The Mythic Clit...

If you're living for the moment, you tend to forget that the past and the future even exist – you're livingfor the moment; the moment is all there is; life is a haphazard mixture of pain and pleasure; life shouldbe dedicated to furthering your pleasure in this moment; hedonism is the way to go.

This is the state I'm after...

Quoted from a book my pal, Jaron, wrote (or is writing), Zen Motherfuckers. No idea when the real thing would be out but yeah, this bit caught my inner eye. It's a very interesting read about the 'desperate search for the mythic clit' among other things. The way it is written. It emits a relaxed and sombre mood...

The problem with self awareness is that you lose the desire to do anything that's not consistent withwho and what you are. There's a small amount of vision that you get from being even marginally selfaware, and it's ultimately a very easy thing to dismiss an idea for being not you. It's much more difficultto embrace something without knowing if it's you or not.

Really smart words from a book that would be otherwise labelled vulgarly dumb by critiques. I'm no book critique, nor do I know how to judge books. But this, is refreshing. Very refreshing. I have a feeling I'm gonna enjoy this book, bro!

UFC 74

The Temptress

Bloating to the max. Gotta workout way more... Upping cardio and HIIT into my workouts.

Watching UFC 74, 1 fight at a time...

This is like the most action packed episode I've watched. Right now it's Huerta vs Crane. I'm vouching for Huerta. Seen his fights but both of them are in great shape now so I think it's gonna be a tight competition. Huerta seems is in great condition by the way. Pellegrino vs Stevenson rocked before this. I've always supported Joe "Daddy" Stevenson but his performance was so-so in the previous fight. Pellegrino actually brought some action into the Octagon.

UFC 69: Shootout

Spent time watching past UFC fights. Latest one I completed was UFC 69.

Bouts highlights:

Luke Cummo vs Josh Haynes
The freak Cummo was taken for granted in this bout. Haynes just basically spent time trying to test the waters but Cummo did (surprisingly) a good job in countering and managed to put in some really effective punches. It was a little obvious that Haynes was caught off guard by many of the punches and in the end it was Cummo who owned the bout.

Kendall 'Da Spyder' Grove vs Alan Belcher
Kendall owned this match and I have been keeping an eye on this guy. Being from TUF 3, he was a playful guy who doesn't give a damn and would fight anyone. I have a high respect for this dude because despite his appearance, he packs a punch. This is how all fighters should be...

Diego Sanchez vs John Koscheck
Crap talk and a lot of action from Sanchez way before the bout happened. All this and the crowd (including myself) expected a hell ot of action and blood. Sanchez talked about dying in the Octagon if he has to, about how he believes that he is confident that he'll retire undefeated. Fuck that shit. Sanchez, with a record of 19 wins and zero losses, vs Koscheck with a record of 8 wins and 1 submission loss. The bout was boring and the crowd booed throughout the whole match and everyone was dissappointed to see the shit that was presented to them. Cowardice. I can understand why Koscheck was worried to go full out. Apparently, Sanchez falsely tested for Hepatitis C before the bout. If I were Koscheck, I wouldn't wanna risk finding it out with all his blood around the Octagon. Bout ended with Koscheck in control. 30-27. If I were Koscheck, I'd be happy just to shut Sanchez up. The darling thought Koscheck was cute... :D

Georges St-Pierre vs Matt Serra
One of the best fights. Georges St-Pierre pitted against Matt Hughes to win his Welterweight Championship in UFC 65 (I think) and I can see why. St-Pierre has great skills and I can easily put him in my top five best MMA fighters of all times. Matt Serra on the other hand is the challenger and fighting someone who has defeated Matt Hughes can be a big thing. I was vouching for St-Pierre to win but the 'Terra' Serra did a freakin TKO at 3:25 of the FIRST round! Many salutes to Matt Serra for being able to find the right moment to strike. It takes guts and its obvious that the 'Terra' Serra has it. Georges St-Pierre is still a great fighter and the reason he lost was just because of the tiny amount of misdirection.

Overall, I'd rate UFC 69 an 7 out of 10. The reason should be pretty obvious. Not much action... Gonna catch UFC 70 soon.

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Bee busy...

