Guide to Hardest Mario Level

(postnote - i've already completed this a long time ago, video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JrEeS6484
yea so stop posting 'teaching' me how to clear it)

woo. ok for those of you who've watched that mario video i posted a few days ago.. you should know that the level is FREAKING HARD.
[go to google video and search 'mario frustration' , it's the first video on the list]

Guess what? i beat it!! yes yes yes :) so happy. now im stuck at stage1-2 .
Anyway im just gonna provide a guide for whoever wants to beat it, just to help people out. (if you have the patience)

WARNING: This game requires ALOT OF PATIENCE because i guarantee you you'll keep dying.

Ok first, get the game here:
http://www.terranwolf.com/main/random_stuff/Mario_Forever.php
Download the rom (click on the 'download it here' ) and also the emulator (Jnes) they provide. Then just extract both somewhere, and drag and drop the rom into the emulator. If you need help on installation ask me.


Ok ill do this guide in phases.. each phase is a continuous sequence which allows no rest (cannot stop). So you have to learn the entire phase and clear it at one shot.
i recommend you to save after each phase (f5) so you can load (F6) from that point after you die. (I divided the phases according to the recommended save points)


The keys are S for start (just use it at the start of the game) F for jump, D for run, and arrow keys. So to do a running jump it'll be holding on to D and run and F.
If you don even understand this, forget about playing mario, the whole game is about running jumps.
In general, do not release Run when doing running jumps.

(im more detailed in the first few phases, and after that i assume you get better)


PHASE 1 - In the hole!



1) Ok when the game starts, hold on to jump and forward (right arrow).
2) The moment your head touches the ceiling brick, release Jump but still hold on to forward.
3) Now hold on to Run as you're on your way down.
4) The moment you land on the brick, press and hold Jump (can release when you're sure of landing on the next brick)
5) The moment you land, press and hold Jump again.
(you may or may not have to release jump slightly as you're approaching the squid depending on your takeoff point. Sometimes you hold on to jump too long and you totally jump over the squid)
6) The moment you bounce off the squid, hold jump and forward too.
You should not let go of Run the entire time. And obviously hold on to forward too.
This should send you in the hole!



PHASE 2 - 1st Invisible Block and the Fire Stick


For those of you who have watched the video, you should be all-familiar with this first invisible block. it isn't that hard to clear, you just need a feel of when to jump
Basically all you have to do is a running jump, holding on to Run, Jump and forward at takeoff point until you land on the next part
You may have to press back (left arrow) the moment you land as sometimes you'll slide
The hardest part of this phase is probably WHEN exactly to jump. I've drawn a red arrow to indicate the ideal take-off spot in the picture above. (The gap between the last and 2nd last block)

Any earlier and you wont reach the other end, any later you'll hit the invisible block. Yea, it's tough initially, but as you practise more you'll get the hang of it.
(obviously you have to time your jump according to the firestick as well, but that's basic stuff i won't mention much)


PHASE 3 - The 2 Potted Plants


This part is easy, shouldn't take you too long to clear. You can take the mushroom, doesnt matter.
(time your jump to avoid the plant when it comes out of course)
Two ways you can do this - the slow safe way or the quicker-but-requiring-more-skill way.

Slow way:
1) Do a running jump, but dont overdo it (dont hold Jump for too long)
2) The moment you land on the platform like thing, keep pressing jump as it will drop and drag you down. You should be on the bottom pipe now.
3) Do a running jump up to the higher pipe.
Similarly, dont over-hold Jump, AND you may have to press back (left arrow) to prevent sliding off.

Quicker way:
1) Do a running jump and the moment you land on the smaller plant just jump again(hold jump) to the next potted plant. You should have to press back (left arrow) to prevent sliding off)

Hit the invisible block just in front of the taller pipe before saving.
(edge out step by step without falling off the pipe and press jump)


PHASE 4 - The Trampoline


I previously had alot of difficulty doing this and always just aimed to die so i can spawn at the new spawn point (covered in next part) , but after some practice i got the hang of it.

1) Do a running jump from the left edge of the tall pipe, (dont overhold jump) so you land on the (previously invisible) block just in front of you, and without letting go of Run, press and hold jump again (holding forward too duh)
2) This should bring you to the edge or if you're lucky, to the middle of the trampoline. Release Jump the moment you touch the trampoline
3) When the trampoline compresses, PRESS AND HOLD JUMP AND FORWARD. This should send you air-borne and land on the next platform with the Goomba (mushroommonster) which you squash.

If you can't do this, just try to hit the trampoline and land in the gap in front so you'll spawn at the new spawn point.

