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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.
Dirge of Cerberus
OMG, this is awesome.
Chaos is soooo cool, don't you think so? (for those who don't know who I'm talking about, it's the close up of the man/monster at the very end of the video.)
I want this game~~!! 
Can anyone teach me how to understand Japanese and excel at shooting in under a week???
* link taken from AdventChildren.net
Hairy Affair - Part 2
I've done the deed: cut my hair till a little past shoulder length. Kimage salon was full, so my friend and I went to another salon in Compass Point and I got a haircut and highlighted my hair. It actually looked quite chic and stylish back at the salon, but when I came home, the more I looked into the mirror, the more it looked like....
... A HELMET.
Hairy Affair
Since yesterday, I've had this mad urge to cut my hair. And I don't mean a simple trim, I mean a drastic change to something shoulder length or even shorter. I have absolutely no idea where that weird urge came from.
>.<
Seems like every now and then I'd be possessed by god-knows-what and start doing drastic stuff to my hair. Usually it turns out nice and I have no regrets doing it, like highlighting my hair ash-green. (I loved that color, too bad it faded in a couple of weeks *sob*)
It's those times when I feel like cutting my hair that I'm wary of. Because I'll be regretting the decision despite a very nice haircut. Especially when it took 3 long years to have my hair grow to nearly-waist length, and then I just snipped them away. *heart-pain* (;_;)
The last time I did that, I was just starting university. One fine day I just impulsively got off the bus on the way home and walked into a salon, requesting the hairdresser auntie to "lop it all off". From near-waist length, my hair became a short bob ending at my ears. I think I gave my friend a shock when she saw me in school the next day. -___- And of course, I regretted it immediately after that, even though my new cut didn't look that bad.
Digressing a bit, since we're on the topic of hair, when I was young, my auntie used to bribe me with the promise of a new book whenever she wanted to get me a hair cut. I think I was a total bookworm then, because I'd happily sit still and let the hairdresser auntie cut my hair just to lay my hands on another book. (Even though I've always loved long hair; which young girl doesn't? Princesses in books all seemed to have long hair, and I grew up on a steady diet of fairytales. And I loved the story of Rapunzel then.)
Anyway, back to the present. I really, really, really want to cut my hair. I've ran the idea past my boyfriend, and his requirements were "no boy boy hair", other than that it was "up to you lor".
Hmm.. Should I? Or should I not?
Merry-Go-Round? No Thanks
I really hate the days when I wake up and, upon trying to sit up, immediately fall back on the bed feeling the aftermath of a non-existent merry-go-round ride. And a very fast one at that.
During mild episodes, I can still force myself to wake up and go to work (usually if a deadline is looming like an axe dangerously near my neck), but for the rest of that day I'll be walking around like a animated corpse - slowly and staring straight ahead, because any head movement is apt to bring on nausea and dizziness. And praying hard that people don't find me rude when I don't turn around and look at them when they're talking.
On bad days, it makes a simple trip to the washroom trying not to fall or bump into anything more difficult than trying to navigate through a minefield blindfolded. And all I can do is lie in bed and try to sleep - while waiting for someone to come home and drive me to the family doc. No books. No computers. Nothing to do but lie in bed.
I HATE IT.
>_<
And happening twice in as many weeks after a blissful episode-free year is probably not good news. Should I be seeing my doctor again?
Congrats, You've Won!
Yesterday afternoon while sleeping I received a call from an Indian lady that went like this:
"Strongly-accented" Indian Lady (SAIL): Good afternoon, is this Ms xxxxx?
Me: Yeah?
SAIL: Hi, I'm So-and-so, do you remember you filled out a lucky draw coupon some time ago?
Me:*thinks* Oh man, not one of those "You've won!" calls again! *rolls eyes*
Me: No, I don't remember.
SAIL (sounding flustered): Oh, erm, it's a few months back, it's okay if you don't remember, I'll just like to verify your details. Your name is xxxxxxxx? Your IC number is xxxxxxx? And you're currently residing in xxxxxxxxx? Are the details correct?
Me: Yeah, so?
SAIL: Oh, that's great, Ms xxxxx. Now I'll just like to check with you, do you own any credit cards?
Me: *thinks* Ahhhh, finally gotten to the point of the whole phone call.
Me: *curtly* No.
SAIL: *slight pause* Oh. Erm, I'm just trying to help your complete your coupon cos you have left it incomplete. Erm, yeah, so the grand draw will be held in February and I hope you'll win. Thanks, Ms xxxxx, bye!
Me: *hang up and thinks* Yeah, right. I didn't complete the sh!t coupon. Like any normal lucky draw coupon will ask the question "Do you own any credit cards?" -___-||| What, no credit cards, so it means a person is not eligible for the lucky draw?
Now I really, really hate this kind of lucky draws/contests phone calls. They invariably start out telling me about the whatever coupon I had filled out eons ago (And I seldom do so because I'm LAZY), start verifying my details so as to try to reassure me that I'd really filled out the coupon before. THEN, the main purpose of the call is broached. It's either:
1) "Do you own any credit cards?" (Hello, Why the hell does my owning or not owning of credit cards concern them in the first place?)
2) "Congratulations, you've won!" (Won what? Funny how they never state clearly and always try to bluff their way through when questioned.) "You'll need to come down to our office for details on collecting the price!" (Greeeeeat, and they're always some obscure company that I've never heard of before in my life.)
So what's the solution for getting them off the phone?
For situation 1, it's very simple. Just say "No, I don't own any credit cards." and they'll end the call so fast that you'd think the phone receiver had suddenly started smoking in their hand.
Situation 2 is a bit more difficult. Usually those callers are those super, duper, ultra thick-skinned people who refuses to put down the phone despite your increasingly exasperated repeats of the sentence "Sorry, not interested!" For those callers who really don't get the meaning of "sorry, not interested", my friend recommended just putting down the phone in the midst of their sales pitch. And switch off the handphone for a few hours to prevent them from calling back.
This kind of calls are a waste of time, don't you think so? I'll really rather spend it on something more worthwhile like, er, I don't know, maybe slacking or daydreaming? ;p
I'm Dead?
*ahem* I'm.. errr... not dead yet, though it probably seems like it, from the lack of updates and what not.
>.<;;;
But lo and behold! I hereby present, the brainchild of my sleepless night: the spanking new layout! Pink!! It's pink!! Pink pink pink pink pink~
*dances around like a madwoman*
*cough* Sorry.
I know the layout probably sucks big time, but that's the best I could do given my limited design skills. My brother got all the artistic genes in the family, unfortunately. All I got were the nerdy IT genes. -__-
But anyway, it looks lots better than the default template, right? Right? (;_;)
Anyway, I think there's probably still some minor glitches here and there, so let me know if u happen to see one, k?
Gotta go sleep now, shopping tonight, yay~~!!
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006