Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Howl, Hikaru, Casanova

The other day, i bought Howl's Moving Castle, for $13.20... I couldnt find e DVD at those stores btw... Then i chanced upon QI LING WANG, oh i just found out in Jap, its called Hikaru No Go!!!

Apparently Go means chess, Hikaru is e main lead's name...

I saw the Hikaru No Go's special edition, and only $9.90!!! It was originally $19.90! And its dvd somemore... I finally could hear the grown up Hikaru's original jap voice! But its kinda girly though, lol...

I almost cried when i watching e 1st scene... Basically it recapped the last scene of Sai (e ghost who was a chess master) and Hikaru in e dream... So sad, it had been so long since i last watched them... And finally i can hear their orginal voices again... And Hikaru grew up bigger le!!! Of coz i knew wat was going to happen coz i already read e manga... But still, tt wouldnt affect me... Lol..

However, i was cheated, not really cheated, depending on how u see it... Anyways, i was persuaded without a buff to renew my membership card at 10 bucks... Im always lidat, if u catch me in tt moment, i would jus said ok, without even asking about it... My old is expiring next mth... But e new one would only last a yr...

E thing is i had already stopped buyin at tis particular vcd chain, coz i found another chain which is newer and cheaper... But only tis chain sells Hikaru No Go... Every time when i go there, i will always look at their remaining 3 boxes of Hikaru No Go DVD full set ($89.90), and wonder when will i own them... They haf been there for yrs and coated wif dust... Lol...

PS: I still cannot find Edward Keychain, i kinda regretted getting Al's... Now its like theres something lacking, and Al is separated... Damn!

I watched Howl again, finally... The show is still slow, too slow for my preference... I did not really love it then, but there is still other elements playing tt made me wan to own it... I guess its e same as doing a movie off a novel... Alot of things werent explained, and there isnt enuff time to establish some stuffs... And definately it slows down e pace if u try to follow e novel too much...

No matter, i still like it... Was rather disappointed then at the theatres... Howl's was supposedly Miyazaki's best work, but unfortunately, critics had concluded it wasnt as gd as Spirited Away... I still enjoyed Spirited Away, no matter how many times ive watched it... At least it wasnt slow as hell... lol...

It was strange seeing kissing scenes then though, i especially avoid kissing and all those plain lovey dopey anime series coz i would cringe... Too mushy... Cannot tolerate... Lol... So i definately wasnt expecting tt from Howl then... Though it was justifiable since they went thru much and were in love, its jus... Erm, u noe... Aiyah... Duno lah... Lol...

Watching it again, i grew to like Markl and Kabu... Markl is jus so cute, and i didnt notice much about him e 1st time... Lol, i mus be too engrossed drooling over Howl... I still dun really like Sophie though... Didnt really feel much for her...

Oh i saw Ghost in E Shell 2, erm, toothless 2? (Fr chinese words, Wu Ya) uncut version for $9.90 only too... Shd i get?

I watched Casanova yest, it was better than i expected... A very light and funny show, i actually cant help laughing... I laughed so much till i smerged my make up... Lol... Thoughts went into those small little details of shots which makes everything so funny, tt is if u r someone who looks into finer details...

I love their costumes, very elaborate, very detailed... I love them... But not so for the females... Females clothings are generally plainer, then again, it haf to be, coz females standings were being suppressed then in tt era...

Very romantic Venice, with extremely charming Health Ledger as Casanova... I didnt really like Health Ledger in e past... But i certainly do now... Hes jus so charming and attractive... And i just cant get enuff of his sexy deep voice...

Which is y i had decided not to catch Brokeback Mountain... I wouldnt wan images of him kissing, making out and having sex with another male actor to tarnish tt impression he now has in me... Gross!!! Though i do watch gay films, but then i still feel disgusted seeing them making out... Gross a million!!! I jus thot of Alexander!!! Gross! But nonetheless a very gd movie, Alexander i meant...

I spent alot alot alot of money lately... I got to stop doing tt... Sigh... Lol...

Time jus flies, its already been a yr, the last i blogged about Shuzhen's 21st birthday... I could still remember all those details... =)

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Happy Birthday, Shuzhen!

Happy Birthday, Gal!!!

U r so funny, kept changin ur plans... Envy u leh, yest mum brought u to dinner (Paris somemore! U still haven go wif me!!!), tmr ur father bring u dinner, today u haf dinner wif ur uni frenz...

My family never buy me bday dinner for long long long long long long long time liao!!!!

Hope u enjoy urself, yea?

I gave her a mixture of gifts, wrapped up in a handbag alike package, but too bad, i forgot to take photo...

I gave her on Vday coz she originally had many plans today, but ended up all changing... Lol... It was a mixture of vday gift n bday gift...

I had a hard time thinking of wat to give her tis yr, coz apparently i gave her too many things last yr... Lol...

So i went back to basic... Simple, and thotful, or so i assumed... Hahahah...

Made her a box... Very ugly i thot, it didnt turn out e way i wanted it to be...








I made the box, coz i printed for her 45 small pics of her and a selection of all our photos, coz usually we r out alone, thus it is not easy for us to haf pics of e 2 of us till recent yrs... And as usual, she would jus keep them in her com, i wan her to haf something to look at...

I especially love small photos...

Tt 1st picture is a scanned pic of a portrait i painted of her, 2 yrs ago... It looked very cute on tis scale...




Musical bag tt she like... She saw it when we were out few mths ago...


I also got a nice hanging thingy to hold her pics... I like tt hangin thingy also, regret i never buy for myself... Tt pink thingy is a magnet, which she can stick on e clip... She was actually surprised when i demonstrated... Very cute, she n i thot...

