Stupid Genius

- Making mistakes is our rights, learning from them is our responsibilty.

- "I have no choice" is another way of saying "I've have chosen the easier option"

- Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration - Thomas A Edison

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Monday, July 21, 2008

Bad week

I lost so many things last week. 1st, I lost the pouch for my Eee PC. Then I lost my mobile phone. Then I go KL and lost my bus ticket home. Then it's Ringgit. Then it's the snacks I bought. I hope it stops there.

I know I always lose things, but so many things in so short a time is not abit too much. I had 2 spells of bad luck before. The 1st time is when I fan tai shui, and I lost in all mahjong games for > 6 months. The 2nd time is when I broke my jade pixiu. I lost my mobile phone during that time too, among other things.

I don't know what could be the cause of this. Maybe time to go pray.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Better head?

The following conversation is not for innocent pp. I thought it funny/interesting enough to put here.

StupidGenius says:
btw, u wan go anot?
my fren pull out. u can take over his tic

java says :
then u going alone?

java says:
if i slp with ger.. then i will go

StupidGenius says:
fat ugly cmi ger can anot?

java says:
she oral good?


And it doesn't end here.

java says:
normally fat.. ugly cmi ger good in oral

haha

StupidGenius says:
izzit?

java says:
thats the only thing they can do

java says:
and they swallow...

java says:
but then..

StupidGenius says:
i so wan to put wat u said in my blog.

java says:
she want to kiss u after that

java says:
and that will be the last time u want to do it with a fat ger


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*disclaimer: I do not endorse the above view point. Please don't flame me.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Pun equals sarcarsm?

Dictionary.com says that
Pun.
1. the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.


I had a conversation with a friend recently.

Me: Want to go XXX next week?
Fren: Who's going?
Me: John and frens
Fren: So interesting (pun intended)


After this, we enter into a argument discussion about what whether the statement "Sounds interesting (pun intended)" is a pun. To me, it's just sarcarsm. Pun should be a clever use of words to instil a second meaning to the sentence. To him, just as long as he say there's a second meaning, it's a pun. In this case the "(pun intended)" is what makes the sentence a pun. Not in the clever use of words.

Maybe I am too narrow minded to accept it. I just can't agree that it is the correct ways to brand a sentence a pun.

He go on to tell me that this brand of writing is common among writers/journalists in lifestyle pages because they think the word sarcarsm is too offending, so they use the word pun instead. I can understand the meaning behind it now, but I still say it's the wrong way of doing things. If the writer is worth his salt, he should be using a real pun and not use "(pun intended)" to instil his hidden meaning.