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Big News Sep 5

2009-09-05T17:52:00.003+08:00

Woot today is a special day... its a first time my residential block is on fire!!! How it started, where is its exact location, I still not sure yet... It's somewhere at the lower ends of the block... luckily I'm at the highest floor... *phew* Anyway, it started around 5+pm when I am playing countrystory when suddenly I smell a very strong odour(smoke smell)... I thought I let my computer switch on too long until it start to burn sia.... scare the hell out of me... then my mum oso woke up and said she also smell the odour... then we start to look around and saw outside our window that the surrounding is quite hazy. We peek out of the window that our block below(not sure which floor) has black smoke coming out... after a min or two... a small firetruck arrived... the men went down the check it out then later brought out the fire hose to extinguish the fire... huge grey haze appeared and the whole place stinked like mad sia haha... just for awhile though... Police cars and a big fire engine arrived later but I think should be okay liao ba... now they should be looking for leads about how this fire started... lol me and my mum were looking out of our window... as the police car enter our carpark... we saw my bro and his gf drove into the carpark min later haha... quite a coincident... anyway... the fire is a small one and it is put out very quickly... hopefully no one is hurt...

Aug 24

2009-08-24T10:48:00.002+08:00

Yeah today is the start of our SP mid term break!!! Actually for design school at least since we do not have exam weeks. However, there is another big presentation coming along this Fri and all I can say is that my group is going to go heaven very soon LOL. Hmm, there is also homework to be submitted tomorrow as well so I guess this week cannot slack also... actually it seems like im a slacker even if the week is suppose to be busy... Leopard is really hard to change its spot. BUT!! Cannot think negative now, must always think of positive!! At least the holiday is coming up so that's one thing to feel happy for... okay that's it for now... will be posting new stuffs soon!

Aug 21

2009-08-21T22:44:00.002+08:00

Today is a very busy day... I started of from 11pm of yesterday and do my project work until 4am+ and went to Mac to find my classmate since he is rushing his project there due to no internet connection at home. After chatting and eating a breakfast meal, I went back home to take a SHORT sleep... then my alarm rang and I prepare myself to leave for school. While I was walking down the carpark, a white thing went down the hill and zoom past me from the car... man it freak the hell out of me.... luckily it is just a cat haha... okay check the clock.... OMG 7.20am.... faster walk to the bus stop... thankfully the bus arrived at 7.28am... I was thinking whether I can still make it in time to school before 8. While I was sitting inside the bus, I was watching the view outside as usual. Soon, I reached school already O.o Wow! Today's bus driver is extreme man... even though there is slight traffic jam... the bus manage to took only 15 mins from Bukit Batok all the way to Dover... COOL ha! When I reached classroom, the classmate I met up earlier was in the class already but apparently he had forgotten to wear smart casual for the presentation -.- Anyway... I switched on 2 computers, getting ready to print my documents. Then my group mates start to arrive... I quickly called him to scan in the last materials and I slapped it in to my documents and powerpoints. Next stop... PRINTING TIME!... So scared that the paper is going to run out I went for a paper hunting trip.... collected some and put them all into the printer. Phew... my 1st trouble is finally finish... Ok... then we looked through the powerpoint slides and chose who to say which. After that, we waited... 2 hours later.... it's finally our turn... OMG my stage fright kicked in as usual but I manage to hold it down inside... but it was still damn nervous.... after our presentation, the comments given to us were mainly targeted towards our sketches and art sides as I expected (since its all last minutes' work :X). Nvm, we will improved our selves and get better comments in the next crit. Finally my worries were gone for the day. Time to MONSTER HUNT!! I started to hunt with 1 classmate for awhile (Fate), then wif another one (Cloudz) then another one (Merze) then 2 of my other classmates kept asking me to play DOTA with them... then I agreed so it ended my MH for the day. While fighting for awhile in dota... we had a overall 2 kills 2 deaths then our lecturers started to make everyone leave since it was time for close door presentation... how I wish mine was close door as well. Anyway, we packed up everything and I went to take bus home. After I reached home, everything started to slow down... I done all my stuffs and went straight to bed.... deprived of sleep... until my mum woke me up for dinner at 7pm. After dinner I went to sleep again.... until 10pm and I woke up to check my facebook... then might as well do blogging too LOL so I kept blogging until now haha... not bad! quite a long paragraph of journey today... not as boring as I thought it would be... okay next stop getting ready to go back to sleep again LOL