I wan her to stick it on her wall... 4 (my fav number) pics at a time, then she can change every now n then... But duno her wall can stick or not... Mine cant coz my wall is not flat...




Close up of her n me...

I also wrote her a long letter, in mandarin somemore... There were alot of words i duno, coz i dun haf cl dictionary... Then she laughed... So funny...

We also went for proper dinner and ktv at Party World (Woodlands) on thurs... Wah, e nearest Party World to my house, no need go kbox liao... Tis particular Party World's has very very latest songs...

Good good...

I cut myself a couple of times actually... I spent about 6 hrs on e whole thing, box, packagin, letters, etc... I ruined 6 cards somemore... So i ended up writing her a letter... Coz also i haf too many things to say...

There was tis incident where i was cutting the paper, and then the tip of my scissors cut my flesh... It literally cut through, jus tt the scissors wasnt sharp, lol, so my flesh was spared... I even let out a shriek when tt happened... Though my flesh was in tact, it was still painful...

Luckily the scissors not sharp, if my blood stained e gift, i would haf to redo it again! lol...

Check Out These Animation Clips

5 Animation Clips from Sec 3 students from CHIJ St. Joseph's Convent for Singapore Total Defence Campaign...

I am bloody hell impressed!!! It is disgraceful to full time animation students man... I received the link some time ago from SAC, saying tt tis shd be a wake up call for full time students... The email mentioned as well, they are so much better than those award sg winning clips they haf seen...

http://home.totaldefence.org.sg/TD_ani/TD_ani.html

Check them out...

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FINAL DESTINATION 3!!! I am so excited!!! Sneak is next wed, sob sob... Nobody go wif me... But i am also afraid tt it falls short of expectations... The 2nd one didnt, surprisingly, though i still dun really get e ending... I jus hope they can keep up wif e standards...

Nonetheless, i am definately going to catch it!!!!

Friday, February 17, 2006

Valentine

Moi gift...


Knowing tt i am choc crazy, i received so much chocs... I love them though, not complaining... I happened to be craving for them too... Now only left mon cheri...


The flower tt claimed to be "very me" or rather so does other single stalks flowers i received... lol... I like it of coz, and the nicest part of e flower is actually its behind... The colors there i like... Weird arh...


The dark thingy on the right is of coz, strawberries in choc... My fav... I love the esplanade one, but tis one taste nice too, surprisingly... Luckily not spoilt... Coz it was out for a long time be4 i got home... And my sis was saying sure spoilt already... Even if its spoilt i would still eat it, at most go to the toilet a few times lor...

Toblerone dark choc is my fav choc all times... I love almost all dark chocs, but Toblerone is da best!!! Unless Forerro comes up wif dark choc roches... (Duno how to spell, u get wat i mean) If i dun control myself, i would haf finished up e bar of Tob's choc imediately, but i had to control each time and eat 2/3 pieces a day...

I received Mon Cheri for da 1st time... It was very nostalgic, coz i remembered i had them when i was very young... But i forgot how it tastes like, then was told it tastes jus like roches... Hmm, nice...

Anyways, we starved ourselves, coz it was so crowded we cant get seats at any restaurants without horrible long Qs... So we went to catch a movie... We watched Fearless... The show's gd unlike horrible Hong Kong movies, sigh, i had to tell myself not to cry not to cry at the end, lol... Coz i did not wish to smerge my make up... I knew the exact detailed story be4 i went, but i still wan to catch it...

I like Jet Li... So sad, no more le... He talked e most in his own tongue for tis movie, i had never heard him so much be4 in his past movies... I was surprised to see 3d elements in e movie too... Though not very well done, but ok lah... Better than Hong Kong's effect still...

But i nearly puke after e show... I had motion sickness coz we were like on 3rd row, i couldnt even see the whole picture... Lol, so maybe i would get e vcd when its out... I cant even see their faces clearly coz its so huge... We then went to eat Mac... We tried the rice burgers... Ok mah, not as bad as wat others said wat... The rice got taste one leh, can eat...

Btw, HOWLS MOVING CASTLE DVD/VCDs' OUT LIAO (for some days le actually)!!! I haven gotten it yet... I forgot to buy it when i was out... Lol...

VCD only $14.90, if DVD's cheap i would get the DVD...

I bought some toys on vday too...


I wan the Edward one but no more le... Sad... Nvm, will look again... I dun wan to get e set coz i dun like the military characters...


And also Bleach!!! I found out my sis's fav character is Urahara Kisuke... I didnt noe tt... Coz she never say anything until when she saw my toys and she kidnapped my Urahara... Bekcek...

Tis is the 1st set i found wasnt distorted... The other versions all cannot make it... I noe i used to shoot one by one close up... But i lazy leh... Nvm lah, u noe how they look like anyways...

My mum scolded me though when she saw i bought these, she said, "Aiyo, U GROW UP LIAO LEH!!!"

Lol

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Sweet

I forgot to saY Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I hope you had lovely celebrations yest, be it wif ur gfs/bfs/husbands/wives/frenz/families...

When i arrived at the mrt yest evening, i saw so many guys standing there, each holding a different flower behind their back, waiting for their forever late gfs, patiently (or impatiently? lol)... I jus thought it was so sweet to see so many guys doing the same thing...

And i cant help but kept smiling through out...

Till the pt when i discovered ppl might think i am nuts, so i had to cover my mouth wif my hand to hide e frozen smile...

But it was sweet, very sweet, to see ppl happy...

More soon...

