12 years has passed so fast huh? Pretty sure most people won't even remember the significance of this day today, but for those who remembered... or worse still, who was severely affected by this tragic event then they will absolutely know what today is all about. Yeah... its quite a taboo topic to discuss about regardless of who you are or where you're from, but its also important to remember that this time 12 years ago, it was an event that shook the world and changed the course of history forever...

There might have been plenty of controversies (and even some might say, conspiracy theories) around the 9/11 attack, but it will always mark the day when many innocent lives were taken away as well as the start of the middle eastern war which is still ongoing even until today. Yup, just this one event turned the whole world into chaos. Many other related events might have happened after that day and throughout the years, but this has always been the catalyst for the many things that has happened right now that we never realized. But I don't really wanna go deep into this topic for fear of offending many people, but its a part of history that all of us should probably remember and honor.

Seems like yesterday when I was at home doing my own thing (was playing video games on my PS1 I think?) then suddenly my mom was asking me to go inside her room to watch the news on CNN regarding the airplane that crashed into the World Trade Center, with another plane crashing into the other WTC building later as well as the Pentagon in a similar time. I was only 10 years old at the time and was still in primary school, and yet I could clearly see all the carnage and chaos that happened on TV. Especially the part when the 2 towers collapse in such a mannerly fashion as if it was planned to fall down that way. Kinda remembered how it was even a hot topic at school with all my classmates, the other students and even teachers were talking about it. That next few weeks you could say everyone was glued to the TV or internet trying to keep up with the news regarding the attack and what Osama bin Laden's next move was. Its just unbelievable how everything like that happened back then and almost had the whole world standing still. But of course, because of that almost every country had to be on high alert for "terrorists" and also made any Muslims difficult to travel anywhere, especially the United States.

Time is a funny thing ya know? Regardless of what is going out around us, time just keeps moving on... and before we know it, years just passed by in a blink of an eye. At times I feel like I've been left behind by time, and yet... time could also slow down when you least want it to. Doesn't matter I guess... it might be 9/11 today, but tomorrow is gonna be just another day for everyone else and continue going to school or work or whatever that people do with their lives. As for me, I don't really have a plan to do anything, but I guess I should move on and do something too.

These articles might be of some interest too regarding today:
Five Things to Know for Your New Day - Wednesday, September 11
On September 11, I have a question for Tony Blair
Firefighters remember September 11
Sept 11: Twelve years on, Americans still remember
September 11, 2013: Americans Plan Solemn Ceremonies Commemorating 9/11 Attacks
September 11 anniversary: ceremonies in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon

A great song to start the month with don't you think? Haha yeah, the song might be kinda lame and all but I kinda liked them even before I started to liked all this hardcore techno hardstyle J-core stuff that I'm listening to almost everyday now. Well at least I know the "indie" part of me will never die....

Enough about me though, and talk about this very special month of July. So what is so special about this month to you guys? Well apart from my birthday or 4th of July (America's Independence Day for those who don't know...) it is the start of the second half of the year. There might have been tons of things happened during the first 6 months this year for me, but the following 6 months from now on is gonna be an even bigger challenge for me as I'm turning 18 this year! Sure, might not sound like much for those who are older than me, but for me it is something special....

Well I'm not gonna bother telling what is so special about being 18 until I've become 18, so just give it a few more days if you want to know my point of view on what being 18 is all about. Anyway, other than this I'm also looking forward to these 2 events being held this July:

DaiCon - 11th - 12th July 2009
PIKOM PC Fair - 31 July - 2 August 2009

Well there might be more things being held besides those 2 events during this month, but these 2 are probably the ones that I'll definitely try to go to! =D

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

Wikipedia
Youtube
News of Michael Jackson death floods internet and crashes sites

Well for people who aren't keeping up with the news (or who missed this anyhow) this is definitely something interesting. I know the news has been around for quite a few days, but it doesn't hurt to share the news right? Yeah yeah, in before the overly abused phrase "as old as the internet", "old news is old", "tree'd" or whatever 1337speek or nonsense that is from 4chan. Speaking for 4chan you might me wondering what this has to do with with the picture or the title right?

Well apparently (and no, this is not a joke or anything) the guy in the picture, came in first in TIME 100 "Most Influential Person of 2009" online poll. For those who don't know who that guy is, he is no other than the owner of 4chan, moot! Yeah, not sure what his real name is, but Wikipedia stated that his real name is "Christopher Poole" or whatever it is...

Okay, enough about that for now. The real news is that he didn't won the online poll fair and square it seems. The TIME.com server was hacked by hackers from 4chan and made an autovote script that would vote for moot to make sure he wins the poll. On top of that, there was even another script that would vote the other people on the list in an arrangement that would spell "marblecake also the game". All in all it was really unbelievable how the whole thing actually started, just because they did it "for the lulz" But after they found out about the hack, TIME did what was right and made the poll null and void and so that is how the TIME 100 list looks as it is now.

Well I really don't know how to explain the entire situation to be honest, so just give yourself a few minutes of your time and read this. I'm sure your time wouldn't go to waste and is really interesting what the guys over at 4chan did just to make this possible....

Inside the precision hack

Via Sankaku Complex and Wakarimasenlol

I'm just shocked at how this guy "sculpted" a wooded block with a set of chainsaws and made Nagi and Miku!!!! You just got to see this to believe it!!!!

Nagi the Wooden Idol: Chainsaw Master’s Nagi & Miku

A word of warning though, the site does have some explicit contents posted there so a little bit of NSFW warning. But I can't do much about it, since the video is from Nico Nico Douga and they don't allow any embedding on any site, only a few are an exception (like this site for example).....