The Wheel of Time short story incomplete.

Haven't posted anything up for a long time so I thought I post this up, was writing this little story on 16/05/1999. So it is quite old :P Corrected some of the grammar :/       

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He stood on the pass’s rocky side; its huge cliff sides casting a shadow over the entire road. Black coat almost hiding him in the cliff’s shadows he squint against the wind, scanning ahead.  The wind tore at his cloak, slapping the tail of it towards the men lower at the pass as to beacon them, like a black hand, to him. His long blond hair, tied with a leather bond, flattered a good two feet behind him. Cold, dark blue eyes shaped like jagged almonds, resigned at the sight before him.

            Ahead hundreds of big black dots rushed towards him. He reached and grabbed that bright light only a few unfortunates could see. Saidin filled his inner being, from his toes to the tips of his hairs. Big black dots became little black spots and they themselves transforming into hideous, animal faced men. Forming and shouting, they ran on foot. Their frenzied paced furthered by black clothed men on horseback. How can they be so organized in such a state was beyond his comprehension. Perhaps there is order in chaos, he wondered. But he was not here to ponder on such thoughts. The black men, Faceless, Eyeless as they are commonly know worry him. If was that he had to come to close combat he would not think he would survive.

            The sounds of loose stones caused him to turn his head.  An Asha ‘man came towards him. Thalandor, a man of average height and built, had shoulder length blond hair and light blue eyes. Drekker turned his head back to approaching mass, momentary distracted.  A hand rested oh his left shoulder.

            “ Quite a bunch of characters are they? “ He quipped.

            “ Not like you, eh? “ Drekker replied.

            “ Well, his Lord Dragon wishes to inform you that it will require him thirty minutes march through this pass. And has requested that you hold for forty. “

            “ My that’s awful thoughtful of him. Why not just ask me to joggle mountains while I am it? “ Drekker never took his eyes of the approaching horde.

            “ If the Lord Dragon didn’t choose you for your skill then would have for your wit. “ Thanlandor said, standing shoulder to shoulder with Drekker, Saidin filling his being.

            “ Well, you had better go and tell his Lord Dragon that our guests will be here in about six minutes. And that he had better get going. “

            “ I’m still amazed at your ability to estimate time in minutes. “

“ Yes, well, “ Drekker said as he slided down the side, stones racing him to the bottom. “ A lot of good that going to do for me. “

            “ Then I’m off, to make your job quicker off course. “ Thalandor said with a bow and a run.

            “ Off course, “ Drekker said under his smile.

            “ Pikemen! “ He shouted. “ I want this pass studded from side to side with long, sharp and hopefully deadly spikes! “

            The Pikemen, gwuffed at his joke, closed ranks. Drekker began to weave strands water, air and sprit. First he formed one hundred water like creatures, attaching thin tread of Saidin to all of them. Energy for life, he mused. They moved in a protective circle around him while he finished his weaving. He then formed things of air that had what look like that form of a wispily woman. Fifty strong, they took to the air above him. He added threads of Saidin to them too. For without the threads both creatures dissolve back into water and air. He conserved his strength and noticed the others starting their channelling. 

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The Legend of Korra - Endgame

Korra is really the Avatar. Unfortunately, the ending although touching is an indication that the creators fear that may not be a second season of the Legend of Korra so they stacked the story just in case.

Amon identity was a interesting twist, it is probably the best part of the whole end act of LoK.

Korra now can Spirit Bend and got back all her powers so she can now be a world trotter and have all sorts of crazy adventures.

After they persecute and prosecute the Equalists.

Prometheus: The Eluded Truth?

Was thinking about Prometheus's story I figured the first Engineer belongs to a religious division that seeded Earth. A possibility the warrior division may wipe their race out with the bio-weapons one day. So they seeded planets just in case, to ensure that their race survives in one form or another. They also visited the seeded worlds to check on how things are going.

Point of reasons for this: Saucer ship vs Doughnut ship. Military uniforms vs Religious robe. Religious ritual at the beginning. Tech used for death vs tech used for life. The warrior class was engaged that a cheap clone of race is on Earth and decides to end it.

Another thought is that in Prometheus, the bio-weapon was originally created for planet seeding and later went into weapon use. They then decided to wipe out all the seeded worlds especially Earth maybe due to human evolution i.e. in Prometheus humans already can space travel to another system in a relatively short time 2089. Since, they seeded Earth about 250,000 years the Engineers' technology has seems to have made little progress but humans have jumped by leaps and bounds that they predicted that we will be the alpha race as opposed to them in the area of space they controlled.

The Legend of Korra - Korra is not the Avatar. Updated 12/06/2012

The Legend of Korra - Korra is not the Avatar.