PHASE 5 - The New Spawn Point


If you landed on the platform after the trampoline and killed the goomba, just save and continue from there.(skip to next section below) This part is just in case you fail to do that, or you accidentally override your save later when you die.

1) Hold jump and back. Dont overdo it or you'll slide off the block. Rest on the block and take a breather :p
2) Jump backwards (hold jump) (you may want to do a slight Run but i find sometimes ill just run off the damn block ) and then press forward quickly when you reach the peak of your jump. This will bring you back to the block and
3) THE MOMENT YOU LAND press and HOLD jump. This should bring you over to the next platform with the goomba. kill it.


PHASE 6 - Two Fire Sticks Zomg!



This part is easier than it looks.
Firstly, if you are a big mario (taken mushroom), You can just running jump up to the firestick. It'll hit you and you become small mario, but this also means invincibility for a short period of time (3 seconds? ) So just hold jump over that wall and ull land safely for your next phase.
However, if you are small mario, it's slightly tricker

1) Do a running jump up when the first firestick is away (dont overdo your running jump or you'll just jump into the stick) and HOLD RUN and run into that small crevice (gap)
(may have misspelt)
2) When the 1st firestick goes away, come out so you're ready to jump over that wall.
3) This part is tricky - the position of the 2nd firestick seems to vary all the time.
If it's on the way up, you're lucky, just quickly jump (hold) and run down to safety.
If it's on the way down, coming from the right side, you have to wait about 1-1.5seconds for it to clear the wall before jumping.
It's all about timing, very hard to explain here. Just practise and you'll get it :) you can save at the crevice if you have difficulties with the 2nd firestick.


Phase 7 - The Moving Platform




Ok this is in my opinion the hardest freaking part of the entire game. Once you clear this, the rest of it is just practise to get your fingers to perform a fixed set of tasks within a time limit since you have to chase the stupid moving platform.

There is virtually no rest from here to the end of the game, so i recommend you save the game somewhere later (quickly press F5 the moment you reach that part) so it's easier.

Ok, now on how to clear this stupid wall. That platform which you jump to will move the moment you land on it.


The idea is to clear the 2nd wall by landing on it, and jump again to hit the trampoline and to the flying turtle and back to the moving platform (according to the video)
Then there's that irritating piece of crap of an invisible block (i hit it in the screenshot so you can see it) which prevents you from making a jump easily onto the wall.

Some of you may try to tunnel through the wall initially, but this wont work, as the firestick covers the entire moving platform so you HAVE to jump onto the wall. (*exception below)
(ill explain how to tunnel through later as you'll need it)

I don't know how the guy in the video does it, i think he releases Run or something when he lands (as he doesnt slide when he lands) but ill describe my method.

1) From about the 3rd last block (around where i am in the 1st screenshot in this phase), do a running jump to the moving platform
YOU CANNOT HOLD ON TO JUMP as you'll hit the ceiling or hit the first wall. If you hit either things, you have failed, there's no way you can clear the 2nd wall.
But you cannot TAP jump (just press and release staight away) either, you wont even reach the moving platform.

The ideal is to press and hold Jump for 0.1-0.5 seconds (yes i know this is ridiculous but you have to!) (along with Run and forward duh)
What should happen is that you do a small jump, without hitting the 1st wall nor the ceiling, and land on the moving platform straightaway.

Now if you think that was tough, this next part is tough too.

2) YOU HAVE TO PRESS JUMP AND FORWARD IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU LAND ON THE MOVING PLATFORM.
This is a must, if you land and run for a SPLIT SECOND or 1millimetre on the moving platform, you're sure to hit the invisible block. You HAVE to press jump straightaway to successfully land on the 2nd wall.

* a slight problem arises at this part. If you watched the video, you'll know that the firestick is 'in the correct position half the time and half the time it's not'. This is very true, sometimes the firestick is swinging towards you as you land on the moving platform. If this occurs, you cannot load from the previous phase, you have to die and then play from the 2nd spawn point and reach this phase again. Hopefully this time round the firestick is in the correct position (swinging away)
In addition, sometimes the firestick is in a particular position where you can just tunnel straight through without it hitting you. (search youtube for the speed run of this, they all do that)

3) The moment you land on the 2nd wall, i guarantee you u'll be so happy that you'll be busy cheering in glee and panic and die to the firestick. So just reload and try again. :p
When you land on the 2nd wall again, take a small step back and do a running jump. You'll land on the trampoline, and hold jump and forward
(you need to do this quickly otherwise you'll not catch the moving platform. Also sometimes you wont land on the trampoline, just directly onto the moving platform. That's ok)

4) If you're somehow luckier than i am, youll reach the top gap and you can jump on the flying tortoise twice like the guy in the video then catch the platform. However, i've never been able to do that no matter how many times i try, so i just tunnel through that wall just infront of the flying tortoise.

