Emperor (蠢)

So many things went by without me feeling the need to update the blog. Well, actually I did feel like updating the blog after I watched Permanent Fish's concert that I watched with Jonny and the rest of the semi-otaku bunch.

The only regret that I got was maybe the regret of not being able to take a picture with them using Bobo's SLR, it would had been a great memory, and a great 30 bucks well spent, but I was content. Their songs were great, considering its acapella.

If there is one thing I regret ever doing, it was actually to spend brainless money on brainless things. This was actually a spending that I thought would prove brainless. It was all for the experience, there was nothing left behind, just the fond memories.

There is going to be another brainless spending again soon. Which includes the EVA2.0 screening which I and Jon and CM have been waiting for for about 2 months now. They kept pushing it back, but with a good reason this time.

They wanted to show the movie not as a picture house movie, which means desolate, a little far, kind. It's going to go mainstream. I bet the reviews are going to be low as heck. It's not exactly a very big and well known title in the normal world.

But it is revered as a legendary show in the otaku world. Which brings me to say this once again: What the fuck is so wrong with the people in this world? What is so unacceptable about the otaku culture anyway?

Sure, the popular guys and girls are amazing with their speeches. They can make friends after exchanging about two lines of question and answer with each other. But don't you think it's silly? To make friends so easily without knowing what their interests are first?

How would you know that this friend won't get you into trouble? How would you keep up with this friend if they don't have any similarities in terms of hobby or pastimes? What are the topics that are so broadly interesting that can keep your friendship going?

Don't normal humans ever think about things like these before making friends? Unless it's bound by a special condition, that I can understand, like working under the same company, or being in the same form class.

These are understandable things that can lead to friendship. But think about things like "Oh we eat in the same cafetaria, and you look lonely, so I came here to chat you up" kind of things are just stupid isn't it?

Then it hit upon me, the reason why ordinary humans are considered as ordinary, and what are casted outside that, are either the people who seriously can't get along with anyone else, or otakus. Or people who belong to both categories.

I've seen examples, and especially in my Japanese class, about the normal people who aren't otakus but can't seem to get along with each other. These people, I usually try to talk to them when I have to, I mean, I'm just friendly, not trying to expand my territory or something.

Then it hit me. The dreaded feeling that I get when I talk to people like them. I felt like I had nothing in common, and therefore don't talk up to them. Especially when they don't look exactly like a normal person. Some look okay, but most are hideous.

This feeling of, "Hey, I'm way above this person in terms of abilities and looks, so why should I even talk to them when they don't give me the respect I was entitled to?" applies for both sides. They don't want to talk to me, I don't want to either.

They are in their own clouds, they feel that they are isolated and have a limited amount of friends not because they are way superior in terms of abilities and physical capabilities. It hit me that we are actually different sides of the same coin.

I shall try to fix this arrogant attitude from now on, everyone will deserve a chance to interact. But interactivity is a two-sided thing. If I don't start, and you don't continue, then there is really no point in making friends, is there?

And stop it with your sexual discrimination. I know I'm a guy, but all you outcast girls of Jap class don't need to start alienating the only 3 guys in the class, right? Sure you have your own cliques here and there, and I may sound loud and conceited most of the time.

In fact, I am, and I'm proud that I am loud and conceited. It's who I am, it's what makes Ricky such a Ricky. If I don't keep this up, maybe this facade of being a friendship kleptomaniac get washed away, then, what am I left with at that time?

What will be left of this average looking, game-loving, anime-watching, manga-reading, loud, obnoxious, lazy, semi-outgoing kid?

Kids (供)

Kids these days, they make me laugh too much. Looking back at the random pubs that I've been playing with, there are so many retarded and kids with, in my suspicion, in deep need of medical brain treatment.

Let's look back at the little cases that I've seen:

Case #1, Retarded Zephyr.

