Mainstream media has its limitation; they can’t report everything, even though it’s happening in front of many eyes including their own. Happened 2 weeks ago at a renowned mamak stall, Steven’s Corner’s boss, whose nickname is ironically Steven, hurt his neighbor badly. Newspaper treated it like some regular domestic disturbance, leaving out names. Are they afraid of lawsuit?
As it turned out, they have a greater fear… Fear for retribution. Retribution from a giant invisible hand. Not to be confused with The Invisible Hand as described by Adam Smith, this hand, is gangsterism. They would not strike at the publisher, but instead sabotaging the retailers, paper stands, the weaker links.
Gangsters by definition, is a group of people taking law into their own hands, spreading fear and demanding submission through acts of violence. Hiding in shadows, they are the cancer cells of the society, they live to torture especially the minority voices.
Steven is clearly a cancer cell, with good connection with the white blood cells, aka society’s immune system called Police. There’s no way white blood cell is able to completely purge off cancer cells, so they live in harmony as long as the cancer cells remain dormant. Would you believe Steven is dormant?
Some first world countries have long purged its cancer cells, their immune system are so strong leaving no space for any infection to grow; like Finland, Denmark. Countries like America and Japan have strong immune system, but their unhealthy lifestyle renders cancer cells air space, waiting to strike back once their immunity weakens. Third world countries are struggling to suppress its cancer, foreign aids act as chemo. A few countries like North Korea, corrupted to the core, like zombie; there’s no living cell, the mindless body decaying in oblivion. In China, the cancer cells were so rampant they poisoned their own younger generation through the milk product. This is what I regard as Evil Resident.
Corruption by power is the apparent virus here. Every time someone do something they should not do, they are taking law into their own hands, they act like gangsters. This pan- gangsterism is left unchecked most of time, culprits getting off with a small fine and mild warning, signaling failure in the judiciary system and law enforcement.
Example of malign cancer cells manifestations: consuming nutrient and oxygen (monetary reserves and natural resources), leaving less or none for normal body cells. Blocking blood vessels (toll). Killing ordinary body cells (murders, deaths during investigation). Building toxics (spreading discriminative, derogative comments) in the body. Need more examples, go to malaysiakini.
One may not get involved directly, but somehow the spillover effect poses certain collateral damage. A guy borrowed from loan shark, his sister’s boyfriend murdered.
When human traffickers found their product, usually women from other unfortunate third world country, dead in transition; they simply kidnapped a replacement from nearby neighborhood. Know why many girls left home and was never found?
Today’s gangsters’ entry level is operating cyber cafes and selling pirated software, DVD. As they moved up the ladder they started dealing drugs to the runners, or operating vice dens. Further up they would manage fast-moving consumer products, like selling computers, laptops, stolen autos etc. Later on they get promoted into syndicate running multi- billion online gambling, international human / exotic animals trafficking. Even criminals follow a well documented career path.
Next time you pick up Starcraft 2 by roadside, think of the consequences. That young man eager to make sales, might be the one kidnapping your daughter 10 years down the road. Put down the DVD and walk away, let the Wings of Liberty have it chance.
As for Steven, you can take a man out of the gang, but you can’t take the gang out from the man. I foresee him out of business soon, and exiled from the underworld. This is our retribution.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Mother's Day Special
Eve of Mother's Day, had to go to a jobs fair at KL Convention Centre. Let's face it: Jobs fairs are for amateurs, veterans who had made a name in the industry would have also made the head- hunters' lists. Companies don't really hope to find a gem at jobs fairs, they are merely there for show and publicity.
You'd find all sorts of young, wondering eyes, a fleeting unrest upon their faces, sweaty palms grasping what I believed the folder holding their years of accademic achievements, possibly awards and other certifications of the sort. I sure hope they found what they are looking for, or at least found out what it takes to find it.
Of all the jobs booths, one offered to teach 'how to' do your own business, hmm. The same speeches followed, listing how pathetic it is to not having your own business, to '95% of businesses folded within the first 5 years'. Of course there weren't time to deliver the whole sermon, bystanders were asked to register for a one- day- course for like, RM30 only, whereas normal courses go for RM800 plus. I'd bet if a person would pay RM30 to attend such courses, they would as well pay RM800 when the speaker announced another power- packed course due the following month. Get it? There's no free lunch.
I was there solely for Digi's seminar, to uncover what's beneath their website which offer no job application segment. How the heck they recruit? Well I found my answer. No surprises, they did it by recommendations, sometimes through coffee chats. I didn't feel pity that my resume ended up in a recycling bin at the first filter.
Came the Q & A session. The MC is a nice guy, he shoved the mic at me with an encouraging smile. I enquired about the saturating mobile service market, and complimented Digi's effort to incorporate creativity in their adverts. The speaker seemed impressed, I hope the impression lasted till she got my email with my revised resume.
