Movie Watch: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Yesterday I went to watch the latest installment in the Harry Potter movie franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, with Queenie at Plaza Singapura.

We watched the movie in the 2D version as we felt that 3D movies are not our cup of tea. This first part of the movie is mostly focused on the backstory in the book and hence, is less action-packed. The second part promises to be more action-packed and I can't wait for it to be out next July.

However this first part is still good and worth the watch. Harry, Hermione and Ronald have finally grown up to the reality of the harsh battle with Voldemort. They have to be on the constant run from the Death Eaters that pop out from nowhere to hunt Harry down.

The most emotional part in the movie came when Dobby was killed while trying to save Harry and his friends from Bellatrix. I knew this was going to happen since I have already read the book but I still can't stop the tears when I saw it onscreen. In fact, Dobby was among the top ten trending topics on Twitter when the movie is released.

It is amazing how Dobby can make the trending list but not the movie's name. Twitter can be such an asshole sometimes. Nonetheless, I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested to watch.

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Sorry for the lack of Updates

I have been neglecting this blog way too much for the past few months. Twitter drew me and my time away for the whole time.

Twitter is too addictive and I am sucked into it deeply, unable to crawl out once inside there.

However I will try to update my blog whenever i can. The updates will not be very frequent though. I will try my best to maintain this blog though. It's my baby after all. :)

See you all soon! <333

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SHINee's Lucifer #1 on K-Chart

SHINee and its latest single, Lucifer, has just made it to the top of the K-Chart this week. See the videos for their performance. =)





SHINee gets announced as the winner with their hit single from their new second album, Lucifer. Yay!





As always, SHINee gives a top performance with Lucifer and fans like me will never get tired of seeing them performing this song. =D

Taemin is still awesome with his slick dance moves and his cool lucifer look. If Lucifer looks like this, I will definitely go over to the dark side. =D

Congratulations to SHINee! *throws confetti*

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Love SHINee and Lucifer!

Ok I admit I am very late in discovering this Korean boyband, SHINee, but hey, at least its better than never.

Their brand new single, Lucifer, won me over with its catchy tune & the five boys' excellent dance moves in its MV.





Among all the boys, I like Taemin the most as he stands out differently from the rest with his brown hair & he is easily the best dancer among all of them too. Onew is not too bad and has a cute baby face. Despite his looks, Onew is the leader of the group and is also the oldest member too.

As for Taemin, he is the baby of the group, being the youngest at 17. =) But in the MV for Lucifer, he looks so mature that I didn't realise his actual age only after I had googled him and SHINee. It's amazing how fast these boys have grown up within 1 year.

I look forward to more of SHINee. =D

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Movie Watch: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer Official HD

Wow the official trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out and it looks fantastic!





The final installment for the Harry Potter series is split into two parts, with the first part to be shown in November this year and the second part in July 2011. Oh man I can't wait for the movie to come quickly! =( 

Warner Brothers seems to have outdone itself with this new installment and I can't help but feeling down as this is going to be the final journey with Harry Potter before it ends truly once and for all. *sobs*

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World Cup: Argentina 0 : Germany 4

Wow Germany sure gave Argentina a huge kick in the butt when they scored the first goal in 3 minutes. From then on, it was Germany's game and after the final whistle blew, Germany won the game with a total of 4 goals.

What a thrashing it has given Argentina!

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Anime Watch: Kuroshitsuji II Episode 1

Wow finally the wait for the second season of Kuroshitsuji is over. This time round, the story-line seems to be different as both Ciel and Sebastian are not to be seen anywhere. Instead we are introduced to new characters who seem to be the main protagonists for this season.



Watch Kuroshitsuji II Episode 1 (subbed) in Anime  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com


Enjoy the brand new season~!

PS. There's even a slight hint of yaoi >_< If you are interested in the manga that this original anime series is based on, you can go to here: Black Butler, Vol. 1

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Portugal Thrashed North Korea in 7:0 World Cup Match

Portugal showed who's the boss when it came to the field last night at their World Cup match in South Africa.

This year's World Cup also saw the most number of goals ever scored in a single game. Rightfully so, Portugal scored 7 goals to end North Korea's dreams of reaching the next round of the World Cup.

Portugal's captain, Cristiano Ronaldo also scored one goal for his team, the sixth goal overall in the game. They are most likely to face Brazil in their next match.

