<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869</id><updated>2012-01-24T22:30:35.095+08:00</updated><category term='system of cikgu tuko'/><title type='text'>Greater Dispel</title><subtitle type='html'>stripped bare</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-1374056459923950</id><published>2008-05-20T04:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T04:44:31.033+08:00</updated><title type='text'>something to talk about</title><content type='html'>http://musclegrowthlovinfemme.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://comicality.gayauthors.org/"&gt;http://comicality.gayauthors.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;forum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-1374056459923950?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/1374056459923950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=1374056459923950&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/1374056459923950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/1374056459923950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2008/05/something-to-talk-about.html' title='something to talk about'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-1730919793656988032</id><published>2008-05-16T13:24:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T13:27:01.320+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Persona Tests</title><content type='html'>---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So on Facebook I'm a INFP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://apps.facebook.com/my-type/?page=extended&amp;amp;id=702131355" onclick="(new Image()).src = '/ajax/ct.php?app_id=18501873856&amp;action_type=3&amp;post_form_id=3838a29f6a11eadda5376e14e730055a&amp;position=2&amp;' + Math.random();return true"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;INFP&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;The Idealist&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/genericv2b/400/114/01AwcA9gNPkfUAAAADAAAAAAAAAAA:.png" width="380" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and this I took before the one  below&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center" cellspacing="0" width="370"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th width="100"&gt;Trait&lt;/th&gt; &lt;th width="240"&gt;&lt;div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; float: left; width: 27px; text-align: left;"&gt;0&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; float: left; width: 55px; text-align: center;"&gt;25&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; float: left; width: 55px; text-align: center;"&gt;50&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; float: left; width: 55px; text-align: center;"&gt;75&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="overflow: hidden; position: relative; float: left; width: 28px; text-align: right;"&gt;100&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/th&gt;  &lt;th align="center" width="30"&gt;%&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;Openness&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;100%&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 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 &lt;tr align="center"&gt; &lt;td colspan="4"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:-0;"&gt;Strength of the preferences %&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="center"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="color:#d000a0;"&gt;33&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="color:#d000a0;"&gt;88&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="color:#d000a0;"&gt;62&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="color:#d000a0;"&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Velly velly interesting!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This however is a very good read!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&amp;amp;f=fourtemps&amp;amp;tab=3&amp;amp;c=counselor&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-1730919793656988032?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/1730919793656988032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=1730919793656988032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/1730919793656988032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/1730919793656988032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2008/05/persona-tests.html' title='Persona Tests'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-3191903944590341178</id><published>2008-04-25T17:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T17:20:32.685+08:00</updated><title type='text'>personality test thingie</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Personality&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div style="'width:155px;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="'width:145px;"&gt;&lt;div style="'white-space:nowrap;"&gt;Neuroticism&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="'padding:0px;'"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(255,0,0); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(150,0,0); border-right:1px solid rgb(150,0,0); border-top:1px solid rgb(255,100,100); width:57%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);"&gt;&lt;div style="'float:right;"&gt;57&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="'width:145px;"&gt;&lt;div style="'white-space:nowrap;"&gt;Extraversion&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="'padding:0px;'"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(0,0,255); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(0,0,150); border-right:1px solid rgb(0,0,150); border-top:1px solid rgb(100,100,255); width:53%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);"&gt;&lt;div style="'float:right;"&gt;53&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="'width:145px;"&gt;&lt;div style="'white-space:nowrap;"&gt;Openness to Experience&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="'padding:0px;'"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(0,128,0); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(0,90,0); border-right:1px solid rgb(0,90,0); border-top:1px solid rgb(85,159,85); width:94%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);"&gt;&lt;div style="'float:right;"&gt;94&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="'width:145px;"&gt;&lt;div style="'white-space:nowrap;"&gt;Agreeableness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="'padding:0px;'"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(251,212,0); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(144,115,0); border-right:1px solid rgb(144,115,0); border-top:1px solid rgb(255,241,170); width:82%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);"&gt;&lt;div style="'float:right;"&gt;82&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="'width:145px;"&gt;&lt;div style="'white-space:nowrap;"&gt;Conscientiousness&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="'padding:0px;'"&gt;&lt;div style="float:left; height:18px; text-align:right; background-color:rgb(128,0,128); border-bottom:1px solid rgb(80,0,80); border-right:1px solid rgb(80,0,80); border-top:1px solid rgb(149,99,151); width:27%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType=0, StartColor=16777215, EndColor=2130706432);"&gt;&lt;div