February 9, 2005

• "Mandarin Oranges & Ang Paos...
   A Grandmother with her children and granchildren,
  Laughing and having good Fun with each other.
  These are segments from a typical Chinese New year commercial.
  Alas, Ideals can never be a reality.

  I turned to her and watched her solemn face smile.
  It seems that she's forgotten my name, yet she smiles at me like she knows me.
  There I gently touched her wrinkled skin to say "how are you,"
  But looking into her eyes, I could sense a helplessness in her,
  restricted by the wheelchair and that fractured arm,
  All she could do was return to a gloomy slow face.

  But of all the things that saddens me the most is...
  There sits a woman who's weak, lonely and old,
  Yet no one listens to the things she says,
  and everyone gets impatient with her because she's hard of hearing.
  All the "Big Pple" claim that we must keep her mind active,
  yet NONE has kept to their word.
  Perhaps they had not the time, or the oppurtunity,
  But if I can sit there to watch her, and respond to her every sentence,
  thought i've forgotten all of the Dialect I was once fluent in,
  I still could understand to nod and smile.
  Surely anybody can do such.

  Why can't anyone try to understand her plight?
  To comprehend why she's sad, helpless and selfless?
  There sits my Grandmother who is waiting for nothing,
   so that she'll no longer be a burden.
  Many never wondered why she thinks that way,
  they only scrutinise and criticise,
  But they cant seem to understand,
  That this woman who took care of me,
  Brought me up, taught me the finer things in life,
  Who cared for my welfare, watched over me...
  And who was there watching TV with me when I was bored,
  is now the one who's hoping there's someone to watch tv and talk with.

  As I left I kissed  her cheek once more,
  And i silently prayed that God shall shower her with affection and love,
  So that she'll be as lively as before!
  To comment about that tv show,
  or simply just call a friend to chat with them over the phone.
  Happy Chinese New Year to all,
  And remember to respect and love does that love you"

  If you like Physics and Gaming like me,
  You will love to play Counter-strike: Source
  And official remake of the older Counter-strike using the HL2 Engine,
  This game redefines everything man...
  The objectives are the same but hey.. everything's different.
  all these pictures were taken in the LOWEST graphics settings on my com.

  
  de_cbble: My mum was amazed at the architecture...

  
  de_dust2: See the Dust in the air? gosh...

  
  cs_office: The snow, the background and the trees. wow...

  
  de_dust2: Another perspective... see the structures? gosh..

  
  de_prodigy: Gosh its so nice now.. beautiful..

  
  Look at the detail of the smoke and fire! Brownian Motion in motion!

  

  Bullet holes on the ground! look nice.. heee

  
  The new C4. You've gotta press the right combination! haha

  

  And everything in the game moves when bullets hit or explosions occur!

  
  Problem
  was when I first played the game, I was so lousy that pple thought I
  was a fake imitating Illuminaire. Grrr.. I tried to explain that I'm
  the real one, but they deduced that because I was so lousy I'm the
  fake. Well... now I've gotten better.
  MUCH Better. heee

  Down side if, u need a powerful desktop to appreciate this...
  Cause when I run it on my laptop.. it's horrendous. whahah
  Which game obeys ALL LAWS OF CLASSICAL PHYSICS?
  that has fluid mechanics, gravity and all other forces at play?
  Anyway, this is the next in thing man... Totally Awesome!

  • 10:27 am
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