Hologram

 Hologram by NICO Touches the Walls

真っ白な景色にいま誘われて
僕は行くよ　まだ見ぬ世界へ

迷子のまま旅してた
鼠色の空の下
日替わりの地図　いくつもの夢が滲んでいた

いつかはさ
ちっぽけな僕のこの歩幅でも
あの雲の向こうまで行けるかな

強がって　キズついた
心透かしたように
降り出した　雨粒たちが
乱反射繰り返す

真っ直ぐな光が　交差して
行き先も告げぬまま
どこまでも　突き抜ける
淡い残像　両目に焼きつけて
この空の下
どんなとこにいても
届くはずなんだ
まだ見ぬ世界へ

知らず知らずに貼っていたのは
白黒のステッカーで
大事なモノ 僕らは隠してしまっていた
だからもう地より 花より星の明かりより
綺麗な夢という名のホログラムを ざわめきを
はみ出して 逆らって
いつか描いた風景
悔しさも 寂しさも
今泡みたいに弾け飛ぶ

まっすぐな道で躓いたって
かさぶた剥がれたら
今よりきっと強くなれる
真っ白な景色に今誘われて
僕は行くよまだ見ぬ世界へ

霞む空の先に 虹色の光
明日の影に 震えるたびに
遠くで僕を呼ぶ声がして

まっすぐな光が散らばって
雨上がりの午後に
束になって降り注ぐ
無限のグラデーションが
今混ざり合って
この空の下どんなとこにいても
必ず届くはずさまだ見ぬ世界へ

This song was the epilogue song to Fullmetal Alchemist: The Brotherhood. I thought the song was very fitting to the ending of this anime. The Fullemtal Alchemist: The Brotherhood is similar to Fullmetal Alchemist, however it was based more on the manga while the first one ended with its own storyline. Both versions are quite good, I'd rate it 9/10 for both, but I think the brotherhood version has a happier ending to it =) however, it's also longer than the first version. Anyways, I rather not write too much about it because I don't want to spoil it for people; I honestly want people to watch it all for themselves because it's seriously worth it. You can watch the anime on this website, but you can always torrent it yourself =).

 

The epilogue of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Brotherhood.

10/10/10

10/10/10 - Sarina's 19th Birthday.
24/10/10 - Paz's 20th Birthday.

The 10th day of the 10th month of 2010. That was Sarina's 19th birthday. Now isn't that awesome? Speaking of awesome, wouldn't it be epic if someone's birthday is actually the 11th of November of 2011 next year (11/11/11)? That must make them extremely lucky, and more likely for their wishes to comes true. I hope Sarina's wish does come true seeing that her birthday was on 3 consecutive 10s. 

Although a bit unorganized, Kelly being the most organized one there, we managed to throw Sarina a surprise party at Vincent's house, Sarina's boyfriend; he also happened to live down the street from me, so I guess we're neighbors =). Anyways, it was nothing big; a nice get together of Sarina's friends. We had BBQ food, salad, and my mum's home-made Asian sweet dumpling dessert with sweet soup (A/N: I just know the Chinese name of it - tong yune (pinyin anyone =S ?) - so I just made up an English for it =P). We also had a mango birthday cake. I AM SO JEALOUS!!! Lucky Sarina! I didn't know she liked mangoes as well =D !!! Another thing we have in common, YAY! I wanted a mango birthday cake myself for my birthday =( but mum said it's not in season and that it'd be more expensive so she got me an ordinary cake instead >.<. Still, I'm so happy that Sarina got a mango cake =D!!!

After the food, Sarina opened her presents. A card from Edim, 6 figurines where you have to build them yourself (A/N: yeah, I don't know what those figurines are called either... ain't I literate?), the birthday cake from Anna and a necklace wit the letter S from me =). Well, I hope she likes her presents =D and I hope she'll be okay carrying them home =P. Half way throughout  the Pictionary game I had to go home early because I needed to finish my online discussions due today ... I'm such a procrastinator >.

PS. I was in the car while Kelly was driving, without any adult supervision (A/N: then again, we're almost adults ourselves...) and at first it was pretty cool =D, but then I started to be a bit cautious... especially after she pumped in the curb when she was parking >.>

 PSS. Hmms... How that I think back, I think there were times were I acted selfishly by thinking about myself, and acting before thinking... I apologise for that, sorry!
PSSS. I'm sorry to my mum. Because of my selfishness, she had to do something for me even though she was so busy, though I did have fun cooking with her. I also remembered how selfless and generous mum also was =). I love you mum. I do wonder why I can never really say it to her face.

because family transcends species

To  be honest, I barely mentioned about Toby, so I thought I'd write something about him today. 

