Another...

BOOK REVIEW!! I've started reading quite a bit and thought I might as well do a review on this one... It took me quite a long time to read this and I accumulate small time everyday post-holiday to read this page by page... There are a lot of anthropological terminologies in this novel... Oh first of all... The book that I'm reviewing is Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs... I think this is supposed to be the latest one if I am not mistaken... I actually bought this with the Harry Potter book but since I am so engulfed into Harry Potter for a while and forgotten it then i discovered it for a few days and then started reading it :P Anyways... besides that... I'm supposed to review the book!! D'oh!!

As always the protagonist is Dr Temperance Brennan... I think from the beginning it is always the same protagonist... same like Cornwell's books I think... But I actually have never read Patricia Cornwell's books... so there you go... Anyways... in this novel Tempe (they always have a nickname don't they??) is being baffled by a strange case... Avram Ferris has been found dead in his office shot twice in the back of his head... execution style... and the clue to his murderer? Is a photo given by a strange man... a photo of a perfectly intact skeleton that the mystery man told Tempe that it was the reason Avram has been shot...

The interesting part about this novel is this is probably the first time out of the whole series that Tempe went overseas to solve the case... I have to say as different and rather err... controversional according to me as it is... it doesn't strike me as well scripted episode... but the most intriguing part out of the novel is the religious controversies that are established by the book... I just thought it was not as a spectacular controversy as The Da Vinci Code but nonetheless it's a feed for the brain...

I don't know whether to call today a bad day or a good day...

First as always with people and everyday life there would always be a bad day and a good day... And today is exceptionally difficult to categorise whether I should call today a bad day or a good day... you be the judge...

1. I went early in the morning (attempting to) to go to uni early and print of things that should have been due today... and so I did... with the exception that I forgotten my handwriting experiments, which is also an important thing for the project that we have to do... I realised this after I stepped onto the train saw a guy holding a book and then thinking 'what did I forget?' and as my mind is somehow a bit retarded and has such a short memory span and I need some kind of clue as to what I have forgotten then I realised that I forgotten the darn roll of paper... that is the handwriting excercises... I started panicking (in my own mind of course... I don't want to feel more retarded) and so... I told myself... it was an accidental mistake...

2. That was the con... the pro in this situation is that it turned out that only the ones that I am printing out at uni are the ones that matter since my tut told a very long explanation of each of our printouts... so that was a lucky break I guess and I don't have to bring heavy stuff and don't have to carry a big roll of A1 paper with me especially when I have to get home by the pre-peak hour train...

3. I thought I was going to be late to the lecture because some of my uni friends are not done yet with the printing... And am sort of reluctant on going to the lecture...

4. Luckily there was a queue at the doorway to the lecture hall... apparently we were supposed to sign in when we go the lecture now... even though we were late... don't get me wrong but apparently the subject coordinator for this subject is really strict and she is Scottish...

5. Today is probably the longest day out of the whole week and have to cope with is for at least another month or so... (I don't know whether they are going to swap the classes by the first break or not...) IT WAS 5 HOURS LONG!! I know that it might not be long to some other people's standard but to mine... it is... from 10 am - 4 pm

6. I have been borrowing my couz's room when he went back to Indo... And since I have been sharing my room with my aunty and my couz's daughter... I have no privacy... but his room is nice since it has a big bed and I can put stuff onto the side of the bed so I just need to reach and grab...

7. He is back today... and so claims the room today... have no guts to suggest other alternative so I better stick with the old room then *sigh...

8. Tomorrow I have a class that I hate and yet I like... because of the tutor but has no one that I know in that class... or at least that I am close with... but otherwise it was an ok class...

9. We need a concept for the group poster tomorrow and we already think of one but apparently it is sort of shitty... according to the tutor anyways... apparently we need to go 'deep' and so... yes...

10. I guess I might as well go up to ten since I already had 9... but can't think of any so I might as well leave it as it is...

Well... that is all for today... may I say that it is quite delightful to get all that rubbish out of my head for once and out of my system... these crazy thoughts have been bugging me... all the bads and the goods... shucks... my mind is going too fast... oh well... until the next time...

PS. I almost forgot... I borrowed Read or Die vol 6... AND AM ANNOYED!!! I borrowed thinking that it might be the last of the episodes but apparently it turned out to be otherwise... it answers all the questions but not finished!! I am officially dreading for the next one but I have to look at the shelf very closely apparently they just randomly put the DVDs onto the rack... and never bother to actually put it into alphabetical order... which is annoying when you have little time to think and spend more time looking for the darn thing and get distracted by other animes on the shelf...

