Monday, 21 August 2006
Some thoughts at work
Counting down to my 2 months of employment, I am starting to feel real depress... Talking about it doesn't help anymore... I have so much mixed feelings about everything. Tears seems to be at the brim of my eyes everytime I sit down and look at my work... Maybe it is healthier to get a dairy to write down my thougts...
Friday, 18 August 2006
tuesdays with Morrie
wednesday morning, on the MRT to work...
the moment i started reading this book, i had to constantly sniff back tears that threatens to roll down my eyes... i know i know, i cry too easily... but can you really blame me for loving this book...
i'm sure everyone who read this book is somehow touched by the story... as yomay says, it's one of those inspirational books that if you're a sentimentalist like me, you'll totally fall in love with... or if you're one that likes more drama and brain-thinking, might think this as boring...
thank goodness i'm the sentimentalist and closet-bimbo...
heehee... i really am a closet-bimbo... and i'm not afraid of saying it loudly and proudly... i'd rather read books that do not require me to think too much...
plus if i'm reading brain-bloggering books, i tend to keep thinking abt the storyline, even when i'm not reading it and wouldn't stop til i finish the book... it's juz too tiring to think so much over a book...
give me bimbo or sentimental books anytime.... =P
anyway, i finished tuesdays with Morrie after i got back from my AU supper outing at birdy's place...
couldn't read the last few pages when i was in choir juz now, cos i could totally feel my tears at the back of my eyes... this is something i could only do in the safety of my room...
i shall not be like my dear biao-mei who cried very badly in the MRT over a manga even I didn't cry over...
(that's for saying i'm slow, =P)
to the other pple, read the book... already regret not reading it much earlier... *sighs*
tp, thanks for lending the book to me...
^_^.``
the moment i started reading this book, i had to constantly sniff back tears that threatens to roll down my eyes... i know i know, i cry too easily... but can you really blame me for loving this book...
i'm sure everyone who read this book is somehow touched by the story... as yomay says, it's one of those inspirational books that if you're a sentimentalist like me, you'll totally fall in love with... or if you're one that likes more drama and brain-thinking, might think this as boring...
thank goodness i'm the sentimentalist and closet-bimbo...
heehee... i really am a closet-bimbo... and i'm not afraid of saying it loudly and proudly... i'd rather read books that do not require me to think too much...
plus if i'm reading brain-bloggering books, i tend to keep thinking abt the storyline, even when i'm not reading it and wouldn't stop til i finish the book... it's juz too tiring to think so much over a book...
give me bimbo or sentimental books anytime.... =P
anyway, i finished tuesdays with Morrie after i got back from my AU supper outing at birdy's place...
couldn't read the last few pages when i was in choir juz now, cos i could totally feel my tears at the back of my eyes... this is something i could only do in the safety of my room...
i shall not be like my dear biao-mei who cried very badly in the MRT over a manga even I didn't cry over...
(that's for saying i'm slow, =P)
to the other pple, read the book... already regret not reading it much earlier... *sighs*
tp, thanks for lending the book to me...
^_^.``
Saturday, 5 August 2006
updates on furuba
for those that i told that the fruits basket (furuba) is ending soon, it's still true...
but apparently, instead of juz ending at ch130 as told by takaya-sensei, there's still a few more chapters to go... juz went to OtakuCorner and found out abt it myself...
for anyone who is like me and wants to read summaries, u should juz go there...
summary for the latest chapter (ch131) should be out soon...
p[>_<.]q
but apparently, instead of juz ending at ch130 as told by takaya-sensei, there's still a few more chapters to go... juz went to OtakuCorner and found out abt it myself...
for anyone who is like me and wants to read summaries, u should juz go there...
summary for the latest chapter (ch131) should be out soon...
p[>_<.]q
Monday, 17 July 2006
anime news...
ok, part 2... cos i realized it'll be too long to put everything together in one entry...
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in anime news...
summer is upon us... well, technically, it's upon japan, not sg... so new anime series are out...
here's the few that i've watched so far:
W = can watch, but not to keep
WK = can watch and keep
1) Zero no Tsukaima (W) - feel like i'm watching Shakugan no Shana again... which, is true to a certain extend since the 2 main leads are voiced by the same seiyuus in SnS... magician-in-training girl summons boy, who juz happens to be sucked into a portal while walking on the streets, as her servant... he wants to go back to japan and she wants a better servant, but for now, they're stuck with each other...
currently on ep2, so not much progress yet with the plot... hoping for story to develop more...
2) Bokura ga Ita (W) - typical shoujo manga series... high school setting, girl likes popular guy... how they got together blah blah blah...
not that interesting... i'm on ep2, but if things dun pick up by the next episode, i'm gonna drop this...
3) Angelique (WK) - girl brought to foreign planet where she's in training to be the next queen... helping her along, are her 9 guardians... this series is supposed to mark the 10yr anniversary of Angelique the game... not sure how they're gonna play out her relationships with the guardians, since it is based on a love-stimulation game...
bishonen-galore... only to be rivaled by Saiunkoku... i've been trying to find the previous OVAs for years... finally, something worth keeping...
4) NHK ni Yokoso (W) - hikikomori (people who shut themselves in) man who thinks that everything around him is a conspiracy, tries to break out after 3 yrs of isolation in his apartment... based on the increasing number of hikikomori, not only in japan but also in other parts of the world...
looks promising... a look into the lives of hikikomori... slight ecchi-edged, but i'm gonna ignore that... i'm interested though, to know more... i mean, how do one isolate oneself so exclusively anyway? i like being on my own, but i still want to go out with friends and haf a social life...
there's still many more summer anime, which i haven't gotten to watch yet... more on them if i ever do...
here's something else to recommend...
Zegapain is a spring anime that i started late on... currently at ep15, though i've only watched until ep7... but the story plot is intriguing (go to ANN for synopsis), and the mechanics looks good... not gundam-type mechanics, but it still looks quite cool... the story has a slight Matrix feeling to it...
for mechanic-style anime, i'm watching the english subbed version... easier to get the names correctly... do not like the literal translated chinese names for machines... it's as bad as them translating celebrity names...
anyway, for anyone interested in mechanics, Zegapain is for you...