style="'float:right;"&gt;27&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div style="'width:300px;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;You do not feel nervous in social situations, and have a good impression of what others think of you, however you feel enraged when things do not go your way. You are sensitive about being treated fairly and feel resentful and bitter if you think you are being cheated. You tend not to talk much and prefer to let others control the activities of groups. Generally you are not considered to be an emotional person, however you are aware of and in touch with your emotions. You do not like to claim that you are better than other people, and generally shy from talking yourself up, however you are not adverse to confrontation and will sometimes even intimidate others to get your own way. You have a strong sense of duty and obligation, and feel a moral obligation to do the right thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Take a &lt;a href="'http://www.learnmyself.com'" target="'_blank'"&gt;Personality Test&lt;/a&gt; now or view the full &lt;a href="'http://www.learnmyself.com/personality.asp?p="wpa-628330&amp;amp;x="PIx1x182427-183751xc5fA8x1'" target="_blank" rel="'nofollow'"&gt;Personality Report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-3191903944590341178?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/3191903944590341178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=3191903944590341178&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/3191903944590341178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/3191903944590341178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2008/04/personality-test-thingie.html' title='personality test thingie'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-4472483809151577376</id><published>2007-09-03T16:14:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T19:51:04.007+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='system of cikgu tuko'/><title type='text'>Poppy-headed Theatre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kGaMHqk2_6w/RtvCsoO08lI/AAAAAAAAAPk/WEJqnr4FQLg/s1600-h/alon8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kGaMHqk2_6w/RtvCsoO08lI/AAAAAAAAAPk/WEJqnr4FQLg/s200/alon8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105888674524230226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Confessions of a Drama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At a risk of sounding like a drama queen … well, actually I don’t care.&lt;br /&gt;The System of Cikgu Tuko&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Warning&lt;/span&gt;: Wall of text&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The stage is bare.&lt;br /&gt;The props are gone.&lt;br /&gt;The players have left.&lt;br /&gt;The story is told.&lt;br /&gt;And I’m left feeling bereft – with nothing to fill. The most surprising thing, would be that, I was perhaps waiting and wondering why I felt the vacancy throughout the whole production.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used some of the ‘&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;isolation energy&lt;/span&gt;’ on stage.&lt;br /&gt;There were remarked points during the play throughout the 10 plays, that I’ve been consistent in this feeling. The anger, the estranged frustration of wanting to fit in, of being a part of the whole, … trying to be a friend.&lt;br /&gt;Trying to feel included, or at least waiting to be invited.&lt;br /&gt;I felt like a ghost in the wall sometimes, wishing for a thought. Maybe they’ll think of asking me to come out and play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Sigh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok – so I will hold myself accountable as well. I’d had imagined I was doing some preparation in truth and however much I hate myself for it, it was for the production. I intentionally kept to myself, whenever I could before call and standby. I waited on the side watching them bond and mingle and I cultivated that mood before getting on stage. But it scalds.&lt;br /&gt;Did I have to do it?&lt;br /&gt;Who knows … coz I didn’t get any feedback on whether it made my performance any stronger, and I just … stuck with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Shrugs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While they frolicked and conspired with the scenes, I was left guessing of the outcome on stage. At the least, it would have been nice to know what would happen.&lt;br /&gt;My back is either turned away from the audience (which makes me un-relatable) or the ‘student’ (which alienates me from their skit). I do not participate, well partially so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Puzzled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Should I have said something?&lt;br /&gt;I have … as unobtrusive as I could into their sacred circle. But the more I tried, the more I felt I was simply disaffecting their delicate dynamics, and I had to stop and wait for an invitation. Which never came.&lt;br /&gt;Sure, I’ll be extended the occasional jolly invite which in retrospect seem to occur, when I happen to be in close proximity, as an afterthought / consideration (last man in, anyone?), or simply the assumption that I would have known anyways and that I would jolly invite myself irregardless.&lt;br /&gt;I guess its makes sense now. They really don’t know me nor the way I feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Sad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its strange to feel understanding and envious. To reason and accept both the situation as it must exists and reconcile my conflicted feelings at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;I know the stage manager has a great rapport with most of them as well, because it shows during the production. The nary invisible tugs and strings of camaraderie that exists beyond the stage walls. They were friends before the production and during.&lt;br /&gt;I thought I was … until the production.&lt;br /&gt;I believed in a virtual companionship instead. I thought I tried, I thought I’d made my intentions to be friends clear by expending a censure of effort to maintain contact, making plans to meet up … but I’m reminded it works two-ways.&lt;br /&gt;But its ok.&lt;br /&gt;That’s life, no? And the most convincing lies are often the ones we tell ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Bemused.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m not saying that they were being bad, inconsiderate rude fuckers. Quite contrary.&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps, in their conscientiousness to remain understanding, my need to connect was overlooked, over-assumed and subconsciously neglected.&lt;br /&gt;Good intentions, hell and all that.&lt;br /&gt;Or maybe, I’m just getting old. Disassociation and all that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Reasoning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So am I sorry? No.&lt;br /&gt;There’s nothing to apologize for. There’s nothing to forgive, no one did anything wrong. All I wanted to be was a devoted friend, and if I said or did anything unsettling, I didn’t mean it.&lt;br /&gt;I told them every night, I told everyone in the production every night.&lt;br /&gt;But I was drowned out.