The inevitable ...

My new semester's about to start ~ I just can't help contain my feeling of certain doom approaching... through the course of my life though, I've learnt to side-step it, although it's still an unavoidable feeling which everyone faces at some point.

Sometimes I wonder how soldiers face a battle. The thought of fighting for their country, fighting for what they believe in, fighting for what think think is right. But is this all really worth sacrificing life for... ? It's an inevitable thing as well, but like a line from a movie (forgot which movie...) the ideals of one man.. is it really worth fighting for... ? is it really worth... dying for... ?

Imagine this... you're going into battle for something you know is correct, you're holding a gun rifle in your arms, hundreds of soldiers surrounding you.. it's a hot day, you're sweating, you want to drink water but your battalion has just run out of it because the enemy has just destroyed the last waterhole..

It's scorching hot and there's a huge empty field ahead of you... you know the enemy is just beyond that field. Your commander told you there's thousands of them and only a few hundred of us. He says it'll take a miracle to win this battle... You know it's a losing battle, you know that you face the risk of dying with the rest of your battalion, you know that you'll be leaving everything if you die, your friends, your family, your loved one... and yet... here you are, with a rifle in hand..

At that point, are you one who'll still proceed against your enemies ? or are you one who'll run to consider what you're doing again? think about it....

Some of you might think of this as a plain joke, but think of it this way... why do you think Sun Tzu became so influential in the business world.. ? why do you think war strategies are being used in business deals?

Battles are being fought everywhere around us, whether you know it or not. It's just the matter of perspective and whether you want to accept it. If you look at life this way, every single thing you see or do is a war ~ to fight for what you believe in. So I repeat... the ideals of one man.. is it really worth fighting for... ? is it really worth... dying for... ?

A Japanese treat (Cont'd)

Okay, continuing from my previous posts, these girls represents each of the districts style of fashion. I forgot the order of the districts though...

These Japanese girls really have a way of livening up a crowd ! (maybe it's just the girls :p) They were so lively and jumpy ~ adding to their "kawaii"-ness ~~~

This is a pic of the hip-hop style of Shibuya (I believe). As you can see, they're very trendy and fashionable to their style, which is quite a usual sight in areas like Sungai Wang in comparison with Malaysia.

This is the oh-so-popular Japanese school girl look of the district Harajuku. With even their uniform as an influential fashion statement, I wonder if the Japanese can EVER go out of style... =.=

The next is one of the most popular cosplay fashion... the maid outfit!! Cosplay is widely accepted as a fashion trend in the Akihabara districts, with waitresses dressed as popular anime characters serving thier customers.

And finally, the district which was made world famous more than it currently is by the latest "The Fast and the Furious" sequel, Tokyo Drift, Sinjuku !! These models however are locals which were featured in the TXN Xtreme Nights last year. However, they signify well how the style is like in this happening district. A true night-life dream for anyone whose looking for a good time :p

With all these styles converging within a single city, it's amazing how one style can be so different and distinct from another! With this diversity in taste, it's surprising anyone can ever get bored of the "fashion capital of the East"!!

A Japanese treat ~

Last weekend I went over to Mid Valley to see a Gatsby exhibition featuring their products as well as some exotic stuff from native Japan.

The stuff that were exhibited includes the latest gaming consoles Nintendo Wii and Sony's Playstation 3.

There were two renown stylist that were invited for the event as well. Apparently they're one of the top stylists from Tokyo. There was a line of guys wanting to style their hair by these stylists. It was pretty interesting seeing them stlye the hair though ~ unfortunately I didn't get any pics to show...

There were also three cars displayed from last year's TXN Xtreme Nights event.

There were also a few models together with the cars ~

But the highlight of the show of course, were the Japanese girls which were, according to the event emcee, representing each major district in Tokyo: Akihabara, Sinjuku, Shibuya, and Harajuku. It was the first time I saw actual Japanese girls wearing those maid uniforms... it was... hell of an experience !! To be continued in my next post :p

The things that are remembered most ...

I have always wondered, why is it people always remembers the blunders that we make rather than the success stories of a person ? Take... Bill Gates for example, he's one of the richest person on Earth, but to most pc savvy humans, we know him as the person who unleashed the "blue screen of death".

Another example... take... okay... can't really think of a good one... Britney Spears. Now, the mention of her name, more often you'll be hearing "Okay, who did she divorced/married this time?" or "Another child ???". But she was one of the first few teen singers to ever become an international singer.. !

The point I'm trying to state is that, somehow our mistakes will always cover up the great things or successes we accomplish... why ?? No matter how impossibly good you become, one little mistake, and you'll be known for that mistake for a very long time. In fact, I think there's a relation between how bad the mistake is with how great a person's success story is....

I sometimes feel it's just not fair to those who try so hard only to be labelled for the accident he/ she commited. It's not like they did it on purpose ! Then again... I'm reminded by a phrase I once read stating that a person becomes successful when he /she knows how to turn a mistake into something positive, like motiviation, to try even harder.

I guess that's how Bill Gates became one of the richest despite being dumped from Harvard, or why Britney Spears is still trying to be one of the worst dressed celebrities on the face of this planet....

I walk in a crowd, but I still walk alone . .

I seem to be getting this feeling of distance from the people around me more and more often. It used to be a trivial thing whereby I can just brush it off my shoulders, but it's now bothering me to a very conscious level.

Lately, I've been thinking differently from others around me. It used to be very common that I have the same opinions with others, but nowadays, I feel like my mind's heading a different direction... it's as though I want something different in life.. something more meaningful... something more... "lifeful".

It's always easy to say that you want to do something, but it's always the opposite when it comes to actually doing it. Is it really possible to totally change a person's lifestyle from a total nerd to a party person .. ? is it possible to change from a zero to a hero overnight ? from Clark Kent to Superman instantly ? Or is it just a dream which others conceived to make the masses believe in something which can never be achieved; i.e. false hope.

The real question is.... is what a person do everyday really worth the effort they put in ? Is it what a person really want out of his/ her life ? or is what I'm saying all just pure crap ?

Well, you be the judge of that... as for me, as well as billions others, there are just too many questions left unanswered... and to find the answers is a lifelong journey which everyone have to go through themselves...

A new year, a new start ~

The start of a new year ~ the regrets of not accomplishing new year resolutions made last year ~ the creation of new ones ~ the hope of accomplishing at least one of them within 52 weeks ~ 365 days ~ 8760 hours ~

With the fresh start of a blog, this will be my forte' for the year.

So without further adew ~ welcome 2007 and meet my window to the world.... "Life of a Bored Guy"!!

With the hopes of conveying some personal thoughts and insights, and the occasional crap, I hope for those who know me, to know me better, and those who don't, to know me, and well, generally just to get my thoughts out in the open, to try to open up to the world.

Initially it'll be majority in text as I want to create my own style of writing independant of other bloggers.

So anyways, in conclusion, hope you readers will like what I potray, and as a host to all of you, let me know if there are any thoughts, advise, or improvements I can make to make this your visit a better stay and me a better host! Thank you!!

So as all new things in life, there must always be an introduction. I'll keep this a brief one: My name's Joshua, I'll be 23 this year. I express better in writing rather than in person, however I've never doen much writing before, so this will be my first attempt at it. I'm a lousy sports guy, a decent friend, like japanese animes, and that's about it!

I'll try to log in to update as frequent as possible, so can't expect a "beautiful piece of art" to be posted.. but I'll try as best to make it as interesting as possible ~ In the mean time, sit back, relax, and have a great new year to all!!