Doing + Tweeting

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For those who have me on their facebook friendlist or following my tweets, you might have seen that i make tweets/shoutouts a whole lot. And, as much as i make shoutouts, i follow people's updates and take them seriously too. However, one thing has been bugging me since awhile back and that's the tenses they are using in their shoutouts/tweets

For those who are going; "tenses?"; well, tenses are... (flips grammar book) verbs that shows an action done within a particular time frame... and shit. really? well, i'm not too sure if that's accurate enough but basically, tenses are those indicators of actions done in certain times. Present tense means i'm doing it now, Past tense means i've done it, Future tense means i will do it in the future. And Continuous tense means i am still doing it. There's other category of tenses but i'm not gonna go thru that. Yep, Dark Delaqroux, English teacher.. and that's my take on grammar...bitch!

AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaanyways, i've been reading through people's shoutouts and i have realized that those shoutouts are made in different tenses. Some indicate a past action, some're planning for the future and some are.. well.. doing it now. The latter bugs me the most. How can they are doing something and tweeting about it at the same time? Take this one for example;

Now, i dont care about the fact that the guy is dressed Mexican style, free-falling and eating ice cream all at the same. For all i know, he might actually possess the capacity to do that. But tweeting about doing something while guy is doing it? I cant help but to wonder, is that possible? Yeah, i know it's a minor thing but i just cant help wondering if that is humanly possible to the extend where i will actually try doing it myself. Okay, so you may say that the example above might still be a possible case. And in another example;

Now that example right there, while in present continuous tense, is do-able. You can enjoy ice cream while tweeting. I've tried that and while i have slightly sticky phone keypad afterwards, tweeting while eating ice cream and waiting for fireworks is possible (of course, i'm not too sure about free-falling). But let's just say, you argue that it IS possible to tweet while free falling, let's get the ice cream and free falls out of the examples and see this one below;

Okay, now seriously, how is that possible? First, note that the shoutout was not made using facebook mobile (the app where you have facebook in your mobile phone) and one time, i figured, yeah, it's not really impossible to make out with a girl and hold a handphone on one hand and typing at the same time. But they are actually making out while the guy (who is totally not me.. no, seriously) is on his laptop. Well, technically, the girl should be on his lap's top while the pc is on the desk for that being possible. But the guy has to has a real good stealth keyboard to not make any sound if he is typing while making out. that, or ninja fingers. Also, it could have been the fact that the making out session is too loud that the girl couldnt hear him typing. THAT, or they both have a mutual agreement where the girl dont mind the guy making out while posting a shoutout... huh.

So, yeah, i really put up alot of thinking in this. God knows why. Now i studied linguistic and i do know the fact that the use of present continuous tense to describe a past event is acceptable. News headlines do that all the time. But, what bugs me is the fact that when they post those updates or tweets and using present tense, it just makes me wonder whether is it possible to do those things while tweeting? I mean, obviously, the last example guy was not making out while also on his computer. But what if he really is? How did he do that??

Til then, i'll still be wondering and making more blogposts.
Delaqroux Out.

(Tweets and status updates above are not taken from anyone, i snipped my own shoutout and photoshopped them with the pic and text. Also, none of the updates were real but they are based on real tweets and shoutouts i have seen before. If it's similar to any of yours, that's purely coincidental.. Go tweet yourself :p)

Main Minecraft

Wtf.. now that's a rare case. Me posting a blogpost with a Malay blogpost title. Yeah, it's read as "ma-en" as in play in English, not "men" as in "main"... (Way to go Dark. Now go teach little kids vocabulary). Anyways, now that we're in the mood for Malay...

Delaqroux In...korperasi meng... uh....menaik tarikh...? (up..date?)... YEAH!!!

There was a time in past Dark's life when he loved playing with stackable blocks. He love building castles and fortresses with them and every time the structure is completed, he foresaw an army trying to take over the castle. Past Dark, while also the castle's designer, roleplays the castle's defender and, using the best of his design, he outsmarted the forecoming army. Of course, Dark won everytime, proving his supremacy over and over again to the dumbass army. Good times, we both, Present Dark and Past Dark, agree. But gone are those fun, innocent times. Til this one guy created MINECRAFT!!

No, not yourscraft.. minecraft.. (Sorry, just had to do that joke)

Minecraft is exactly a reminiscent of those simple playtimes. You play as a blockish guy in a world full of blocks and you, similar to playing with stackable blocks, tear down the blocks that shapes the world (which is called Mining) and restructure them (put them side by side or stack em up high) to form castles or houses or whatever you can think of. Also, to make your mining and building job easier, you need to craft better equipments and sometimes, better blocks to assist you (which is called Crafting). There's no storyline to Minecraft but rather you create your own. The game consist of nightime and daytime in which the world's creature (yeah, there's random spawning creatures) spawns from cows, sheeps, pigs and chickens during the day (You can kill them for food and more crafting materials) and not-so-pleasant baddies during the night. Now, the baddies, like the army i used to imagine, wants you dead. so the only way for you to survive the night is to build a smart, baddies-proof structure. Fun eh? No? Well, fuck you.