I've done it... yet again...

I know that this is not a healthy habit and I have stated that in my previous blogs... BUT I CAN'T HELP IT DAMMIT!!! I'm just so into animes at the moment I cannot think of a worse time to stop and wait for another week to get the next installment... But I have a feeling the next volumes are not out yet on the shelves...

1. Read or Die : The TV Vol 4 & 5
Again and yet again... I know that I may be a maniac but honestly this anime is really good... when I said that the end of the third volume would have captured you well this time I am saying that by the time you finish the 5th volume you officially want more... not just a thirst but an addiction!! I know that sounds harsh but that's the truth... The story gets more intense as each lies began to unfold... although to tell you the truth there are some scenes where you can sort of foreseen what will happen but it sort of unfolds more unexpectedly than what I expected it to be...
Anyways... I really haven't told you what the story is really right? Ok here is just a summary but I think it really connects more to the first three volumes... Nenene Sumiregawa is a forgotten well-known writer that hasn't made any best sellers in 5 years... the reason is that her best friend who becomes her mentors over the years have suddenly disappeared... In light of this her previous novel is going to be made into a movie and so the Three Sister Detectives have been hired to protect her... As paper masters they are able to manipulate papers according to their skills... Maggie, Michelle and Anita can be seen as somewhat an odd team but they are proven to be very skilful... As the story begins to unfold there are a much greater organisation that seeks Nenene and want her... much more mysterious Dokusensha has been hiring the three sisters to retrieve ancient books which are supposedly saved and disappeared from the British Library when it was burned down in a fire... But the mystery is much more deep than just Dokusensha and the books... another organisation is also trying to steal the books... but what are their connections and what do they want with Nenene...
The mystery is really not those type of mysteries that you can easily predict... it goes much deeper than that... It is just really cool to watch the actions... although I wouldn't call it flawless but they are certainly very cool to watch... Trust me... the story is not one of those cheesy love stories nor that dramatic err... actually there is a bit of drama in it... but all in all I want to borrow the next one but I doubt that I would be able to find it since I tried yesterday to borrow all the Read or Die DVDs that they have but I think they don't yet have the last two... (I'm kinda just predicting this since it seems that it wouldn't be too long till they finish)

2. Chrono Crusade Vol 2
OK!! Better get on with the next one shall we?? This is the second volume Chrono Crusade and much to my satisfaction it was really good... With a lot of devils butt kicking and really really creepy and weird storyline that is yet to unfold yet again... I have to say I am trying really hard to restrain myself from borrowing the DVDs until next week... (you know... uni life and stuff) and so... without getting to too much details... Sister Rossette is finally accepted into the Militia and is still clumsy... but this time Azmaria has become the rookie that teams up with her and Chrono... as creepy things began to unfold Rossette met Aion who is the devil who took her brother away... I don't particularly know why or how Aion took Joshua, Rossette's brother away but he turns out to be evil... anyways... Joshua is the reason why Rossette became a member of the Magdalence Order... To find Joshua... But there are a lot of quirky things going on in this series and am liking it *BIG GRIN... I just want to know what will happen next because the story just sort of stops midway through everything!! Geez...

Anyways... that is all the anime that I err... watched last night till one am... hehehehe... not such a good habit mind you and just remembered I probably won't be able to do anything for next week... hhmm... maybe I should do the marathon on Friday... but who knows??!! Anyways... gotta go and pack up my stuff for uni... hehehe... first week and already lazy as an ass...

I know I shouldn't have done this...

But I have been satisfying curiosity yet again +_+ I know that this is probably not a healthy habit that I should really tolerate in my daily life but I LOVE IT!! Err... maybe I should really tell you first what it is... Yesterday yet again I have been hiring DVDs and am err... 'proud' to say that most of it are animes... I borrowed 6 DVDs and I stayed up all night to watch it... OK... here's the list:

1. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
To me this movie is actually not half that bad... A lot of dramatic humour behind this movie and very star studded casts as well as witty and quirky script... It satify me in a sense that this is a different comedy than all of the comedy movies I have witnessed so far... Taking in the real world as well as artifical... Hehehe "candy crabs" oh my gosh... they actually look like candy... hehehe... Anyways... getting back to my main point ehrm... the story goes that Steve Zissou is an oceanographer who is seeking revenge on a shark that has eaten his best friend... without getting into too many details there are a lot of dramas incorporated into this movie and as serious as it may be I cannot help but laugh at some of them... hehehe... it is after all a comedy :P The casts include Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Houston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum.

