//beconfused

Firstly, I’m totally fine. I can walk, can jump and can still draw circles with my left hand.

What happen was that I was thinking. A lot of things were in my mind and earphones were on. But I don’t think there’s a problem with the earphones. I was planning a few things in my mind and my leg just walk me home. I guess I wasn’t doing the look-right-look-left thingy. I was just looking ahead and not concentrating. I don’t remember being aware that I was crossing a road.

And then bam! I fell to the ground and was finally awoken from my thoughts. I rolled a little and just stood up quite naturally. (It so happened that I rolled till it’s easy to just stand up strangely.) I found myself at the road divider, it’s just this white line they draw in the middle of the road.

Injuries. Not really any. My hip bone is feeling a little painful and the skin on my palm was very slightly bruised. There is no blood and in fact I am kinda trying to locate the bruise right now.

I definately will try not to think when I am walking again. I was sort of in a shock just now. And now after I typed finish this post, I’m feeling a little stupid somehow.

What the fuck is this guy trying to do?!

Man blows flat up with insect spray

A German man used so much insect killer that he blew himself up when a spark from his computer ignited the aerosol spray.

Walter Mueller, 36, from Schleswig-Holstein, caused more than £100,000 of damage and debris flew up to 100 metres away.

But, amazingly, he was not badly hurt and was released from hospital after treatment for minor injuries.

Mueller had closed all the windows and emptied several cans of extra strong insect-spray before sitting at his computer to surf the internet.

A spark of electricity ignited the powerful fumes, causing an explosion that demolished the flat and blew out all the windows.

Source: Ananova

I don’t quite understand why he “closed all the windows and emptied several cans of extra strong insect-spray before sitting at his computer to surf the internet”, is he addicted to the smell or something? He seemed like an extremist to me.

Maybe he is trying to defeat Spider-man.

“Fuck you!” he scolded. Right, he scolded me that. He should just fuck off because the whole incident is his whole damned fault.

School has ended for me and I was merrily walk out of school. [I always drag my feet to school.] I was walking on the pavement with Hua Ming, Shawn and Yong Liang.

That is when I met with an accident. With a damned bicycle.

There is this fucking middle-age man riding a bicycle. I so fucking hate bicycles right now by the way. He was riding his fucking bicycle on the pavement. It is illegal to ride a bicycle on the pavement in Singapore. All bicycles go onto roads with cars unless otherwise stated.

So as I was saying, he and his fucking bicycle come charging towards us. I didn’t notice it because I was listening to Hua Ming talking about some stuff.

His fucking bicycle’s fucking handle got hooked by my bag. He fell.

I apologized to him several times. I shouldn’t have done so.

“Fuck you!” he scolded. He is totally fucked up, trying to get back to his feet.

The last thing I want to hear after apologizing is the word “fuck”. I am sure he is furious. So, I thought for what to say.

Before I can open my mouth, Hua Ming opened his.

Hua Ming [spoke in Mandarin angrily]: What are you saying?
Fucking Middle-age Man [spoke in Mandarin angrily]: You never look while you walk!
HM: It’s illegal to ride a bicycle on the pavement.
FMM: Bullshit. You aren’t looking! Walk on the pavement without looking.

What did I say? Nothing came out of my mouth. I was angry when that fucking middle-age man scolded “Fuck you!”, but after Hua Ming opened his mouth, my anger subsided. My anger was totally gone. Hua Ming’s mouth does miracles!

Anyway, I don’t feel sorry for the fucking middle-age man now. He and his total fucked up bicycle. I did felt it’s my fault that he fell. But he has broken the law, scolded me “Fuck you!”. I understand his feelings when that fucking middle-age man fell, but I don’t like anger being vented on me.

I returned home cursing every single bicyclist I see that’s cycling in the park. It is illegal to cycle in parks too, unless there are special bicycle-only tracks.

I just turned my blog to a not-for-children-below-15 (NC-15) page. Just to let you know, my mood is quite relaxed and amused when I typed this. The not-so-nice words are used for amusement purposes. Did I mention that he looked so stupid when he fell? lol…

From the ceiling air conditioner, a drop of icy-cold water dropped on my ear plugs. The water travels into my right ear; this send a tickling sensation. I laughed lightly. I laughed lightly with a plate of 7 coins. The 7 coins slide off my plate and fell onto the ground with, admittedly, a beautiful sound.

BUT these are the damn gold coins! [@#%^*!]

Yesterday, Jesse dropped 17 silver coins worth SG$1,700 (US$990) in total! I told myself to be careful about my coins. And today, I drop them. What irony. Although, I dropped (just) 7 coins, but these 7 coins are worth SG$8,400 (US$4,890) in total!

I walk towards Ah Chian and disclose my failure of taking care of the coins. Obviously, she wasn’t too happy to hear. I tell her about the _water-went-into-my-ear_ story. Her reaction is like – okay, so we have to reject 7 gold coins. She just tell me to be more careful.

Phew.

There’s no docking of pay. How to dock my pay anyway, I earn less than a thousand Singapore dollars per month, I even have to pay them extra.
Did I panic? No. In fact, I am much amused. I laughed while revealing the water-went-into-my-ear story.

