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Cold temperature can slow growth rates but not to any clinically significant degree (pun intended).

BRR! Can you believe it? This was on a medical page! Doctors really still retain a shred of humour! Well, I guess they do have their own versions of humors, as do everyone else. Like this kind of humor, and that kind of humor. Even so, you'd wonder why not everybody is not doubly humerous..

I think I'm steering too far off. Somebody care to give me a hand? (Don't mind that I've already got 2 of my own)

Hilton's Law

Nope, it's not saying that you should be a total bimbo and get famous for appearing in your very own "home video"!

It just means that if you have a really bad shoulder muscle pain, dislocate it hard enough to sever the axillary nerve. Hey, no pain no gain!

Incidentally there are at least 2 Paris Hiltons! I'm not kidding! Go on, take a look! [Don't worry, nothing "home video" here =p]

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton




PS. This is meant as a joke. Self-mutilation is considered criminal in most countries, and mostly regarded as "wrong" practically everywhere else. Please, don't be an idiot!

Some Legends Are Meant to Die?

:(

But look at the detail! The processing power required! One Snake mustache in MGS4 has the same number of polygons as a whole soldier in MGS3!



I WANT I WANT I WANT!

Oh well. Students are not meant to play too much. :(


PS. How can the GAYEST character in the entire MGS series return as such a cool ninja?! -_-"

Shh!

The Frozen Throne

Anyone still playing DOTA? Or the Frozen Throne?

How about this?

Yeah..

Welcome Is Sleep, Welcome Still the Time to Sleep

Hoooo! Just had a nice bout of insomnia.

And surprisingly I feel ok. Must be a sign to go church. =p

___________________

All I want for my birthday is more time to mug! And possibly strength, perseverance and focus too. Hehe..


PS.



You know what this means.

[If not, it just means daylight savings is on. I am now 3 hours ahead of the rest of you! Whee!]

Dance Dance Kick?!

Have you ever noticed?

Dances are so much like martial arts!

Capoeira, Salsa.. whatever it is..

Don't believe me? Then check this out!



Not convinced? Then check out 2:06 (or time remaining 0:35) of this!



Maybe crooks should never attempt to mug salsa pros =p

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Accidental Injuries May Do That Too

Punch collapse elbow

Evade backhand hammer

Hope the lovers who try positions that they can't handle and their metacousins will be able to handle all the upcoming punishment without giving in and snapping.

...

I'm still alive you know.

Just that I'm uncontactable. For the most part. To most people.

Reminds me of how Yossarian told his family and friends that he was assigned to a long and dangerous flying mission during WWII and that he might not make it out alive..just so he could avoid writing letters back home. :S

Not that I'm doing that.

Or will do that.

Exams!

PBL is cancelled!

Wow!

Check it out here! =)


PS.! Apostrophes have escaped! Help! !!!

If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:28-31

Predestination.

What is a destination? It is the end point of a journey. Many times people have asked, does the means justify the ends? How about the other way around? Does the ends justify the means? But that's not really what I want to delve into right now.

What I want to ask is this: Is the ends the means?

And so, is the destination the journey?

Clearly that is not so.

Pre- is a suffix that just gives the meaning of "before". Like prehistoric, the era before recorded history. Like predate, the time before that particular date. Like predestination, knowing what happens in the end before it happens.

So, predestination is not fate. It is not a fixed timeline, where what we are bound to do has been dictated by God or anybody else.

Ie. God willing or not, what we do or do not is solely our responsibility. Our decision. Our action. (Or inaction). In essence, we have free will, and with that privilege entails responsibility for what we do or do not do with it.

So we are not bound by fate. Partial answer to my questions earlier on.

Shall wait till two weeks later. Hopefully Pastor Tim will finally move on and cover Romans 9.



PS. What a powerful idea right? "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Ultimately, victory lies with God, and so victory lies with those who are with God. Those who love God. Who fear God. Who are heirs of God. Cool!

PPS. "What if your father lived forever? What if he never grew old, never weakened, but instead grew stronger with every passing day? What would you do for him? What would be your obligations?
Assume your obligation as His rightful heir and accept your inheritance."

WOW! That's what our obligations are? Accept our inheritance? Sign me up. =)

SWOT!

Nope, that's not the sound the book makes when it connects with the fly you were trying to "show the path out of this abysmal world".

Wikipedia has this to say about swot.

Which isn't quite right.

Wiktionary on the other hand, has this to say about swot.

Not too bad, close to what SWOT vacation is. What's more, it's backed up by Merriam-Webster.

Or you could always believe what san says.

