Valentine Throwback

To celebrate Valentine's day, here's throwback to a fun 2011 skit I wrote about a man empathising with his mate over relationship issues.

Link: I <3 Ribs
<Lights up>
<B gets off the phone and gives a long sigh>
 
E: What’s wrong B?

B: I am having girlfriend trouble…

E: What, you can't find one? Kehehe.

B:  argg…you know this is the reason I'm glad my girlfriend is

E: -imaginary?

B:  No, lives in another state.

E: ...of mind? kehehe

B: No! Anyway, the problem.... it’s about sex.

E: What your imaginary girlfriend gave you imaginary herpes? Kehehe.

B: Erghh. Seriously, why do I attempt to bother having these discussions with you. Forget about it.

E: Ok, no, tell me. I’ll listen.

B: Nah forget about it

E: I’ll be serious this time.

B: Really?

E: I swear, no jokes.

B: ok…  You know that look women get when they want sex?

E: <Thinks for a second> No

B: No?... me neither…  Well I always wants to get down to do the hanky-panky, but it’s always the wrong time. She keeps telling me she has to be in the ‘mood’… (sigh) sometimes don't you just wish there was a female version of Viagra?"

E: No, not really. Why, has your girlfriend got a really flaccid penis? kehehe

B: aghhh.
<lights down>


In the mood for something more romantic?
Check out this two and a half minute musical item from the same show: Time :)

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A Preacher Curl

People spend thousands of dollars to maintaining their cars, neglecting to take care of the one vehicle we have to go all through life with:
our own body

Instead of buying clothes to look good, you should first prioritise spending time making the frame you put the clothes is excellent. A Lamborghini with a plain coat of black looks better than a Toyota Prius with a chrome finish.

 'My body is a temple'

It goes without saying, but health is intrinsically linked to a good life. Thankfully I am healthy, but I've grown more preoccupied with the idea of exercise becoming a regular mandatory routine similar to brushing your teeth. So I recently joined a gym for the period of a month to see what the fuss was all about to literally & figuratively put the abs in my flabs (heh... 'figure' it out? hurdur... I'll shut up).

It was truly an eye-opening activity, given I did not know squat about squats (sorry not sorry).

Asians are great at squatting. That's why we're world renown for our big booty.

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After a few weeks, I realised going to the gym, was like church for fitness freaks

A place for worship

In the beginning, you wake up in the morning not really wanting to go, but after you come home, your mind feels lighter and happier that you did. It's a world full of strange terminology, and whose workers are always inspiring you to try your best. It's a field that takes discipline and sacrifice to stick to the core tenets. Followers have faith that their current suffering is temporary, and there is bliss at the end of the tunnel.
Protein shakes are our holy water, circuit classes our communion. Instead of hymns, we have Electronic Dance Music; songs you grow sick of, but still love.There are people from all walks of life, looking for strength in tough times. There are also hardcore fanatics who you dismiss as a bit crazy but secretly wish you were as motivated as they were.

"Stupid sexy Flanders" - Homer, Greek Poet

The following is a prayer I wrote for ye disciples of the pump:

A gym session is like following the Game of Thrones series. You're in agony, but it's a good hurt.
But I found that it's not just a physical effort to go to the gym that's the most strenuous, but the mental one. It's hard to maintain the drive to keep going when you don't see the results immediately, but you quickly learn that the best way to keep your chin up is by doing a chin-up (I can do 5 now...yay!).

Maybe gyms should also offer a membership package where you pay for every day that you don't go.

I guess that's what my gym membership already is.

Broverbs 1:12 Gospel of St.Hetics

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A Light Hearted Dance

To celebrate the upcoming Halloween, here's a post about a dance I choreographed and performed in for Cirque Du Surgery (UNSW Med Revue 2013).

Behind the scenes:

16150 cells in this Excel table

My co-choreographer Ben and I went through sequencing which circuit which light-suits would switch on and off at every millisecond. Above is a brief screenshot of how we did it.

