Thursday, May 26, 2005
"Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love you, Tomorrow..."
Only realised this recently but...
Well, not quite but my entry for the Singapore Blogger Convention 2005 naming contest has been accepted. Tomorrow Tea Party is doing quite well, thank you very much, at 10% of total votes as of now. Thank you all, those who voted for me.
Funnily enough, jseng noted a similarity between it and a certain world changing event. yc even wrote a post on it. I must admit while the syntax was definitely an inspiration, I never meant for it to be 'belligerent' as one comment puts it. Really, not all bloggers that confrontational you know.
Blog Wars
Episode I: Men in White Strikes Back
It is a dark time for bloggers. Although AcidGate has blown over, bloggers are still wary and continue to post disclaimers before every post.
Evading the dreaded Men In White, a Tomorrow Alliance of bloggers lead by mb, miyagi, xiaxue, adri, calm one plus many more has established a new not so secret website on a remote server in some French Polynesian island where it is less likely that they can be sued but with internet laws these days, who knows for sure?
The evil lord of the MIW, Darth Bleach, obsessed with finding this server, has dispatched thousands of search bots into the far reaches of the internet....
*Scene 1: Underground bunker somewhere in Labrador Park...
mb: Bad news people. We just got word of the latest initiative from our sources in the academy. The MIW are going to organise a national inter-school blogging championship.
rest: *gasp!*
xx: But that means...
mb: Yes, the MIW still don't get it. And future generations will be mind wiped to write only approved posts on their blogs.
calm one: No way man! I'll kick them three ways to China if they do that!
miyagi: Calm down, calm one. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side of the blogosphere. Bigger problem, we have. A disturbance in the blogosphere, there is. Looking for Tomorrow server, Darth Bleach is. Destroy his bots, we must.
adri: Our Apple Xserve G5 should be able to take anything Darth Bleach can throw at us. I suggest we should go after the server that's hosting the blogging competition instead. Knowing Darth Bleach, he's probably still using Windows NT4 since he's too stingy to upgrade all the computers in use.
mb: Hang on, I'm receiving an priority one message. Go on, General jseng.
jseng: We have received word from the Cowboy Caleb. He's with a farmboy from Malaysia and they claimed to have the secret plans to the secret server hosting the interschool blogging championship.
mb: Affirmative. Bring them in.
*Doors swoosh open. Cowboy Caleb and Kenny Sia walks in.
cc: Whoa, this is quite the operation you have here.
xx(whispers to adri): Look at his hairy legs... Oooo I want to marry him!
mb: Gentlemen, welcome to the Tomorrow Alliance. Time is of the essence. You brought the plans with you?
ks: Yes. We have discovered that the location of the servers are actually in the Integrated Resorts on Sentosa.
miyagi: Mm, insidious and devious, Darth Bleach truly is.
ks: That is right. That $100 entry fee is nothing but a smokescreen to prevent you peasants from entering and finding out the truth.
calm one: What are we waiting for? Let's go blow those servers out of the water.
mb: Hold on, we cannot be rash. How will we be able to afford the $100 entry fee into the IRs?
Wedge: That's impossible, even for a computer.
ks: Its not impossible. I'm a Malaysian so the entry fee doesn't apply to me. And I used to sneak in the Batam IRs in my T-16 back home.
mb: Enough talking; man your ships. May the blogosphere be with you.
*Scene 2: Somewhere in the IRs...
Wedge: Red 2 standing by
ks: Red 5 standing by
jseng: Lock s-foils in attack position
ks: This is Red 5. I'm going in.
*ks runs up to the door and kicks it open. Inside it rows of IBM servers, manned by MIW having a cup of tea with Darth Bleach.
db: I have been waiting for you. I am so glad you decided to accept my invitation to tea after all.
ks: We are not here for your foul tea Darth Bleach, but to rescue the blogosphere from the foul manipulations of your blogging competition.
*A firefight breaks out and the bloggers quickly subdue the MIW.
all: Victory is ours! Let us get rid of these servers once and for all!
*gathers servers and dumps them into the sea. Cuts to scene of celebrations all over.
Scene 3:Three weeks later. A ChannelNews Asia broadcast
Suzanne Jung: This just in. A breaking news report. We just received word that the Tomorrow Alliance have scored a decisive victory against the forces of the MIW. In what has come to be known as the Tomorrow Tea Party, a group of Tomorrow bloggers .....
