gary @ Wednesday, May. 31, 2006 * 10:51 am

definitely batman.

Topics to write for GP essay @ Wednesday, May. 31, 2006 * 8:01 pm

Topics:

1. "Apollo is the best faculty". How far do you agree with this statement?
2. Is the idea of having one bolster in life a realisic one?
3. Batman and Spiderman: Who is better?
4. To what extent do you agree that we should abolish Certainly Sensible Project (CSP)?
5. "Love leads to laughter" and "love leads to pain". Which do you think is more true?

A GP essay - Spiderman and Batman: Who is better? by jinRui @ Wednesday, May. 31, 2006 * 7:04 pm

A streak of red and blue whizzes through the maze of towering skyscrapers like a homing missle closing in on a designated target location. It's the amazing Spiderman again, slinging through the buildings with ease, racing towards the scene of crime. In Gotham City, another hero emerges from the shadows in his black costume and cape. With thunderbolt-like reflexes and agile punches, the robbers lay crumpled on the ground outside the bank. These two people are just one of the extraordinary human who defend their protectorate with ferocity from the relentless schemes of the local villains. Batman and Spiderman both happen to be one of the more outstanding superheroes and the question of who is better is still a widely debated topic which is still being disputed. In recent times, it is noted that many are inclined towards supporting Spiderman. To me however, it is most obvious that Batman is the apparent winner of this contest.

We first have to define the word "better". In this context, it is logical to base "better" on "how well the superhero can carry out his responsibilites", in this case, which is to protect their cities from the villains.

The first thing that comes to mind would be the special powers or abilities which hero posses. Definitely in this aspect, Spiderman would be better than Batman, no doubt about that. Spiderman has superhuman agility, strength and reflexes. He also has his spider-senses which allow him to detect danger and evade the incoming threat. He can climb walls and also jump to great heights. However, although the natural powers of Spiderman is certainly superior to that of Batman's, it is inappropriate to jump to conclusions too hastily. Batman has his Bat Slinger which too allow him to swing around the city buildings, rise to great heights and elude mortal peril. His agility and reflexes are laudable due to his many years of solitary training. His answer to the Spider-sense would be his great sense of perception of danger as can be seen from numerous occasions where he avoids enemies' attacks from behind and countering with a strike of his own. Spiderman emerges in this aspect as slightly better than Batman due to his natural ability but Batman's devices and nutured skills do not cause him to lag too much behind in this aspect.

Batman is clearly better in other aspects, namely, wealth. This affects many other factors that is vital to the superheroes fighting crime. Batman's counter-ego, as we all know, is Bruce Wayne. He owns the Wayne Enterprise and lives in a mansion by the cliffs of Gotham Bay. He is able to build his secret base within the cliffs and under his mansion. His wealth enable him to purchase many devices and being the owner of Wayne Enterprise, he is granted access to latest technology in gadgets and weaponry. Batman has the latest technology in the form of Batmobile, the Batwing which is both equally adept in air and water. Spiderman however, is the average science 'geek', Peter Parker who works as a photographer for the Daily Bugle. He has to work for wages to pay off his bills. He is kept busy with work while Wayne is allowed more time to keep tabs on the villains as he is not hindered by "work". (Technically speaking, he does not have work to do).

Another consideration of how well a hero can carry out his duties is, of course, emotional attachments such as romances and family. Bruce Wayne lost his parents at a very young age, which is also the main reason why he abhors acts of villainy. Parker, on the other hand, has his then-girlfriend and current wife, Mary Jane Watson to worry about and also being bothered by his Aunt May being in danger. Spiderman has more than once been affected in judgement and rational thinking due to Watson or Aunt May being in grave danger (held hostage by villains or used to make threats with). Batman, however, is cool, calm and perceptive. He does not have romances nor family to confound his emotions (other than his butler, Alfred, who is safely tucked within the confines of his high-security base). He has no parents to worry about during fighting, and one may even be daring enough to postulate that he uses the memory of his deceased parents to fuel his fury and vigour during clashes against evil.

Batman's costume is also better than Spiderman's as Batman's is made up of body armour and is of the dark colour of the night. The bat-shape of his cape strikes terror into hearts of criminals. The dark colour of his costume is used to conceal himself under the shroud of darkness and is able to move swiftly through the shadows without detection. Spiderman's costume is bright and is very attention seeking. It is easy to target him during fights. Also, in my opinion, red and blue is a very unattractive colour scheme. The suit Parker dons is also unable to protect him from bodily harm as can be seen from the aftermath of fights with the Scorpion or Green Goblin where tears and rips are spotted on his costume.