First of all, while picking heroes, I already declared that I will top because I'm gonna forest. I wasn't very good with tempest yet aside from key meteor void, which is a really deadly yet basic combo. So I must forest instead of laning.

The Zephyr started flaming me for wanting to forest, because apparently "she" wants to forest with Zephyr and will do a lot a lot a lot of damage at late game, amazing isn't it? So yeah we got into a scuffle, and obviously I died plenty.

Not very used to playing the game, hell, it was only my 9th game I think? And JD was laughing his ass off most of the time. Ken was, well, quiet, as per usual, and sniping me with weird remarks here and there, I know he does.

Then I got 20 assists, and 4 kills 4 deaths, and she continued to say that I'm horrible and should jump off a building for playing so horribly, I really can't stand it but to laugh at the feeble attempts she is making to break my heart.

I just played on, what else can I do? Heh, I mean, literally, I just played on, of course we won that game. I can't stand kids, neither can I stand retards, and this is the ultimate proof of a retarded kid with the command of English, even mis-spelling cute into cut.

Case #2, Retarded Night Hound

I can't really remember about the others aside from Wei Leong playing a fool and making us lose almost all engages with his epic alt-tabbing skills. So I'll say about someone who is obviously goofing off this morning.

Right after I asked Jonny to sleep, I encountered this dashing young pro, saying that he's using his friend's account, and his real account is 1900+, I was immediately impressed, usually people with 1900+ don't even bother to play noob games, unless your name is kenkenken`.

Then I said I'm gonna forest with Tempest, as per usual, and he immediately started scolding me. "Tempest are you going to continue being a bitch or are you gonna come help me kill something!?"

I immediately snapped back at him, because it's just common for Tempest to forest, as I said before, it's actually a very good tactic, because the lane hero gets solo exp, and so does Tempest himself, in fact, Tempest in forest can level faster than in a solo lane.

Then he continued scolding me about me being a bitch and unsupportive. By this time, two of our team members disconnected already, and leaving us to 3v5. I asked if we can concede once time is up, and the host agreed, it's not fun to play a 3v5 game anyway.

But before I dced and we all left the game, I had a chance to scold Night Hound once more, He stood around doing nothing during our engage, which proves how much of a stupid bitch he is, and I just sniped.

"Gosh Night Hound you're useless."

He shut his mike for the rest of the game. I guess that was about the only phrase that really got into him, that he is really a nooblet, and I was the obvious better player. I'm not trying to be proud, I don't usually say I'm a good player.

Just that if a Tempest can farm faster than a Night Hound, there is obviously something wrong. His creep stats was close to 0 during laning, and he is a serious, serious noob. 1900+ player my ass, he probably never played a serious match before.

Case #3: Retarded Madman

Thank god he is on the other team, seriously speaking, thank god I ended up with the bunch that is able to play. We couldn't catch him, well duh, he has Stalk, rendering him invisible for 7 seconds and moving at 522 speed, think Neurebian Weaver's Shukuchi.

"Can't catch me" he said, challenging us. The next time he came out he met with a Meteor Elemental Void combo. Too bad I died, stupid scout and Hammerstorm. So painful when combo together.

I thought he shut up finally, after playing like a total retard the whole game, including dying to my elements and making me have a double kill at 5 minutes and with me walking away farming, he came with the best retort he can find at end game.

"Stupid noobs cant even kill me."

I immediately laughed like a madman, really, no, literally, like a madman. I just laughed and laughed and laughed all I can, so I sniped back at him after I'm done laughing. "Err, says your 8 deaths huh".

I guess that really shut him up. He didn't quit yet though, I quitted the game before he did, for the sole reason they conceded. I don't think I'm a good player, seriously, but all these pubs I've been playing with, especially on my team, leads me to believe otherwise.

I am one damned good Tempest player.

"I've got enough respite to keep on trying." -Starsailor

Fooly (蠢)

I guess I have been watching too much epic stories these days, and if it weren't for GAINAX, I probably would still think them normal shows are epic shows, and anything else more epic is just unthinkable, thank you GAINAX.

