Ladies and germs,

The previous post i wrote was based entirely on fiction and was for the fiction..
I did not burn out my brain from studying too much as some would put it..

It was, just a rant, nothing more.


K

Ken blogged on 8:50 PM

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Persecution

Prejudice

Discrimination

And most of all, misunderstood.


The minorities of every society face such adversity even up to recent times. Times where tolerance and acceptance are preached to counter ethnocentrism and xenophobia, times where we are taught not to judge those who are different. Try as we may, the minorities still face such treatment, openly, or secretly. Homo Sapiens have come a long way since the beginning, evolving from primates. We've come to think of ourselves as the most superior of all beings on Earth, looking down upon all. All, it seems, even those among us, whom the majority deem to be different from mainstream. It is useless to deny such practices do not exist, discrimination is still apparent, to those who are the minority, to those who are different.

Negros,
Jews,
Middle Easterners,
Homosexuals,
Muslims,
Asians,

Homo Superior.


We fear what we do not understand. And what we fear, we retaliate against. We retaliate by words, by profiling, ridicule, ostracism. We retaliate by force. We retaliate because we fear that those who are different may one day rise to be the majority and reverse the roles.
But we do not learn. We do not seek to understand, not all of us do. We only judge. And to us, a world of the Homo Superior, a world of the mutants, is a world not living in. Because to them, we are different. To them, we may seem to be the weaker. To them, they could crush us if they wanted.

And they did. So often. Many a time, the world has been threatened by those who seek its domination. More then often, these are carried out by metahumans with egotistical, megalomaniac ideals. Those who seek revenge for the injustice done to them long ago, those who seek to carry out their own brand of providence.
And yet, time and time again, they have been thwarted by some, a minority of those who seek justice and have the means to stand up for it.

Heroes.

They come in many forms apparently. Like a multi-billionaire whose self-sponsors
his alter ego as a crusading modern-day knight of red and gold. Like the boy who grew up to be a man, gifted with the powers of an arachnid, who upholds the ideal that with great power comes great responsibility.
Like the veteran of World War Two, who volunteered for a potentially life-threatening experiment to save his country, who stood for justice and freedom, who led all these heroes to the front, and gave them the courage and inspiration to continue on.


But this is not a mourning for Steve Rogers. Not for Captain America.
This is for a different kind of heroes, a kind born with their gifts, not given.


This is about the Mutants.

How often have we seen a mutant? Television, movie screens, comic books. What do we see in those? We see mutants with gifts that battle other mutants, we cheer as they vanquish foes, we cheer as they save the day. Our day.
What about their day? Who saves them when the time calls for it?

To those unaware, the present Earth, Earth-616, has changed. Not life-threateningly or dangerously though, well, not to us at least. In the past, the heroes of mutantkind have been invincible to us, getting through their own crisis themselves. And how we loved them. How we loved the X-men. We loved the team leader and ever-the-boy-scout character Scott Summers. We loved the patient and caring Charles Xavier. We loved the anti-hero James Howlett and his brand of vigilantism. The X-men, were invincible.

Until now. Mutantkind, not just the X-men, have suffered a great deal recently. From the events of the House of M and Decimation spawned the 198. The 198 of them left of their kind. Fate it seems, has dealt them such a great blow.

It all began with 1 woman. Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch.

"Daddy, no more mutants."

And the world was changed thereafter.

From what seemed to be one and a half million, there were now 198 mutants left in this world.
Those who suffered from Wanda's actions were depowered, more then often causing them their lives. Those who could fly, fell to the ground. Those who could walk on fire, burned to death. Those who life-support depended on their unique physiology, died without knowing why.

198, such a small number.

Such a minority.

In the aftermath of the Decimation, the X-men tried to gather those left, to band them together and give them a proper home in their mansion. However there still existed those who sought to use these remaining individuals for their own gains, and soon, those not of the X-men departed to live seperate lives. There have been battles of course, between good and evil, this cannot be avoided. But with every casualty that each sides suffer, mutantkind dwindles a little more.

More recently, the Government of America sanctioned and brought forth a SuperHuman Registration Act, where every metahuman has to register themselves to the government for security purposes and measures. Those who do so risk revealing their secret identity to the public, and for those who did, dome suffered greatly. Just ask Peter Parker, if you can find him before S.H.I.E.L.D. does.
But the mutants were different. Their identities were known all along, and they took a neutral stand. When the Civil War ended, they were granted amnesty.

There has been one more fact that was only recently revealed.
Since Decimation, there have been no births of mutants worldwide.

Their numbers are dying, and will never rise.
And still they are treated with discrimination.

Such a minority.

Will the World turn against them finally, in fear and terror?
Will they drive the mutants to a corner and hunt them like animals?

But will you be willing to see what an animal does to protect itself in desperation when driven to a corner?
Will you be willing to see how vicious it can get?

The mutants are now truly an endangered species. It is up to us as to whether we salvage the dying, or wipe them out from existence. But before we act, please remember the deeds they have done for us, the good they have done for us, from a minority to the majority.

Remember the Mutants.


For those who died in the Decimation. And for the 198.

Ken blogged on 7:32 PM

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Wow. feels like almost another month since my last update.

fricking long.

frick-on-a-stick-with-a-brick-ing long.



ah well, nothing much's been happening since i got back to ol' Bris. School's a bummer. let's see. I am taking for this semester; Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene, Engineering Physics, Environmental Policy and Politics, and Environmental Economics. Thats a pretty darn huge range of subject coverage. yeah well, i was like wtf also when i chose it, but it was the best choice of all considering my pollution major. see, physics is a compulsory course, and i have to take it in 2nd yr, when it is a physics 1st yr course. nvm. politics also 2nd yr compulsory. econs this sem have to do cos last yr i did chem. and health n hygiene, is compulsory for my major (almost every1 else is doing it as an elective. wth.). so basically, my combi this sem, is bo pian one. how nice to know.

time to rant a lil abt sch.

