Cool. Cool cool cool. LIE!!!

"Troy Barnes, did you know that you posses the greatest gift life can give?

The heart of the hero. It's up to you not to waste it like I did."

-Pierce Anastasia Hawthorne-

"I think?"

-Troy Barnes-

This line is taken from the 4th episode of the 5th season of this show I'm really into right now and is referring to the character I feel most connected with in the show. Yes, the show I'm referring to is "Community" by Dan Harmon, and the character is none other than the adorably idiotic yet lovable Troy Barnes, played by Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino.

When I first found out that Donald Glover will be leaving the series after 5 episodes into the the 5th season, I was DEPRESSED. I thought that this is it, "Community" will be up in the shits now. I mean come on, first we lost Pierce, now Troy? Et tu, Brute? Wait. Am I using it right? (See what I did there?) Anyways, I really felt like there's no way I will be able come to terms with the fact that Donald Glover will be leaving the show for whatever reasons that he or whoever might have.

But as grieve-stricken as I was, I needed to know why. It just doesn't seem.... logical (for the show at least). I believe that Troy has become one of the reasons why people watch the show, he's become too huge in that show to be disposed of/ leave just like that. So is there something else? Did Donald got cocky and decided he doesn't need "Community" anymore? Dan Harmon decides that Donald's "Childish Gambino" persona is too big and that it might jeopardize the role that he is playing in the show? All these questions started filling my head and so i did what anyone would've done, I googled it.

BOOM! Apparently, I'm not the only one who's bothered by it, and it created quite a hype when Donald explained his withdrawal from the show through a series of instagram posts. See for yourselves.

These are all the 7 pictures depicting his rantings on hotel notepads. These were his reasons for leaving, and frankly, after reading the notes, I felt like I understand why he needs to leave. The dude's messed up! Well, not exactly messed up, but he's clearly struggling with some issues (once again, who isn't). And to be afraid Dan Harmon hates him? That's crazy, I've seen an interview where Dan Harmon told an interviewer that he finds Donald to be "intimidatingly talented". His words, not mine. But still, all these shows just how much the dude's struggling with. All his insecurities, his thoughts, his confusion... Man.. He laid himself out so bare, all these just felt so.. RAW.

That made me more interested in this person known as Donald Glover, not Troy Barnes, nor Childish Gambino, but Donald Glover. I mean, I knew he's talented, a writer-comedian-actor-rapper, but i wanted to know more, so I dug deeper. His interviews, his videos, and all that. Barely pass the surface (which means after the 1st page of google search), I found an video of an interview where he explained his instagram posts cause apparently it's rather ambiguos (yeah, no shit Sherlock). In the interview, he explained a few things which I'm not gonna repeat, the link will be posted below. But the gist of it is (spoiler alert), that he feels he needs to keep going, growing, and progressing in life, to not be afraid of the future. BOOOOOOM! It touched me, yea sure, some of you might think it's a very small thing to be getting such reaction from, but I felt that way, so suck it. And albeit being torn apart that Donald will be leaving the cast of "Community", I consoled myself with the thought that he's doing the right thing, and as a fan, I should be supportive, for the sake of closure, for my sake.

And so the show goes on, episode 2, 3, meh, it's alright, but not that special. Then it reached episode 4, the 2nd last episode for Troy Barnes.

-SPOILER ALERT-

The episode starts with the study group coming back from Pierce's funeral. The story goes on about how Pierce tried to mess around with the group and Chang (from beyond the grave) one last time. However, at the end, he bequeaths them with "gifts" (his preserved sperm) and some other stuff wich was pretty cool. Except for Abed (sorry man). And the last of the group to be bequeathed upon was Troy. And his first words to Troy (again, from beyond the grave) was the line at the top. Which to me, seems very real, not just for Troy, but for Donald as well, and then he continues on like this..

"To Troy, I leave the obligatory sperm. In addition, I am prepared to leave Troy Barnes my remaining shares in the Hawthorne wipes company, currently valued at 14.3 million dollars. On one condition. You must first sail my boat, the "CHILDISH TYCOON" by YOURSELF around the ENTIRE WORLD. When I was 23, my father asked me to do the same thing to earn my adulthood and his fortune. Of course, I cheated and floated off the coast of Belize for a year, doing coke with John Denver. I always regretted it. I'd like to give you a chance to do what I never did : BECOME YOUR OWN MAN."

It appears to me that Donald's friends over at "Community" knew about his struggles, and somehow managed to use this episode to add in a not-so-subliminal message to Donald to go ahead and to do his thing, to become his own man. It. Was. Beautiful. The whole vibe that started the moment Troy was being bequeathed upon was just beautiful. Maybe I'm just being overly emotional about this, but whatever, that few moments was amazing, my compliments to the crew back at "Community".