Too bad I didn't subscribe to cable TV to witness both Brazil's and Portugal's moment of glory. Things now promise to look for the better for the giant teams, all except for France and England.

Both teams are facing a big slump in performance on the pitch and it remains to be seen whether they can make it to the next round.

Now, all eyes on the TV screen. =)

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iOS 4 Ready for Download

Yay! The new iOS 4 is now ready for download.

Just link your iPhone to your iTunes and click on update and the software will do the rest of the installing. I wanna get home soon so that I can download. My crappy office network blocks traffic from Apple's website so it's impossible to download. =(

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Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 46

The latest chapter for Kuroshitsuji is out and as usual, you can get it from Bleach Asylum. =)

Jeremy, the new character that was introduced back in Chapter 45, turned into a full detective mode in this chapter. With each inspection of the dead bodies, he pierced together the bits and pieces of mystery that had befallen the Phantomhive house in this arc.

Poor Ciel even had to be a sacrificial lamb in order to catch the killer and its helper. Who could that be? All that remains is Chapter 47 =)

I am so in awe of Yana Toboso sensei and her style of story-telling. I wish Kuroshitsuji could go on and on. Sebastian is THE butler that every master would kill for. Hiak hiak!

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World Cup: England 1 : USA 1

Gosh after all that excitement, you would think that this match would produce a winner. All England can do to stop America is to bring them to a draw. Duh... I expected better of England, especially since they scored the first goal of the match. Gah...

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12 June is the final day of shooting for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Oh man. The day has finally arrived. The final shooting of the last movie in the Harry Potter movie franchise has arrived and it's 12 June. Thanks to Mugglenet for the information.

I can't believe that Harry Potter has come such a long way ever since the first movie was released in 2001. I'm feeling all nostalgic about it now.

When the books ended their run in the series, all that was left were the movies. Now it looks like it's time to finish off the movies too. By then, there will be no more Harry Potter to look forward to. Awww....

No more Daniel Radcliffe or Emma Watson. No more wand-waving and certainly no more Dobby, since he is going to be killed off in the last movie. Oops. That's a spoiler for those of you who don't read the books yet.


Oh well, life has to go on without Harry Potter.

*sniffs*

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New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Preview from MTV Asia

Finally, we get to see a HD version of the preview clip of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was shown at the recent MTV Asia Awards 2010.





It looks so awesome and now I can't wait for November 19 to arrive soon. Look at how Emma Watson has grown (she's showing off her cleavage). Those were the days when all 3 stars were still fresh from their first auditions way back in 2001.

Wow... it's been 10 years since the first Harry Potter movie. Time sure flies fast, don't you think so?

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Panasonic creates 152 inch 4K resolution 3D Plasma TV

According to Engadget, Panasonic has created its new 152 inch 4K resolution 3D plasma TV and showed it off at the recent CES.

152 inch, mind you. Where on earth could we stuff a TV that size into homes and offices? Apparently it is destined for greater things. Wahaha...

Trust the Japanese to come up with such a super big TV that no one can afford to buy. $500,000 is enough to buy a HDB flat in Singapore. =/

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Getting a MicroSIM in Singapore for future use

Now that the iPhone 4 is out in the United States, the buzz in Singapore has also start to generate around the use of the microsim in the handset as well as the new iPad.

From this article, it appears that all 3 telcos in Singapore are offering their data plans that comes bundled with the microsim. Judging from the pricing, they seem eager to cash in on the new offerings.

For now, I have to wait and see how the telcos will adjust their plans when the iPhone 4 finally lands on Singapore's shore.

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iPhone 4 Goes on Sale June 24

So dear old Steve Jobs has finally announced the golden date.

June 24th. Mark that down in your calendar. That day will be the day that lucky mortals in United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom and Japan will get their hands on the coveted iPhone 4.

Yes. Mark that date right now especially if you happen to be in these 5 countries. Me? Nope. Gotta wait it out. =(

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Read more on the iPhone 4 from Engadget

You can go to Engadget's website to read more about Apple's new iPhone 4 here. It's all taken from Steve's presentation at the WWDC 2010. =D

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Totally awesomeness on iPhone 4

Steve Jobs said: "You gotta see this in person. This is beyond the doubt, the most precise thing, and one of the most beautiful we've ever made. Glass on the front and back, and steel around the sides. It's like a beautiful old Leica camera."

"24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS. "

"Here are the volume controls... we have a front facing camera, micro SIM tray, camera and LED flash on the back..." 