But who cares? Don't let the words get in the way. It's a holiday! Yay! =)

Easy as ABCD

Heard of F.E.A.R. ?

Should try P.A.N.I.C.S. It's hilarious! =p Just four short clips, and you'll seriously laugh your behind off. =)

Go here to download.

And why did that come up?

Because. It. Is. Hilarious.

And. Because. I. Am. Insomniac. Again.



When management of high blood pressure through lifestyle modifications (eg. diet, exercise, getting enough sleep), administration of the ABCDs should be considered.

ACE inhibitors/ACE receptor antagonists.
Beta blockers.
Calcium channel blockers.
Diuretics.



Ergo, if insomnia is not overcome by attempts to adhere to a strict timetable of waking and sleeping, should the next step be chemical in nature?

Free Will?

Romans 9:15-23

Can somebody please explain these verses to me?

God, as the creator of all things, certainly possesses the right to act as He wishes, including softening or hardening some of us, or raising some people up in a manner so that He can manifest His glory.

However, does this in fact show pre-destination? A sense that we are bound by what some have termed fate, which in these passages is illustrated by the fact that we are brought up in ways that God wills. If we are so bound by fate, it would mean an exclusion of the existence of free will. That no matter what we decide, whether by our volition, or to test God/circumstances/these verses, we are headed down a path that is fixed. In fact it could be argued that in that case you can't really blame sinners, because they were fated to sin. Like the Pharoah who had his heart hardened by God, does this mean that it's "not his (Pharoah's) fault"? After all, God did harden his heart.

And if God did raise some people up to sin, does that make Him a cruel God? How can this be reconciled with the fact that God is a just and good God? (Yup, I'm still holding on to the belief that God is good.) It IS definitely quite fearful if God is not a good God. Just take a look at Ergo Proxy. The PROXIES, believed by the people to be Gods, were not quite benevolent nor good. Ophelia PROXY slaughtered the whole city just because she wasn't accepted by its people; Senekisu PROXY was insane and let the survivors of her city be stuck in a meaningless war against androids before slaughtering them all; Proxy 1 who decimated most of the other cities by launching ICBMs just so he could take revenge on the original humans, that race which created the PROXIES. Yet that is not a true parallel, for after all PROXIES were not Gods, nor were the original humans Gods themselves. Steps could be taken, rational thought called upon to devise ways to escape from their fate (although the future was quite bleak). If God were to be cruel, there is NOTHING that we can do to escape or take revenge.

But anyway, can somebody just explain those verses? I'd just want to know how they can be reconciled to my beliefs that God is good, and that we have free will to forge our future.



On a completely random note, does anybody know of any jobs that I can take for just ONE week? Specifically the 2nd week of June, since I'm free and most other people are busy with their exams. If there is could you tell me ASAP? I need to apply for my working visa, since it'll be worthless until next winter and totally not worth the price if I can't get a job for this period. Thanks!

Ergo Proxy Bo Liao Stuff

The supposedly immortal Amrita cells of PROXIES are actually still considered biologically immortal. Although susceptible to FP rays, they still do not obey the Hayflick limit and can thus divide and survive forever through those clonal progenies. And, according to clues within the show, they have lived for far too long.

But if they do not obey the Hayflick limit, and are obviously differentiated cells, does that mean the PROXIES are lumps of sentient cancer tumors? =p

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Ah! It's Friday the 13th!

Anything weird happening?

Well thank God I'm not paraskavedekatriaphobic, friggatriskaidekaphobic nor triskaidekaphobic.

Anyway it's quite weird. The number of of traffic accidents increase on such days, according to Wikipedia which quotes BMJ. Maybe a serious case of heebiejeebies causing a self-fulfilling prophecy. =p

Cars Galore~!

Introducing, the Proton Impian!

Or, what others know as the Proton Waja.

Here's some interesting things my friend sent to me.

Crash test.



Specifications.

Cool huh? =)

Humps

There's a few types of humps in this world.

First there's this:


Then there's this:



Don't forget this:

And finally this:



Oh, don't forget this too:

BOOM!

Wow, bomb hoax on Penang bridge!

Hope it didn't inconvenience people too much.

Thank God nothing happened. The ferry operators would have been ssooo happy. Lol..

Long hair better than no hair..

Hair is growing longer by the day..How?

Anybody knows how to cut hair, and for free? I'll cook you a meal if you want to..but must make sure you cut nice nice, or you get what you give. =p

Or maybe I can let it just become emo looking..

Or I should have let the Leukemia Foundation guys shave it all off..

Then again, look at the title here ----> Title