I’m getting alot of junk and spams to in my inbox each day.
But this one is interesting.

I got this from hack.mm@gmail.com.
What is that suppose to mean?
A warning? A Threat?

Never look down on somebody else.
Do humble yourslefelf. always.
THhrere here’s no master.
In this world, everybody is learner.
Never sptalk about Myanmar IT.Dband d about Mayyanmar IT.
This is the last warning.

Wow I’m impressed, at myself.
I’m getting popular!!! LOL
I’m making more jealous people everyday and more spams in my box.
Amazing!

Anyway…makes me wonder…when did I mention about Myanmar IT??
And when did I look down upon anyone? hmm…interesting indeed.

I’ve never written about my personal stuffs like love stories, relationships matters and anything to do with those touchy heart stuffs here.

For one reason, I have nothing to write about and another is I’m not capable of discussing those delicate things in most favorable manner. People tend to get offended by my straight forward responses or opinion on the subject matter. I’m no smart conversationalist and never been good at hiding what I dislike.

Anyway, I’ve been asked on the matter quite a few times lately so thought it’s time to write a short note here.

Quoting from a recent conversation:

X: btw when’ll you marry ?
May: ah..why?
X: can I know your desired characteristics of your destined man ?
just wanna ask you …
just curious
May: ah..
X: just survey to my online big sister
May: haha
X: I’m a moderator at Flashband Romantic Forum lay
May: well i’m working at the moment so nth except my wk in my head
X: that’s why I’m interested in those staffs
May: may be i’ll think about it when i get home n let u know
X: hee:)
ok thanks for consideration..

Here are my answers – I’m not looking for the perfect man as long as the dude meets alteast 3 out of the followings: NS, DTE, SD, DDG, GSOH
If you don’t then consider yourself OUT…hmm how to say…(I’ll leave that part for you).

NS: None Smoker
DTE: Down To Earth
SD: Social Drink
DDG: Drop Dead Georgious
GSOH: good sense of humour

Note: this kind of conversation bored me to dead.

X: are u from myanmar?
Mayvelous: seem like it
X: what do you mean fuji-yangon?
Mayvelous: can u read well?
try read again
X: sorry.
Mayvelous: for what?
X: what fiji?
Mayvelous: good job
X: thanks.
Mayvelous: fiji is an island nation
tiny island in the south pacific ocean near australia n newzealand
X: great.
X: can i tell me about your a s l?
Mayvelous: try again please
X: i need myanmar friend.
(…)

Stop asking the questions where answers are already given.
Can’t they just read the profile first.
Gotta atleast look around, check around a bit, if you wanna know about a person.
I’m tired of answering same old $hit to ignorant blind fools.
Stop wasting my time.

Now people called me uptight and too proud, oh please, you just don’t know me at all.

Here is one of my favorite songs, read through the lyrics or download here to listen. Pretty much said what I needed to say.

Single
Natasha Beddingfield

Ah yeah that’s right
All you single people out there
This is for you
Yeah

I’m not waitin’ around for a man to save me
(Cos I’m happy where I am)
Don’t depend on a guy to validate me
(No no)
I don’t need to be anyone’s baby
(Is that so hard to understand?)
No I don’t need another half to make me whole

Make your move if you want
Doesn’t mean I will or won’t
I’m free to make my mind up
You either got it or you don’t

[Chorus:]
This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There’s no way I’m tradin’ places
Right now a star’s in the ascendant

I’m single
(Right now)
That’s how I wanna be
I’m single
(Right now)
That’s how I wanna be

Ah yeah Uh Huh that’s right

Don’t need to be on somebody’s arm to look good
(I like who I am)
I’m not saying I don’t wanna fall in love ‘cos I would
I’m not gonna get hooked up just ‘cos you say I should
(Can’t romance on demand)
I’m gonna wait so I’m sorry if you misunderstood

[Repeat Chorus]
Everything in it’s right time everything in its right place
I know I’ll settle down one day
But ’til then I like it this way, it’s my way
Eh I like it this way

Make your move if you want doesn’t mean I will or won’t
I’m free to make my mind up you either got it or you don’t
‘Til then I’m single

This is my current single status
My declaration of independence
There’s no way I’m tradin’ places
Right now a star’s in the ascendant

We apologise for the title but the following article does NOT contain profanity.