Fret not, I’ll be more careful next time. I’ve still got 800 gold coins to pack, and I am counting it down. I finish around 200 per day (compared to Jesse’s 400 plus, I am a slow worker).

I have been thinking: Ah Chian didn’t say much probably because she herself dented 2 of the gold coins I’m packing too, lol. Why did The Singapore Mint hire a group of butter fingers? lol..

[The conversation rates are based SG$1 = US$0.582487 as of November 20, 2003, 11:50 GMT, these after-conversation values are rounded.]

I can’t think of anything to write today. I surfed [Don't you think "surf" is such a weird word..] the web [Don't you think "web" is such a weird word..] and found several weird news. These are real news. One taken from ABC News [That's "America Broadcasting Companies" in case you thought I just anyhow type what my baby nephew is reciting from his Alphabets book.] and the other’s from Associated Press (Newsday, AP). This weird news are compiled by Chuck Shepherd (P.O. Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679). I just lift two of them up. Let’s just say they’re pretty thought-provoking. And some Junior College peeps can use it for their General Paper too. That is only if it applies of course. [lol]

Legal nude photos?

ABC News reported in May that it is not illegal in Massachusetts for a man to take surreptitious photographs of his adult daughter in the family home, even though in “hundreds” of the photos, she is nude or partially nude. The Easthampton, Mass., woman was 19 when she moved back into her old bedroom, where her father had been keeping electronic equipment, but later got a tech-savvy friend to examine a camera and computer. The parents are now divorced, but since the father committed no crime, he got to keep the photos. [ABC News, 5-29-03]

Wonder how does a fork taste?

A July Associated Press dispatch from Jerusalem reported that a 32-year-old woman accidentally swallowed a cockroach and then, after trying to dig it out with a fork, swallowed the fork. Dr. Nikola Adid of the Poria Hospital in Tiberias, Israel, had to remove both items. [Newsday-AP, 7-10-03]

Note: This sea-inspired gradient will be the default color for movie and lyrics quotes. They aren’t as plentiful as others, so they have to share, lol. Hey, also, anticipate further site updates after next week. I am adding something new again. I think I am adding new stuff every month, hahaa. It’ll be a surprise, so watch this blog closely. The new thingy will arrive September 01, 2003. That’s when my term break starts. One-week term break by the way.

Badminton is a game that can be played with 2 people. Each of opposite sides of the court. Alternatively, there is a game play for badminton that involves 2 teams, 4 people that is. 2 people will be in each side of the court competing against each other. And why aren’t there a game play that involves 2 teams, 6 people, 3 people on each side of the court? There is a reason, and I know the reason. I know it the hard way though. ["hard" is not a good word to use here but I can't seem to be able to replace it with any word.]

My class is having some sort of badminton craze, we play badminton so often that I thought it was part of our curriculum. We play (and sweat) during our breaks. The courts are usually filled. It would be selfish if we play single, that is one-against-one. Hence, we usually play doubles. The problem arises when there are too many people.

Last week, we had this three-against-two game. We had 3 people on our side, including me. One will guard the right, the other the left, and the extra (the person who join last in the game, in this case me) at the back. James and Shawn were at the front. [There aren't many chances for shuttlecocks flying to the back usually, but when playing with Zhi Yuan as an opponent, the chance increases significantly.] Zhi Yuan hit the shuttlecock, it flew quite far, far enough for me to hit. James rushed to the back too, trying to hit the shuttlecock. We both hit something, which is good in a way, and bad in another. James hits the shuttlecock. I hit James. I smashed my racket onto his face. He squatted down immediately in apparent agony. I rushed to him in guilt. It turns out that I hit his bone at the eye brow area. I am very sure it is very painful. So much so that James stopped playing badminton for that day.

And history repeats itself.

This very day, we had this three-against-two game again. We had 3 people on our side, including me. One will guard the right, the other the left, and the extra (the person who join last in the game, in this case me again) at the back. Benjamin and Shawn were at the front. [There aren't many chances for shuttlecocks flying to the back usually, but when playing with Zhi Yuan as an opponent, the chance increases significantly.] Zhi Yuan hit the shuttlecock, it flew quite far, far enough for me to hit. I swung my right hand horizontally, from my left to my right. I hit something, or rather some things. I hit the shuttlecock, which is good. As my racket swung from my left to my right, I hit Benjamin who is on my right. I smashed my racket onto his shoulder. He squatted down immediately in apparent agony. I rushed to him in guilt. It turns out that I hit his bone at the shoulder area. I am not very sure it is very painful. Benjamin claims he is okay and continued playing badminton.

After reading this, you probably thought that I never learn. Fact is that you are right. I told myself a dozen times not to hit people in the court again. It makes me seem quite violent. I think I inflicted fear in both Benjamin and James. [More fear in the former I think.] I felt really bad about this. At least I know why this game is invented with a maximum of 2 people on each side of the court..

Edited: Upon reading this again, I found that I somehow made this sound like a joke. I apologized at least umpteen times to James and once to Benjamin. I am really sorry that a casual game of badminton can turn out that violent.