I think there are a lot of tell tale signs in the show that shows Korra is quite possibly not the avatar at all. But before I go into that I'll have to explain my understanding on how the Spirit World works in Avatar and how I think the person to be the Avatar chosen.

First off, I believe the Avatar is a parasite spirit, lacks actual intelligence but it feeds off the ability of a bender by allowing them to break the one element per bender rule.

Sokka's mentions in the flash of the trial there highly talented benders like Tolph that can break the limitations of their element, I call them hyper talents. Metal and Blood bending is refinement of their main elemental ability. But I believe there is another type of hyper talent benders that I call multi-talents. These benders can only use one element still but have the talent to have been able to use another element just as easily but due to genetics, luck, etc.  they ended up with the current one they are using.

These muli-talents are super rare and what I think is the Avatar Spirit looks for the strongest one to inhabitant so it can feed off it. This occurred enough times that scholars concluded that can be only one such multi-bender that can use all the elements so they created a protocol that allowed them to nurture that individual so he or she can act as a protector that balances the political/military powers of other nations.

The spirits in an attempted to control this rogue spirit help foster this belief either through a Spirit Bender or the Avatar himself.

With that said let's get back to Korra in areas where it shows she may not be the Avatar. Let's start with the title, The Legend of Korra reads to me as the legend of someone who was no one special until certain events. Meaning, that she was no one special and if she was the Avatar isn't that special enough?

Next, when entering the Spirit World, Aang's eye always flashed white because he enters the Avatar to do that. Korra did not which leads me to believe that what she did was open up her mind enough for a spirit to transmit the information to her.

But the most damning evidence is not that Korra is or isn't the Avatar but who is actually acting more like the Avatar. This happens to be Amon, yeah, pull you mouths up. Amon, deplays abilities similar to the Avatar like bending resistance (Blood Bending), the ability to see what is going to be bended and of course permanently blocking a person's bending power (he has not completely removed the bending ability because that needs him to be in full Avatar state, a lot of focus and a big light show).

Other important foreshadowing is Equalists/Equalise mean to balance and the Avatar brings balance. And one more thing to sleep on: at the last episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang says, "... I learn there is another to defeat him and restore balance. I took his bending away."

Update 12/06/2012:

In the intro of Korra it is said "That only the Avatar CAN MASTER ALL FOUR ELEMENTS." Benders like Torph and Katara who can metal and blood are possibly dual benders. To bend metal you need to extract the metal ore from the stone then 'bend' it. Which should need fire to heat the metal so it can form. Better example is Blood Bending, is the Water Bender bending the water in the blood? Which then they can do it on any day or do they also bend the iron in the red cells which means they may need to have a full moon.

My sister mentions that Amon has air streams around him when he jumped through the snow mist after Korra's ice attack which indicates Air Bending.

A thought on the Book naming for Korra's seasons. Air is this season represents her main element's weakness to Air, her inability to learn Air Bending so far and the fact that Amon probably is an Air Bender. The next book so be about her relationship with her close friends like Bolin and how resentment or something else can turn them against her. This would be called the book of Earth. The last book should be the book of Fire where her romance finally kicks off Mako and she just have to accept how life has turned out for her.

And finally, I think there is a fifth element; Spirit Bending. Which I believe is the ability to communicate by your own will to spirits, enter the Spirit World and even compel spirits to do your bidding.

- The discussion goes on with my sister and I; if Korra is not the Avatar, she loses her powers in this seasons finds out she is not the Avatar and journeys to find the real to restore her power. Or Korra is the Avatar, loses her powers and is screwed and have to solve the problems with her wits.

update april 27 2012

Just an update from a long hiatus.

M16 sniper

AMV Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! to the music of Key of Awesome - K...

Thank You Girl

Nvidia 7600 heatsink mod

Philips SBA3000 sound comparison against Altec Lansing iM237

Volume check on the Ugly Ducklings

Headphone Speakers

Sound Compare X-Mini 2 vs iM237

Mindset of Penang about 'Foreigners'.

This is the general consensus from everyone, am sorry if it hurts your feelings but -

Indonesians:

If you have money come but don't stay. If you got no money don't come at all we have enough jobs for us not you.

When you are staying here for god's sake remember this is not a kampung. Penang is major city: do not walk in the centre of the roads, the up button on the elevator is for going up and the down button is for going down and finally do not drop your shit on the roads there are enough trash bin around.

We hate that goddamn haze your forest burning farming creates.

KL and other out of state people:

We don't like you and the way you drive. Do not drive on a fairly clear roads at 40km/h. FFS do not drive in the centre of a two lane road. Either one lane or the other, where do you think you are driving? In KL? Do not cut suddenly from one lane to another, we are in Penang there is not that much distance between cars especially during medium and heavy traffic you discourteous buggers. And use you damn indicators if you do want to make a quick switch.

