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Is Time Running Out?
Happy Lunar New Year everybody~
Enjoyed yourselves so far?
For me, it was quite fun to be able to eat all those new year goodies, *cough*collectalltheangpows*cough* and chat with relatives I haven't seen for the longest time, getting to know the latest updates in everybody's life. But it's a little bit unnerving though, to realise that my cousin is already in Pri 5 and my niece is now in Sec 3. Goodness, and there I was, still thinking she is in primary school... how the time flies. Sigh.
Have you ever had the unsettling feeling that time is running out? Recently I keep getting that feeling, that time is running out and there's not much of it left. Weird huh? It's making me very restless these days, to feel the time ticking away second by second.
I'm weird.
But it's making me think. Think about the things I've wanted to do, my childhood ambitions. And then I realised, I never fulfilled any of them.
I wanted to be a researcher in the medical field.
I wanted to excel at everything I do.
I wanted to earn millions and buy a huge house with a beautiful garden and have my parents live in comfort for the rest of their lives.
I wanted to learn Japanese.
I wanted to visit Japan, France, Greece and all the beautiful places that I've read about.
But I never did.
I'm just a nobody in the IT industry, trying to find a good job amidst the fierce competition from all the talent - and I use the word in a very broad sense - flooding the IT market.
I didn't, and still don't, excel much at anything, no need to talk about everything.
I don't even have a five-figure sum to my name now, seven-figure and above sums can probably wait till hell freezes over.
I knew as much about Japanese now as I did at 13, which is to say, not much, except recognizing all the hiragana and katakana writing without understanding the meaning when they're strung into a sentence.
I never got to visit any of those places. In fact, my first plane ride didn't occur until I was 24, when I took a budget flight to Bangkok. I used to hate the incredulous looks I'd get from people when they got to know that I'd never been on a plane before. Some even told me not to bluff them. -__- Bleh.
Some things I can't change anymore, not without massive financial backing, the ability to go back in time, or transplanting a much much more brilliant brain than the one I've currently got. But some things, I still can try to achieve, as long as I'm still alive and kicking. Like learning Japanese. And travelling everywhere. I guess it's time to start saving every cent I can manage.
Alright, enough of the angst. It's intensifying the time-running-out feeling. Let's get on with more frivolous topics.
Dirge of Cerberus~~
Squeeee!! 
I've been trying to dig out as many spoilers from the internet as possible since the game was released in Japan on 26th Jan. So far, I've managed to watch all the FMVs in the game, thanks to some kind soul who ripped and uploaded them in a forum. The graphics are gorgeous, almost equal to Advent Children quality. The war scene was FAN-TAS-TIC. Really. You have to watch it to understand. I'm in awe.
As for the ending, I didn't really understand, even after reading translations of the script that someone had posted in his livejournal. I think I'll really have to wait for the english version of the game to be released (if it ever does T_T ) and play the game myself to understand the entire story. There's a lot of speculation in the forums but not much facts floating around. Mostly speculating on G, the character Gackt plays in the game. And I must say, he really doesn't look out of place in the CG environment. Watch the secret ending if you wanna see him. And a sequel is all but confirmed by that ending, I guess.
Oh, and the game's theme song Redemption by Gackt is great. I think I'll go buy his albums with my ang pow money, heehee.
Where did you find it? Interesting read » »
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February 21, 2007 11:57 AM
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