"There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead." - Arthur Honegger

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My little bird dug the following up. I was wondering if it was written by the same guy who wrote Revelations; they both sound as if they were on acid trips. It's so bad, it's good.


As Milk ponderd alone.....

Milk: oh! everyone talks about butter .....but where is he? where can i find him...how do i see him....

Suddenly he finds a piece of Butter and rushes to converse with him......

Milk: Ah! Butter finally you are here....tell me where do you live....

Butter: Me?! haha..... i live in you

Milk: In me ? really?

Butter: Oh yes...! when people churn you , i am formed....

Milk: Thats surprising! all this while i was searching for you outside...

Butter(with a Broad Smile...:)) That is because when i am formed...YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU!!

Milk: so we are ONE! I am so happy...! thank you dear for enlightening me!

Butter: Thank me or yourself!!!!

(And Both Milk and Butter laugh heartily........)

So here it is....

God is the butter , we are the milk

When we churn ourselves with the Human values of Truth, Righteousness, Non-violence, Peace and above all LOVE... we will realize that we are one with GOD.... just like the Milk did !


So the next time I feel my stomach churning and feel the urge to hurl, I'll know why that is the case.

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Written in correspondence with someone about King Edward VII hall's vainglorious attempt to press-gang all its inmates for Flag Day:


There is something serious wrong with the Hall mentality, which is why I call those staying there "Hall Inmates". If you're in a hall, you must take part in all the activities, or be ostracised, labelled a traitor etc. As I tell people considering staying in halls, whatever time you save on travelling is wasted taking part in the stupid hall activities. Nay, much more.

There are many reasons why people might want to stay in halls instead of residences. Perhaps they want to take part in some activities, but not nearly as many as they are forced to. Perhaps they want a meal plan for a dependable supply of food. Maybe it is because the rooms are bigger, or the halls tend to be closer to campus than residences. Some might not be able to afford the residences. There's even the possibility that some were unable to secure places in the residences.

If students take part in these activities (Flag Day or otherwise) not because they want to but because they're forced to, whether directly (because they need ECA points) or indirectly (peer pressure), then one has to question the raison d'etre of such activities. Are they meant to foster hall spirit? Kill inmates' time? Or are they just a means of allocating scarce hall spaces in the face of seemingly unlimited demand? Or even a lame way to justify the continued existence of halls and uphold some reified hall tradition?


"NUS halls of residences are the foundation of NUS's social and intellectual structure." (NUS: Faculty of Science Undergraduate Accommodation)

The foundation of NUS's social structure I can understand, but intellectual? I doubt the foreign students discuss their tutorials after congress.