Sunday, December 30, 2007
Aye, sorry for a lack of major updates. Was super lazy, plus my schedule was packed with a lot of events.
Although I normally type chronologically, with all the events and stuff, I realized there were several repeated events, or related. So, for the first time (I think) I'll be typing my posts based on topic, within the last few weeks. Heh! Let's see how it goes =/.
HAIRCUT
A few weeks ago I finally had my hair cut and shaved my mustache. My cellgroup has been "supportive" of me cutting off my hair. And you know what? While I was in KL, I cut my hair again. Had a pretty girl, who's named Shi Qi (and looks like Qing Yun) cut my hair. My mom opted for the cheaper student cut, so I had like an audience of 15 or so students looking at Shi Qi cut my hair. Aw man, talk about nervousness. Having 30 eyes look at you isn't easy, and Shi Qi looked quite under pressure, with all the scrutiny from her peers. Nerve-wrecking as it was for her, it was worse for me. I could barely smile at her jokes without having the 30 eyes suddenly shift their gaze to me and that made me feel like... I don't know... nervous also? Yeah, nervous for my hair. Shi Qi messes up and it'll be my hair who gets victimized. Okay, at least she did decently. Last time I had a really nervous student who was cutting hair for the first time, and lucky me, I was his first "test subject". I looked like a retard at the end. Nothing more to say.
Oh, and my cellgroup's trying to get me to cut my hair again. Again?!
POOL
Last week or so, the cellgroup went to Vivo City for fellowship. After eating, Ashley, Jonathan, Karnex, Alstar, Jessica and I went to play pool. Considering it's the first time I've played in a really long time, I didn't do so bad. I didn't lose any matches, and I got to win everyone there. Jessica couldn't reach very far =p. Karnex called the chalk a sharpener! LOL. Alstar wasn't an all-star for pool. Aye. I've learned new vocabulary. Now when I go play pool, I'll call the chalk a sharpener. And my cue stick a pencil. HA.
Also played pool with some of the Magic gang a few days ago. Initially, we were supposed to go ice skating at some new place in Kallang, opposite the National Stadium. However, Koh Wee had last minute "plans" (eh eh eh), Ronald had some kinda checkup, and Nicholas was hospitalized that morning. Freak right? In the end, only Wilson, Wei Yu and Zameer came. We ate at Geylang before walking off to the shopping mall (we passed by BJ's Massage Parlor). After exploring the shopping mall, we checked the price and its much more expensive than the one at Jurong, plus no good package deals. We decided to go to Dhoby Ghaut and play pool instead. Heh, for a while I thought I won every match. But in the last 2 games, I sewered the black ball in, letting Wei Yu and Wilson have a win against me. Pfft. It was really packed that day too. And nearly every table had a pretty girl among the players. A rarity indeed, Because normally there's only a select few. On days where a guy is playing one-on-one with the only girl there, every head always turns your way. Trust me, I was a victim once.
Oh, and I'm addicted to Yahoo! pool again. Thing is, all the friends I play with have low ratings, which makes it freaking risky for me to play with them. If by some fluke I lose, they get an enormous boost to their ratings while mine drops like hell. So I only play unrated matches with them now. And rated for those who have a similar rating as me. Meh.
SHOPPING MALLS
While I was in KL, I visited a lot of shopping malls. Mid-Valley, Aeon Bukit Tinggi and The Pavilion top the list. Seriously, when I came to Singapore, I thought Causeway Point was impressive. Then I got to know Orchard Road, with all its malls, existed. Then along came Vivo City. Lemme tell you, these guys are ticks on an elephant compared to the three I mentioned above. Mid-Valley Mega Mall is HUGE. Aeon Bukit Tinggi is the KL version of Aeon Tebrau City in Johor, and for the Johorians (???) who've been there, they'll know what I'm talking about. Most impressive was The Pavilion though. It opened very recently, and its size looked really deceptive at first. It doesn't look very big (on the inside and out) but if you explore the mall, you'll see it beats Vivo any day. The interior structure is also freaking gorgeous, especially with the Christmas decorations up. The main entrance reminisces of a palace and it's just stunning to see.
Like I mentioned, I visited that new mall opposite the National Stadium. I think it's only going to be put to good use when there's a concert at the nearby Indoor Stadium, because it's really not worth the effort to walk there from Kallang MRT. Half the mall is still empty, because its very new, and only the arcade is note-worthy to mention. Surprisingly, KFC is the only fast food restaurant in there for now. Zzz.