Amongst the newest few animes I watched, I would like to highlight from the ones I like the least, yet is somewhat the most popular and heard-of in the world of anime otakus of today. Not mentioning the less well known kind like the ones I really like, is just a sin.

I start of with Hanaukyo Maid Tai, not exactly very popular, and it's very understandable why. A blatant, relentless needle injection story where it forces you to literally sleep at every possible interval, mediocre drawing, and fan service to boot.

No substance, is what I would say, but I was going to reserve that for K-ON! Which is the second in my list. If Hanaukyo gets 4, K-ON! gets a very strict 5. Yes it has its points for its moe blobbiness and its very cute drawing, but once again, i repeat.

NO SUBSTANCE. Yes sure they tried a more direct appeal to the masses, by putting together moe and music, something that can't go wrong. Of course it didn't go wrong, there are believers all over the world, but that's what pisses me off.

For something this pointless and only fan-servicey, they get people worshipping to it like gods? What happened to worshipping good stuff like Evangelion? Where did the sane otakus go? No wonder the site of mecha has been facing problems with budget.

Not because they are not funded enough, but because it won't sell as well as blatant fan service given at every episode of cute little girls running around the place trying to look cute and succeeding in doing so.

Once again, I ask, what point does this anime have again? To teach children that playing in a band rocks? I think the Westerners have that idea in their mind well enough. To make people happy by showing cute girls? Yes.

I think that's about the only reason the world can ever give to such an anime. Just because it's cute, everyone should worship it. Look at what happened to Haruhi, now tell me, did any of the shows you TRULY liked get as popular as her?

Then take a look at the truly good shows that I recently watched. Namely GunBuster and FLCL. Call me a GAINAX freak, but I truly believed that this is the true meaning of watching an anime. Where unreal things become so real you believe in it.

Let's compare FLCL and K-ON! Both have absolutely no meaning in their story, both have absolutely good drawings and animation, both have legendary amounts of time spent in designing the scenes alone.

Why do I like FLCL more than K-ON! ? Because of it's depth. You don't go around saying you watched FLCL, you go around saying you UNDERSTOOD FLCL, why? Because there is so much to be uncovered other than the face value.

For those that only like watching shows for it's face value, yes, you can enjoy this show as well, because it is enjoyable enough as it is at face value. Just watching the show, because its a show. If that is enough to make you happy, so be it, no one's stopping you.

But you're probably the kind that calls K-ON a legendary anime. Because you only take things as what they are, and what they should be. Look at how FLCL is drawn, look at how it's designed, and how many things zip by the screen at any one time.

The camera angles, the voices, the sound effects. Don't they somehow remind you that it's not meant to be taken at face value? Haruka's really dull voice, Mamimi's really bored voice, the only one that's normal is probably Naota himself.

How about the guitar? The iron? The hands that come out of Naota's forehead? Did anyone notice that aside from Canti-sama, every other mecha looks or somewhat resembles a hand? Why are they fighting in the first place if Canti is just like them?

I came up with a few conclusions, and aside from the fact that I'm totally burnt out watching Umineko all the time, I guess I still use some brain power to deduce what truly goes on, behind the scenes of FLCL.

First of all, the show is about emotions, whenever a certain emotion of a human being goes overboard, a trigger will go off in their heads, in other words, too much of the same emotion can never lead to good things.

Second of all, the hands that can destroy the world by ironing it flat. What is the link in that? It just goes to show that the human mind is enough to destroy worlds, aka. the human mind is, actually, a powerful thing.

Third, Canti? Canti represents the sane mental state that Naota has, and is there to fight back against the part of his human brain that has overloaded and is bent on flattening the world. Also, Canti is the true feelings of Naota, everything he wants to be, actually.

Fourth, The Iron, The Iron represents the evils of the world, there is always evil in every world, it is just up to the people's minds whether they want to use that evil to destroy the peaceful world that they are living in or not.