Monday, February 13, 2006

Hobbiton In Sg?

I went for some seafood last night @ one of my fav seafood outlets...

Its a very famous one, located at AMK (thankfully, i no need to travel to east coast n vomit there), the food is cheap (compared to other seafood outlets but of coz still way ex if u compared to a plate of wanton mee) and the crabs there just awfully addictive...

The downside of tt place is tt, its damn crowded every single day! Be it weekdays or weekends... You die die haf to wait 2 bloody hrs for ur food... 1 hr for q-ing, 1 hr for waiting at ur table... But then, those who had tried waited willingly every single day so u can imagine how gd is their food...

They operate from 5 to 11pm...

We went earlier yest, coz we didnt book (yes, kopitiam also got booking one, coz told u its very crowded, u call at 5+, they will tell u its fully booked!!!)...

We reached there at 515pm, luckily got seats, then our food came at 6pm...

Their signatures dishes are Claypot Crab (better than e best XO fish head bee hoon i heard but still haven tried), Creamy butter Crab (tis is e dish tt made me come back, dun forget to order e sweet buns and dip into e sauce), Fried Toufu (tis is another amazing dish, e toufu melts in ur mouth, absolutely delicious)...

I also like their fried mian xian... In fact, all their dishes are good, jus a matter u can eat all or not...

We (4 persons) ordered 7 dishes yest, Chili Crab (nice!), Creamy Butter Crab, Fried Mian Xian, Sweet Buns, vege wif abalone mushrooms (tastes exactly like abalone), fried toufu, yam basket (i duno wat u call in el, a famous chinese reastaurant dish, the yam basket is fried, then all e ingredients in e container)...

I was so full yest... But satisfied, even though i had tummy upset later on... Lol...

So if u r into seafood, and dun wan to go restaurants coz they r too ex, and u got car (ok la, we cn take cab too, i duno take wat bus)... Then let me noe, i bring u go there eat... Each person usually less than $30, and very full after tt... So much food for 20+, 2 types to crab somemore where to find?

Afterwards, i wanted to bring Pappy go out... So i headed back home to bring him... We decided to go seletar reservoir... I wasnt able to enjoy e whole thing coz i suffered fr motion sickness and tummy upset... But i thot Pappy long time never go out liao, so i bear wif e pain... I am so noble... Lol...

I wanted to puke when we reached e coffeeshop, even though it was only 5 mins, i wanted to puke when i reached home to bring him, i wanted to vomit when i reached e reservoir and i nearly puke when i got home... My tummy ache was pain like hell, i was never in so much pain before (for stomachache)...

They took me on a different route, we went Jalan kayu (prata there), and enter e gates of seletar camp... And then, e amazing thing happened...

I haf never taken tis route be4... So i was so surprised...

When we entered tt place, it was like entering Hobbiton in sg... There was so much green, enough to seem tt it expands under e horizon... There were many greens, trees, small waterspots (like miniature ponds, i can even imagine hobbits playing there)... If i was the one driving, and feelin well, i would haf gotten off and taken photos for u to see... Coz i dun believe myself too...

While i was looking at grassy landscapes (not those big flat grasslands, but full of ups n downs, and curves, and humps tt appeared like roof of hobbit holes), and happen to pass by one waterspot, across e horizon i saw e flaring, red sun setting... The sky was in orange n red, it was damn gorgeous, coz for once nothing was blocking e view, a even better place to view sunset than at the reservoir itself...

I was so blownaway... But too bad lah, dun think i will get e chance to go tt route during sunset again...

SZ, we go explore one day leh, i wan to take pics... I duno how to go tt route, but i noe how to go in reverse... Hopefully i find those places...

We also passed by the second sg airport... The airport which was e main airport during 60s, or 70s, cant remember...

Everything was jus so magical, jus tt my tummy ache pain transcended every moment then... Lol... Hope i can show u e pics one day and let u see wat i meant...

If i am a director, i would haf gone there, though i doubt seletar camp would give me e permission... Lol... One of e rare sights in sg i swear, nothing like it ive seen... Of coz u dun compare to other foreign big countries lah, but to find jus one small area in sg like tis is like spotting some treasures...

Precious, my love...

Oh i forgot to mention, Pappy puked when he reached there, as usual... I doubt he can overcome his motion sickness like his mother...

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Pappy Ah Pappy!

U noe y my internet was down?

It wasnt singnet, nor e stupid modem...

I found out e answer tt day...

My son bite e tel wire cable! It was nearly broken... BEK CEK ARH!!! Lol...

For tel line, theres 2 wires, usually green and red... He bit thru e rubber plastic, and then broke the red one, the green one was still struggling wif a miserable few strands of tiny thin copper strands...

Pappy ah pappy... Y u so noti...

I jus came out of e shower, and found one bunch of garlic on my bed... PAPPY ARH!!!

Needless to say, hes been punished... And hes been thrown out of my room for now...

So noti boy...

I watched e Full Metal yest on channel U in mandarin... Of all episodes, they were showing e Shou, Nina & Alexander episode (e saddest epi in my opinion)...

I thot i wouldnt feel anything coz it was dubbed in lousy mandarin, but then i stil did leh... I cried leh, so sad... But teary only, not e weepin like mad e 1st time i saw on e dvd then...

But its still very sad though...

Now hor, every manga/comic shop i go, they are loaded wif FMA's merchandise... I am so tempted... But cannot buy lah, i will wait 1st.. Not now...

I left out something about e full metal manga tt i forgot to mention... Winry's parents were killed by Scar... So when i saw e anime again, on Roy's part feeling guilty etc for killing Winry's parents, it jus felt so weird... E feeling is jus so strange at having 2 plots at the same time... Lol...