Spiderman or Batman? You decide.

gary @ Monday, May. 29, 2006 * 9:35 am

darn. just realised the entry i typed in kinda sucked in tenses and grammar.
June tan will kill me
haha.

anws, thxs for looking jackson. =)

- @ Sunday, May. 28, 2006 * 8:50 am

...
its a sunday nite. another one of those lousy, boring sunday nite.
exactly 12 hrs after expose ended. for those who dunno.. expose is the national tkd competition for all schs.. well, the results wasn't bad. we got second overall:one gold indiv poomsae, a silver indiv poomsae, 1 bronze team poomsae, 1 silver team poomsae and a gold for freestyle destruction. not bad after all. =) haha.

let me tell you a story:

there's many big eaters on island Pore-ga-si. each says tt they are the best eater. but there's no way to decide.. so one day, guy A says,"lets hold a competition to decide who's the best eater." so he organised one competition and sent out invitations to all the other big eaters on the island. so they joined. the competition had 3 categories: 1) how nicely can one eat, 2) how much food can a person protect from the other eaters 3) how much food can he eat. of course everyone expected fairplay. the competition went on. fair enuff. the first year, guy A won. overwhelmingly.. in all 3 cats. fine.. the 2nd year, same thing happened. the 3rd year, need i say. well. certain things really get suspicious overtime.. so on the 4th year, many eaters decide to boycott this comp.. so now there were 5 other competitors left.. as usual.. guy A won overall. thing was, guy A suddenly got greedy. He suddenly charged all the eaters an extra 50 cents for entering the comp. okay, the 5 guys obliged. then, as usual, guy A won first overall. *wow, i wonder why?* haha. thus the prize presentation. the judge presented guy C with a trophy for third. *clap clap* guy B with a trophy for second. *clap clap* and guy A for first. *clap clap*
haha. wait a minute.. there's another trophy on the bench this year.. WOAH.. maybe an honourable mention for a guy who displayed good sportsmanship? everyone wondered. haha. but guy A was not. Y? u'll see. after the first prize was given to guy A. the judge again annouced, "and to the overall winner, Guy A!!"... everyone stuns. "gosh, tts 2 trophies he bought for himself" smone in the crowd muttered. guy A had a very very keen hearing, probably honed from the previous years of catching complainers and "sore losers". he heard tt and grew vv angry. Ohgosh, i wonder wad guy A will do next? perhaps change his way of organising? or maybe just ignore that "sore loser". BUT NOOOOOOO.. u see, guy A had the ego the size of a blue whale.. nono.. 10 blue whales.. oh, wth, just make it 10^10, and tts a conservative estimate. haha. so after the competition, he pulled guy B aside. and threatened him. "i saw u muttering smthing just now. u said tt we bought extra trophies for ourselves right? u are going to get ham-tam. the media has heard it. the ministry of food and beverages knows about it. and I m going to sue u for slander." guy B was stunned. he was appalled and grateful for guy A's... generosity for not beating him up on the spot. Guy B is honoured and fully understands Guy A's "pain" and is happy to be Guy B's scapegoat. yeah..

so there.. tts the story.
disclaimer : "any semblance to any person, COLLEGES, or thing, dead or alive, is purely coincidental and unintentional."

ask me for further description into the incident.

gary

chEezy~ @ Friday, May. 26, 2006 * 3:43 pm

HULLO!!!

IM DISCHARGED ALR!!!!! XDXD

lalalalla..

anw this is basically wad happened larhs. went hospital for checkup on wed den blood test showed that my platelet count was 3k. [normal count is 140k min] SO. doctor was shocked. called for a bed. but no bed in B class so i was put in a C class ward argh. hot la no aircon. and all old folks. but the nurses there are still nice. though not as efficient as those in class B wards. [but that might be cus got more patients to attend to]

basically. i was admitted so that they can give me this IVIG drip [which costs 2000 bucks T.T] which makes my platelet level rise [yea it's 77k now i think]. it was like. 10 odd bottles of 2.5mg each icks. so basically on thurs i was on the idiot drip from 6am to 3pm. zzzzz. and so irritating larhs cus the doc put the plug on my arm joint there..den i cant bend my arm. but how possible is that larhs. so basically i think i bent the needle of the plug. though blood can come out [which means the needle IS in my veins] but apparently the medicine cant go in. so like the thing doesnt drip at all. the nurse had to give me a new plug. which was higher up on my left arm [the same arm] and it hurt like crazy. decided to sleep and not think about it. which worked more or less lalalalala.