MOVIES
I've been watching more movies this month than I have for the entire year. I mentioned in older posts I watched 30 Days of Night and The Golden Compass. While in KL, I watched Alvin and the Chipmunks with Zoe at The Pavilion. The structure of the cinema is a little confusing, but it just adds to the grandeur of the entire mall. Anyhoo, Alvin and the Chipmunks was just a heart-warming movie. Touching and sad at some points, but hilarious and freaking cute for most. Oh, and I think the girls will love Theodore the most. That chipmunk is really the most adorable out of all the chipmunks. Freaking cute throughout the movie.
Also watched The Tattooist with Koh Wee and Yao Qi. I was expecting a scary movie. In the end? All I got was a B-rated movie with barely any chills. Okay, the storyline was decent, and the gore was really commendable. A character called Victoria died in a really gruesome but very original way. Kudos to that.
POKER
Quite a long time ago, Koh Wee taught me Poker. Initially he taught me 5 Card Draw (I think that's what its called) and when he learned the most popular professional version, he taught it to me. Texas Hold 'Em. He's bought poker chips from the World Series of Poker brand and he's got an online poker account now. Woots anyone? I'm learning new tactics and read a bit from some poker books, 'cause it's a really interesting game. Not to mention betting and tossing chips like that feels so cool. Haha!
Interesting things from poker: I'm considered a jackal, otherwise known as a maniac (how fitting). This term is used to describe an unpredictable player who calls and folds with no predictable pattern. Mostly I'm just calling, making huge pots and being nuts. Yao Qi's a mouse, while Koh Wee is a lion.
Hmmm. Debbie's a bee =p.
BIRTHDAYS
Last week was Macy's birthday. In case you didn't know, Macy is Sher Ling's daughter. My first cellgroup leader's daughter. Yeah. We were given the address on a card, but I left it in JB before I went to KL. Then I didn't take it down when I went back to Singapore. The card said the nearest MRT station was Paya Lebar, but the Aljuniedians said the address was nearer to Aljunied MRT. But, I was told that the members from other zones (I was the only E458 member) would be meeting at Paya Lebar. So fine, I took a bus to Aljunied MRT, then took the MRT to Paya Lebar. When I called, it turns out that they were meeting at Aljunied MRT, without informing me -.-. Fine, so I went back to Aljunied MRT, and we took a long walk to the place. In the end, we found out Paya Lebar was only a few minutes walk away. AHHHHHHH!
Okay, it was quite fun anyway. Got to fellowship without any of my members, which was a refreshing experience 'cause I'm with my cellgroup all the time. It's good to catch up with people from other cellgroups. I helped set up the food, the tables decor and stuff along with Jeffrey and Jonathan Fong mainly. Heh, highlight of the food was the chocolate fondue. Liquid chocolate dripping from something like a fountain. Brilliance! Macy was also cute to the extreme. Oh man! She was like beyond cute the whole time. Okay, going gaga over a cute kid -.-.
This weekend, we also celebrated Jessica's birthday. HA! Not your normal birthday. On Friday, Michelle gathered some members together to think of a prank for Jessica. We decided to tell her that she was transferring to N337. So with subtle hints and conversations, eventually we built up the case that she really was transferring. Jessica took it well though, and was ready to face it. So while we sang her "Happy Birthday" Michelle made an announcement that Jessica was transferring. Although Michelle nearly burst out laughing at one point and some who knew about it were stifling laughter, the act was really well done, and the helpers even gave those final words. Whoa, you wouldn't believe the tears that poured from a few people. Yikes! It's like you want to tell them its a joke 'cause seeing them cry is like so heart-wrenching. Lmao. But in the end, Michelle made a second announcement that it was all a prank! The tears were still pouring -.-. For a short while more I mean =x.
CHURCH
Well, service for the last few weeks has been nothing but brilliant. Pastor Kong's Christmas messages were strong yet poignant for the Christmas season. The drama was also touching, and quite entertaining. I loved the part with the FAKE system. Lmao.
Anyway, as tradition since we started it, the services were all candlelight services. It's simply breathtaking and beautiful to be in pitch blackness with the only light being the candles. Here's some pictures to remind you of the beauty.
