Extreme Beer Pong!

There's a new past time. Its called Pong!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWS0-uYCUWU
(See the other related links too)

Discworld - Small Gods

Taken from the earlier Discworld Novel I read, could never quite forget this story. Fans like Terry Pratchett for his odd sense of humor. Meaningless yet thought provoking, the world is portrayed in a completely different perspective through the fictional discworld.

SMALL GODS(Discworld 13)

By Terry Pratchett

NOW CONSIDER THE TORTOISE AND the eagle.

The tortoise is a ground-living creature. It is impossible to live nearer the ground without being under it. Its horizons are a few inches away. It has about as good a turn of speed as you need to hunt down a lettuce. It has survived while the rest of evolution flowed past it by being, on the whole, no threat to anyone and too much trouble to eat.

And then there is the eagle. A creature of the air and high places, whose horizons go all the way to the edge of the world. Eyesight keen enough to spot the rustle of some small and squeaky creature half a mile away. All power, all control. Lightning death on wings. Talons and claws enough to make a meal of anything smaller than it is and at least take a hurried snack out of anything bigger.

And yet the eagle will sit for hours on the crag and survey the kingdoms of the world until it spots a distant movement and then it will focus, focus, focus on the small shell wobbling among the bushes down there on the desert. And it will leap . . .

And a minute later the tortoise finds the world dropping away from it. And it sees the world for the first time, no longer one inch from the ground but five hundred feet above it, and it thinks: what a great friend I have in the eagle.

And then the eagle lets go.

And almost always the tortoise plunges to its death. Everyone knows why the tortoise does this. Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. No one knows why the eagle does this. There's good eating on a tortoise but, considering the effort involved, there's much better eating on practically anything else. It's simply the delight of eagles to torment tortoises.

But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.

One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.
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Somehow, I find myself relating to the Turtle in this story. Surviving in the politicorporate environment by being 'too much trouble to eat' Thankfully the eagles have not got me yet, and just maybe, someday I'll be able to fly too....

Chinese Girl's nasty remarks on Sichuan Earthquake

Saw a rather sadist video clip of a Chinese girl verbally bashing the Sichuan Earthquake.
The comments she made would have been funny if it was not actually referring to a real life disaster.
No comments on my part. See for yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Bf-lM9Oe4&feature=bz302


Some of the follow up viewer's commentary was even more colorful.

How potato chips are made

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqBbr7Ewsw

Parkour -PK Roll

PK Roll
A side roll, commando roll, judo roll, parachute roll, forward roll etc.
The roll is the most important PK technique. It can be applied from a drop, a jump, a flip, a vault, or even just a stumble or a misstep during a run.
The goal of rolling is to protect your knees and spine by dissipating shock, without losing flow.

YouTube Links

Pk roll tutorial (Basic)

Team Ukemi PK roll vs. Martial Arts roll (Funny)

PK Roll Tutorial (Extreme)


This skill looks useful. Say, if I trip while running; Dive through closing doors of the MRT; Or in the most far fetch possibility, Throw myself out of the way of some drunk driver.

Parkour

I just discover Parkour by accident. Had always been curious about this, but never knew the proper keyword to search on.

Extract from Wikipedia:
Parkour is a physical activity that is difficult to categorize. Often miscategorized as a sport and extreme sport, parkour

(sometimes abbreviated to PK) (English: the art of displacement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females.

Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practicing efficient movements to develop one's body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency.

Capoeira/Breakdancing

Found some really nice videos of Capoeira* and a simplified Breakdancing basic. As the two are rather reminiscent of one another, I've grouped them together.

CAPOEIRA GIRL
Sleek directed video presenting Capoeira in its artistic form.

Capoeira Mestre
Demo video clip showcasing some really skillful moves. Breakdancing, stepping, all pales in comparison to these moves.

Break Dance Basics
Basic learning video clip

*Most people don't seem to know about Capoeira.