The lyrics to Skrillex

Also since we were using dub-step in the finale of the dance, and that genre sounds like a bunch of industrial noise, it was challenging to choreograph and sequence to every sound we heard. As you can see on the right, I wrote some lyrics so the dancers and I, could keep track of what was happening. Sadly, it's now one of the few songs I know the whole 'lyrics' too (Dubstep karoake anyone?).

Choreography and stunts during that light section happened in the space of about one week. It was super fun, but intense trying to meet all the deadlines. The fragile suits had only just started being finished, meaning limited time to practice and also issues like which crazy moves were feasible and broken wires arose. I may also have incurred a carpet burn on my head whilst face-planting after a stunt gone wrong.
I wish I had more time, and made that section longer, bigger, more epic, but I didn't account for the amount of man-hours it would take to just make the suits themselves. For just university students, I think we did well with our limited resources.
Also coming up with choreography that was unique and not just doing an easy copy-cat of what's been done already with the concept is what I hope I for. One tiny example of originality I'm proud of, is the illusion where one suit 'jumps' into another suit. In my head I can still visualise so many more things with light suit dances that haven't even been done by the professional troupes.



I spent an unreasonable amount of time on sound editing with Audacity (probably over a hundred hours) since I didn't just want a generic sound-track. I wanted humour, stunts, interesting sound fx,blended in an entertaining ball of craziness that exploded in a visual spectacle.
To do this, I mixed and edited over 13 music songs, and countless sound effects (I sourced over 300 sound files throughout the process). I probably enjoyed crafting the loop build-up to Gorillaz Feel Good the most, and spent most of the time crafting from bare-bones, the entire robotic section and percussion beats into Ben Lee's Catch My Disease.

Tracks that were cut but discarded include: Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Owl City - Fireflies [I wanted suits to combine and make a huge flying insect illusion], Stan Walker - Light it Up, Jay Sean - Hit the Lights, Kanye West - All Of The Lights, Ellie Goulding - Lights, DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2013 [Each song would be represented by a lit-up dancer], and La Roux - Bulletproof (Hyper crush remix) [as the finale instead of Skrillex].

The actual engineering process behind the EL Wire suits belongs to Hamish Pain, head of the special effects team. He's the brain behind the Arduino controllers and all that funky magical Wi-Fi stuff. It's basically impossible to compensate him for the hundreds of hours he put into leading them the team in designing the suits themselves. From sewing to trouble-shooting, and programming, his geekiness was our godsend.

 

Hamish and two directors helping construct the suits

Many late nights, and thousands of stitches

A sweatshop of trial and error

Aldri Indrayana, a talented guy with a background in fashion design, helped sketch the design of the suits. Each circuit; skeletal, arterial and venous had to be done in one continuous line. It took several iterations from the initial TRON inspired sketches, to get to the final version.

The very beginning. Pink ribs anyone?

Idea for the design on the back; a combined huge laughing skull

Final skeleton

As a medical student, I was finally happy when it was more anatomically realistic

Of course executing this design was troubling itself as EL wires aren't exactly easy to hold in complex intricate shapes.

Before green skulls on a balaclava, the initial idea involved black facemasks

That circle heart (aka Iron Man's Arc Reactor)

Hunger Games + Matrix

 

  

The whole squad

Thanks guys and everyone else that was involved :)


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For Halloween: SHALLOWEEN

Get Protection

A sharp intake of air.
Then another.
And another.

Her muscles start to tense as she fights for control.

Eyelids fluttering to a close, her lips part.

Her back arches, trying to resist the waves building up inside her
Face turning red, in futility, she tries hold back the incoming eruption.

Despite exerting self-restraint, she starts to lose it…
Letting out a series of quick Ahhh’s
Shaking, muscles spasm, her eyes roll back as her head lifts back.

There’s a pause.

Her mind goes blank.

Then it hits her.
Waves pulsing through, she rocks violently forward, powerfully thrusting her face into his tissues.
Letting out a loud noise, in her relief, she involuntarily expels liquid everywhere.
And though slightly dazed she determinedly continues blowing with all her might.