Also, Winry found out and took a gun and wanted to kill Scar... Tt part of e story was very sad... She was crying n kneeling down... Edward then stopped Winry, he told her that her hands are not made for killing... Very very touching moment... In e manga, Winry also displayed her skills in medicinal abilities... Coz her parents were doctors and she had read all medicinal books when she was young...

Oh, i dreamt of Gackt n Hyde again... Lol... But tis time it was different... I didnt interact wif them... I was looking at their small tv concert... Gackt sang very well, and was unusually outspoken, but Hyde was very distracted... He didnt even sing properly and was not himself...

I was so worried about Hyde, duno wats wrong wif him... Worrying about his wife n son? Lol... Duno lah, i had weird dreams lately... Mainly supernatural, spooky, creepy... I kept dreaming of spirits, ghosts and monsters... Think it shd be due to the LOTR... Lol...

More about LOTR and other stuffs in later entries...

Friday, February 10, 2006

My Internet Is Down

My internet had been down tis few days... I was going crazy...

And i was waiting for it to be ok... Coz i do not noe whether its e line or my modem...

Regardless, i tried to solve it and found out its not my modem (heng arh)... Its either my rm line or e cable...

I'll do more checks...

Till then, see ya soon...

Oh, do intro me jobs if u've got lobang ya? Full time...

Thks...

Monday, February 06, 2006

Inuyasha 4th Movie: Fire On Mystic Island

My excitement for the 4th Inuyasha movie was jus too over-rated...

It only occured to me then (when i was writing about FMA), that i could search n dl tt movie... I was very happy tt i got it finally...

I thot it would be as good as the prev 3, or rather better... As it was, 2nd movie was better than e 1st, and the 3rd was e best among e collection...

However, i was disappointed man...

Maybe not utterly, but i am disappointed...

No doubt i was still glad tt i was able to view new stuffs on Inu, as u noe, Inuyasha series ended, even though it didnt haf a ending and e manga's still ongoing... 160+ epis was too long a haul for them i guess, and jus like Naruto, e villains wun die and so maybe theres no pt in continuing...

It would jus be a ever going thingy...

I am still wondering about when e hell Naruto's going to follow back e manga... In e manga, it had already gone yrs later... They had grown (physically n in sense of power), for one, at least Sakura has grown stronger and she is not useless anymore...

Gara died for a long time, and came back... Isnt it sweet tt he n Naruto becum very close frenz... At least it was nice to hear tt Gara became Hokage of his village, and sacrficed himself for the villagers then...

New characters appeared... And of coz, Sasuke is still missing... But Sz told me, there is tis part where they showed Orochimaru, wif e looks of Sasuke...

The anime jus keeps on drifting n drifting, adding missions after missions, i haf no idea wat they r trying to do... For a long time, Naruto is getting no where, and i am so bored wif it... Until e latest, where it showed Orochimaru and Sasuke... Sasuke is of coz his follower now, and he is even more evil than Orochimaru himself... Or at least tts wat tt scene was trying to protray...

E prev mission, the ghost one i was so sick of it, till i couldnt even be bothered to watch it, even though its in my com... And then e last epi of tt mission someone died... And i had a shock, for a long time, nobody really die in e anime, even if u died, u'll be revived... (I was cheated initially when i watched Naruto, but of coz, after hundred over epis, u get the idea...)

I even told my sis at tt moment, "Wah, so long no one die liao!" Not tt i wan to see ppl die, jus tt i feel cheated... Lol... I dun feel sad coz Naruto's anime plot had long gone down e drain...

And then, as expected, every character cried in e anime, and ending? The chap NEVER DIE!!! Stupid!!! Baka!!!

Ok, back to Inu...

The movie's plot was too linear, too straightforward, it almost makes it look too easy... Unlike e prev ones, where like, they fought like hell, go thru near death situations to defeat e monsters, tis one arh, sigh, no climax...

The movie was very monotone, i almost fell asleep...

The fights werent special, the powers werent interesting... I duno wat happened man... Tis is e 1st time i am so disappointed wif Inu, especially after they had delivered such a great success of results... And proving each time, tt they are always improving...

Some parts didnt make sense... And u can tell it was a half hearted job, the characters did not even fought to their 110%...

I guess they jus wanted to cash in on e money making then when they released e film last yr...

Their stories were always somewat related and inter-linked, but tis one jus seemed too isolated...

But one gd pt is tat, their execution was gd... Their drawing's e best for tis, but tts not a saving grace at all... The colors, drawings, paintings, chracter designs were gd... But Sesshomaru looked abit weird in tis, he looked somewat younger n less magnificent... Damn!

I spent close to 30 bucks buying each of e prev movies, and i am do glad i couldnt for tis...

But nevertheless, still like to keep it as a complete collection... I haf seen worst...

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Heh Heh

I just finished watching Inuyasha's 4th movie... Muahahahahah...

More tmr...

My sis brought her bf back to sleep... Hmm, wonder will i be able to sleep...

Saturday, February 04, 2006

FMA "FUTURE WORLD"

I reply here coz i abit long winded... Lol...

In the manga there is no alternative world at all... And tts e beauty of it, it had nothing to do wif reality or wat not... Every matter is about Ed n Al's world...

In e anime i called it future, simply becoz, in the world behind e door, the yr dates are further than Ed/Al's original world... So i called it future... And also, in e movie, Ed in e "future" kept toking about alchemy, which then e ppl of tt world told him, alchemy is a thing of e past... It was something long ago n alchemy is no longer ard...