To European foreigners:

We love you, do come again soon.

To sum in it:

We have enough cars here that it is stressful enough without more 'foreign' assholes on the roads.

We have enough people here that it is stressful enough without more clueless 'kampung' messing up the place and beggers looking for the good living instead and taking a proactive stance in your own country to make things better.

// echo
//end rant

Battle Los Angeles

Well watches it so here is a guide to the movies.

The Aliens:
Wear exo-suits to move.
Their suits are compartmentalised to prevent death, like a ship's hull.
They have a large area that stores one vital organ on the right side of the chest.
Their suits does not protect against 5.56mm rounds and possibly smaller bullets like .45 cal.
Their weapon system is a plasma projectile that has an extremely short range.
They prefer to fire from a high position of more range or may arch their shots.
Their fuel is probably hydrogen taken from the water but may burn both the hydrogen and oxygen to have some recycling of the fuel.
They are completely fuel in efficient as all their vehicles have thrusters of some sort.
They'll population count is very low which is why their invasion force numbers a few 1000 actual soldiers and a few 100 remote drones.
They'll technologically inferior to humans expect for space travel.
Their only technological edge in combat cell/radio triangulation and minor RF/EMP interference.
Aliens are terrible shots or plasma weapons are an area effect style weapon.
They are completely resource strapped hence the attack on Earth because of the large bodies of water. Otherwise going to Jupiter would have been easier since there is no hostile forces there and its a huge gas giant made of hydrogen.

The humans:
Huge armies of millions world wide.
US military has enough guided missiles to wipe out all Alien ships 1000 times over but didn't employ that tactic.
Marines apparently are not targeting centre mass despite their training and inside are aiming either at the arms or legs.
Largest area on the Alien soldiers is their head and chest which the marines fail to hit.
Dilly dallied on launching full air and navel strikes against air assets.
Losing their airbase Independence Day style.
Has absolutely has no co-ordination with Air Force and Marines.
Pilots and tank commanders appear to either have not passed their training or are fitted with highly inaccurate and ineffective vehicles.
Plasma projectiles can't kill with one hit but seems to be able to take out scores of Marines and tanks.
Marines relearn to hit centre mass again during the movie.
Orbital satellites completely not used for any military action.

Conclusion:
District 9 + Independence Day = >Battle Los Angeles

WTF??!??!!?

Am I seeing this right?

Tentacle Porn from Indonesia.

You'll never believe until you saw it. Indonesia's best tentacle porn ever ahahahah.


Pembalasan ratu pantai selatan or Lady Terminator.

The Sense of No Smell.

I caught the flu about more than a week ago. Which after a few days recovering from it my sense of smell was gone! I waited 4 days for it to return until I decided to do some net searching as to the cause of it. It was either a sinus infection or a flu virus. Best case my sense of smell should return in about a month. Worst case my nerves that are used to detect smells are damaged. Since my nose was totally dry. I mean totally dry as in no moisture at all I surf for remedies.

So not waiting for fate to play its hand I started rinsing my sinus with a saline solution of 1 tb of salt and 1 tb of baking soda. This got my sinus going again with pointing my nose to the ground my sinus began to drain. I snotted alot of luggies out finally and my sense of smell has returned slowly.

Now this is a quick post but let me tell exactly what happens when you do not have a sense of smell. Your tongue can only detect sour, sweet, bitter and salty flavours. It cannot detect the degree of intensity of those three flavours. That's right you can give a whole spoon of sugar and I can only tell it was sweet not how sweet. Your apparently plays a vital part in tasting all your food. As you chew the vapour of the food travel up the throat of your mouth into the back of the nose where it smells what you are chewing. Everything you put in your mouth is tasted by your nose. That is freaking incredible. So remember to love food you gotta love your nose.

BTW I was chewing and chomping whole chillies, seeds and all nonstop and I can tell I didn't feel any heat. Which means, you guessed it, your nose is in charge of telling just how spicy food is not your tongue. Sure my tongue tingled a bit but since the spicy oily vapours can't reach my nose's nerves it didn't bother me one bit.

Star Fleet thanks Nero for advancing their military technology.

Star Fleet should thank Nero for forcing them to advance their ship's (personal) weapon technology from the classic Star Trek Phaser beam below:

To what looks like a Burst Particle Canon which is similar to the advance technology Spock is using 154 years into the future.

Did I ever mention that this movie is the movie that brought be back to Star Trek ever since I dropped it when that Star Trek: The Next (fucking useless) Generation and all the crap that followed Star Trek VI.

Star Trek 2009 Blu Ray. Where the ray gun is gone.

As predicted in the Blu Ray release the Romalian gun has be rubbed out. Maybe they will do some digital touch up for G.I. Joe, like anyone cares about that steaming piece of shit.