Being an IT degree holder with no other accomplishments common these days such as A+, N+, MCP, MCSD, MCSE, etc, I place an obscene amount of value and pride on my single degree.

To me, a degree from CQU Fiji International Campus is comparable to a qualification from one of the Ivy League colleges in the US. This is because IMNSHO, CQU is the best institution available in the Fiji Islands.

My degree is my dearest procession. It is my bragging rights to other less fortunate and less gifted than me. It is a thing to put on display as an awe-inspiring object for the uneducated. Why do you think we get the option at graduation to get the certificate in gold plate or sliver, or carved into wood? If not to flaunt it?

I care very much about issues that would belittle my esteemed degree.

I can’t take any comment that puts a degree from CQU, its students or the institution itself in a bad light – especially those of slander from other universities’ graduates on the quality of my university’s degree, its education or the work of its alumni.

Lately, I have been hearing comments from some of my friends still studying in CQU that programming courses are becoming easier year after year. Every one or two year, ‘the powers that be’ take out a few topics of study from the course COIT11134. Fundamental subjects I studied back in my days have been moved to a higher level course. The assignments are so easy any of my mates from my year can do them in 10 mins flat after a night of binge drinking.

I am a programmer by profession. I can’t take this kind of rumours, if it is true, who’d respect a programmer that came out of my university?

So, I took it upon myself to investigate. I went to the course website, got the course profile. Alas! it is true. Half of what I learnt in this unit is deemed too advanced by ‘the powers that be’ and is now banished from the curriculum.

I wasn’t done yet, I wanted to check the assignments too. Oh? They have been locked for access by students only? Are we so ashamed of the pitiful excuses for an assignment that we have to hide it from prying eyes? That can’t stop me, nothing can stop a be-raved man, they’ve gone and destroyed my prized possession, my precious degree by cheapening its value with watered down versions of fundamental courses.

I’ve got contacts in uni who can get me the assignment details so I got one of them to email me the damning documents. And my choice of words was correct, they are indeed damning documents they have condemned the students doing this particular assignment to finish their degrees with half the essential knowledge if ever they were to choose programming as their careers.

The problem is not just with the course itself but with the course coordinators too. I have a choice excerpt from this term’s assignment materials which shows exactly what the designer of the course think of the intellect of potential students, and the amount of effort that he wants put into the course by them.

KISS
Keep It Simple, Stupid (KISS). Don’t try to do anything fancy. There is no need. You won’t get any extra marks for complex implementation. Trying to complex solutions will only slow down your solution. Limit yourself to the material covered in Programming A and the first 5 weeks of Programming B.

I whole heartedly disagree with the above. I believe it is a stupid attempt to try and get more people to pass the subject by making the subject easier. Instead of thinking up such childish acronyms, lecturers and course coordinators should be spending their time actually teaching the less gifted students.

“Keep It Simple, Stupid”? Is it the ‘in thing’ now to insult students for no reason?

How about ‘Don’t try to do anything fancy.’? Are the submitted assignments so complicated that they are ‘out of the grasp’ of the university’s unending list of part-time tutors? This kind of attitude in teaching inhibits learning and creativity. If students didn’t think of doing any thing fancy, where will we get the polish and the flair? How do we discover new techniques? Where do we get our next Newtons, Edison or Einstein or even Bill Gates for that matter?

One word CQU, you are going about this the wrong way. Making courses easier to pass and pulling more students through your programs may be better for business, but it is not doing anyone any good in the long run.

Please don’t devalue my degree. It is my pay cheque. It is my rice pot. It is something my parents used the last of their retirement funds on. Keep the courses reasonable, teach the students well and let me and other alumni keep whatever good reputation we made for ourselves and for the university through hard work and dedication in our field of study and work. For all of us’ sake!

