that natural medicine can save your life. If a pandemic strikes, Tamiflu supplies will be tightly controlled. Unless you're an emergency worker or a health care worker, your chances of ever being given Tamiflu are rather slim. Vaccines, of course, will be utterly useless once the influenza virus mutates, so even receiving a vaccine shot offers no protection other than what's available through the placebo effect.


This leaves natural medicine and the world of anti-viral plants.


Due to the mass brainwashing of the public by pro-Pharma health authorities, most people have no awareness whatsoever of the fact that plants manufacture their own anti-viral medicines.


In fact, there's no such thing as a plant that does not contain anti-viral medicine. EVERY plant on our planet manufactures at least one anti-viral medicine in its own cells.


Did you ever wonder why? It's because plants are under constant attack by viruses, too. And if they don't create their own internal mechanisms for dealing with viruses, they will not survive.


This is especially true with plant roots, which are immersed in soil that's rich with both bacteria and viruses. If those roots do not possess anti-viral and anti-bacterial defenses, they will quickly be consumed and destroyed, killing the plant.


Thus, in virtually all plants, the manufacture of anti-viral medicines is the most natural thing in the world. It happens from day one of the plant sprouting, and it continues through the entire life of the plant.


Simply eating grass (or better yet, juicing grass) is, all by itself, an empowered act of medical self treatment. Grass contains anti-viral compounds, chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals and hundreds of other health-enhancing phytochemicals. (Don't juice grass treated with pesticides, obviously.)


There are other plants, of course, with far greater anti-viral potential than grass. I merely mention this to point out the utter simplicity of finding and consuming anti-viral medicine: If you have a lawn, you have a pharmacy in your yard! (Even better if you have dandelions and other "weeds.")


Wild foods offer the strongest anti-viral medicine. That's a whole different area of expertise, of course, and if you want to learn more about wild foods, I have two sources to suggest:

• Peter Ragnar - www.RoaringLionPublishing.com

• Daniel Vitalis - www.Surthrival.com (his website is currently sparse, but look for upcoming announcements on seminars and teleconference events from Daniel Vitalis)




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Two More Things That Can Kill You In An Infectious Disease Outbreak

More Deadly Things


#4 Thing that can kill you: Lack of vitamin D


Virtually everyone living in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. is chronically deficient in Vitamin D. Those living in Australia are usually better off, as there's more of a sunshine culture there, but even Aussies can find themselves vitamin D deficient if they live their lives indoors and don't venture into the real world to catch some healthy rays.


Vitamin D deficiency is, without question, one of the primary causes of influenza susceptibility. Having sufficient vitamin D circulating in your blood is one of the best defenses against infection.


Health authorities in the U.S. and other western nations are currently engaged in a campaign to keep the population vitamin D deficient. This is achieved by brainwashing people into thinking sunlight alone causes skin cancer. That's a big medical lie, of course. Even the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has published scientific research showing that sunlight exposure reduces the risk of skin cancer.


The American Cancer Society, of course, spreads extremely dangerous disinformation about sunlight exposure, seeking to make sure that no ray of sun ever touches the skin of any person. This "darkness" campaign will soon be exposed as a death sentence for the People as the next pandemic takes the lives of those stupid enough to believe that moderate sunlight exposure is bad for their health.


In the next great pandemic, when the hospital beds are overflowing with the dead, and school gymnasiums are taken over as holding cells for the constant stream of incoming body bags, the dead will consist almost entirely of those who believed the lies of the American Cancer Society and the disinformation of the FDA and Big Pharma. This is one case in which misplaced faith in a corporate-controlled medical monstrosity can literally cost you your life.


Click here for a picture from the 1918 Spanish Flu that may give you some idea of what to expect during the next great pandemic.


(What's missing from this photo, of course, are the armed military personnel, toting automatic rifles, who will shoot any infected person who attempts to escape the facility.)


#5: Thing that can kill you: Antacid drugs like Prilosec, Nexium and Prevacid


In a pandemic, use of these popular antacid drugs can actually lead to your death. How? A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concludes that these PPI drugs significantly increase the risk of deadly pneumonia.


Read the full story here.


These acid-suppressing medications, it turns out, are linked to a 30 percent increase in the risk of acquired pneumonia. And if you're suffering from something like the swine flu, pneumonia is the most common cause of death. It's the secondary bacterial infections, after all, that killed most people in 1918, and that's what's likely to cause the greatest number of fatalities in the next great pandemic as well.