&lt;br /&gt;I put on a good enough performance to make them look good, and do good they did, so maybe that’s why. I think everyone heard but no one listened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Detached.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now –&lt;br /&gt;I will leave it at that. The moment has passed, and opportunity only really knocks once regardless of how many times I hear the word “Its never too late”. We really can’t turn back the hands of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.Regret. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-4472483809151577376?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/4472483809151577376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=4472483809151577376&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/4472483809151577376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/4472483809151577376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2007/09/poppy-headed-theatre.html' title='Poppy-headed Theatre'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kGaMHqk2_6w/RtvCsoO08lI/AAAAAAAAAPk/WEJqnr4FQLg/s72-c/alon8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-3864897973974253826</id><published>2007-08-20T15:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T15:05:12.461+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Undecided Wretch</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;This is going to be one of those trashcan blogs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;I have no idea what will go in here, just .... whatever I guess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;This was a note to ,,, uhmm, make it official or something - now buzz off!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-3864897973974253826?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/3864897973974253826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=3864897973974253826&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/3864897973974253826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/3864897973974253826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2007/08/undecided-wretch.html' title='Undecided Wretch'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-1705009272723208868</id><published>2007-07-31T17:20:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-31T17:20:56.004+08:00</updated><title type='text'>One of those questionnaires</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;1. Have you ever seen your best friend cry?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Good friends yes. Even those who cry on the inside, without show of tears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;2. Have you ever cried in an airport?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Yes, bus depots and other public transport stops. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;3. Last person to make you laugh?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I don’t know and I don’t want to know – I still have many years to live before considering who’ll be the last person to make me laugh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;4. What was funny?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;This question makes no sense in relation to my earlier answer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;5. Favorite John Mayer song?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Dunno. Don’t know his songs much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;6. Scariest movie?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Dungeon and Dragons. The crappy movie with Justin Whelan … and that Wayan guy. It killed my hopes for one of my favourite fantastic childhood indulgences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;7. Last thing to bother you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Conversational Interruption that was ill-timed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;8. Last person to text you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;A good friend who found his lost wallet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;9. Last time you went looking for new clothes?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Sometime this year a couple of months back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;10. What happened last March?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Trying to maintain my contract job in Bukit Jalil and dealing with late nights at work. No … I’m still doing that except with my full time job at the theatre house.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;11. Last person to tell you they miss you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Too long ago to remember.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;12. What bothers your mom the most?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;My room. The tornado swept mess that it is, and probably the idea that I can indulge in orgies. I know this, because she told me so.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;13. Who will be your next kiss?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Hmm, I’ll keep an open mind about this. Auditioners are welcome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;14. Where do you see yourself in 8 years?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Hard to plan or ponder where I could realistically be in 8 years. I would like to have developed magical abilities or perhaps psionic/ psychic well honed senses to use at will as I like. Hopefully older, wiser and richer with hot, intelligent boyfriends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;15. Your first thought in the morning?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;‘ … ‘. Blank.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;16. Last dream you had?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Fevered ridden dreams have too little coherency to write in words.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;17. Ever cried yourself to sleep?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;A yes on multiple accounts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;18. Ever been in love?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Until someone can truly define love, than I will say every time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;19. Last time you had a 4 hour talk with someone?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Uhmmm, last night. I’m a sucker for marathon talks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;20. Do you have a Friendster?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Yes, and yes … I join every darn internet profile thingie but I always forget if I had one before and may have ended up making multiple accounts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;21. Do you believe in stupid questions?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I don’t believe in them, but they stubbornly refuse to not exist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;22. Where are you now?At home?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;23. Last time you danced?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;My heart dances everytime I’m close to a cute guy. My body shifts and dances in its way everytime I’m next to a hot guy. My soul dances everytime I realize how lucky I am with the friends that I have.