All in all, these are just my 2 cents on this whole issue. Yeah, it's long cause I actually really do give a damn about Donald leaving "Community". It's so fucked up, I mean my whole country (and apparently UK?) is hyped up about the whole "kangkung" or "water spinach" issue (google it) but I'm more concerned about Donald Glover than that. Owh, and there's that rather recent misuse-of-the-word-ALLAH issue as well. Maaann.. I've got issues. Har har. Anyways, I'm entitled to my own opinion, and you, yours. So... yea..

Till my next mindless ramblings. HAZZAH!



LINKS
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http://www.hypable.com/2013/10/15/donald-glover-explains-left-community-letter/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J-OhYz9HW4#t=241

Back Ache

Just this afternoon, my lower back started to hurt and for some reason, it reminded me of the show 50/50. I think I'm starting to get paranoid.

Crap.
:/

THONGS

You know that you've bought the wrong pair of slippers when :

1. Your sister keeps saying how nice your new slippers will look on her.
2. When you see your slippers outside and try to figure out which girl they belong to, only to realize that those were the slippers you just bought yesterday.
3. When for a split second, the thought of how nice it matches your pink boxers slipped into your mind.

So, the MORAL of the story is (for guys), when getting a new pair of slippers/flip flops/THONGS(LOL), get a plain black one.

 

And I sh*t you not,

when I put these babies on,

it's so comfy that I could literally hear this:

"Pink Fluffly Unicorns

Dancing On Rainbows"

:OOO

TANGLUNG HIJAU

Last Tuesday, I went out with a couple of friends from my old college KLIUC to watch "Green Lantern". Honestly, I was kinda psyched bout the show. Even memorized the oath so I could recite it at the same time (LOL). But.. It didn't really turn out how I thought it would. It's not like I have high expectations for this show, but I thought that ending was kinda crappy. Then again, almost all Superheroes' movies have crappy endings. Especially form Marvel. But Green Lantern's from DC, definitely could've done better but........wtv la..

After the movie, we went STRAIGHT to Popeyes. Just like the old times. Talking crap, shoving at each other, ogling on hawt girls. Man, we totally acted like a bunch of kids. 3 of us took up 3 tables for ourselves and the food was amazing as usual. While eating, we updated each other bout our lives, bad mouthed our respective colleges, talked bout the good-ol-days, gossiped bout other mutual friends(LOL), and also, talked ALOT of shit. And by then, I also came to realize how much I actually miss KLIUC. And it's not just the people that I miss, I actually miss everything about it. Except the crappy admin services.

Anyway.. Enough bout my babblings and ramblings.
Here's another google translate I find really funny.
ENJOY! :)


English version:

Green Lantern Oath


In brightest day,
In blackest night.
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power,
Green lantern's light!


Malay version:

Tanglung Sumpah Hijau

Pada hari terang,
Pada malam blackest.
Tiada kejahatan akan terluput penglihatan saya.
Dan orang-orang yang menyembah itu mungkin jahat,
Awas kuasa saya,
Hijau tanglung itu cahaya!




LOL!

Things learned in one night.

1.) Don't eavesdrop. Because you might not like what you hear.
2.) Never expect anything. Period. That way, you'll never get disappointed.
3.) Don't accept a drink from your sister after 1am.
4.) Don't spill alcohol on your phone. I think my phone's drunk.
5.) Don't listen to emo songs after going through number 1 - 4.

And today was supposed to be a good, happy day.
THANKS number 1.

:/

NEW CBOX!!

Do you know what's wrong with society these days?
I'll tell you what!
FREAKING COMPUTER GENERATED SPAMS (CGS)!!

That's why we have CBOX with captcha!
UP YOURS! FREAKING CGS!

:D

54 years of wisdom

On 17th May of 2011, My dad turned 54. It's not the number of years that actually mattered, it's the celebration. We wanted to have dinner at EMPIRE's Chilli's on the 16th, cause my dad likes the fajitas at Chilli's and also because me and my sister planned to get some margaritas. But unfortunately, it was too packed and we didn't want to wait for 30 minutes to get seated, so we went to this other place. SERAI. No alcohol there. But it was alright I guess. Food there's not too shabby. The place is nice. And apparently the cake's good too. But other than that, nothing too special. But I will always remember that place cause my dad, being the birthday boy and all, forced us siblings to do something super embarrassing. He made us squeeze our faces together and take a picture to 'capture the moment' or something like that. There's this waiter that's standing near our table, he was practically laughing his a** off. How rude. And my sister thinks he might be a vampire. And I agree. So anyway. Here are the pics.

Yea. And now you know why the waiter was laughing. And I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but my sister looks almost the same for all 3 of the pictures. I find that kinda creepy. But anyways,

HAPPY 54th BIRTHDAY once again DAD!

:)