:D I like reading this types of analysis. be it true or false, one can't deny that they try to accept and integrate the readings to their personality, or what they do in their daily life etc.

天蝎座

天 蝎座是一个强烈的星座。他们的爱与恨，他们的人生观点，他们的生活方式，都充满了强烈二字，他们强烈的爱憎，强烈的需求，强烈的追求＆索取，而这些强烈的 成分，也使天蝎座变得倔强而坚强。　　沉默外表下的暗潮汹涌.　　天蝎座的外表往往看起来很老实，他们看起来安分守己，中规中矩，并不会第一眼就给人留下 深刻印象。但是如果以为他们真的如此一般，那就是大错特错。　　天蝎们内心总是暗潮汹涌，他们对人生有着强烈的眷恋＆希冀，他们渴望权利，渴望金钱，更渴 望爱情。他们常常不动声色，让人误以为他们沉默乏味。但是那其实只是他们在审时度势的不断观察。　　他们的目标其实一贯都很明确，但他们是小心谨慎的，他 们从不轻易暴露自己心中的想法。　　他们有着长期观察和考验的过程。不论是他们谋求一个职位还是得到一个人。　　一旦他们感到有把握，他们就会立刻出击， 动作迅速，毫不犹豫，而且往往一击致胜。　　强烈而持久的激情　　天蝎们的暗潮汹涌，令他们非常具有爆发力，而他们的爆发力之后又有着强烈持久的激情。　 这或许也可以作为天蝎何以总是排在排名前五的状况。他们诞生的时间，恰是步入中年时期的开端，个人开始卯足全力，以期能在未来达到巅峰。所以，天蝎们具备 了许多分裂不融合的特质，而也使他们拥有比其他星座更多的持久能力。他们富有激情，而且是长期持久的激情。这在其他星座那里是鲜见的。他们如果认定了的人 或事，是很难发生喜新厌旧的状态。所以他们最善于婚外情。因为他们太强烈，需要太多，而他们又如此稳定，所以可以保持更多。　　表里不一的报复心态　　天 蝎们表面看来并没有那么强烈的特质，他们往往显得文静柔弱。但是他们内心坚如磐石，他们有着强烈的自我守护及占有欲望。但是天蝎们并不是真的那么心狠手 辣。他们确实会坚定不移的报复那些曾经伤害他们的人，但是更多时候，天蝎们只是在心里想想而已。他们绝对不宽容，但是他们也并不是真的有他们自己想象中的 心狠手辣，即便是成功报复后，他们也往往会自己承受一段时间的痛苦煎熬，这令天蝎们反复焦灼，也更体现了天蝎座矛盾的性格。　　极端矛盾的性格组合　　虽 然矛盾是人生的一大特征，但是没有比天蝎座更能体现这个词汇含义的星座了。这个星座的人天生就在强烈的矛盾感中度过。　　这源于他们出生的时间就是开始尝 试交融各种互相对立的矛盾事物的阶段。　他们的表现有时候非常奇怪，让人觉得他们神秘莫测，他们对人的方式有时候非常晦涩，让人揣摩不到他们的真实意图， 你以为他们所作所为是因为想要得到A，而真实答案是，他们要的可能不是A也不是B＆C，而是D！　所以要尝试了解天蝎座人，确实需要经过漫长的磨合过程， 要适应他们突然狂躁突然沉默的性格特征。在天蝎们要真正接纳一个人的时候，他们的状态是反复无常的，但是经过了这段时间的斗志斗勇后，天蝎们就会将你真正 接受，而且基本能做到不离不弃。　　天蝎座们许多人穷其一生都会感到焦灼＆痛苦，因为他们的欲望太强烈＆执着，而他们的性格又异常的倔强和坚强。他们需要 的不仅仅是成功。其实他们常常是成功的，但是因为他们永远奋进的执着理想，和他们对美好事物的强烈占有欲望，使他们一生都在不端追寻而无法停下脚步，享受 安逸的生活现状。天蝎们可以考量常常同双鱼们相处。从他们那里能学习到悲天悯人的纯真情怀，也能逐步放下紧张焦灼的状态。

movies, gyming, studies, movies, gyming, movies and so on

wooo went gyming with the usual ryan and hairul, and it was during saturday that i got loads of movies from junkk. xD

watched indiana jones, night at the museum 2, iron man, ghosts of girlfriends past, transformers 2, harold and kumar and some more.. of course i did some revision la..

iron man 2's coming up in 2010, new jack neo movie coming up later the year, fung wan 2 at the end of the year, ice age 3, 20th century boys chapter 2 coming up soon too. tis a good year for moviegoers.

watching with other guys is obviously less fun then watching movies with girls. do keep that in mind.

shucks. sometimes i wish i had a girlfriend. xD

anyways some things i learnt would be that one really has to drop all pretenses infront of the one they like. hahaha. its like a confession like that, i feel, but thats just a single, without any experience point of view la.

heck, sometimes i wish that things would be easier in that a girl would just fall in love with me. at least it would shorten the wooing process. haha. as if it would come easy.

anyways its maybe too early for me ba. i guess i'm not mature enough. as you can see that once i have my first girlfriend, it would result in a happily ever after and things would go damn smoothly. well, maybe that still have a chance of happening. Afterall, i don't have a girlfriend yet. hahaha

being in a bgr is a process that i would like to have a part in but maybe my time is not yet. at least not until i have the confidence or whatever to let me become just a tad shameless and a lot more charismatic. ;)

to think that this rant all came up just because i wish to have that someone. lol. i feel embarassed from writing the above post. lol. oh man i feel like a wuss just saying all these. psssh.

well, i like, but what makes me think that it will change if nothing changed before?

haha. stupid poly days, stupid sec school days. hahaha. its a good way to have fun =)

wellll, i guess i lost quite a good friend in secondary school. may. lol thats kinda stupid but i was plenty nerd back then. i guess i haven't changed in that aspect. haha. you know the $2 hearts that i always told you guys about whenever we talk about folding hearts? haha shes the one who made it. damn, how to make 2 hearts using a single notes sia? anyways, maybe i never did lose a friend like her after all.. man i want her to teach me to make one xP

oh ya. as a side note, ryan and hairul please stop making cindy jokes. its really tasteless unless its the "cyndi" ok? haha

i think once when i was talking to boss where this happened:

(3:59 PM) Robin:	just dun wana care abt her liao no not abt her
(3:59 PM) Robin:	is abt everything abt bgr all those waste my time here only =((
(4:00 PM) smith:	arrh dun bluff la lol
(4:00 PM) Robin:	ahahaha at least now i got more breathing space if i push this issue away though i'll want a gf by jan next yr xD
(4:01 PM) smith:	i think it's simple
(4:02 PM) smith:	u jus wan someone to like you
(4:02 PM) Robin:	nope not tt simple more of
(4:06 PM) Robin:	i wan to like tt someone and for tt someone to like me back ok lol
(4:07 PM) smith:	ha i think the first criteria is for that someone to like u first rite?
(4:07 PM) smith:	cos if u like the person and if the person dun bother u, u will kinda give up alr
(4:19 PM) Robin:	yea u ar
(4:19 PM) Robin:	maybe i just wanna fall in reciprocatory love
(4:32 PM) smith:	yea maybe

ok thats really damn private, but whos gonna read it? xD

either way in order for this (reciprocatory) to happen, its simple, just be in love with each other.
woo way to go robin. anyways one of my super emo previous post was the one about loving oneself in order to love another. well, it works.

stupid boss. it'll really help if he stops trying to distance himself from the rest of the class. stop acting like a machine alright?

anyways to divert from the topic abit, lets say someone once said that if you have money, girls will also flock to you as bees to pollen. well, my view was once bullshit! but as people mature, even a little, i will take this view. why not? since obviously it will make me study harder. haha.

yeah. maybe that was a lie from the very beginning. to make me study harder. lol.

just put in a little more effort, robin. maybe then new paths will open up for you. this does not apply to sexual preferences though. xD

Fate/Stay night

Hero in the present and the future.



