Hana Yori Dango

2009-08-15T12:47:00.006+08:00

Hello everyone, from today onwards, every month I will post up a drama/movie review. For the first movie review, I am going to write about the famous Hana Yori Dango. I believe everyone should have at least watch a bit of it, regardless whether it is manga or anime or live action drama. I will give a lot of personal opinions in every review so don't get mad at me if I mentioned something wrongly or something that hurt your feelings towards any of the drama/ movie.

First of all, for those that do not know what is Hana Yori Dango, let me give a brief description about them. "Hana Yori Dango" a.k.a. Boys over Flowers is the correct term for this title. "Dango" in Japan can consider a sweet snack that you eat after meal but in this case, our "Dango" represents boys... that is for the misunderstanding of the title if anyone wants to clarify.

'Hana Yori Dango' originated from a Japanese Shojo manga in 1992. It is one of the most popular manga in Japan.

Story:
In Japan, there was an academy where all the rich people in Japan sent their children to, hopefully after the children graduate, they can take over their parents' family business. In the academy, there were 4 people who became the 'bosses' of the students because their family are the richest or well-known in Japan, in other words, they can easily make someone rich become poor in an instance. Hence, no one in the school dares to defy the 4 students and their family. These 4 students came together and formed a group called 'F4'.

Members include:
Domyouji Tsukasa, a handsome guy with a bad ass attitude, whenever anyone accidentally talk bad about him or bump onto him, that person will be immediately targeted by F4 and the whole school until he/she was forced to quit school. However, the reason he became like that is because he was influenced by his mom who is the most powerful person in Japan industries. Deep down he is just a simple boy with a big heart.

Hanazawa Rui, a handsome violinist who is cool and caring, he was the least richest in the group but he is very well-known for his performances in Japan. He is the best buddy of Tsukasa, even though he is part of F4 but he is pretty much less active and more of a quiet guy in the group.

Mimasaka Akira, another good-looking guy who is laid back and less violent-natured compare to the rest of the members. He has a tendency to like older women.

Nishikado Sojiro, the last good-looking guy in the group, he is a playboy who like to flirt with a lot of girls but he can be serious in a relationship with someone he knows later in the story.

One day, a poor girl manages to get into this academy with her good grades. After she enter, a lot of things will change in the academy and the people that she came in contact to...

Tsukushi Makino, is a cheerful girl with a sense of justice. She do not like to be told to do things out of her comfort zone. She is the first person who managed to let both Tsukasa and Rui to fall in love with.

LOL after writing so much I still havent go into the review of the drama yet... :X

Hana Yori Dango first started out as a manga which I mentioned earlier and then anime version of it came about.

The first drama or live-action of Hana Yori Dango started in 2001. It had be bought over by Taiwan so it all started from there. This live-action did stick closely to the manga so the storyline is basically similar. I think the drama is nice to watch and the actors did sort of okay regarding the roles of the characters. Watching this drama, I feel like the characters in here are sort of quite innocent and peace-loving... not really have the 'power' like in the manga. It is nevertheless cute and heartwarming when I watched it back then. Those that havent watch it yet should go watch. Title: Meteor Garden 流星花园 Rate: 4/5

The second drama of Hana Yori Dango started in 2005. This adaption is from Japan. The story is roughly modified but the guidelines remains the same. This time round, the characters I think are more close to the manga like their actions and tones. The scenes in the film generally is more grand compared to the Taiwan drama but I personally feel that Taiwan version has more heart-warming feeling. The Japan version is more action packed and has very nice acting skills, at least for the male and female lead. Title: Hana Yori Dango Rate: 4/5

