Uncategorized

The Old About Me

My name is Visakan Veerasamy. I am a Singaporean, born and bred. I am proud of my country despite its shortcomings. I believe

Sense Of Urgency

Stumbled upon some old blog posts from 2006/2007 and am rather startled and amused at some of the wisdom in those posts- ̶

Dream: Birthday

I dreamt it was my birthday- I think my twenty first. There was an older figure that suggested that I drive this big badass lu

Quotes About Heroes and Heroism

Commander Shepard, Mass Effect Series “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in sp

from the horse’s mouth

Well, personally, I would just be straightforward with it. Like how Visa has been to me, and vice versa. It’s a good wak

Thoughts on running, management and life

I’ve never really liked running. I like cycling, and I imagine I’d like swimming, but I’ve never really like

Personal Systems 2.1- down the rabbit hole we go…

Continuing from where we left off, here and here! Brainstorming (prototype 1.0): Putting things together (2.0) Refining them (

Smoke-Free, Day Two

Yes, I’m still going strong! Today my nervous system doesn’t feel as wonky, but I have got new problems- my respir

Complex systems are more interesting than linear ones.

I have a big problem with making lists. Lists are not actually very informative. They are an ineffectual way of presenting inf

a person is a system is a science is a mind is a language is a city is an organism is art

/bow

On faith.

Before anything else I think it’s important to begin by discussing faith. We are all creatures of faith, whether we real

I like to convince myself that it doesn’t matter

but I know it does. Because I admired you then, and though I realise that I was obsessed with what you stood for to me, and th

infinite

we live for the moments that we are alive, we long for the moments that last forever, transcending the mortality of our lips,

so many of you have the same fucking problems

it’s ridiculous, you’re intelligent people, you can and should know better and learn to find solutions! STOP COMPA

2:25am

It is 2:25am and I am alone. The air is still, and cold. I am not wearing a shirt. I light my cigarette with the open flame at

assorted 2011 thoughts

creativity is just persistence and keen observation My posts get a lot better if I give myself time and space to talk nonsense

dream

Garage, dirty tie… blame on the garage.. relatives? I think my brother in law- asked me to check out his garage- at whic

I don’t have to write.

I don’t need to write. It is not an addiction, not a compulsion, I could stop at any time. I write because I like to. It

Promise me something.

This 2011, promise me that you’ll pursue something that excites you. Do something that makes you want to wake up in the morn

Mandatory New Year Post [2011]

2010 was a year of reflection for me, of contemplation, self-assessment, observation, study, understanding, learning. 2011 wil

my cab fare home came to $11.60 today. I had $15, and told the cab driver to keep the change- he’d been telling me about

instructional

seize her little hand and never let go, carve her out a heart and shield her bones, live her a life lest it dares to unfold, s

stripped

How do you describe the act of personal growth? Did I simply “experience” it, as if it were a passing emotion? Did

I’m actually beginning to feel like I might not need this place at all, that it’s become a sort of dead space that

losing friends

You know what’s strange and interesting? To observe a person who had once let you in, but now shuts you out. Don’t

a spot of difficulty

If I were feeling what I were feeling right now a year or two ago, I would be feeling very melancholic and existentialist righ

aiyoh

you fucking shameless blackmailing cunts, WHY am I obligated to do this for you?! aiyoh. never mind. suck thumb. do only. tsk.

finally

After almost 3 years, I am proud to say that I am finally well and truly over it/her/that! Feels so good. 😀

I am so sexually frustrated it’s really not even funny any more.

I still fuck up all the time

I’m not sure if there’s any difference in the amount of times I’m fucking up, or with the severity of these

I have some questions for you.

Are you physically fit? Healthy? Are your eyes, teeth, heart, back, knees, ears in good shape? How would it feel if you lost t

fuck you! (ooo,ooo,ooo!)

I used to be really ignorant, arrogant, narcissistic, self-absorbed and insensitive. You guys know this better than I do. Then

kimmy & fran

get tumblrs lah both of you! it’s like livejournal but better. >_> but i’ll still post here from time to time

moving on

I never really got very comfortable with livejournal, so i’ve moved on- visaisahero.wordpress.com for my more journalist

My name is Visa, and I want

to be absolutely honest, heart-wrenching, torn and true to burn with fiery passion, to glow an unearthly hue like Lennon and M

for you

I post this here because I don’t want to make a big scene about it, and because I think you read this. Don’t talk

the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life

is to face up to myself. Because all my charm, persuasiveness, eloquence and wit is worthless against someone who is capable o

Wouldn’t it be nice if

Everybody who read anybody else’s blog were obligated and/or compelled to leave some form of acknowledgement? I imagine

MOAR

check out my kickass wealth of knowledge

look at that badass motherfucker

what do you choose?

I choose to fight, to live, to love. I choose to think, to cherish, to learn. I choose to try, to fail, to try again. I choose

perfectionism

I try to maintain my composure, but I’m really becoming a much more volatile, angry person on the inside. Be responsible

dear visa

We need to talk! 😀 It’s think-out-loud time. Balance, effectively, the right-now and the big picture. Ignore neither,

humility

Humility to me is knowing and acknowledging my limitations, flaws, weaknesses, shortcomings. How am I supposed to behave in ci

Hayley Williams

it’s my opinion that anyone who is coming onto our band looking for controversy is completely missing the point. the poi

is anybody out there

It would usually be accurate if you described me as “the guy who always has something to say”. Right now, though,

this fire burns

“Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.”– Napoleon Bonaparte I’ve been ‘

I promise you

I will blow your mind.

hey

Please, Visa, find the strength, fortitude and discipline to do yourself justice. Just keep going. Just keep going. Just keep

addicted

it’s becoming painfully clear to me that I can’t quite live, or experience life on a plane that I was accustomed t

questions?