i hate plugs argh. hurts. but at least the new one wasnt bleeding. C=

now i have a huge bruise on my right arm cus the doc was trying to put in the plug on my right arm at first but after poking around cant find my vein so he decided to try my left arm. zzzzzz it's green and purple and black. yucks.

anw! cya pple on monday fer bio lect C= i heard u pple watched an interesting video today during bio lect! argh i missed it. though i dun mind missing CT session muahahahahhahaha....

lala~

Rantings of a tired soul @ Monday, May. 22, 2006 * 11.40pm

It doesnt matter if anyone else read tis anyway... its meant to be seen...and laughed at.. scorned at watever.

ive always wondered if i was a jus an extremely lucky individual, born in a society tat values both luck and capability, sometimes more of the former.. For once, i tink its time to pay homage to those tat realli made me such a fortunate person.

11 1/2 years of singaporean school life can do a lot to a young one's minds.... 11 1/2 years of sitting at the top of the hierachy looking down at pple supposedly lousier.... 11 1/2 years of free, valued education... 11 1/2 years of having tis pent-up feelings inside a heart tats hardened and unsympathetic to the ones tat are perhaps less fortunate...

11 1/2 years is an AWFUL long period of time for one to realise.

People say... OMG ur sons a gepper... but he plays com everyday and lives like a slacker... nevermind lar he can do it one leh... wah HCJC now ar? 2 S-papers?? even while slacking??? WAHHHH... i wish my son could be liddat lar..

Lemme enlighten all u smarty-pants in the making housewives and chitty-chatty over-the-meal aunties, uncles, ahpeks, ahmahs... Im not here to offer u any tips on how to be make ur sons or daughters like me, because frankly u wont wan them to be like me if u tink again... COS IM NOT WAT U MADE ME OUT TO BE.. get it? if u don nvm. its jus the start.

im no longer the top student in woodlands, no longer the "NEARLY" heard tat "NEARLY" top scholar for PSLE, no longer the top of a school like i was in CHS sec 1 and 2, no longer the helpful boy tat willingly help ur sons and daughters with their studies cos they cant CARE A S**T abt their own work. So u dun care, and continue to worship me? Well i got more examples. Gone are the days where u say someting and i got an intelligent ans for... No longer will I engage in time-wasting conversations with u chinese chess and taichi enthusiasts abt the meaning of life, because frankly.. WAT IS life as u see it anyway?

Guess wat... ull all be astounded when u hear i happen to be bottom 50 in physics here in HCJC, and jus abt 4 years ago im know-all. Wats more? It might be glad to hear tat im in fact worse off than an average person in HC, and miles below wats expected of a gepper and of me.. Yeah my maths didnt get A, dun say im lieing cos im not, no more ringing on my house bell to invite me to be a maths tuition teacher to ur ungrateful children. Ive got troubles of my own.

yeah... im a gepper... yeah a Fking brainy but useless wortheless piece of S*** that cant control his emotions.
yeah i owned all ur sons and daughters in primary school.... RELAX this ting happens everywhere. someone has to own...and wats more, at P1,2 we were more concerned over whos has a "Girl" Friend, whether someone from the "boy" group cross over the "girl" side of the classroom, then with tis stupid piece of exam paper tat did little to challenge our intellect. I mean duh. anyone can do it with his or her eyes closed...

HAHA.. so u rmbed tat im fallible??? im amazed... 288 for a P2 CA?? yeah i knew right there right then. im normal. it isnt a nice feeling rite disappointment? so u rmbed too tati vowed to work hard and returned with 8 consecutive 300 marks in CAs and SAs to set a new personal record? wow i didnt even know i had tat record. ill always rmb 288. its 3 X 3 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2. LCM anyone?

So i got into gep... BIG DEAL. geps afterall another failed attempt by the singaporean government to gather intellectually gifted pple but emotionally inadequate freaks into an area, and hope tat by feeding our egos (the exams were v tough, but we nvr felt it was our fault we failed.. its the tests) we will become pillars of the next generation... See? the pillars and foundations are crumbling. Wat made me such a cynic? go ask urself or head to the nearest PAP outlet or go to a temple if ur religious.

