earth hour

so i was on youtube, and i saw in the spotlight, this video on earth hour 2009 and i was like hey, when's earth hour this year?
so i googled, and went to this site and then i saw the footprint calculator, which calculates your ecological footprint based on your lifestyle.

so my results were (click if its too small to read):



so basically, to support <7 billion people who lived like me (and most of the answers were rough estimates), earth would have to be one child of a triplet.

and then the alternatives:



if i purchased products that use less packaging or were made out of 100% (PCR) recycled material, earth would need to be 2.9 times as big as it is if everyone lived like me.

if i reduced the amount of animal products i eat by half, then earth would need to be 2.4 times as big as it is if everyone lived like me.

if everyone lived like me for both, it would be 2.3 times as big.

of course, there's other alternatives that we could change that could make a difference, but seriously, we can't please everyone. one of the questions was "does your house have electricity"... i mean, the chances of you finding someone who doesn't have electricity is VERY RARE, i mean i was using the internet to do the quiz, how else do you power the internet up?

these quizzes are meant to make you feel guilty, but i don't really. i mean, everyone is doing this too. me making a change won't even help that much...i cut down how many earths we would need if everyone lived like me from 3 to 2.4, but that's if EVERYONE lived like me. which is impossible since some people go crazy and are never energy saving.

all i'm saying is, i guess we're pretty much screwed because of our lifestyles, and it won't change because people don't handle negative change very well. we are a technologically advancing world and we don't want to deprive ourselves of said technology, so we won't welcome negative change into our lives.

and, back to the main topic of this blog, earth hour. 8.30pm tonight (saturday 27th march).

but, and here comes the negativity again, earth hour is a stupid idea. sure, everyone goes energy saving for one hour, but then after that we're like normal again, we still need lights on and we still watch the tv and we still store our candles in the cupboard until a power failure. they should make it so we have earth hour like twice every year, and then slowly every month, and then like every week or sumthing.

if we keep doing that, then it'll make a difference and just become habit.

i'm just saying.

IT'S A WATERMELON DEATH STAR!!! (from star wars for those of you who don't know)
isn't that just awesum! =D

my second pay!!
$74.76 for 10.5 hours of work, rounded up to $75 =D
yayyyyy
except on saturday i had to stand for like 8.5 hours, had to wake up at 6 to get to work at 7. *sigh*

complaint number two: life.
everyone's like "life sucks; it's boring and so unlucki" or "school sucks, i hate it".
...or sumthing along those lines.
i know there's always someone better than you, but in saying that, there's always someone worse than you too.
does life really suck?
why don't you visit the patients in hospital, with their cancers, permanent injuries and abnormalities and see whether your life sucks?
why don't you go visit the third-world countries and look at the starved children who might not live till the end of the day and see if you're lucky.
why don't you ask the homeless who never had the option of getting a good education and see if school really sucks.

we are all very lucky people, lucky to be normal, lucky to have a house to sleep in, lucky to be sure that we are going to have food for dinner every day, lucky to have a family, friends, and a whole connection of people that can help us if we really do need help.

stop being so selfish and be satisfied with everything you have.
don't be lazy in your schoolwork and not be bothered when you get a bad test results; some people are killing just to get a test result back, let alone your so-called "horrible 80%". be proud of your privileges and never take them for granted.


to end on something light; camp.
ahh, camp had it's ups and downs...

day 1:
- wake up at 0542
- arrive at school at 0640
- MCDONALDS: 2 hashbrowns and 1 hot chocolate: was quite awesum
- lunch: subway: has very very slow service
- station resort: not being allowed in other people's cabins: very very lame
- dinner: lasagne: goood; mousse: omgsh so rich and dense, it was not mousse
- bingo: so many anticlimaxes: very lame; trivia: trololol: was hilarious
- sleep: was good because i actually did sleep

day 2:
- wake up at 0622
- breakfast: first ones in line: very good and warm
- going up the mountain: lost our group during the 'dainer's gap' and were like wattheheck
- lunch: salami roll: alright, i liked the orange
- dinner: roast beef: was retarded
- movie: was horrible, it was the second time i saw that
- sleep: was very deprived, replaced by cookies, pods and talking

day 3:
- wake up very early
- bus trip: very boring, no one had their speakers
- lunch: hungry jacks: goooood except no one could finish their fries
- bus trip: hot, even more boring, tried to sleep but the movie speakers were way too loud

yes, i'm too tired to write proper sentences.

now we're gonna have to concentrate on:
history assignment
science motion's test
geography assessment

*sigh*

further musings

my bro showed me this video (on facebook, so i can't watch it anymore ==)
its HILARIOUS, some malaysian driver waiting for this other driver to park- once again, HILARIOUS.


this sausage fly, which is actually an ant, is soooo bizarre.