If you want to protect yourself from influenza, avoid taking antacid drugs (including over-the-counter antacids).




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9 Amazing Facts About Bill Gates

I came across this article one day while reading my mails and thought it might be interesting to share it here. Everyone knows this guys and I'm probably the last to be astounded by these facts...or myths?


1. Bill Gates earns US$250 every SECOND, that’s about US$20 Million a DAY and US$7.8 Billion a YEAR!


2. If he drops a thousand dollar, he won’t even bother to pick it up because the 4 seconds he picks it, he would’ve already earned it back.


3. The US national debt is about 5.62 trillion, if Bill Gates were to pay the debt by himself; he will finish it in less then 10 years.


4. He can donate US$15 to everyone on earth but still be left with US $5 Million for his pocket money.


5. Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete in US. If he doesn’t drink and eat, and keeps up his annual income i.e. US$30 Million, he’ll have to wait for 277 years to become as rich as Bill Gates is now.


6. If Bill Gates was a country, he would be the 37th richest country on earth.


7. If you change all of Bill Gate’s money to US$1 notes, you can make a road from earth to moon, 14 times back and forth. But you have to make that road non-stop for 1,400 years, and use a total of 713 BOEING 747 planes to transport all the money.


8. Bill Gates is 54 this year. If we assume that he will live for another 35 years, he has to spend US$6.78 Million per day to finish all his money before he can go to heaven or hell.

9. If Microsoft Windows’ users can claim US$1 for every time their computers hang because of Microsoft Windows, Bill Gates will be bankrupt in 3 days!

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Just watched an awesome movie recently. I f*cking liked it when Mr.President Lincoln made an incredible clay cameo in Night At The Museum:Battle of the Smithsonian. The 19-foot-tall moving statue humiliates, rendering all the kings and "gods" powerless, especially the Egyptian ruler Kahmunrah. Hank Azaria was amazingly funny, not to mention he's actually the voice guy for Abraham Lincoln, whose statue comes to life, and Rodin’s The Thinker. I don't care how much people criticized the movie, to me...great plot, cool casts, and ultimately, godly message to all mankind.



Kahmunrah threatened to exchange Jedediah's life for a tablet.

Hank Azaria
Good job Hank! You made me lol so much in the cinema like a retard.


Now what strikes a chord on my head is this.

In this scene, Prez.Lincoln told Larry the golden rule of thumb.
Larry tried to create disunity among the baddies by asking "Who's the boss?".
Prez.Lincoln kicked some asses to teach them a lesson.

In a nutshell, the golden message of the movie ain't what's the key to happiness, as in how the story ended with Larry Daley found a real Amelia Earhart look-a-like woman with vagina. It's rather what Abraham Lincoln quoted, the same gimmick Larry used to defeat the enemies.

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Look at the world we're living in today. No matter where you're from or which country you're living in, where there is multi-racial, multi-skin-color and multi-belief, there is discrimination, racism and biased distinction. Where is the unity among mankind? For the record, in human history there is no implementation of such word as a whole. It's time to cultivate why nations divide. Please don't ask me why, you can ask your grandfather (If he's still alive, otherwise go Bing yourself!). O.o

To end this post, I have an awesome MV to share. A masterpiece by a young composer, rapper, singer:NameWee. Dedicated to all Malaysian, especially the government and Barisan Nasional. =X

Confession Of An MMO Addict

I came across this article today and thought to share with ya'll. It cracked me up so much but at some point this guy had spoken almost all my mind about MMO addiction. Of course, I've been there. Done that. Petter isn't alone. And here I quote his confession:

I guess an introduction is in order.

Hi, my name is Petter Martensson, and I’m a MMO-addict.
”Hi, Petter!”

I know what you’re all thinking. You’re thinking that I’m wasting away my life in an MMO —probably “World of Warcraft,”—and that I haven’t seen the sun in the last few years. I probably order my food online so that I never have to leave my apartment, and I make a living selling my extra gold on eBay. I also have 7 level 80 characters, and have never had a girlfriend. Or sex, for that matter.

No, that’s not at all what I mean. To be completely honest, I have been a rather major “World of Warcraft”-junkie, but I did have a job at the time and I did have a girlfriend (who played with me). I even had friends, though most of my closest friends actually played “World of Warcraft” on the same server as me.