Finally the first beta version of the website I was working on is out. It was not easy working on each of the image pieces but in the end I hope it pays off. More images will be added soon enough and I'll pass the whole project over to Iqbal by next week. So here it goes, the official website of the Student Council of Curtin University Sarawak... All comments would be very much appreciated...

Dead Silence. Got a lot of reviews from a lot of people about it being the best horror movie they've seen. Personally, I have seen much better ones and it didn't impress me at all... I have high expectations of horror movies and I guess it's just kinda hard to find something really scary enough for me to watch. So far, I have YET to find the best horror movie of all times. The ones I've watched and rated good so far either had a superb storyline or fantastic special effects. Thai and Japanese horror movies are surprisingly much better though... Speaking of horror movies, there are many spots in Miri that are known as haunted. Being home alone for a month and Hungry Ghost Festival coming up soon, this is the perfect chance for me to research and post up the location of Miri's haunted spots. I suddenly remembered a visit to the cemetery with the dear a couple of months back... Will be back with pictures soon....

The solo capoeirista...

Got myself two capoeira videos many thanks to Aylwin. The video was in French after the ripping (I had to rip it cos my DVD player on the laptop kinda screwed up) so I didn't understand a thing the guy said in the video. But that wasn't a problem cos the actions and pictures were quite easy to understand. Anyway, before this I practiced only the ginga and some kicks on my own by watching videos from mazedude.com. I have all their videos by the way. It was compiled by Capoeira L.A. and I was really impressed by Amir Solsky (Parafina) in the videos. Was thinking that since I'm gonna be home alone for a month there'll be many things I can learn from the videos... The point being that I can practice capoeira in front of the video with no one around. Checked the first video out and the few parts in the beginning looks awesome. The warmups and stretches were quite impressive. Having some previous trainings in other martial arts disciplines, I have to say that I have never seen such stretches before. They were unique and I specifically designed for capoeiristas. From the DVD cover you can kinda see why. The kicks and leg spreads look really awesome. From what I've seen so far, the unavoidables I'll have to face: hamstring tears, skull cracks, delt fatigue and dislocated joints. I can't wait...

The objective.

Life of a carnie...

Lately been into Carnivale. One of HBO's series. I've watched one episode on HBO a couple years back and it kinda got me hooked then. Found the two season DVD sets and it hooked me on again especially now that I'm actually performing part time. It inspired me in a way as I thought of ideas to spice up my illusion shows. Anyway, Carnivale was sweet. If you expect a lot of action and fast paced thriller you'll be disappointed. Its a movie that kinda explores the arcane and esoteric connection between good and evil. Timeline was in 1934 but they were expecting the coming of the Apocalypse then. To quote a review site:

"...(it) questions identity and vocation, and asserts a cosmological framework no longer in television vogue.You’ll see astonishing sights: a woman vomit coins, a jarred fetus blink, dead men stampede a strip show, and a wheat field shrivel when a lame girl walks. You’ll be barraged by tattoos, Nazis, snakes, dead fish, vanishing trailers, psychic fires, and the explicit beyond. You’ll meet amazing people: a bearded woman, a telekinetic psychic in a coma, a sullen escaped con with mysterious powers, a lizard man, conjoined twins, and a preacher with disturbing visions. It will break your heart, stir your spirit, and engage your curious mind."

Had a talk with my manager about plans to set up a freakshow last year. Plans were kept for Halloween 2006 but due to lack of time and props, we kinda moved it on to this year. Now it seems that it would have to be dragged on to the following year. A combined inspiration of Chaplin, Angel, Houdini, Cirque du Soleil, and Carnivale. I was thinking that if I was involved in this freakshow, it'd be like living Carnivale. Awesome... Anyway, gotta prepare later in the evening for two shows tomorrow. One in the morning and another at noon.

It has been a while too since i worked out. Two weeks to be exact. Now that the new term is starting soon, I think I'd have to reshuffle my life shedule to fit the workouts. Been bingeing on many evilly-fat foods and this has gotta stop. I've sworn off ice cream for now and I think that's a good start. Now I can only have a serving of ice cream per month. Gotta clean up the food intake so I can ultimately reach the goals by December. Studies, on the other hand... another busy term up ahead for me... and I still have no idea if I had passed my Supplementary. The wait is killing me...

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