basically, its called a sausage fly because its abdomen is like a sausage (look at the pic) and basically, the abdomen is filled with sperm. what happens is, theres this large stream of normal ants, and the sausage fly goes in the middle and basically a mass orgy starts. the ants rip off the sausage fly's wings and just start raping it like crazy. then the sausage fly dies.
it's one purpose in life is to be raped and die.

wiki says:
Male driver ants, sometimes known as "sausage flies" (a term also applied to males of New World ecitonines) due to their bloated, sausage-like abdomens, are the largest known ants, and were originally believed to be members of a different species. Males leave the colony soon after hatching, but are drawn to the scent trail left by a column of siafu once it reaches sexual maturity. When a colony of driver ants encounters a male, they tear its wings off and carry it back to the nest to be mated with a virgin queen. As with all ants, the males die shortly afterward.


have you ever realised, we take everything for granted. i know most people complain about everything humanely possible (including me), but why don't we take comfort in the little things?

complaint number one: appearances.
let's face it, most of us would say we'd rather someone else's face or body. why else is there make up, plastic surgery, diet fads or thin celebrities? but are we not forgetting, some people aren't lucky enough to have four fingers and a thumb on both hands; hey some people don't even have two hands. some people don't even have four limbs. some are born quadriplegic, or some are born with abnormally large tumours that they can never rid themselves of. some are born half stuck onto someone else's body and some are born blind, deaf or mute. some are born midgets, or outrageously tall. some are born with faces that look like they're seniors. most aren't born with abnormalities, but unfortunate accidents has caused their appearances to change drastically. accidents leaving victims quadriplegic, disabled, blind, deaf, hiv+ or sometimes fires leaving people terribly scarred, or misperformed surgeries leaving people with horrible scars or even paralysis.

for just a minute, why don't we screw the media, screw the world and screw all judgements. for just a minute, tell yourself "i'm happy with the way i look: i am considered normal." because you are normal. you weren't born with thalidomide, phocomelia or any sort of congenital disorder for that matter. you are normal, and you are beautiful, and you don't need make up to be a pretty girl, or muscles to be a hot guy. you are one hundred percent perfectly fine the way you are.

i will continue this list in future blogs.
meanwhile, think about what i said.

random musings

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: slackest man ever.


MY FIRST PAY!! (saturday)
$42.72 for 6 hours, rounded down to $42.70
argh so happy. =D


conversation between me and harry on what michel's patisserie does to their cakes at the end of the day

chlo'ee. says (9:16 PM):
*and working at michels patisserie
*does not help
*like
*there was leftover cake
*and if we dont want it
*they just chuck it away
[   S.S.S.S.S    ]    haяяǽ~~~        epilogue     cherrypLopbuddie1~ =D says (9:17 PM):
*LOLLOL
*NICE
*xD
chlo'ee. says (9:17 PM):
*so like i took half a cake
*cuz its like
*mousse
*vanilla and chocolate
*the other thing
*was like
*custard tart
*there was onli one slice that was taken out
*i had to chuck the whole thing away
*and like
*i hate custard tart
*but being asian
*i felt my heart just die
*when i threw it out
[   S.S.S.S.S    ]    haяяǽ~~~        epilogue     cherrypLopbuddie1~ =D says (9:17 PM):
*LOLOLOL
[   S.S.S.S.S    ]    haяяǽ~~~        epilogue     cherrypLopbuddie1~ =D says (9:18 PM):
*hahaha ur a true azn ^^
chlo'ee. says (9:18 PM):
*LOL
*cuz like
*you know how ppl constantly tell you not to waste
*even if its just liek
*a bit left
*and theyre like
*dont waste that
[   S.S.S.S.S    ]    haяяǽ~~~        epilogue     cherrypLopbuddie1~ =D says (9:18 PM):
*yeahh i rcknn
*especially like
chlo'ee. says (9:18 PM):
*I THREW OUT PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE THING
[   S.S.S.S.S    ]    haяяǽ~~~        epilogue     cherrypLopbuddie1~ =D says (9:18 PM):
*dnaiel quinn xD
chlo'ee. says (9:18 PM):
*lets just say, it looked RELLI out of place in that bin.


yes, instead of feeding the homeless, instead of being asian and making the most of everything, near-whole cakes are being thrown out, just about every day.
think about that.


also, give me some suggestions for work experience; max brenner doesn't offer it =[
i want something in the food industry.

bookworm

just a quickie: i realised i didn't do a review on Lord Sunday!

so, obviously if you haven't read the other 6 books you wouldn't have a clue of what i'm saying.
well this book is alright, actually it's more than alright; i'd say it's good.
i couldn't help but laugh when i read that sunday's dawn, noon and dusk were called 'the sower, the grower and the reaper', since lord sunday rules over the incomparable gardens.
haha i found that hilarious.
hmm, the plot: pretti good. some unexpected turns here and there, especially the ending. the ending was like woahhh never expected that. i'm so glad it wasn't one of those overly cliched endings like harry potter though, seriously that sucked sucks.
BUT, my suspicions of dame primus were correct, even thoguh it was pretty obvious.
anywai, yeh, overall it was good.