Though somewhat saturated, she mentioned mobile services operators still have about 30% room for expansion, which I think is rather optimistic. Audio calls and SMS are still the bread and butter, whereas data offered a mere 20% to their revenue. Implicitly, the government's protectionism is quite hindering to business, but judging from how 3G's taking off, Digi hasn't loose out big time. They are focusing on India's vastly untapped market as I write.
The question remains: how to increase mobile usage? People would rather use a lot of web apps on the internet and laptops than mobile phones. It is true there's more mobile phone owners than laptop owners, but digital contents wise, static internet users dwarf mobile internet users by billions, maybe trillions.
Since Necessity is the Mother of all Inventions, it's only a matter of time, a 'killer apps' being developed that'll take the world by storm, completely alter people's habit of using mobile phones. Here's a hint: Japanese resellers are having a hard time, housewifes are comparing prices of everyday groceries down to the yens. They are sharing these info with frens and strangers alike, pushing resellers into the red ocean of price wars. Of course they are using mobile phone for this purpose, because anything cheap is in limited supply, speed is king.
Mother alone cannot give birth, so, the Father of Invention has to be technology, ideas, and maybe some luck. Necessity is the need to increase mobile usage, the technology is readily available, the idea is data that needed access to urgently. Urgency would drive mobile usage. With any luck, anyone could go down history with the title: Father of 'Next Gen Phone', alongside Alexander Graham Bell, Father of Telephone. Just remember to patern it.
Speaking of mother and father, Happy Mother's Day to everyone!
You'd find all sorts of young, wondering eyes, a fleeting unrest upon their faces, sweaty palms grasping what I believed the folder holding their years of accademic achievements, possibly awards and other certifications of the sort. I sure hope they found what they are looking for, or at least found out what it takes to find it.
Of all the jobs booths, one offered to teach 'how to' do your own business, hmm. The same speeches followed, listing how pathetic it is to not having your own business, to '95% of businesses folded within the first 5 years'. Of course there weren't time to deliver the whole sermon, bystanders were asked to register for a one- day- course for like, RM30 only, whereas normal courses go for RM800 plus. I'd bet if a person would pay RM30 to attend such courses, they would as well pay RM800 when the speaker announced another power- packed course due the following month. Get it? There's no free lunch.
I was there solely for Digi's seminar, to uncover what's beneath their website which offer no job application segment. How the heck they recruit? Well I found my answer. No surprises, they did it by recommendations, sometimes through coffee chats. I didn't feel pity that my resume ended up in a recycling bin at the first filter.
Came the Q & A session. The MC is a nice guy, he shoved the mic at me with an encouraging smile. I enquired about the saturating mobile service market, and complimented Digi's effort to incorporate creativity in their adverts. The speaker seemed impressed, I hope the impression lasted till she got my email with my revised resume.
Though somewhat saturated, she mentioned mobile services operators still have about 30% room for expansion, which I think is rather optimistic. Audio calls and SMS are still the bread and butter, whereas data offered a mere 20% to their revenue. Implicitly, the government's protectionism is quite hindering to business, but judging from how 3G's taking off, Digi hasn't loose out big time. They are focusing on India's vastly untapped market as I write.
The question remains: how to increase mobile usage? People would rather use a lot of web apps on the internet and laptops than mobile phones. It is true there's more mobile phone owners than laptop owners, but digital contents wise, static internet users dwarf mobile internet users by billions, maybe trillions.
Since Necessity is the Mother of all Inventions, it's only a matter of time, a 'killer apps' being developed that'll take the world by storm, completely alter people's habit of using mobile phones. Here's a hint: Japanese resellers are having a hard time, housewifes are comparing prices of everyday groceries down to the yens. They are sharing these info with frens and strangers alike, pushing resellers into the red ocean of price wars. Of course they are using mobile phone for this purpose, because anything cheap is in limited supply, speed is king.
Mother alone cannot give birth, so, the Father of Invention has to be technology, ideas, and maybe some luck. Necessity is the need to increase mobile usage, the technology is readily available, the idea is data that needed access to urgently. Urgency would drive mobile usage. With any luck, anyone could go down history with the title: Father of 'Next Gen Phone', alongside Alexander Graham Bell, Father of Telephone. Just remember to patern it.
Speaking of mother and father, Happy Mother's Day to everyone!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Where the Wild Things Are
It's not easy to keep on writing. Ideas are always abundant, but the will to write would ebb if not geared consistently. Sometimes I almost forgotten, how fun was it to write, to pen down the ideas lighting up in my head? The creative process is really 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, according to Einstein.
