Babies fall when they learn to walk. Children fall when they learn to ride a bicycle. Teenagers fall when they get an 'F' grade for a paper. Adults fall when they see their children being sent to a rehab centre. Whether literally or metaphorically, all of us fall down umpteen times in our lives.

Whatever the case though, the 'f' word is used to describe negative actions, low points in our lives. Its effect on different people however, may be for the better or for worse. Some find strength in failing or in meeting obstacles. They work harder, strive to get to their destination and may well succeed. But for some, especially those on their first failure or those already with multiple setbacks, it may well be the fatal shot for them.

Part of the point of a blog is for others to know the blog owner better. Be it the owners' experiences, tastes or opinions. So although not proud of it, I have to confess it's been more of a giving-up effect than booster for me. Why so? I could've had a perfectly invisible life. Mid-low income family, but only child so that there's sufficient cash to go around, no connections with hooligans, mid-ranking student who's got a place in the University and no huge exposure to the public. But as readers of this blog, you should by now know that I lead an alternative lifestyle. Right, so you're different, but that can be an asset, you say. It was more difficult than I ever thought.

Especially when it comes to other people. Being that and a single child, opinions from other people always mattered to me. Be it 'you're short' or 'buck teeth', it shouldn't matter by now, but sometimes it somehow did.
Of course it's even worse when it comes to matters of the heart. I'm hopeless. I fell, and fell. I have slowly become too scary to get involved with, and definitely not proud of that.

How do I pull myself up for good? I want to have a happy life, although in the real world there's no one person who has it all. For all of you who have fell and fallen deeply, I wish we can all eventually find a friend, a love and a place where we can pick ourselves up and brave all the tribulations.

To make the place more wheelchair friendly, the government have come up with ramps in housing estates, ramps in buses, and more lifts. This is all good. But is there a little bit of design failure in some of these wheel-friendly facilities?

I came across this today. This is the newly built access lift from the ground level, to station control, to station platform lifts that are being erected across Singapore's entire MRT system now.

The ramp that leads up to the lift is too long, and the angle is not exactly tiny either. So when you come out from the lift, one has to do a sharp turn, the go all the way down the little slop. All very easy for most of us. But what about those that the facilities were mainly built for?

Going down may be easy as they will have gravity to help them. It's an altogether different story on the way up. If no one pushes the wheelchair-bound up, it's going to be a quite physical workout for them. Moreover, chances are locals are not extremely likely to lend a helping hand to a stranger, even if that stranger has got disabilities.

If you can tell from the picture, the ramp is not exactly very wide either. So if there is a group of people walking up, the disabled may have to wait, or take the other path down (shown on the right of the pic). This 2nd option is however, unavailable to them. Because if you can see, there's a street lamp right in the middle of that path.

So the government's move to make the wheelchair-bound live as easily as their standing counterparts is commendable. In fact, it is great that they make such a considerate move to make public transport accessible to them so that they can blend into the society. However the truth remains that while the move is admirable, the execution in some places needs more thinking.

Oh, and by the way, I always hear that the facilities are for the wheelchair-bound. Why doesnt anyone mention parents with prams? They have a really hard time travelling with the baby too.

(noun)
(a)A self-indulgent, gluttonous, or filthy person.
(b)One that uses too much of something.

I wanted to use a 'C' word and use 'hog' as the definition 'cos it's just too commonly used a word. And I thought this meaning of hog was slang, but apparently it was in dictionary.com.

The temptation to put up pictures of hoggers was present today, but when I spotted them I was alone, so to risk being beaten up by some people, I refrained. Will post some hogger pictures up when I get the chance to snap them down. So as you can tell, I don't like hoggers.

Following is a list of types of hoggers I can think of.
1. Phone hoggers.
Always seen when I'm away on duty. Yes, I know you want to talk to your girlfriend, wife, mother or dog. But it's not like I don't have anyone I want to talk to while away. Let others have a chance!

2. Road hoggers.
Sometimes you find that people who walk slowly and are in a group always like to spread their people out in a fashion that will block the whole freaking way. And when poor me (or you) is walking in the opposite direction, they'll act as if you're invisible and not give way. Idiots.

3. Seat hoggers.
More evident on buses, there are many people (middle aged aunties and uncles especially) who like to sit on the outer aisle seat. That's fine, but they often also like to either put their butt in a position that will not exactly be able to fit another person. Or they'll use their not-even-that-big shopping bags to take up the whole bench.

OK, this post is just yak yak yak without any pictures. Pictures will definitely be out soon. And in the meantime, I still hate hoggers. MUAHAHA.

Hello everyone. So I've practically not posted anything this month, due to serious degeneration of brain cells.

Anyway I had wanted to post something a few days back, but was too lazy to do so. Before that, I'd maybe share my incredibly dumb day.

I waited for a bus for almost 40minutes and it never turned up (blame SBS for this), totally forgot about going to support a friend in the Danceworks competition, got onto a faulty bus, had some kind of a conflict with someone and witnessed my parents throwing tantrums at each other (with my dad slamming the door of the room).