Breed/Genotype: Jack Russell Terrier

Birthday of Date: 10/04/2003

Gender: Male

Phenotype: small; white with black spots, and brown eyebrows and chin; a very short tail; 4 legs; ~7KG

There's a reason why I brought this up. You see, Toby recently had a surgery to take out a tumor that was growing on his skin. He received 15 stitches, a couple of nights in pain and a lost of appetite from it. He didn't even smell like a dog anymore. He smelt more like those medicinal chemicals from the vet. You know why I know? Because after having him sleep on my bed for the last couple of years, I've been habituated to his smell and hence, I actually don't smell his doggy smell anymore. But for me to actually smell something from him, that itself proved that chemical structure's have slightly deviated. After a fortnight, his stitches were taken out, and he's back to normal now, including his smell. Well, besides the fact that there's a huge scar across his left shoulder. Luckily, the tumor was benign, and the vet said that they most likely removed all the dead cells already, although there's no harm in keeping watch of that area for a while. Mum paid for the surgery, which was just over $50.

 To be honest, my mum and aunt didn't want the surgery because knowing cancer, or any other diseases, it'll require a lot of treatments to cure it and that'll cost a lot of money. I offered to pay for the surgery with the money I've earned from previous employments, though it never happened. Not because I didn't want to, it's because I'm inept with any banking operations. I know, I'm hopeless. All this time, it was mum whose done all these things for me, so I just assumed that she'd take the initiative to take the money out of my bank herself to pay for the surgery. I guess, what I want to say is that from the moment of Toby's sudden health dilemma, I never realised how important family could be. 

In dramas or movies, I see people willing to give up their pride, their money, themselves for their family, but never have I ever experience that determination - the determination to do whatever it takes to save one's life. I'm not saying I'm a money whore, but I've never used any of the money that I've earned before. I didn't even use the money to buy my mum a present. Hms... that sound heartless. I've always thought I should save it up for some kind of emergency, or to repay debts, etc. that's why I've never really used it. Since Toby was in trouble, I was willing to use that money for his surgery. He may be a dog, but we don't see him as a pet; we see him as family. Mum thought of him as a son, and I thought of him as a brother. Well, not exactly a brother, but still someone that's a part of the family. 

You've got to admit, animals like dogs and cats know how to bring a smile on your face effortlessly. I personally like dogs better because unlike independent cats, they're giving and loyal and between the owner and the dog, their happiness works both ways - dogs naturally provide happiness to the owner with their enthusiastic behaviours and loyal personalities, while humans provide them the attention and care that they want. I just want to say I LOVE YOU TOBY =). 

picnic is for any weather

Last Friday, Susan organised a picnic outing to Hyde Park. To be honest, I recently just learned how to torrent episodes (yes, I've very technology incompetent) and I was on my mid-semester break as well, so I didn't really fancy on going out. But because I haven't been going out, I thought I might as well bath in the sun once in a while. The weather wasn't what I called picnic weather, but it didn't matter. The only thing matters at a picnic is the food =D. I jest. The company's important too. 

So Thanh, Susan, Minhky, Edim, Claudia and I indulged ourselves with snacks, fruits and drinks before taking a trip down memory lane with bubble blowing, wrestling, filming and piggy-back riding. Well, I wouldn't call it piggy-back riding. Thanh put me on his shoulders and many times have he scared the living lights out of me when he pretend to drop me. There were a couple of times which he seriously almost did. Just when I thought I was safe, once I get off his shoulders, I hit head first into the plate of home-made bubble detergent. Yes... smooth move. Apparently, he was trying to 'slip' me off his shoulders like a piece of clothing =.=. Here's some news for you, I may be small, but I'm not a piece of clothing =.="!

Claudia left us early, and Vicky was going to meet us at the station, so we had a short pit stop at Hungry Jacks before meeting up with her. After the rendezvous, we went to the Chinese Gardens to walk around and enjoy the scenery. Thanh and Minhky were having fun taking random photos of everything and everyone, even the random dressed up guy who was performing some kind of martial arts. I must say, I didn't think it was martial arts =S more like a combination of dance moves and made up martial arts moves. 

After walking through the night markets at Chinatown, we had dinner at the food court in Market City. Then I headed home while the others when to karaoke. I had to go home early because if I stayed out any later, I wouldn't have had a ride home. Besides, I didn't have any money left either =.=. The others did suggest that they'll help pay, but I rather not. I don't like owing people =). Anyways, that's it for now =).

Thanh got killa'd

On the 24th of March, Friday, we had a small gathering at Carramar's Killa Girll and Thanh took up the Killa Kage challenge, where he was required to eat a huge burger, huge fries, huge coke and icecream all in an hour. Alas, he attempt was futile.