Fifth, Mamimi, Mamimi acts like the more human side of Naota. Serves as a mirror to him, something that he should not be. I can imagine Naota being tortured by himself in the mind so much that he acts like Mamimi, self-depreciating, self-agonizing, pathetic.

Mamimi also shows another side to a human life. The kind that longs for things that are gone. Also, even though she have been playing with Naota enough to make Naota fall in love with her, all she ever thinks about is Naota's brother, who is gone.

Even though she has something, she always pursues for those that she doesn't have, this thirst for things that one doesn't have, is very commonplace in a human being. Never treasuring those around them, but long for something that's gone, or that can't be obtained.

Sixth, Haruko. Haruko acts as everything that is out of the ordinary in life. She acts as the clear thin difference between what's normal and what's not. And it's clear that Naota's affection to her is simply due to the term "curiosity". And thus the cat she represents.

Because Naota does not like to be confined within the boundary of "normal", and he hates ordinary things that happen around him, actually, therefore he unconsciously falls in love with Haruko, not because she's pretty, but because of her unique-ness.

I think it's more common in an Otaku to like a girl who is not common, because common girls are just boring and plain. They like common stuff like flowers and chocolate, they like sweets and movies, they hate bugs and homework. That's what I would consider normal.

Those girls that break the trend. Are those that likes Kamen Rider, collects bugs with boys, dreams of adventures instead of romance, listens to Rock instead of Techno-pop. That's the kind of girl Haruko is. Worst of all, she's older.

What can get better than Haruko? Seriously? She is every girl's bane, due to her uniqueness and showyness, every other girl in this world looks plain compared to her. That may or may not be a good thing for guys, but all I know is that uncommon girls rock.

With a guitar that can act as a saw.

Recap (理)

I guess there comes a period of time in everyone's life, where you are so busy and preoccupied doing absolutely nothing of interest or nothing that is even productive. So preoccupied doing things that is asked of you to do.

Let's recap a little from what happened the last time I posted, which is exactly one month ago. I was still a little worried about DSAG exam, it came and went by quite nicely, with me totally forgetting what are the Big-O notations, which carried 4 marks, luckily.

The results came during the day when I worked for Creatif Venture. I didn't get access until I reached home though, the school bandwidth was probably used up by all the retarded peoples of the school anyway, them showoffs.

I got pretty good results, had an upturn from the previous semester where I was pretty much too distracted to study properly. Can't say I did my best though, even though my GADS got a Z. Meh, that's 18 hours of work without sleep for you.

Okay, pretty good results is a lie, it was very good, way above what I expected. I mean, come on, 1 Z, 2 A, 2 B+, 1B? I think that's impressive for playing games every other night and losing my Hard Disk to retarded IMI students which led me to redoing my GRDV.

Surprisingly, my 4 days worth of GRDV got me an A. I can't say I deserve it though, I think Samy's one was much better, he got a Z though. I was pretty motivated to continue working on my game to make it better, but I guess I lost all drive after passing it up.

That was the start of my holidays, started with a bang where my Mum came and totally rolled my life over once again, scolding me for things that I didn't really do, or didn't really MEAN to do. Then going off after she moved me into the new room.

Aunty Crystal's sister, Aunty Coco, is going to move in SOMETIME, with her 13 year old noisy as fuck daughter. So I need to move into a smaller room, I don't really mind, but with the amount of things I have, it's pretty harsh.

The room is small, a little cramped, and destroys all hope of anyone else coming to stay over. I managed to fit all my stuff into this little room though, but the gap underneath my bed is gone, filled with stuff.

After moving into my new room, it was a moment of peace and job-finding. At first Lau asked me to find a Job Agent, for temporary full time workers. I tried finding the agent but apparently they moved their office, didn't bother anymore.