I guess those things helped when denying my addiction, but that’s not really what I’m here to talk about today. I’m not addicted to an MMO; I’m addicted to MMOs. The phenomenon of virtual worlds. I’m completely hooked. Before you judge me, you should know that it’s quite easy to fall into the trap. Just look at yourself, you’re reading this feature at an MMO-related site. Soon, you might find yourself reading all kinds of MMO-articles on all kinds of websites. You might find that, inexplicably, your RSS-reader is starting to fill up with MMO-blogs. You start following the links found in the blogrolls at said blogs, sooner or later you are reaching for that subscribe-button without even thinking twice about it. After a while, you realize that you spend more time thinking about MMOs and reading about them than you are actually playing....

No, I definitely wouldn't be calling the kettle black. Tho' I'm not so much of a WOW fan myself. He's got his point. Then he went on saying ...

I’ve been trying to figure out how it all happened. Is it because I’m unhappy with my life (“IRL,” as you’re bound to call in normal conversations if you’ve been playing long enough) that I want to escape into a virtual one? There were times when I was playing “World of Warcraft,” raiding three to five times every week, that I actually considered that possibility. But now, I’m not sure. After all, I got a pretty good life. I get to write and talk about games (not only MMOs) for a living. And since I don’t play them as much as I think about them, and still see the sun and breathe fresh air almost every day, I at least hope that’s not the real reason.


The fact is, MMOs are fascinating in many, many ways. There are few games that can bring people together -– in either joy, sadness, anger or love -– in the same way MMOs do. The communities that spring to life around more or less every title, no matter how niche some of them can be, are wonderful things. Those communities can be incredibly rude and hardcore, or mindbogglingly nice and caring, but they are always there, often in place before launch and remain until the servers sooner or later close their doors.


Virtual worlds might be seen as the true crack cocaine of the games industry. But to be honest, I don’t think I would want to have it any other way. I love them for what they are, the stories they can tell, and the adventures that I can have in them with my friends. And I love reading, writing and thinking about them. There’s no way out for me, and I’m not sure I’d ever stop anyone from joining me here at the bottom of the well. After all, it’s a rather pretty well from this perspective.


My name is Petter Martensson, and I’m an MMO addict.


Posted by Petter Martensson

Full article can be read here.

Well, most online gamers do. Wrapping themselves with virtual beauty won't exactly elevate their real-life status. Neither will spending your inherited heirloom just so you get to ride an elite mount or something. This I speak from my personal experience. I had wasted an entire 63072000 seconds of my life addicted to Maplestory, with more than 8 so-called pro characters. I got so hooked up with leveling, keeping up with the community and dealing with some stupid in-game problems without realising I had been mentally, physically and financially duped. I can't remember if I ever see dawns then, but my health eventually suffered due to severe migraine and insomnia over a pretentious cute MMO. In the end, I quit. Out of my own will.

I used to ask myself, what if I managed to top the rank of Cass? Like level 200 and possessing every power, skills and fame I needed? The thrill of 1-hit-KO would only last awhile. And then what? And then Nexon prolly send some GMs to sprinkle confetti on my avatar's head or reward me a mushy plushy. Awww, how sweet! With all the effort, time, sweat and money? Oh and that satisfaction of achievement, you tell me. Priceless! Too bad I already quit before all the dramas pulled in on me. Thank you very much, Nexon. You're welcomed. :D

Now ask yourself these simple questions:

1. Do you play more then 5 hours a day/35 hours a week?
2. Do you attempt to look like your character?
3. Is your entire social life wrapped around this game?
4. Are you human?
5. Do you create a women character just so you can remove the clothes?
6. Are you gay?

If you answer yes to more than 1 of these, grats! you are addicted to your MMORPG.

Here is how to correct this:
Step 1) Limit your play time to 1 hour a day.
Step 2) Take a 2 week break from your game.
Step 3) You may play 30 minutes a day for a week.
Step 4) Quit your game for about 3 months. If you do not trust yourself not to launch the game, uninstall it, or have a trusted person hold the disks, or if you have the will power, even destroy the disks.
Step 5) You quit.
Step 6) You get yourself busy with other business.

