La Connexion Française - The Ezekiel Ryan Ho BLOG

May 31, Confounded Confunded Confuciused.
{ 6:23 AM }

My blogskin has finally gotten the pimping it deserves.

Everything seems okay with the layout now that I've pimped it out, but there's one thing that bugs me: the display picture. Regardless of what I do, it just seems very out of place. I'm rudely reminded of a scene in Harry Potter where Sirius Black tells Potty that he's mam used magic to superglue her portrait on the wall; it seems the previous owner of this skin didn't want her butt-ugly face removed. Yucks much?

In other news, I'm a very very very happy man indeed, these past few days. Everything seems to be going very smoothly recently, but I shan't jinx my own streak. The past few days have been awesome - I'm eating healthy, sleeping healthy, laughing healthy, and living healthy! I never knew that just being happy makes life so fulfilling. Here's a little something I caught while I was out the other day:

Looks like a cross between a carebear and a lion, dunnit?

I'm running low on word power, so I'll stop for now. I'll be back with more soon though, you can bet on it!

Je vie suis magnifique

Zeke

May 30, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
{ 7:00 AM }

Ghost of Girlfriends Past

Visited recently by the ghosts of girlfriends past,
Memories that could have been if only longer we'd last.
A lesson I've learnt from each memory,
A tinge of sadness I feel for each story.

For those whom I've taken for flings -
Please understand that I saw you as more than just playthings,
Each experience taught me something new,
And it's by these lessons that I remember you.

For those whom I was with for some time -
Please understand that in you I saw personality sublime,
You remind me that though Adam was born first,
Without Eve in the world it'd be much worse.

For she whom I loved but we could never have been -
Please understand that I saw in you something I had never seen,
Affinity, fate, destiny, call it what you may,
I knew you were the one I wanted to be with till our hair turned grey.

Ezekiel Ryan Ho
30th May 2010

May 8, What would Michael Westen do. . .?
{ 7:22 AM }

There's a rinky-dink Taiwan band who calls themselves 'Circus'. Gee people we aren't blind, we could tell from your butt-ugly dress sense.

This week has been fulfilling as usual, but then again the most fulfilment I can get would be to get a part time job and get some cold hard Ishaks'.

. . . yeah I know, doesn't sound as sexy as Benjamins'.

Watched Ip Man2 recently, loved it. One question though - why are the people dressed as though they're from modern Hong Kong? Either that or Hong Kongers in the 50's were well on their way to being one of the fashion leaders of Asia in the 21st century. I said a mouthful!

Bleeding ICAs are piling up, and as usual the requirements are so ambigious. Just like trying to kill a fly with a fist. Script writing for the Customer Service project has given me a new idea though, a devious devious idea. . . I shall reveal nothing yet.

Oh before I forget, everybody interested in watching people suffer, join the Facebook group "Singapore Fight Link"! This here baby is my brainchild, after hours and hours (was being dramatic, I meant minutes and minutes) of searching for a decent fighting tournament here in Singapore. Apparently, most fighting tournaments aren't that well publicised. I got sick of it, decided that we should have a group where all martial arts organisations can promote their own competitions or similar, using the most traditional method of advertising - word of mouth.

Another thing - since Singapore is so into the exchange of cultural understanding, why don't it create an All Styles Martial Arts Tournament of some sort? That'll sure as hell promote cultural understanding. And swearing amongst kids, not that they don't do that already. And gore. But mostly cultural understanding.

PHRASE OF THE DAY
"I want to cry, because incompetence is rampant and flourishing in Singapore."

To be more specific, this happens only in some clubs.
Zeke

May 3, Singaporean Aunties are amusing.
{ 7:06 AM }

Midget ran away last night - I have no idea how he managed to climb down 3 storeys and escape into the outside world. Hopefully he made it back to the water and is sleeping with the fishes now.

May 3 seems to be all about 3's - Just look at James' new record!

Went home after studying in the library today and did I mention how satisfyingly miserable the year 1s' look? They don't need to get a clue, but they do need to get something else - better dress sense. Oh and they need to go back to primary school, 85% of them don't even know silence is golden in the library. One more thing. Not being racist or anything but. . . why are there so many gweilos in NYP? And I'm talking about the China people.

On the way home, I was enjoying my sleep when I was interrupted by an annoying little Indian brat who kept kicking my legs. It's as though it's some kinda hidden national sport or something. Now usually I'm nice to kids, but then again that's when I'm awake. And I swear to god, the China bugger behind me was literally shouting into his phone. I'll bet that if you ask him why he's shouting, he'll just say it's casual conversation - in his native tongue.

Look what I caught on the way home:

If you can't see it, that lady just went on a Grand Theft Auto. On Fairprice trolleys.

Our dear old old birds (in Hokkien: Lao Jiao) never fail to amuse me. They have such a. . . unique culture (e.g. beating a seat before sitting on it), it'd be sad to see it fade away one day. Or maybe, hopefully, some of the people from our generation will continue their age - old traditions and in the worst case scenario, SHB (Singapore Heritage Board) will probably start some 'Cultural and Racial Appreciation Project', which in short form coincidentally spells CRAP, in a valiant attempt to salvage a culture way past it's expiry date.

PHRASE OF THE DAY
"You know what I like about rich people? . . . Nothing." - Ryan Atwood

For those who try to act sophisticated, try not to get yourself suffocated.
Zeke

May 2, Grading
{ 6:24 AM }

I had my grading today.

The brown belts are - WOW.

I felt that I did badly but Waihong says I'm more dynamic.

I had toilet duty. (Yeah I know, YUCKS.)

Well at least it's finally over, but I didn't even work up a sweat which totally sucks. Oh well, made up for it by cycling today. Found this rock pool-ish area somewhere far from the main area of ECP, and in it I found a mudskipper duo and crab family.

Wanted to take pictures of the crabs but my camera's battery totally died out on me before I had the chance to even get close. And I swear, one of those bleeding crabs was mocking me because I couldn't snag it on film. So I decided to snag it - in real life.

So now I have a new pet crab, and I am gonna call it. . . Midget. Because it's so small!

Shall post some pictures of Midget soon; my new project will be to make a home for it. Maybe I should enlist the help of some design students or something, they're taught to do stuff like that, right? Oh wait, I forgot - they're taught to use colour pencils to trace out the markings on grounds. D'you reckon that one of these days, they'll be building a house you'll live in? Cause if they do, don't forget to check if they're using crayons.

Jesus Christ what am I doing. I'm supposed to be doing my bleeding notes for my bleeding Customer Service hogwash, but here I am blogging. Cheerio now then lads, off I go to force myself to smile in the mirror. Ta!

Off I float in my enchanted black parasol then,
Zeke