Finale of UBW route




































He looks pretty darn cool, so i guess i wont hate him that bad




































HF route finale

Heaven's Feel

Heaven's Feel

another something..

"I will kill.
I will let live.
I will harm and heal.
None will escape me.
None will escape my sight."
~ Kotomine Kirei

"be crushed.
I welcome those who have grown old and those who have lost.
Devote yourself to me, learn from me, and obey me.
Rest. do not forget song, do not forget prayer, and do not forget me.
I am light and relieve you of all your burdens.

Do not pretend.
Retribution for forgiveness, betrayal for trust, despair for hope, darkness for light, dark death for the living

Relief is in my hands. i will add oil to your sins and leave a mark.
Eternal life is given through death.
---Ask for forgiveness here. I, the incarnation. Will swear.

Kyrie Eleison"

~Kotomine Kirei

Finished the whole thing in 38 hours. oh well..

Unlimited Blade Works

Unlimited Blade Works

just felt like posting.

Ver 1

I'm the bone of my sword.
steel is my body, and fire is my blood.
I have created over a thousand blades.
Unknown to death.
Nor known to life.
Have withstood pain to create many weapons.
Yet, those hands will never hold anything.
So as i prayed, unlimited blade works.

Ver 2

I'm the bone of my sword.
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood.
I have created over a thousand blades.
Unaware of loss.
Nor aware of gain.
Withstood pain to create weapons.
Waiting for one's arrival.
I have no regrets. This is the only path.
My whole life was 'unlimited blade works'.

OMG

comics connection's closing in Sun Plaza!

saddddddddddddddened

anyways.

Friday

spent the morning gyming with the usual ryan and hairul.

stamina's not up to speed. man i sucks.

went to the pc show to get a new HDD. oh ya! I met the 3 sunshine angels of M1 that greeted me and handed me brochures. not bad la huh?
bought a seagate one, 500gb at $179 with a free dock. hope it can last me for a year. i could swear the salesgirl was smiling when i said i was buying the hdd. sales are hard to earn..

tuesday

went to pool with kenneth, hairul, ryan, huiwen, ada, van and wenny. cant imagine that it would get pretty fun at the start, but it did. thanks peeps!

pool skills suck at start, but at least i got comfortable and won hairul pool. xD

went for K since wenny suggested it and we are fine with it.. anyways we heard 4 languages in k la. malay, chinese, vietnamese and canto. damn fun sia. and the girls started jumping about and spewing smoke out in the room, with lazer lights and so on so as to create a "clubbing" atmosphere for us guys who nvr went clubbing before. LOL. yep its entertaining so its ok. hahaha!

gonna go to The Heeren tomorrow to find some albums. hope i can find it..

BUD light!

lol. I'm back to commercial watching days again. xD

found a few good ones. haha.

welcome to the interweb

wooo.. first of all, welcome to the world of movie streaming, dad! hahaha

well, as you all can see, my blogging spree's over. woohoo.. lol.

forget it. thinking of cutting my hair tmr. that's it.

spent.

spent last night at gran's house stayover. aunt said she'll wake me up in the morning but woke up by myself at 8am. lol. then remembered i didn't bring a toothbrush. O_O

anyways then spent the day following rituals and stuff. last night almost drank the coffee for prayer purposes. I swear i did not know that u are not suppossed to drink la. u made it like u need to drink the coffee.. anyways i could swear that i heard ppl laughing when i was made to hold the drink again. haha

then spent afternoon folding papers, and then the night chasing cats. yep. its been a good day.

somehow endless love comes to me when i hear the chants played. saddening issn't it? and the fact that my dream last night was so real, made me wanna hear it more. at least i do now.

为了你而活

in case anyone is wondering why i'm still online even though i slept at 2am last night, its because i slept for 3 hours in the afternoon. There is nothing as satisfying as napping, especially considering the fact that I always got work to do during the week.

the week was fine, and although i was not able to donate my blood, at least i tried.

Haruhi season 2 is finally out! at least this will be a way to while through the hours absolute boredom.

P.S. I need advise! give up?
P.S.S I really hate the GBE teacher. too strong a word. dislike
P.S.S crankiness level tuned way high again. lol.

long day..

spent the day doing surveys, GBE project and napping.
god i hate GBE.
I guess i must be the biggest idiot in the whole world. don't ask me why.
alright. off to sleep!

rejected and dejected.. =(

yeah.. so i got rejected today. man it feels terrible sia. It's not that I don't have a big enough heart or anything, but its because of that that i feel so terrible.

She just said, "ur veins too flat. may collapse". this is one of the reason that stunned me. lol. i thought that maybe because i'm underweight for my height or vein too small. but too flat? what kind of logic is this. I actually felt ashamed when i walked out of the hall. not including the fact that they handed me a sticker that said "Please treat me kindly. This is my first donation."

oh man.

take action..!

yahhh wad a surprise yesterday!

mann congrats ok?

anyways seems like my blogging streak is over. been too freaking busy to blog because of items such as GBE projects, BD surveys and the likes. HATE them. but what to do?

Glad to see that I'm still surviving over here. and i'm having a big headache as of now. ok faster do my BD now. I have nothing to write anyways. haha xD

the start of everything

whew.. spent the weekend travelling to grandma's house to see her. just that will explain my disappearances and my no time to do homework or projects etc. but i did do ok?

sian sia. freaking schoolwork taking my life away. damn. I still cant get rid of lee hyori sia. so i guess i'll be sticking with her much longer. her album is nice. niceness all round with hyori!

actually thought of getting around to do my iaf tutorial, but after doing the first question i lost all drive. wonder how i did that.

ok back to the killing grounds for me. better do my report for gbe..

P.S survey thingy isn't going too well. hard to find pet lovers sia. lol.

P.S.S i really need to get back to my report. haven't even half started.

muses

oh ya. never knew youtubing is so addictive sia. spent the better part of the afternoon youtubing for some live performances. time passes slowly then, so there was no need to mind. once its nightfall, time passes so fast its crazy.

right. was still searching for lee hyori songs. lol. I'm in over my heads with her songs lol. who ask that korean girls all looks so nice huh? haha.

today's the shortest entry yet.

P.S. Hyori, Hyori..

P.S.S I feel happy. at least I have some confirmation of something.


again. *prays* Get well soon Grandma.

problems after problems..

well, today I signed up for the blood donation! the website says that 45kg and above can go for blood donation, so I'll just go try my luck, since I'm underweight. =X

right. went to the hospital to visit my grandma. MAN. She's so thin now la. damn. ya. i almost teared up. twice. damn. what can I write here since it's private matters? couldn't even say a word to her. damn.

Hope you get well soon. Grandma. Let's gamble when you wake up, ok?

P.S. It's not all about me anymore. Can't be so selfish. Can't be so immersed.

P.S.S Reminder to myself. Please don't give that freaking grin and don't watch too much SNSD and Hyori. Wouldn't want to have just a virtual girlfriend. lol

Eye contact..

finally got my phone! its preloaded with 1000 songs in it! all in english though. sad.

the IAF tutorial sure was hard - spent an hour plus doing the tutorial, and its not even halfway through. and its just 3 questions! *rolls eyes* dumb shit.

at least my part for GBE is done for now. tomorrow i can focus on thinking up survey questions, and sign up for the blood donation drive. Its not as much as for karma but for an obligation to go for the activity. why not? anyways i was afraid of being alone therefore i never really applied, but with Junhao and Seto who are so "on", I'm not that afraid anymore. Let's do our part for society!

I'm getting too sensitive to things. must be the after effect of having too much time on my hands.

alright time for some rants. now I know another thing I hate. People not giving eye contact when talking to them. maybe I'm just too sensitive. shit.

P.S BD lecturer said don't do unto other what you don't want others to do unto you. I agree. Not for the karma bits la. but its at least polite that way, best not to hurt others or their feelings even if you wanna do bad things. somehow I feel as if I've becomed a oyaji for speaking here. LOL

waiting is hard..