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in anime news...
summer is upon us... well, technically, it's upon japan, not sg... so new anime series are out...
here's the few that i've watched so far:
W = can watch, but not to keep
WK = can watch and keep
1) Zero no Tsukaima (W) - feel like i'm watching Shakugan no Shana again... which, is true to a certain extend since the 2 main leads are voiced by the same seiyuus in SnS... magician-in-training girl summons boy, who juz happens to be sucked into a portal while walking on the streets, as her servant... he wants to go back to japan and she wants a better servant, but for now, they're stuck with each other...
currently on ep2, so not much progress yet with the plot... hoping for story to develop more...
2) Bokura ga Ita (W) - typical shoujo manga series... high school setting, girl likes popular guy... how they got together blah blah blah...
not that interesting... i'm on ep2, but if things dun pick up by the next episode, i'm gonna drop this...
3) Angelique (WK) - girl brought to foreign planet where she's in training to be the next queen... helping her along, are her 9 guardians... this series is supposed to mark the 10yr anniversary of Angelique the game... not sure how they're gonna play out her relationships with the guardians, since it is based on a love-stimulation game...
bishonen-galore... only to be rivaled by Saiunkoku... i've been trying to find the previous OVAs for years... finally, something worth keeping...
4) NHK ni Yokoso (W) - hikikomori (people who shut themselves in) man who thinks that everything around him is a conspiracy, tries to break out after 3 yrs of isolation in his apartment... based on the increasing number of hikikomori, not only in japan but also in other parts of the world...
looks promising... a look into the lives of hikikomori... slight ecchi-edged, but i'm gonna ignore that... i'm interested though, to know more... i mean, how do one isolate oneself so exclusively anyway? i like being on my own, but i still want to go out with friends and haf a social life...
there's still many more summer anime, which i haven't gotten to watch yet... more on them if i ever do...
here's something else to recommend...
Zegapain is a spring anime that i started late on... currently at ep15, though i've only watched until ep7... but the story plot is intriguing (go to ANN for synopsis), and the mechanics looks good... not gundam-type mechanics, but it still looks quite cool... the story has a slight Matrix feeling to it...
for mechanic-style anime, i'm watching the english subbed version... easier to get the names correctly... do not like the literal translated chinese names for machines... it's as bad as them translating celebrity names...
anyway, for anyone interested in mechanics, Zegapain is for you...
Sunday, 16 July 2006
movies movies movies...
lots of new movies for the next 2 month or so... and almost something worth watching every week...
latest movie was catching Superman Returns... i think i'm one of the few people who actually did watch the old Christopher Reeves ones, cos almost everyone i ask did not watch it before... they only know him is the superman-guy, or the superman-guy had the terrible horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed...
seriously... nobody watched the old superman movies? where, i distinctly remember, Gene Hackman, as the evil Lex Luthor? no? anyone?
*sighs* generation gap...
my dad used to have tons of movies and cartoons all recorded on video tapes... and my sis and i would spend practically the whole day watching, and rewatching, every single tape in the house, so much so that we would even memorize the script lines of everyone in the show...
too bad we dun haf the tapes now... i can only say, fungi grows...
well, i'm looking forward to watching Pirates tmr with some of the church members... been quite long since we had a movie outing...
and i'm looking forward to Keanu and Sandra's The Lakehouse, coming out next week...
den there's The Fast & Furious 3 (wohoo! RX-7!!) the week after...
so many movies... so little time...
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for anime news, pls read the next entry...
latest movie was catching Superman Returns... i think i'm one of the few people who actually did watch the old Christopher Reeves ones, cos almost everyone i ask did not watch it before... they only know him is the superman-guy, or the superman-guy had the terrible horse-riding accident that left him paralyzed...
seriously... nobody watched the old superman movies? where, i distinctly remember, Gene Hackman, as the evil Lex Luthor? no? anyone?
*sighs* generation gap...
my dad used to have tons of movies and cartoons all recorded on video tapes... and my sis and i would spend practically the whole day watching, and rewatching, every single tape in the house, so much so that we would even memorize the script lines of everyone in the show...
too bad we dun haf the tapes now... i can only say, fungi grows...
well, i'm looking forward to watching Pirates tmr with some of the church members... been quite long since we had a movie outing...
and i'm looking forward to Keanu and Sandra's The Lakehouse, coming out next week...
den there's The Fast & Furious 3 (wohoo! RX-7!!) the week after...
so many movies... so little time...
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for anime news, pls read the next entry...
Thursday, 29 June 2006
FF:XII
for someone who hasn't own a gaming console since primary school, how i wished there was someone who can juz play the entire Final Fantasy XII for me... while i sit there and look at the story unfold before me...
heehee... i know... wishful thinking...
was watching all the FFXII movie clips on youtube.com and i gotta say it's looks really good... since i dun actually play the game, i can't say how good the storyline really is, but the ending movie did make me cry abit... but of course, i'm one who can cry at the drop of a hat... so, most other pple should not be crying... just me...
and guess wat... the voice seiyuu who does Sanji, Hirata Hiroaki, is voicing one of the main characters, Balthier, in the story...
*enters an overjoyed RR*
which fuels my wishful thinking of asking someone to play the game for me...
arghh!!!
they should have the full length movie version once everyone is done playing with it... den pple like me who are unable to own a PS2 can still enjoy the game by watching from start to finish...
heehee... i know... wishful thinking...
was watching all the FFXII movie clips on youtube.com and i gotta say it's looks really good... since i dun actually play the game, i can't say how good the storyline really is, but the ending movie did make me cry abit... but of course, i'm one who can cry at the drop of a hat... so, most other pple should not be crying... just me...
and guess wat... the voice seiyuu who does Sanji, Hirata Hiroaki, is voicing one of the main characters, Balthier, in the story...