HOW TO TUNNEL?
Just press left right left right as you touch the wall. Shouldnt be that hard.


Phase 8 - It's all the way now.



Ok there is actually NO rest at all, but i highly recommend you save the game the moment you tunnel through that wall. STRAIGHTAWAY OK. The screenshot i gave was slightly too late, you should save it when the moving platform is still under the flying tortoise (ideally, slightly later is ok but definitely not when the platform is under the gap as in my screenshot, that's too late)
If you dont save, you have to repeat that stupid tough part of Phase 7 every time, .. so.. yea.

1) The moment you load, (which should be around the gap) press left and back. Dont hold Run! If you do you'll just hit the invisible block above you and drop down and die.
2) When you land quickly run backwards (yes Run now) and jump over that miniwall and run and jump to catch the moving platform


(i died cos i was busy pressing Print Screen)
This next small section is pretty complicated, i usually skip it by tunneling the wall you see in the screenshot.

The ideal is when you running jump and you land on the platform, hold Run and jump again (Dont overhold jump). You'll land on the short wall in front of the [?].
Remember there is an invisible block right above you. You can choose to hit it or not, but hitting it wastes precious milliseconds. So i'd choose to edge slightly to the left, then hold run and jump right, which will bring me above the [?] and i can catch the moving platform.

(The [?] is a mushroom, dont take it or you'll be too big and hit the ceiling when you jump for the platform)

ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF WINNING FROM HERE:
Take the mushroom, and break the ceiling. Jump onto the ceiling and run straight all the way, you'll end up at the flagpole.
This is stupid and pointless and not challenging so.. :p



Ah, the last tough part of the game.

If i'm not wrong, because of the bricks above the pipe, the plant does nothing (you can land on it and not die) You just have to avoid the Bullet Bill coming at you. It is pretty random, sometimes bullet bill comes from the top sometimes in the middle (same as the previous part)



This is very tricky-

What you have to do here is hit the invisible block on the left of the [?] next to the pipe,
(you have to stand at the front of moving platform so that you hit it at the earliest time possible, otherwise you'll be late and land and get stuck and get pushed out by the pipe.)
then quickly jump on the [?], then small jump (dont hold jump or you'll hit the top invisible block and waste precious milliseconds) up to the (previously invisible) block and jump onto the pipe
Running jump to catch the moving platform.

There are other possible variations, but you must be fast enough to catch the moving platform.

Once you catch the moving platform... you are just one step away from victory!
Hop onto that staircase like thing.


this is the last part of the level. For a clearer picture:


You just have to touch the flagpole to win! (the higher up you touch, the higher your points, but who cares)

This is extremely easy considering what you've been through. If you still need a guide on how to clear it:
Start from the edge of the 4th block (see above screenshot). Do a running jump to land on the top block, and jump and hold jump again the moment you land on the top block (dont slide off)

You should reach the flag easily. Yay!! You have beaten the hardest level of mario!!

yup i got 400 points for the flagpole. cos bullet bill paid me a visit in midjump, the bounce off him sent me slightly higher. :)

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I am currently on stage 1-2, stuck at this seemingly impassable part


That stupid brick wall covers the entire screen so i have no idea how to get past it. I've tried run jump at every single brick hoping one of them can be tunnelled through.. but i cant! argh!

If i ever clear stage 1-2, ill write a guide for it too :p

Hope you enjoyed this post! If you have any questions or comments, just click on the 'Comments' button below to post them. Thank you and have a nice day playing Mario! =D

[post note] if you refer to the newer blog entries, you'll see that i've completed the game =)

LAN PARTY

There are 3 things in the world that bond guys together:
1) games
2) sports
3) NS

I wouldnt know much about the last one, but it seems pretty true. Just put any group of guys who have completed NS (or are still in NS) together, and they'll talk for endless hours about their NS experiences.

Sports are definitely good bonding times, most of my friends made in secondary school (i think all?) were because of basketball.. during recess always go play then make alot of friends.

AND GAMES. yes yes yes. LAN outings are the best.

today after math paper (which had an unlucky question 13. 10 marks and i had no clue how to do, same as alot of people), a whole bunch of us SA people went to go play LAN at CityHall :) There's a nice LAN shop there at peninsula plaza called IRC, can play in school uniform! haha. $2 an hour quite good rate.

