PWNAGE!!!

Definition of "Pwnage":

Pronunciation Key
v. n. pwn, pwnd, :pwnage, :pwnd

1. From the Root word Own, and Ownage, the process of defeating an opponent or opponents at various Multiplayer Online Games, including 1st person shooters and Rts game simulators.

2. To Eliminate (a character) from a game whereby the character is lost and terminated including extreme frustration, whereas slamming the mouse and keyboard helps justify the action of destroying ones own property.

3. To describe, pride, joy and accomplishment.

4. To inflict pain and frustration to opposite opponents, where the character : (semi-colon) followed by the character P, creates the word :pwnage. :pwnage in most typographical form creates a "smily face" infront of the word, ownage. Whereby creating :pwnage, which stands for "I'm laughing at your Bitc* A$$, because I just Owned your A$$".

i.e. supreme dominance of anyone in anything


Visual definition:

Kudos to Momo for making such a superb piece of animation

Contemplating a child's side of the story...

Reading this linked post from Tomorrow.sg, the author describes his "ordeal" of his strained relationship with his parents. What would seem like overachieving, harsh and seemingly heartless demands, it does appear that this is a disturbingly common occurrence these days in the Heartland (based on what I read in the comments to Mr.Otaku's blog entry). It also reminded me of one of the story arcs of Jack Neo's home-grown movie 小孩不笨二 aka "I Not Stupid Too".

I personally feel fortunate that my parents chose their encouraging+loving method of bringing me up. They recognized my strengths, helped identify my weaknesses and provided me with an environment that taught me that you will only do as well as you intend to for yourself in life. Although both my parents were working full-time (plus my dad flew abroad a lot), my best memories of my childhood were of our family time together - whenever my parents were free we would take walks to the nearby shops or have a nice dinner out, or go window/shopping on weekends...

Even with my studies, my parents were always approachable for any questions I might have, and I know for sure my parents will try their best to find a solution for any issue I might have. I guess I've been real lucky... and I still feel that way now.

I really hope that both sides (parents and child) will be able to compromise in their stances, and find the most reasonable conclusion before attempting to point fingers at who is in the wrong... everyone partaking in these forms of argument are responsible for their aggression. This indeed is what I can imagine "growing pain" to be like.


As the wise Yoda said,

Fear leads to Anger.
Anger leads to Hate.
Hate leads to Suffering....