So there came my "future" term...

According to e movie, it was an assumption tt Bradley (e Bradley look alike in future world) when he read a book, tt said there may be something called parrallel universe... 2 worlds of different time, moving along a separate dimension...

Some fans use the term "our world" and "their world (Ed/Al's world)", i dun really like "our world" coz its not like its 2004 they were showing... They were showing the world of our past, the WWI period...

Anyways, i used to be so crazy over e anime before i read e manga... And then i saw on a pg, manga fans toking about e anime... And they listed all the loopholes... Lol, then i started to sway... Coz i myself questioned alot about e anime but never were e qns answered... But of coz, e final resolution came after i finished e manga...

But of coz they are 2 totally different storylines revolving e more or less same characters... For one, i am a "visual" person, so e anime is easier for me... And also, i relate better visually, meaning i wun cry over manga... However, the plot in e manga surpassed e anime, and there are no loopholes obviously... Only mysteries...

Now i jus treat both separately as 2 different FMA stories... Just tt the manga one is more satisfying... Animation studios may not haf e best script writers, in my opinion... It was like cold water poured over me when i reached e final episodes of FMA anime, i like e story so much but e ending is like... Aiyo, too far fetched... E Dante love story is jus too weird...

And revealing e truth behind e door, i was so disappointed, its like they cant think of ideas, and jus wanted e westerners to like anime and thus they relate to their western countries... But of coz i was blinded tt time, i jus like it so much till it doesnt matter if it doesnt make sense, coz i didnt noe tt the manga story is different... I thot it was written like tt... Lol

I also like FMA more, u noe y? Coz hor, e series n movie theme songs hor, sung by L'ARC EN CIEL MAH!!! My Fav!!! Lol...

I also read some things about e real Alchemy in our past some time ago...

Long ago, alchemy was based in converting any type of metal into gold, Alchemists were required by the society to make it better and rich. They thought that making gold was simple, just put the five elements in a pot and convert it with the philosoper's stone and a bit of gold. After doing this, the red liquid that was the philosopher's stone melted the five elements and the gold, then the whole pot was golden, and they thought they created gold.

The five elements needed were Wind Earth Fire Light Metal

Interesting ne...

Full Metal Alchemist Manga VS Anime

Time for a long proper post, i can type to my heart's content, coz no one's at home so i can do my own things for awhile... I hope my sis doesnt come back early, if not she would wan to sleep and i wun haf to stop...

I took away my counter, its driving me nuts, giving all wrong stats... Bek cek... Nvm, at least now i can pretend lesser ppl read my blog... Lol

I wanted to write something about Full Metal Alchemist some time ago, but other things kept coming up... I also wanted to update Naruto, write about Bleach, etc... But then... Sigh... So little time, so many things to do... And also, i wanted to tok about LOTR, always, a never ending title tt i can jus go on n on... Lol...

I'll jus start wif FMA 1st, coz it got triggered lately...

I wanted to write a review on the FMA movie: Conqueror of Shambala, but then i realised alot of ppl haven watched it yet, so i wun touch on spoilers...

Long long post ahead...

Remembered i said tt FMA anime was so depressing... And the ending was so unsatisfactory? Not in terms of quality but in e sense tt it leaves u sadly hanging and not resolved, i hate stories lidat... Which is y i was so bek cek wif Inuyasha... But inu is different, tt one is confirm no more liao, sigh...

I went on to online manga read... I wanted to resolve e feeling so i went on to e manga... Coz i read tt it is totally different... My 3rd time, coz i dun like to read, readin is painful to me.. Be it books or comics, especially comics coz it is hard for me to read e chinese and also to feel chinese words... But of coz, luckily theres el trans 4 FMA...

My 1st was Tian Di Wu Yong, but i stopped after e 1st book, i saw e final epi of e anime though (e female lead died -__-") ... My 2nd was Qi Ling Wang (Chess Ghost or something), Sz lent me about 6 remaining books coz there were additional plot to e anime... I saw some DVDs concerning e last few books, but haf not bought them yet...

Arh, Qi Ling Wang is another one no resolution one, and a depressing story... Coz the lead ghost died... -_____- Or go heaven so to speak, but to me, he is gone forever, so it doesnt matter... And the main lead didnt even managed to say goodbyes or wat... The ghost vanished while e lead was sleepin, he called out to him but he didnt wake up... He also told him hes going to vanish be4hand, but e lead doesnt believe him... -____- Very bad, i cried n cried over e show tt time... Borrowed e series twice fr sz, i am going to own it next time... The manga is exactly same as anime though...

I digressed, ok back to FMA...

So the anime company came up wif a movie for resolution, but i heard tt they r coming up wif a 2nd series running... Not sure about tt though... But my heart has left e anime already, i will tell u y later...

It was screened end of last yr... So i thot i wouldnt be able to catch it (much like i couldnt watch e latest inu movie and i never did), i also dun do downloading yet then... So i went to look at 1st hand news about e review and also managed to find a written detailed story plot of e movie...

So i knew e story very well... And i was somewat satisfied except i would like to see Al in his human form... I was still in e middle of e manga then...

And then i found e 1st link to the download, but then, it was said tt e translations was all crap... So i searched n searched and finally found a hidden link to another link... I downloaded tt and holy shit, the subtitles were alright...

I did feel something about e show, but i already noe wat going to happen so i didnt tear... Actually it also meant tt it wasnt tt great lah... If not i would haf cried... E 1st scene tt i wanted to cry was cut abruptly and e feeling was lost... They didnt hold e scene for tt emotional impact, unlike e Nina part in e series, I cried like mad there!!!! Arrgghhh...