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;In a club, forever … meaning 7 months to more. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;24. The person that taught you how to swim?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;This realllllly hot college guy at a public club swimming pool when I was 8. I remember he was realllly hot and I wanted a big brother like him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;25. What’s your ring tone?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;One of the tones provided in the defaulted phone tones. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;26. Do you own an iPod?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;No… now stop making me feel bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;27. Speak any other languages?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;The language of love. Not very good at it yet but I’m getting there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;28. What’s your middle name?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Light of Dawn. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;29. How many schools have you been too?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Holy …. I mean … many. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Primary 2, Secondary 2, College 3, no .. 4. University 2. Certificate centres 3 -5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;30. Who from your top friends have you known the longest?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Uhm. I even forget how long. But of my closest right now, Vin Tsen – I’ve known for 10 years now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;31. Lalala?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I prefere La_dee_la. More lilt to it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;32. Do you like the “Brianstorm” song?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;What in ‘ecks name is that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;33. Where were you the first time you heard the song “Asereje“?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Double ‘eck is that?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;34. Hardest class?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;I’ve never really gotten so stimulated in any of my classes before. Why do you ask?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;35. How old were you when you went on your first date?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Unofficially 8. (straight). Officially 16 (straight). Wonderfully Gay 17.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;36. Who’s your celebrity crush?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;If I start now, I won’t end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;And it depends on what category. Should be start  by age? By celebrity status (sportsmen – tv – movie)? What about by blondes, brunettes or red-heads?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;37. Last thing you bought?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;My freedom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-1705009272723208868?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/1705009272723208868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=1705009272723208868&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/1705009272723208868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/1705009272723208868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2007/07/one-of-those-questionnaires.html' title='One of those questionnaires'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330370722245726869.post-6061617285189432568</id><published>2007-07-10T14:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-10T15:51:17.904+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fortnight, forthright.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGaMHqk2_6w/RpMxcFdJjrI/AAAAAAAAALo/qd6aR-1NdEU/s1600-h/ngs0_6968.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGaMHqk2_6w/RpMxcFdJjrI/AAAAAAAAALo/qd6aR-1NdEU/s320/ngs0_6968.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085462762801958578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Is it right?&lt;br /&gt;To wait 14 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This sullen dark night hogs the sounds of the river but I know they are there. I will always know. They lap against the rocks like my heart pumps blood into my veins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was it right?&lt;br /&gt;I cannot choose for them, so I gave them 14 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think my children will be awake now, in the arms of a stranger or more. Maybe they'll be better, or should they fare worse, I've absolved my earthly rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should it be?&lt;br /&gt;Its 14 hours, I will surrender to you. Here, as promised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not a hesitation too soon.  No more frantic search for the meaning of life, rifling through bookstores, lamenting on loss of direction. No searching for old lovers for reassurance that I was once loved. No pain of moving onward, forward and away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will open the red life to flow out of me onto the waters of earthly delight below. The swimming sins of plenty gasping like fresh fish on a meat cleaver's block. Red earth clouding up at the base like small puffs of nuclear refuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am I doing it right?&lt;br /&gt;Its already close to mark, the sign of 14 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've waited a fortnight for this awakening. Am I so bold or forward as to ask, to request an anesthetic from the numbness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will see the light sparkle on the globes of air as it pierces the haze of heaven from the watery bowels. I will join the mistakes of my foremothers and end the cycle that plagues the women who carry my name. I' will give my daughter another life with this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They will not carry the sins. They will be purged of the wrath. Preserve the sanctity, waters before me. You wouldn't lie to me, would you? Like you did to all the hopeful harlots before me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it right now?&lt;br /&gt;Forthright.&lt;br /&gt;Good bye, daughter ... greetings mother.&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8330370722245726869-6061617285189432568?l=greaterdispel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/feeds/6061617285189432568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8330370722245726869&amp;postID=6061617285189432568&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/6061617285189432568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8330370722245726869/posts/default/6061617285189432568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://greaterdispel.blogspot.com/2007/07/fortnight-forthright.html' title='Fortnight, forthright.'/><author><name>Aikuchi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398179799248506176</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/Aikuchi/self_bora.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGaMHqk2_6w/RpMxcFdJjrI/AAAAAAAAALo/qd6aR-1NdEU/s72-c/ngs0_6968.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