2. Garden State
Yes... This is probably the first movie that is written and directed by Zach Braff, if I am not mistaken... But I have to say that this movie has a lot of heart in it... it is tough and intense but at the same time subtle in its approach between scenes and events... I like it... The story goes Andrew Largeman is an unsuccessful actor that goes back to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral... there are a lot of twist and turn at the plots and so it is not really like your normal average romance... It is quirky and it is witty and I know that I have used that word a lot but I have no other word to describe it more than that I guess... I wished I could have a plethora of words embedded inside my brain...

3. Samurai Champloo Vol 2
OK... NEXT!! I know I have been bragging a lot about this Samurai Champloo but am not kidding when I said this is different than your normal average stereotypical animes around... it is very hard edge and err... modern even though it is set in medieval time and place... I know that it is not historically correct but I guess the point that I like to make is that you want to know where the story goes to next... that is why I borrowed the series again... but unfortunately they are an overnight loan... Well... the next one is actually sort of a continuance to the first one really nothing exciting happened as of yet...


4. Chrono Crusade
Now... This is the one that I will be getting very excited of... this is actually another of the animes that I have been trying to avoid from the shelf but cannot help it when they say you get to borrow FOR FREE whatever that is on 3 day loan... SO HECK YEAH!! Borrowed it... and looking forward to the next one... Basically the year is 1928 set in Brooklyn N.Y. and there is an Order that is called the Magdalene Order which is like an excorcist type of organisation, during the time the prosperity in turn took a toll on the rise of demonic Sinners in America... So basically they kick the devil's ass... hehehe... anyways... it is really cool to watch although there are a little bit of sexual references they are not a lot... But am looking forward to the butt kickings... hehehe... really cool stuff... and have a curious thought that I think the same people who did this may have been the same people who did Neon Genesis Evangelion... but I may be wrong... all in all a cool stuff to watch...

5. R.O.D. The TV (Read or Die: The TV) Vol 2 & 3
Thisiscoolstuff.... sorry sorry... I am sooo excited about this particular one... coz remember last time I mentioned that the volume one doesn't really give much story?? Well... it is getting scarier with each volume... ARGH can't wait for the fourth one!!! ok... I shouldn't have said scarier because that might put people a bit off but it is getting mysterious and interesting with each episode... it keeps you on edge... and the humour is still there but as you get to vol 3 the serious stuff began to unfold and then it stops... yes... it stops... damn you... when I watched it there are some small gaps sometimes in between the episodes... I think it might be the subplots that really lead up to the main plot but the subplots really have a small connection not such a big one to the 'story'...
I'm sorry I didn't mean to say main plot rather the story... Anyways... watch it... the first volume may be a little bit of a bummer but by the third you are officially hooked to the story... :P Anyways... that is all the DVDs that I borrowed and the order that I have put them on are the actual order of watching... OH MY GOODNESS!!! I never knew this but the creator of Please Twins and R.O.D are the same people!!!! (thanks animecubed hehehe for clearing that up... I was wondering where have I seen that kind of drawings from)

I have been indulging myself once again...

ON ANIMES!! I'm just tasting a few traces of animes here and there thought I might as well give some kind of review to the first few episodes or rather the first volumes of the animes... It's merely a taste-tester but I have been proven wrong once again that the ones that I thought are going to be bad turned out to be good and the one to be good turned out to be OK but not great...

First stop...
The King of Bandit, Jing... Wasn't a very good type of anime but it was a so-so... I think that there are just too many things going on in such a short time... I think that episodes are too short and there are just not so smooth enough flow between episodes... Making it quite difficult to actually connect between storylines... It has a lot of wit and funny moments and the guy, Jing is actually quite cute... yes... I know... How can an anime character be cute??? Anyways... that is my very short comment on something that I thought would be good...



Second stop...
R.O.D. The TV... very very GOOD... I'm surprised that I have been avoiding this ever since I step foot onto the videostore... This sort of surprised me... even though there are quite a few of sexual references they are not quite that 'Hey look at me' sort of thing... yes... anyways... the story is actually rather complicated and I haven't even known what the story is as of yet but there are a lot of actions and quirky and weird things going on... It's a story of three sisters who are apparently three Paper Masters, they have the ability to turn papers into weapons and am not so sure as to how they obtained their powers or anything but I think the story would develop slowly... but so far I want to borrow the second volume because this one is actually not that bad and made me want to watch the next one...