"Something we call the Retina Display. What's that? In any display there are pixels. We dramatically increased the pixel density, Four times the amount."

"Because we have four times as many pixels, we get really, really sharp text. Now the retina display as 326 pixels per inch."

"Bang! 960 x 640 display"

"3.5 inch display"

" the iPhone 4 is powered by the A4 chip. This was designed by our own team. This is wonderful to have in the iPhone. You take the back off -- first thing you notice is that the iPhone 4 is packed to the gills. There's the A4 right there... micro SIM -- we needed the space! You can see the biggest component is the battery."

"7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music..."

"And 300 hours of standby."

"Quad band HSDPA, 7.2Mbps."

"Dual mics, 802.11n WiFi, GPS, compass, accelerometer."

"We're adding a 3 axis gyro, and we tied the gyro and accelerometer, compass, and gyro together for six axis. It's perfect for gaming."

"Now everybody loves to talk about megapixels, but we tend to ask the question how do we make better pictures? Megapixels are nice, but what these cameras are really about is capturing photons and low light photography. So we've gone from 3 megapixel to 5 megapixel, but we're using a backside illuminated sensor."

"In addition to that, when most people increase megapixels they make them smaller, but we've kept ours the same size. They don't capture less photons. 5x digital zoom, tap to focus, and we've got an LED flash."

"records HD video" ... 720p at 30fps!

"iMovie on iPhone 4"

"iOS 4!"

"Multitasking!"

"I wanted to hit on the enterprise stuff. Data protection, device management, multiple Exchange accounts... and on the consumer side, we have Google search and Yahoo!, and we're adding Bing."

"Number seven - iBooks. We are bringing it to the iPhone with the iPhone 4."

"We'll have it on the iPhone, the iPad, and the iPod touch. What can we do with these together? First, you can purchase and download a book. It will download wirelessly. You can download the same book to all your devices at no extra charge. Buy it on your iPad, download to your iPhone. And iBooks will automatically and wirelessly sync your current place, all your bookmarks, and all your notes."

"Number eight... iAds. Why are we doing iAds? To help our developers earn money."

"We're going to turn on iAd on July 1st for all iOS 4 devices."

"It's called FaceTime. WiFi only. iPhone 4 to iPhone 4. No setup."

"Pricing -- there's two colors. White and black. Pricing -- $199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB."

"These go on sale June 24th."

"Pre-orders start a week from tomorrow. And we're shipping in 5 countries. In July we're shipping in 18 more." 

Gosh! That is so much more than what my iPhone 3GS is offering!!! And tomorrow is 8 June 2010!

If you are wondering, the 5 countries are United States (duh), France, Germany, United Kingdom and Japan. Lucky Japan since it's the only country in the East to get special privilege from Apple.

One last thing from Steve Jobs:

"And I'd like to talk for minute about iOS 4 upgrades. For the 3G, not all the features are supported, same with the iPod touch, and this excludes the first generation. Upgrades are free for all these products."

And the WWDC continues on...

*Credit to Steve Jobs and Engadget*

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Steve Jobs Live on WWDC Keynote! iPhone 4 Arrives!

Oh gosh!!!! It's for real. The boss of Apple has just confirmed it. The newest generation, iPhone 4, has arrived at California!

Right now, Steve Jobs is live at the WWDC keynote and this is a liveblog feed. He is going through the new specifications of the iPhone 4 and it certainly has many many new features that makes me wanna change my iPhone 3GS and mind you, it was still a new model since it was released only last year.

Oh man, Apple has got everybody all keyed up for its new offering and no one will let it go without ever showing its new baby and no, I'm not talking about the iPad. The feed is still live as Steve is still in the midst of his presentation.

Gotta go!!!

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iPad Lauches All Over the World

According to Channel NewsAsia, Apple has launched its much hyped new product, the iPad, today officially over several countries in a staggered product launch. 

It looks like the iPad is a winning product for the California-based Apple, with long queues formed at all launching countries. The report also mentioned that Singapore will be in the next round of launch in July this year. But I won't be tempted to buy as the price of owning an iPad is too high. Plus I have just gotten my new Toshiba laptop this year too and thankfully, it has served me well after the first week of terror use.

Even Japan's Sony is already getting on the touchscreen tablet bandwagon but I seriously doubt it can defeat Apple's new crown jewel. 

What do you think about the iPad? 