Fade out. Credits ¶ 4:18:00 pm
Well, not quite but my entry for the Singapore Blogger Convention 2005 naming contest has been accepted. Tomorrow Tea Party is doing quite well, thank you very much, at 10% of total votes as of now. Thank you all, those who voted for me.
Funnily enough, jseng noted a similarity between it and a certain world changing event. yc even wrote a post on it. I must admit while the syntax was definitely an inspiration, I never meant for it to be 'belligerent' as one comment puts it. Really, not all bloggers that confrontational you know.
Blog Wars
Episode I: Men in White Strikes Back
It is a dark time for bloggers. Although AcidGate has blown over, bloggers are still wary and continue to post disclaimers before every post.
Evading the dreaded Men In White, a Tomorrow Alliance of bloggers lead by mb, miyagi, xiaxue, adri, calm one plus many more has established a new not so secret website on a remote server in some French Polynesian island where it is less likely that they can be sued but with internet laws these days, who knows for sure?
The evil lord of the MIW, Darth Bleach, obsessed with finding this server, has dispatched thousands of search bots into the far reaches of the internet....
*Scene 1: Underground bunker somewhere in Labrador Park...
mb: Bad news people. We just got word of the latest initiative from our sources in the academy. The MIW are going to organise a national inter-school blogging championship.
rest: *gasp!*
xx: But that means...
mb: Yes, the MIW still don't get it. And future generations will be mind wiped to write only approved posts on their blogs.
calm one: No way man! I'll kick them three ways to China if they do that!
miyagi: Calm down, calm one. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side of the blogosphere. Bigger problem, we have. A disturbance in the blogosphere, there is. Looking for Tomorrow server, Darth Bleach is. Destroy his bots, we must.
adri: Our Apple Xserve G5 should be able to take anything Darth Bleach can throw at us. I suggest we should go after the server that's hosting the blogging competition instead. Knowing Darth Bleach, he's probably still using Windows NT4 since he's too stingy to upgrade all the computers in use.
mb: Hang on, I'm receiving an priority one message. Go on, General jseng.
jseng: We have received word from the Cowboy Caleb. He's with a farmboy from Malaysia and they claimed to have the secret plans to the secret server hosting the interschool blogging championship.
mb: Affirmative. Bring them in.
*Doors swoosh open. Cowboy Caleb and Kenny Sia walks in.
cc: Whoa, this is quite the operation you have here.
xx(whispers to adri): Look at his hairy legs... Oooo I want to marry him!
mb: Gentlemen, welcome to the Tomorrow Alliance. Time is of the essence. You brought the plans with you?
ks: Yes. We have discovered that the location of the servers are actually in the Integrated Resorts on Sentosa.
miyagi: Mm, insidious and devious, Darth Bleach truly is.
ks: That is right. That $100 entry fee is nothing but a smokescreen to prevent you peasants from entering and finding out the truth.
calm one: What are we waiting for? Let's go blow those servers out of the water.
mb: Hold on, we cannot be rash. How will we be able to afford the $100 entry fee into the IRs?
Wedge: That's impossible, even for a computer.
ks: Its not impossible. I'm a Malaysian so the entry fee doesn't apply to me. And I used to sneak in the Batam IRs in my T-16 back home.
mb: Enough talking; man your ships. May the blogosphere be with you.
*Scene 2: Somewhere in the IRs...
Wedge: Red 2 standing by
ks: Red 5 standing by
jseng: Lock s-foils in attack position
ks: This is Red 5. I'm going in.
*ks runs up to the door and kicks it open. Inside it rows of IBM servers, manned by MIW having a cup of tea with Darth Bleach.
db: I have been waiting for you. I am so glad you decided to accept my invitation to tea after all.
ks: We are not here for your foul tea Darth Bleach, but to rescue the blogosphere from the foul manipulations of your blogging competition.
*A firefight breaks out and the bloggers quickly subdue the MIW.
all: Victory is ours! Let us get rid of these servers once and for all!
*gathers servers and dumps them into the sea. Cuts to scene of celebrations all over.
Scene 3:Three weeks later. A ChannelNews Asia broadcast
Suzanne Jung: This just in. A breaking news report. We just received word that the Tomorrow Alliance have scored a decisive victory against the forces of the MIW. In what has come to be known as the Tomorrow Tea Party, a group of Tomorrow bloggers .....
Fade out. Credits ¶ 4:18:00 pm