Played pudge wars (i got off to a slow start, 0-5, then ended with about 50++ kills, top :p ) , CS (top frag at awpmap woot still have DA SKILL ), dota (2 easy wins, think team imba) , standard game WC3 (imba teams) ,
AND HALFLIFE
WHICH IS A FREAKING TIRING GAME.
Basically exactly like CS but when you die you just click and you spawn again and you go around trying to kill everyone else. So there's no rest!! walao damn tiring halfway my both arms almost cramp had to stretch abit.

ah so fun so fun. played about 5 hours shackshack. hee.

ok la, no school for like 10 days woot woot. laxing time.

foe toes

photos


Roar. Tomorrow is one hell of a day, Chemistry and Physics paper 3 -_- zzz. The thought of it makes me wanna just.. jdq8903rjasdmoiscm.

i always suffer from the loss-of-study-mood syndrome when exam starts. dunno why also . grr. yea did very little today, just read through notes and stuff when i could have done much more i think.

oh well. time for some random photos since my bluetooth is working for once.


christabel's sunglasses. was waiting for her so i got bored. =X




The mp4 player I was talking about in my previous post




tahdah.
The buttons are damn hard to press (the right and left) . maximum volume is '31'. ?!? why such an odd number. (lol unintentional pun ) (if you didnt get it nvm) Quite soft unless i play with the earphone jack. :S

AND . the worse thing of all - The cable of the earphones is too short for me to put the mp4 player in my pocket and connect the earphones to my ears. i have to walk with a hunchbacked if i want it to be of correct length. STUPID!

oh well, thanks serene anyway.





SO CUTE!!!!!

me and chris were studying at hougang mall (went all the way there for the ban mian then found out the foodcourt relocated downstairs and it was.. PACKED. like totally full no space. zz. had to go KFC)
Then this family came and sat next to us.. only separated by this short glass partition. Then the baby SUPER cute. she stared at us so we started playing with her.. she's super super cute!
I sneakily took a pic of her, lucky the mother never see later she angry. haha. so cute!



ah..
She was quite fascinated by the silver pole that connected the glass partitions.
:)

She was quite distracting, yes. lucky they left. haha.





Something at home which i thought was rather amusing. One of the posters on the wall was tilted one morning when i entered the dining room



on closer inspection...


Oh, the judo guy slammed the other fella too hard already.

:p :p haha.




ah shoot i look weird. and chris looks weird too. and i told her alot of times her hair not nice lidat already. ha. must have fringeee



camwhoree



bye

engrish ftw

wheeee i have a new mp4 player =) thanks to serene who gave it to me for FREE! yay like an early birthday present. haha. (i saw some of you squirm! cos u dunno when my bday is! wahaha. nvm im not one of those thickskinned ppl who advertise their bday like nothing lidat and put msn nicks like '5 days to my birthday' and stuff. ill let u find out urself if u're even interested in the first place :/ ahh) (no it's not in 5 days)


Howeverrr there's a catch. it's some louya jap brand. haa. so it's like.. quite lousy. very not user-friendly, but it'll suffice! i just wanna play music. (in case you dont know, mp4 player can play videos and music)

anyway, the instruction manual is SUPER FUNNY. it's like originally jap i think, and it was translated to english.. the translations are DAMN BAD. hahahha.

here're some excerpts for you to laugh at -

Ok firstly the word 'elucidation' appears REALLY often like all over the place. so im like.. ?? cos it didnt make much sense:
"The function elucidation of the POWER key-
"1.5.1.1 Elucidation: The standard ... ... "
After checking the dictionary i realised it was just a bad translation for EXPLANATION.

"Activate the position manifestation for blue carry bottom on blue's back"
???

"The screen is divided into the top and bottom two part, in principle LRC in of a line of to should one part namely 14 Chinese characters, if a line of 14 Chinese characterses with precious sight more lyrics within LRC, please at this time to put another part manifestation, each the part adoption average metod calculate synchronous time label" (i didn't make any typos)
???

"While entering each time, all enter to broadcast the mode, need the insaturation to prepare to save the broadcasting station at present, and broadcast, while entering the first time, current of hte broadcasting station orders for the minimum frequency"
? This is the introductory paragraph of the section 'Broadcasting station of FM' . no idea what the heck it means

"Short press Rec key to enter the interface
Grow to press REC key to enter recording appearance of FM
Grow to press MENU, enter the submenu of FM
Grow to press play to shutdown"
this phrase 'Grow to' appears throughout the booklet.. i have a feeling it means to press and hold. lol.


"General customers of the MP3 will be perplex by 'the data divulge a secret', dont wish to let own 'personal data' see by the other people, can delete these 'privacy's first only while being the friend to use the MP3, resulting to the very big trouble thus"
i have absolutely no idea what the heck this is about, something about running two different set of programmes i think.


and what i think is the best mis-translation of all:
"Use auto manhunt function . . . ."

This had me thinking for several seconds.. and i realise it meant 'auto SEARCH' function.


It was a really bad idea reading this screwed up manual the night before my GP exam =X hahaha. gg pwned.