PS. the name still sounds horrible to my ears. It's too close to what ladies uses every month. =/

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Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 45

Once again, it's that time of the month and Kuroshitsuji has fall upon us, beckoning to be read. ;) Thanks to Bleach Asylum for scanlating this latest chapter so quickly, though probably it's also because the chapter is so short.

Warning! Spoilers ahead!!!

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Here, readers are introduced to a new character which Ciel identified as Father Jeremy. If you recall, Sebastian had instructed Mayrin to send out an owl just before his 'death'. It turns out that this owl reached Father Jeremy and now he has arrived at Phantomhive mansion to solve the murders mystery, since Sebastian is not able to do so due to his unique circumstances.

Now the arc is delving into a Sherlock Holmes world where mysteries are being attempted to be resolved before the next murder happens. This is also like what Agathe Christie would write in her mystery novels too.

Oh man, Yana Toboso sensei is going to her readers one hell of an exciting read and now I am eagerly waiting for the next chapter to come. =D

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I finally got Jay Chou's new album, The Era

Yay! After a year of waiting, Jay has finally released his latest album on 18 May 2010. Well for preorder customers we get the album one day earlier. Hence I went to collect my copy at Tampines Popular although I did not order the 3D metal box version (see below).

For Taiwan fans who preordered, they get an additional 3D calendar on top of getting a set of 9 commemorative badges representing each album that Jay has released throughout his decade career. Singapore fans like me only get the badge, no calendar =(

I am not sure what I can do with the badges. Maybe I'll just put them aside and keep them in their original plastic so that dust will not accumulate.

The theme for Jay's new album is vampire and Jay dresses up as a vampire but somehow he doesn't look as good as the dragon warrior knight in his previous album. Nonetheless he is probably catching up on the vampire fever that starts from Twilight and I don't think it will hurt his album sales.

Now I am happily listening to his new songs as well as Ayumi Hamasaki's new album, Rock 'n' Roll Circus (see below).

I bought her album much earlier and after listening to the songs, I liked them immediately and now I am a happy fan. Both my favourite male and female singers have put out their respective albums so what is there not to be happy?

=D

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Yay! I got distinction for my Ethics and Governance group project

Yay! I got back the results for one of my group assignments and we scored very well for it. I'm telling ya, Ethics and Governance (EG) is not an easy subject to tackle as you can get unexpected results from the lecturer.


In my case, I had failed my individual EG assignment by just a couple of points and our lecturer marked extremely strict. I was shocked to see that she put everything as unsatisfactory. Man, my ego was so badly hurt when I retrieved my assignment together with my Human Resource (HR) group mates on the day I completed my HR exam.

Anyway the release of my EG group project somewhat lifted my spirits a little but the most important thing is to pass the exam. If not, I might have to repeat the module again and that will sucks big time.

=(

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Amazing Japanese Rice Growing Bra

The Japanese are truly an amazing bunch of people on our Earth. They can come up with lots of quirky stuffs that actually turn out to be quite practical in daily life usage. Just like this new Japanese rice growing bra. How did they manage to come up with that kind of stuffs?

Singaporeans are not even close to half of what the Japanese can and have achieved for themselves. Their brains seem to work in a wave that is different and special from normal people like me and you.

I wonder how last will this latest Japanese bra invention goes in Singapore. Most Singaporeans Didn't have freckles but now it's quite obvious. =D

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Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 44

Wow.... new chapter 44 for Kuroshitsuji is finally here. Many many thanks to Bleach Asylum for bringing this wonderful manga scanlation to us. So far it is the only group that translates Kuroshitsuji and I am so grateful that they are still around to scanlate more Kuroshitsuji chapters.

In this chapter, there are some cute moments and touching moments. It is so fun to see so many stray cats that are hidden away by Sebastian. Ciel is allergic to cats so Sebastian can't have a pet cat openly in front of him.

Then there's the servants who are missing Sebastian and reminiscing over how they met Sebastian for the first time and they vowed to protect Ciel in place of Sebastian.

Overall this chapter is really cool and meaningful. =D

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Anime Watch: Kuroshitsuji II PV

I know this is quite late but I have just come across the new PV for the upcoming season 2 of Kuroshitsuji, which is going to be out in July this year.

There are new characters in the PV that I can't recognise but there seem to be no traces of Ciel and his butler, Sebastian anywhere in the PV.





Oh man, I hope this season will be better than the previous season and I am so curious about the direction for this new season. Is it going to deviate away from the manga or otherwise? Things are not so clear at the moment so all I can do now is to wait.