After my last post, I went to the Lumut Powerman, and straight onto the flight to Gold Coast. 20 days in a foreign country, I would say I hardly mingled with the people there, leave alone blending into their lifestyle. Maybe because of that, I couldn't really appreciate the stay there. Note to self: I need to be more curious and more adventurous!
Back on homeland, I discovered the Immigration had banned me leaving the country due to unsettled study loan, what a bummer! Got to get my act together, finding a job is top priority. That takes me back to square one: what I wanna do, and in which growing industry can I thrive?
Assuming same qualification, similar job scope, equal effort and time spent, some industry rewards you well, some lead you to no where. So lesson 1: get into a proliferating, growing industry, with healthy competition. All my previous jobs are nothing better than a slow moving raft in the red ocean. Sad, but true. The satisfaction of learning something new is always exhilarating, but if you were good, you'd learn everything and hit the glass ceiling sooner than you thought.
Markets have their ups and down, so does a company. If you were long enough in the business, you know how the company fared compare to the whole industry. Then comes the question: is the company moving forward, stagnant, or moving backwards? Think big pictures, and superimpose your company on it. The non- forwarding trend signals an imminent retreat plan. Small company with 10 years in the market, sitting happily in their comfort zone, chiao!
Experience is a function of effort, time and enthusiasm, with 'time' to the power of 2. Time is the key, it's compounding effect dominates all. That leads me to think, what have I been spending most of my time on? Writing? For that burst of satisfaction? I'm beginning to doubt myself, am I writing because I'm narcissistic? Would I had better spent my time elsewhere?
To write or not to write, I chose not. In the mean time, job search has been a setback. I decided not to go into journalism, had enough of medicals, and not even close to chemicals. IT seemed good, but it'd been a while, the resume really look bad. Had it not for the constant exercise, 2 months and countless rejects could drive me into depression. Of all people, I might be the last few who would suffer long term depression, that's a blessing.
It's been weeks that I picked up the reference book for a professional certification, writing bugs are all over me again. Maybe I shouldn't mind, if narcissist I am, so be it. Don't let those brain juice go to waste, life is too short not to have fun. Most men in their 40's suffered midlife- crisis even more intensively, I should try to avoid that.
Also there's a few life- changing revamps, resetting of priorities, and a more thorough cost- benefit analysis taking place here. Some doors that left opened had to be closed, closed so gently, not slamming. With that, the door to writing has opened wider than before, more so than I could imagine.
Read from somewhere, the world needs people who can tell stories, to make the world more interesting. I could be that person.
After my last post, I went to the Lumut Powerman, and straight onto the flight to Gold Coast. 20 days in a foreign country, I would say I hardly mingled with the people there, leave alone blending into their lifestyle. Maybe because of that, I couldn't really appreciate the stay there. Note to self: I need to be more curious and more adventurous!
Back on homeland, I discovered the Immigration had banned me leaving the country due to unsettled study loan, what a bummer! Got to get my act together, finding a job is top priority. That takes me back to square one: what I wanna do, and in which growing industry can I thrive?
Assuming same qualification, similar job scope, equal effort and time spent, some industry rewards you well, some lead you to no where. So lesson 1: get into a proliferating, growing industry, with healthy competition. All my previous jobs are nothing better than a slow moving raft in the red ocean. Sad, but true. The satisfaction of learning something new is always exhilarating, but if you were good, you'd learn everything and hit the glass ceiling sooner than you thought.
Markets have their ups and down, so does a company. If you were long enough in the business, you know how the company fared compare to the whole industry. Then comes the question: is the company moving forward, stagnant, or moving backwards? Think big pictures, and superimpose your company on it. The non- forwarding trend signals an imminent retreat plan. Small company with 10 years in the market, sitting happily in their comfort zone, chiao!
Experience is a function of effort, time and enthusiasm, with 'time' to the power of 2. Time is the key, it's compounding effect dominates all. That leads me to think, what have I been spending most of my time on? Writing? For that burst of satisfaction? I'm beginning to doubt myself, am I writing because I'm narcissistic? Would I had better spent my time elsewhere?
To write or not to write, I chose not. In the mean time, job search has been a setback. I decided not to go into journalism, had enough of medicals, and not even close to chemicals. IT seemed good, but it'd been a while, the resume really look bad. Had it not for the constant exercise, 2 months and countless rejects could drive me into depression. Of all people, I might be the last few who would suffer long term depression, that's a blessing.
It's been weeks that I picked up the reference book for a professional certification, writing bugs are all over me again. Maybe I shouldn't mind, if narcissist I am, so be it. Don't let those brain juice go to waste, life is too short not to have fun. Most men in their 40's suffered midlife- crisis even more intensively, I should try to avoid that.
Also there's a few life- changing revamps, resetting of priorities, and a more thorough cost- benefit analysis taking place here. Some doors that left opened had to be closed, closed so gently, not slamming. With that, the door to writing has opened wider than before, more so than I could imagine.