Okay fine, I was being a little cheapskate. These pictures were taken two years ago (notice Pastor Kong's hair) but hey! It's still as beautiful. I'll upload the Christmas pictures once the CHC website puts them up.
BUSES
Okay, this is quite impromptu. I didn't plan to add this topic in, till something happened just now.
TIB 1003 T - This is the bus number of an 853 I took last time. It took nearly two hours to get from Khatib to Parkway Parade. The bus driver also had a sickening attitude that pissed me off, and no courtesy at all. I took down the bus number, because I really had nothing better to do. At least now I know where I can use it. Blogging!
SBS 1970 U - This is the bus number of a 170 bus. The driver is really useless. When people are vying to get on the bus, he'll just sit there and wait till the people stop trying to get on the bus. And when it's packed, he won't close the door but just wait till people get off the steps, then he'll close the doors. He just sits there! The freaking guy doesn't even do anything. No hand motion, no calling out. Freaking useless. Once the bus was waiting for a full 5 minutes just standing there, doing nothing, till the people got the message and got off the steps. The driver did no crap at all and just sat there, looking at everyone wondering what the hell was going on.
In KL, the bus stops anywhere. Uh, yeah. Just flag it down (so long it's not the highway) anywhere and they'll stop. That's 'cause there's rarely any bus stops to begin with. Still beats JB though.
I'm actually typing this post on a bus. I'm taking 853 from Parkway Parade to Khatib to meet Ashley so he can use my Photoshop. Okay, normal bus ride right? NO! An old man in front of me just threw up! ON THE BUS. And the smell is really unbearable. Luckily, there's no food stench. Just the smell of alcohol. Tiger Beer I think. Eurgh. I'm trying to breathe through my mouth right now. There's still like half an hour of traveling left. That's the least of my worries though. I just wonder how I'm gonna get off this bus with clean shoes...
RANDOMNESS
If you're wondering why I didn't sleep for 37 hours (39, by the time I slept) that day, it was 'cause I stayed up overnight at Juswin's house for the Christmas celebration with the N337 and N362 members. I slept like 2 minutes before going to service with Jonathan and Ashley. After service, I met up with Koh Wee and Yao Qi to play poker and celebrate Christmas outside. I slept at an insane time of like 4am plus, and I stayed over at Koh Wee's house. We ended up waking up at 3pm!
Oh, and I managed to get off the bus safely. I didn't get to post on the bus (which was typed yesterday) so I'll be posting this now, today. Anyway, as the bus was very packed, people had no choice but to step on the puke. By the time it was time for me to get off, the floor area was quite rid of the vomit already. Only the seat and the floor area directly below it was still dirty. And I was shocked by the vomit. It was dark red, looking exactly like blood. Oh man...
Plus, I needa move out of my place latest by tomorrow. Aye, as it's very low to actually scold your friend's parent for causing you problems, I've decided not to publicly defame her. Let's just say I'm forced to move out of this place for no apparent reason. No reasonable excuses were given and it was usually poor treatment and conduct I received from that person. That is all I will say on my blog.
Anyway, my cellgroup's going to Isabel's house to have a countdown party later on. The dress code is nerdy. AH! Geez! I don't know how to dress nerdy! I need a nerd to teach me! Zzz. I'll try to come up with something stupid looking later. Spectacles will pull off the look if I can get some =/. Pfft. Happy last day of the year 2007 everyone (that sounded retarded, unfortunately, not nerdy).
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas everyone!
Okay, it's a little late to be making a post about that now. But to many of my friends, I did wish them Merry Christmas personally.
Gave them all a message "Merry Christmas one and all, hope you don't jump, slip and fall =p"
Had to find something that rhymed =/.
Anyway, for the record, I haven't slept in 37 hours.
Long story.
Happy Boxing Day!
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Monday, December 24, 2007
Aye, a little lazy to post my daily happenings. I'll do that soon though. And I still haven't made a post about my paranormal experience, re-inspired by that damn video I watched with Koh Wee about ghosts and demons.
So, I thought I'd just make some randomness. With random quotes. Very random. Random right?
Butt-Head: Uhhh, Paris... That sucks.
Paris: No way! That's hot!
Beavis: Fire is hot. [Grunts.] Yeah, fire.
