*KOFF*

I hate coughing. I think it's one of the worst parts of being sick. Being sick is already sucky enough as it is, and especially when one doesn't fall sick ever so often, when the sick comes, it COMES.

Productivity - below zero
Proper sleep - almost zero

It's difficult to sleep when you are coughing your lungs out and trying your best not to cough your brains out as well. I always wonder if that is possible. Take last night, for instance: I should have had a good sleep seeing as I took a piriton prior to bed (which is supposed to knock me out) and not to mention, some sweet sweet stuff :) yet I woke up so often I wondered if I ever did sleep.

So I decided to pay the doctor a visit this morning and ended up with a bottle of Dried Ivy Extract Cough Syrup. Yay! OD time!!!

Coughing is so exhausting, I think I have abs from all these abdominal-pectoral 'exercise'. Rubbish.

I've noticed a couple of things though. When I'm sick, I become awfully compliant. Perhaps I'm just too exhausted to argue or say anything else so I just go "okay". Now you know when is the best time to ask me stuff. I've also realised that sometimes I tend to become all ooey-gooey due to the self-pity I feel. What's that local word for it? Oh yes... 'manja' :P

Gah.

Hope I get well soon enough.

*koff*koff*KOFF*kOfF!!!*

Them darned radicals...

I remember reading a blog entry once by kinkyjasmines about religion and at that point of time I thought, "Well, so I'm not the only one..." although not so much as of the same context/situation, just feeling insulted and all that.

I once saw this button with a message on it that is so true. Wait, I'll look around for it.

Here you go:

Yup. That's the one.

Firstly I'm not saying everyone of that religion is like *insert entry title*, just that I've come across some of them, and I am not generalising, just ranting in public in hopes of them reading this and stop bugging me.

I know it is a sensitive topic, but yea, if they can always go around insulting others, why can't I for this once?

I am offended when these people parade about as if they are more superior than others and trashes other people's beliefs. It is also dumb when people of different denomination trash each other. You do realise it is the same religion, just slightly different, right?

I think they are ridiculous when they start condemning fantasy books and movies because they are "blasphemous", and then say movies with alien-robot-species actually have a biblical storyline.

I dislike it when they parade their religion around and rub it in other people's faces. You know how in social events, you try to include the people around you by coming up with general conversation topics? Not excluding them by babbling about how great your religion is and trashing everything else. Manners, people...manners.

I am insulted when they say things of religion-based to me. Asking me to attend their "camps/retreats/etc.", saying that I should say "real prayers". Do you think I'm that dumb to be saying a prayer on Facebook addressing "The Big Guy in the Sky"?

These people should read Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens. At best the book will whip them up in a tizzy. At worst, they'll most probably stage a book-burning session.

I have actually been insulted more than that, but you see, my belief teaches me not to keep grudges, so now that I have got this out of my system, I will just go on with my life until some *insert entry title, minus first word* insults me again.

Thankyouverymuch,

Thoughts of the moment

You know how it feels when you are waiting for something, like, for instance, at the moment I am waiting for a friend to pick me up and it is one of those 'anytime-now' moments. If I were to start reading or writing anything research-related, she will most probably be here before I could grasp the gist of what I am doing. However, by not doing anything, it feels exceptionally long, and the mind wanders.

Maybe that is what random blog posts are for -- to while away the small frame of time which you otherwise do not know what to do with.

For this, I shall type out all the random thoughts that came to mind for the past 30 minutes.

- I am going to be a witness at somebody's ROM. How random is that? And I haven't even practiced my signature!

- I realised the real reason why I totally severe connections with some people is because it is just too painful to have anything to do with them. Ever. It is like, if you don't take out the splinter, your wound isn't going to heal, is it?

- My dad sends me the best quotes at times.

Update: The entry ended abruptly this morning because (obviously) my ride came. Skimming on the surface of thoughts of the mo were that, but to further elaborate now I shall.

Initially when I was requested to be one of the two witnesses in someone's ROM, I just said "yes" and didn't think more into it. But later, I realised the significance of the role, albeit it wasn't a very difficult/full of responsibility one, but hey, my name and signature is officially on somebody's Marriage Certificate. It is not something which everyone has a chance of getting in life. It's like a small but important thing. Besides, I heard that sometimes people do argue over who is to be the witness. So this was incredibly cool.

It was also cool that the Registry of Marriages takes the whole thing really seriously (as aptly be) although technically, it is their day-to-day job. They actually have a nicely decorated room for the solemnisation ceremony and even have the advantage of printing out the married couple's names on a paper and putting it on a sign outside the room -- making you feel special on your special day.

And the best quote I got off the wall written with "Rules of a Happy Marriage" today? "Never scream at each other unless the house is on fire."

Cheers all,

Updates in the Manglish Dictionary

I was having a conversation today with a friend of mine and we discussed certain important things that should be included in the Manglish dictionary.

1) Adding an extra 'H' in certain words creates an added emphasis.

For example:

yes - yesH
no - noH

In the case of the word which expresses frustration,

Haiyah is more powerful than aiyah

This is because when you say it out loud, you have to take a deep breath and then emphasise on the first H in the word. This manner conveys more frustration than the plain 'aiyah'.

2) Adding 'the' strategically in sentences or remarks increases the value of the adjectives.

For instance:

"Very the good." is better than "Very good."
"It's so the painful." is more excruciating than "It's so painful."

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On another note, everyone should check this out: 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling by The Oatmeal. Because it is really annoying when people don't know weather there wrong or not :P

Doesn't mean you can't laugh just 'cos it's a Monday