^.^

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Movie Watch: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Last night, I managed to watch this movie that I wasn't able to catch while it was screening in the cinemas. Through one of the Apps, I got to watch Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief on my iPhone.

The quality wasn't that bad, considering that the screen of the iPhone is small compared to a cinema screen. The movie wasn't that bad and I enjoyed the humour that peppered throughout the movie. Not to mention that this movie is full of greek myths and I love greek myths. (^o^)/

We follow the story of Percy, son of Poseidon, god of the sea. He gets accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt. Zeus demands the return of the bolt within 14 days, on the midnight of summer solstice, failing which a war will be waged upon Earth and Poseidon. Together with Annabeth, daughter of Athena and Grover, his personal protector, Percy gets to go on the journey of his life when he makes his way to hell and Olympus to convince the gods of his innocence.

I love the part where Percy fights with Medusa using the back of a shiny iPhone to avoid staring at her eyes directly. Slapstick humour is gratefully provided in the form of Grover, a satyr or a goat-man. He was initially thought to be a cripple until he revealed his goat legs to Percy in the moment of danger.

 

Medusa gets distracted by the iPhone while Percy strikes.

The whole movie smells of Harry Potter and that could certainly be attributed to its director, Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films. The CGI effects are awesome, with real-looking monsters going after Percy to Medusa's hair of snakes.

Plus Persephone totally rocks in this movie with her sharp-tongued dialogue with her hell husband, Hades.

Hades: [yelling] Persephone! What could possibly be taking so long? Don't ignore me!
Persephone: [yells back] Or what? What will you do?
[quietly]
Persephone: I'm already in Hell.

Other humorous quotes include:

Chiron: [from trailer] Use this to defend yourself. It's a powerful weapon.
Percy Jackson: This is a pen.
Chiron: Only use it in times of severe distress.
Percy Jackson: This is a *pen*.

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Percy Jackson: Oh I wish I could spend all day in the water instead of this place
Grover: Oh like High School without the musical

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It doesn't hurt that the star of the show, Logan Lerman, looks so handsome.See his pictures below.

Overall the movie is not too bad and the CGI effects should look great in the cinemas. Too bad I can only watch it only on my iPhone but at least I got to watch it. It's better than none. Plus it is apt to know that Hollywood has been chosen to be the gate to the depths of hell while the Empire State Building is chosen to be the gate to Olympus.

^_^

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Last day of school for this term

Finally the last school day for this term is over and now it's term to prepare for the exams. My two exams will be taken in May and after that, it's holiday time!

I just hope that I can scrape through these exams soon and get promoted to the next term. The faster I complete my modules, the faster I get my degree. Then I can start looking for a new job. I gotta find a human resource job since that's what my degree is majoring in. Heee.... but the HR field in Singapore is not very good and most positions require at least 1 year relevant working experience.

Well I can only hope that my degree can help me secure job, to a certain extent. All right, that's all for school. School's boring, you know. >.<

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Apple announces iPhone OS 4.0

Wow... Apple is really going places with its hugely popular product, the iPhone. The latest news from Apple announced that OS 4.0 is going to be released for the iPhone 3GS, third-generation iPod touch and iPad.

This new OS will add one critical function to the iPhone, multitasking. Currently, the iPhone is not able to multitasking and each time a new App is opened, the existing App will be closed. In other words, switching between Apps is not possible right now.

Other touchscreen phones are able to multitask without any hitches, so it's high time that Apple should follow suit in its competitors' footsteps. With multitasking, the iPhone is seriously going to kick some ass.

When the new OS comes, I can switch between my Facebook App and eBuddy App without closing either one of them. This saves me lots of trouble in opening and closing Apps all the time.

Hopefully Apple will continue to put in more attractive and relevant features so that the phone will be a better product that rises above its competitors.

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Dinner and Karaoke with Queenie @ Suntec City

Today I met up with Queenie for dinner as well as karaoke. Well the karaoke was decided at the last minute as we don't know of any other activities that we could do at night. Furthermore, recent offerings at the cinemas are not so good and thus karaoke is the only option left.

For dinner, we went to the Ministry of Food at Suntec City. This a a new fusion Japanese restaurant that serves nice Japanese food. The best thing of all is that it even serves onigiri, a Japanese staple that can't be found in Singapore.