Third stop...
Now... this is the one that I have been seeing on the shelf also and have been avoiding it for whatever stupid reason... It actually turns out to be the best out of the three... which is surprising for me... It is different than other animes with its very urban and street type of drawings (like graffiti I meant) and it just has an edge I've never seen before in traditional animes... I have to admit there are violence incorporated into this but if you don't mind it borrow it I would really recommend it... I thought it was different than the normal animes that I've seen around... very funk and street I thought... hehehe... anyways... it is set in medieval Japan but the attitudes of the two actually... three leading characters are just so fun to watch... so borrow this if you can although I dare say they only got about 3 or 4 volumes at my local videostore...

Thought I have to add something to my dearly beloved Samurai X... err... that sounds strange... anyways... I borrowed Samurai X : Reminiscence (OAV)... beautiful story... more serious than the normal anime on TV but has a lot of heart and I thought it was a masterpiece... very beautifully told... there are a lot of violence and another side of Kenshin that you don't know about so basically this is a prequel to Samurai X... This is basically the time where he met his first love, Tomoe and his first life as Battousai... I don't want to go on into a story teller so watch it... it's really good...

It wasn't THAT bad...

A follow up towards yesterday's whinging... I have decided that Wednesday's class is not half that bad BWAHAHAHAHA... ... ... ... (silence) ok fine... Instead it could've been worse off... but it turned out quite ok... A lot to do though... gosh... screenprinting (I have no idea what this is since I have been avoiding art for a VERY long time and therefore have no clue whatsoever) and then there's the 2nd project which requires research... I'll just do that over the weekend or something and then I have to do some research on pop art... since I have just a small amount of knowledge in this type of art movement... *sigh... there are tonnes of things to do that I don't want to do and yet if I don't do this I might not pass the course... And then there are more readings for Monday's class and more work to do for Tuesday's class ARRGGHHHH!!!

The amount of work just got me nowhere... including the amount of travelling I have to go through just to get to uni... I know I shouldn't get pissed off by this since I live practically nearer to the City than most of my peers... But still... the goddamn tunnel is just too long it pisses me off... sorry *blush I'm not normally this cranky I'm just a bit tired and pissed off too... because of the workload that we've been given... not much use whinging really but I hope I would be able to finish a great part of it during the weekend... but nonetheless am looking forward to some of the work that I have to do... for whatever reasons it may be... anyways... moving on... ... ... ... ...

I'm sorry I think my eyes are already halfway through closing... I better go to sleep... I've been neglecting my normal sleeping patterns that I've been err... mastering during the holidays, which comprise of sleeping at about 12am or about 1 or 2 or 3 am and waking up at approximately 11am in the morning to sleeping still at about 11 or 12 at night and waking up early just to pack up and wash up and etcetera... and tomorrow... OH MY GOSH TOMORROW!!! Got to wake up early!!! Tomorrow's lect is at 9!!! Can you believe it??? At 9!!! I can't believe it... I know that some courses are probably that early but OH MY GOSH I never had any 9 am lect... This is the first time for this year!!! And I can't believe it!!! But the good thing about this is that the tut that I'm going to is actually finished at 1pm... so goodriddance... I'll be finishing up early tomorrow...

Oh well... I better go to extremely deep sleep... Ok then... bye bye...

AARRGGHHH....

I officially hate uni... *hicks for one of my classes I have no friend at all bwwaaa... i just find out about it today... For tomorrow's class I have absolutely no one that I know... *hick *hick... oh well... I guess like they always say... broaden my horizon... geez... I hate being a coward... but I guess it's kinda OK since it will turn out OK right??? right??? RIGHT??? *panic look... ok ok calm down calm down... take a deep breath *taking a deep breath... then breath out *breathing out inhaled big breath... Oooohhh... I hate my life... maybe luck wasn't at my side for this time... oh well... sorry to whinge so much... that was actually one of my have-to-do list... not whinge so much... *sigh... *sigh... *sigh... *brave face twinkling eyes... ok then!! I have to wake up tomorrow... AND SMELL THE COFFEE (quite ironic really since I have been avoiding coffee for such a loooong time...) ... ... ... I hope it won't be half that bad... we'll see tomorrow shan't we???