*enters an overjoyed RR*
which fuels my wishful thinking of asking someone to play the game for me...
arghh!!!
they should have the full length movie version once everyone is done playing with it... den pple like me who are unable to own a PS2 can still enjoy the game by watching from start to finish...
Tuesday, 20 June 2006
end of F/SN and other ramblings
F/SN...
thot the ending for Fate/Stay Night was good... comparing to Mai Hime, who also had alot of killings and deaths, somehow, i preferred F/SN's ending... can't pinpoint why though... juz a general feeling...
there's more plot to F/SN, even though it was quite confusing... lots of references of Saber's past as King Arthur and even some of the other Servants are like pple from the past... i still find it weird that they used King Arthur as Saber's past life... even during the flashback, she was in female form, making it even weirder...
but other than that, the whole series is good... one of the better anime this season...
other ramblings...
parents and sis going to m'sia for the choir trip from wed to sun... it was a choice of going for the trip or going to shannie's wedding dinner... decided on the dinner cos the invitation was much earlier than the planning of the trip... she IS mine and joreen's da jie... and a wedding is a once in a lifetime thing... u can't juz miss a wedding of a good friend... unless u haf reasons that are in the category of "once in a lifetime"...
anyway, must rem to get cab money from my mom... cos as much as the car is still in sg, she still doesn't allow me to drive, even though i haf a wedding to attend that will probably end like late and is out of the way; and i haf to go to church on sunday which is like super inaccessible from home...
"u're still not steady... and joyce will complain if i allow u to drive within 2 months of getting ur licence..."
erm... excuse me... but can u tink of someone who can drive "very steadily" after they start driving by themselves... and maybe it's me... but with mom in the car, i haf this unconscious impulse to purposely drive more recklessly...
well, that's only during the beginning... i wun do that now... now, i must be as careful as i can... or else, who knows how long after is she going to stop grabbing her seat (really hate seeing that) in fear of being thrown out the window... she has gotta have more faith in the driver... her being paranoid will only make things worse...
so... i will claim cab fare!! even if i can only get it for one trip, most likely the trip to church...
cab fare cab fare cab fare...
finally going to haf another long leave next week... though i still haf to work on monday... not enough pple working, so Teo asked me if i can come back for a day...
sighs... that's not the bad news... the worst news is that there's a stupid mass casualty exercise next sat... and unless u're out of sg or doing nite shift, u haf to come down to lab from 12-6pm...
THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!
~_~.`` ~_~.`` ~_~.`` ~_~.``
idiotic idiotic IDIOTIC!!!!!!
i so DO NOT want to spend my birthday at work... of all days, it had to be next sat... when i'm having my block leave and my birthday!!!
i wonder if MC applies for that day...
thot the ending for Fate/Stay Night was good... comparing to Mai Hime, who also had alot of killings and deaths, somehow, i preferred F/SN's ending... can't pinpoint why though... juz a general feeling...
there's more plot to F/SN, even though it was quite confusing... lots of references of Saber's past as King Arthur and even some of the other Servants are like pple from the past... i still find it weird that they used King Arthur as Saber's past life... even during the flashback, she was in female form, making it even weirder...
but other than that, the whole series is good... one of the better anime this season...
other ramblings...
parents and sis going to m'sia for the choir trip from wed to sun... it was a choice of going for the trip or going to shannie's wedding dinner... decided on the dinner cos the invitation was much earlier than the planning of the trip... she IS mine and joreen's da jie... and a wedding is a once in a lifetime thing... u can't juz miss a wedding of a good friend... unless u haf reasons that are in the category of "once in a lifetime"...
anyway, must rem to get cab money from my mom... cos as much as the car is still in sg, she still doesn't allow me to drive, even though i haf a wedding to attend that will probably end like late and is out of the way; and i haf to go to church on sunday which is like super inaccessible from home...
"u're still not steady... and joyce will complain if i allow u to drive within 2 months of getting ur licence..."
erm... excuse me... but can u tink of someone who can drive "very steadily" after they start driving by themselves... and maybe it's me... but with mom in the car, i haf this unconscious impulse to purposely drive more recklessly...
well, that's only during the beginning... i wun do that now... now, i must be as careful as i can... or else, who knows how long after is she going to stop grabbing her seat (really hate seeing that) in fear of being thrown out the window... she has gotta have more faith in the driver... her being paranoid will only make things worse...
so... i will claim cab fare!! even if i can only get it for one trip, most likely the trip to church...
cab fare cab fare cab fare...
finally going to haf another long leave next week... though i still haf to work on monday... not enough pple working, so Teo asked me if i can come back for a day...
sighs... that's not the bad news... the worst news is that there's a stupid mass casualty exercise next sat... and unless u're out of sg or doing nite shift, u haf to come down to lab from 12-6pm...
THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!
~_~.`` ~_~.`` ~_~.`` ~_~.``
idiotic idiotic IDIOTIC!!!!!!
i so DO NOT want to spend my birthday at work... of all days, it had to be next sat... when i'm having my block leave and my birthday!!!
i wonder if MC applies for that day...
Sunday, 11 June 2006
Ouran High School Host Club
guess who's the latest seiyuu addition in episode 10...
Koyasu Takehito-sama!!!
voicing as Haruhi's okama (japanese 101: slang for cross-dresser) father, i recognized him the minute he came thru the apartment door...
*enters fanatic fan-girl screaming*
i'm so happy he (Koyasu-sama) is in the Host Club production!!!
^_^.``
for those that haven't seen this anime, go download it now!!! it's really really very funny... and full of bishonens and cute scenes...
must watch must watch...
the manga though, is somewhat lacking... bought the 1st book, read it, and thought the drawing was quite terrible... i'm hoping the drawing will get better as the story progress...
in any case, episode 10 is fantastic! sort of like to compensate for a not-so-interesting episode 9 last week...
highly recommended, this is one of the best spring anime of 2006...
Koyasu Takehito-sama!!!
voicing as Haruhi's okama (japanese 101: slang for cross-dresser) father, i recognized him the minute he came thru the apartment door...