It was fun, undeniably, fun. At the top of the world on a plasticine model of a globe. In fact, i got 282 for my prelims! a bit lower than expected u say... but im happy... and then PSLE had to be liddat. tat day wasnt the first nor the last i cried...It didnt matter there and then tat i sucked. guess wat i rmb 282 clearly than watever i got for PSLE now anyways..

TO make tings shorter than wat they seem... im thankful tat i made it into CHS and gep. my daily diet of ego pills can continue. HAHA u know wat? perhaps noone told u tis, but i will... I happen to be the first and still the only perfect 9A1 scholar in CHS to have his rights to enter the stage revoked because in the meantime i FREAKING ponned my CCA for a grand total of 9 months. Can any of ur sons/daughters beat tat??? i guess not. Not tat im proud now.... i begin to tink tat tat period of life is UTTERLY DISGUSTING and now im feeling the repurcussions of those 9months of dreamland.

Olevels. 7 points despite prelims getting 9A1s and 1 B3 for playing non-stop. See a pattern? U say tat its normal clever pple always screw the easier national exams... HOW wrong!

So i guess ive finally convinced u all tat im nothing much other than an ordinary retard who jus happens to be lucky enough to be educated in a different way. thx to a few pple.

My mom. U aunties can say all u wan abt my mum being a control freak and wat not... heard tales of 1 assessment book completed a day, soapy water treatment, caning marks concealed beneath clothes?? they are.. mostly true.. BUT... hear it from me, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. no im not sadistic.. but i guess wish my mum had hammered tis idea into my bro as well as she had into me. He woulndt be getting 26 points jus 6 months away from his Os if that had been the case.

NO dun make the wrong impression tat i despise my bro. I LOVE MY BRO. if possible anyting else so tat he can live a better life than im now, so tat he can live up to being a bro of a gepper and not feel inferior. To my dear brother, Im deeply sorry for catching u at the foulest mood possibly tonite, and slapping u on the face for retorting at me. Tat will be the first and last time ill ever hit u. It jus pains me to see tat afterall discovering im a failure, i have to come to a conclusion tat my bro isnt far away from being one too.

My first love, for showing me tat i realli didnt have a first love at all.. For a period, my life had a purpose, to shape someone into the perfect person i would have liked to be, from scratch. Come on... when i first saw u. i was DISGUESTED. u mean ur sec2 and cant spell "sekendry school" i still rmb tat btw. And ur chinese was atrocious. and i nvr realli was interested in learning hokkien from u anyway. Nothing ive seen b4 gave me a warning for wat i would be feeling for the next 2 or 3 years. So thanks to u... ive gained a new level of enlightment to wats love and wats not. Ironically, u arent here and im benefiting in ur absence (someting to write for GP at least). But more spiritually, uve already surpassed the standards ive set for u. Im still and still will be en"trance"d in wat ur represent and your ideals, and u'll always be rmbed as the first girl whom i know made me smile jus at the thought of her. Farewell and may u live in my memory, and remain there =)

So much for nostalgia... Back to reality i guess. So tday i receive my third and arguably the biggest failure. At the peak of arrogance, to be brought down by a measly topic of PnC so utterly, is bad. Nothing else to say to u people who are nice enuff to let me end my tirade. The others have walked away but i dunmind it at all.

i return to 11 1/2 years. People say tat metamorphosis takes 8 years.. im a late bloomer i guess. Haha. now dearest mortal, may i as much as beseech u to embrace me with a tinge of sympathy and care, for im in dire need of it.

1 more ting.. i dun need counselling. feeling much happier now.. even slightly poetic.
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When floods of despair down his poor cheeks are streaming,
When woe fades away in the mist of the heath.
When sands of time past his mind are engulfing,
When love buries itself, only to resurface from beneath.

Minimus @ Sunday, May. 07, 2006 * 12:59 am

I hereby propose a new grading system for block tests and such:

A - atrocious
B - buck up!
C - can
D - distinction
E - exceptional
O - ownage
F - fantastic
G - god-like
H - holyshit
I - impossible

and for those 0.02% special cases, the candidates are awards either:

T - tai ko
U - unsurpassable

chEezy @ Monday, May. 01, 2006 * 10:37 pm

HAPPY LABOUR DAY.

not that we celebrate labour day.

MAYDAY.

okay random. please blog =C