Ahh. That's a good pt Seanikins. You're right, white people are misrepresented. And the thing abt other races making a mess in order to justify their failure, that's another interesting point. It's like how feminism led to a liberation of women but now it has degenerated into pure irritation at times.

Have u watched this Geraldo (American 80s talkshow) episode abt White Power skinheads? Its on youtube and its interesting and pretty funny at times. It even ended up in a fight between racist and anti/non-racist skinheads live, with the host, Geraldo, ending up with a broke nose
The show continued after the racists were evacuated.

Race is indeed a touchy issue. But the racism i see in Singapore is pretty mild. Little or no violence. Even if there is, again its very mild. So i get curious abt how bad racism is in other parts of the world. I mean, sometimes the media inflates the truth. But i know in some parts of the world, like Russia, especially in Moscow, violent racism is prevalent. However, it could be media inflation.

And if there's another ethnic cleansing ever again, i would be one of the first to go because i'm half chinese half indian! But i lean more towards my indian side.

I've been reading and schooling myself in the area of racism.
I'm not going to cry "everybody is equal" because racism is more or less, a primal instinct used for identification purposes. Secondly, racism, the jealous kind, i believe, is somewhat innate and must be combated by education of the mind.

But i'm not here to give a philosophical summary. Racism exists everywhere but in different forms. I would like to know how bad racism is in your country and in what form it exists. Also, your opinion towards mutliculturalism.

For example, in Singapore, there's a a fucked up mindset looking down on bangladeshis (most of them our road cleaners, garbage disposal ppl, road sweepers) and filipinnos (most of them are here as maids). Then the dominant Chinese race here, tends to exhibit a superiority complex over its Malay and especially Indian counterparts. This is especially a sensitive issue because Singapore is historically Malay land. Sort of like how America is Native American (the term Red/Native Indian has been eliminated after trials in America) and how Whites dominate America, demographically. At the same time, the Chinese have contributed significantly to the economic and political arena and the development of the country. Singapore is multi-cultural, so along the way, we lost our identity as a land. So what did our Prime Minister do? Create his own Singaporean Identity. However, I see increasing "Chinesification" of Singapore, especially with China now on the rise as a economic power. So, that multiracial identity is under threat, and there's a misconception that we're a  province, state or worse, a place IN China. So, multiculturalism is slowly eroding Singapore's identity but it isn't something THAT bad.

I've been very interested in racism, and even more so, anti-racism. And with White Power movements and similar racist movements profilerating in Australia, Europe and the West, (actually anywhere but its much more organised in those places when u talk about race specifically), i would like to know your insight. Especially things like organised groups in ur area like White Power skinheads and Soccer Hooliganism. I absolutely hate monkey chants.

btw, i firmly believe in anti-racism but i do believe in racial consciousness and racial pride. I would prefer the term, ethnic pride because race is a broad category. But i don't endorse the view that multiculturalism is dangerous. However, the people at www.anus.com, Varg Vikernes from Burzum (National Socialistc Black Metal) do have their points when they mention that we have gone from producing beethovens to britney spears. Ok i'm a bit lost as to what i want to say at this pt of time so i'll just shut up and post.

i got a girflriend  

You're getting to that half a century mark Ty. Happy (belated) Birthday Bro! Got drunk like a pig?

wanking. 'nuff said.

I think ur loved ones have the harder task. Obviously. Dealing with u too insane freaks, i pity ur loved ones. haha but personally, Ty is the one with the monumental task. Not to bog down Newts' efforts as well, writing quality fiction isn't easy as well. Writing fiction is easy tho, but quality fiction? We all know Newts is picky about grammar and syntax as well. We should throw in the challenge that he shouldn't use a spellchecker

I recall Shining Force being a STRATEGY rpg. Using "strategy" in the title does not cut it, Sega. At least have the decency to drop the "strategy" in the title. Sheesh. And above all, rewritten storyline. That's like throwing away decades of canon, and a hardcore fanbase which you will be permanent alienating (you already aliented them by failing to translate scenario 1 and 2).

Well done, Sega! Prostitute yourself to the mainstream. You could also get more sales if you change your new villain name to Sepiroth and have nice polygonal boobs for your heroine.

and i dunno if i told anyone this, but i use Newy's Prosody acoustic song/clip for a tamil project in 2003 or 2004 i think and i think i got an A on that haha! I used it over a simple animated video/slideshow i made. It matched very well actaully haha. Think i shall go pay a visit to prosody now.