The third drama of Hana Yori Dango started in 2009 Jan which is this year. This adaption is from Korea. The story is also modified but contains similar guidelines as the previous few versions. The first thing I noticed is that this version of live-action is the most grand amongst the 4 versions. It brings out the '$$$' of the characters. The acting is not bad but one of the things I dislike about this version is that the main female lead has short hair... sorry to say but it spoil my mood when I watch this drama but I still manage to finish watching it since I'm a dramatard. Anyway go back to the review, I think this version compared to the other two, is relatively more towards romance, it does have fighting scenes but I feel it is voice intensive. If you don't get what I mean I think you will find out when you watch the drama. If you watched already and you still don't get it, just ask me straight. Title: Boys Over Flowers Rate: 4/5

The 4th drama of Hana Yori Dango which shouldnt have been aired out to other countries yet, is from China.This drama started from this year also, but is 2009 August. The drama has not aired finish yet but I manage to watch until the latest I can watch. This version compare to the other 3 is quite a big difference. One word to say, 'refreshing'. I won't say the story since I guess a lot of people havent watch it yet so I can say that this drama is more towards dialog, rather than actions. LOL this drama makes you think that the Chinese are comparatively less violent than the Japanese. I do not think this drama have the '$$$' aura like the Japan and Korean versions but overall it is quite good and is getting me hooked to it oso but not because of the actors but more on the story :P Title: Meteor Shower 一起来看流星雨 Rate: 4/5

Looks like I give all of them 4/5 but they really do not really outdo any of the other versions from my point of view. None do less great or do more... all of them are nice to watch in general. I don't know whether my opinions will make you want to watch them or not but its still just my review towards them. Below is the 4 versions of the characters. From Taiwan to China just look at the flags if you dont know which is which. LOL

Craps

2009-08-12T21:36:00.002+08:00

Wow long time never update ever since the last post, any one missed me? I guess not haha!! Hmm... my life has been sooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring..... nothing interesting to talk about so sian...

No lar... its just that I lazy to blog, that's all.... :X Let's see what have I been doing currently...

- Doing assignments ( Haiz how I wish don't need to do)
- Rushing projects ( My group leader is going to kill me soon I believe.... and I am a group leader as well -.- )
- Watching dramas as usual ( Jdrama, Cdrama, Tdrama, Kdrama.... actually for now its mainly Jdrama hehe)
- Watching manga ( I only watch Naruto manga or else will be tons of different romance related manga a.k.a shoujo manga ...*OUCHED*, soooo sad no one is attached to me right now.... getting more n more desperate hahah )
- Playing games (I Wished!!! So tired until reach home fall sleep, when I wake up everyone went to sleep liao... ah dam)

I think I will be changing my blogskin very soon, this design is getting outdated isnt it? And seriously I have no creative brain... what kind of design is this in the first place.... haiz don't laugh at me T_T

Mum's Birthday

2009-06-07T23:00:00.000+08:00

Today we went to kushinbo to celebrate my mum's birthday. We went to Jurong Point first to queue up for the buffet while waiting for my 2nd bro's girlfriend to arrive. Sadly, my big bro's girlfriend cant make it because of company event... After around 15 mins of queueing... rather fast for sunday queue time. Anyway, we went in, take a seat... then go grab the salmon sashimi first haha. Me n my dad always went to get that first when we go in kushinbo. As for my mum, she went to get the miso soup and the crab legs. Shortly after a few pieces of salmon, my bro's girlfriend has arrived then we keep on eating and eating and eating until everyone is full. Btw, the 2 pictures are taken when my mum help my bro girlfriend to cut the crab legs... usually the crab meat will kena split into half but this time round the crab meat is in one whole piece... so we decided to take photos of it haha. Last but not least, dessert of chocolate-coated marshmallows and ice cream! Next, we go back to our house and do the usual cake cutting ceremony hahah... singing the birthday song and wishing mum happy birthday. Presents for my mum let's keep it a secret hehe.. I have fun on this day and get to eat a lot of stuffs... next special event coming up... Father's Day and on that day my big bro would come back from Scotland already... yeah!!!

Term Break Time!!

2009-06-05T00:28:00.002+08:00

Yeah hey! It's finally the term break of year 3... time to stay at home and PLAY GAME EVERYDAY!!!..........How I wish it really is this... Haiz there will be a lot of stuffs that I need to do during this holiday man no more slacking like other term breaks. Let's see... during this 3 weeks I need to finish uv mapping another model, doing 3D modelling of props and environment, doing flash games(both main and sub), clear up my portfolio and get everything right for the hard copy and create a personal web for the E-portfolio -.-'| Ok... Looks like my happy times are finally over... cheers everyone! Just have something to say to myself.... "Watashi wa GAMBATE MASU!"

