Date : Sunday, May 31, 2009
Time : 10:02:00 am
Title : NATM2

I know I sound indignant in the previous post.. Not that I'm pintpointing any specific group of people.. but there are people who are just.......... wthwtf. :/



Meeting up with S5 clique later! :D





{Updated 10:06 PM)
Went out with Wayne, Qihui, Cheryl. Mindy did not turn out because she had swollen eyes and Emo.... went MIA cos he overslept. HAHA I wonder why some people can sleep for more than 12 hours. Ate at Pastamania. I miss Pastamania, yum. I'm happy!

Date : Saturday, May 30, 2009
Time : 9:00:00 pm
Title : Living life on the net!

TOPIC OF THE DAY: INTERNET ANONYMITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND PRIVACY.

DISCLAIMER: This is a RANT and volatile voice-out. A real rant. This post may sound serious, or sound like I'm bitching, but this is NOT TARGETTING AT ANYONE. If you think otherwise, all I can say is, YOU'RE FEELING GUILTY. If you feel easily offended, then practise self-censorship (ask me if you don't know what it means) or exit from this blog.


Some people think some internet users have no rights/are wrong to view people's things on the net... Well let me tell you, there are a lot of kaypoh people who can bloghop, profilehop and google for hours and hours. They simply like to go around looking at what people post, what they did for the past 1 week, what happened during their overseas trip, what display pictures they have put on MSN, what PMs they have, what they have been doing on facebook. They pry in cyberspace, Lol. Yes some people are very free to go around exploring the whole world's stuff on the web............

I DO ALL THAT. Yes I'm curious, I'm kaypo, I'm inquisitive. I like to pry on any stuff I like as long as it is public. Any problem with that?

WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY WITH FREEDOM IN CYBERSPACE OKAY! ER, REASONABLE FREEDOM.

Ok I will talk about some issues here...

1. Freedom to view blogs
- If your blog is PUBLIC, meaning its open for the whole world to see, then possiblities are, you will have a global audience. Thus, bear in mind that ANYONE WHO HAS ACCESS TO CYBERSPACE can have access to your blog if they stumble upon it or find it! So, don't complain/kpkb if you find someone whom you least expect to or don't want to viewing your blog. People can access what they want on the net, right? So don't say people thinking that they've invaded your privacy.

- Is it wrong for someone to bloghop? And there's nothing wrong with bloglurking (i.e, lurking around people's blogs)! Blogsites are meant to be vieweed by netizens right? If you don't want people to lurk and creep around your stuff, then lock ur blog or don't open one in the first place! Go keep a book journal instead!

2. Blog Links
-For more than 95% of the blogs you go to, there will be linking of other blogger's blog URL. Blogger link up their friends and contacts for easy access. If you link someone, anyone who enters your blog can click on your links also. If someone links you, anyone who go to that person's blog can chance upon your blog too. Same morale, IF YOU LIKE YOUR BLOG TO BE KEPT HUSH HUSH OR TO A LOW PROFILE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, call your friends not to link you or better still, private ur blog!

-Links work like that- A links B, B links C, C links D. D links A and B.... viewers can click here click there on whatever links they want. The blogging world has no privacy like that.

-Yes you may not know but I MAY have entered your blog........ If I tell you whose blog I view you will go 'wow... u so resourceful..'

3. PRIVATE blogs.
-Okay, you choose to private your blog and you only allow your closest friends in, so you send them an invitation to view ur blog and they have to log in. Do you know that an blogger invitation to view a blog lasts for a month? EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR FRIEND TO VIEW YOUR BLOG ANYMORE, YES YOU CAN REMOVE HIM/HER FROM YOUR ALLOW LIST BUT HE/SHE CAN STILL ACCESS IT FOR UP TO A MONTH! If your friend keeps the invitation email, he/she can access your blog through the email!

-PUT IT SIMPLY, THE PERSON WHO GETS THE INVITATION DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO LOG IN THROUGH YOUR BLOG HOMEPAGE. A CLICK ON THE LINK IN THAT EMAIL AND BINGO, ACCESS IS GAINED! So stop ranting, raving, complaining, whining, cursing like a **** thinking that your blog is being hacked or that someone is stalking your blog. ignorant as*****.

4. MSN Profiles
-Yeah, you right-click a contact on MSN, you can view that contact's profile. You can see their recent updates, first name and last name, the display pics they have/had, the PMs they have/had. So yeah.... Your friend being offline doesn't mean he/she won't see whats going on with ur page and network.. Again, stop raving why people peep at ur profile. Kaypoh people do have the rights to lurk around..

5. Facebook/other social networking websites
-Most of us post photos up there, esp facebook. We tag here tag there, tag photos everywhere, all sorts of photos also tag! Lets say someone who do not have any of my friends in his list, tag me some photos from his album. My friends, although his not their friend, can still access his photo album and view ALL the photos! In case some people don't know, when you tag someone, even strangers can have access to your album unless you modify your private settings of that album to 'Only friends'. So stop kpkb-ing like a b**** saying people 8gua, bossy, kaypoh, everything about people also must kaypoh.........

-In Facebook, you can see your friend's friend's friend from like, a lot of places in facebook. Maybe you can even access your friend's friend's restaurant/house.

-In these kind of social networking sites, we can search for WHOEVER WE WANT TO. Cannot do some harmless kaypoh is it? I do search up my teachers and acquaintances OK! Who not happy with me about this, come find me.

-THIS APPLIES TO OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES.

6. Google.
-We can all find out our research, whatever we want by typing something in with google. To find someone's blog, I can find through google (I just did that today. Again, don't look at me like that- WE ALL HAVE RIGHTS TO SURF THE NET RIGHT!!?). To find a lost friend, we can search through google. To find a class list or school list, we can search through google (E.G PAE List, orientation list, OGL list.. I DID ALL THAT TOO). I can even google your name and find some news about you. Don't think just because you keep a low profile about your life, doesn't mean people won't find out about you on the internet.