Then I tried finding a job in Iluma, applied and asked at four places, and they all said that they do not take student pass holders (aka. foreign students, not PR). Worst of all, everytime I ask for something, Boris comes over and thinks I'm talking to an old friend and starts getting chummy.

The only job I can find is probably the day jobs Aunty Crystal gives me now and then. which earn me a meager sum here and there. Aside from me, Jonny got hired as a cashier in Mushroom.

So yeah, I guess it's another day of Job Hunting again for me, or dedicating the day to yet another day to improving my Tempest farming skills.

Revision (自)

Hmm, not a revision for my upcoming DSAG exam which I am totally almost freaking out about because I don't know what Big O notations are, but a little look at my past, nah, not going crazy or emo due to stress, in fact, ever since GRDV, I haven't felt any.

I found an old foolscap pad of mine, still intact with notes that I took down during my JC1 and Sec4 days. I was reminded of how much of a lazy bum I was, no wonder nobody liked me. I mean, doodling during note-taking? I don't even think of doing that now.

But I guess it's due to the lack of interest in the subjects, I was never a humanities person, why I even chose Arts instead of Science is still a wonder to me. Looking back at things that I used to do, I can't help but to wonder: "How different can my life be?".

Okay, imagine I got into a Science stream during JC1, with classmates with the same interest, willing to help each other in studies, not that I'm condemning 1A09, I was just too lazy and uncaring about my studies to ask you guys to study with me.

I get into a science stream, started learning about programming, get some better grades than my SUCESS, and get into a University by now. Probably learning more about computer science rather than about Software Development.

What will my likes and dislikes be? Would I have liked Touhou as much as I do now? Will I ever be able to embrace the truth of the Evangelion as well as I did now? Will everything else seem slow paced and tardy ever since watching Baccano?

Will I ever have the thought of countless parallel Earths like Bokurano? Will I ever have such a vivid and crazy imagination and fetishes about mechas with teeth that bite each other, bleeds, or angels that plays holy hymns and relives all your bad memories, all at the same time?

What kind of person will I be if I were to take a different path before? Would I have worked harder than what I'm doing right now? I can't really say that I'm working totally hard like I used to in 1st Semester, but I'm doing what I can, am I not?

But what if I were to be able to continue working at Semester 1's pace? In a University? Would I have been a successful IT person? How about my hobbies, would it be to roam the IT Fair with a trusty pencilboard and making notes of price changes?

How would I react if I ever saw the people whom I know today? Imagine if I were to find Zuyi and Bobo and Wei Leong working at the Lenovo booth, would I look at them with the same hatred I show to the general population of teenagers?

Would I have gotten along with them? A University student in the IT industry, and 3 students from Temasek Polytechnic's Games and Entertainment Technologies course? How about the people who don't work in the IT Fair? Like Lau?

Or Jonny? Or Chong Meng? Or Renqi? Or Arthur? Or Ma Hui? Or Terence? Or Colin? Or Sky? Or Maya? Or Boss? Or Jem? Or Shi Ming? Or Siew? Or Makio? Or Ros? Or Jurene? Or Samy? Or Damien? Or Yong Yi? Or Mason? Or Wee Kiat? Or Wee Yen? Or Cheng Teng? or Wai Leong?

Would I have known these people by chance and by luck? Would I have gotten into a fight with Mason or Yong Yi for being opposite ends of a pole? Would I have been a camera geek and have gotten to know Chong Meng, Cheng Teng and Boss?

Would I have went to Downtown East and found Lau Lau playing DDR? Zuyi and Renqi playing Taiko and Wei Leong playing Tatsunoko? Would Jonny ever have been influenced to becoming a pure Otaku and being proud of it? Or will he never experience the pleasure in 2D?

Will Jonny become a real Western Influenced person since he's not an Otaku? So what will he become if he never met me? Would there be a different Jonny in an alternate timeline where he is a total Assassin's Creed maniac and goes around slashing people's throats?