Driving License!

2009-05-11T21:05:00.002+08:00

Today 11th May 2009, early in the morning at 5+ am I woke up and get myself ready for the major event... which is my practical test for my driving license. This is my 3rd time taking the test. I felt so hype up that I reached the driving centre at 6.15am when the centre open at 7am -.- Anyway, I waited nervously for the the warm up session... I got made some more errors inside the warm up but I told myself to remember not to make that same mistake again for the actual test. As usual, after the warm up, the instructor will always bring us to the waiting room for the tester to arrive. While waiting for the tester, I will always feel uneasy and extremely nervous... I think it is because of the atmosphere of the room... Next, the tester came to call my name and we went to the car to start testing le... During the whole thing, I have made quite a lot of mistake in the circuit itself. Especially one big mistake which is to forget to stop at the stopping line.... which means.... IMMEDIATE FAILURE, after the tester told me why I didnt stop there... I knew in my heart that I will fail again T_T haiz.... 3rd time failing.... I start to emo all the way when I am driving outside the centre... but because of that I manage to stop feeling nervous and drive a lot better but still make a bit mistake outside like forgetting to check blind spot. When we head back to the waiting room after the test, I sat down feeling low already... my tester will went in the room to get the result. The rest of the testees also came back and sit near me.. I heard quite a few people passed the test and got one lady who is damn pro... the tester said she only made 4 points during the whole test... which means she only make 1 mistake or 2 mistakes. I actually felt happy for her sia because majority of the people will have at least 8 points or more base on the results I heard in the previous 2 tests I had. Going back to my side, I was waiting quite long for my tester to come, I was like the first few to come then become last few to leave... when my tester come back, I actually feel sad but he suddenly said, "I have decided to PASS you... pass or fail will depend on me" OMG!!! I ACTUALLY PASS THE FREAKING TEST!!!! I thought I didnt hear properly so I listen to the tester's every word carefully... at the end he ask me to go and see the video which means I REALLY PASS THE TEST!!! WHOOHOOO!!! OVERJOY!!! After the whole video, the lady in-charged told me I am the youngest new driver in the batch of testees today... hahaha! After that I went to queue for application of my driving license which took around 1 hr 45 mins... wow... sooo long. After getting the queue number, I immediately told my dad and mum the good news. They are surprised that I cleared the test, because I didnt told anyone when my test is held. My mum guessed that today I might have test because I went out extra early today but she also got surprised when she heard the news. After getting everything done, I head to school immediately because I was late for 3 hours already! After the whole day, the things I receive today was my new temporary license and a serious sorethroat which make me almost lost my voice... ah! But it's okay! Got the license is more important! I wanna thank the gods for blessing me, thanks the instructors that have taught me before and definitely want to thank that tester, he's the best!

Birthday Review

2009-04-30T22:11:00.003+08:00

Hello again..! Today I would like to talk about my birthday..
First, I would like to thank everyone who remembered my birthday or send me a birthday present... I will forever keep them as a precious memory given by you guys. On my birthday, after school, me and my family, including my 2nd brother's girlfriend celebrated my birthday at Westmall. Even though the food is rather ex but I enjoyed it a lot. We had quite a lot of laughter and fun in there. Best of all, there are another 3 more people who are celebrating their birthdays as well in that restaurant. Wow! Reason? Because in that restaurant, there are indian, malay and chinese people celebrating in that place at the same time. From young to old also have, how cool is that... I bet you dont see this sight often do you, unless it is a special event or something... definitely one of the memorable days I had. O and the picture you see above, the items in there are the presents I receive from my friends and family this year. I appreciate them all. I received another belated present by my friend so I havent put it up yet but thanks a lot too!

I had make quite a few wishes this year and hopefully they will all come true when the time comes. Wish me best of luck and I hope that next year will be an even better year for me and I will be starting a whole new different part of my life when it comes. Heheh!