Anyways, while actually more of a survival game, Minecraft is a pretty relaxing experience once you're familiar with the day-night cycle (Mine and build during the day, hide and craft in your fortress by night). You dont need to kill those baddies for any reason. there's no scoring system or whatever. But as long as you're safely in your castle at night and can watch those baddies burst into flames as the next day's sun appears, it's just a satisfying feeling. Soon after, you find yourself enlargening your hiding place (from cave to a house, to hideout, to castle, to fortresses.. whatever you can think off) all at a relaxing pace. There's nothing telling you what you should design, there's no missions, no scoring and you can play with a mate in a total mine and build game. I played all by myself and i find myself building some underground sanctuary with tunnels and bunkers.

Will it appeal to you? Maybe yes, maybe not. The premise of mine and build without a storyline or a mission may sound dull to some. But hey, Minecraft has sold millions of copies and some game website has already regarded Minecraft to be one of the most innovative games in 2010. So why not take it for a spin. Til then, i'll see you again when my KLCC block tower is finished.

That's not my design up there but it's one example on what you can build with Minecraft. Wait til my KLCC is done... it will be way more awesome.

Delaqroux Out.

Ridiculously obscene songs that are fun

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Now i was feeling down for a couple of days now. And then i came across a friend's shoutout regarding how ridiculous some songs these days can be. It turned out that the song she was actually referring to was "I just had sex" by Lonely Island. Now, the shitty thing is that i heard that song a couple of weeks before and i was dying to get it out of my head (hey, the song is catchy) but considering how i need a cheer up; i put that song on my laptop again. Now, i've got the video below but if you're under 18, dont click on it.



Yeah it cheered me up alright :D LOL'd at "When i had the sex, my penis felt great"...

Yeah, the song is friggin ridiculously obscene for the most part but you know what? It's a good change from all those chart toppers out there at the moment which lyrics may sound like the sweetest ballad ever but in truth, we're just talking about the guy probably jacking off to the girl or wanting to bang the girl badly. If you dont believe me, try listening to "In My Head" by Jason Derulo but replace "Head" with "Bed" and it all will make sense. Oh, and "I wanna Love you" by Akon... Yeah, he just wanna love the girl. Really.

Anyways, the lyrics for "I just had Sex" is pretty much honest and that's what awesome about it. I guess that's what memorable about it. If you rather have songs where the singers are being honest, try checking out "Flight of the Conchords", Katy Perry's "Peacock" (Yeah, one time she was singing about Fireworks and the next song in the album is her singing about wanting to see "what you're hiding underneath"). Oh, and I kinda like how innocently honest (and not to mention, romantic) Bruno Mars sounds in "Just the way you are" but i dont agree with the video using a really hot girl to whom he's referring to. If the song is saying how he likes her the way she are (Timbaland referrence here. I know my English), why not just use a normal lady, right? Damn, i should start making videoclips for singers now. Okay, i'm getting off topic.

Anyways, last note. Here's the Peacock song if you havent heard it before. Enjoy. And kids, she really wants to go to a zoo and see a peacock but probably the zoo-keeper is hiding them somewhere underneath a... blanket or something. Oh and a side note; i heard the song being played while i was at a JayJay's outlet in Park St. I wonder if i'd ever hear that song again in Malaysia's retail shops?



Yeah... She really wants to see it.
Delaqroux Out.

Moving out.. shit-ness

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I know this may sound really really sad but i dont have anyone to talk with at the moment so i turned to something all emo bloggers would turn to at the moment of emo-ness; their blogs. Yeah, this is about the designation of my hostel in my college and it sucks big time.

For one, there was a time when i realized that we're not allowed to choose our own housemates. That was still a lil okay as i thought, as long as they have us under one roof (it's an apartment so "under one roof" consist of quite aplenty of houses and rooms) it shouldnt really matter if we're just a stone throw away from one another. Then i found out that my name wasnt on the list of residence. It sucked a tad coz i was really nervous to found out where i will be staying at when most of my mates already have. But again, as long as we're all under one roof, it shouldnt really matter. Then finally, the list was updated and i was not even under the same roof. Shit-ness.

In fact, i'm designated in a room three blocks away with complete strangers as housemates and roomies. Now, i dont mind having strangers as roomies (had strangers for my housemates for almost a year in Sydney last time) but my conscience is telling me that i should not be living there. So, being as polite as i can, i requested a transfer to a more familiar sanctuary. Request denied. I'm stuck there. Now that sucked but what sucked harder is the fact that my gut cant stop telling me that, like George Lucas's movie scripts, "there's a bad feeling about this". I rather trust my gut after several experiences and yeah, what else is there left to do but to stay outside?

So yeah, that's the dilemma. If i'll be staying outside, will there still be more rooms for rent? 2011's just around the corner and rooms for rent are running out fast. Plus, all the ads about rooms for rent are only for Muslim girls, Muslim girls and Muslim girls (and they say guys are sexist.. pfft). Shit-ness. And all i want to do in my last year in IPBA is to study in an awesome environment where i'll feel (almost) at home, is that too much to ask?

