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I spent most of 31st Dec 2011 on YouTube.
The following is probably the best video I've watched. Sums up the year. Epic song too. Beautiful.
Enjoy.
Happy New Year.

As Your Shadow Crosses Mine

So the year is almost over. If you're in Samoa, you'll know what I mean.
Samoa and some other country, whose existence I just recently became aware of, lost a day. They jumped from 29th Dec to 31st Dec. Many of the Samoans may not know what just happened, where did the number 30 go? It just went. Like poof. The news channels, to make the loss of 24 hours look cool, are calling this absurd event - The Day When Samoa (and the other country) Went Forward In Time. And I have to say, very catchy.

The year hasn't been a walk in the park. College applications, hurricanes, earthquakes, love issues (just saying....), getting accepted into universities, formal clothing, creating this wonderful blog, etc.,.
However stupid the year was, we found love in a hopeless place. And that probably is the cherry on top to the year that was. I will not thank anyone for making the year "special" or whatever. I don't want them to be under the impression - "this year was made special because of me, idiot didn't do anything for me. Let him rot next year." Thus no thank you. Cheerio.

Here's wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous 2012.
May you all get wiser, sexier, and a good girlfriend/boyfriend.

 "It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny.

Do I have to let it go?

P.S-If you're reading it in Samoa, you lost a day, big deal, get over it, enjoy 2012.

Ordo Ab Chao

2011 is coming to a close, as you may have noticed, that is if you aren't too busy trying to match your bowling to Ishant Sharma's. 2011 went by faster than any year imaginable. If you disagree you're worthless, not priceless, just saying.

Looking back at the year that was, it has dawned on me that I was an epic fail in the year. I will not go in to the details. I might die. The year is broken up into fragments, and the ones that appear before me when I close my eyes and think about 2011 are the fragments that deserve to burn in hell. Hades, do your thing. But, thinking harder, piercing deeper into my memory, I see that the year, however chaotic and unfriendly it seemed kept the balance between my sinking into depression, LOL JK, and whatever-the-opposite-of-depression-is. Whatever happened during the year was destined to happen. Would I have changed it? Maybe. Could I have changed it? Probably. Should I have changed it? No.

Order erupting out of chaos is a beautiful feeling. The craziest of thoughts can become the cleverest of ideas.
Which is probably why DJ Earworm is a hit. Which is probably why I heard World Go Boom (okay, maybe because of the title too). Which is probably why you should listen to it.

"Dance until the world go boom, boom, boom.

Pata Lagao Daya.

It was the House Day a few days ago.
Most of us wore formals to school, suit-boot. Others, who are not included in "us" wore clothes, just clothes. Plain, boring clothes.
The house day was more of a photo session than a school event. There were groups of students capturing memories in digital format. There were a billion groups. Being a photo-whore, I tried to get into as many photo-session-groups as possible. The pictures aren't THAT bad. My lips look very pink though.
The events of the House Day, other than the spontaneous photo sessions, weren't THAT epic. I missed the dances because I had to run around school for a certificate. I ran around in formal clothing. So, total win.
The House Day was supposed to be a farewell party for the 12th Graders. I didn't see the connection. The farewell connection became clear when we were kicked out of the auditorium, half an hour before the scheduled end of the event. Pretty fitting for a farewell. "Get out of the auditorium, goodbye".


What caught my attention, and the whole school's attention was a movie. An epic movie.
Usually, I wont recommend anything to anyone unless the thing has me in it or has something contributed to it by me. Call me self-obsessed, I wouldn't care. Call me a narcissist, I won't mind. Call me a jerk face dickhead, Woah, I'll kill you! Stop!
But times have changed. Or rather, time will bring in the change. I'm trying to be more accepting of the talents shown by my colleagues, instead of a critic of their talent. I'm trying to hate them less, this does not imply that I'm liking them more.
The movie is a hit. It won't be a surprise if it goes viral on YouTube. If Friday can get hits, this movie should win the Oscar.
Watch it -

Thought it was epic and loved the dead person? Click here - https://www.facebook.com/pages/IJAZ-Khuss/155386624564343 to go the official profile of the dead man, Ijaz Khuss.

Didn't like it? Click here.

"Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start

I would love to.... *Screen black out *

PS Vita-My Current Obsession

Let me start off by saying I love gaming, I guess you all know that anyway.
My quest for finding better games has taken me to deep and dark places such as the corners of my local stores to the awe-inspiring realm of Sharaf DG.
Yes, I am blabbering, but it is necessary before I start off with this post.

I'm going to make a post on 10 reasons on why I should get a PS Vita, and you WILL agree with my sentiments.
For the uninitiated, the PS Vita is Sony's latest wonder gzimo which gives us PS3-type games on a handheld consoles.
You know the best thing about it? It's got two analog sticks.

Yeah, that sums up my expression appropriately.
Let's start off with the reasons shall we?

1) I was born to game. Literally.
I have been always been obsessed with technology from a young age, when all I could do was wire a transistor to produce weird sounds. That eventually lead me to buy a SEGA which led me to the Playstation and eventually the PS2, the PSP and finally the PS3. I have owned more than 470 games on the PS2 alone, which probably shows my dedication, or obsession.