DAMN FUNNY VIDEO

ok this is the funniest shit ive ever watched in.. ages. maybe only the indian thriller could .. come close to it.

WARNING
erm, got alot of vulgarities though. got alot of 'f---' word so. yup. haha. but it's damn funny. if your parents are home turn the volume down, if you're a sensitive person dont watch it.

hmm actually i shouldnt be posting this on my blog cos so many young ppl read. hmmmmm. aiya heck. it's too funny to not post.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=

hahaha the invisible boxes totally pwned.

ok if the video fails to load just go here:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6204903272262158881&hl=en

p..s.. ok maybe it wasnt that funny but it made me laugh like hell cos .. i dunno. just damn funny to me. hahaha .

p.p.s - i downloaded the game to try... it's freaking hard. i cant even clear the first jump.. no idea how the guy managed to do a big jump to reach the 2nd block

hannibal lector ftw

it's pretty amusing how J2 attendance is dwindling as prelims draw nearer, because many people are skipping school (or classes) to study, as they deem time spent in school at this point of time unproductive, since syllabus is completed already and teachers are just doing revision. and some teachers are terrible.
i shared this view as i stayed at home today, mugged the whole day . well, almost.

Anyway, last night i read finish the book 'The Silence of the Lambs', the 2nd book of the series of the cannibalistic killer Hannibal Lector. After finishing it, i totally understood why this book was an international bestseller and outshadowed its prequel and sequel. (Red Dragon and Hannibal, respectively)

Unlike the other two books, which were pretty draggy and took some time to get into the story and had some really draggy points, this one jumps straight into it - the main character gets assigned to talk to Hannibal straight away, and Hannibal's cool, witty, highly intelligent character shines through naturally.
Super good book!! Hannibal is really damn smart. but quite violent also. The book is damn exciting la. Really like watching a movie or something.. the climaxes i have to read it about 3-4 times because i'll be left in shock after reading through the first time.. like ZOMG did that just happen!?!

So if you're looking for a good thriller to read, check out The Silence of the Lambs. I'm sure the local library near you will have a copy =) it's a classic.

anyway, some random stuff:




sorry for the grainy picture, my HP camera sucks. This is an SBS bus, one of the newer models i guess. can you loook at the green cushiony thing on the left side of the picture.. It's basically a vertical hard cushion. Can someone tell me what on earth that is for?? How does that aid the handicap?
Is it just a crash cushion which i always use it for? (e.g. the bus stops and throws everyone slightly forward abit, ill just let myself fly forward and bang into it)


and.. a super funny looking ad i saw in a magazine:


and below it were the words:
"It's hard to find your litter box if you can't smell it"
advertising some fragrance thing to eliminate the smelliness of litter boxes i guess.

hahaha. i love the cat picture :p

a trueblue gamer

i dunno how many of you know but i play this online MMOG Utopia. http://games.swirve.com/utopia

i advertised it before on my old blog i think. go check it out it's fun. if you like strategy games. haha.

So one of my Kingdom mates (think of him as my ally) posted in the forums this which i thought was quite.. amusing.

Well the context is we were discussing our Kingdom's activity in the previous war, and how some was unsatisfactory. Here's a series of exchanges between two people:
(so this guy is explaining himself.. like why maybe not as super active as the super active people)

Sneaky Mephablo:
May 14th, YR7 I have 3 kids, one is a newborn. I work 24/7.

Mighty Hunger:
May 15th, YR7 My buddy quit utopia because he has ONE kid, I'm surprised you still play :P