Will Jonny ever crave for a woman that is not 3D? I think this point is important, since I was the one who influenced him to understand the beauty in 2D art and in stupidity of humans and teenagers.

Will Wei Leong have less bruises on his chest since I'm not there to whack it every single time he cracks a really lame joke? Will Bobo end up quitting GET because I was not there to push him slightly here and there to continue his studies?

Will Maya ever stop sucking since I'm not there? Will Lau ever stop watching animes and become a total Drama crazy person since I'm not there to give him some animes for him to watch? Will Chong Meng ever have anymore animes to watch?

What kind of situation will the world be if I were to take a different path before? What kind of changes? What kind of future holds in me? What kind of surroundings will I live in, have I taken a different route than what I am taking now?

There is just too much possibilities of the future, but I sure do hope the one I'm taking right now is the best route for my future. If I were to ever change anything in my past, it would be to never get born in this stupid, tiresome, and retarded era. Throw me somewhere else please.

Like maybe the 1500s England. Hmm petticoats...

Abyss (満)

The only comment that I can say to this wonderful game that had just taken 60 hours of my life, and will continue to take hours off my life due to its high replay value, is that it's ending, is, fucking, disappointing.

Why is it disappointing, one asks, the story was nice, and it ended nicely in a full circle, everything that needs to be said is said, everything that needs to be done is done, nothing's left to do, nothing's left for the imagination of fans.

Exactly my point. That is the epitome of a cliched, normal, boring and expected ending that everyone likes and loves in drama serials. Hell, even drama serials can pull off better endings than this. Sure you can end it as a happily ever after, but...

At least give the viewers some clues as to what is happening! I didn't expect time to travel so fast in the game, after the credits roll it was Luke's coming of age ceremony, which means almost one year has passed?

I can't remember for nuts as to how long has it been from the final battle to Luke's upcoming birthday you know? At least show some inkling of how much time has passed before the final scene unfolds, so yeah who cares if it's cheesy, I'm okay with it, just make it clear!

I can see the distinct difference in Guy and Natalia's clothes, and it could be that they went back, rested for a day and continued waiting for Luke at the plains where they can see Hod, and I was guessing that it should be Tataroo Valley.

All I can do is be disappointed at it. The story unfolded nicely, the plot, the little twists here and there, the humane emotional struggles, the fleeting feelings for each characters towards each other, the fighting, the last boss.

Up til the last, and final scene, I loved the game. And only the last, and final scene, did I feel disappointed, did I feel despaired. They concentrated on making the gameplay so much that they cannot do the last scene properly?

There was so much more that could have been done, there was so much more that could have been included, there was so much more that could have been said, there was so much more that could have been implemented, there was too much.

Look at the difference of the endings of the other two Tales games that I have played and completed. Destiny was really epic, with Dymlos and the other Swordians dying, to complete the life mission that was bestowed onto them.

Then it started, the final scene, Rutee visiting Stahn at his village, and thus began their life without them Swordians, that is the kind of ending, and the kind of final scene that I would like, and I would love, to see.

Take a look at Eternia's ending scene, Shizel reverting back to her motherly self, protecting Meredy when the Dark Matter blew up, and Meredy, in Shizel's last moments, felt the most maternal love that she could ever get for 12 years in her life.

A tragic story with a tragic end, and the heroes that lived through the story and survived. The Dark Matter blew, the Orbus Barrier destabilized, Planetary Travel between Inferia and Celestia impossible. Reid and Farah on one side, Keele and Meredy on the other.

Final scene of them living seperate lives, including the ones who interacted with the main characters for even the briefest period of time. What more can I say? A really classic ending with everything covered up.

The Abyss took a different direction. Believing in the holy and religious war theme, where nobody is truly evil and is just fighting for what they believe in. A foolish cause, a cause that was not easily shaken, a story behind the desire to burn everything.

I liked the idea, I liked the feel, I liked the whole plot.

Just that... The final scene...