*enters fanatic fan-girl screaming*
i'm so happy he (Koyasu-sama) is in the Host Club production!!!
^_^.``
for those that haven't seen this anime, go download it now!!! it's really really very funny... and full of bishonens and cute scenes...
current top 3 favorite characters:
1) Haruhi
2) Tamaki
3) Honey
meow meow, u're the only one from AU that hasn't watched it yet...
must watch must watch...
the manga though, is somewhat lacking... bought the 1st book, read it, and thought the drawing was quite terrible... i'm hoping the drawing will get better as the story progress...
in any case, episode 10 is fantastic! sort of like to compensate for a not-so-interesting episode 9 last week...
*grins*
highly recommended, this is one of the best spring anime of 2006...
Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Monday, 29 May 2006
X-Men 3
caught X-Men 3 at The Cathay today...
after watching M:I:3 there, i totally fell in love with the seats... i mean, where else would u find seats tilted at a perfect 45 degrees angle where the head in front of u wun block ur view, a headrest high enough for u to really rest your head on (unlike Lido), and with ample leg space for u not to step on pple's feet while u're getting across to ur designated seat...
shucks... i'm really supposed to be talking abt the movie, not raving abt the wonderful seats...
ok...
so, X-Men 3...
good job on all the special effects and all, but it seriously lacks alot in character development... introducing lots of new characters like Beast and Angel, yet not being able to develop most of them... sure, Halle Berry wants more screen time, but still...
and why is Jean Grey disintergrating everything in her midst? my gosh! she's supposed to be the all powerful Phoenix, not the Disintergrater... and the X-Men with the shortest screen time has to be Cyclops who was the first one to be disintergrated...
den there's my favorite character, Rogue, and they made her such a weakling too... i was still hoping she might join the team when they were at the island, but they made her take The Cure (drug that makes mutants normal again) instead...
no wonder the comic book fans are angry at the movie... overall, like M:I:3, it's a movie for watching the action...
for more story plot, please refer to the original Marvel comic books...
after watching M:I:3 there, i totally fell in love with the seats... i mean, where else would u find seats tilted at a perfect 45 degrees angle where the head in front of u wun block ur view, a headrest high enough for u to really rest your head on (unlike Lido), and with ample leg space for u not to step on pple's feet while u're getting across to ur designated seat...
shucks... i'm really supposed to be talking abt the movie, not raving abt the wonderful seats...
ok...
so, X-Men 3...
good job on all the special effects and all, but it seriously lacks alot in character development... introducing lots of new characters like Beast and Angel, yet not being able to develop most of them... sure, Halle Berry wants more screen time, but still...
and why is Jean Grey disintergrating everything in her midst? my gosh! she's supposed to be the all powerful Phoenix, not the Disintergrater... and the X-Men with the shortest screen time has to be Cyclops who was the first one to be disintergrated...
den there's my favorite character, Rogue, and they made her such a weakling too... i was still hoping she might join the team when they were at the island, but they made her take The Cure (drug that makes mutants normal again) instead...
no wonder the comic book fans are angry at the movie... overall, like M:I:3, it's a movie for watching the action...
for more story plot, please refer to the original Marvel comic books...
Saturday, 27 May 2006
One Piece #264
Ohtani Ikue is back from maternity leave...
finally! i hear her voice voicing Chopper once again in ep. 264...
Ohtani-san... i missed you...
another rendition of the Usoppu's Soge-king (Sniper king) theme song also include in this episode... this song is so funny... almost as nonsensical as Luffy's baka song in the Skypiea arc...
kekeke...
oh! new opening and ending songs also featured... the opening song is called Brand New World by D-51...
NICE!
finally! i hear her voice voicing Chopper once again in ep. 264...
Ohtani-san... i missed you...
another rendition of the Usoppu's Soge-king (Sniper king) theme song also include in this episode... this song is so funny... almost as nonsensical as Luffy's baka song in the Skypiea arc...
kekeke...
oh! new opening and ending songs also featured... the opening song is called Brand New World by D-51...
NICE!
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
driving test, among other things...
driving test
more on my God-sent miracle...
friday morning, house phone rang at around 8.30am... Raymond, my driving instructor, couldn't get me on my mobile since i switched it off...
imagine shock and horror when he told me some student of him got a last minute test slot at 10am!!
10AM!!!!
my test was at 11am and i was to have my warm-up lesson (plus circuit practise) at 9.30am!! b'cos of that student of his, that meant, i couldn't go for my circuit practise...
i was in a state of panic... really really panic... especially when my S-curve was the one thing i think abt every time i wake up... and i woke up alot of times the previous night too... >_<.``
he actually wanted to juz meet me before my test, without any practise or wat so ever! like i would ever pass if that happened... my circuit was already compromised, and he still wants to juz meet me before the test??!!!
in the end, he got another instructor, a Mr. Lai, to take me for 1hr, juz driving around the test routes...
well... at least that was better than nothing at all...
and thank God i did haf that 1hr of practise... b'cos the last route that Mr. Lai led me through was the exact route that i took during the test... though i had more marks this time compared to my 2nd attempt, the important thing was that i PASSED!!
i really really PASSED!!!
WOHOO!!!!!
other things...
went for a Dick Lee musical on sunday night with the hong sisters, Man of Letters, staged as the grand finale for NUS' centennial celebrations...
inspired by Professor Arthur Lim's "From a Doctor's Diary", Dick Lee wrote the music and lyrics, while the script was written by Jean Tay... set in the politically unrest Singapore in 1955, the story tells of a geeky medical student who falls in love with his childhood friend once again when they meet during their freshman yr... of cos, in comes his best fren who juz so happens to likes the girl too...
i love the musical... really really love it... Dick Lee is a genius... hands-down... there's no question abt it...
and i have to thank Ike for getting free tickets for us... heehee... Master See was invited to play the violin in the orchestra...
and of course, Lydia for asking me along for it when she was told we could get free tickets...
another of Dick Lee's musical, "Forbidden City", is having its 3rd rerun at the esplanade in Sep... and it seems like Kit Chan will be reprising her role as the young empress dowager...
hmm... i'm thinking of whether i should go for it... since i missed her in Snow.Wolf.Lake...
more on my God-sent miracle...
friday morning, house phone rang at around 8.30am... Raymond, my driving instructor, couldn't get me on my mobile since i switched it off...
imagine shock and horror when he told me some student of him got a last minute test slot at 10am!!