ARGHH! how much longer till the guy calls me to collect the phone?? waiting sure sucks.

On a graver note, my grandmother went to hospital yesterday. Hope she will get better. =/ *prays*

with age comes experience, and i'm not that immature anymore

Spent the best part of last week struggling against my doubts and fears. my mind was in turmoil while i gave some serious thought to what i was doing with my life. And partly it was because of her that made me feel so insecure and fill with excitement, anxiousness. In some ways it was like going to a battle - in that the feeling you get before you enter the battlefield, not that I've been to a battle before. Frankly I both love and hate her so much that it hurts. It was just a figure of speech though. There were times when I felt that I made the wrong decision. And I regretted it. But it was done though, what could I do?

As people generally know me, I'm a person who will keep thinking back to how I could make things better. So there's types of mistakes that really gets into my head which I then push to the back of my head with, only for them to come back with a vengence when I was reminded of it or when I was alone. Of course, there are also matters that makes me smile stupidly. A very satisfying chat with her would make happy for weeks. But as things go, the only thing people remember often or the longest would still be their mistakes.

They say that life is made up of 98% suffering and hardships and 2% happiness. But life must still go on, and that is also part of the reason why when you achieve happiness you always feel so so so sweet. Seeing a post on friends and friendship also made me think. How many friends could I actually rely on? Right now I can only think of a few but it doesn't matter. It hurts, and for my friends I can rely on, U may not be able to contact them or anything, but at least I know that I will be able to depend on them when the time comes, right?

Talking about this topic, I guess everyone knows that they will not be able to make lots of lasting friendships during their school period, but they try, and gets rewarded for trying. At least they won't be lonely at school. There are also these types of close friendships that will disappear once people graduate from school. Its a pity actually. Well, I guess I'll just go with the flow.

People learn from their mistakes, that's a given, in order not to make the same mistakes again. Once they mastered it, they mature a little bit in the process. This I call the "Human Process of Learning". Its interesting really. People avoid mistakes so as not to experience failures, but the real thing I think they're afraid of is actually the feeling of failure. No one likes that, but its unavoidable, or else how do people actually learn? My idea of the feeling of failure is a kind of sinking feeling that makes you very uncomfortable, maybe like the feeling of getting caught/failing in exams/shi lian? Yet another one of life's mysteries.

For me myself, I have the balls to fail in almost everything but my parent's expectations of myself. That's why I always study and play hard like there's no tomorrow. No wonder I always failed in other non related areas. I know that I'm not a good judge of character, but i can be counted on to help my friends when in trouble. I'm the kind of person to be fiercely loyal to my friends. It cuts both ways though. At least I don't have to worry about food and stuff. Right.

One thing I can be sure of is that I will be better off than what I'm now a few years down the road. That said, I really admire those people who have a clear goal of what they want to do the year after, or even ten years down the road. I, for now only just decided that I'm going to get into a University after National Service. The rest is still very vague. Guess I'm a "Cross that bridge when we get to it" kind of person.

P.S. This was written like 2 weeks ago, when I was feeling down and particularly inspirational. lol. anyways if you get to this point, thanks for reading my super long and boring post. Guess I'll do a part 2 if I feel like it, or feel down. At least I don't have readership problems to worry about, as the saying goes, "the fewer the people to have seen or heard of it, the better" =)

P.S.S Oh ya. I wasn't intending to post about it, but since I typed it into my phone, and I getting traded-in tomorrow, might as well la. haha

UWAHHHH

seems like blogging spree is ending, and not a moment too soon. I predict that I will be too busy to blog from next week onwards. Not counting the tutorials that I haven't start doing, I currently have a GBE presentation on 19/5, and the GBE report to pass up on 18/5. Not to mention that our group haven't really started doing it yet.

Next, I have Business Development to do. Due to be presented on week 6 or 7, we just touched on macro environment, not to mention that we have to do a survey for at least 100 to 200 people. And the report is to be handed up on 8/6.

One, no two words. Severely out-of-time

anyways, yesterday went to eat out with my family at Sembawang Shopping Center. that was frankly the first time I've been there since it was renovated and i was pleasantly surprised that its becoming better and better.

We went to Astons and I had a Prime Sirloin (Medium) there. It tastes nice, and I really am full after eating that dinner. The Mashed Potato my brother had looks veryyy good and the French Fries was nice.

After that me and my father went to the Singtel Exclusive Retailer shop to see if I can change my phone or not. The guy there said I need to wait till today to change. Imagine how disappointed I was, considering that this is the first time i get to choose my phone and trade-in and so on.

So today I went, and the guy said the W705 is out of stock. MANNNN.. Hope the guy keeps his promise and deliver the phone to me by tomorrow, and don't need to get my father to come down again just for his IC and signature. Else I think I'll probably say WTF is this service and storm out. lol.

better go watch my shows and start planning what to do for my projects, else I'll never forgive myself. It's not that I don't trust my groupmates or anything, but more of a responsibility type of question.

nervousness abounds thinking minds. I'm thinking too much, really.

just did a quiz, and felt obliged to share it around.

seems i prefer quality time/physical touch

I feel loved when...

The Five Love Languages

My Primary Love Languages are probably Quality Time and Physical Touch

My Detailed Results:
Quality Time:	9
Physical Touch:	9
Acts of Service:	6
Words of Affirmation:	4
Receiving Gifts:	2

About this quiz

Unhappiness in relationships is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. It can be helpful to know what language you speak and what language those around you speak.

Tag 3 people so they can find out what their love language is.

Take the Quiz!
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I just don't know you that well..

today's gym day. went training for a bit, but frankly the atmosphere at the SP guildhouse better, if only it didn't cost that much to use the facilities there. These past week i kept bumping into old friends, and it makes me happy, since it's always the best to meet everyone you know everywhere.

this reminds me of during BD class when we thought up of a party organiser thingy. and imagine everyone telling "Happy Birthday, (Insert Name)" to you. I will be damn stunned and pleased and surprised and happy at the same time la. hahaha.

Went to Bugis street to buy a slingbag. think i need one as different occasions calls for different items to bring. anyways experienced mild post purchase cognitive dissonance but nvr paid heed to it. went to buy a shirt, polo and pants for myself and got nagged by my mum that i have too much clothes. I feel otherwise though, since i feel i wear the same clothes everyweek to school =/

right. today's lecture is quite relaxing ba. if you can minus away the tiredness that arises from lack of sleep. seriously i needs to sleep for 10 hours for one day, just to get a feel of what life during the holidays was.

P.S. Can't believe I nvr heard of Lee Hyori. Her smile is dazzling.. How about a smile for me, please? =D

Everything takes time. just hope i have the patience and that little something.

the clear blue sky

I'll daydream if everyday's like this, so please don't give me false hope..

slept for 6 hours last night. freaking tiring was the day.

at least today's gems was fast, and ended at around 930. the only regret was.. this i would keep to myself. during IAF class, i was the only (ignorant) one taking a temperature check, since i don't know that it was canceled. got laughed at but i don't mind, since taking a temperature check wasn't that bad anyways. At least it did helped me to escape some questionings from Mr Ben. haha.

during break i folded some stars with strips of shiny paper that i got from joy and bianca. the one useful thing i learnt was that huiwen and joy don't like people (guys) to give them stars since it was so stupid, and bianca was ok with it so long its someone her type. lol. my first time folding stars and i folded 6 in an hour! yea that pretty much sucks but at least i know how to fold now. *beams*

now waiting for some chance to learn how to fold hearts, and get to know people better in the process =)

BD group is moving sloooowly. at least we about finished our business description, and now we will be starting on macro environmental forces. hope can finish phase one by end of week 5. it isn't very reassuring that projects are now starting to pile up. will start on brain drain phenomena once i get my brains back.