“Bless you” he says.
“Thank you.” she replies with a smile.


Protect yourself. Get a flu vaccination today.
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The flu epidemic. It’s nothing to sneeze at…
One of the greatest contributors to global morbidity and mortality; this virus’ main symptom - sneezing, can be physiologically attributed to increased signals and blood flow to spongy tissues (of the nasal variety). So how is it relevant to copulation? None, except that it got your attention and involves an immense physical build-up, messy release and can occur several times in a row. One mustn’t also forget how both can lend a sizable contribution to the spread of diseases.
So that’s why I want to urge everyone out there to get your flu vaccination before next winter. Prevention is better then cure, and with most clinics offering the vaccine at a cost less than $20, this is not only a pain-free, but very cost-effective way of keeping yourself healthy. After all, all the drugs and days off work will add up to a whole lot more than twenty bucks. And the feeling of a clear throat, nose and mind is pretty much priceless.
Now excuse me while I go off and write a story on how vaccination is like intercourse.*


*i.e. tissue is penetrated, its an invasion of foreign bodies, many are initially scared of it, its just a small prick, its over really quick, side-effects are bleeding, bruising & fainting, only the most religious don't do it and doctors provide this service several times a day... okay I might be deluding myself on that last one.
It's probably best if I leave this business of cliterotica alone to experts like Stephenie Meyer and E.L. James.
Anyways did you know sex is a natural antihistamine? "its emission phase provides a sympathetic stimulation and subsequent vasoconstriction and nasal decongestion. Also, the refractory period serves as a sympathetic reservoir and maintains the decongestive state for a considerable while."

ACHOOOOOO!!!
Well, uh... I guess I should go ahead and cure myself of a blocked nose... by myself now.

But no seriously get protected

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Poem

A Dish

She had a lot on her plate
He was unwilling to wait
With demand
The man snaps his fingers
The waitress snaps back a zinger
"It'll take more than two fingers to make me come"

Flustered, he goes dumb
Up goes her middle, so does my thumb
The same pair that had led to what was said
As it slowly clicks in everyone's head
there's a ripple of snickers at the jerk
And her lips sneak in a smirk
Back to her work she quietly turns

Her tips well earned
Manners were learned
Revenge is best served cold to the burned

And some further food for thought:

We get it poets: things are like other things
— shut up, mike (@shutupmikeginn) September 8, 2014

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Sexy Teddy Bears

Playing Scrabble today with a girl, I used all 7 letter tiles at once, placing down FELLATIO with a wink.
Her response? The low-scoring NO.
I might not have scored with her, but I scored a bonus 50 points, and that's what matters.

Excuse me, are these edible panties gluten-free?

Just waiting for my Cinderella and her Glass ugg boots

Got a date tonight, and it takes some time to get prepared. Putting mascara on my pubes takes a while.

My electric blanket has been recalled by Aldi due to warnings of a 'fire risk'. Poor buggers. It's like these blankets are being punished for doing their job of keeping us heated too well. I guess no-one likes overachievers.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends. kidding... I don't have friends

I'm so white that when I fist-bump the mirror, my reflection attempts a handshake

Some kids were probably playing 'the floor is lava' when Pompeii erupted

If Marvel put Storm and Aquaman in a movie, you'd get Sharknado

Although painful, as a teenager I didn't mind going to the dentist, because she was cute and had her boobs rest comfortably against my head during the procedure. It was like a secondary painkiller. Today at the clinic, totally felt boobs again...
If only my current dentist wasn't a chubby Indian man in his 40s

Tip: If your partner has a really annoying friend, just let it slip to your significant other that you find that friend 'really sexy'. Odds are, you're unlikely see that friend again for a while.

HUBBAHUBBA. AWOOGA. Arriiiba. hominahomina. Ugh. These onomatopoeias define my teenage years.

