The Nation of Pork Bun

The Nation of Pork Bun is dictated by The Dude Jared PorkBuns Goon. A nation-wide game of 'King of the Mountain' has been adopted as the new electoral system. The people of Pork Bun are so technologically advanced that each citizen does not physically go to work, but simply thinks of his/her office space and it materializes in whatever physical space they currently occupy. All citizens are afforded the right to free health care and the medical community frequently sponsors seminars on healthy living and dieting.

Crime is non-existent due to the constant vigilance of a well organized policing force which exclusively uses capital punishment against all violators of the law. Pork Bun has great pride in its powerful military force which does not hesitate to reprimand any violation of the law publicly and with unusually excessive force. Some major religions are allowed to purchase land, but no public display is tolerated. In Pork Bun, learning is held to the highest of virtues and any citizen may take free classes to further their education.

The citizens of Pork Bun are so environmentally conscious they live entirely on the three day old droppings of vegetarian animals. This country's economic system is completely run by corporations working in the free market and, subsequently, only the CEO's of large corporations are eligible to hold public office, and citizens of Pork Bun enjoy any freedom they deem appropriate, given it does not infringe upon the freedoms of any other citizen or offend any other citizen in practice.

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Recent News:

Nancy Baderbradenstein was thrown to the wolves today, literally, when the three hundred-eighty pound woman placed last in the first annual National Triathlon for a Fitter Pork Bun! The event was mandatory for all citizens, and everyone but last place was permitted to live, motivating the entire nation to get into shape!

Insults...

...if false, should not affect you. If true, it is either constructive criticism, or something that you should simply accept.

What rules are for

If you don't know what rules are, *CLICK THIS*

Every rule was made for a specific reason. They all have a purpose. But some rules, over time, become so ingrained in us that they are followed for their own sake. The reasons for that rule are forgotten, and it is obeyed without question.

When this happens, the rule then becomes a hindrance, instead of fulfilling the purpose it was meant for. There will be situations when a rule is no longer applicable, but if followed blindly, the rule will continue to be used.

Do not Kill.

What if a person was about to murder your loved ones, and only by killing that person can you save them?

When a rule does not work, Discard it. Bend it. Break it.

Only by knowing what a rule is for, can you use it to its fullest potential. You will know why you do what you do, and you will also know when you should do different.

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Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

But He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?"

And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath."


-The Bible

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Jesus knew the purpose of the Sabbath. Read the book of Leviticus, chapters 23 and 25, if you want to know as well. Or take my word for it.

The Sabbath was not only a day of rest, where the people were not supposed to do work. It was an opportunity for God to show His faithfulness, and for the people to show that they had faith. To work on the Sabbath with the intention of increasing one's own wealth was the same as saying, "Hey God, yeah I know you said you'd provide, but I'm just gonna do some work, just in case." And that was wrong.

But if there was healing to be done, would it be wrong to do work?

Heart, Mind, Body.

To think is to act, to act is to think. Mean what I say, and say what I mean. Flesh as strong as the spirit is willing.

Communism, Piracy, Child-Upbringing and Open Relationships (FWB)...Random conversation with Joseph

Yesterday I was defending piracy against Joseph, who is nice to talk to. These are some of the points I remember...

How is piracy wrong? I asked. It is just someone sharing something... Indeed, I would say that those who presume to exploit others for what should belong to all are the evil ones...

In the past, knowledge was freely shared, and stories and songs belonged to everyone. Who realized that if they claimed ownership on something, they could charge others for what should belong to all?

Yes, I'm a communist. Marxism is not wrong, merely executed imperfectly so far. Capitalism is most definitely not natural, nor the best course for humanity.



Do you know that the Israelites were a communist community in some ways? Every 7th year, debts were canceled. Every 50th year, land was redistributed. But their ruling system is more accurately, a theocracy, where God is in complete control. And that is the problem with communism thus far. There has been no perfect, incorruptible dictator to head a nation.