10AM!!!!
my test was at 11am and i was to have my warm-up lesson (plus circuit practise) at 9.30am!! b'cos of that student of his, that meant, i couldn't go for my circuit practise...
i was in a state of panic... really really panic... especially when my S-curve was the one thing i think abt every time i wake up... and i woke up alot of times the previous night too... >_<.``
he actually wanted to juz meet me before my test, without any practise or wat so ever! like i would ever pass if that happened... my circuit was already compromised, and he still wants to juz meet me before the test??!!!
in the end, he got another instructor, a Mr. Lai, to take me for 1hr, juz driving around the test routes...
well... at least that was better than nothing at all...
and thank God i did haf that 1hr of practise... b'cos the last route that Mr. Lai led me through was the exact route that i took during the test... though i had more marks this time compared to my 2nd attempt, the important thing was that i PASSED!!
i really really PASSED!!!
WOHOO!!!!!
other things...
went for a Dick Lee musical on sunday night with the hong sisters, Man of Letters, staged as the grand finale for NUS' centennial celebrations...
inspired by Professor Arthur Lim's "From a Doctor's Diary", Dick Lee wrote the music and lyrics, while the script was written by Jean Tay... set in the politically unrest Singapore in 1955, the story tells of a geeky medical student who falls in love with his childhood friend once again when they meet during their freshman yr... of cos, in comes his best fren who juz so happens to likes the girl too...
i love the musical... really really love it... Dick Lee is a genius... hands-down... there's no question abt it...
and i have to thank Ike for getting free tickets for us... heehee... Master See was invited to play the violin in the orchestra...
and of course, Lydia for asking me along for it when she was told we could get free tickets...
another of Dick Lee's musical, "Forbidden City", is having its 3rd rerun at the esplanade in Sep... and it seems like Kit Chan will be reprising her role as the young empress dowager...
hmm... i'm thinking of whether i should go for it... since i missed her in Snow.Wolf.Lake...
Saturday, 20 May 2006
3rd attempt
PASSED!!!!
3rd attempt for my driving and i passed!!!!!
WOHOO!!!!!
i'm so so happy...
but seriously... i think it's a God-sent miracle... more abt wat happened in my next entry... needa go sleep now...
it's past 12am and i'm still not asleep yet...
i have work tmr!!!
arghhh........
but... i PASSED!!! i really really PASSED!!!!!!!
^_^.``
3rd attempt for my driving and i passed!!!!!
WOHOO!!!!!
i'm so so happy...
but seriously... i think it's a God-sent miracle... more abt wat happened in my next entry... needa go sleep now...
it's past 12am and i'm still not asleep yet...
i have work tmr!!!
arghhh........
but... i PASSED!!! i really really PASSED!!!!!!!
^_^.``
Sunday, 14 May 2006
ARIA the NATURAL
i love this series...
sequel to ARIA the ANIMATION, it continues the story of trainee gondolier (a person that operates a gondola), Akari, as she learns her trade, while making friends and encounter moments in the beautiful backdrop of Neo Venezia...
if u like series that leaves u with WAFF (warm and fuzzy feeling), this is definitely one to watch...
episode 3 left me reminiscing about my meteor shower experience when i was in malaysia for church camp many years back... how my friends and i try to find the perfect position in front of the bungalow car porch, lying on mattresses or sofas we lug out, and then looking intently for shooting stars as they whizzed across the sky...
think my highest record was more than 10 or so... and it was nearly 6am when we finally decided to stop...
*grins*
thinking back, it really was a fun night...
as much as i love anime with indepth plot and stuff, sometimes, it's good to watch things that doesn't have to get u to think too much... juz to enjoy the nice scenery, laugh at the funny antics and have fun...
after all, "slice of life" genre-types of animes are supposed to make u feel good...
and leave u with a warm and fuzzy feeling...
^_^.``
sequel to ARIA the ANIMATION, it continues the story of trainee gondolier (a person that operates a gondola), Akari, as she learns her trade, while making friends and encounter moments in the beautiful backdrop of Neo Venezia...
if u like series that leaves u with WAFF (warm and fuzzy feeling), this is definitely one to watch...
episode 3 left me reminiscing about my meteor shower experience when i was in malaysia for church camp many years back... how my friends and i try to find the perfect position in front of the bungalow car porch, lying on mattresses or sofas we lug out, and then looking intently for shooting stars as they whizzed across the sky...
think my highest record was more than 10 or so... and it was nearly 6am when we finally decided to stop...
*grins*
thinking back, it really was a fun night...
as much as i love anime with indepth plot and stuff, sometimes, it's good to watch things that doesn't have to get u to think too much... juz to enjoy the nice scenery, laugh at the funny antics and have fun...
after all, "slice of life" genre-types of animes are supposed to make u feel good...
and leave u with a warm and fuzzy feeling...
^_^.``
Thursday, 11 May 2006
20 Big Lies in the DaVinci Code
something forwarded to me by jessica... even though i did pass down to a few pple, thought it better to paste the link here... so more pple can haf access to it... even those that randomly juz happen to pass by...
article taken from May 2006 issue of the Charisma magazine...
20 Big Lies in the DaVinci Code
for Da Vinci Code fans, better to get your facts straight than to trust the book wholeheartedly...
ps. nope, i haven't read the book myself yet... will do after i eventually watch the movie...
article taken from May 2006 issue of the Charisma magazine...
20 Big Lies in the DaVinci Code
for Da Vinci Code fans, better to get your facts straight than to trust the book wholeheartedly...
ps. nope, i haven't read the book myself yet... will do after i eventually watch the movie...