In hell, all grapes have seeds

Where's Wally, the best novel I've ever red.

"My boss has been on my ass all week" - Self-employed Yoga instructor

Anyone else watch Harry Potter, and was like, why aren't there more Asians and Indians in Ravenclaw? Although Ms Rowling, I did notice that you racially profiled Cho Chang into that nerdy house. Why you no healer yet?

You can tell a lot about someone's personality by whether or not they nibble the limbs off their Tiny Teddy to prevent escapes and to enjoy watching it scream, or directly biting off its head.

Is it weird that I like to lick between the legs of a tiny teddy biscuit, to give it one last moment of pleasure before biting its head off?

True story: When I was 16, I had a high-school girl's face in my bum, one of her friends at my crotch, and my face in another girl's lap. It sounds a lot cooler if I didn't mention it happened when I tripped down a hill into some Catholic school girls sitting in a circle whilst the rest of my grade watched on.

If I was writing a health brochure to dyslexic sufferers I'd put in a dilebaretly misspelled word to screw with them

I thought someone had put up random glow-in-the-dark comets in my room, but it turns out someone had actually just installed a UV light.

Is it racist that I'm extra cautious when I'm around asian mums with prams?

"You're a pussy"
"Well as they say, you are what you eat"

Confession panda bear: When at the Asian green grocer, I pat the melons just to look like I know what I'm doing to fit in, when I actually have no idea. They all sound the same to me. #tonedeaf

So tired of society's obsession with labelling people... you 'like' a few of your friends old bikini photos and suddenly you're a 'creep'

Babe, it's not about the size of your clitoris, it's how you use it.

Dragons produce fire in their mouths. Humans produce water in their mouths.  Man > Dragons

I'm the National Chinese Spelling Bee champion

Being blind, would actually be a blessing in disguise if you were a moth.
Blind moth: "Hey guys, I don't get what's all this fuss about smashing our heads into a lightbulb for several fucking hours, to end up with burns and a concussion?" Other moth: "Nah bro, you've got to try it out, it's bloody awesome"

Peter Parker's job is to essentially take selfies
"Omg, green armour is like, so tacky, but first, let me take a selfie" [beat drops]




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Pancakes, Pizza, and Popcorn

I wonder if Hogwarts students are also pissed off about the prices of textbooks

"Sex is like pizza, even when it's bad, it's still good" is inaccurate.
When I have sex with pizza, even when it's good, it's still pretty bad

I propose that we just start spelling it as 'equasian'

Watching the Fast and the Furious the other night really gives me NOStalgia

Going to direct Arts/COFA Revue! It'll be called: Black to the Fuschia

Canberra (n): The space between Sydney and Melbourne

I really dislike Ricky Martin. He can go suck a dick...

A moment of silence for the first and last slices of bread, the undesirable extra-crusty pieces that protects the soft fluffy interior. They're the hero our hunger deserves, but not the one it needs right now... The silent guardian of the loaf.

Sometimes I'm really shy around people, but I found a good confidence trick. When I'm around somebody, I think about what they are like when they are having sex. How they moan, what faces they make, how kinky/freaky they are, and just presume the worse.

I don't get why people want x-ray vision as a superpower. I already use my imagination to visualize everyone I see as naked.

I get paranoid that people can read my thoughts so I try to confuse and intercept them with random thoughts and dolphin rainbows and bluff meta-thinking like: "I know you can read my thoughts"

If I was ever a school teacher, my kids would have to constantly play "Musical Chairs" to the theme song of Game of Thrones; my favourites would be nicknamed Tyrion/Arya; the annoying kid would be called Joffrey; and I would constantly exclaim out loud "You know nothing!" in a thick accent

"Golden showers" sounds more awesome than it really is

Being efficient and using excess shampoo on eyebrows, armpit and nose hair

Spiders like creeping around girls bedrooms because there's a chance the human will use hairspray on them, and then their hair will look amazing

My ideal weight is Emma Watson on top of me

Personally, I don't like how the tooth gap in modelling (aka "the London Look") is being glamourised. With thigh gaps being a thing, let's not make wide tooth gaps one too. Yes, spinach won't ever get stuck, and she can whistle with an open mouth, but it looks like she kissed a chisel and the chisel won.
Sorry darling, but it's hard to gaze into your beautiful eyes if it seems like your teeth got a divorce.