Sneaky Mephablo:
June 6th, YR7
Here's my thinking. I was gaming before they were born, why should I change for them? What have they ever done for me besides smear crap all over the walls, wake me up in the middle of the night, and break my balls? NOTHING! Except make me feel special. :P But that's not the point.
And he quit because of a single kid? Amateur.

~~~

lol gg pwned.

smells

i hate people with bad breath.

well ok i dont hate them just because they have bad breath, but i hate the fact that they have bad breath and they're NEAR me.

yknow after you eat, if you dont wash your mouth, you have bad breath!! YES. It helps a bit if you drink something, but sometimes even if you drink some soft drink or some non-water drink, it doesnt clear the bad breath totally.
So those who dont drink when they eat.. NOW YOU KNOW. YOUR BREATH STINKS.

It's damn irritating to sit next to people with bad breath. Ive been unlucky enough to have one of my classmates who is like that. doesnt drink after he eat, hence breath damn 1#%#$^ smelly. Then when he does stuff like yawn, lean over and ask something.. ZOMG IM GAGGING HELP SAVE ME.

i'm still looking around for a good effective breath mint so that everytime i meet one of these idiots ill just offer them the sweet. (subtle right :P ) mentos extrastrong rocks, but finishes fast. If i buy the small version which comes in a box.. actually can eh.
The small square box 'Impact' doesnt work that well.
Listerine is damn effective, the film strip thing. i love that one. but it's quite ex one small tiny weeny pack is 2 bucks!?!
Fisherman's friend is not bad but ex too.
hmm i think mentos is a good idea. but the box hard to transport eh.


Another thing - why do most girls have a distinct smell? It's like.. if you blindfold me i can probably distinguish a guy from a girl. Well not 100% success, cos i can't guarantee all girls have some smell i dont go smelling people.

yknow when someone walks past you, you'll get hit by a gust of wind? That wind also carries that person's body scent. Then when i walk past a girl, that gust always carries this fragrant nice smell of GIRL. And this smell seems to become more fragrant proportional to how pretty the girl is. HAHA.
im serious!! next time you walk past a pretty girl take a whiff after she passes (when the gust of wind hits you)
(walk past guy no smell. well, only sometimes have, when they stink of sweat or something)

And apart from the 'GIRL' smell, some girls have their own unique smell. Like if Girl A is near can smell that girl. This unique smell doesnt apply for all, i think only those that i spend alot of time around then i get familiar with it. but it's quite distinct like.. you cant miss it.

WHY WHYWHY. do girls get implanted with some scent chip when they're born? Is there some secret underground ring that sells fragrance cubes which girls eat one a day?


Lastly - totally unrelated to this post - i'm working on a secret project -> and i need volunteers. If you're a sporting person who doesnt mind embarassing himself/herself, please contact me. =)

malaysian (chinese) rap

heh, quite a funny video. check it out.


[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyiBvJtJ5Z4]

a metaphorical story (3)

'Here, have a sugar grain!'
"Oh thanks, how sweet of you!"
Ant A accepted the sugar grain from Ant B and happily sucked on it. It was the sweetest sugar grain he had ever ate.

Ant B walked away, her large torso swinging in the wind.

'She's swaying her torso!' Ant A thought. 'Is she sending signals?'
He felt his feelers turning red, and he quickly went back to sucking the sugar grain. He looked at it again - it was slightly bigger than his head, bigger than a normal sugar grain. He realised that it was polished a little - done to improve its taste.
'Wow, she put in so much effort to get me this nice sugar grain. Why is she so nice to me?'

Ant A sat on the dust mite on the floor. It wriggled a little so he gave it a small bite to stun it. It ceased motion and the Ant A settled comfortably on it. He started to ponder.
'Should i bite Ant B? But what if she detaches and shoots poison at me?'
He was very hesitant about it, as Ant B was in the Ma Leiyer Ant species, while he himself was the species of the Shing Pores Ants. Cross breeding was difficult, due to land barriers and genetic differences.

(In case you don't know, ants express their emotions by biting. They are able to vary the intensity of their bite - a light gentle bite is an affectionate one, they can also bite poisonously which is the one that makes us itch. They also have a stunning bite which is used to stun dust mites for them to sit down on)

So one day he mustered enough courage and approached Ant B's hole to find her. He brought along a chip of candy - about 8 times his weight - a fairly significant amount. (ants can carry up to 10 times their weight) Her hole was a long walk - Ant A had to cross a checkpoint to reach the Ma Leiyer's ant territory. But his determination to win her heart led him to press on.

As he was approaching the hole, he saw another Ant, a very good looking one, talking to Ant B. His feelers were nice and long, and he looked bigger than Ant A. He appeared to be an Ma Leiyer species too. Ant B's torso was shaking, seemingly a sign of flirtation.

Ant A started to feel hot.

Ant C (the good looking one) used his feelers to nudge her feelers. Then.. out of the blue.. he leant over and gave her a nice soft bite. Ant B didn't flinch, and even bit back.

Ant A dropped his chip of candy.

He turned and walked away, feelers drooping.

-the end-

[er, dont trust any of the 'facts' i gave in this story, the only true one is the ant can lift 10 times its weight one]

juggle

heh was bored so took some videos of me juggling.