The endin is not totally a happy ending too tis time... But i was happy then, becoz i haven finished e manga... So i didnt feel much for a 3rd character (which they established badly in e anime) concerning the plot...

I dislike e movie for it related back to reality, Germany WWI, wa lao, tt totally spoiled e story, they drew Hitler differently too... Hmm, i saw e documentary of Hitler's story be4, they didnt even relate properly... It jus doesnt make sense tt the door leads to e future (our world) in jus a matter of tens of yrs of difference only...

I watched e movie many times though... And then i began to finish the manga...

All 55 chapters till today... Still counting till i becum old... Its like jus cross halfway to e plot only... Sigh... Still no idea about e whole mystery, and e whole world is guessing like mad...

I am also very impressed wif e FMA's artist, it was her 1st ever comic, and she already won so many awards... Wonderful 1st attempt... Her story was taken on, coz FMA was a very unique and different concept...

It was agreed tt e anime company devising a different story, coz e manga is ongoing anyways... So they thot of a whole different plot, which now doesnt really make sense to me anyway... In fact, it had lost e appeal it had on me e 1st time i watched it...

E main story starts to deviates extensively on the 5th Institute epi onwards... But be4 tt, alot of details were already different, and sequences were swopped for e anime compared to e manga... It was not going chronologically coz they didnt follow e manga...

But it is now very tough tt i noe 2 total different FMA stories, it is tough tt they run together... I sometimes get mixed up, i thot it was like tt in e anime but its not... And it is tough for me to tell e story to others... Coz it a total 2 different thing...

Some pts about e manga...

Ed
There was more character growth in him, and he grew up physically too gradually... He wasnt so good n talented like wat he was protrayed in e anime... At times (manga), he couldnt help at all, and realises tt his power was so limited... He also realised tt Alchemy wasnt everything... He was a human after all... There was alot of emotional strands going on in him...

And e reason y hes short. Not only e milk, e real reason was tt e auto mail tt Winry did for Ed, was to heavy, and tt it affected Ed's growth according to a automail master... And tt made Winry very guilty and swore to becum e best automail master...

He is also very smart as he showed his intelligence solving alot of hidden mysteries...

Al
Al is as powerful as Ed, but in e anime he was like jus a sidekick... Ed lost his memory after his soul was transmuted to e armour, and when he regained them, he can transmute wifout using e circle... In e anime, it wasnt clear whether Al is e real Al or not, coz Al ended up sayin it doesnt matter whether is he e real deal or not... But e manga resolved tis issue, it was very clear and emotional for tt whole chapter... And it answered my qns...

There was quite a time in e manga where they tried to help him regain his memory, coz he was e person who saw more truth than anyone else... Ultimately it came back when martel died inside him, it was a very scary chapter...

Their relationship was more special... When they went thru e door, their bodies were broken down and reformed, it was said tt, Al's mind was fused to Ed's minds... Thus, they realised Ed was eating more and sleeping more, and they suspected tt Ed was living both Al n his life together...

Winry
She was involved much more in e manga... She played a great part in e story... Her parents werent killed by Roy anyways... She did fell in love wif Ed gradaully and admitted it... It was a magical but sad moment then...

The door/truth
The door is different... It was similar to France's door of hell monument... And there is something in e door, a character... Rather creepy, my hair stands whenever i tok about him... The door of coz doesnt lead to any where, u can only learn e truth when u trade wif him... Very creepy...

There isnt any homunculus, e theory of e failed human transmutation becuming homunculus doesnt exist... They dun haf e villain Dante... No such character... Oh, and their father isnt as endearing... He is not a gd person or father, he was rather heartless... Pinako was very disappointed in him,... I wanted to bash him up in real life is he exist!

There are 2 homemhien, one is their father who seemed immortal, and another called Father, who created Lust, Gluttony, Pride... Their relationship is still a mystery...

Falman lost both his legs... Tt was a very dark chapter too... Very sad...

Envy is not a snake, Envy is a huge ass rotting gigantic monsters wif thousands of rotting flesh n bodies on his bodies... Every time he opens his mouth, bodies will drop out... Gross!!!

Gluttony when tranformed, his mouth will crack vertically across his whole body, laid wif fangs, and a similar eye from e door of truth... He is a fake door of truth created by father...

The 7 sins died according to how they die in hell from e bible... Currently only 3 sins died... The up coming sin is Pride and nobody noe who he is yet... A big mystery... Izumi's homunculus son doesnt exist...

When Nina was formed tt night, Scar killed her father Shou on e spot and then killed her... But Scar is generally a good person...

Roy found out e truth about King Bradley (he is wrath not pride), and tried to inform e military... But he soon found out, tt the military hgher ups all knew... Bradley was one of e many babies they took and groomed, isolated in a lab... Trained to be a king, trained to be e best, and then when they r old enuff, they injected them one by one, e philosopher stone into their blood...

All died excpet Bradley, who blended well and survived... (Very depressing chapter about e human)

Roy was devastated...

And the secretary doesnt exist too...

There were alot new sets of characters, who were chinese from the east... There is a girl Ran Fan, and her miniature panda Mei (cute like mad) , There is a prince Ling, and his body guards...

The story came to e pt where Ling (a good character) being infused wif philospher's stone willingly by Father coz he wan to gain power to rule as emperor... He became e new Greed, (Greed died earlier on, he was crucified)...

It was a very sad part, coz I found out Ling is one of the most fav characters among fans...