On the other hand of imperfections, who else secretly enjoys that although some celebrities may be good-looking, they look 'dumb'? 'Hah you're hot, but look stupid'
The faces of people like Channing Tatum, and Taylor Lautner, just don't scream 'sharp intellect' (although I'm sure they're not mentally deficient). It's petty but I like that despite being genetically blessed, successful, and talented, they don't have it all. It's the small victories that count. #superficialopinions

There's something I bring on every date, because one can never be too prepared.
It starts with C, ends with M, and has more than one O.
It's pretty obvious...
Chloroform

I love how the Winter Olympic sports is essentially just sliding, but it's way much more hardcore than the Summer Olympics. Only crazy white people could have created adrenaline-inducing events like aerial ski-jumping, luge, half-pipe, hockey, snowboard cross, skeleton, and curling.

Oh please plebs, I don't eat popcorn, I only eat indiecorn

When I draw penises, I like to also sketch some hair on it, because I'm scared of being accused as a pedophile.

Although Harry Potter married Ginny Weasley, I'll bet you a galleon that he's got a hidden folder of asian porn hidden somewhere because of his teen crush on Cho-Chang. Also I bet those wizards probably have a magazine with magical gifs called Playwitch? There's a reason why James Potter gave his son the invisibility cloak ^.^

I accused my girlfriend of having a baby inside of her.
She denied it, but I eventually got it out of her

Deciding not to exercise today because I just ate a fruit
Fruit Roll-ups count as fruit right?

I find it really jarring when movies that are set in the country or in the past, show actors with perfect teeth, well-groomed hair, and pristine skin. It's so unrealistic. The only exception is Brokeback mountain, because even homosexual cowboys would know how to take care of themselves properly

You know you're hungry for pancakes when you're watching Lord of the Rings, and start wondering if the Ents blood would make a delicious maple syrup.

You know what's handy about the word handy? You can just spell it in two letters.
H and y. ‪#‎bands‬ ‪#‎panda‬ ‪#‎wands‬

Know how burping after a meal is considered a compliment to the chef in some cultures? Well us doctors really appreciate it when you fart after a prostate exam
I'm always optimistic when it comes to my chances with the opposite sex. I come from a long line of people getting laid

Don't mess with him. I heard he was a chewing gum dealer in Singapore

If I murdered someone, my ego would make me want to boast about it, but my intellect would wish not to be caught. So I'd use snapchat so there's no residual evidence. And if someone screenshots it, I'll know who my real friends are... ‪#‎perfectplan‬
That moment when you're looking at other people's bikini photos, and you go too far and accidentally like/tag one from years ago. That's when you 'like' all the rest of her pics and send her a message saying your mate liked them, not you.
And a "i'm gay penis" status.
Shit works. It's like if I get a stain from pasta/wine on a white shirt, it's just easier to stain the whole shirt and now make it a red item of clothing.

[Disclaimer: The following is for those who don't mind a few boundaries of their humour being pushed]
Narrator for a show: "Presenting... 'So you think you can fly a plane'"
[Lights up]
<Nothing on stage>
"...Malaysia"
"For people who didn't get it, that joke was so far over your head it was on flight MH370."
"hahaha I lost it at that one"
"Just like the Malaysian government"
"oooh that joke was funnier than a doco on child abuse"
"ah...that's not funny"
"Exactly why used it as an example."
"That's not how comparisons work. It's like saying it'll have better acting than Keanu Reeve, better singing than Stephen Hawking & better dancing than Stephen Hawking"
"Hey that's funny! Like a doco on ch-"
"Wow, you've got serious issues"
"Yeah...I was hit as a kid."

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