19.06.09

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Dancing with Wolfram

A comment in Russian on my blog! Wow. I don’t get many comments in the first place, not to mention in a language other than English. Translated it using Google translate.

With the technology we have today, we can seriously outsource our brain, or at least certain functions. There’s a cool new search engine wolframalpha. Check it out. So there’s a trend here: computers/machines are getting smarter while we are… Will we reach singularity (a term coined by computer scientist and science fiction writer Vernor Vinge about machines with greater than human intelligence)? Ok, I haven’t read that book yet so I can’t quite comment here. Don’t know what’s the definition of intelligence in his book.

Well, will leave that to another day. Less than more hour to the end of another weekend and I have not done all that I meant to..never seem to have enough time. And there’s this book shop Class as Soulcraft: An inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford that looks like an interesting read as well as Thio Li-ann’s Mind the Gap – Contending for Righteousness in an Age of Lawlessness that I am reading now and…and…

Primer on nature

I popped by Indonesia and Malaysia in the last month. I found that papayas, when hung vertically, look more delicious and that pond skaters can do the salsa.

Wolverine in AWARE EGM

The claws came out, I mean X-men Origins: Wolverine . Hugh Jackman is always watchable but the plot just did not connect and there wasn’t a whole lot of novelty to prop it up. There was something rather unconvincing about his hatred for his brother and love for Kayla. It’s not the acting but the progression of events and the narrative.

Now, the claws also came out at AWARE EGM yesterday. It was mighty uncivil from the start with the heckling and jeering. Looks like there is some anger management issue here. (Hey, another similarity with Wolverine.) For a group whose mission is to protect women, especially marginalised women, the attacks on the women on stage were a tat too vehement. I think it was more militant than passionate — as also observed by a running commentary behind me.

A man made a similar comment – a gem this one. He said something about revising the title of the famous tome to ‘Women are from Mars and men are from Venus.” He went on to plead that the women not come and harass me, “I am a man. Don’t harass me.” He was referring to a “cat woman” hissing at him and asking who he was supporting.

Did the women on the stage deserve this kind of treatment? No respect given at all? They couldn’t even respond because of the badgering and had to proceed to the voting. It was very irrational and hysterical, reminds me of one of those crackling generators in Science Centre.

However, when the new guard did eventually have some space to reply to the questions from the floor, they fumbled. Their answers largely could not connect with the audience and their style was too officious. Their fate had already been sealed by then anyway as the votes were already cast and were being counted. But this was a demonstration to me, who has so far watched this filtered through the media and other 3rd parties, of why the new guard is not able to win this.

Well well, Wolverine…misunderstood or just mutant?

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There is mass and there is niche. Today I learned that there is also mass niche.

Wester Easter Or Not…

I don’t usually feel anything special on days like Easter or Christmas or even Good Friday. Maybe because everyday is Christmas, Good Friday and Easter.

We live, move and have our being in Him. He is around us and in us. From Him, through Him and to Him are all things.

We do not need to take steps toward Him, for He has never left us.

thoughts about thoughts about thoughts about…

Have you ever listened in on your own thoughts? Watched those little birds flit about and sometimes a torrent tearing through? It’s a bit of a out-of-body experience. And when you disagree with your thoughts, it gets even more interesting. Our lives are made up of thoughts as thoughts direct our actions so be careful of what birds you allow to nest there.

Shinjuku and others

I watched the Shinjuku Incident yesterday. I had, for some unknown reason, thought that it was about the Tokyo subway terror incident. Quite a tragic story with a strong sense of foreboding throughout. I kept worrying that someone was going to get mutilated again after Daniel Wu got his face slashed and hand chopped off. I thought they wanted to fry his head too when they pushed him to his chestnut cart. I DON’T have the stomach for this…

But the story was good and moving. I was kept on my toes in the roomy Film Garde Theatre 5 in ILUMA, the newest spanking mall in Singapore. I felt sad for the characters and the verse “those who live by the sword die by the sword” (Matthew 26:52) kept ringing in my mind. These things do happen in real life…and even worse ones. Isn’t it sad? And some people have little choice, being thrust into these at a tender age. Sad. Sad. Maybe that’s why I woke up feeling a tat heavy this morning. (But hey, regardless, this is resurrection Sunday, the reason for hope.)

It was a decidedly Chinese food day yesterday. I had lunch in Fei Cui Crystal Jade with 2 friends who came back from Shanghai — one of whom commented on my 2nd puberty. (yes, I have been plagued!!!) Then I had eight treasures ginger dessert in Central after aqua aerobics. For dinner, it was noodles in QQ. All very delicious. And aqua aerobics was quite fun, especially cycling on “the noodle”. I had this image of the silhouette of ET as he cycled pass the moon flash across my mind.

Friday night, I had very vivid dreams. I heard 2 very beautiful songs in a big cave with frescos and many people from different countries. I told myself I wanted to remember the tune and lyrics but they eluded me when I woke up. There was also this episode where I was hanging at the side of the ship precariously. I got there because I went too far out to take a picture when the ship swerved. I knew I have to hang on till help comes else I’ll fall and hit the hard bottom. I was actually quite calm and there was someone beside me who went to seek help. But when the person came back, strangely I now saw through this person’s eyes, I had already jumped onto a lifeboat that came by and had disappeared. Anyway, free adventures in my dream…not bad!

My new tx2107

Typing this with my new HP Pavilion TX2107 in the comfort of my bed. Quite happy with it so far. The tablet function was the clincher and the 3-yr warranty helped too. Had the Microsoft Office Home Edition bundled in and paid 1,598 SGD in total. Not a bad deal I think.

A new vocabulary

How I do ignore you for days my blog.

I have had an interesting (remember everything can be interesting?) few weeks. Though I won’t share now for various reasons that I also won’t share. You must be beginning to wonder what’s the point if this if I am not going to share anything.

Well, some things, and in fact I am beginning to think that many things, are better left unsaid. Censorship, yes, that politically incorrect word, is not always a bad thing. Ok, not going to plunge into some mass comm undergrad essay here.

So, I have left many things unsaid, and I am learning to say things that are unseen. A new vocabulary. I think you may not know what I mean. But the category this is in should give you a clue surely.

Ok, I have done my blog duty. Now, for pillow duty. Been extraordinarily drowsy.