Hitch

Some guy once told me, he learnt a lot about dating women from watching Hitch. Never having actually seen the movie myself, I was looking forward to catching it on Astro. It was expectedly funny, the usual comedies about fumbling guys thrown in but somehow, as most movies are, there is a lack of reality about the whole thing. I mean, come on! Are women that easily conned into getting into a relationship with a guy they never even knew the existence of in the first place? And what about the whole “Oh, I’m in love with her” routine? Do they actually believe they’re in love with her or it’s just another lame excuse to get into her pants…? However, I do believe what they say about women, that 80% of women know where the relationship is heading to after the first kiss. But, I also believe that women also know where the relationship is going without having to kiss the guy. Trust me on this one. Some lips/guys are just not worth it.

So yeah, I’m a cynic and you can’t blame me entirely for being one. There are enough movies made about love and romance every year at Hollywood. Even less have any sense of reality to them. Sure, they make you go all warm and fuzzy inside but wake up! Hollywood never (okay…hardly) applies to real life. So yeah, to say that you’ve learnt about dating by watching a show that has been engineered in such a way to make audiences feel that they could go out and date (not to mention, con) movie stars is really insane by my standards. Unless, you have a warped sense of reality and think that you live the Hollywood engineered life. To make matters even more interesting, I usually prefer movies to have happy endings but for this one, I’d really wish she’d left him lying in the middle of the road after she knocked him down. By the way, I have reason to believe that the guy from the first sentence tried “Hitching” on me. Oh yeah, one more thing, it didn’t work.

Step Up Guys

I was just hanging out with some of my buds and we were saying how hard it was to find a decent guy these days. Although all of us are Chinese, it doesn’t mean that we actually like Chinese guys. One of us is currently going out with a Malay guy who is 10 times better than her Chinese ex-boyfriend. Put together, we have gone out with Indian, Malay and mixed guys. It’s even hard for some of us to get a Chinese guy interested in us. We neither are ugly, stupid nor are we snobs. In fact we’re smart, funny, witty and most importantly, have our own opinions. Are guys afraid of that? Specifically Chinese guys? If the answer is yes, I happen to find it sad. Why? They seem to find us invisible whereas guys from other races see us a sirens, beckoning to them.

Maybe it’s because most guys tend to prefer the devoted and submissive girlfriend. We on the other hand will kick those butts who try to mess with our heads or force their opinions on us. The no nonsense kind of independent modernized woman that will make you wash your own pants if you’ve soiled them. Chinese men need to be more liberal and open-minded about women and relationships. What kind of satisfaction can you get if you control your girlfriend’s actions? Great relationships are ones where both parties get equal say on the matter and decisions are made to obtain the best outcomes.

So yeah, until we find men who can appreciate who we are, we will continue being witty, intelligent, beautiful and independent women.

The Island

I know the show must be a few years old but I never really got to watch the whole show in one go. However, I did today and I must say that I find the whole storyline very interesting. I don’t think some people will agree with me as from what I heard; it has been rated as boring etc. Not to a science geek like me. Think of it, with the advances in science anything is possible. Sooner or later, ethics and human rights will no longer be a problem to sidestep for the sake of research; or for the so-called “benefit” for us humans.

Humans are at the very core, selfish and will do almost anything to survive even harvest organs from clones (which was shown in the movie). It’s a horrible thought isn’t it? Cloning someone who looks like you and has your DNA just to kill them eventually and use their organs to your benefit. They say that clones do not have souls, I wonder if that’s really true…? I suppose God only knows the answer to this question. In my opinion, even stem cells taken from cultivated embryos is an unethical practice. They say that life begins at conception meaning that stem cell research on embryos is no different from murder or cloning.

No one has the right to play God. It is hard to be completely objective and at the same time, hold on to your beliefs when it comes to science. It may seem that you have to separate God from science but the fact is, God created science. In theory, a lot of things may seem possible, like time travel and cloning. But I believe that some things should just be left alone; let God be God and nature take its course.

Farewell Rina

Yes, it’s true. Rina is leaving for Australia to be with her future husband Wu. We will miss her horribly and therefore, we decided that it would be fitting to throw her a farewell party, BBQ style at Eugene’s place. The food was fab and the pranks even better! Once a member of Klang Youth, always will be. We will miss you loads Rina! Thanks for being such a great sport and enduring such horrible pranks from us. We owe you for training us to only be the best pranksters in town and we will definitely carry on your legacy in our CG. Wishing you all the best and may your decision to move to Australia and marry Wu be the best one you’ve made in your life!

Treasure Hunters

It was fun to be able to attend T.H.E. Carnival again this year as last year, DUMC didn’t organize one. Our CG had fun tending the game stall that our Zone was responsible for setting up. I still don’t understand how people can stand in line to play the same game over and over again. Even I who was managing the booth got quite tired of seeing their faces over and over again. It wasn’t 3 or 4 time but more like 7-10 times non-stop! Argh!

The weather was good, meaning that there wasn’t a cloud in the sky…which was good and bad because it was really hot! I was sweating buckets and it wasn’t a pretty sight. My poor brother got sunburned and is now 3 shades darker. I didn’t really want to queue up for the games as the lines were pretty long so to alleviate possible boredom, I entered the Treasure Hunt contest which my mum signed up for. Hannah joined our team but had to leave for home in the middle of the game.

Nonetheless, we managed to finish answering the questions after nearly cracking our heads because we had to think so much! Our hard work paid off because, we only got 3 of the answers wrong which clinched us the 2nd prize. The gifts were really good, shopping vouchers and a hamper, all of which we split 3 ways.

Now my mum is thinking of entering a major treasure hunt contest when she comes across one…Yay?