Nicole: Hehehehe... Unicorns are purple!
Heh. The pictures are from Melvin Tan's blog. He played Judas in the Easter drama and looks like Chang from the Christmas drama. I've linked him anyway, so check out his posts. Some are really hilarious.
And to be more random, go check out my links and find a blog called Post Secret. People send their anonymous confessions through mail and they're published on the website. It's updated at the start every week without fail and its become a favorite read of mine. And well, it's interesting to see what people have done. They don't keep archives though, so miss one week, and you won't see that weeks posts ever again. Unless you buy their book =/.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Sickening woman!
Hope my mood for Macy's birthdy and Christmas service later hasn't been spoiled 'cause of you.
Freak, freak, freak.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Aye... so sorry for the lack of updates. School's just been torture.
Okay, since I know people are going to be wondering why I was so pissed on Thursday, I think I'd just start there.
Wednesday I watched Hitman with Koh Wee, and it was a good movie, well worth it. I went back home and started doing my Flash animation to be passed up the next day. There was also a Visual Basic test, but I focused more on Flash. So I was doing it alright, and began searching online for tips I could add in to make it look better. I found a nice one and did it, forgetting to save my original project. Once I had added in the new feature, I found out that it was supposed to be saved as a .swf file and then imported into another layer on your original project (only Flash junkies will know what I'm saying). Bad thing, 'cause I had erased all my layers to keep the .swf file. But what I didn't know was that I had forgotten to save my original project, and so I couldn't add my .swf file to anything now, 'cause I saved my .swf and you cannot undo saves. Freak, I had stayed up all night till 6am just to do this and now it was all for nothing. I quickly did a messed up job in 5 minutes and it sucked, really.
Went to school, where everyone was looking at each other's Flash animations. I was seriously impressed with their animations, and although my original one could compare, my done-in-5-minute Flash animation just looked like trash beside theirs. Talk about mood spoiler.
Later, we had our VB test. I've always been terrible in VB, and this time, it just culminated even more. I went to sleep for the first half hour then woke up to do my VB. I had no idea what I was doing for half the time and once I saved my solution, I realized I couldn't open it. Heck, I just went back to sleep and passed it up through FTP. Too bad if the teacher can't open it. This just pissed me off even more.
Later, Olivia called me and asked me to have dinner with some of the cellgroup members, before she and Isabel left for Hong Kong. Alright, so I decided to take a 197 and sleep on the way till Bugis. Halfway through, Alzena called me and asked me to accompany her to buy jeans on the spot. Eurgh, besides total inconsideration, I was dead sleepy, and her annoying tone didn't help at all. She was freaking persistent and kept asking me to accompany her for 5 minutes straight. Geez! Talk about dedication to annoyance! I made an effort to end the conversation as fast as possible and when she finally hung up, I had already reached Bugis. So much for sleep.
Once I reached Bugis, I met up with Ashley and we called the other members to find out where they were. No one picked up, so we looked around to see if they were in the area. They were at the fountain, just talking among themselves. If they were busy with feedback, calling the late people or something I'd understand. But they weren't doing anything and couldn't even bother to pick up a phone call. Freak.
After deciding where to eat, they picked the famous wanton noodle place opposite Parco. Seriously, I'm sick of that place. We come all the way to Bugis, just to eat THAT?! Everytime we come to Bugis its always that place. Honestly, I'm sick of it. First, it's expensive and not even filling, and worst of all, they've increased the price. Second, there's nothing much to eat besides the wanton noodles, and it's just boring. When I voiced my displeasure among the cellgroup, no one took notice, even with the freaking obvious hint I was making. Waste of money. While eating, something was going on, and although I knew exactly what was going on, I still asked. 3 of the helpers ignored me, even though I repeatedly asked about the issues. When I spoke up to tell them I knew what was going on, they didn't even hear me. Heck, if I had bothered asking the 4th helper, I'm sure she woulda ignored me too.
Later they went to a dessert cafe. While walking there, I pursued the matter again, although from a different perspective. Ignored once again. Freaks. Seeing how I wasted my money earlier, I just thought to myself to screw dessert and just keep quiet. I didn't want Olivia and Isabel's farewell dinner to end with my bad mood. During the dessert, they talked among themselves and Joshua arrived at last. Olivia kept making her usual black jokes while Candice kept pushing my head, telling me to join in to their game and conversation. Normally it's no big deal, but with all that had happened earlier, their good-hearted humor did something for the first time: Piss me off. I was really about to explode already, so to make sure I kept myself busy, I borrowed Ashley's PSP to keep myself busy playing Tekken 5. They still continued their jokes, and lucky the PSP was there, or I could've just exploded.