Barry the Chopper didnt die, (coz the author liked drawin his character and made him continue, lol, so funny when i read tt), he helped Roy n Ed for awhile...

Ed nearly died in the 5th insitute, it was envy who saved him... Coz Ed, along wif some other chosen ones are sacrifices... To wat, its still a mystery...

My fav part so far is tis...

There was tis part when Ed, Ling n Envy was eaten by Gluttony and thus got into e fake door... Ed had to do human transmutation to get all of them out... When he did, he saw another door, and then he saw AL (extremely skinny and had long unkempt hair)!!!!!! Al's human body, he was surviving... Ed was pulled into the door, and he called out to Al, and told Al to come wif him...

But Al said, "I cant, coz u r not my soul"... So sad!!!!

And Ed thru the slit of closing door shouted, "Al, u wait there for me, i will definately come back for u!"...

It meant tt Al could haf a chance of getting back his body... Barry's body was on earth but was rotting, there were 2 Barry, 1 his rotting body, 1 his soul in e armour... So Al suspected tt even if his body is somewhere it would haf rotted... But Al's body was somewhere in the door, so hes got e chance...

Tt scene was so touching if u can forget e anime... Coz for a long long time, u never see Al's human form...

Oh and e saddest moment, when Ed (hiding fr Al) went to their mum's grave to dig her corpse out (Pinako buried e corpse after e brothers' transmutation... And realises it isnt their mother at all... They lost their bodies n parts for nothing... He then asked Izumi to do e same, and her baby was also not her son... Sigh...

Also, e moment tt e "mother" monster awoke during e transmutation, e soul was Al's... Al was inside e monster body... Al woke up and saw Ed thru e monster's eyes...

The story goes on n on, i noe my pts are all over e place... But its a very complex story, and its tough pting out all the pts, jus a general idea... =)

The manga releases one chapter per mth, i duno how long i can continue... While i am desperate to knoe e story, it would take yrs for completion... It is tough to continue for so long...

5 more days to a new chapter!!!

Friday, February 03, 2006

Geomancy aka Fengshui

I didnt haf time to blog tis evening coz my mum was lazy sick to cook, and so she asked me to cook dinner jus now... I made some tender crispy cutlets, yummy, it was so gd...

I also went to pack my stuffs fr my 5 tier drawer cabinet in storeroom... And i cleared some of the stuffs, mostly my old things (full of memories), sobz... But i noe i mus throw them away some day... So i haf to do it!!! I haf 2 empty drawers for them to use now...

I kept one photo frame though, it was a bday gift fr my best fren during pri 4... I jus wanted to keep tt to remember tt fren by... I shd haf thrown it away but i kept it in e end... But i noe i wun use it anymore, coz its abit kiddish... Tt was e only thing tt always gave me a dilemma... I wanted to throw it away many times but each time i stopped myself...

I couldnt afford to be carryin so many things wif me next time when i move out in e future... So every now n then when i can let go, i'll clear my old stuffs...

And also now i am prepared to throw away my 2d animation works, which took up one whole big box at another corner, but i'll wait till my sis clears her stuffs 1st, coz hers are on top of mine... I couldnt bear wif it last yr, but now i am ready to clear those and start afresh...

Anyways, i couldnt type more, coz i am on my sis's bed typin and shes sleepin... I'll blog more tmr, if i haf time...

Anyways, for e chinese geomancy, tis yr of dog is not a gd yr, coz dog met e element fire, and Fire Dog (Huo Gou) brings bad luck to households... So in order to break e curse, detain e fire dog or watever u call it, u need to keep a black dog or at least place a black color dog thingy in ur house...

Muahahahahah, i think tis is e only time they feel happy tt my son is ard... I happened to haf a shot of a lovely him tt day... Coz he is jus so not photogenic...

Here goes... Tis is one of e rare pics tt u can see his face...




Aiyo, so cute, his tail was waggin somemore so got motion blur... Unlike Bondie, my son doesnt pose to cam, so it is extremely hard to take nice pics of him... Something which i dislike, coz i like to take photos...

My sis said, black dog arh? then spray him all black lor!

Lol...

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Better Note It Down 1st

Be4 i forget most of it, in fact, i already forgotten alot about it... I better write down my Gackt dream 1st...

Ok, so hes coming down to sg to promote his songs or something... But he came down one day earlier to prepare things and and settle down abit...

My fren, was responsible for his accomdation n etc... He was a fren of Gackt or wat he claimed... I am a gd fren of him, so he asked me along when he went to the airport to pick Gackt and his assistant up...

And then i saw him!!! Lol...

He was in hs moonchild image, exactly e same... The younger image of him in tt show, his extended hair was braided from lower half, and his fringed covered most of his forehead... But instead of wearing his all famous hawaii green shirt and white pants... He wore a dark black top instead...

(Dun haf his band, Gacktjob, amercian soldiers body guards, etc... )

Anyways, he was wif a lady, who was responsible in planning in his schedule... I had to keep my excitement within myself and act like nothing happened the whole time... lol...

Then anyways, we were on a pedestrain walkway, and tt lady told us she needed to attend to something 1st and so he left Gackt wif us... I still haven spoke to him yet...

We arrived at a place (think my fren's house), we got hungry, and i asked Gackt if theres any dish he heard and wanted to try (since its his 1st time in sg anyways)... He said something like "Sotong Chow Mee" excitedly... It took a long time for me to figure out wats Sotong Chow Mee... In the end, it turns out its jus Bak Chor Mee with sotong balls... Lol, so i went down to buy the food...

We had our lunch and then the scene changed, i was moving my computer to back home, and since both of them had nothing to do, they would be helping me... But both of them dumped me, and left me at the roadside... So sad!!!

