It’s interesting how a conversation on one topic can lead to another totally different topic.

Today, we were discussing about pervasive computing. The Boss was reading this journal on the evolution of technology in the insurance industry. Me, being the non-techie geek (hehe), asked The Boss what is pervasive computing. She replied, the basic idea is all these different devices accessing a single processing device (or something to this effect). Read more here.

Then, I dunno how, we started talking about microchips. Identification chips, such as those implanted into animals/pets to track them. And how it has started to be tested on human beings. Then, this lead to a discussion on the Antichrist. The Boss, who’s a devout Crhistian, said that it is believed that there will come a day where the Anticrhist will rule the world and those who believe in the devil will bear the mark of the devil. And there will come a time where money will no longer be the method of transactions. Humans will be implanted with these chips and transactions will be performed by scanning these chips. I dunno how microchips are related to the Antichrist but anyway, I just listen.

How does this have anything to do with my subject title? Well, The Boss made a reference to The Omen when she was talking about the mark of the devil i.e. 666 which was portrayed in the movie.

Which brought back memories of all the scary/horror movies that I had seen when I was a kid. Of which I can say that I have been truly traumatized forever. That’s why I hate horror movies now. Haha. I swear, if I had kids, I wouldn’t let them watch any horror movies until say, they were in their teens! But I remember watching The Omen, Poltergeist, The Exorcist and loads of other horror movies when I was below 12! And I remember that I would be so scared to go to the toilet after the movie, coz I had to walk thru the dark dining room before I could reach the toilet. I remember running from the living room to the toilet, fumbling as fast as I can to switch on the light, do whatever I needed to do really fast, and rushing back out to the living room, into the safety of light and people. Haha. So funny, now that I think about it.

But back then, it was damn scary ok.

I still remember bits and pieces of some of those movies, titles which I can’t remember now but scenes, yes.

• There was one which had some alien-creature living in the TV and it would start eating/killing people who watched it.
• There was another where an alien-creature would impregnate women, who would then give birth to alien/monster babies. That scene where the woman was going to give birth, they showed her stomach sort of exploding! Ewww!
• Little Shop of Horrors was scary for me coz it had a giant plant with many many heads that ate people up!
• And was it The Omen where the evil boy had glowing green eyes? That was traumatizing, man!
• And the little girl who floated and started spinning like crazy and shooting stuff out of her body? Or something like that. I remember there was one scary little girl in the movie who did really bad things and talked in strange voices.
• The Twilight Zone theme. Till now, I get goosebumps when I hear that forever familiar tune *shudders*

One of the things I hate about horror movies is when they use normal, everyday things. Like in What Lies Beneath, where the ghost appears in the mirror in the bathroom and the water in the bath. Man, I use mirrors everyday and water also! Creeps the hell outta me, hehe…

So yah… dun ask me to go watch scary movies

It’s Friday! Yay!

But I’m feeling so darn lazy today. Sleepy too. I just discovered that I can never ever take cold/cough meds during the daytime, even though the doc says they’re the non-drowsy kind, coz it totally zombifies me. Even the non-drowsy ones, I have no idea why. Serious. I feel like I’m in a dream. My boss asked me “Eh, you’re very drowsy ar?” It was embarrassing coz I think I was dozing off when we were in a discussion. Shites!

So anyway, the topic on “He Says, She Says…” today was, “If you really love your man, you would never allow him to do any work around the house. Agree or disagree?”

Ika gave an example of her friend, who’s a working professional and all that, who goes by that sentence above to keep her marriage happy i.e. she makes sure she’s home before the hubby to get the food ready and is ever ready at his beck and call. And apparently, if the hubby is at home and his glass of drink is empty, all he needs to do is shake his glass and she’s by his side to refill his drink. And in return, she gets around-the-world trips and expensive gifts.

WHAT THE…???!!!

Gawd, the fella got no arms and legs to fix his own drink is it? The wife is his maid, is it? But then again, she willingly submits to that sort of behavior and even promotes it. So her pasal la.

But seriously, if my guy were to expect me to wait on him hand and foot, sorry la. I’m not about to be subjected to be a maid to anyone. And presents and trips can’t buy me over to that way of thinking. We’re both working professionals and we’ve all got our everyday stresses so the least we could do is share the housechores. I will get you a drink or fix you a meal but that’s coz I want to, and don’t expect it ALL the time coz I’d like the same treatment in return as well.

Spoil the men, suffer the rest of your lives (at least, that was one of the callers’ experience).

What say you?