And the fact that I missed more than half the game's attacks becaue I didn't use the right Capacity Cores...

No wonder Van is so hard.

Music (歌)

I just came across a very contradictary group. It says there "I Love Music!", and several of my friends joined the group. Whether they really love music, or is just joining the group because they feel that it's the right and cool thing to do, I have absolutely no idea.

But what I do know is that Facebook is mainly Western dominated, and a lot of Westerners are doing stuff, playing games, interacting, holding events, in Facebook. Socializing is a way of doing things, but forcing ideals, and especially rejected ones, are bad.

First of all, I can't say that all humans alive in this world like Music. For one, there are different types of music that people listen to. There's the traditional classic, there's the Jazz, there's the Rock, there's the Metal, then there's the bad ones.

The ones which does not fit into the category of "Music", but due to it's "coolness", "trendyness", and due to peer pressure they have always created trash noises that they consider music. Even the random spamming of repetetive words is considered music these days.

So what will I consider music? Is it something to help you relax? Is it something to help you move to the groove? Is it something that sets the mood? Is it something that makes a person want to dance to it? Is it the lyrics? Is it the tune?

For me, Music means plenty of things. First of all, real good music should not be decided from it's lyrics. Lyrics are a plus, not a must. You cannot say that a song is superior than another because it has lyrics, but taking two similar songs, one may be better than the other because of its lyrics.

But even though lyrics should not be decided by its lyrics, repeating lyrics are banned. Truly banned. And it seem to be the trend of popular music these days, to repeat the lyrics over and over again and hoping that it would make some sense.

Even though it should not be decided on it's lyrics, what people MUST do when a piece of music has lyrics, is that their lyrics must mean something. Their lyrics must recite a story, not a story about how they had sex, or how beautiful their love is.

But their story, must be more, abstract, like a work of art. Their song must follow a certain virtue or theme, and definitely not love, because it's a theme that's too broad. They should focus more on things that actually mean something, like virtues.

Look at the songs of today, the songs that actually make it to the top charts. Do they repeat their lyrics? Do they make sense in a profound way? Do they tell a story that have a deep meaning in it? Does it make you want to move to it?

If the answers in the above questions are no, and finally yes, the song is probably trash. Made to please the audience with its, so-called, catchy tunes, and leave it there to peer pressure and media to make a profit.

Secondly, proper music must set the mood. It must have a certain theme to it. Be it calming, anxiety, exciting, whatever the theme, the mood must fit the rhythm flow. You would not want a song singing about war and killing to be sung in a happy voice, that will be freaky.

Or in fact, the themes don't really matter after all. Because in this world right now, to be popular, you have to follow the trend, and to be unique and really appreciated, you have to go against the flow. So make a happy song about killing, and a sad song about love.

Oh I'm sorry. Emo songs about love are the Chinese speciality, it's what every other song that actually gets popular is about isn't it? About how badly the both of them broke up. About how sad the parting was, about how much they sacrificed for each other.

About how much they are not meant for each other, about forbidden love, about how much they are willing to go for each other without ever having the chance to show their love. About how much the other mean to them, while crying and singing at the same time.

I don't get it. Why should a love song always be sad? Where did the "Love is the blissful feeling" go? All I see right now is sadness in people when it comes to love, when it came to love, it was never "Fly me to the moon", it was more like "Drive me into the ground with your love."

Then come the stereotypes. Yes old songs are old, they are nice that way, so don't fricking remix it. If a song is meant to be cruel like a Cruel Angel's Thesis, don't make a PARAPARA MIX to it. It trashes the song's reputation, loses its meaning and story, and becomes stupid.

Or maybe, in some cases, it becomes epic. Like a happy war song, or a sad Chinese love song. Something that the majority of the people can listen to and laugh at, something that the majority of people can actually relax, not by listening, but laughing at the song they are listening to.

Making fun, poking fun, exploiting loopholes within songs and laughing at it.

Do you still love music?