Tuesday, 2 May 2006
taiwan summary
ok, since moo moo/her dog is writing all the details for the trip, i'll juz do a summary... for those that is interested in reading details and see photos of our trip there, go take a look at her blog (link available at the side bottom).
RAIN
if i were given 1 word to describe the whole trip, that would be it...
RAIN!
RAIN!!
RAIN!!!
seriously... the only day it didn't rain, was the day we came back to sg... other days, it was juz raining on and off... it wasn't those heavy downpours, light drizzles that u still have to use an umbrella type...
so u can imagine my whole trip was me, moo moo and our umbrellas... opening and closing, opening and closing, opening and closing... very very irritating...
it's also probably cos of the rain that when we went to the nite markets, there wasn't as much people as expected... the whole atmosphere was already dampened by the rain... the only nite market that still had alot of pple regardless of the rain was shilin nite market... guess it really is the most popular one...
regardless of the rain, we still went out everyday... no use staying in our hotel room since there's nothing much to do except watch TV... should still call it a blessing that at least we weren't hit with typhoon rains cos that will really mean we have to stay in...
taiwanese are really helpful...
throughout our trip there, we keep meeting very nice people... maybe we really haf a tourist look, but whenever we look lost looking at our maps, they'll juz simply approach u and ask if u need directions... this is something that singaporeans will never go... approach someone to help them...
big thank u to the many taiwan folks who haf helped us with directions... thank u all very much...
taiwanese are environmental-friendly...
like japan, taiwan is very pro-active in recycling... everywhere u go, whenever u see a trash bin, there's always 2 types... one recycling bin, and another for normal trash... but not that u would see alot of trash bins too... many times, we haf to hold our trash for quite long before we actually see a bin... and yet, looking around us, we hardly see any rubbish littered on the ground...
going into convienent stores, like watson's or 7-eleven, u actually haf to pay if u want a plastic bag... and for boutique stores, most will prefer to use paper bags instead...
how encouraging is that?!
this is the type of things that singaporeans should be adopting... using less plastic bags and helping to reduce the amount of rubbish we're burying every year by recycling more...
ever since the article on the TODAY newspaper that states how much plastic bags singaporeans are using per week (estimate 100,000/wk), i've been trying my best to use less... now, i'm more determined to do so...
EATING
ok, i dun think i ate alot during the whole trip... taiwan is full of push-cart food... every corner u turn, every nite market u go to, there's food everywhere... but after going so many places, u'll realize that actually all the food they haf are all the same...
and probably cos we were always walking around, we din really have proper meals, except the last nite where we went to Yong Kang Street and had shabu-shabu (japanese steamboat)...
we did try most of the interesting food though... most memorable was the HUGE takoyaki that was the size of 3 normal ones... moo moo will probably haf that photo in her blog...
SHOPPING
spent money on both clothings and manga...
heehee...
when me and moo moo said we were going to lug manga back, we really lugged them back... besides the 5-6 books i helped meow meow buy, i bought like 12 books for myself and of cos, my PoT 30.5 artbook!!
the trip to wufenpu wholesale was more beneficial for me than for moo moo... though i din spent as much as i expected... taiwan fashion now is all lace... lace is everywhere and anywhere... being a person that doesn't like too much lace, that about cut half the amount of clothes i could haf bought... much worse for moo moo i would say, who totally DO NOT (!) do lace...
ONSEN
last but not the least, our onsen (aka hot spring) experience!
went to Xinbeitou instead of Wulai... if it weren't raining, we would haf gone to Wulai so we could walk the conservatory area too... anyway, the hot spring at beitou was quite good also lah... not that i haf anything to compare it to...
u know whenever u see japanese lounging around in the hot springs for long periods in the movies/series/anime/manga... well... in real life, that doesn't happen...
i could only soak in for a maximum of 10min before i had to get out because of breathing difficulties and the fact that it's too hot to stay in any longer... and even den, i had to get out slowly cos i would be feeling giddy...
for those that are hot spring amateurs like me, 15mins is the max u should be staying in... get out after that for a 5min breather before attempting to go in again...
maybe it would haf been better if it was those open-air rooms, or even the public baths... cos there'll be more air circulations and u probably wouldn't have problems with breathing... it gets very stuffy in closed rooms...
-------------------------------------
all in all, it was still a good trip...
except for the rain and the otherwise terrible scooters we always have to dodge everywhere...
mom was asking me yesterday where is my next destination after taiwan...
hmm...
japan is definitely somewhere in the next 2yrs... an AU trip hopefully...
there's also the cruise trip i'm hoping some might be interested...
redang island? need some major suntan-ing...
bali? my weekend biao-mei was hoping for a Hong and Toh sisters trip...
hmm....
but before any of these can be achievable...
let's stock up on my travelling savings first...
=P
浪迹天涯小狗 hacks into RR's blog to bring u..
Taiwan Expedition Day 1
Taiwan Expedition Day 2
Taiwan Expedition Day 3
Taiwan Expedition Day 4
Taiwan Expedition Day 5
Taiwan Expedition Day 6
Taiwan Expedition Day 7
Taiwan Expedition Day 8
RAIN
if i were given 1 word to describe the whole trip, that would be it...
RAIN!
RAIN!!