P.S. been lazy lately and quite forgot to do my exercise at home. will try to get back into rhythm.

just let me.. *forgets line

woah!

obviously, to continue to pump up my blogging spree credentials, i managed to blog 4 days in a row! *gasps

went to K with huiwen, kaming, samantha and jerry today.. was rather fun and blew my throat off now. damn. never knew that samantha was that crazy. lol. at some point we just said that she was suffering from ADD or Attention deficit disorder, and that just got her cracking up more. she's tough man. real tough.

kaming, huiwen said that he was out of tune but ya he just kept going, while denying everything. haha. this makes it all the funnier and better to sing with. jerry was in his usual SJT voice and a couple english songs really cracked me up. Huiwen was almost as crazy as Samantha and, i think no one was sane enough during K-ing la, in all those times i've been. that's a good thing though!

P.S. went surfing the net and found a 10 girl korean band. yes they're good looking and almost the same age as me, but 10 girls? not surprisingly they became quite popular. I, for one would not mind one as my girlfriend. =)

check them out here:

bad bad bad tuesday

i wonder what's wrong with me. blogging like 3 days(?) in a row?

anyways, today i got back money for the ITP trip. $150++ in total. yet i lost something too. my water bottle! *saddens. my water bottle is at least dependable, since it don't leak too much, and yeah. i lost it. mannnn..

going for K tmr with some pals from the OITP and also huiwen. ryan pangseh-ed us sia. lol

P.S sorry mr lee for saying you're an idiot that loud. guess it's just a spur of the moment thing. pls dun make my life difficult. yea i regretted it the moment the words came out. sorry. peace.

mon mon monday

uwah today's finally monday. I always get the feeling that i wanna go to school on the weekends, but that doesn't mean that i would like going to school when the time comes. haha.

somehow i get the feelings that i wanna see how my friends in schools are doing, and then the urge to see that someone also makes it all the more compelling for me to go to school. what a retarded guy i am. haha. many was the time that made my class go *thump thump when i go to my class.
ok i'll stop that now. haha

anyways, tomorrow's the temperature taking day. fun huh?
we need to scan our admin card when we go to school from tomorrow onwards too. must be because they want to find out who's in school to quarantine us IF an outbreak occurs =O
I don't care so long as they don't take up too much of my time la. time is precious you know?

the library also needs to scan our cards when we enter. must be same reason as above.

P.S the "Will you survive the swine flu?" quiz I took at Facebook does not bode well. Says that I will die through none of my fault. Is this fair? hope it wont happen in real life though =/

Review and Response

here's the review i said i would find =)

"It’s been far too long, Round Table.

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: Round Table never fails to capture my mood in the best way possible. Every album they put out (all three of them, to be fair) exhibits full control over the music, and the sophistication is in another league. However, I was just a bit concerned when I saw the release notice for Distance, because there’s a whopping five singles/b-sides on the album. Given that the album’s total length is really only twelve songs (ignoring the useless intro and outro songs), that’s not a lot of wiggle room for original content. And while this is nothing new for Round Table, I can’t help but feel like each album is a bit of a risk, because there’s not too much room for error, given the small amount of content they’re working with. Nevertheless, they haven’t messed up majorly in any of their albums so far, so I’m not exactly about to reprimand them prematurely, especially considering how solid this album actually ends up being.

Skipping the singles, one of which I’ve already given an analysis of here, the first track Sayonara is really worth noting, because it’s perfect Round Table. Every album they manage to produce one song that completely steals the show, and surprisingly enough it’s never a single. April had Beautiful, which was a b-side, and Nino had Message, which as far as I can remember was also a b-side. Sayonara is an original track produced for the album, and it really manages to shine. Round Table tends to do best when given an upbeat tune and lots of layering in the music, and all of that presents itself wonderfully in Sayonara, along with a bit of catchiness in the vocals, especially during the chorus.

The sixth track, Toki wo Koete, is also a fairly interesting one. I really didn’t like it too much at first, and it never really seemed to stick in my mind overall. However, after listening to it several times, it’s really started to grow on me, and now it actually ranks fairly highly on my mental list of Round Table songs. The song’s very smooth, and is actually a pseudo-duet between Katsutoshi Kitagawa (who used to do the vocals for Round Table before Nino came along) - think Uinona. It’s an interesting song, very laid back and, at least for me, it really grows better over time with repeated listening.

Finally, I’d like to mention Takaramono. Ah, Takaramono. I remember when it came out on the Koi wo Shiteru single (in a ‘homemade demo’ version), I absolutely abhorred it. It was easily what caused the Koi wo Shiteru single to lose serious points in my book, and the song felt, in an uncharacteristic move on Round Table’s part, very sloppy. But things have definitely changed, and for the better. It sounds remarkably similar to the track that precedes it, Yokogao (which I expected to be amazing having heard it before as the insert song for Aria the Origination), and has actually become my favorite track on the album. While I’d have to give the nod to Sayonara in terms of overall quality, I feel that given how terrible the demo version on the single was, as well as the level of sophistication and catchiness in the song, I can’t help but love this song and come back to it over and over. A beautiful piano track plays in the background and accompanies the delicate rhythm section, and the composition allows for an extremely complex and rich song, that just exudes quality. Very well played, Round Table.

I could go on and on about how much I love this album, but there’s really only one way to vindicate my obsession with this band: check them out for yourself. You’ll either love them or hate them, as I’ve found very few people that have found them only so-so. If you hate them, all you have to lose is a few minutes, and if you love them, you’ll be able to understand exactly why I love this band so very very much. So check them out, post impressions, and see if you can find what I’ve found in all of their awesome songs."

right man. so now's my review, or synopsis, or whatever.

right now, my personal favourites are sayonara, koi wo shiteru, ahh everysongs la. the songs are really very refreshing, and it mixes genres together. like jazz and pop and whatever. from a mishmash of things u think that its a futile attempt. but its good. like real good.

the time when i was introduced to this band was after watching Welcome to the NHK, a very interesting anime that is my cult favourite. ok. time passes very quickly when u listen to their music, and its really very entertaining. I still haven't lost interest in the album after i've listened to it for a week plus. that's the best part.

" Round Table tends to do best when given an upbeat tune and lots of layering in the music, and all of that presents itself wonderfully in Sayonara, along with a bit of catchiness in the vocals, especially during the chorus."

yep. this is really true of the band. the reason why the album keeps a hold of me is due to the fact that there's something new to listen to in everytime. real good.

"it really grows better over time with repeated listening."

this senctence really hold true for me. i would'nt be listening to this over and over and before i sleep (yes, i do listen to songs before i sleep) if this is not true.

do give the album a try. You’ll either love them or hate them, as I’ve found very few people that have found them only so-so. If you hate them, all you have to lose is a few minutes, and if you love them, you’ll be able to understand exactly why I love this band so very very much. So check them out, post impressions, and see if you can find what I’ve found in all of their awesome songs. => my views

one very important thing.

EDIT: Review taken from "http://unchained.nu/logomania/?p=41"

Good day =)

today's a nice day to take a nap =)

nice album by the way. I'm gna copy paste someone's review abt this someday..

sayonara



Koi Wo Shiteru

freaking lame vids

stumbled upon some super lame vids on youtube.. this guy's a pretty good comedian ya =)





his earlier and even more retarded vid..

gah!

ok. i figured that i shud at least blog once in a while. :D

anyways, this week has been quite slack, but there's always homework to be done.

there's either 2 or 3 pieces la. can't remember exactly.. haha

started on my "workout" schedule alr.. not too bad la, considering I'm only currently working on my abs. kinda wish i have a 4 pack la, huh..

tmr having wedding dinner. still haven't decided on whether i'm going or not, due to seating constraint. kinda sucks but i'm fine with it, either way.

