to the people of the world (or readers of this blog),

Due to recent computer-related trouble, i've been unable to access my bounty of photos and as a result, posts that i publish until i get my harddrive working again will be lacking in any form of visual stimulation.

In recent days I've come to realize one thing - That hedonism, like escapism, is an essential element in our lives that no man can do without, whether voluntary or not. You can't avoid something as all-encompassing as this, because the human psyche has been moulded such that we will almost surely walk down the path of pleasure over that of pain. In fact any road you take, whether you consider it "cleansing" in nature or not, will lead you to the same end, and as such qualifies my point. We diet to look good and to feel good. It's not as if we put ourselves through the torture of restricting our diet just because we want to feel the kick of exercising self-restraint. Similarly, a man who indulges in a life of promiscuity does so because it leaves him satisfied and might even justify his existence (lets assume he's suffering from chronic testicular cancer, and as such, shagging someone would be an assertion of his authority as a man, complete with functional gonads). Saints and sinners differ not when it comes to so-called sacrifice because we're all governed by very different ideals, and the fact remains that we all strive to attain an end which we perceive will leave us in a higher state of satisfaction than before. Hedonism isn't a lifestyle, it's the degree to which we perceive another's actions are unjustifiably selfish and individualistic. That's not to say that hedonism leads us to nowhere, of course. Where would we be without Einstein, who admitted that science to him was like an addiction? Or Jane Goodall and her obsession with gorillas? Bill Gates, or even Michael Jackson (and his music)? These people would have been judged differently if we were to compare them based on the same spectrum of moral values, but clearly their lack of concern for a fixed set of ideals and their passion to pursue their respective interests has left us with a lot more than we bargained for. I guess to me, hedonism is a just a form of pursuing one's passion, and how it manifests in each of us matters not as long as we can be responsible for our actions and answerable to ourselves.



yep. that killed off plenty of brain cells. anyway i managed to find a picture i took the same night of the Colors Award Ceremony. It's a little fuzzy, but i think it's calming.

In line with the theme of my blog, i've decided to upload this photo. I found it nestled in a corner of a folder named "Condemned", along with the rest of the lousy photographs i took. Ha!

Firstly, i have to apologize to all who stumbled upon this website and immediately assumed the worst. I couldn't think of a cool, funky url for my new photoblog so i just decided on something tacky and tasteless. The photo was something i found stored in the deep recesses of my hard drive waiting to see the light of digital day, and since it matched the theme of my blog address so accordingly i decided to grant it the honor of the very first photo on my latest venture - a photoblog!

i find it necessary to mention that a large part of this website's existence is made possible by a certain individual, D. In line with my policy of absolute anonymity, no person shall find their name a victim of digital propagation.

Ah who am i kidding. Thanks Daphne.


(kks in one of his preferred positions)

I shall start with my hopes for this blog:

1) Photos
2) Gossip
3) reflections and ruminations

Sadly, this blog shall be FILLED with bad grammar and an arrogant disregard for proper sentence structure and jargon, mainly because i don't hope to impress anyone on this blog, and i definitely do not intend for this to become a sad shadow of a certain someone's (loud cough, pereira) mushruminations.He attacks everyday situations with language as his weapon, and his arsenal is clearly indicative of his lack of concern for the linguistically-challenged out there. shame on you, mushrum. May you one day forget how to use a fullstop, and may your essays be infested with singlish!

Until i get this blog up to scratch, viewers will unfortunately have to deal with tripe of this standard, and for that i apologize. Give me some time. I've got plenty of pretty pictures i've been longing to showcase, and i'll be damned if they do a noshow on this blog of mine. In any case, I have to go because dinner beckons, and food is the body's only recourse.

Till next time.