RAIN!!!
seriously... the only day it didn't rain, was the day we came back to sg... other days, it was juz raining on and off... it wasn't those heavy downpours, light drizzles that u still have to use an umbrella type...
so u can imagine my whole trip was me, moo moo and our umbrellas... opening and closing, opening and closing, opening and closing... very very irritating...
it's also probably cos of the rain that when we went to the nite markets, there wasn't as much people as expected... the whole atmosphere was already dampened by the rain... the only nite market that still had alot of pple regardless of the rain was shilin nite market... guess it really is the most popular one...
regardless of the rain, we still went out everyday... no use staying in our hotel room since there's nothing much to do except watch TV... should still call it a blessing that at least we weren't hit with typhoon rains cos that will really mean we have to stay in...
taiwanese are really helpful...
throughout our trip there, we keep meeting very nice people... maybe we really haf a tourist look, but whenever we look lost looking at our maps, they'll juz simply approach u and ask if u need directions... this is something that singaporeans will never go... approach someone to help them...
big thank u to the many taiwan folks who haf helped us with directions... thank u all very much...
taiwanese are environmental-friendly...
like japan, taiwan is very pro-active in recycling... everywhere u go, whenever u see a trash bin, there's always 2 types... one recycling bin, and another for normal trash... but not that u would see alot of trash bins too... many times, we haf to hold our trash for quite long before we actually see a bin... and yet, looking around us, we hardly see any rubbish littered on the ground...
going into convienent stores, like watson's or 7-eleven, u actually haf to pay if u want a plastic bag... and for boutique stores, most will prefer to use paper bags instead...
how encouraging is that?!
this is the type of things that singaporeans should be adopting... using less plastic bags and helping to reduce the amount of rubbish we're burying every year by recycling more...
ever since the article on the TODAY newspaper that states how much plastic bags singaporeans are using per week (estimate 100,000/wk), i've been trying my best to use less... now, i'm more determined to do so...
EATING
ok, i dun think i ate alot during the whole trip... taiwan is full of push-cart food... every corner u turn, every nite market u go to, there's food everywhere... but after going so many places, u'll realize that actually all the food they haf are all the same...
and probably cos we were always walking around, we din really have proper meals, except the last nite where we went to Yong Kang Street and had shabu-shabu (japanese steamboat)...
we did try most of the interesting food though... most memorable was the HUGE takoyaki that was the size of 3 normal ones... moo moo will probably haf that photo in her blog...
SHOPPING
spent money on both clothings and manga...
heehee...
when me and moo moo said we were going to lug manga back, we really lugged them back... besides the 5-6 books i helped meow meow buy, i bought like 12 books for myself and of cos, my PoT 30.5 artbook!!
the trip to wufenpu wholesale was more beneficial for me than for moo moo... though i din spent as much as i expected... taiwan fashion now is all lace... lace is everywhere and anywhere... being a person that doesn't like too much lace, that about cut half the amount of clothes i could haf bought... much worse for moo moo i would say, who totally DO NOT (!) do lace...
ONSEN
last but not the least, our onsen (aka hot spring) experience!
went to Xinbeitou instead of Wulai... if it weren't raining, we would haf gone to Wulai so we could walk the conservatory area too... anyway, the hot spring at beitou was quite good also lah... not that i haf anything to compare it to...
u know whenever u see japanese lounging around in the hot springs for long periods in the movies/series/anime/manga... well... in real life, that doesn't happen...
i could only soak in for a maximum of 10min before i had to get out because of breathing difficulties and the fact that it's too hot to stay in any longer... and even den, i had to get out slowly cos i would be feeling giddy...
for those that are hot spring amateurs like me, 15mins is the max u should be staying in... get out after that for a 5min breather before attempting to go in again...
maybe it would haf been better if it was those open-air rooms, or even the public baths... cos there'll be more air circulations and u probably wouldn't have problems with breathing... it gets very stuffy in closed rooms...
-------------------------------------
all in all, it was still a good trip...
except for the rain and the otherwise terrible scooters we always have to dodge everywhere...
mom was asking me yesterday where is my next destination after taiwan...
hmm...
japan is definitely somewhere in the next 2yrs... an AU trip hopefully...
there's also the cruise trip i'm hoping some might be interested...
redang island? need some major suntan-ing...
bali? my weekend biao-mei was hoping for a Hong and Toh sisters trip...
hmm....
but before any of these can be achievable...
let's stock up on my travelling savings first...
=P
浪迹天涯小狗 hacks into RR's blog to bring u..
Taiwan Expedition Day 1
Taiwan Expedition Day 2
Taiwan Expedition Day 3
Taiwan Expedition Day 4
Taiwan Expedition Day 5
Taiwan Expedition Day 6
Taiwan Expedition Day 7
Taiwan Expedition Day 8
Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Ice Age...
apparently, watching the first screening of the day has many perks...
like being the only 4 pple in the whole theatre, or being able to laugh as hysteric as allowed, or the possibility of actually conversing out loud with ur friends without the rest of the theatre looking at u from all sides...
oh... and also being able to put ur leg on the seat in front of u... haha...
ice age 2 was funny and entertaining... though it's mostly due to the antics of the walnut-obsessed squirrel...
hmm...
is it a squirrel? there's squirrels in pre-historic times right...
ok, let's juz assume it is...
oh! not forgetting Cid and Diego... given they're really supposed to be in a prey and its predator type of situation, they provided lots of the comic relief thru-out the show...
but hey, that's what animation is supposed to do... how else was "A Shark's Tale" gonna get by with the shark being overtly friendly to all fishes... "fishes are friends, not food"...
next up... X-MEN 3!!!
---------------------------------
and no, i did not forget...
2 days to TAIWAN!!!!!!!
bought my stuff and changed my money...
"big auntie" still not here yet though...
*begging voice*
pls come... pls come... pls come...
PS. according to my sis, schizo is not a person having split personality, or even one or more alternative personalities...
schizophrenia is defined as a condition when a person has hallucinations of others trying to harm them or something like that... will haf to get the more medical definition soon...
so... i'm not schizo... i juz haf more alternative personalities... as does everyone else... teehee... so, moo moo... u dun haf to worry that much...
like being the only 4 pple in the whole theatre, or being able to laugh as hysteric as allowed, or the possibility of actually conversing out loud with ur friends without the rest of the theatre looking at u from all sides...
oh... and also being able to put ur leg on the seat in front of u... haha...
ice age 2 was funny and entertaining... though it's mostly due to the antics of the walnut-obsessed squirrel...
hmm...
is it a squirrel? there's squirrels in pre-historic times right...
ok, let's juz assume it is...
oh! not forgetting Cid and Diego... given they're really supposed to be in a prey and its predator type of situation, they provided lots of the comic relief thru-out the show...
but hey, that's what animation is supposed to do... how else was "A Shark's Tale" gonna get by with the shark being overtly friendly to all fishes... "fishes are friends, not food"...
next up... X-MEN 3!!!