Ask me questions and I will answer them! http://www.formspring.me/visaisahero!

to be is to be perceived

My dear friends; as you all know i am an ignoramus who doesn’t realise whenever I step on people’s toes or piss th

xx

I will not be broken.

hmm

It seems like every guy thinks that he’s the best seducer because he reads Neil Strauss or the best poker player because

NS TIME!

i won’t be posting much for some time, I imagine! Going Tekong later to serve NS! \m/

x13: cockroach.

There used to be a cockroach that always came into this room. I’d always put my feet up on something because cockroaches

Paramore– you can’t be too careful any more

I’m listening to All We Know Is Falling again after almost two years, maybe. I used to listen to it almost everyday. It&

x12: you can’t be too careful anymore

Tick tock tick tock. I’m listening to All We Know Is Falling again after almost two years, maybe. I remember when I used

x11

my body is on fire and i love it. i haven’t felt this physically in control of myself since… sec 3? since I was fi

x04: i am a writer.

I was doing some soul-searching last night and I had one of my innumerable pseudo-epiphanies: I am a writer. Writing is what I

x03: with myself.

I’m frustrated, but not really. I’m a little bit disgusted, although I shouldn’t be. It’s getting hard

x02

i’m waking up so late everyday! i have got to put a stop to this. on the bright side, i’ve been working out fairly

x01

I won pretty decently at the poker game, which had serious players who play more than I do. I don’t want to get too cock

gossip girl

i want to marathon all of gossip girl!! 8 episodes in already. 😀 poker tomorrow i hope i don’t lose terribly. it̵

paved with good intentions (colin & yen)

The following essay was written for Singaporeans Exposed: Navigating the Ins and Outs of Globalisation (published to commemora

isolation

She built a safe haven to hole up her heart, and nowhere was safer than deep in the dark. We heard not a sound as it burnt to

FASS essay

(FASS) I am a passionate individual with a relentlessly inquisitive nature & a wide range of interests. I assert that the

mrt pamphlets

She dispensed her affections like pamphlets at the MRT; he gave it a glance (and her heart did a dance) but he crushed it and

shamelessness is

the warmth that rescinds their icy stares, the badge that glisters with pride- the solace that conquers the chaos and the dagg

Uni Admissions

IS STRESSING ME OUT! LOL

Going 100% friends-locked!

you’d never have expected that from me now, would you?

the songwriting bug has struck again

i hope it bodes well!

A Level results today!

wish me luck! if I had to grade myself, I’d give me ABD/BA (history, econs, maths, literature and GP in that order). My

nyjc

I always have some trouble getting things started because I never really know where to begin. Do you start right at the beginn

pre-enlistee drama

I haven’t even enlisted and my NS so drama already. I went for my medical check up at MCC at CMPB in July 2009; the MO s

it’s not too late

We should have been up there. I refuse to believe that we’re just going to let it slide. I will not give up, even if it

morare

3/2/4/1/0/2/4/1/3 yes I smoked three sticks =\ i haven’t eaten all day. i’m going to do some pushups situps bla bl

can lah

I did smoke one last night, so it’s 3 4 1 0 2 4 1 … almost like canadian pizza. gym tomorrow! been delaying cuz of

fell off the wagon but pursuing it intently

fell off the wagon yesterday when I met my friends, and ended up smoking 4 sticks altogether. Normally this is the point where

a little setback…

2 sticks today; bummed from others. I’m not going to be too harsh on myself, the trend is still fairly positive and I

still going strong

my appetite is increasing, which is a great side effect because i’m trying to gain weight at the same time. couldn’

bed

been lying in bed all day today- seriously from like 5 am to 9pm was thinking about all kinds of different things, i can’

day 2

got my pay today! $330. I treated myself to a venti java chip frap, and intend to get a hair cut. managed to go through most o

vices!

just for fun, i’m going to quit masturbating (cold turkey) and see if there are any positive physiological implications.

The List (content ideas)

This is a rough framework. You don’t need to understand this. I barely do, myself. Some things repeat themselves because

back on task

I’ve been away for longer than I intended to- actually it hasn’t been all that long, and I used to spend much long

so skinny right now

lolol i look anorexic how to be sexy like that

the feeling is a good thing

“It’s lackadaisical days like today that make me realise how empty my life is. Something is missing; Ambition? Dir

so goddamn tired

uughhhhzzzz

the joy of exhaustion (shangrila)

I didn’t blog last night because I was really way too bloody tired and had to go to sleep. I’ve been working at th

the arc and the tower

Here’s an analogy for you. Imagine a beautiful arc of stones, held in place by the relationship between the individual c

content page

I swear that I will at least write something every single day from now on. I need to cultivate the habit to prove to myself th

updates memoirs

So as I mentioned earlier, as an ENTP my inferior function is my introverted sensing (Si).I’m bad at learning from past

more mbti goodness

I’ve been thinking lately, and I haven’t been writing all that much. That’s strange, because often, like rig

I tend to have a lot of thoughts at the same time. I try to comment on as many people’s livejournals and blogs as I can,

memories

man this limbo-purgatory i’m in really blows; i need to stop trying to do something about it and do something about it

2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? I traveled overseas with my friends! It was only a chartered to

on purpose.

(the following entry is a lot of rambling and needs editing. read at your own peril.) Life is like a massive RPG. It is well a

on clubbing.

I’ve been in clubs before, but mostly to watch or play live music. I first caught Ronin when they played at Zouk. I̵