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When did we start claiming authorship over our thoughts and ideas? When was intellectual property first claimed by individuals instead of shared with the community? When did we start judging an idea, a thought, a song, based on its origin?

Joseph seemed to go off in a tangent. He said would you follow a command from God if it didn't make sense? And I said, Yes, I would think it would make sense later. And the he said "Aaah" and I realized that I had just admitted to judging something based on its origin.

But then I said, God is God, and none of us are infallible, unlike Him. Thus, the ONLY time it is right to judge something based on its origin, is when that thing is from God. In every other case, the thing would have to be judged based on what it is... and not where it came from...

I did admit, however, that origin can be useful in judgment, however it cannot be the only criteria considered, or even the one prioritized...

Somehow parenting was brought into this discussion. I told Joseph that I would not want my child to judge anything based on its origin, indeed, since I am not God, and certainly not infallible, I want my children to be able to think for themselves and make judgments based on knowledge instead of following my orders "because I said so"... and to do that, they would have to have knowledge...Instead of telling my children, "No, you cannot have a cookie" I would tell them "No, you cannot have a cookie because..." And I would sit there till they understand.

But children don't know, can't understand? No, I think you underestimate children. I may be wrong. We'll see.

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We talked about open relationships too.

But first, you need to know my stand on relationships. I think that the reason people get hurt in relationships is because of false expectations, broken promises and commitments. I do not want to hurt anyone, especially someone I love, so I decided, unless I am willing to commit forever, I won't commit at all.

So when you are attracted to someone, don't tell them, right? Just be friends and get to know the person better for 2-3 years... No!... If someone does something good you say "good job". If someone is really interesting, nice to talk to and be with, and is also very very cute... you tell him/her.

The consequences vary... but so far, no one has started avoiding me, and, in different ways, I've become closer to them. Friendship, and intimacy, always increases...

"So basically you're supporting open relationships," said Joseph.

If you put it like that, I guess I do.

We talked a lot more, on these, and some other topics. But I have an exam at 8 in the morning tomorrow.

Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage,
Love and Marriage,
Go together like a horse and carriage♫

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Does a horse need a carriage?

Goon Family Pictures

This is Me.

I touched my mouse, it was icky and oily. My mom had been on my laptop all day, playing Plants vs. Zombies. My aunt had brought over a big pot full of siu yok earlier. So I asked my mom, "MOM! Did you eat siu yok, didn't wash hand straightaway play computer??"

And she said, "I wash! I licked it (her fingers)..."
*Cheeky smile*

Lim Me Lon

I think her father wanted her to be "Melanie", but he didn't know how to spell.

My sister saw the picture and said that she wanted to take picture too, because she's cute, and cute girls usually like being in pictures.

Jeannette Goon

See! Got mustache wei! When I asked her how she makes the mustache come out, she told me, "I practice making faces in the mirror."

So anyway, I told me brudder to take 'cute' picture too, but he don't want, because he's "too handsome". In the end I had to take stealth picture.

Abel Goon, me brudder

His hair naturally stands like that. Wiry, it is. He was using my laptop, and he was smiling because he was CRUSHING his opponent in Naruto Arena.

One more family member!

Jacob

There are a whole bunch of blurry pictures of me chasing him around the house and grabbing him trying to camwhore, in the end, he tired, and finally I got a clear picture. Whoo~

Exams are near...

That means holidays are too! Whoo!

But I should blog less, yes.

But studying all day is lame, so I put up a game.

Play Amorphous! It's the funnest!

Dream

I was wrestling with a girl in her room, and then somehow we were kissing on her bed. Then our shirts were off... and I thought to myself, "Nice dream... Nice dream..."

But then suddenly she asked, "Is it up yet?"

So I checked, and to my horror, it was most certainly not up.

"What more do you want?!" she said.

I mumbled something along the lines of "I'm trying my best..."

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Then her mother walked into the room. I panicked and said, "We weren't doing anything!"

And she bitterly agreed, "Yeah, we weren't, alright."

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I woke up feeling incredibly disappointed with myself.