Read from somewhere, the world needs people who can tell stories, to make the world more interesting. I could be that person.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Spin City
Alright gentlemen, it has to come to this. The party has been losing ground in the country’s political landscape. Not only it has lost trust and faith from the community it vowed to represent, it’s being marginalized by the Daggers as we speak.
The Daggers is sidelining its other incompetent pet party, and we don’t want to go there. Our only hope is the up- coming by- election; if we put on a good show the day before, and manage to garner sizeable swing votes, we could be salvageable.
The outcome of this EGM, as speculated by the media, is a no- win situation. Regardless of who stayed while the other left, it would further fragment the frail party. Due to your irreconcilable differences, the only viable option is to have both of you stepped down.
Think back all the work you have done so far. After all these years, your contribution to the country and the party, smeared by the last dirt of your political life. And all those unfinished jobs, what would become of the PKFZ scandal, the BN Coordinator? Your enemies would be dancing away the night. The daunting part comes after you stepped down: your once- supporters would turn their backs on you, some will even mock you. There’s practically no life, no comeback after this. Not even the opposition would risk taking you in, less you form a new party which probably won’t survive the next General Election.
Remember how ecstatic that day last year, thirteen- hundred representatives from every corner of the country voted to put the 2 most politically potent candidates on the top 2 posts, believing that the risk they are taking will worth the party’s rebirth? They have no doubt of your capabilities, they want to put you there to guide the party’s destiny, much like how the people of this country voted for a bipartisan. Can you let them down?
Big O, you are the lone ranger all the while, unfathomed but respected, your audacity is your trademark. Unlike your predecessor, Mr. Nice- Guy who got push around trying to impress everyone like a clown, you could do so much better than him and his nonchalant biography. The shit of PKFZ and KDSB was good, where the project overspent and failed miserably, it had sold more news in the mainstream media than any other scandals this year. If you get a cent for every copy which headline it made, you could be a million Ringgit richer. People love shits, they talked about it in coffee shops, blogged about it, made videos on You- Tube about it. Media cannot live without shits, and you, have given them a life. I would have signed you on for your biography on shits, PKFZ and what not.
And you, Sexy SL, you are the ultimate comeback kid, people love you for everything you do, they can’t have enough of you and want you back for more. You have personified the Healthy Citizen, and as Health Minister, your reputation preceded those before and after you. You are such a dominant character that the Head of Daggers assigned you the BN Coordinator. Not even Smiley V, Head of Pet Society, got that kind of assignment. If it wasn’t of your carelessness you would have made alpha ape in the party.
Now, there’s still hope for both of you. Thanks to the creative minds from South, the party could create the posts of senior mentors. Both will step down as President and VP, and appointed as SM of the party. SM can hold government minister post, so you can stay on to unearth the whole shit of PKFZ, as well as coordinating the BNs. The beauty of this is both of you would be mutually exclusive, you'd get no shit from each other from then on, and you may want to race each other to see who got more jobs done, and who is the scatophagous dimwit.
Do your jobs well, you could redeem yourself in the history of the country. Your supporters would stick around, they would get their fair shares, not to mention their rightful dignity. And as long as your son doesn’t screw up like LLS’s son did, he could well be the next rising star. When the time comes, you shall be appointed as directors of GLCs and draw an obscene salary. Happy ending, don’t you think?
I would go for LTL for Head. He’s young, well poised, clean history, he could go the distant.
All being said and done, the party has to make substantial progress, shows its component parties what it’s capable of. If the Daggers lose this party, they will tilt left even more and be even less secular, in their desperate struggle to stay in power. It would be a nightmare revisited.
Gentlemen, the moment of destiny is upon you. Go and surprise the world.
The Daggers is sidelining its other incompetent pet party, and we don’t want to go there. Our only hope is the up- coming by- election; if we put on a good show the day before, and manage to garner sizeable swing votes, we could be salvageable.
The outcome of this EGM, as speculated by the media, is a no- win situation. Regardless of who stayed while the other left, it would further fragment the frail party. Due to your irreconcilable differences, the only viable option is to have both of you stepped down.
Think back all the work you have done so far. After all these years, your contribution to the country and the party, smeared by the last dirt of your political life. And all those unfinished jobs, what would become of the PKFZ scandal, the BN Coordinator? Your enemies would be dancing away the night. The daunting part comes after you stepped down: your once- supporters would turn their backs on you, some will even mock you. There’s practically no life, no comeback after this. Not even the opposition would risk taking you in, less you form a new party which probably won’t survive the next General Election.
Remember how ecstatic that day last year, thirteen- hundred representatives from every corner of the country voted to put the 2 most politically potent candidates on the top 2 posts, believing that the risk they are taking will worth the party’s rebirth? They have no doubt of your capabilities, they want to put you there to guide the party’s destiny, much like how the people of this country voted for a bipartisan. Can you let them down?