If these steps fail to work for any reason at all, then there is a more experimental solution. You could hire an ex-military and/or elite cop, depending on severity of addiction, to hold a gun to your face (perhaps with the elite-favored C4 explosives around your abdomen too) every time you get on your computer and play the MMORPG. If this doesn't work then burn down your PC and give all your money to SPCA or some other meaningful organization.
solutions credit to: The Real Genius

mid9kitten - died being too act-cute. R.I.P approximately xx.08.2008. Amen.

Stand By Me - Playing For Change

I think this song changed his life. And ours.

This song says...
No matter who you are, no matter where you go in your life,
At some point you're goin' need somebody to stand by you.
No matter how much money you've got, all the friends you've got
You goin' need somebody to stand by you.
When the night has come, and the land is dark,
And that moon is the only light we see.
No I won't be afraid, no I won't shed one tear,
Just as long as you people come and stand by me.
Hmm..darlin', darlin' stand by me,
oh stand, stand, stand, c'mon stand by me.
When the sky that we look upon, should tumble and fall,
And the mountain should crumble into the sea.
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear,
Just as long as you people come and stand by me.
Hmm..darlin', darlin' stand by me,
Please stand, stand by me.

That's so true. man! And I shall add, no man is an island. A bunch of young people, inspired by each other to come together as human race to reach out and reunite the world. And music is no doubt the best way to do it. Given enough passion, barriers among people can actually be broken like melting ice. No more walls. Even MJ once said, music can heal the world.


These passionate musicians actually crossed the equator, climbed the Himalayan mountains, explored the African villages, Native Indies and reservations, street, subway, cave, valleys,..you name it, just to discover like-minded people to sing on the street. Wow! I salute their guts and intensity. And those of you who would like to show your supports can actually buy their albums and merchandises here.


UPDATES: you can click here to download the music:

Here OR Here

Hey, if you're passionate about music, and yearn to see unity and world peace, no matter who you are, where you're from, you can also be part of the team by putting up a banner on your website. Make music, not war. Save the banners below then manually place this link on it (http://www.playingforchange.com):










Ima grab that for my site too. Together we stand! :D

When A Cat Meets A Butter Toast

Image via: Uncyclopedia

There are two paradoxical theories in this world suggesting that cats ain't just some cuddly furry huffing animals and butter toasts ain't just delicious breakfast you consume every morning. They might actually be the perfect match in heaven! Wow? Really? So are you trying to tell me that the world is so fucked-up to a degree where ecology system no longer play its role? You ask. Well, to the oxymoron, maybe yes. Here's why.


The law of nature suggests that cats and butter toasts contradicts each other, as in ...

1. Murphy's Law says "If something goes wrong, it will" so, "if you throw a slice of toast with butter into the air, it will always fall with the buttered side down."


2. Cats conservation law says "A cat will always land on its feet"

So, what would happen if we stick a slice of toast with butter to a cat's back and we throw it to the air? The cat, by law, will land on its feet, but the toast, (by law too) will land on the butter's side. Against this problem of physics laws, the nature chooses the best way of taking a solution: the cat may just not fall. The cat will simply spin around its center of gravity at an ever-increasing speed.
If an array of cat-toast are attached in a row, possibly joining their tails together, spinning in the mid-air (like the illustration above), chances are it creates a huge amount of electricity, just like a gigantic generator, strong enough to keep us alive for all eternity. In fact some species alive on planet Earth are already trying out this theory on UFO, hovering vehicles and even hovering trains! O_O|||||||||||||

One thing gets to me though, that millions of cats are gonna be killed as white rats in the process of mad invention. Very soon furry gonna be listed in the Guinness Book of extinction. Now here's the question. Are the laws of nature meant to be used inhumanely for the sake of civilisation? Yea? Maybe the concept of capitalism applies here. Just like slavery. If that's so, Labour Day doesn't seem to bring any real meaning to mankind anyway. Well on this topic, I might have a post later on.

In summary, Edward Murphy is a pessimistic moron. The End.

Ops, Shitmyx Pandemic Strikes Again!

This time, some innocent sea-creatures are suspects for underwater broken cables! How creative. So rumour has it that Britney Spears was gracefully invited to attend the official marine-based Europe-Asia-Pacific-South-East-Asia-Malaysia relaunch of ShitMac, with the popular opening hits parody of non other than "Ops, they screw it again!". Hotter and harder ever. So I can't help but to charitably promote the hottest ISP in Bolehland that has victimised millions of lives, the greatest civilisation of MSC, since they learned how to wear pants.