I waited and waited... Then Gackt turned up!!!! I asked him (in el, we conversed in el), "Y u 2 dumped me?"... He replied tt he doesnt noe, coz he jus followed his fren... But he also added i shd haf jus called him... I said, i dun haf his number... Then he whipped out his PDA phone and i saw his phone... He gave me his phone to enter my number, i took a long time playin wif it coz i cant understand japanese... We exchanged numbers... Lol, but i cannot remember the number though...

Then he helped me wor... He carried my monitor and i carried my CPU... My blood was gushing like mad all over my body, i jus wanted to force hug him or something, hes jus so charming... Oh, but he appeared shorter in my dream, about 172 instead of his 180, maybe i dun like to lift my head too high in my dream... Lol...

Then he came to my place, and he actually helped me set up my com... I sort of screamed at him, "How can i let u, Gackt, set up my computer?"... He of coz replied tt its no prob... And did everything for me...

Then we sat down n chatted abit... I managed to touch his arm at a pt of time thru e event while we were toking animatedly... Lol... I still remember, i was so excited, my heart was pumping...

Never haf i imagined myself to be so physically close to him... Well, it felt very real...

It was so real tt, i asked if he can sign for me... I dun haf his merchandise, so i took up a crappy painting i did, and asked him to sigh... I was even thinking, "Wow, i can scan tis n put on my blog later..." Muahahahaha...

And then u noe wat? In real life, my bloody sister came back fr Thailand and woke me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sob sob... And it ended jus like tt...

Be4 i dreamt of Gackt, i dreamt of many dreams, one of them (most exciting but i cant remember e story) was tt a monster being wanted to take over my body... He looked like a human then coz he was in another human's being...

I tried to drag e situation longer so tt i could buy time for help to cum... I ended up chatting nonsense wif e monster... I asked him how its done, isit painful, etc...

Apparently he would kiss me, or sort off... And then e monster would pour out the monster from his mouth into my mouth, and i would hurt like hell when the transformation takes place and him taking my soul... Scary leh e feeling, my throat has some kind of reaction when i type tis...

I even stupidly asked him, "After tt, will i still be ard? Am i still able to control my body?"

The Gackt dream came as a surprise too, coz it was e last dream i had before i woke tt day... Think it lasted only about 15 mins... Before tt, i had many other long adventurous dreams... The Hyde one was shockin though, i didnt listen to his song long time, haven seen his clips for long time and also done anythign about it...

But of coz, after tt dream, i launched into tis crazy mode of catching their songs, videos, pictures, etc... But even so, i couldnt dream of them even though i was watching their stuffs for apparently e whole day... And then it died down... Still no dreams...

Then one night, i read up some stuffs on Gackt and the dream came... Lol...

Its funny coz i mentioned in my HYDE dream entry tt i would like to see him again... Its jus so funny...

I think e trick is, keep seeing something about e person (it mus be visual), till it passes ur sleeping hr, till u felt zoned out, and get really tired, dun finish tt article or video, tell urself u r too tired n continue tmr...

It almost didnt work for me, coz the dream only came at the last min... But unfortunately, my sis woke me... Urrggghhhhh.......

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Gackt's Character in FF: DOC

Gackt does haf a character in the FF: DOC, and i found tis clip to show u a glimpse of his character, he did the motion chap and the dubbing of coz... Not sure about e character name though...

Looks exactly like him, jus abit scary looking... lol...

The following are some clips for ur viewing... 1st one is the gackt character, 2nd one is gackt redemption pv, 3rd one is another version, so enjoy...





I Dreamt Of...

U noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat? noe wat?

I DREAMT OF GACKT LAST NIGHT LEH!!!!!!!

I didnt expect it to come so soon, it was my last dream before i woke... Finally, tis time he appeared as he is, jus maybe shorter than his actual height, i duno y...

But it wasnt as endearing as the HYDE one, not as exciting, not as long... In fact it was rather boring... Nvm, next time...

Shall tok more about it again, too excited...

Squall Is Not Based On Gackt

Thot tis is rather interesting...

I read some articles on the Squal's (Final Fantasy VIII) character design actual inspiration...

It was stated tt, Squall's game character designer mentioned tt he did not base Squall's design on Gackt, rather he claimed tt his inspiration of Squall, came from the American Actor, River Phoenix...

River Phoenix? I was like who e hell is he? But wat a poetic name, it sounded something off Harry Potter... Lol...

Anyways, i was curious, so i searched for his photos, and here they are...




Arh, now i noe how Squall will look like in real life...






Gackt had a similar pic to tis i tell u!!!



U can see Squall's eyes n eye brow on him...


Leonardo Dicapio looks similar to him too i thot...


He looks so asian in tis pic...



So there there, now i knoe liao... lol... He certainly pulls off Squall wif tt body and his "manliness"... Lol...

Btw, haf u seen Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII clips? I swear the graphics amazing, i duno e story, but lead seems to be one of my fav, Vincent Valentine (coz i mostly only see him in e clips), but he seemed to haf mutated later on or sort, he turned into tis so called monstery looking, evil dark character, his facing is glowing, eyes changed etc, and costumed changed too, though still red... But hes still good, still him... Or so i assumed...

The clips are much better compared to Advent Children... And of coz, Gackt sang the theme, Redemption which is quite a gd song, if u r into rock music... His Redemption is one of his better songs he composed, to me... But still, theres something lacking... And his hair tis time! Long logs of curls like dolls, wat they call, cornrolls... Wif the top half braided... Hmm, i dun really like...