Later, they wanted to go study at some place. Hanging around with my cellgroup was just going to make things worse, so I made up my mind to go to the arcade without them. While walking back towards Bugis Junction, one last time I questioned a helper about the issue earlier. I just told him/her outright that I knew what was going on and mentioned something important, to which he/she replied "Good lor." Screw this... I ignored the entire cellgroup and walked all the way to the front, banging into anyone who blocked my way. Even the hawker uncles and aunties moved out of the way when they were carrying food. Sorry.
Once we reached Bugis Junction, I told Jonathan I was going to the arcades and went down, whilst ignoring the rest of the cellgroup before they arrived. Ashley went down with me, thankfully. We played Silent Hill: The Arcade. It was just released weeks earlier and I decided to try it out. Zombies and monsters are surprisingly good to vent out anger at. I lost pretty quickly, 'cause its different from most other shooters. Anyway, during the shooting, whenever something surprised me or hit me, I shot back, but I also shot back profanities. It has been over a year since I have spoken out a vulgar word. But I lost control that day, due to the ignorance of the cellgroup, and released a flurry of them while shooting the monsters. After venting my anger out on the monsters, I did feel much better. At least I didn't scream and yell at my cellgroup. I did it to virtual pixels with a laser gun. I could only imagine if I had lost control in front of my cellgroup...
The next day I had two agendas, either go cycling with my cellgroup at East Coast, which I had agreed to much earlier, or go to Koh Wee's house to play poker with Yao Qi and Hui Fen. Originally, I had planned to go cycling, and then go to Koh Wee's house a little late. I didn't get to make up my mind though, because I dropped to sleep the moment I reached home from Bugis. Seems like anger was still brewing in me, 'cause although I slept at 11+, I woke up at 6. The emotions of yesterday were still brimming in me, and to vent it out, I created a new blogskin. Yeah, sounds funny, but oh well... better than yelling and screaming. I picked seraphs as the theme, because the Hebrew for seraph derives from flaming, fiery serpents. Just as my anger was fiery and burning, so is the seraphim's fire. Only theirs is a holy fire though... so nevermind.
I went online and chatted with one person about the previous days events. It seems that most of the cellgroup knew I was unhappy, but didn't know why. Well, to those sneaks who read my blog just to know what's going on, now you know. To spare them some dignity, I haven't mentioned their names. Well, that's half the reason. The other half is because they read my blog. Anyway, the ignorance of the cellgroup was discussed by us on MSN, and we agreed on pretty much every fact. With that, I made up my mind to screw the cycling and just hang out with Koh Wee and group. Then some people kept asking me to go for the cycling, even though I had told them I had no mood. Obviously, they were puzzled why I had no mood. Except for one helper, the rest had no idea what was going on. I didn't have the heart to tell them they were the reason. So I just kept repeating "no mood" when I was asked why (for over 5 minutes -.-).
I went to Koh Wee's house later on, playing poker. Even though I was trashed completely, I still had a good time. Later on, we went to Junction 8 to eat, and seeing Debbie after so long, also cheered up my mood considerably. Eating such a heavy meal also somehow cheered me up, even though I'm not the kind who eats to feel better. I stayed over in Koh Wee's place, where we ate, watched The Condemned, and scared ourselves badly with a ghost video. I'll mention that in another post...
We woke up the next morning to go play Silent Hill: The Arcade, and got killed around or after the dragon boss. Had a meal at Pastamania before watching The Golden Compass and I went back to pack up things for KL before going to service. It was a great message, and I felt a little guilty after Pastor Kong mentioned issues on the "F" and "S" words, because I had used them considerably in the last few days. Anyway, we had fellowship later on, with half the members, and the ongoing conversation only continued to prove me correct that I was being ignored on Thursday. It shed even more light, as it seems some of them weren't just ignoring, but literally (and I mean really literal) weren't listening to me.
Went back home with Jessica and Ashley on the train. Thank you both very much. And Jessica... well, can't say it here. But, you know anyway.
