Maintenance Notice
Logish Paradox will be moving to a new home. Don’t worry if you don’t see this site for 2 days. We’ll be saying goodbye to GoDaddy and saying hello to Lunarpages web hosting.
Sayonara,
Logen L.
09/21/08
09/18/08
More News On The Dragon Village
The Hidden Village of The Dragon is currently located at TA28.
I’m pleased to announce that the Sandaime Phoenixkage, Eugene-san, is dropping by for a 6 month visit. I’m not sure, however, if his grandson is still in our village.
Nonetheless, let us welcome him to the village.
Another piece of news… The Phoenix Village is now our neighbour at TA27. From what I gather, the presiding Phoenixkage is none other than Yondaime Phoenixkage, Zhi Wei-kun. I wish everyone good luck at that. Haha.
The Dragon Village ANBU (Secret Service) will be receiving Eugene-san next month. Please stand by to kidnap him and put him in a hakama for 31st October. There will also be another mission to kidnap Killa-san. Muahahahahaha!
Now, addressing my granddaughter. Ah Tung-chan, have you found the kimono for Halloween? Remember that the colour for the kage’s is black or blue. Find kimonos for Ah Man-chan(blue) and Feng-san(pink) also. By the way, your Popeye’s tissue letter is with me.
Okay, that’s it. I know this is a nonsensical post. Oh well, make do with it. I’ll be creating a blog dedicated to the Dragon Village.
You are free to inform a doctor at IMH for my ‘delusion’.
Logen L.
09/13/08
Notice To The Hidden Village of The Dragon
Konbanwa people of The Hidden Village Of The Dragon!
we have to get the costumes for 31st October. I’m planning a meeting next week to decide and finalise things.
I forbid anyone to avoid my calls, emails or messages. Haha. The ANBU will be watching you…
I’m aware though, that two of our clan heads are travelling to an undisclosed location this Monday. The purpose of their travel is classified information.
They are:
- Horace of the Pirate Clan
- Sylvester of the Shadow Clan
Good luck for your trip to China!
Back on the topic of costumes. All male heads of clan should wear hakamas, except for certain clans.
The founders of the village and kages have costumes as well.
Here is the list of all heads, and kages:
- Logen, Dragon Clan (Sandaime Dragonkage, Founder)
- Xing Dan, Mama Clan (Shodaime Dragonkage, Founder)
- Hong Yi, Tiao Dang Clan (Founder)
- Sylvester, Shadow Clan
- Horace, Pirate Clan
- Xuefeng, Snow Flower Clan
- Kai, Tao Mo Clan (Yondaime Dragonkage)
- Hiu Tung (from Dragon Clan, Nidaime Dragonkage)*
*not the head of clan
Oh yes, the Hidden Village of The Phoenix is free to join us for 31st October.
Here are the list of heads from the Phoenix Village:
- Killa, Phoenix Clan (Nidaime Phoenixkage)
- Eugene, Dragon Clan (Sandaime Phoenixkage)
- Zhi Wei, Phoenix Clan (Yondaime Phoenixkage)
Here is the non-exhautive list of things to discuss:
- What will the female kages be wearing
- What features of the costume will distinguish the founders, kages, heads, and other ninjas (obi jime, face paint, head bands)
- Are we going to implement weapons as part of the look (legal concerns, cost)
- Should we book the alumni for lunch
- Dinner plans
- Rehearsed battles on 31st October
- How to coordinate Horace and Sylvester’s costume
- How to kidnap Hong Yi and force him into a costume on the 31st
Don’t worry about costs. With bulk shipping, I’m hoping that we can keep each costume below S$50.
That should be all for now.
Sincerely,
Founder of The Hidden Village of The Dragon
One of the Legendary Yonnin
Sandaime Dragonkage
Dragon Clan Head,
Logen L.
08/26/08
Laptop Issues
I’m bloody pissed by Acer, their product and their substandard service. Its just one problem after another.
Last week I was forced to contact them for onsite warranty service because my laptop screen had failed. The technician was four hours late and the screen that he brought was spoilt. So, a new appointment was made.
In true Acer tradition, the technician was an hour late. He changed the screen and all was well, or so I thought.
Yes the screen worked. But now, according to my laptop’s error messages and reluctance to open my video files, my internet browser and a whole host of other things, it seems that the video card is spoilt! Damn it! I tried to backup my files, and a prompt comes up, telling me that the laptop has insufficient memory to conduct a file transfer. I tried to transfer the files individually but still the same thing.
What the fucking hell was that man? Does my bloody laptop have Alzeimers or dementia! It must be damn serious if it can’t even do a transfer of 800kb.
I have never dropped my laptop or handled it uncaringly. Yet it failed on me, and many of my classmates who were as foolish as I was to purchase an Acer laptop.
I don’t know what to say. Acer laptops must be bloody cunning. First, the screen doesn’t show. When that problem is sorted, the true horrors begin… The screen is just a diversion.
Acer had better give me a prompt and satisfying service. Or else, I’ll do my best to petition them off Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s list of laptop suppliers…
Logen L.
08/25/08
Labels Are For Soup Cans, Not People
I am utterly perplexed by how people love to judge and label others, based on the little they know. While it is part and parcel of life to make surmises, why do so many take these stereotypes to be absolute, and unchangable.
Let me state my view. Evil is spawned from ignorance. Ignorance in the case of stereotyping people, is the laziness to use one’s brain and effort to know another person for what he/she is worth. And this kind of laziness, reflects very badly on a person’s intelligence.
Can you attest that misunderstandings between two parties occur despite full understanding of each other’s aims? Of course not!
I’m tired of hearing racial stereotypes against Bangladeshi workers and the Malay community. I’m sick of homophobic slurs against gay people. I’m disgusted by how some people can conveniently slap another person with a label.
The worst thing about a label is the prejudice attached. Do we pride ourselves in sowing discord and causing hurts? Has history not revealed the consequences of mild discrimination, which snowballed into genocide.
Everyone should be given some form of respect despite their race, religion and sexual orientation. And the mistakes of some bad apples does not make the rest of the community liable for those mistakes.
I’m confident that my entry about this issue is like pissing in the wind. The piss is bound to be blown back to my face…
So be it. At the very least, my voice will be heard.
Logen L.
08/23/08
Transition from Exams to Holidays
The exams are over. One was bad, while the rest were okay. I’d like to forget them for now.
Here are a gist of my holiday plans/goals:
- Domain Name Investing
- Train for Aikido Grading
- Train for NAPFA (or IPPT)
- Enhance my reflexes
- Plan out the costumes for each person for October 31
- Others…
Anyway, I seem to have mood swings lately. It might be the exams but I doubt it. Sometimes, you know things you don’t want to know.
Nevermind. The hiatus has been lifted. And I’ll be free to meet up with Harris, Mandy, Ais and Bala. 😀
Logen L.
08/12/08
Sad Currency Exchange Rate
My attention was drawn towards the currency exchange module I had on my desktop. For the past few days, the currency rate for United States was rising. While this is good news for the Americans, it is sad news for me.
I deal in online business in US dollars, and this means increased costs in buying. I was hoping to take advantage of the weakening dollar when I was to renew my web hosting. But if The Dollar continues to strengthen, I may have to pay a bit more.
Besides, remember the cosplay plans in my previous entry? We are outsourcing for costumes overseas and the currency used is the US Dollars. Damn!
Hopefully, the exchange rate between Singapore and United States won’t go above 1.5 before October. Otherwise, there will be some repercussions.
Yes! The hiatus is still on. I am studying, okay?
Logen Lanka