For my beloved university and respected colleagues.
Zatlite

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# I wear a glass,
# I have a long hair tied to a band,
# I wear skirts 80% of the time,
# I wear short heels,
# I drink tea or coffee WITH sugar and milk,
# I carry a pen, a diary and a purse,
# I’m the shortest among you.
What Am I??

X: bro i was absent last week na
May: huh?
X: monday – wednesday
forgot man
May: yah i guess so
u bck on thu
X: set remembered

A Hamm, A Hamm…
Hello…remember there is A GIRL exists in the team???
Or am I camouflaged among majority ruling?

Who wants to know about shaving? There is a whole blog dedicated for shaving related stuffs. Gosh who want to know!

May be who knows there might have “Wipe your bum” blog some where in the blogospehere, writing all about how to do your loo business.

Link: Shave Blog

Ok first and for all, this is not my shit. I repeat, this is NOT my shit and no shits were harmed in making this post.

I’ve been wanting to write about this for quite a long time but I wasn’t ready yet and waiting for the right time. Now that I got everything I needed…there you go…

Ooooh ooh, this my shit, this my shit [x4]

I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn’t think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I’m ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That’s right, put your pom-poms downs, getting everybody fired up

Right you guess it, I’m going to talk about shit.
Well sort of, not exactly…but this “Shit” plays a major role in this post.

A few weeks back, Min Thu invited me to yahoo conference with some of his friends including the guys from myothwelwin, shwenet, myohanhtun sites. We talked about our websites, blogging, technologies and just getting to know each other. One time in the conversation, this guy said something about we don’t have/talk about anything related to art on our sites. Another guy responded by pointing him that we have photos which could be counted as art. But this guy disagreed about photos being an art and only takes art as a painting or a design work. I did not argue with him since it was the first time to meet them and I hardly know about any of them. But I kept the unsatisfying feeling about his view on this term “Art” myself and thinking of doing some art related thing on my site when I have a chance.

Well, I dug up some stuff – my old drawings, lost color pencils, paper, crayons and lost inspiration. This is just an intro post for my coming art related section.
So what is art by the way?

According to wikipedia – ART!

By its original and broadest definition, art (from the Latin ars, meaning “skill” or “craft”) is the product or process of the effective application of a body of knowledge and a set of skills; this meaning is preserved in such phrases as “liberal arts” and “martial arts”.

“Art is commonly understood to be the process or result of making material works (or artwork) which, from concept to creation, adhere to the “creative impulse”

Defining art
There is often confusion about the meaning of the term art because multiple meanings of the word are used interchangeably.

So art can be anything creative, not only painting or designs but also include any other form of self express work.
So can I call the following photo an art? It’s not painting, nor it’s an imaginative sculpture. It’s a solid photograph of a pile of “Shit”.

Let me recall a story. Once an art teacher was showing a slide show of paintings and the following conversation is how I remember about so-call art over a discussion of grotesque painting and a snap shot photo.

Teacher: Is it art? Is it any good?
Student: No, I wouldn’t call it an art, it’s a grotesque.

Teacher: Next slide, it’s my mother.
Student: It’s a snap shot.
Teacher: If I say it was taken by ..… (some famous photographer name), would you call it art?
Student: Art isn’t art until someone said it is.
Teacher: It’s Art!
Student: The right people.
Teacher: Who are they?

…

Teacher: What is art? What make it bad or good or who decides?

My point exactly!
Who tells which is art or the form or the medium to be an art? I don’t know, do you?
So I’m gonna say that photo of shit is an art. Who can argue with that?
Think about it, look at it, pretty cool art to me. The texture, coloring, lighting, composition, the structure, the sensation … just perfect, and a great shot too! Bravo the photographer.

I take an art as anything that makes you go “hmm”, “Wow”, “auuu”, “ahhh” and stimulates you, no matter which medium they’re represented with. This shit definitely makes me go “Wow” so there it is – ART!

Anyway this about it for my art introductory post and hope to follow with some more inspirational shits later on. So still tune.
ShitPeace Out!

P.S: Anyone knows where I got that conversation from?
Hint: from a movie.

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