Hercoolies Manlily Go'on

I have a Pet Rock, yo~

BSF-Bible Study Fellowship

It's really fun. This was one section of today's group discussion. Answers are in italics, some additional thoughts are in brackets.

Warning: Self-loving post.

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DAILY BIBLE STUDY WITH QUESTIONS FOR GROUP DISCUSSION

Third Day: Read Deuteronomy 4-11.

5. From Deuteronomy 4:15-31, what does it mean that God is a jealous God?
He will be angry if they worship other gods.

(Once, I thought, "Why should God be jealous if He's the one and only real God?"... But now I realize, if my wife preferred to masturbate rather than have sex with me, I'd be pretty bummed.)


6. a. From Deuteronomy 4:32-35, what special privileges were given to Israel?
They were God's own people. They were protected, and shown signs and wonders.

b. Why was Israel shown all these things?
Because God loved their forefathers; Abraham, Issac, and Jacob (aka Israel).

(Once, I thought, "Damn, God sure is racist." But now I realize that there actually is a valid reason for the favoritism! Those men walked with God, they were His friends, and God promised to prosper their descendants.)


c. Name the special privileges God has given you.
I'm sexy.


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Early Birthday Presents

I've been getting food (as birthday presents) since Thursday. *Pinches flabs*

But today, Dexter (who is Dixon's younger brother (Dixon will get a post all about him one day soon)) heard that it was going to be my birthday, so he decided to give me some toys that he doesn't want anymore.

First was a wooden pistol that shoots rubber bands. I shot myself a few times, "ooOOOo it's quite pain," I realized. Then I ran around the house for a while, shooting at imaginary baddies while laughing maniacally.

Then Dexter revealed the next present, NUNCHUCKS!!

After hitting my head for the second time, I have decided that I will train with some less-hard nunchucka before going back to those. Tie my slippers together or something.

Has caught my attention lately...

"One of the main barriers to problem solving can be inflexible thinking, not being able to break out of a set pattern of thinking to look at the problem in a different way."

"Before you make your mind up, open it."

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

Let go of preconceptions, the fixed patterns and structures of the world. Be flexible, fluid. Renew my mind.

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"It is often assumed that group decisions are better than individual ones. In fact this is not the case. Sometimes group decisions can be poor because of groupthink. In groupthink, group cohesion is maintained at the expense of critically evaluating decisions."


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"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."

"It’s too much to ask for someone who will be my closest friend, my lover, my master, my slave. Someone to have, to hold, and to make plenty of babies with. Someone who will be by my side for eternity, after death reunites us. I’m asking for too much, I’m sure, but I’m not going to settle for anything less."

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her..."

Sometimes I wish I had Running Shoes

My next thought is almost always, "If I had never worn shoes, I wouldn't be so weak to need it."

What else do we not need? What are the things we can't live without, what are the things giving us comfort, and what is only holding us back? I know kids that are perpetually bored without some form of electronic entertainment. I know guys that can't even masturbate without the aid of pornography! We can't even kill bears without weapons, or catch fish with bare hands. Sigh

How about money? I was just thinking about Peter's obsession about it (always making up games that has some form of monetary punishment) and I realized, money has no value besides that which humans ascribe to it. You can't eat it, you can't use it to make anything else (besides stars, and little paper hats and what not), you can't write on it, it's not very good as toilet paper...

If not for its ability to be used, it would have no use... What would happen, if suddenly, money had no meaning, and it became nothing more than multicolored paper...

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When I woke up this morning at 6 a.m., I felt the aches in my body, and I went back to sleep thinking, "I'll run to Monash another day."

Then I woke up again at 6:13, and I thought of the children in Africa. Do they have a choice on how to go to school? No, they have to run 50 km to school everyday, and 30 km to the nearest watering hole, and 100 km to the phone booth to call their girl/boyfriend. (I don't have the exact numbers)



I also remembered that I had told Brandon and Jeannette that I would run to Monash. And it's not manlily to go back on my word.