BD's been, erm.. kinda okay ba.. hope we will begin to move once dbf ppl comes..

i have a nagging feeling that this sem i will not be able to do as well.. let's hope that i'm wrong..

no need to sound emo-ish here, but i kinda feel secretly pleased when being commented, positively =)

ah ya, today's lecture is so lame.. 9+ finished le.. tmd time spent travelling more than studying.. and today not even study la.. just some lameo intro.. crapped my way thru the lesson. went for breakfast with the guys afterwards, at bugis mcdonald's. honestly, i wished that i had bought a sausage mcmuffin or big breakfast rather than the mcgriddles. the bread is insanely sweet la. -_-

sweet stuff for breakfast, and worst of all, on the bread/hotcake? no thanks.

tadaima.

okok i'm back.. been back since 13/4 but was tooooo lazy to update my blog.. anyways spent these few days doing what not and finally could catch up on my shows i've been missing.

surprising that i'm still familiar with singapore xD

the air in singapore is cleaner, sky is blue.. alot better than the grey skies of shanghai.. xD

no spitting and no dangerous traffic..

no pushing and shoving when taking the mrt.. waha this is SINGAPORE!

anyways, maybe updating with fotos later ba..

on a side note, toradora is a nice show..

photos =)

well here's some of the zoo photos =)



















Zoo entrance =) alot of people arh!




















These birds kinda look like AoBai in those stephen chow movies, with its white "mustache" and all =)




















The Dino-Bird that ryan mentioned. LOL
Here's the main attraction!
















This panda looks so sleepy.. *yawns*



















































Lying down to eat?!?!?!





















Looks like its digging its nose.. LOL XD















The goat or whatever on the right is chewing on the tail of the other?

zoo zoo zoo zoo?

went to shanghai zoo today! =)

ok.. the pics are not with me so i can't post up pics of the animals.. anyways, just imagine for the time being la, or u can go ryan's or jh's blog lo..

anyways, the zoo is a good place to relax if you have time to go to.. and the pandas were cute, yet fat, lazy and lazy.. its like laziness reincarnate lol!

the only thing i hate about the zoo is the petting zoo la.. the dogs being kept/trapped there are so pitiful.. and i thought dogs need companionship? how the zoo have time to interact with them altogether is a wonder..

will be putting up photos, if i have time and the photos =)

I can't take my eyes off of you..

today's monday.. so sian sia..

i can't get my mind off of her more like. lol..

anyways weekends went for the nanjing trip.. its nothing special really. and imagine paying the same amt of money and getting a room without a bath tub! not that i use the bathtub really xD

dreamt quite nice a dream ytd really.. =)
imagine asking a girl out while doing it proposal style.. and she accepted the flower! lol

coughing my lungs out these days.. hope that its nothing serious la.. if its TB, I'm dead..

wearing black tee today lor.. so no blue tee jokes for you all =P

man i really need to get my head back into the game..

rants

i'm writing this under the assumption that no one now visits this blog..

seriously, if you wanna make friends then don't keep pissing people off.. so what if you are more popular, or rich, or more nicely built? if you want people to entertain you please fuck off..

fucking pissed..

anyways today's trip to the disc kart was the best ever, except for some fucker who kept banging me.. seriously, if i glare at you and you stop doing that, you might as well fuck off for people's sake..

and the go kart was the one thing that i didn't grumble about for JE's recommendation..

tmr's going to nanjing.. hope can go visit the onsen there.. never been there before ma.. xD

next week's gonna be a hell of a week.. 3 presentations to go..
middle finger to wadever's pissing me off! oOo

you don't need to remind me of anything.

I know I'm pretty lazy in updating.. its not that china is boring or anything.. just that i can't seem to find priority or have the urge to blog. sorry man but obviously my real life/work/play/manga/anime is more important than blogging for me =P

ok I'm just lazy.

anyways went to wuxi/hangzhou over the weekend.. not a very good week, but the food and beer over there is nice xD

lets just hope that the saying "塞翁失马焉知非福" goes ba..

on the trip back to shanghai, i was DJ for the day! randomness FTW

EDIT: 江南 really does make one feel emo. especially when you are in china's 江南 area listening. somehow it makes my fren feel like jumping into the river. lol.

shit its cold!

yes, i'm finally in china le.. its damn cold here, and it makes me miss the "warmth" of singapore.. lol

anyways took the SQ flight, food in there was nice, and so far so gd ;)

hotel up till now is good. lol.. 5star ma.. what do you expect sia.. xD but the hotel we're staying in is more like a love hotel sia.. tmd.. anyways, its comfy indoors la.. then v gd le.. lol

went to a couple of places, update once i get the pics lol.

eagerly anticipating. waiting.

hate to remind myself of this, but tmr's flight would be my first time taking an airplane. first time leh!

anyways my flight tmr will be:

SQ830
Singapore - Shanghai
Departure: 1005
Arrival: 1515

Flight back home will be at 13/4/09
SQ833
Shanghai - Singapore
Departure: 1635
Arrival: 2150

even though I'm going there for ITP, the first week will be tours and seminars, 2-6 week is the crux, you can say that..

will be staying at Motel 168 at shanghai in the 2nd week, and will be going to work at Acorn Marketing Research.. hope its fun there.. but i really don't like the idea of bringing a laptop to work. cant the company just sponsor me a company laptop? XP

anyways hope the Xperience there will be memorable, and i can actually get to learn something. if not, just enjoy my time there lo.

heard that the temperature is at 5 degrees.. better than Sarah's place hahaha.. ok better finish up my letter of intro and send it for printing..

ahahaha..

ok tmr's the final test of my SP year 2 life, provided i never actually flunk any subjects..

studying for consumer behaviour is a blast, but as i scrolled through the past year papers, i realised that i've only been memorizing the main point, and apart from some shoddy things, i don't really know how to define the terms and so on..

but what the heck, tmr's the last paper and i'm gonna do my best, like i did for the previous papers and aim for another honour roll =P

anyways, Bon Voyage Sarah for ur next semester in China

study study..

lol a random post at 1159pm.. anyways tmr's the blaw paper and i kinda feel up for it.. good news, that is.. haha.. somehow i feel the electronic gadgets are gonna take over my life, and i dun feel too happy about that.

expect to see me online lesser and lesser.

got a couple more things i'd like to show you, but since its late and i need my sleep, let's save it for later alright? ;)

it sure is boring

so while other people are busy mugging with other peeps at school or elsewhere, lonely me is stuck at home.. lol

anyways this past week nvr had the motivation to blog, and since i'm here now, better quickly summarize the past week..

6 Feb was the best la lol.. during that time i managed to become the "flasher" and then me and some other guy got labeled as brothers cos i wore abt the same clothes as his.. -_- i dun mind a girl couple with me though.. ;)

friday was a goood day.. presented CB and was ok with it.. weirdest was that Mrs Tang nvr asked any qns for our grp.. at least after clarification she said that she understood everything so no need ask us questions.. man i was relieved sia.. lol

then after tt went for those networking sessions tht the school hosted for us.. at least there's free dinner and the talks were nice.. and man did we network! we networked among our own classmates leh.. at least thats the one time where the 11 of us went for supper at Tiong Bahru.. at first Joy dun wanna go there cos she scared cannot buy her ingredient.. but in the end we got wad we wanted la. At Tiong Bahru de LJS we just crapped thru lo.. sat there until 10+ and then we went home le..

okok during the train home, Ada slept till she lay on other ppl's de shoulder sia.. so funny and hairul went call her phone to wake her up.. lucky not sitting beside her or else dam paiseh lol..

okok i gna go back "study" le.. or else no honour roll or me this sem.. T_T

busy busy busy

whew.. these few weeks was busy busy BUSY..

i spent new year sleeping late at 3am xD fun sia

anyways the projects were killing me.. HRM and PSCM were thankfully still in the desired region, so that's alright.. now on toward CB and BLAW..

wish me luck for SOHOCN test on wed. I'll need it

Dance carnival

woah.. its a busy busy day for me.. i have 2 gems assignment and three projects to rush.. -_-

anyways, i still managed to find time out to (re)watch some one piece movies.. and the dance carnival special is one of the nicest i saw.. wonder why.. anyways I've posted it here so take a look if you have time, or not..