Upcoming Events (Apr End)

2009-04-25T00:10:00.002+08:00

Nothing much to talk about... just like to share some news/ events with everyone. First, I will get more and more busy as the year goes on. I have planned to take up basic japanese lesson with my classmates as I want to prepare myself for my Jap University (my goal)..., of coz there will be a lot of assignments/ works given to me regarding my major project and gems... not just that but there are other factors I am focusing on as well.... definitely will become a totally different person by the end of this year. Another news I want to break to everyone is.... my birthday is coming up!!!! HAHAH I'm getting 19 year old soon T_T I'm getting so old.... quite a few wishes listed and I hope all of them can come true... wish me happy bday!! Opps :X looks like there are quite a few things to talk about hehehe... till next time... !

Recap of ITP

2009-04-21T00:28:00.002+08:00

Hmm.. the topic for the day: ITP days...
Coming to work in my ITP company at Tanjong Pagar has really created a lot of first moments in my life. List:

-First time coming to Tanjong Pagar
-First time working in an office

-First time surrounded by female colleagues cum seniors
-First time having a lot of first times when working O.o
Of coz there are more but I'm lazy to list down all... these are some interesting ones...
During my first week of ITP, I feel like of weird being the only guy in the whole office, except my boss of coz. Hence, I asked my manager whether there are other interns coming over... when she said there will be 2 including me means... there are another one coming... I was actually quite anxious to meet that person... hoping it was actually a guy (not that I'm bias against girl but you know... I'm the only guy... a bit....) Anyway... it turned out to be 2 new interns instead of 1 who are Syahida and Izzah! LoL from the name... yup! They are girls hahah! Its okay! I'm getting used to the environment already. During the times in ITP, they are the ones keeping me company and making my time pass very fast and happy. They are very friendly and I'm glad to have them as friends and ITP colleagues rather than my own classmates :X

My other colleagues in the company includes

Mary Ann (my manager), a lady that keeps me updated with work everyday. My first impression of her is that she is a very friendly manager and during the days, she feel a bit like a motherly figure in the company.... even though she is quite young :P There are times when I did wrong things and got scolded by her but its still manageable since I had worser experience in other jobs.
Kamila (colleague/senior), I am actually quite distant with her during the first month of ITP. Maybe is that she gave me a feeling that she is not an person who can be chatting and enjoying laughter with. However, as times go by... I think she can be very nice person and colleague.
Surya (colleague/senior), I feel that she is more like a friend to me rather than a senior. During the days, I am like her personal assistant helping her and following her around to places hahah. That is why I believe she is one of the colleagues I am pretty closed with in the company. Plenty of fun and laughter when I am with her. She is a cool lady!
Helena (colleague) She came to the company in the later part of our ITP month. I hardly speak with her since we are at different rooms and she has many things to learn from Izzah and other colleagues as we are leaving soon. Overall, I think she is also friendly and sociable person, if we spend more time together, I think she would most likely be similar to Surya, friend more than colleague.
Faizal (colleague) Wow! Finally after 1 months and 7 week. There is one male colleague in the company... sad thing is he came during our 3rd last day in ITP... Luckily he lived at the west side as well so we manage to chat along the way. He is another cool person... likes to read manga, watch anime and he rode bikes (personally I think people who ride bikes are cool). He is more like a big brother to me.... (same age as my 2nd brother).

There are good times and bad times working in this company but it has been quite an open eye experience and I had a lot of fun and laughter amidst everything. Definitely want to thank my LO for putting me into this company even though it is not related to my course... to a major extend :P

Getting Ready for Yr 3

2009-04-19T14:33:00.002+08:00

Tomorrow will be the day for the start of Poly Year 3... it is going to be an exciting and stressful year indeed. Also... time to buck up and score even better grades than last 2 years! After that... NS... then hopefully Uni.... then find girlfriend :P

Fresh New Start

2009-04-17T16:38:00.000+08:00

Hey! This is my fresh new post in a fresh new blog. I had not been posting in my previous blog for more than 1 year already. I will begin using this blog to mark the beginning of my year 3 in Singapore Polytechnic. I will try to update this blog as often as possible... if I forget to post for quite some time, feel free to give me a nudge by msn or something to keep my engine rumbling again... Oh! Forgot to say.... 'Welcome to my blog!'