Also, googlemaps says that it's only 11 km to Monash from my house.

Also, YaoYun said "run jared run..." in my cbox...

And my final reason is: I am awesome. Yes, click the link.

So I left my house at 6:43 a.m. feeling good, after having a cup of Instant Nutritious Meal Plan and a nice, long stretching session under a hot shower (to get the aches out). In the end, I made it to Monash at 8:34 a.m., 26 minutes less than googlemaps' prediction. But the prediction was for walking, and I ran a bit. Yes, I only ran a bit.

From the start, I decided that googlemaps did not show the shortest way, because there are all those back alleys and what not that must be quicker. So I decided to take the straightest way possible from my house to the NPE (New Pantai Expressway). I should have realized that a lot of back alleys are really old and the tar on the roads would have worn off leaving a bed of stones... My feet are really bruised now.

I reached Old Klang Road. Unlike Bandar Sunway, most of the sidewalks in Klang Valley are covered with small little itty bitty stones. For short distances, they're fine, but when the same spot gets poked repeated you start to feel it... Yeah, it was quite hard and painful. Sigh so weak my sole.

I saw an old man trying to cross the road at the corner, he kept sticking his head out trying to see if there was any car coming, but by the time he leaned back on his cane to start walking, there would be a car coming and he would have to stop, and stick his head out again... I was wondering how he was still so clueless at crossing the street, he should just take another step forward to get a better view, or move further away from the corner. Finally he managed to cross the street at a time when there really was absolutely no cars. Then I realized, "Oh no, I should have helped him."

So I decided to help the next person I saw that needed help. 5 minutes later, a car with a Malay couple in it came rolling up beside me, and they had a cardboard box stuck in between their tire and the body of the car (I don't know what that place is called). So I bent down, and pulled it out. Whee.

Then I passed the toll. And I saw the NPE ramp leading to Bandar Sunway going up, and no way to get to it. And even if I did get to it, there would be no place to walk. But I decided that as long as I could keep it in sight, it should be fine, so I just kept walking, trying to follow it. There was even a time when I was running underneath it...

Soon the ramp came back down and I was back on the NPE, but now I was on the right side, and after the toll (this time it's the going back from Sunway toll), there suddenly came a point when there was no way forward, there was simply no place to walk. So I went back to the toll plaza and asked the dude there, "Hey Uncle, how do I walk to Sunway?"

He told me to walk on the other side... "Just walk through the toll booths, and cross the road on the other side. Then go straight all the way."
Yay! Two firsts in one go. I have never walked through toll booths (sideways that is, I had my first first walking through toll booth going straight earlier), and I don't think I've ever crossed a highway. =3

After that, it was straight all the way.

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I just took a bath in the handicapped people toilet. I used hand soap.

I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to run I want to

I wouldn't encourage you to run on the road beside the sewage ponds opposite Monash University at night. You know, that one with the abandoned shoplots.

Why? Because I was chased by three dogs there tonight while running back to Monash from Rock Cafe...

Good thing there are quite a lot of stones on the ground...

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

But what if it kills you?

Vow

I won't eat my words.

What do you want in a Man?

A woman put out a personal ad in the paper: "Looking for a man that will never hit me, won't run away, and will always keep me happy.

The next day her doorbell rang. When she went to answer the door, there was a man in the wheelchair there. He had no arms or legs.

He said, "I'm here to answer the ad. As you can see, I can't hit you, or run away."

"But what about keeping me happy?" She asked.

"I rang the doorbell, didn't I?" *hornybrows*

The Bible

is a boat, once the river has been crossed, do not continue to carry it on your back.

Bright Eyes.

Yesterday I saw the bright shining eyes of a curious and questioning man. A man that had found a question, an "I don't know".

May my life be filled with "I don't know"s. I pray my eyes will always be that of a wondering child.

May they never be filled with the soulless burn of the fanatic, the robot that is unable to change its programming, and knows that all it has in its mind is enough.

Even worse the dull eyes of livestock, that spend their lives content to graze where they are driven.