first video is kinda long and .. boring. it's just me juggling up to about 300 counts then i missed :(
(my personal best is 620 ha)




this next one is my attempt at abit of reverse juggling.. you notice normal juggling(first 8 seconds or so) i toss the ball up from inside? reverse juggling is when i toss from outside.. it's considerably harder cos the arc of the ball is quite weird and hard to avoid clashing. im still practising!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoTcbxPu1pQ]

14 days to prelims

wa so irritating . the j1 student council in my school put up this notice in the cafe.. big big one.

"14 DAYS TO PRELIMS"

!!
go and die can. i hate countdowns i think they're damn pointless and just add to the anxiety and stress.


talking about dying, some of you may know that my class home room has a fish tank =) ha just a little project me and my friends (well more of my frens, i dunno anything one i just.. look at the fish) brought a fish tank to put in class and bought some fish to put inside.
then.. slowly and inevitable, one by one the fish started to die. the first was the most gruesome, we went on good friday holiday then when we come back 80% of the fish gone, we highly suspect one of the smaller ratfish ate them up! cos there was no sign of carcasses at all.
We had to replenish with new bigger fish.

Then recently another fish died.. and it was the first one that floated up to the surface. the rest either just get stuck under the plant after they die or.. just crumble into bits. lol.
here are some photos




DEAD FISH

haha.

i got more pictures actually but i think ill wait awhile before uploading, im blogging so often! haha k bye.

who let the dogs out (a dream)

woo, basketball today was much more satisfying. played very well at the start, thanks to wenming's new ball which was light and nice (though other ppl din like, like gabs who keep complaining about the weight of the ball and he cant feel the weight rolling off his fingers when he shoot blabla)
shot like alot in and played very well. favourite basket was one which i boxed out Ivin after a gab's miss shot and i put in the rebound with him right behind :)

Then as i got more and more tired.. started playing more lousily and making lousy qies. damn i have to qie faster i keep getting stuck when i qie. like ppl close up then the ball stuck there also then cannot go past. must cut to the side! faster! roar.

Anyway, last night i had a super super clear dream. and in my dream after the incident happened i was even blogging about it that's why it seemed even more real cos that's exactly what i'd do. then when i woke up with a start (suddenly) and i was thinking whether what happened was real or not.

The dream was like my mom's best friend called my house when she was out. then supposedly say got this very nice outfit which my mom sure like. and she sent over to my house and i had to pay money in advance. then say what 'im ur mom's best friend, sure can trust me' blabla so ask me to just pay. Then say i can ask my mom to verify that she is trustworthy.

Then i think i didn't really believe and it was at night.. then i went out of my room then suddenly saw 2 strangers in my house with 2 dogs. i quickly chased them and the 2 of them escaped but i trapped the dogs and they were stuck in the house. In the dream the dogs seemed like humans or sth. like behave like humans.

Then i found out that my phone was bugged, and the person used a voice scrambler or sth to sound like my mom's best friend. so it was a scam la. and distract me while they try to burglarize my house and get my money.

So i spent a long time trying to tie the dogs down and keep them .. secure so they cannot run away. in the end i trapped them in my bathroom. it was a Siberian Husky (did i spell it right?) and a orangey color dog which looked like a fox. Then they damn smart.. like the husky fake dying or something then i opened the door abit to take a peek then it squeezed out and zhao! then i had to decide whether to chase the Husky or keep my eye on the fox-dog which i believe was supposed to escape with the husky's diversion.

I think i managed to trap them in the end, and i called the police. I duno why also, i think cos .. it seemed like the dogs were humans so they were burglars also. yknow dreams! they are like.. so weird. My conversation with the policeman on the phone was sth like that:

Me: "Hello police? can u come over now, 2 ppl tried to burglarize my house but i apprehended (after the dream i recall using the word 'apprehended' and being very proud during the dream of using this chimmer word instead of 'caught') them
Police: "oh ok can u describe the scenario clearer?"
Me: (i was frustrated that he didnt ask for my address, faster come ma!) er they broke in and i got them trapped. but thhey may attack me or escape or something.
Police: "hmm ok. so what are these burglars like?"
Me: eh look can i give you my address first so you can send men over quickly so in case i get killed or attacked or something you can still catch them.

can't remember how the conversation ended, but i very clearly recall saying the last line.

so i returned to guarding the 2 burglars (yes i know they're supposed to be dogs but.. somehow they morph into burglars maybe? cos i rem i had to watch them in case they were trying to escape)
and soon the police came and took them away. he said something about giving me a medal.

Then i was blogging about it and thinking about what to write when.. -boom-. my eyes opened wide and i was awake and back in the real world. haha.

It was quite exciting k! i think i cannot remember bits of it now.. and dunno why the dogs became burglars. but i clearly remember they were a Huskey and a orangey fox-dog.

