Down With Fanatics!

If I had my way with violent men
I'd simmer them in oil,
I'd fill a pot with bitumen
And bring them to the boil.
I execrate the terrorist
And those who harbour him,
And if I weren't a moralist
I'd tear them limb from limb.

Fanatics are an evil breed
Whom decent men should shun;
I'd like to flog them till they bleed,
Yes, every mother's son,
I'd like to tie them to a board
And let them taste the cat,
While giving praise, oh thank the Lord,
That I am not like that.

For we should love the human kind,
As Jesus taught us to,
And those who don't should be struck blind
And beaten black and blue;
I'd like to roast them in a grill
And listen to them shriek,
Then break them on the wheel until
They turned the other cheek.

- Roger Woddis

LEGO Harpsichord

OMG this is really v. cool: http://www.henrylim.org/Harpsichord.html a harpsichord made entirely out of lego (except for the wires)

asdf

SHAWN CHUA YOU DIDN'T COME FOR THE CONCERT, YOU ASS.

I might have said something worse. Only teachers now go blogsurfing. Like if I say anything Mrs Lim (our math teacher) might ask me to go and wash my fingers for typing that.

Maybe I should stop before someone sues me.

Geog Challenge/ABRSM High Scorers' Concert

Today was hot and dry and there was no rain. And I went for a funky geography challenge at NUS. The paper was so difficult... Utter and complete destruction... and the problem solving was horrible... like they give you a satellite photo and ask you what environmental issues are present in the place in the photo.

So I had the ABRSM High Scorers' Concert in the afternoon. 1:30 and i was at waterloo street. It was still hot and not raining. Anyway I didn't expect to meet so many people there.... Sam Tho, Royce, and Nicholas (Adam's nephew). Nicholas is a lot pro-er than i thought haha.

I guess its quite dumb to say that I thought everyone played v. well... its high scorers' after all. Still, everyone played v. well. yay. And the kids like 3 or 4 years old are pretty pro for their age... and they have poise.

In The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Douglas Adams wrote

...he [Dirk Gently] added, "I'm a private detective."

"oh?" said Kate in surprise, and then looked puzzled.

"Does that bother you?"

"It's just that I have a friend who plays the double bass."

"I see," said Dirk.

"Whenever people meet him and he's struggling around with it, they all say the same thing, and it drives him crazy. They all say, 'I bet you wished you played the piccolo.' Nobody ever works out that that's what everybody else says..."

No one's said that to me yet. But they always ask "Why did you pick up the double bass?" with that dirty look that says "Of all instruments, you had to be such a butthead to learn that lumbering big piece of firewood." Nobody ever works out that that's what everybody else says. So i've figured out that if I say "I was forced into it" and mention RISE then they're a lot more sympathetic. haha

Oh jeremy tells me I'm now SNYO SL for double bass... w00t!!! I feel really really good now heh.

Happy CNY!

Hi all. Happy CNY to everyone who reads this! and enjoy your holidays! gong xi fa cai etc.