This entire episode has been unique. I haven't been pissed like this in a really long time. Heck, because of this I finally said a vulgarity after a long time. I was playing basketball at RP two weeks ago, with a new group of Chinese nationals I hadn't seen before. If there's any place to lose control of your language, the court is definitely up there. Nicholas and I played with a freaking violent group of them, and they openly were talking among themselves how both of us were ideal to shove and elbow, even though we weren't playing violently in the first place. I couldn't play well 'cause of their violence and open arrogance, plus I didn't have the chance to warm up. But I did manage to at least burn everyone on the court at least once. When I burned the player who had elbowed Nicholas on the face, used his knee to hit my stomach, and elbowed me in the chest, I nearly flicked up my middle finger when the "chop" sound was made, to add some cockiness. I didn't though, and kept control. While I was staying over at Joshua's place last week, he accidentally squashed my fingers on the door hinge. I almost accidentally said something, but still kept in control.
Yet this incident has pissed me off to an extent I did something I shouldn't have done as a Christian. And wouldn't you know it, Christians were a big part of that. On the Uth-Nited Sentosa outing, it was really fun, and even though my cellgroup didn't win, we enjoyed the games and fellowship, though the cost was a heavy sunburn. I think I can speak for every member when I say we completely enjoyed ourselves that day, getting high on such holy and great fellowship. I was really enjoying myself that day, and the games in the sea and beach afterward just added on to the great atmosphere. Sure, I may have spoiled the mood by getting a leg cramp during a game among ourselves, and having heart problems during the frisbee game finals, but the overwhelming amount of fun overrided that completely. Yet the ignorance I faced with the cellgroup and the school things had overrid my commitments and statutes as a Christian, making me do something I shouldn't have.
Among the cellgroup, we have often spoken about being the greatest cellgroup in GT zone. It's a great vision, and I have been a part of a cellgroup that arguably achieved that before. When we multiplied, I was quite assured in my beliefs that this cellgroup could achieve that, with unity and hard work in the long run. The last few months however, are starting to make me doubt that. This incident, although I'm over it now, is a great stumbling block for that vision. What kinda great cellgroup are we going to be if I'm ignored like this? When we have issues, you tell us that you'll be there to share the burden and stand in the gap. Yet when I ask I'm ignored. If you could handle it so well, that discussed issue would have been over. And that goes for other issues too. E458, our vision is starting to crumble. Hopefully after this Christmas, things will be back on track and we'll continue growing spiritually and in numbers. That may seem naive, but like we learned yesterday, faith is positive. Disappoint again however, and our dream will literally remain a dream.
One year... just as I have said with someone else. One year. After that, if things remain unchanged... well, let's hope you don't find out.
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Just took a quiz. Here's the results.
You are a middle brain dominant student!
You are open minded but not gullible about things or people. You may run into trouble making decisions sometimes, while your logical brain plays tug-of-war with your gut instinct. You enjoy the arts, but you could also do well in science and math. You appreciate the beauty of all things in life, and are well-rounded. Middle brain students would do well on The Apprentice, since they can have a strong mix of gut instinct and an appreciation for numbers. You would have a strong career in business, but you may not go that route; you may be more interested in studying the arts and sciences in college. You would be wise to read over the characteristics of left and right brain students and consider whether you fall into the traps of either type. For instance, extreme right brain dominant students can get too bogged down in thought, while extreme left brain students can be rigid in their views.
Here's the link of you're interested:
http://homeworktips.about.com/library/brainquiz/bl_leftrightbrain_quiz.htm
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - Troupes of monkeys are out of control in India's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained.
"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Hiren Das told Assam state's assembly.
He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them".
"It is a cause of serious concern in my area, with more than 1,000 such simians turning aggressive by the day," fumed Goneswar Das, another legislator representing Raha in eastern Assam.
Assam's wildlife minister, Rockybul Hussain, said the state government has formed a panel to study the problem.
Because of shrinking forest cover, monkeys have increasingly moved into cities elsewhere in India as well.
Last week, around two dozen people were hurt after monkeys rampaged through a New Delhi neighbourhood.
Last month, the deputy mayor of Delhi died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys.
Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by the fact that devout Hindus view them as an incarnation of Hanuman, the monkey god who symbolises strength.LOL. GG. OWNED! By monkeys!
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