Big O, you are the lone ranger all the while, unfathomed but respected, your audacity is your trademark. Unlike your predecessor, Mr. Nice- Guy who got push around trying to impress everyone like a clown, you could do so much better than him and his nonchalant biography. The shit of PKFZ and KDSB was good, where the project overspent and failed miserably, it had sold more news in the mainstream media than any other scandals this year. If you get a cent for every copy which headline it made, you could be a million Ringgit richer. People love shits, they talked about it in coffee shops, blogged about it, made videos on You- Tube about it. Media cannot live without shits, and you, have given them a life. I would have signed you on for your biography on shits, PKFZ and what not.
And you, Sexy SL, you are the ultimate comeback kid, people love you for everything you do, they can’t have enough of you and want you back for more. You have personified the Healthy Citizen, and as Health Minister, your reputation preceded those before and after you. You are such a dominant character that the Head of Daggers assigned you the BN Coordinator. Not even Smiley V, Head of Pet Society, got that kind of assignment. If it wasn’t of your carelessness you would have made alpha ape in the party.
Now, there’s still hope for both of you. Thanks to the creative minds from South, the party could create the posts of senior mentors. Both will step down as President and VP, and appointed as SM of the party. SM can hold government minister post, so you can stay on to unearth the whole shit of PKFZ, as well as coordinating the BNs. The beauty of this is both of you would be mutually exclusive, you'd get no shit from each other from then on, and you may want to race each other to see who got more jobs done, and who is the scatophagous dimwit.
Do your jobs well, you could redeem yourself in the history of the country. Your supporters would stick around, they would get their fair shares, not to mention their rightful dignity. And as long as your son doesn’t screw up like LLS’s son did, he could well be the next rising star. When the time comes, you shall be appointed as directors of GLCs and draw an obscene salary. Happy ending, don’t you think?
I would go for LTL for Head. He’s young, well poised, clean history, he could go the distant.
All being said and done, the party has to make substantial progress, shows its component parties what it’s capable of. If the Daggers lose this party, they will tilt left even more and be even less secular, in their desperate struggle to stay in power. It would be a nightmare revisited.
Gentlemen, the moment of destiny is upon you. Go and surprise the world.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Along Came a Spider
Necessity is the mother of invention. I'm sure they didn't have stalkers in mind when internet was created. But as the Information Revolution unfolds, stalkers may be the one benefited the most from it.
Hard to swallow? The most searched subject in the internet is sex, followed by celebrities. Celebrities are meant to be stalked after, they offered themselves to be stalked. We can just call them stalkees, they make money for being stalked.
I still remembered, back in school, when I spotted a cute gal, I'd check out which class she's in, and hang around her usual hangouts. After 20 years, I've changed much. I sat at my terminal, punched in a few words, and, the object of my curiosity appeared. On Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Friendster, mySpace, and more. Who needs a private investigator, when he's got the internet? ISP stands for 'Investigation in Secret Provider'.
The internet is good for business opportunities, information sharing, socialization, entertainment and more. The bottom line is, the internet is the answer of human's deepest desire to knowledge, to quench their insatiable curiosity. Some of the most successful internet companies thrive by acknowledging this trend.
Google, the most lucrative search engine of all, has the best spider to sniff out websites and organise them in the most stalker- friendly way. You- tube tells you which video you should stalk with their star- rating system and numbers of views. Facebook takes the cake with 'Tagging', the ultimate stalking feature not available on mySpace or Friendster until of late. Twitter and Plurk, both designed with stalkers specifically in mind, and how they have exploded.
I think many people want to be stalked, they long for other's attention, it makes them feel important, like celebrities. They think being stalked is a compliment, being 'Followed on Twitter' is a gauge of their popularity. Facebook has done good with the 'Hide' function, we could use less status update here.
Spoiler for the movie 'Gamer', don't read this if you want to watch the movie.
Some of them like to stalk, and some of them like to be stalked upon. It makes perfect sense that some of them are control freaks, and some of them are controlled freaks. The Nanex can controll people, thus controlling their votes, their purchasing habits, and whoever controls Nanex, will be God.
Today, people consult the internet on which is the best bargain of a digital camera, which movies have good ratings, which restaurants have goor dining reviews, who they should date. They even make some major decisions as to which house to buy, which career path to pursue, which country they should migrate to. There's nothing you couldn't consult over the net.
In future, people could be too lazy to make small every-day decisions, decisions like what to wear today, where to eat for lunch, where to park, etc. They let the internet make harmless little suggestions for them, while they focus on the 'more important things in life'. Soon people would be too depend on the internet, they lost thier own autonomy. Who ever controls internet (Larry Page and Sergey Brin, perhaps) controls people. No need for Nanex.