headache

anyhow, later today will be a test on FM.. studied but don't feel prepared enough.. =(

ytd's presentation was quite ok.. hope can finally break the B+ barrier with this.. =x

went with kieran to activities on saturday.. played frisbee and my arms and legs are aching, even now.. you should know how long i never exercised already.. lol.. then went with him to study centre to study, for me la.. and then went his house to collect my shirt, which he lent for his presentation, and then he also gave me a xmas present =D

its FRANKY! so cool la.. I just dig everything about one piece hahaha =P

just felt like updating in order for my blog to keep crawling.. lol

oh man oh man

lolol.. to think that i forgot my new year resolution.. lol

year 2008 was another boring year of my life.. or was it?

highlights:
1) finally got in touch with my primary school friends =)
2) made new friends in poly year 2.. fun to be around with
3) couple things i'm not gonna tell you

things to look out for in year 2009

1) my first overseas trip! lol..
2) doin FYP with team members i don't even know
3) a couple more things i'm not gonna tell you

wishes for the year ahead
1) not being so lazy to do shit
2) become even better in my studies
3) my parents finally let me decide when is the right time to sleep
4) make more friends
5) I'm not gonna say it..

that's it i guess.. hope year 2009 is a even better year =)






I can hardly believe my optimism..

year 2009

finally went into year 2009.. its been a wild ride last year haha

anyways here's wishing everyone a very happy new year!

right. anyways i finally got the sung version of the D.Gray-Man song. dam cool sia XD

the name's not called "Musician", but instead "Tsunaida Te Ni Kiss Wo"

I'm off to sleep now.. gdnites

Tempus Fugit

wow time really flies, does it not?

being the so bo-liao me, i'll see what happened to me up till today..

19-22/12

i think nothing much happened to me ba.. eat play sleep

23/12

went for a primary school class gathering! :)

pretty fun sia.. and northpoint is so freaking different now.. in a good way

anyways met up with Benjamin, Aloysius, Lex, Ee Huai, Daryl, Keng Wai, Shixiong, Felicia, Sheree, Nadia, Cynthia, Reca, Samantha and Michelle.. think i nvr missed ppl le ba.. went to sakura northpoint for dinner.. costs a little over 100 and of course there will be people who are not full.. lol

anyways, we crapped during dinner and with aloysius making fun of lap tak's (lex's) newly christened name, we laughed and crapped our way throughout dinner.. XD

after that, went to BLK 325 there shelter to sit and chat.. I lived in BLK 321 last time so i'm quite nostalgic la.. the playground that seems so big now looks so small =( hahaha

anyways we met a few more pri school friends on the way, such as Jun Xiu, Adeline, Ruo En and Kai Wei.. chatted somemore and asked one another about army things.. Benjamin's goin in April, Ee Huai's goin in 8th Jan, Kai Wei in 9th Jan, Lex and Aloysius went already and now doin their "time" there.. so left me, daryl, Keng Wai and Shixiong who still haven't go in yet =P

anyways, Keng Wai's now sporting a Korean look.. that's what i think it is anyways haha..

mostly, we just reminiscise about primary school days, those days of soccer cards and shooting staples at one another.. what fun!

ok.. after all these, we went home at around 1130+.. almost reached the mrt when me, Ee Huai, Benjamin and Daryl saw Clare! btw, everyone from primary school days still stayed at Yishun.. only Ben stay at Toa Payoh i think, and Ee Huai at Boon Lay.. Daryl was just an extra.. lol! chatted with Clare and rushed to mrt at around 1150+

end of a fun day..

24/12
nothing special

25/12
went to BBQ with family.. wooo.. quite alot of peeps went and then i ate dam alot.. without helping out =P

i just wanna eat!

anyways some girls just seem to grow prettier and prettier when they grow up.. note: I'm paying a compliment to my cousin ar..

26-28/12
nothing very special.. only nvr slept well at friday, causing me to have slight fever at saturday.. waste of money to go see the doctor as i only took one course to feel well.. see ma? told you no need go see doc de..

29/12
start of school! boring shit.. so yea.. end my post le ba..

anyways merry christmas to my friends and family, even though i was cheapskate enough to not send any greetings =P
and a Happy new year too! yea i'm not gna sms greetings lol

you people are still important, don't worry.. even if i may not really recall you all =X

Meeting

today was supposed to go to project meeting but it was canceled last minute..

then went for kbox session with jiawei, liang chai, ryan, peilin and huiqi.. one prob though.. i didn't know where the kbox is at suntec city sia.. lol.. was actually just aiming to go to the top floor and search for kbox, since my common sense tells me that such a place normally is at the top floor de la.. sang from 230 to 7 and it was quite tiring.. but it was rather cheap pricings at $14.50 ba.. i guess

anyways after singing we went to m2 since i don wanna go esplanade rooftop.. with 3 guys and 2 girls it feels a bore la.. couple go there will be better right? lol

anyways ate at ljs and then crapped there..

ok i was kinda surprised at the ending of 我還想她 by JJ, as since it was a sad song, someone is sure to "die". so i was kinda prepared for the scene where the girl gets hit by a car or something.. but then in the end it was JJ who "died" la.. dunno why they put 我還想她 lo.. shud put 她還想我 lol.. anyways heres the mv.. nice song btw

update

yesterday went temple to pray.. anyways temples got quite alot of things that you can and cannot do de ba..? like cannot stand on the floor where the door will be as it shows disrespect or smth.. quite nice going out walking ba, and i get laughed at by my aunt cos of my funny way of running since my leg is still *not* healed yet.. its healing but not completely.. don't sweat it.. haha

ok as usual, spent time watching various animes and so on.. funny how you can pick out some distinctive words spoken but never a full senctence, unless its only a one word senctence la, der..

Kyo no Gononi is a nice show which tells about the adventures of some kids in class 5-2, anyways, its pretty funny and the show rather reminds me of primary school days.. hahaha.. watch it sometimes :D

next week is working week. nothing much to look forward to..

what if you were told that you would die tomorrow?

i think, in response to the question, I would ask by what way would i die.. lol..

ok this is totally random, but its rather sobering ba.. in a sense..

after about 30 minutes of talking about diseases and what not with my mum, kinda felt that life's rather fragile lol.. and those chicken soup stories lol.. ahh so saddening.. =(

took a whole new perspective on life after that i felt..

the holidays are so boring lol.. never did much la.. went out some days, stayed at home most of the time also.. maybe this is partly because of me ba.. lazy king here! never did much at home except playing hard, real hard.. must be because of the new PSP we got there.. haha

my brother's been working these days.. kinda good for him if you ask me.. at least he can get some experience ma..

freaking hell.. I'm gonna run these days.. otherwise my legs will ot before i know it. booooo >_<

animes are also taking up my time but since i have nothing to do, at least until next week, i don't really care much.. at least its more interesting out there than here..

at least there are others living worse-off life than me hehe..
so nothing for me to complain here ba, except to take action to live more healthily

Time's over

after a week of frantic slogging and battling of the papers.. its finally over.. woo.

its not really pleased that exam's over, but more of ok, exam's over le.. so what now?

i changed my specs le.. looks good, but when i put it on, everything feels kinda magnified.. lol.. must be need time to adjust to the specs ba..

at least i can watch all my shows without any interruptions, play games till i get bored, go out when i feel like it, eat sleep anytime.. at least till the second week of hols.. =)

its good to be alive out here

oh shit.. T_T

waaaaaaa... due to my tinkering around with the computer, i managed to de-register my computer out of the SD domain.. wth..

that constitutes one more freaking thing to think/worry about for next week until i actually get my laptop to T2248.. boooooo

1 down, 6 to go..

yay! consumer behaviour is finally finished.. so now i have 6 more modules over the next week to slog my heart out..

but no fear! I have already planned my strategy:
3 days before a test, i will study that first, so that means
29/11 study FM and BLAW, GEMS
30/11 study FM and BLAW and PSCM, GEMS
01/12 study BLAW and PSCM and FEB, GEMS
02/12 study PSCM and FEB and HRM, GEMS
03/12 study FEB and HRM
04/12 study HRM
05/12 PLAY

yea schedule's quite tight but i think i'll manage.. =)

then comes a week of slacking followed by endless nightmares of wondering how to finish the CA2 projects.. hahaha it sucks

LOL

sort of copied it off someone's blog haha.. well this is pretty funny though..