---------------------------------
and no, i did not forget...
2 days to TAIWAN!!!!!!!
bought my stuff and changed my money...
"big auntie" still not here yet though...
*begging voice*
pls come... pls come... pls come...
PS. according to my sis, schizo is not a person having split personality, or even one or more alternative personalities...
schizophrenia is defined as a condition when a person has hallucinations of others trying to harm them or something like that... will haf to get the more medical definition soon...
so... i'm not schizo... i juz haf more alternative personalities... as does everyone else... teehee... so, moo moo... u dun haf to worry that much...
countdown to taiwan and F/SN...
officially, it's 3 more days to taiwan!!
WOOHOO!!!
things i need to do before saturday...
1) change NT dollars... (gg down to raffles exchange @ JP to do it later)
2) pack luggage... (will do so on thurs, after i get off my nite duty and get enuff sleep)
3) buy a few more things i need... (clarinase <- canot go w/o tis, facial)
4) think of which book to bring to read...
5) hope my "big auntie" comes asap... ok, this is not a 'do' thing... i WANT (to the point of begging) it to come... pls come...
moo moo... haf u started packing ur luggage or change money yet??
haf u started converting the anime u're intending to bring there??
i'm so looking forward to saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!
all my manga, here i come!!!!
-----------------------
juz finished updating myself on Fate/Stay Night... currently, i'm up to date at ep15...
juz cried buckets during ep14 when Archer died...
although he died valiantly while fighting berserker, who has like 12 lives (wat is he, a cat?), really, why can't the characters i like stay in the series til the end...
*burst out crying again*
examples include, nuriko (FY); shuro (ayashi no ceres); sieg hart (rave master); Mwu La Flaga(GS, though alive again in GSD); hotohori-sama (FY), and many many more....
*sniffs*
now archer??
i gotta stop liking characters that die early... my tears not enuff to go around...
*sniffs*
but still, it's a great anime... birdy... u haf gotta watch this... go download... u'll be hooked... instanteously...
-----------------------
*change of attitude*
i'm so going TAIWAN on saturaday!!!
mwhahaha..........
*coughs*
gosh, i'm so schizo... =/
WOOHOO!!!
things i need to do before saturday...
1) change NT dollars... (gg down to raffles exchange @ JP to do it later)
2) pack luggage... (will do so on thurs, after i get off my nite duty and get enuff sleep)
3) buy a few more things i need... (clarinase <- canot go w/o tis, facial)
4) think of which book to bring to read...
5) hope my "big auntie" comes asap... ok, this is not a 'do' thing... i WANT (to the point of begging) it to come... pls come...
moo moo... haf u started packing ur luggage or change money yet??
haf u started converting the anime u're intending to bring there??
i'm so looking forward to saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!
all my manga, here i come!!!!
-----------------------
juz finished updating myself on Fate/Stay Night... currently, i'm up to date at ep15...
juz cried buckets during ep14 when Archer died...
although he died valiantly while fighting berserker, who has like 12 lives (wat is he, a cat?), really, why can't the characters i like stay in the series til the end...
*burst out crying again*
examples include, nuriko (FY); shuro (ayashi no ceres); sieg hart (rave master); Mwu La Flaga(GS, though alive again in GSD); hotohori-sama (FY), and many many more....
*sniffs*
now archer??
i gotta stop liking characters that die early... my tears not enuff to go around...
*sniffs*
but still, it's a great anime... birdy... u haf gotta watch this... go download... u'll be hooked... instanteously...
-----------------------
*change of attitude*
i'm so going TAIWAN on saturaday!!!
mwhahaha..........
*coughs*
gosh, i'm so schizo... =/
Sunday, 9 April 2006
恋上我的床
i love my new mattress...
yes... i finally got my new mattress, along with a new bedframe and chest of drawers, on friday...
aside from the new bed frame being so high that my legs can't reach the floor when i sit down, everything about it is fantastic...
seriously, i never thought i'll be raving abt a slab of mattress too... but it's juz too good to not tell everyone about...
i'm those that love hard mattresses and hard pillows... give me a fluffy pillow and i'll wake up with a terrible stiff neck the next day...
so u can imagine how delighted i was that the mattress was very sturdy and hard... even i had a initial shock when i sat on it for the first time... it was even harder than my old mattress!
but once i was lying on it, it was a totally different feeling... it's as if the initial hardness was never felt at all... the size is slightly wider than my old one, 42 inch compared to the old 38 inch... suddenly, i had more space around me to nuah and toss and turn... and, there was an extra layer of sponge that made the bed very cooling...
i almost didn't want to get up for work on sat...
*sighs*
i love my new mattress...
yes... i finally got my new mattress, along with a new bedframe and chest of drawers, on friday...
aside from the new bed frame being so high that my legs can't reach the floor when i sit down, everything about it is fantastic...
seriously, i never thought i'll be raving abt a slab of mattress too... but it's juz too good to not tell everyone about...
i'm those that love hard mattresses and hard pillows... give me a fluffy pillow and i'll wake up with a terrible stiff neck the next day...
so u can imagine how delighted i was that the mattress was very sturdy and hard... even i had a initial shock when i sat on it for the first time... it was even harder than my old mattress!
but once i was lying on it, it was a totally different feeling... it's as if the initial hardness was never felt at all... the size is slightly wider than my old one, 42 inch compared to the old 38 inch... suddenly, i had more space around me to nuah and toss and turn... and, there was an extra layer of sponge that made the bed very cooling...
i almost didn't want to get up for work on sat...
*sighs*
i love my new mattress...
Saturday, 8 April 2006
spring anime 2006
i love this week... many many new anime series started this week... NANA, Ah My Goddess season 2, Gakuen Heaven, Saiunkoku Monogatari, Aria the Natural, xxxHolics...
put up links to some of the official websites and some fan-based ones too... go check them out...
^_^.``
put up links to some of the official websites and some fan-based ones too... go check them out...
^_^.``
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