thoughts and quirks

random post. as per the title. here goes.

if there are three parking lots, and only the middle is free, i would park the same way the others are, out of some obscure fear that if i park the opposite way, the other drivers would nick my car doors. this is cos if i park the same way, i can maneuver my car such that i leave a fair bit of space for the other driver to get in without nicking my door, even if that leaves only a tiny space for me to get out. advantages of being bamboo-fat.

i drive bare-footed. i can say that it gives me more grip on the pedals, better feedback from the engine, hence fine-tuned speed control and improved fuel economy, but frankly, it's just more relaxing.

most things are relative. height-wise, some say i am tall, but compared to the average aussie, i am at most, average. similarly, some ppl think i am a good person, but there are a bunch over in malaysia who probably hate my guts. similarly, this can be applied to more general things, such as wealth, success, happiness, which are relative; values and attributes are ascribed, not absolute.

amazing how time slows down in near-death, almost-disastrous experiences. surreal how similar it is to movies (is it art imitating life or life imitating art, as in because you have seen it before, your brain is pre-conditioned to react that way). what can i say? some have achieved satori, or enlightenment in such life-changing situations , as in what is important becomes crystal- clear, i can't say that i had the same but it does confirm what i always sorta guessed. i just know that i don't panic in most situations that would faze most ppl; i just become icily detached. it's not like i block it off so there is a delayed after-effect. i just don't feel. good in some situations, maybe not so great in others (again, refer to the relative value of things).

i sometimes wonder if i have ankylosing spondylitis, or how is the heart murmur coming along, idle speculations, not that i am morbid, lol, i am content with life now, why would i want to die, still have too many things to do, shooting fireballs for one, but it's just, harmless fun to speculate along those lines when you are in good health. does that make sense?

i am lax about the use of punctuation and speeling, but the wrong use of "a" and "the" drives me nuts.

i sleep like a cat.

why is it that it seems you get more succesful hunts in Mousehunt when others sound the horn or a trap-check occurs, as compared to when you sound the horn yourself? or is it just me?