Emoticon

As the name suggests, EMOticons (sometimes called smileys, which is fucking ridiculous as not all of them are smiling; "I used a sad smiley" DOESN'T MAKE FUCKING SENSE DOES IT) are the only way to express human emotion, as shortly after some ass invented the Internets, he passed a law stating that everything on it must be shortened to an acronym. Complex feelings, such as <3 style="font-weight: bold;">Common EMOticons

:)
The traditional "smiley". Used to denote a lack of ability to provide an intelligent response. Similar to lol.

:(
Emo, usually suicidal tendency.

:'(
Holy shit! Run before you get their whole emo life-story.

;(
Severely emotionally impaired, if someone uses this pretend you didn't see it. It's for your own safety, people.

:*
The writer has been punched in the mouth.

8)
The writer is looking at 13 year old boys, lolita or you.

:D~~
The writer is drooling over 13 year old boys, lolita or you.

<(^.^<) Cry for help; direct to this website.

t('.'t)
Speaks for itself really. Correct response to any emoticon of the previous variety.

:X
Commonly used to show that one's lips are sealed with packaging tape. Possibly kidnap victim.

:P
The writer has some sort of disability that prevents keeping tongue in own mouth. Alternatively, the tongue might be in someone else's mouth.

>:(
The writer is angry. Or constipated. Or both.

:S
Someone skeeted or shit in or around the general vicinity of my mouth.

;)
Wink and/or punch in the eye. Occasionally has sexual connotations.

:/
A shrug, sometimes showing a lack of satisfaction with a recent comment or service.

:|
Similar to the above, only much less satisfied.

XD
This is a punctuation mark XD should be used at the end of every sentenceXD

\m/
The writer likes My Chemical Romance, or some equally faggy band.

^_^
Japanofag emoticon, used by anime fags when they can't think of anything to say. Often mistaken for :3 (aka Kawaii).

^_________________^
The moar underscores, the kawaiier!!!

>.<;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; The more semicolons, the... kawaiier? Ah, fuck. Someone explain this one to me. (T_T) or ;_; The emoticon of emo anime fags. ;_; is also used in conjunction with "life-like texture". \:D/ Is supposed to be an orgasmically happy face throwing his/her arms in the air with joy, but in fact just looks like a happy sandwich.

go their blog for a really stupid real life examples.. yea its laughable XD

it's friday!

hihihi here i'm today.. =) friday's quite a pleasant day don't you think so? XD

anyways here's a promise to myself: don't stay online so often now that you HAVE EXAMS to study for. not to mention the homework and so on..

ya.. that's about all i wanted to blog about?

oh ya! i read finish the deer and the cauldron le =( so fast finish sia.. sian..
the ending, since i suppose no one is gna read the book, is quite satisfying for the reader ba.. at least the author got explain that they took new names and settled in the county town of Dali in Yunnan.. =) so that's great!

at least weekends still got wei xiaobao.. i seriously dont mind watching it a 2nd time, 3rd time, 4th time and so on.. guess i'm a sucker for harem genres.. ;)

when you play game and get epic fail, the feeling is roughly the same as getting low grades for ur exams.. so better buck up in exams sia.. hahaha.. that means i need improve in 3 aspects ba.. dun tell u wad that it =x

yea i go slp le ba.. freaking mugging tmr..

Suitably myself

hey there, I'm now 18 years of age. officially.

thanks peeps for remembering my birthday =) anyways, I'm so glad that my brother who is in Taiwan right now called back to say "Happy Birthday" to me =) thats one of the niceties of having siblings la.. haha.. "celebrated" my birthday by buying me a mega mcspicy meal.. hahaha.. why not? since i don't really wanna eat cake, since i'm 18 now. LOL

pon-ed my gems today.. just because i'm lazy to wait for 3 whole hours.. haha.. hope i never missed anything impt =x

updated my template also.. =D finally i got around to doin THAT.. haha..

as a milestones thingy, i studied CB today.. proud of myself sia *beams* as its still a WEEK away from the actual exam.. and i actually took time out to revise, however little that is.. I'm on book 3 of The Deer and the Cauldron.. its very entertaining for me =) i almost missed JE station until keatyee called out to me.. lol.

since my archive link is not working, i decided to take that away.. coupled with my lack of CSS coding, i cannot do anything about adding a header to the sidetable for a new section.. so now i put another "milestones" thingy to check on my drama and anime watcing habits.. one cannot be too careless in all these.. I have a life, you know! haha..

Wishes for my 18th year..

1. The freaking injury on my leg please go away. I wanna prep for army.
2. Maintain my grades.
3. Make more friends
4. achieve closer relations with friends and family
5. become at least heavier.. I dun wan a BMI of ...
6. Save some money
7. Become more independent, either from friends or family

that's about it..

lets see how things go from here.. as the saying goes "Man proposes, Heaven disposes"

i learnt that from the Deer and the Cauldron. XD

the beginning of the end.. or the end of the beginning?

anyways.. i'm 18 as of now.. yea 12am exactly.. not exactly when i was born but its my birth day though.. =)

watched finished New Duke of Mount Deer today.. not a bad ending.. but ya.. so sad that its the end of the series le.. =( if got more than i don't mind sia.. lol.. i dont even care if having seven wives is impossible or not.. just lemme watch somemore! lol

anyways next week is exams le.. sian.. i haven't do revision yet! even though i mentally reminded myself that i will revise.. apparantly the time is used for playing computer games and reading the deer and the cauldron =D

Mental note: seriously need to study..

aiya.. anyways hope that my 18th year of my life will be smooth sailing.. with good grades and wadever.. maybe i can get a girlfriend? LOL.. dun mind me =)

:D

stressful time is now at a halt.. at least until later this week..

powerpoint and report now done! left presenting the project only.. anyways, todays the 17th November.. and its

RYAN's BIRTHDAY!! Happy 18th Birthday! :D

my bro went to taiwan yesterday.. its a school trip and its for 8 days.. that means 8 days of even later sleep.. i have the whole room to myself! xD
hope he has a fun time there la haha..

the Duke of Mount Deer is still so enthralling.. its nice to watch la.. the first parts of the show are more of the "i'm hunting for a wife" part while the last 10 episodes are more serious, where kang xi found out about xiaobao's dual identity..

its still nice anyways.. and its like so wth when the women have his kid and they just sort of keep thinking of him le.. hahaha.. so unrealistic la.. but still nice and funny though.. =)

have to wake up at 6 tmr.. and i'm still online =) all good things have to come to an end.. but that doesn't mean that you can't keep watching, and watching, and watching.. =)

don't keep standing at one place.. MOVE IT!

these few days were a big drag.. we even had to resort to finding more information to do reports.. all cause of some things never pass through brains ba.. and the recent flu/cough/sore throat virus that is floating around the class too..