Largely crappy I'd say. So I won't post what I wanted to post for now. Maybe later tonight or tomorrow. But thanks Darren for keeping me company in the afternoon. Or I'll hardly have smiled today.

Another posting soon.

A little questionnaire requested by a friend. Some questions are a little stupid (oops), but it's for you and the rest of you to know a little JR trivia.

Three Names You Go By
Junrong, Shorty, Jurong

Three Screen Names You Have Had
crappy, exige, exige85

Three Things You Like About Yourself
uh huh.. this is easy.. cos i can easily name 300! muahaha..
ok. my eyes (when they're not sleepy), my sense of humour and my name

Three Physical Things You Don't Like About Yourself
-empty-
ah.. for those who know it's a lie, u know me well! :D
height, teeth, ass, hair, thigh, oops. overshot.

Three Things That Scare You
ok, i know all of you just want to hear this.. fine, cockroaches freak me out. 2, no more gadgets in the world. 3, losing my friends

Three of Your Everyday Essentials
im inclined to think along the lines of toothbrush, mobile phone and jokes.

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now
army tee, navy shorts and specs.
yes, no underwear u hum sup king/queen!

Three of Your Favourite Bands or Music Artists
cant i name more? if u insist on 3, Lee Hom (mandopop), Rong Zu Er (cantopop), Mariah Carey (english pop)

Three of Your Favourite Songs
well this is tough.. 1. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
2. David Tao - Fei Ji Chang De 10:30
3. Mariah Carey - Butterfly

Three of Your Favourite Movies
Chicago, Big Fish, Love Actually

Three Things You Want in a Relationship
communication, sensitivity, small bickerings

Two Truths and a Lie
i love cars, i think nose picking is fun, i can run 2.4km in 8mins (figure which is the lie yourself)

Three Physical Things About The Preferred Sex That Appeal to You
hmm.. physically.. eyes, smile and healthy build

Three of Your Favourite Hobbies
for some reason my computer is always on so i guess one of hobbies is to press the power button of my PC. devouring nice food is fun too. as is cycling.

Three Things You Want to do Really Badly Right Now
play the bloody piano, learn salsa, get nice teeth.

Three Careers You've Considered or are Considering
sound dubber for ads and stuff, teacher (childhood thing. many students will die if i go into teaching), product planner or engineer for mobile phone company

Three Places You Want to go to for Vacation
UK (so dying to go), Vietman, Italy

Three Kid Names You Like
this is too difficult. i may not give my children (if any) english names.

Three Things You Want to do Before You Die
stay in Fullerton Hotel, visit Europe, sky-dive (or any 1 thing involving heights)

Three Ways That You're Stereotypically a Boy
smart-ass attitude, easy-going, bloody lazy

Three Ways That You're Stereotypically a Girl
can't stand horrible handwriting, like shoes and bags, cant stop talking

I will have to burst the bubble right now by saying this entry is not even remotely close to something like 'Karma Sutra 101'. Right, just to make sure, in case the hot-blooded men and ladies out there get too excited about this.
By now most people should already know what heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual means, so let's focus on some of the -sexuals that were coined by people instead of words you'll find in Oxford's dictionary. Think you know all about sex?

Transsexual
Actually a proper word, a transsexual is a male of female who wished he or she was born of the opposite gender.

Metrosexual
Coined by Mark Simpson in the 90s. A metrosexual is a man who embraces the aesthetics. He is believes in good taste be it style, food or the arts. This is the urban 'image male'. Wordspy.com defines a metrosexual as a straight man who embraces the homosexual lifestyle. Which also loosely means straight men know nothing at all about style and aesthetics.

Ubersexual
Uber is German for super, but an ubersexual does not mean a man with superhero powers. This term that's barely a year old basically means a metrosexual who displays overtly masculine traits like confidence. I'd say Rob Thomas and Clive Owen make good examples.

Technosexual
The rise and rise of gadgets gave birth to the term in 2004. A technosexual is a man who is both tech savvy and style savvy. To make a slightly exaggerated example, a technosexual can be a man donning an Ermenegildo Zegna suit who carries a Dopod 818 Pro smartphone, Sony Vaio TX17 laptop and iPod nano with Bang & Olufsen earphones.

Pomosexual
The prefix pomo actually stands for post-modern, so as you'd expect this term was coined in the late nineties. What's a pomosexual, you say? He/she is a person who shuns labels such as heterosexual and homosexual that define individuals by their sexual preferences.

Retrosexual
Again coined by Mark Simpson in the noughties who made up metrosexual, a retrosexual is basically an antonym of M-sexual. Girls, use it to describe that boyfriend of yours who simply can't be bothered to spend money or time in his appearance and lifestyle. Save them, and unleash their potential, but don't make them nancy boys.

Pansexual
A person who will have sex with anybody. Basically horny with no sense of taste whatsoever.

That's all I have for sex. And I shall be nice and mention the definitions are courtesy of wordspy.com and urbandictonary.com.