oh, and i started Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
pretty good so far, i love the language he uses, some of it is like wowwww so noiceee
i still don't really get how it's going to be interesting though, i mean the blurb just says its about some 16 year old boy name Pi on some lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, female oran-utan and a tiger.
does that sound interesting to you?
well, watever, it won several awards and my bro's friend says it's good and it IS good so far (although i barely read anything), so yeah, i'll just continue. =]

OH YEAH.
you know agatha christie? the crime author i was talking about a while ago...
well she has a book called And Then There Were None
and it was inspired by the song Ten Little Indians, and it's like each person gets murdered one by one
well anywai, guess the other title it was called by?!

CLICK HERE for the hilarious answer.

LOLL

the powers of advertising

yes, advertising is sooo powerful.

after taking my formspring link off my pm, no one has asked me any questions. lol this is hilarious.

how strange, while everyone was stressing over english, i was reading.
while everyone was stressing over history, i was catching up on dance since i missed it while being on scuba camp.
while everyone is stressing on maths, i'm blogging.
while everyone will be stressing on science log and english wide reading, i would be sitting back, relaxed, because i've already finished both of them.
actually, not fully relaxed, i'd be thinking of work or diwan's birthday present.

yes, you heard me: work.
i'm working at michel's patisserie at towers on friday and saturday!
yay.

and diwan's birthday is on the 23rd.

btw, my plan for a birthday calendar failed.
1. i don't even have like half a year
2. most of the ppl i don't relli know that well
3. i haven't been pursuing it very well

while we're at birthdays,
let's make some stats
so altogether i have:
j:9
f:3
m:5
a:5
m:11
j:5
j:9
a:12
s:8
o:8
n:7
d:5

so WOW august and may are the months to get broke.
seriously, wat's with that?
so in order of the most to least, it would be
august, may, january/july, september/october, november, march/april/june/december, february

poor february
but then again, i onli have 87 people's birthdays.

and yes, i can randomly go into probability right now since it's in the test tomoro, but no thanks.

in fact, i'm gonna get off this subject.

i'm soo excited for geo camp.
sheridan has been talking heaps about it, about the bus trip, the itinerary, the fooooood, the everything.
i'm soooooooooo excited.
i cant believe it's only in like 15 days!!
that's just over 2 weeks!!

argh.

i need to start my quest for fruit loops to bring along for bus trip/snacks.

the excitement is seeping out of me.

thank you to:

-smelllson, for being awesum.

-jaewoo's camera, for focusing like crazy

-jaewoo, for this awesum picture (click to enlarge the pics)



-the guy who borrowed jean de florette from the library, for returning it on time

-week 7, for making me a more organised person despite your craziness

-michel's patisserie, for letting me work with you

-damien, for teaching me how to cut a deck one handed

-alice in wonderland, for being so boring that i had a really good night's sleep

-jessica, for her polaroids

-polaroids, for their awesumness

-photoshop, for letting noobs like me show their 'artistic freedom' (omgsh, english much?)







-saturation, for letting the world be a more colourful place

back to reality

ahhh, back from scuba camp.
back to school life.
back to studying for maths and history.
back to the real world.

this sucks.

scuba camp was waaaaaaaaaaay too short.

day 1: wednesday
i don't even know how we concentrated on school work when we all knew: SCUBA CAMP TODAY!!
but then the bus trip took like 3 hours and everyone's like waaaaaat, why so long?
but it's okay, i finished lord sunday. =D
ohmygosh and then truth or dare, aka dare. that was crazy and i quit like halfway through.

day 2: thursday
scuba practice at the pool!
that was pretty awesum, felt weird being able to breathe underwater. very weird.
and then we did that walk up to the summit and it was soooooo pretti
and then we discovered THE ROOM.
and then singstar to the maxxxxx
and then alice in wonderland, which sucked.
no seriously, it was soooo boring. and it did not help that the sound quality sucked and the images were blurry. seriously it sucked so much. wat on earth were the speakers around the cinema for? display?
anywai i knew the plot would fail, i just didn't think it was possible to fail that badly. i mean sure the cgi was good but wat's so good about it if you're just concentrating on staying awake?
far out.

day 3: friday
woke up with an awesum sleep since alice in wonderland made everyone so tired and just helped the sleeping process.
and then more singstar!!!!
and then REAL scuba diving except this time i got so scared i didn't go in deep
and just gave up after like going under for 3 metres and seeing fish.
apparently i didn't miss out on anything cuz everyone else just saw fish too.
so yay!!
trip back was at first sooooo boring but then later it was HILARIOUS.
going through jaewoos photos and other random stuff.
omgsh.
classic.

and now, hear i am, thinking about tomoro and going to michel's patisserie to train/work.
about how i'm going to need to study for history and maths.
this sucks.