I feel real bad.. and ashamed.. whatever happened to my report writing skills? omg.. keep on piling my grp members with more work to do.. wth.. haiz.. anyways i feel that we can pull through.. so just grit my teeth and PUSH!

sorry that its gna be last minute work again.. everyone doesn't like last minute work but its just my incompetence ba.. maybe i seriously lack enough leadership qualities with me la.. tamardy!

one thing for certain gives me a certain amount of joy.. reading.. what more so is actually reading "The Deer and the Cauldron".. c'mon, the book is funny and nice.. somehow i don't feel like returning the books to the library.. lol

and speaking about BD.. at least i'm able to have a group la.. even if they are all strangers to me.. since i have literally no friends in other courses or options in SB.. real lucky sia.. or else go match make le..

sometimes its real hard to make oneself be heard.. especially because its someone who makes mistake.. and sometimes one make another "disappear" by doin stupid things.. i know i'm ranting this but as usual.. no effort made to change..

things like i ought to sleep earlier is also forgotten straightaway.. for harder things like I will not steal money.. this is an exception..

i remembered when i was young i stole money from my parents.. bad boy huh? anyways i got beaten black and blue.. somehow i never managed to learn, and i stole again.. to cut things short, i was caught and i was beaten black and blue again.. since i was 14 at that time, i knew that i need to change.. and yea i never stole once anymore.. except pinching some loose change if i had not enough.. it was really until i had my own pocket money given to me on a per-month basis that i really never stolen again.. its just that special.. something that make me not be tempted to steal.. new responsibilities? growing mature? idk..

like what some lecturer said.. u know you are going to hell if you dont do good things.. students know but they still do bad things wad.. its the same theory la.. people are consious that they are maybe killing themselves by smoking, but they still do it wad..

so many analogies sia..

i think bottom line is.. don't do things that you will regret later on in life.. like ignoring a person, backstabbing, stealing, quarreling, fighting, smoking, drug abuse, suicide, killing, cheating on people.. yea.. its up to a person's moral code of conduct ba.. sure de ma..

that brings us to another question.. what if some people have a twisted code of conduct? kinda like jigsaw in saw.. i think at the best they'll be confined to mental institute?

tarmady.. its so long since i had such a thought about such a stupid issue..

and i think why my report writing skills deteriorated so fast.. must be cause of my GEMS ask me to write my own goals.. thats why like personal accounts like that my formal report =/

I think i'm gna continue blogging until kingdom comes ba.. ok now go edit le.. at least i got approval on my editing skills =)

heck.. its saturday!

WOW.. the week passes by sooo fast.. its so fast its scary..

anyways.. today is one of the more slacker days.. and i actually managed to do some of my tutorials.. =)

speaking of saturdays, its gonna be The Duke of Mount Deer!!! its so nice to watch la.. i like the anti-hero feel of the main protagonist.. Wei Xiao Bao =)

for peeps who don't know the story, it follows the storyline of the novel by JinYong.. where the protagonist is a lazy bum, greedy, and a womanising anti-hero.. here comes the word anti-hero again sia... hahaha..

however, even if he is THAT good for nothing, he leads a double life, as a Qing official whose very good friend with the emperor, and as an anti-qing organisation (天地会) member.. but then he's a genuine and loyal friend indeed.. albeit abit unscrupulous.. hahaha

he actually managed to do merit along the way, whether it is killing aobai, stopping or weakening the rebellion of wu sangui, or destroying sacred dragon sect..

means that he had a high post as an official and also earned the respect of his fellow organisation members.. FURTHERMORE, he managed to get himself seven wives along the way.. how cool is that? lol..

note: pls keep in mind that it is a story, so don't try to argue that wxb will die young cos he need to keep his wives *cough* happy *cough*

yea so that's it la.. for the show.. honestly 50 episodes are not enough laa..

from wuxiasociety.org

the good and the not so good, but still pretty good

I finished watching this and here are some thoughts:

THE GOOD

1. Epic. Really, really epic.

The sets, scenery, and everything else are amazing.

I'm going to order the DVDs because watching this in high quality will be treat (just waiting to see if they'll release a directors cut of the DVDs first).


2. The actors are pretty good.

Huang Xiao Ming is dead-on as WXB. That's definitely his role. I thought he was horrible as Yang Guo but as WXB he fits it like a glove.

Also, the wives are pretty cute. Much better on video than in the photos. Though I agree the voices are bit...annoying at times.


3. Brilliant move to use child actors.

Having WXB and the Emperor be friends since childhood really adds a depth to their relationship. In that way, you can sense how deep the "betrayal" is because of how long they've known each other.

(One shocking scene though is when you see a young-WXB killing the eunuch who is also a kid Hahahaha, I'm surprised that passed Chinese censors!)



THE NOT-SO-GOOD, BUT STILL PRETTY GOOD

Here are some slight complaints that I have about this series:

1. It suffers from editing issues that are similar to Return of Condor Heroes 2006.

Basically some scenes move at a very fast pace and the abruptness hurts the continuity.

For example in the first episode,

MILD SPOILERS (highlight to see)

WXB's mom is pushed to the ground by a solider and so he goes to tend to her.

Then all of a sudden the next scene is him peeking into the room with Mao 18.

Then right after the fight scene it cuts to WXB's mom searching for him and yelling out his name.

Then the next scene is WXB following Mao 18 to Beijing! And all of this within 20 minutes

# END SPOILERS

So if you don't really know the story, it might be hard to follow.


2. Too many episodes with them as kids

Like LiarLiar mentioned, too much happens with the child actors. It's good you see how they bond, but for example, the Ao Bai segment is done with the child actors and it does seem a bit awkward to have kids try and fight this guy!

Also you feel kinda sympathetic to Ao Bai's character. I mean, here you have this general who helped conquer China and yet he needs to listen to this young kid? Hahaha


3. Lack of character development

If this is the first time you've seen this series, you might be a bit confused by the motivations of the characters.

This was a similar flaw in Return of Condor Heroes 2006 so I'm not sure if it's the screenwriters, the director, or the editing.

For example, you don't really get a sense of how bad Ao Bai is. And Zheng Ke Shuang isn't show to be a jerk until the end.


4. Muted of romance/flirting

This probably has to do with the Chinese-censors, but in the previous versions WXB would outright say his intentions and call the girls his "wives."

In this version, he refers to them more as his "sisters" or "maid/servant girls." I remember reading that the Chinese censors wanted to tone down that part. Haha

So overall the dialogue doesn't seem as funny (when compared to the other DOMD productions).

Also some of the girls aren't given that much screen time with WXB so you in some cases it's hard to see how they would fall in love with him.


***

I know it might seem like I have a lot of complaints but overall I really liked this series. Perhaps some of it had to do with the epic-ness of it, but then again Return of Condor Heroes 2006 was epic but I really disliked it.

I'm thinking that the censors probably got to it and that's why it was a bit disjointed. Hopefully they will release a directors cut or something.

Overall though I'll still get the DVDs to add to my collection.

every, everyday

today is thursday.. again.. actually its not so bad compared to last week.. =)

firstly its HRM lecture.. at least the lecturer showed us a vid that is actually laughable.. lol.. yea its funny..

then theres HRM tutorial.. the tutor is as weird as always.. but we still pulled through leh.. strange.. yea she's that weird.. PSCM tutorial is a little bit better, mostly because the slides are black font on white background, and the font size is still ok la.. at least for me =P

Today today did a review on Mayday's new album.. and its 3.5/5.. so that means good buy lo.. hahaha.. the songs just seem to et stuck in your head even if you are not listening to it.. so its dam nice la.. and almost everysong is memorable.. gd huh?

some of my favourite songs in the album:





its nice.. =) no lyrics though.. cause its 1am in the morning and i'm not tt energetic to find lyrics for you..

and as an added benefit, i've also embedded the vid that the HRM tutor showed us.. take a look when you are free, k? =D



P.S when the hell did my throat become so darn dry.. hope i dont get sick.. =X

nites people..

Small updates

as you can see, i changed my blog skin! =D
dun wan put music cos i think will spoil the look ba.. haha..

monday met alvin while i was taking the train home.. =)
so long nvr talk to him properly le ba.. hahaha.. so also got updated abt other sec school friends lo.. so far Alvin is taking Aerospace Electronics, then heard lionel got some sort of contract with the SAF? become pilot sia.. so his future already settled le ba.. then chun an is gna be a commando in NS? so cool la.. but abit stress ba.. =)

issit true that no one in 4D went back to cchy? hahaha xD

projects are coming in, deadlines, and theres also some modules i dont have complete understanding of.. sibei jialat sia.. so this sem is gonna be tough ba..

oh ya.. if u are free, maybe you all should go try www.hotel626.com.. its only accessible from 6pm to 6am, and that its not for those faint hearted..

this game is made or sponsored by Frito Lays, the friggin company that sells potato chips and so on.. so if you all see anything that is related to the company in game please let me know =) and the game is pretty well made too, like in a movie, and in a first person perspective, so its dam cool la.. hahaha..

PS. Mayday new songs rocks! and i can't get them out of my head still.. not that i have any complaints about it =)