2) It's predecessor has helped me through some pretty dark times.
After failing the 11th grade, a small part of me died inside, and I started having dark thoughts. I came to class everyday and mentally bunked, blocking off everything. My only companion was my PSP in which I played some games and read a lot of ebooks (670 to be exact). So I have lot to thank my handheld console for.

3) I was always looking forward to a wholesome handheld gaming experience.
I have an iPad 2 for reading books, it plays games too but it doesn't give me what I want, not really. I found real fast that nothing could beat the experience of gaming on a PC or PS3, so when I found out about the Vita, I literally wet myself. I mean have you effin seen the Uncharted gameplay on that? Effin amazing.

4) It's a Sony device.
I'm sorry to those who get offended, but I've always been a fanboy for Sony products and they haven't disappointed me yet, so yeah.

5) I want to game with people other than my 'friends' but in my immediate area.
The PS Vita connectivity to other people really got me salivating on the endless possibilities. A little Facebook and Twitter integration wouldn't hurt so bad would it? My Twitter feed would be full of 'Just shot the guy sitting opposite to me in the Metro with a bad hairdo in the head. Fu*k yeah'. I don't think that this is 'just a possibility' anymore, the PS Vita seems to be making it real.

6) Why wouldn't I want one?
I mean seriously, why not?

7) PS3 to PS Vita connectivity.
See, PSP's remote play feature was swag enough, but not that much practical except when I needed to catch up on a few weeks worth of Entourage while in my bed with a PSP. So, when I get tired of sitting in my couch, I could continue my game in a more comfortable place, say the bathroom. ( :P )

8) It's the latest gizmo.
I have an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to acquire anything that's new and worth it, and well this falls into both these categories.

9) I'll become 'the guy with the Vita' in my class.
I would love the look on my friend's faces when I pop up with one these sweet things. I'll be like, who's talking now bitches?

10) My PSP broke a month back, after I dropped it from my 3rd floor apartment.
No, I'm not joking. I have pictures, but those are for another time and place.

School Is Ending.

It's almost the end of my school life. 15 years I have spent with the title of a school go-er. Good 15 years, I must say.

School ending is making people do wacky things, with the excuse of it being the "last time ever". The excuse is fool proof. Want to take a photo with the teacher you've had a crush on? Go ahead, last time ever. That, by the way, doesn't happen in my school. We're allowed to wear formals to school for a day. Guess why? Last day of school. Yay.

I was manager of my class' football team. Bunch of jerks. Caused me to have an early retirement. It was good experience being manager of 13 budding football stars, who need better tactics on the field, who know more about football than me. Bunch of jerks, I play better than them.

Dexter season finale will be watched by me today. I'm fully prepared. Bought plastic wrap, tranquilizer ready, knives ready. Dexter has taken over my brain. I stole glass slides from the biology lab. Tonight is the night.

My biology teacher thinks we (my class) can't get girls. Time to prove her wrong.

Evolution.

It was inevitable. It was prophesied to happen. I couldn't run away from it how much ever I denied it. I have evolved. The final step of evolution is complete. I am complete. From an unskilled, stone carving, raw-meat eating beast, I have evolved, nay, transformed into an exemplary organism, one who has mastered the use of fire to his advantage, (read partially succeeded in cooking his breakfast). Beware wild animals, there's a skilled caveman in town.

I have a tall ladder to climb before I am crowned as Lord of the Kitchen flame. But I'll get there. A perfectly edible unsalted egg omelet is the first step. Using the flame to make food is what humans were born to do. However insignificant the action may seem to be, it is the ability of man to control flames in most cases that makes him such a dangerous predator. And I take pride in that ability of man.

Being home alone is not much fun at all, contrary to what movies have depicted. I am now burdened with responsibilities. I have to multitask efficiently - switching between the use of the internet which takes up 90% of my time and keeping an eye on the food which is being reheated which is among various other tasks I am expected to complete before I leave home for school. Some of these tasks, even I hadn't fathomed.

You know what sucks? Going to school.
You know what worse than that? Knowing that Daedalus will be signing a letter saying that he witnessed the world record being broken while I am breaking my head in school.

"If you love me
Won't you let me know?"

Vacant Pit.

Revolution 2020 has re-ignited the familiar feeling of being lonely and gloomy and has caused me to stare out of my window at the dark, cloudy sky frequently. The weather isn't helping either. Revolution 2020 was, in some places, my thoughts about life in words. I could easily put myself in Gopal's place. Although, he turned out to be a boss later on. I need to clear my head. School isn't helping. Travelling 200 km to prove myself worthy of the English language won't help either. A few murders will help though.

We’re like fire and gasoline.I’m no good for you.You’re no good for me.We only bring each other tears and sorrow

That ^, unfortunately, is total internally reflecting in my cranium.

School this week has been a disaster. I wish I could just run away to a better, more forgiving and hospitable place like Kepler-22b. Everyday I think, "Today will be different". It has never worked. Am I being a pessimist and ignoring the times when the day was actually different? Maybe. Negligible though.