Return of the ggnoobsglhf

Aight, I finally settled down to write another post after these past few turbulent weeks of studying.

I know, you've been craving for another post and did not find your need satisfied.

Two weeks ago...

Find the odd one out...

Is it Isaac Newton because he's one of the greatest minds in history? NO

Is it Buzz Killington because he's the only cartoon? NO

Is it Elton John because of his sexual differences that I, by the way, totally respect? NO

Is it Sean Connery because he's so freaking awesome and hot? NO, Newton is freaking awesome as well, and hot in this picture.

The odd one out is Minwoo, because he's NOT a Knight of England.

It all started when Arush called Madison, Sir Blake. Why? Well, obviously, he's a visible minority being white at Waterloo. And whites are obviously English. And Englishmen are obviously Knights (No idea for the Blake part). Then myself, having a white name, have been called a Sir as well.

Sinful like any other human being, Minwoo was taken over by envy. That title appealed to him so strongly, such class, being part of the nobility, what else can one want more?

...And something happened but I forgot because it was two weeks ago...

Arush and Minwoo ended up betting on if the Queen would ever knight somone called Minwoo, with a World Cup ticket on the line.

Obviously, research was done, and some conclusions were made. The most important one: A Knight's title can be passed on.

The solution he came up with was simple. Minwoo would to be adopted by a Sir, threaten him to change his will into passing on the title to to-be-Sir Minwoo, and finally assassinate the poor man.

Another solution was found, much more elegant, kinda like a nice math proof. It goes as follows. Adopt a knight, name him Minwoo. Q.E.D.

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Now remember the slapbet I made with Fred?

Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqT7oyOwwdM

Gotta love how he looked so confident before the slap.

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Anyways, I'm heading off to Ottawa on the 30th, starting as a Jr. Economist. Sounds pretty cool. David Ma, Economist. Architect you say? No, that's not as cool as economist.

I'll keep you updated. The next 4 months of posts will be grouped under the name of "Adventures in Ottawa with David Ma", rhyme like a mime, chill like a dill.

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X-am P-riod

Myeah, I haven't posted in a while...

It's exam period, and nothing interesting really happens. A typical day consists of:

-Waking up at noon

-Eat lunch

-Read a bit on the financials

-Listen to talks on www.ted.com

-Load/open study material on computer

-Do some more useless stuff

-Start studying, except that it's not "One hour study, ten minutes break, repeat"... it's the other way around

-Eat supper

-Continue the studying pattern

-Eat the 3rd meal of the day, the after-supper

-Chat with girls (cuz I'm cool)

-(NSFW)

-Go to sleep at 2-3 am

I'm sure many of you somewhat identify yourselves in this schedule. Some of you may have even a crazier schedule.

I invite you to post a sample daily schedule in the comments.

The ad revenue has been pretty cold these days. People forget to click them.

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Swing it

Back when Montreal was called home, I joined a small casual swing dance group at my Cegep during my last year there. Like most people, before I joined, I had absolutely no idea what Swing was. To me, by the sound of it, it was some kind of country dance, or some variant of square dancing. But during some club day, they showed some videos of performances, and it seemed pretty nice to me. After learning that some of my friends were already in the club, I decided to give it a shot, even though dancing to me was like math to some people.

During that year, needless to say, I had a lot of fun. Biweekly sessions, small performances at various school events (even a talent show o.O), and new people, these great memories wouldn't have existed without an open mind.

Now, these past few days, I've been a bit nostalgic.

The following videos are a good example of how I see Lindy Hop (I guess the most popular subgenre):

Alain Wong was our teacher for free. Cool guy, though sometimes late for class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl9lC9Dt3RE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reO-4LQh0Rg

Very nice performance. Kevin and Carla, a duo I enjoyed best so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uBwm3FjdP0

Another video which really pushes Lindy Hop to acrobatics. I like it less because it's not as... swingy... unless what you swing is your partner. Nonetheless very impressive. (I kinda think it is being a bit fast forwarded... it looks way too fast, even for a fast dance.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myJj0mNNe1Y

Anybody wants to try it out Fall 09 style?

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Grass-Mud Horse

Ok today is April Fool's day, but the following is not a joke.

My roommate Yang told me about this, and wanted credits so here it is.

It seems that this has been going around Chinese forums for a while now. This unknown animal reached fame within a few weeks: The Grass-Mud Horse

This weird animal probably reached millions of Chinese Internet users because of its catchy name, pronounced in Mandarin. Cao Ne Ma

I'll let it speak for itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKx1aenJK08

But let's look beyond this funny name.

The alpaca became a symbol for the revolution against information censorship. It is interesting how they chose to name the animal (it didn't need to be the alpaca.. it could have been almost anything, as long as it wasn't common, and it looked like a horse of some sort...). Every single word is extremely benign. Grass. Mud. Horse. Thus making filtering difficult for the authorities.

Anyways, who am I to talk about serious stuff.

Check out the alpaca page on wikipedia:

"""

Hygiene

To help alpacas control their internal parasites they have a communal dung pile, where they do not graze. Generally, males have much tidier, and fewer dung piles than females who tend to stand in a line and all go at once. One female approaches the dung pile and begins to urinate and/or defecate, and the rest of the herd often follows.

Because of their preference for using a dung pile, some alpacas have been successfully house-trained.

"""

Well.. it seems like girls going to the bathroom in groups, especially in restaurants, is an instinctive animal behavior.

Interesting.

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