Delaqroux Out.

Then what? (Review on Malaysian ads)

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So i was watching the tv when i realized the few patterns of ads in televisions. Among the common ones is the lame-guy-saw-hot-girl, guy-uses-X-product, guy-becomes-cool, and finally, guy-gets-hot-girl (of course, you can switch the gender the other way round too). The concept is a tad primitive in my opinion, but hey, it works to a great extend. If you think "nah, it wont work", let's just say, i bought Lynx deodorant. So, yeah, Lynx is an Australian (at least, i think it's Australian.. it might be an international product) men's perfume and deodorant brand or something and the product pride itself in the "men who uses Lynx gets girl" marketing concept it is using. But after watching both Malaysian ads and Australian ads, it got me thinking; what's next in the Malaysian ads?

I mean, the guy in the Australian Lynx ad started out unattractive and due to his fortunate application of Lynx beforehand, he can transform from lame to romantic, romantic to cool and at the end of the ad where he is invited for a cup of coffee (Yes, kids, it must have been coffee.. what else could a man and a woman do together in an apartment :p), the ad clearly indicate that the man... well... will get his coffee (the machine appeared and shaved his... well... downstairs). So yeah, the headline; men uses Lynx get laid (coffee).

Then, i came across an ad in Malaysia with an almost similar concept. The guy was driving, guy saw hot toll gate girl, he turns on his car deodorant, girl get impressed. Afterwards, the closing scene of the ad had the girl now in the guys car... Wait... THEN WHAT? I mean, the guy in the Lynx ad in Aussie had him getting coffee - a concept pretty much a taboo in Malaysia (Yes, kids, you dont give coffee to strangers in Malaysia), so what's next for the car deodorant guy who has got the hot toll gate girl in his car? Will they really get coffee and get to know each other? Then exhange phone numbers? Then meet each other's parents? Get married shortly after? And then finally the guy can now legally gets his coffee?

So, yeah, the main question that always got me thinking in such ads in Malaysia is "so the guy got the girl using an X product... then what?". If the product gets the girl to get in the guy's car. What other product do i need to make sure i... well... get the girl? I know, it's a sick thought but nah, it's just those random things i think of.
Let me know what you guys think.

Delaqroux Out.

Freaky two-year time lapse

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As i'm officially now in Malaysia once again, i cant help but to realize that a whole lot of things have changed drastically. I mean, of course i am not expecting that everything would stay the same for the last two years but the fact that you were gone for two years, which, in truth, doesnt really feel like that long of a time, and things changed, it's like you're in this freaky two year time lapse. Something like you're in coma - it dont feel that long but when you wake up, everything has changed.

In my family, my little sis has grown freakishly tall. Okay, not freakishly. But imagine in 2009 when i left, she was just about my waist height or something and now, she can headbutt me in the neck if she wants to (or if i piss her off enough). She kinda look like Alex from Modern family with her height, long black hair, and glasses. She's a top scorer too so yeah, my sis is an Alex. Aside that, dad's fat. Like, chubby. There was a time when i myself was slightly fatter than i am right now. I had a picture of myself back then and looking at my dad, it reminded of that picture (who's the fatso now!  lolol). Oh, and also, my dad picked me up from the airport in a 4WD instead of old rusty van. How fucking awesome is that! I love 4WDs and my family has owned one! Now to find some cyclist and run them over...

No change on mom and big sis though.

In regards of Selayang, there are some parts of the city (or town.. or slum... whatever you call it) that has not changed at all. But for some others, there's tall building sprouting out from everywhere. I had the view of my friend's place from the house's front balcony. The last time i saw it, they're demolishing it for something. Now, it's a three storey building. Three storey building replacing an old house in a matter of two years! Seriously! Oh, and Selayang Mall has reigned supreme in her battle against Selayang Capitol. A whole lot of things have changed in the inside and apparently, it worked. One of the biggest change of all is the fact that Shakey's Pizza is gone (sad face). Yeah, my old workplace with a friendly italian design to the interior has been replaced by some KFC wannabe that, when i visited, had zero customers in it. Wonder why Shakey ever left when their business were kicking ass.

Also, there was Malaysian television. Now, i dunno if i can call it changes or it's just that Australian television is way more awesome but somehow, ads from Malaysian tv all seemed to revolve around the 80s now. Lame acting, unneccessary graphics, excessive effort to make mundane things look awesome, lame catchline (like, "penat dengan something something, gunalah something something" in almost 75% of those ads). And the shows being aired; it seems like everything seemed to revolve around life dramas and pathetic jokes with a "kwang kwang kwang" sound effect everytime something supposedly funny happened. Oz tv is mostly about catchy OZ lifestyle ads and adrenaline based shows. So, i guess i wont be following much tv here.

So yeah, it's just weird how things have changed so drastically in two years. I have stayed in Selayang for almost 11 years and by that time, nothing really changed. When I'm gone for just a short while, everyone seemed to have the idea of changing and building more stuffs. Again, freaky two-year time lapse.

Delaqroux Out.