ZOMFG. the physics lecturer is such a lame chrome-dome. and his rather distracting combover isnt helping. I havent touched physics in 6 years! have to catch up to score for this, can treat this as my math course for the sem.
health n hygience lecturer's this pot-bellied jolly ol' fella. nice, entertaining, but talk so SOFT. sheesh. but not that bad la, the labs are interesting and this sub is the most interesting of all this sem.
econs econs econs... and i thought i had rid of u within my 1st month in YJC... now u come back to haunt me.. why... why... why...? tolong ah... so many readings to do.. and the articles are like type u read like this;
"Title, 1st paragraph, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" sheesh man. tsk.
politics kampuah jialat. the lecturer got mood swings one. kns. he's the only lecturer whose name i remember, prob also cos i had the fella in my 1st yr 1st sem. when good mood, talk with a perpetual smile on his face, a wry grin everytime he makes a subtle joke the class laughs at. knn during the 3rd week monday, all of us supposed to hand in a reading analysis for grading, some cheebye kias dunno how to listen, dunno how to read course outline, dunno how to read lecture notes, end up either doing the analysis on the wrong article, handing up on a later date, or not doing at all. then all went to ask him for extension. the fella flare up, come to lecture face like orhlang, just rambles off in a monotonous voice and pisses everybody off. to those who cannot read/listen properly: u are in either 2nd yr or 3rd yr alrd. if u cannot even do the 1st assignment for this course properly without pissing off the lecturer this bad, pls, kindly pull down ur pants, spread ur ass cheeks and let us ram a durian inside. sheesh man, 1 of the more important chapters to be covered in the lecture and u get the lecturer all fired up for nothing. booooo.

ok, other than all that in sch, nothing much changed. the gang in my sch pretty much scattered up all over, all due to our different majors. (Why why why nobody else doing pollution...) so, i only see them all in politics lecturer, and we all ended up in different tuts for that as well. ah well. at least i get to meet new fellas, not too bad. there's a bunch of china international students here for exchange prog as well, i see them in a few lects and classes here n there, but they kinda have the dao attitude, sometimes during lect they kiaokah onto the seat and armrest infront like nobody business, talk loudly among themselves during lect, see alrd buay tahan, feel liek shouting to them "diu lei lo mo haam gah qan" or "ou! zhong guo che da pian" but i wont since my tolerance is a at a pretty good level. heh.

i have met up with kuan since we got back, he me and alex had a bbq cookout at my balcony a few weeks ago. as for the rest like emu (that fella lied to me and kuan abt not coming back anymore KNN), tanvi, tim and james, havent met them yet, but hope to see them soon.. the neighbours are still the same, zan and lydia, (act i only saw them just once, cos i had dinner at zan's place. after that didnt see them arnd. also havent seen annie or sunny anrd too. gee..)

life here's pretty mundane, without G arnd, its kinda zombie like. G's been arnd with me everyday last yr, everything's so different without her here. miss her so much, cant wait to go back in june, and for her to hopefully able to visit in sept. without her anrd, cooking's just a hassle. no one to help to cook, no one to enjoy or smile when i get a dish right, no one to banter with as to who wash dishes, no one to eat meals with. it's so different without her. sigh..

well, alex is back on the 23rd floor, same as always, weekends on sat we go groc, cook dinner together, sometimes try something fancy like his mini bbq stove. after that, talk kok abt past experiences and old days in YJC and our ns life..

i have been surviving (or shld i say leeching) on US tv shows, namely (in alphabetical order..) 24 (Jack is the Man, no further comments), American Dad, Desperate Housewives, Drawn Together, Family Guy, Heroes (the "Lost" of superheroes), House, How I met your Mother, Lost, Scrubs, Smallville, and The Simpsons.. and for some reason, almost ALL ARE ON HOLD THESE 3 WEEKS except for a few. WHY WHY WHY?????
tsk. ah well. best shows so far, 24, heroes, how i met ur mother, lost, scrubs.

why?

ok may contain spoilers for those who havent watched, pls refrain from reading. if u do, too bad.

24: err.. Jack, nuclear bonb that exploded on US soil, killer gunfights, Jack.
Heroes: Great storyline, interweaving character histories and destinies, the impending awesomeness of Peter Petrilli (did i spell that right?) and Hiro (Yatta! rolf)
House: House seems to start to open up his character more to his friends, to gain acceptance.
How i met ur mother: well obviously the suspense of when ted will meet his future wife, and why and when he and robin will eventually break up (aww....)
lost: jack seems to be getting to work with the Others more now.
scrubs: the comedy la, its plain funny.

smallville's back this thurs, opening with Lana and Lex's wedding, i ll catch that later in the week kekekeke.

oh btw, Jack Bauer of 24 fame seems to suffer from the classic stormtrooper effect. mainly that on which in a loud gunfight crossfire, the main character is able to stand up and fire off as many shots possible, even reloading while standing up, all the while miraculously avoiding being shot at by at least 10 different enemies with guns each, and managing to hit all of his targets in seemingly fatal shots. for more information, please see the Star Wars series, more notably, the classic trilogy episodes 4 to 6. or u can search it up on wikipedia, they have a mathematical formula for this. or u can similarly watch shows featuring actors/robots such as Arnold Swatchwatchenegger, Jean Claude Van Damme.

Coincidentally, 1 famous quote from a Van Damme movie goes like this.

"Au revoir fucker!"

How in your face.

ta!

Ken blogged on 9:45 PM

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