Ah, there's nothing much to talk about besides Thanh's non-existent achievement =3. It' wasn't so bad; he managed just over half way of the burger. We had fun just socialising, eating and taking random photos, though I must say our group's quite indecisive sometimes. It took us 10 minutes to decide where to go afterward, then another 10 to figure out who drives who and who's going where. Some of us were driven to the station, while the rest of us were driven to Thanh's house, either by Nigel or Kenny. Many thanks to Nigel since I was in his car. After 2 minutes on the road, I finally realised that he got a new car =D. It wasn't the vintage, red car anymore. Not exactly his own property (family car) but it was still cool. 

More sociolisation occurred at Thanh's house, with a bit of gaming and playing with musical instruments. Although he moved houses, I seriously thought he was being sarcastic about moving next door. Seeing that I was so sure that he was being sarcastic, I was quite surprised when I reached the door of his house. I didn't know if I should laugh or feel confused. Hence, I did both, if that made sense. It was around 10 PM when Mimi's brother drove us home. Many thanks to him for driving us so many times. Well, me in particular.  

By the way, I just remembered something Nigel said which I thought was pretty funny, that's why I made it as the title of the blog =): 

Thanh got killa'd - Nigel Khine.

Wicked is the new Good

On the 22nd of September, Wednesday, it was my first time watching a musical. I've been to threatre plays and all, but never a musical. I'm glad I did, even though it was $86.70 (including handling fees) because it was definitely worth.

What was the musical, you might ask? it was 'Wicked.' What can I say, it's the epitome of anything that defines wicked - no! It's beyond any definition because there are no words that can describe the awesomeness of the musical =D. It's a shame that it's over now, but they will be showing at Brisbane at the beginning of next year. As much as I loved it, I'm not sure if I'm willing to travel all the way to Brisbane to watch it again. 

Out of the two Elphabas, we got Jemma Rix who, I thought, did a great job in portraying her character. To be honest, I thought Glinda (played by Lucy Durack) was an annoying character but I love her lines because they're hilarious =D. I admit that her voice was quite good, but I still like Rix's voice better. Also, compared to the original Elphaba from San Francisco, Idina Menzel, I still prefer the Sydney's Elphaba, but I do like the voice of Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) better than Sydney's Glinda. To be honest, initially I thought that if they actors were to sing, they would just focus solely on singing however; they actually included their acting into their singing. I was quite surprised and amazed by their talent. No wonder 'Wicked' was rated 5 stars. To be honest, I think the voice of James Smith (Boq) was much better than Tim Campbell (Fiyero), but who am I to comment about the casting. AH! What surprised me was to see Bert Newton (Wizard) perform because although I knew he did a lot of acting on television, I never expected him to be singing on stage =S. How shocking. Anyways, I was going to do some research and write about it on my blog, but I'm not bothered, because there's always wikipedia.org =3 just search up 'Wicked (musical)' and you'll find it.

The story itself was such a great plot with a very sad twist. It really did open my eyes to fairy tales - never take things at face value; don't judge a book by it's cover; etc. It was just like a movie I watched about Jack and the beanstalk. It was live action movie with a twist to the story. I thought it was pretty interesting. Man, Kinokuniya was selling two books in one (Wicked and Son of a Witch [sequel]) for $25. I should've bought one for myself =.=! Anyways, back to the musical, I cried when they were singing 'For Good.' It was such a great and sad song! Now, almost every time I listen to it I cry >.<

The architecture of Capitol Theatre is commendable; the interior design looked a lot like Old England if you ask me. I especially liked the lamp posts. Why there are lamp posts inside buildings, I have no idea. I guess they replaced indoor lights =S. The toilet's quite clean too. Why I mentioned that, I have no idea. Moving on, Kelly and I gave our belated presents to Susan as an apology for not going to her birthday dinner. I gave her a Korean drama called 'You're Beautiful' and Kelly gave her a box full of paint samples from Bunnings. When I said 'a box full', I seriously mean 'a box full.' I mean, there were barely any gaps. According to Kelly, there were ~300 samples of them. Why did Kelly get Susan that? Simple. It's what Susan wanted =). Anyways, I had a great night watching a musical with Linh, Kelly and Susan. Thank you Susan, for giving us drinks and the photos, and Linh, for driving us home. Well,  for driving me there as well =3. Oh, we actually met a high school friend that night. Apparently, it was his second time watching it =D and he was generous enough to let us take a photo with his colouful martini glass =). Later on, on Facebook, I found out that a couple more friends also watched it on the same night as us , but we weren't lucky enough to bump into each other. Oh wells =P.

 I told you there was a lamp post inside the building =P. The background looked like a sunset/sunrise =D.

 The green martini glass we borrowed from our friend =D.