Like they always say... "Be happy"... gosh I'm so tired today... Panic all morning since we have to bring stuff to the tut today... and halfway to the station I completely forgotten my roll of paper I have to bring today and so I powerwalk back to home and powerwalk back to the station... such a long and tiring day... gotta buy readers and start on work for next week's due... *sigh *sigh *sigh *sigh *sigh

But we're going to do silkprinting on the new class... I dunno what it is but I think it might be exciting... (hopefully) and still got the same lecturers and tutors as last sem... but they changed my tutor... hopefully she is good at explaining and err... motivating... I wouldn't call my previous tutor as bad... just... not... a motivator... Oh well... we'll just have to see tomorrow shan't we??? OK then... over and out... I'll keep you in touch with the developments... whatever it may be...

By the way...

I forgot to mention our little trip to Circular Quay... It was rrrreeeaaalllyyyy GREAT!!! We should do it again next time (imagine I'm saying it in a vvveeerrryyy enthuasiastic voice...) Oh and also I got the images... of the err... food that we ate *grin...

<<< I think that this was mine... Mexicana Crepes

This was... Seafood Galore Crepes >>>

Aaaannndddd.... this one is... (...) It may just be the vegetarian one... but I cannot be sure... Anyone wanna guess??? (left)

hhmmm.... I have no idea what this is (right)... it's a crepe for sure but I have absolutely no idea... *sigh... short memory span...

And the one down here I think... The Chicken and the Mushroom??? maybe...
Well... that is all for today... great lunch... very lip-smackingly satisfying *slurp... We should do this more often....

How's another comeback to uni seems??

I hate to say this... but it was alright... see... like I told you before I was just paranoid most of the times but as usual it turns out to be quite OK... I got new lectures and got a new tutor... (but I think that information would be quite useless since I think most of the times going into new semesters means new tutors...) but nonetheless I don't know why but I think I got sooo used to going into uni everyday for the first semester it seems like the walk back to uni seems like a breeze and there is no other connotation to that statement... It just felt like I've been doing it all my life!! It is the same story when I go to school, shops or anything of the sort especially when I'm alone I sort of just walk... and after a while I just arrive and then wonder... I got here already??? It's just weird... but I think that's because my mind's blank most of the times when I travel to school or uni or any other familiar places... weird heh??? Well... at least it is weird according to me... anyways... first day of uni... nothing special... lecture by the same lecturer and met the new tutor and I just have a knack that the new tutor may be a bit nervous I saw his hands shaking most of the times... maybe it was my imagination... (thinking...) oh well... maybe it was just me *shrugs... But it was an ok tutorial... and somehow I think I didn't get most of the things that my tut talked about... I looked as though I took everything into my mind but most of the times I just think to myself... hehehehe.... bad habit I know... I was motivated because it was the first day... but eventually I grew kinda tired of it *grin... Anyways... that was my first day of a new semester... doesn't sound like fun heh?? Oh and I met Kimmie... I think I startled her... hehehe sorry Kimmie... I won't do it next time... but you were looking down and seem sooo err... down... well... you were looking downward... :( oh well... anyways... sorry for startling you again... and next time I won't do it *grin... we'll catch up laters... see ya... *big big grin

Another DVD another err... review

Hi hi

It's been too long isn't it??? *sigh... Anyways... this is the most recent err... actually I've just watched it yesterday but I thought heck... why not do it today when it's just another 15 minutes until I scram and go to uni... CONSTANTINE... Another quirky movie starred by Keanu Reeves (I was referring to the Matrix when I said quirky movies...) besides that explanation I am hereby declaring as insane as Keanu Reeves is this movie is not actually half that bad... It turns out to be very adrenaline pumping and I am able to watch it without being scared witless by the gruesome images of the demons and sleep peacefully at night... but I doubt that I would be able to do this when I watched it on the big screen and surrounded by darkness... basically Keanu starred as John Constantine who is an excorcist and by pure luck or fate or some sort of divine intervention he met Rachel who is troubled by the death of her sister Isabel... Isabel thought to have committed suicide but her sister says "no, it can't be..." and that's basically how the story begins... throughout the movie there are a lot of religious questions and morality throughout the whole movie of what is right and what is wrong... highly quizical and witty to me... anyways... if you think Matrix is confusing then I dare say it is among the same level of confusement (is there such a word??) although less confusing than Matrix I have to say... nonetheless a pretty good movie to watch...

I have to finish this soon as I have to go now.... AAARRRGGGHHH I HATE GOING TO UNI AND THIS IS MY FIRST DAY (of the second semester that is...) Urrghhh I have a feeling the whole week is going to be pret-ty bad... (call it intuition but most of the times this is the sign where I am paranoid for the moment being...)