My choice of food can be seen in the pictures below: 

Onigiri! My favourite!

Well, I sure eat a lot of food, as you can see from the pictures above. The tamago sushi is also not bad and its sweetness is just right.

After we finished our food, we went to Kbox for our karaoke session. I was surprised to see that Queenie is finally using an iPhone. She works in the IT industry yet is one of the last people to get the fabled iPhone. Amazing, eh? She put her iPhone to good use by checking out the operating hours of the Kbox outlet in Marina Square.

It's amazing how long we could actually sing if given the time. We checked in at around 8+pm and by the time we ended, it was 2+am in the morning. Wow.... It was so rare to get Queenie to accompany me for so long since she's always busy and running out of time. Perhaps she is making up for lost time? Or could it be that the next time that we can meet is gonna be a long time from now?

Oh well, at least tonight we got to sing like crazy. So that's all for now.

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Lady luck is on my side!

I was going home from work when I saw something that made my heart jumped!

This was the very green bike that almost ran me down two days ago! Muawahahaha! This rider is going to be in deep shit since I'm gonna report him to the police. Hopefully I will succeed!

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So fed up with motorcyclists!

I am hating motorcyclists so much right now. Just now I was on my home from school and was walking along the void decks in my neighbourhood when I was almost knocked by a green motorcycle.

The rider didn't even bothered to come down from his bike and apologize to me. I was so angry that I yelled at him that the void decks are not roads for vehicles to ride pass. The damn bastard ignored and rode away! Grrr... Don't let me come across his bike again. I will report it to the police if I see his bike around.

Grr...... !!!

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TuzkiSnap is one cool App!

I have just downloaded this fun and cute app from the iTunes App Store and can't stop myself from playing with it.

TuzkiSnap is solely made for the iPhone and users can either use a new photo or choose one from their existing library to use the features on the app. For my first shot, I took a picture of the dried grass patch that can be seen from my kitchen. I did mentioned before that the weather is extremely hot these days and I am using this snap to show it. After taking the shot, I can add accessories like frames and little tuzki around the picture. The final result is shown below:

Well, it is not a very fanstastic shot and my photography skills are awful but that's the best I can make do for now. From the picture, you can see that all the grass have turned brown due to lack of water and the extreme hot sun. Looks like we have to endure this sort of weather for quite a while. In fact, our meteorological station had stated that this is the driest February we ever had in 140 years.

Gosh that is so hot and dry! It's as though we are living in a desert. Tropical countries are really pain in the ass to live in, you know? I hope that I can get out of this country when the opportunity comes.

Nonetheless, I have lots of fun playing around with TzukiSnap and I used some old photos for decorations too. Strangely enough, I can't upload those processed photos onto Facebook. Hmm... I wonder what went wrong. In fact, I had to email the above picture to my gmail inbox then save it on desktop before uploading it to a hosting site. That was so much work.

Oh well I shall have to explore further to get the basics of this app. For now, it's snap time! >O<

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Hot and humid weather is not my cup of tea

Since the beginning of this year, the weather has been getting really hot and humid. It's making me feeling sticky and yucky all over no matter how many times I bathe in a day.

My fan has been blowing all day long and it still doesn't chases the heat away. Man, I am melting in this horrible weather and it seems like it's going to be this hot until May. I see no relief in my current situation and the only time that I get air-con is when I'm working in the office. However the office is not my favourite place at the moment and I would rather spend all my time at home.

So I have got to bear with the heat and the humidity until the rain clouds decide to visit this sunny island. I wish Singapore is not so hot and humid. That would be so much more pleasant. In Australia, the sun can be glaring but the surrounding air is actually cold during spring, I think.

The key word here has to be humidity. It is the only reason why I am perspiring non-stop. Man, I wish I can get out of Singapore permanently. The longer I stay here, the more insane I get.

Argh! I can't stand the humid!!! Help! X_X

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Yay! Manga on my iPhone!

I have finally figured out how to create manga files and read them on my iPhone using this software that I downloaded from the Apps Store.

eManga helps to create manga files by using its own software and then synchronizes with a compatible iPhone to the manga library. It is quite a nifty software and I can read my favourite mangas on my iPhone.

The only thing is that it requires a lot of effort in creating the manga files from my own database. That alone takes up a lot of time as I need to sort out the cover page, credits page and the manga pages into the software during the creation.

With the amount of time it takes, I am better off reading my mangas off the computer and it sure doesn't take up much time either.