"TMnuts Shitmyx - Recently gain 1 spot, from 100th to 99th in the recent 3rd World Country Semi-Broadband survey. Broadband speeds now up to 35Kbps as of 2005. Provide the safest internet service in Malaysia - as long as your PC is NOT connected to the internet, it is relatively safe." -Uncyclopedia Genius on TMnet Streamyx

Now these people are in-charged of international bandwidth.
peering@tm.net.my, routing@tm.net.my, hirule@tm.net.my, anieayop@tm.net.my, ceo@tm.net.my, ainols@tm.net.my
DIRECT LINE: +603-8317 2500


You guys know what this mean.

SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please DO NOT call these hotline numbers: 1-800-88-2646 or +603-8317 2500. If you do, these are most likely what you'd get:

Favorite quotes of the Customer Service representative at TMwait Slowmyx / TMnerd Shitmyx *Accompanied by some gay ringtones playing on the other end of the line*

First time calling: "We need three working days to solve this problem." Call after three days: "We need three working days to solve this problem." and continue the process.

We will assign a contracter to your place to look into the matter by tomorrow(in fact a week).

(if u r using external ADSL modem)"Is the light of the ADSL light blinking of off??

Windows XP firewall make your slow koneksion

Please turn your modem upside down and try again

Please unplug your network cable and turn it around and plug it back in" (Witchcraft lah, just stand up and turn around 3 times, your internet will be aaalrite!)

What version of Windows are you using?" (If it ain't WinXP, fuck you! we do not support Mac, Win2k or Linux)

Please unplug your microfilter and plug the modem wire directly into the wall socket" (I can hear the pages flipping, she's either reading Kosmo! or from a frickin' manual, which I can also do, and Fuxx You very much, I already tried, my microfilter is brand new)

You must plug your SATA modem to the IDE floppy disk and put your USB monitor to the 2-socket plug. Then only can you turn on the 30-Amp power to your Acer.

"I tak tahu..." / "Saya don't know..."

Currently, we have no service distruption in malaysia" <--- a good reply when international cable breakdown. Stupid Customer service dont even know.

Nonit talk so much la..... Let me make report for u. U take the report number and keep quiet... Wait for technician to come( if he remembers).. Bye.... tooo..tooo..

Now restart your comp....

uninstall and then reinstall the network driver. That didn't work for you? What you don't have your original disks? No problem, use this web site... what do you mean you have no Internet without the driver? Are you trying to question me?

Please reinstall your modem"(driver)

I am sorry, our support does not cover that. Try calling the company that made your computer or Microsoft. (I have no idea what you are talking about and my script does not cover these sorts of things. Rather than tell you I have no talent, I am instead telling you to go somewhere else and passing the buck to them. Yet I know they also have help desks in Malaysia so I am phoning them ahead to warn them about you. You are so fuxxored.)

Talk talk talk... Please wait while all our staffs are engaged on line...(Stupid tmnut song plays... played over and over hundred of times.. then, line disconnected" - This happened when all the staffs went to minum kopi, lepak, talk cock ...etc watever and refused to answer the phone because they know they can't do anything other than saying "Please wait while our technical workers are currently fixing the problemss

Cannot... cannot" -TMNET customer service on speaking to your supervisor

Tomorrow you come lah... to tmnet center" -TMNET customer service typical panics

An official reply via email from their customer service: "Send email with details can ? We no receive your email at all." Same email recycle until customers give up.

Suh... you made no payments" -on the bill you payed 3 months ago, now they're threating to block your connection

Oh unplug your cable lah, then you squeeze squeeze should be ok adiiiiii!!!

Slow? I think you should upgrade to Slowmyx 1 Meg. How much you are paying now? Just add little bit only ma.

Unplug your telephone line, rub it towards your breast, let the telephone line gets high, then plug back in ur asshole. I'm 100% u can use ur internet to see BOGEL INTERNET.

Huh????Our connection is the fastest among the Asia...u still wan to complain.....our 1kbps speed is faster than a Porches 911...

Most updated reply: "We arr soooooo sori for de inkonveniens cosd". So when can be fixed? " God knows. U can wait u wait lor. Kenot wait, fly to Mexico and die ASAFP lor. The swines are waiting to devour you alive! Nuff said. -_______________________-|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||