I just missed being on a forum, being shiny, and talking to people who mostly belong to the West/Europe! I just missed that european feel. I mean Power Metal will do for a day or 2, but other than that...Yeah. I just go back into playing video games cuz i've been bogging myself down with stupid academics and mostly music for the past years, and life's all good again.

How's everyone doing? I have my As in like 1 month plus and i'm scrambling to get a decent ceritificate. Hoping to do computer science since my initial ambition of sound engineering got niftily shoved by my mom (u have to skip junior college/A levels for tt, and hence u go to some private instituition to do ur diploma and degree, its unconventional in this country and being a conservative society tt is singapore, and being a south indian, its somewhat, taboo and unprestigious)

But anyhoo, i'm gonna get ard to playing Golden Sun 1 and 2 which i haven't. My brother and my sister-in-law (Suckgas, if any of u can remember) have SF Neo but i dun have the time to go over to their place and play it.

But enuff abt myself. How is everyone doing! What u guys doing now? Last i heard some of u guys were doing uni. Now i guess must have graduated and working. What's up now guys?

Hello YOB! its been a long time. Don't even know if anybody still remembers me! I'm lazy bum, although i have long outgrown that net alias, i go by Cliff now (a real alias i use in life). And yes i know i disappeared for ages. Well, in the commercial realm, shining activity has resumed (Shining Force Neo etc.) and Shining Force III now has emulation and patch projects going on. So that all aroused my interest again. A few mnths ago i was finding this place but the site seemed down but now its all back up again!

Nice to all u guys still here. Hope all the shining fangamery is still strong.
As for me, i've gone thru loads in these past few years. I'm currently abt to take my A levels in 40 more days. After that its National Service for 2 years and hopefully Uni (computer science, i pray to God). Heavily involved in music in general. Been learning guitar and studying music in general while pursuing heavy metal in my band, Bloodstone (www.myspace.com/bloodstoneonslaught) where i play as lead guitarist and released a demo last year and played countless local gigs. But i'm out of the band now to pursue studies.

As A levels approach, the stress is on. And my interest in programming resurfaced (although at the wrong time) and i did a lot of reading in these years.

Anyways miss u guys! what u guys been up to?

19 Nov, Friday 5.45 pm, GMT+8.

O levels are officially over for Lazy Bum. He looks forward to A levels but thats in 2 years.

This officially marks the redevelopment of Shining Truth. Beware.

3 subjects down. 5 to go!

Tamil, English and Social Studies are over. I screwed up tamil but the other 2 went rather better than expected. But not to worry, as only 6 out of 8 subjects i take i considered from the criteria to enter Junior Colleges. I'm already assured entrance into Junior College for the first 3 months. O levels will determine my stay in JC for the next 1.75 years. Now its more of like, doing well to enter a 'good" JC.

Back to mugging. I really can't wait to program again!

The exams explain my absence as i was trying to catch up on 2 years of work.

Tomorrow my GCE 'O' Level exams begin and ends at 19th. Can't wait for it to be over!

Then i can start programming again
And the pink is kinda cool actually. wahaha

Wish me luck.

Add soaring melodies with twin-guitar harmonisation till the point that it sounds like 100 guitars (seriously, dragonforce is unbelievable) and keyboard in the background and u have incredible power metal.

u covered the main aspect, which is cheesy lyrics
And yes, nightwish is power metal.

Is Iron Maiden Power Metal? They were considered heavy metal back then but when then now is considered Power Metal due the their theming of lyrics. But not sure tho. I know out of a 1000 songs, 999 sound the same.

Who here listens to power metal?

I was listening to a couple of power metal songs by DragonForce.
Good Lord, they are corny!
Amazing musical work, but lyrics are comical.
And Power metal should be banned really!
It causes hallucinations when listening on a discman.
You're taking a bus ride, and suddenly u see to be riding a dragon.
Next you see a bunch of hooligans and you want to destroy Evil!

And anyone saw Dragonforce concerts before? Holy Crap. They gestures they do is entirely funny! But i still like them anyway

Any other good Power Metal bands? I heard of Sonarta Artica and i've only heard their cover of Metallica's Fade2black.