-Your photos may also be found around the web, if people are hardworking enough to search it. So if I say I seen who and who's photos somewhere around the net, don't say 'ehh you very what leh.. so kaypo'. F******. INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IS AVAILABLE TO THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD (WWW)!


7. Staying anonymous?
-The internet has a certain level of anonymity for us to stay unknown. But bear in mind there are softwares to track who has been viewing a page, or a site and the IP address and many many information can be found out through these softwares. Think twice before you do anything funny.

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Kk don't hate me.

Who doesn't agree that netizens cannot pry and lurk around? Tell me. I will sit down with you for tea and talk with you.



Replies to tags:

To Jovien-
YAY! I'm always the first cause I bloghop often. I bloghop around everywhere. :D
glad that you enjoy playing with my dummy sheeps! HAHA!! They're fun and cute right?

To quraishah-
You're linked, my dear!

To joyce-
its up to you whether to revive it or not. :)
You can still enter my blog on a regular basis and tag! =))

To idah-
No, not okay!
Tah ok :/

Date : Friday, May 29, 2009
Time : 11:00:00 pm
Title : Chemical Bondings

The post date is set on 29 May 11 PM, but it was actually posted on 30 May. Altered the date because the events happened on 29 May.


DISCLAIMER: I'm going to say something about 'race'. Yes, race as in the ethnic group. It is NOT meant to incite racism. If you are the sensitive kind who easily misinterpret things, then this disclaimer is for you so please... be automatic, don't read/practise self-regulation.






























Singapore is a multiracial society. The people live in harmony with the many races here. Certain content is censored in the media to avoid upsetting the delicate multi-racial society in Singapore. On the exterior, we are tolerant towards the different races and live in peace. BUT,

Who says racism DOESN'T EXIST in Singapore? Banning racism doesn't mean there's no racism in Singapore. There are people who still hold racial notions, racial stereotypes and discriminations.


Random: Remember the time where someone said something racist and you burst out laughing for no absolute reason? Does this scenario sound familiar to you? This is random random random.



I have a question about 'race' to ask.. Never mind later some people think I'm being a racist blogger/insensitive which is not even the case. If you want to know what question then ask me personally.


I have things to say here, but its better not to say it.... ironic huh. -__-

Never mind, lets go on reading about the proper....


On friday went to do Quality of Teaching Survey, the school screwed up the timing between year 1s and year 2s. Turns out that on the morning itself, the school mass message the year 1 students that there is a typo in morning. No wonder. I was wondering, how can they accomodate the whole cohort in one lecture hall? -___- They never give proper timing, can't blame students for being latecomers right. =X


Went to settle my chemistry filing and had 2 hours Econs lecture in the afternoon. Went home after that to get ready to go to chris' place for Vietnam BBQ gathering. Took bus 76 there.

So much food... Sadly, I don't eat seafood.

Date : Thursday, May 28, 2009
Time : 1:34:00 pm
Title : Welcome sheeps!

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Date : Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Time : 10:30:00 pm
Title : Redo

Eh, how come these 2 monsters appeared?

Date :
Time : 2:36:00 pm
Title : Trouble Noisemakers

From morning until now, they drill nonstop! Those people upstairs huh.... The damn noise spoiled my mood and plans for the day! Renovate so much, later en-bloc. Haha. CB. stay HDB flat then HDB flat lah. Renovate so much for what? Why for drill so many holes? Go drill your own hole lah. That will be more fun.

I wake up in the morning, play with my phone, hear your noise, I go back to sleep for 1 hour because the noise freaks me. I wake up, I thought the renovation stopped, now it came back again. ##### Aiyo, I can feel the vibrations.

Next time, I'm gonna stand at a high place and knock the ceiling to disturb the upstairs people! No, I shouldn't use my hands. I should use a biscuit tin or umbrella. (: I will disturb the block till they can't tolerate!! REVENGE YAY!!!

Date : Monday, May 25, 2009
Time : 7:11:00 pm
Title : Its been some time since I've been so enthu about picture taking.

One.

Date : Saturday, May 23, 2009
Time : 8:02:00 pm
Title : What friends are...

Jessica says:
the people you like for the first time may not necessarily end up to be your closest friends..



Whats your defination of 'friend'? I checked up dictionary.com &...

friend
1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
2. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter.
3. a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile.

Think about it, we all have our OWN defination of friends.. i guess.


How many of you actually and seriously have true friends around you? Not the fair-weathered hi-bye friends, or 'having friends' for the sake of show, but good, close and true friends who you know will stick by you through the ups and downs. One whom you feel comfortable confiding in, who can provide a listening ear, a helping hand, cheer you up when you are down, whom you can show ur true self in front of without being afraid to feel awkward or 'can't fit in'. One whom can tolerate all your nonsense and be seen with you no matter how retarded you may be. One whom can show concern by flooding you with countless insightful advices. One whom can try to brighten up ur day no matter how gloomy you are. One whom you can feel comfortable breaking down in front of, not worrying about how crybaby you are when you burst into tears and will hold your hand and console you when you cry. One whom you can laugh with and be so open about anything. One whom you can truly call a 'bestie'.


Thats what a deep strong friendship should be to me..

I believe that best friends should be in union and stick with each other, through times of wealth and poor, illness and health, heaven and hell, joy and pain, thick and thin for life, like this:

I WAS JOKING ONLY.

obviously not the 'legal union' I meant between a man and a women.

Ok, heres the serious one.

true friends....(...)

have some fun together.. play together even though they look like they belong to the mental hospital..

miss one another, fear for one another..

enjoy together..