Oh, and the stalker. The stalker invented a social networking site, enable a portable video camera to hang around it's user, operates 24/7. Think 'The Truman Show', only this time, it's you and your friends and many more strangers, are on it. Good luck stalking.
And the spider lurks at one corner, looking at it's web, waiting for it's prey to come around (or update it's status). The spider attacks, or rather, just gawking at it's computer screen. Harmless, or not? Have you RSS this blog?
Hard to swallow? The most searched subject in the internet is sex, followed by celebrities. Celebrities are meant to be stalked after, they offered themselves to be stalked. We can just call them stalkees, they make money for being stalked.
I still remembered, back in school, when I spotted a cute gal, I'd check out which class she's in, and hang around her usual hangouts. After 20 years, I've changed much. I sat at my terminal, punched in a few words, and, the object of my curiosity appeared. On Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Friendster, mySpace, and more. Who needs a private investigator, when he's got the internet? ISP stands for 'Investigation in Secret Provider'.
The internet is good for business opportunities, information sharing, socialization, entertainment and more. The bottom line is, the internet is the answer of human's deepest desire to knowledge, to quench their insatiable curiosity. Some of the most successful internet companies thrive by acknowledging this trend.
Google, the most lucrative search engine of all, has the best spider to sniff out websites and organise them in the most stalker- friendly way. You- tube tells you which video you should stalk with their star- rating system and numbers of views. Facebook takes the cake with 'Tagging', the ultimate stalking feature not available on mySpace or Friendster until of late. Twitter and Plurk, both designed with stalkers specifically in mind, and how they have exploded.
I think many people want to be stalked, they long for other's attention, it makes them feel important, like celebrities. They think being stalked is a compliment, being 'Followed on Twitter' is a gauge of their popularity. Facebook has done good with the 'Hide' function, we could use less status update here.
Spoiler for the movie 'Gamer', don't read this if you want to watch the movie.
Some of them like to stalk, and some of them like to be stalked upon. It makes perfect sense that some of them are control freaks, and some of them are controlled freaks. The Nanex can controll people, thus controlling their votes, their purchasing habits, and whoever controls Nanex, will be God.
Today, people consult the internet on which is the best bargain of a digital camera, which movies have good ratings, which restaurants have goor dining reviews, who they should date. They even make some major decisions as to which house to buy, which career path to pursue, which country they should migrate to. There's nothing you couldn't consult over the net.
In future, people could be too lazy to make small every-day decisions, decisions like what to wear today, where to eat for lunch, where to park, etc. They let the internet make harmless little suggestions for them, while they focus on the 'more important things in life'. Soon people would be too depend on the internet, they lost thier own autonomy. Who ever controls internet (Larry Page and Sergey Brin, perhaps) controls people. No need for Nanex.
Oh, and the stalker. The stalker invented a social networking site, enable a portable video camera to hang around it's user, operates 24/7. Think 'The Truman Show', only this time, it's you and your friends and many more strangers, are on it. Good luck stalking.
And the spider lurks at one corner, looking at it's web, waiting for it's prey to come around (or update it's status). The spider attacks, or rather, just gawking at it's computer screen. Harmless, or not? Have you RSS this blog?
Friday, September 18, 2009
GHOST- The series
In the not so distant future, a secret government service (in the US, never in Msia) was formed to monitor ghost activities. The independent team consist of the following members:
1. Holo, team leader, with ancestral ability as a ghost whisperer. Last descendant of an ancient Shaman tribe, he advocates peace between human and ghost. (Future season reveals he's capable of severing his spirit from his body into a ghost state, and back)
2. Beam, newly recruited to the team for his new- found ability to pinpoint a ghost's weakness. Strong believer of science, despise his own ability but struggling to cope. (Future season, he finds out how he gained his ability, when he lost it.)
3. Stellar, her bio field has a ghost- repellent effect, meaning she can never be possessed. Apart from her martial art background, she's a historian specialised in cross- cultural ghost studies. (Future season her ability develops that she can discharge her bio field to cause harm in ghost.)
4. Sage, has an immeasurable IQ and photographic memory, he's the walking information database. Provides backup and comedy to the team, he might be the key to the mysterious 'The Source'. (Future season he became the 'Messenger' from 'The Source')
The team was put together to investigate paranormal activities threatening humans society, they also need to protect some ghost from other ghost, protect ghost from some humans/ wizards that could manipulate ghost, and as usual, protect the weak from the strong.
The government has been hiding their research on ghost from public eyes, especially from religious groups. Field teams are established to collect more data on the unknown, with hope that one day, ghost can drive the scientific breakthrough of mankind.