Loading some mangas on my iPhone can help to pass the time while travelling outside. So far I have loaded a bit of 07 Ghost, Penguin Prince and Zettai Kareshi.

Anyway my real problem is not getting to read mangas on my iPhone but how to manage my huge manga collection in my external hard disk. My 1TB external hard disk is already maxed out and I still have more new manga releases to be stored. It looks like I have got to buy another external hard disk soon. Thank goodness the IT show is coming on 11 March and I can resolve my storage issue for now.

Still, I have got to plan out how to manage my storage space efficiently since I can't be buying external hard disks all the time if I run out of space to keep my e-data. Man, I wonder if anyone could offer me a permanent solution to this and no, I don't have a DVD writer either. This kind of sucks.

My manga collection can take up a lot of space in a disk. Oh, I also have my anime collection too. So these two collections are more than enough to suck up all the free space in my 1TB disk. Scary eh?

I seriously need some advice on this storage issue. Gah! X_X

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Finally, it's the end!

Phew! I have managed to survive the toughest period so far in my undergraduate career. I had three projects and all of them were due last week and yesterday I submitted the final project in school after finishing work.

These three projects had to hit the chinese new year period and I felt so lazy when I was doing those projects. The worst thing was that one of the projects was a group project and it was my human resource module. Too bad I had one freeloader, Serene, in my group and you can expect the results. Our lecturer said we went out of point and our group presentation wasn't very well-coordinated.

The only good thing about this group project is that it only forms 10% out of the whole course module. However I am stilled pissed off at Serene and once we finished our presentation, I stopped talking to her. I remembered we had to sacrificed our chinese new year eve to go to the national library to do research and she was the only one who didn't come due to a 'headache'. What a lame excuse. If not for the fact that she had mentioned the previous night that she was having a sleepover at her friend's house, I wouldn't have become so suspicious. She probably played too much at the friend's house and ended up not wanting to meet up for group discussion.

Oh well, I am so glad everything is over for now. There is still one more assignment to go and it's another group project but this time round with a different group of people. At least they are more dedicated to their schoolwork than that Serene, who don't even bother to turn up for lessons and for your information, she is a repeat student and this is her second time taking the HR module. >.<

Anyway I gotta go to work now. I haven't been posting much this year, eh? I try my best then. ^_~

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Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 42

Wee! Kuroshitsuji chapter 42 is out for reading! Please join Bleach Asylum and thank them for another wonderful release!

In this chapter, we see the guests trying to figure out how Sebastian was murdered and why he got two fatal wounds in two such different locations, namely his head and abdomen. They even thought that a second murderer might be on the loose too.

Meanwhile Ciel appoints Tanaka as the replacement butler for Sebastian. The moment Tanaka wears the butler badge, he transformed into a different person. He looked so much different from what Yana had portrayed him previously. Whether it's going to be good or not is dependent on the next chapter.

But before chapter 42 ends, we get another murder and this time round, it's Phelps. My my, the plot gets more twisted as the arc goes on. Three murders in the space of two nights can be a bit much for a detective to swallow, eh? Plus the owl that Sebastian had entrusted to Mayrin was shot down by someone. Who was it? What is exactly going on? That is all that remains to be seen and I doubt we will get any answers soon.

Hopefully we get more insight into this arc in the next chapter in March 2010. See ya!

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Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 41

Yes! Kuroshitsuji chapter 41 is out and we get to see the final moments of Sebastian before he gets murdered too. Please join Bleach Asylum to get this chapter and thank the wonderful people there for bringing us this chapter.Without them, we won't be getting any Kuroshitsuji manga at all. >.<

In this chapter, Ciel gets chained to Arthur for the night in order to see whether Ciel is the murderer since he did not have an alibi to prove his innocence. It is so cute to see Ciel being so child-like, especially when he needed his security pillow to sleep and Sebastian had to bring it over for him.

We get to see a poignant moment of Arthur musing over how child-like Ciel is before Sebastian's final live appearance. The next scene brought us Sebastian's death and how distraught Ciel was. He ordered his butler to wake up from his sleep and stop pretending to be dead. Well, as the reader, I do know very well that Sebastian can't die and so this justifies Ciel's actions.

However Ciel's guests do not know that fact and therefore it's no wonder that they are puzzled by his behaviour. How will this arc pan out? We shall have to wait for the next chapter to see what happen next. Yana Toboso is as brilliant as ever.

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