ha ok hope u enjoyed my dream cya.

ah.

star light, star bright
first star i see tonight
wish i may and wish i might
have the wish i wish tonight

heard of this childhood poem? was jus randomly thinking about it. whenever im walking home at night and i see a star ill sing this .. kinda a tongue twister esp on the last line. may have got it wrong though, 2nd wish may be 'made'.

played soccer at st wilfreds earlier in the afternoon, wasnt very satsifying cos never score anything. oh well, exercise.

my blog so few ppl tag nowadays :( very sad like blogging to a wall lidat. oh well thanks for the occasional tag whoever makes the occasional tag. :p

got some pics to upload but.. bluetooth not working atm will try another time.

no mood to blogg. 2 weeks more to prelims, i dont know if im prepared. this time for prelims im using a different revision tactic.. instead of revising all the various chapters in the weeks leading up to exam and the last week chiong revision papers, im just.. doing revision papers and whatever chapter i damn blur i refer notes.
hope this works!


so sad about bestie. wish she wouldnt isolate herself from church ppl like that :(

the art of misdirection

i swear this guy is the MASTER at misdirection. excellent routine, quite entertaining to watch. check it out!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJidnWFpLI]

nub cake.

gahhh. so tired cos of bball today. but played like shit !!!!

Probably 50% of my passes were turned over (the other team get) , and i made alot of super wild layups/shots then i wont usually make. and footing everything all off and dunno how to qie properly.

But a main reason why many of my passes didnt go through was because NOBODY WAS RUNNING! walao eh. i will give the person eye contact then the person stares back at me. i look into the open space right in front of him for a sec, then back at the ring to distract the marker. then i pass into the open space... AND THE PERSON STILL STANDS WHERE I WAS LOOKING AT HIM INITIALLY.
so frustrating can! then it looked like i was just throwing alot of balls aimlessly into empty space. grr.
When i played in school last last week during learning fest was so fun la, everyone had passing lanes and passing was easy. It's not even like.. continuous running or what, just burst forward when a pass is viable!

also i missed a ton of landi shots (under the basket), but im gonna blame that on the church's low ring :p also i never play for over a week with the last time being in school with the higher ring (which i had to adapt to too).

overall played lousy , no feel man. :(

anyway, i thought of 2 awesome puns today.
was talking to my school fren who's in soccer,and i said: "I'm not that good la.. just tt the ppl who played tt day weren't that good. then when meet real players like you then kena tackled so easily, like no kick."
GET IT?

and another one i thought of while talking to joe, slightly crude but im gonna post it anyway:
'Eh you no balls la, dont dare go for rebound'
GET IT?!? cos if u too scared then wont go and jump for rebound. then if u dont jump for rebound you dont get any ball! AHHAHAHAH.

im so proud of myself. :p

a poem

Untitled

The autumn air is chilly
Bits of frost line the browning leaves
A gust of wind
The leaves on the ground rustle
My window pane shakes

I press my face against the cold glass
My warm breath leaves a patch of vapour
My eyes sweep the empty lawn
I feel the eager thump in my chest
And then you appear

Gracefully, magnificently, effortlessly
You stroll towards my front yard
Your moving figure pierces the still air
Leaves crunch under your delicate steps

A falling leaf hits the ground
Your poignant gaze averts heavenward
Your crystal, blue eyes shimmered in the dull air

You wait another second
as if to survey the surroundings
Another gust of wind shakes the trees
In the warmth of my home
I still shiver
More leaves rain from the sky

There is a majestic aura about you
My princess, how glorious you are!
You stand stock-still, soaking in the sun
Your bronze hair reflects the golden rays

A hint of a smile creeps across your face
I subconsciously smile too
Your head turns toward mine
Our eyes lock
A warm glow sweeps over me

You scurried over quickly
My outstretched arms beckons
My hands rest on your soft, warm skin
A tingle of affection ripples through my body

I scoop your feline body into my arms
You purr in sweet response
I scratch your neck, stroke your head
You nose scrunges up; your eyes close with pleasure
I turn and walk back into the comfort of the house
Let's go get you some food.
~-- by alan teo 2007 (C)


nice nice nice?? this idea struck me when i was walking to school in the morning.. i just had to pen it down. i showed it to pamela who was next to me and there was.. unsatisfactory response but NEVERMIND I STILL LIKE IT.
i can't think of a satisfactory title for it.. i dont want to put 'cat' because that'll give away the ending.

I need a title!

coin matrix

wow i just saw a nice variation of a trick i thought i already knew

this is the original trick: (sorry kinda draggy, the guy trying to match the music i guess)



if you really wanna know how to do this trick, can ask me or click here
I never practise it because i know i wont want to perform it - it more or less requires a soft surface so that the coins dont 'clink' too much, and most of the time tabletops and surfaces you perform on are hard.. so.. yup.

and the neat variation (just 30 seconds! watch!)

he is really good.. another variation:


i keep giggling at his accent though :p hahahhahaa. it's quite funny. =X

ok one last one, was watching and HAD to include this. totally stumped me on the deck colour change. need to learn that man! seen it coupl eof times already


ZANK YOU SO MUCH! hahahhaa