Along the way there are others parties coming into the fray:
1. Wizards and witches are generally sole proprietors who utilise age- old spells and charms to manipulate certain ghost for their own gain, or to achieve certain task. Fearing the government would complicate their livelihood, they sometimes sabotage the team.
2. Civilian are generally susceptible to ghost's influence, but there are some who posses certain ability, though they could be unable to control it. The special ones would be placed under radar for studies.
3. Ghost is mostly independent, but some old- timers have come together with sinister intentions. Like people, there are good ghost and evil ones. Abilities of ghosts vary from one another, and presumably, all ghosts have a weakness.
4. NGOs also involve in their own studies on ghost, some are terrorists.
5. Religious groups have their own perspectives on ghost; they are not actively participating in the ghost hunt unless called upon by their followers.
It would be like ‘Charmed’, ‘Buffy’, or ‘Angel’, except that here, science is the mainstream in explaining what is ghost. Also a lot of discussions on life, death, afterlife, much like ‘6 Feet Under’.
Each episode would start with a fact line, such as:
1. Man becomes ghost when he dies.
2. Ghost may or may not realise he is dead.
3. Ghost retains all his memories and is at the emotional state when he dies.
4. Ghost can feel and have emotions, though he doesn’t have the necessary neural systems.
5. Ghost exists in a form of energy field, very similar to humans’ bio field. Etc.
And each episode would end with a quote, such as:
1. If you know not living, you know not death. – Confucius.
2. While I thought I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. – Leonardo Da Vinci. Etc.
Season 1 would be basically introduction to the fictitious world order, characters and their relationships. The team’s standard issue equipment enables interaction with ghost. How they investigate and decide on the best action in the field. Friends and enemies met. At the end of season 1, a cult protagonist instigated a mass suicide, and broadcasting live on You-tube. The team were chasing around the clock to stop this, but failed. The world watched in horror as thousands of people died, and became ghosts.
Season 2 would depict how the society copes with the knowledge of ghost’s existence. Some people treasure life even more, some can’t wait to join the underworld. Religious bodies could not but concur that ghost is true. The world is in chaos, each faction wants to have a say in revamping the world’s order. The team stayed focus on protecting the weak, them be human or ghost. Season end, a mad scientist created a device to extract spirit from human, effectively killing him. How would they stop him?
Season 3 The spirit extraction device can be reversed to reincarnate life, but there are certain limitations. How would people like to experience death, when they know they could come back to life? Can people really be immortal? The device has become the prize, every imaginable human and even ghosts wish to have it. Season end, they make a hard decision to destroy the device, yet somehow, the device has developed a consciousness, declaring itself a life of its own.
Season 4 Some ghost have special ability, like telekinesis, mind reading, human possession, etc. When a handful of people died and came back to life, they too, have gained some super power. The catch is, you may or may not have any super power, and when you die, you may not come back to life. Would people risk it, to have a super power? Can they handle their power? Another endless debate of what people want to do with their lives, and whether or not live is worth living. Season end, scientists have determine that ghost, is actually the theoretic ‘Dark Matter’.
1. Holo, team leader, with ancestral ability as a ghost whisperer. Last descendant of an ancient Shaman tribe, he advocates peace between human and ghost. (Future season reveals he's capable of severing his spirit from his body into a ghost state, and back)
2. Beam, newly recruited to the team for his new- found ability to pinpoint a ghost's weakness. Strong believer of science, despise his own ability but struggling to cope. (Future season, he finds out how he gained his ability, when he lost it.)
3. Stellar, her bio field has a ghost- repellent effect, meaning she can never be possessed. Apart from her martial art background, she's a historian specialised in cross- cultural ghost studies. (Future season her ability develops that she can discharge her bio field to cause harm in ghost.)
4. Sage, has an immeasurable IQ and photographic memory, he's the walking information database. Provides backup and comedy to the team, he might be the key to the mysterious 'The Source'. (Future season he became the 'Messenger' from 'The Source')
The team was put together to investigate paranormal activities threatening humans society, they also need to protect some ghost from other ghost, protect ghost from some humans/ wizards that could manipulate ghost, and as usual, protect the weak from the strong.
The government has been hiding their research on ghost from public eyes, especially from religious groups. Field teams are established to collect more data on the unknown, with hope that one day, ghost can drive the scientific breakthrough of mankind.
Along the way there are others parties coming into the fray:
1. Wizards and witches are generally sole proprietors who utilise age- old spells and charms to manipulate certain ghost for their own gain, or to achieve certain task. Fearing the government would complicate their livelihood, they sometimes sabotage the team.
2. Civilian are generally susceptible to ghost's influence, but there are some who posses certain ability, though they could be unable to control it. The special ones would be placed under radar for studies.
3. Ghost is mostly independent, but some old- timers have come together with sinister intentions. Like people, there are good ghost and evil ones. Abilities of ghosts vary from one another, and presumably, all ghosts have a weakness.
4. NGOs also involve in their own studies on ghost, some are terrorists.
5. Religious groups have their own perspectives on ghost; they are not actively participating in the ghost hunt unless called upon by their followers.
It would be like ‘Charmed’, ‘Buffy’, or ‘Angel’, except that here, science is the mainstream in explaining what is ghost. Also a lot of discussions on life, death, afterlife, much like ‘6 Feet Under’.
Each episode would start with a fact line, such as:
1. Man becomes ghost when he dies.
2. Ghost may or may not realise he is dead.
3. Ghost retains all his memories and is at the emotional state when he dies.
4. Ghost can feel and have emotions, though he doesn’t have the necessary neural systems.
5. Ghost exists in a form of energy field, very similar to humans’ bio field. Etc.
And each episode would end with a quote, such as:
1. If you know not living, you know not death. – Confucius.
2. While I thought I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. – Leonardo Da Vinci. Etc.
Season 1 would be basically introduction to the fictitious world order, characters and their relationships. The team’s standard issue equipment enables interaction with ghost. How they investigate and decide on the best action in the field. Friends and enemies met. At the end of season 1, a cult protagonist instigated a mass suicide, and broadcasting live on You-tube. The team were chasing around the clock to stop this, but failed. The world watched in horror as thousands of people died, and became ghosts.
Season 2 would depict how the society copes with the knowledge of ghost’s existence. Some people treasure life even more, some can’t wait to join the underworld. Religious bodies could not but concur that ghost is true. The world is in chaos, each faction wants to have a say in revamping the world’s order. The team stayed focus on protecting the weak, them be human or ghost. Season end, a mad scientist created a device to extract spirit from human, effectively killing him. How would they stop him?
Season 3 The spirit extraction device can be reversed to reincarnate life, but there are certain limitations. How would people like to experience death, when they know they could come back to life? Can people really be immortal? The device has become the prize, every imaginable human and even ghosts wish to have it. Season end, they make a hard decision to destroy the device, yet somehow, the device has developed a consciousness, declaring itself a life of its own.
Season 4 Some ghost have special ability, like telekinesis, mind reading, human possession, etc. When a handful of people died and came back to life, they too, have gained some super power. The catch is, you may or may not have any super power, and when you die, you may not come back to life. Would people risk it, to have a super power? Can they handle their power? Another endless debate of what people want to do with their lives, and whether or not live is worth living. Season end, scientists have determine that ghost, is actually the theoretic ‘Dark Matter’.
Secret
Call me secretive, but there are certain things I wish not published in my Facebook. The rest of me, if you'r interested, is in my note: 25 things about me. Anyway it was written on April 1st (in Facebook, anyway), its credibility questionable.
I'd rather hide my birthday, to safe me the embarassment of none well- wisher. Either I was unpopular, or was just being overly self- conscious. Or, it reminds me how my mom went through pains I could never endure to bring me to this world, and I am forever in debt with her. Now why would I enjoy celebrating this day?
Truth be told, I think it's a special day shared only between the 2 of us. OK, make it 3 including my dad. It commemorates the beginning of a very intimate relationship, a life's gift, commencement of a lifetime adventure with endless challenges and surprises.
As luck would have it, one day, the girl I'm dating would ask why haven't I publish my birthday, I would answer in the most romantic way possible, 'The day I was born, is the day I met you'. That'll surely melt her heart, score another few hundreds points in her love-o-meter. This, is the real reason why I'm hiding my birthday, for occassion like this!
Say, I'm writing 'The next 25 things about me'. To be published at the next April 1st.
26. My mom had me rather easily, she was in labour for only bout an hour. Proof is, all my sisters are natal- friendly (go figure, it figures), no wonder 'Lee' is the most common surname around.
I'd rather hide my birthday, to safe me the embarassment of none well- wisher. Either I was unpopular, or was just being overly self- conscious. Or, it reminds me how my mom went through pains I could never endure to bring me to this world, and I am forever in debt with her. Now why would I enjoy celebrating this day?
Truth be told, I think it's a special day shared only between the 2 of us. OK, make it 3 including my dad. It commemorates the beginning of a very intimate relationship, a life's gift, commencement of a lifetime adventure with endless challenges and surprises.
As luck would have it, one day, the girl I'm dating would ask why haven't I publish my birthday, I would answer in the most romantic way possible, 'The day I was born, is the day I met you'. That'll surely melt her heart, score another few hundreds points in her love-o-meter. This, is the real reason why I'm hiding my birthday, for occassion like this!
Say, I'm writing 'The next 25 things about me'. To be published at the next April 1st.
26. My mom had me rather easily, she was in labour for only bout an hour. Proof is, all my sisters are natal- friendly (go figure, it figures), no wonder 'Lee' is the most common surname around.
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