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When Steve Jobs dies, its everywhere. When Dennis Ritchie dies....

wait who?

A Poem.

I looked at my calendar in dismay
It certainly didn’t make my day
It’s filled with tests and quizzes and such
I really hate it very much

To make it worse I woke early today
And took the bus on time hurray!
But alas, when I reached my school
Realized I was such a fool

I entered the classroom at 9.50
Only to find it completely empty
Whipped out my timetable to look at it
Eleven it said, I threw a fit

Damn I suck.

Stamps

I bought a new stamp today :D

And it's a cat.

I love stamps <3

Assassin's Creed and other stuff

Currently obsessed with Assassin's Creed II. Or, I was obsessed with Assassin's Creed II. But I FINISHED IT BOOYA. And to think I restarted the last part so many times thinking I had to be sneaky, only to find out, that you weren't suppose to avoid that big crowd of guards, you're suppose to kill them all. Good game nevertheless.

I haven't blogged in ages (and i'm trying to blame it on Assassin's Creed) but its not cause of some game or work, although they do play a big part.

I've gotten Lazy D:

Haven't drawn Shizuka in a long time. So much for weekly updates eh?

My current reason for not updating is cause my computer was just sent for repair (curse you dead pixels!) BUT I now resolve to update more. (even though university is starting and all that). I think i just need a motivation to slack off. Its like how you always have this urge to do something when you're actually getting boring work done (i.e. school, homework, tuition, project etc.). Or even when the work isn't boring *cough cough comic cough* it does get mundane after awhile. Is there some name for this phenomenon, or is it just me?

Eh.

I also kinda realise how I never really accomplish anything I start, like ballet, piano, ukulele, and various comics. Its been months (years for the first one) since I've touched any of those.

Maybe now that I have 2 hour breaks between classes I can come out with something more, either by blogging in words or drawings (that is, if I don't get swarmed with project and stress ohgod).

Or maybe I should be focusing on my studies and forget about the rest of it (except Maestria).

Oh life.

In view of recent events

Lets all pray for Japan.

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

Okay. okay wait.

I just watched Ponyo. My mind is in confusion.

For those who haven't watched POTCBTS (lol), here's a quick summary.

First scene- weird ocean guy. Has magic bottle stuff. Red thing escapes HIDING UNDER JELLYFISHES. (Wheres the stinging??)

Theres a little boy named Sosuke. Who calls his parents by first name (who does that?). He finds the red thing stuck in a jar, thinks its a goldfish, saves her, and names her Ponyo.

A weird little goldfish I might add. Why is it a goldfish anyway? It just looks like a chibi wearing a giant blanket and she forgot to cut holes for her arms.

So anyway like any little kid who finds a new PET, he wants to protect it and brings it to school.

After Ponyo spits on a few people, they get mad, he gets scared, and runs to hide under rocks. Then the ocean guy takes Ponyo back and Sosuke becomes sad.

After a series of events, Ponyo escapes, unleashing all evil around her, becomes human, and tries to drown the entire town in her effort to chase Sosuke. In which she suceeds. And all of a sudden, giant ocean lady appears and says that Sosuke and Ponyo's love is the only thing that can save the world. The indication of the world in danger being the moon inching closer and of course ALL THE FREAKING WATER THAT DROWNS THE TOWN.

Anyway, things cut short, Ponyo becomes a fish, and Sosuke gets told about how he's the saviour. Ocean lady fixes everything, and Ponyo becomes a girl forever. The end.

First of, the storyline is weird.

Secondly, NO ONE freaked out about the drowning town.

Thirdly, your son tells you that the fish he caught earlier is now a girl and YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT?

Fourthly, wh-wha?

In conclusion, don't watch POTCBTS unless its for free and only to see how confusing it is.

Guh. My brain.

It's Over

(Just a quick side note, yeah I shouldn't have ordered iced mocha at night eeeeeh)

I wanted to post about stuff like this yesterday, but of course, laziness prevailed and I ended up sleeping. But since I have sufficient amount of caffeine in me and I feel completely awake at this late hour why not blog?

Yesterday I was feeling scared about my results. I started worrying about what almost every other kid in my situation was worrying about- results. And of course, I started thinking about the worse case scenario for it which is basically what happened if I got bad results. Of course I started thinking about ways to kill myself but then I thought, my grades don't define my future.

True, we now live in a generation, especially in a country like Singapore, where it seems like results define who we are. Get bad grades= you suck, get good grades= well, good grades. But then I thought, no I definitely do not suck. Then I started thinking about what I could do.

First of all, one option of mine was to take SATS and see where they take me. Try for a Uni. Take a break year, retake Alevels, see if I can go overseas to study, work part time to pay for it. Secondly was to continue piano, become a piano teacher. Follow in my mother's footsteps and be a flight attendant. Third was to hope that everything went right.

My heart broke today for my best friends. But what I want them to know is that results aren't everything and there's always a way to pull through. You're not useless, not stupid, and you definitely don't deserve it. In other words to be clichéd, When there's a Will, there is a Way.

So go ahead and cry today, or even tomorrow, but always remember that there's more to you than that. Please just keep trying and don't give up. I know if the opposite had happened you'll tell me the same thing too.

LOLCATS

I IS IN YOUR BLOG, MAKING YOUR POSTS

...or something like that. I want stickers of this.


I'M BORED.

Fable 3: What I dislike about it

WARNING. SUPER LONG RANT.

I can't get the English accent out of my head. Even now as i'm typing this I am actually thinking it in an English accent. It's all Fable's fault. And Tobuscus' LP.

Anyway what I really wanted to blog about is Fable 3. Just finished it yesterday, and I must say, the storyline is much better. I mean, at least you're not inexplicably trapped in some prison for 10 years AND HAVE YOU DOG KILLED. Now its clear what you have to do, which is to take over Albion and rule as Queen (or King).

A few things that I don't like about Fable 3 though is that

1. The menu screen is now a new 'area'.
Sure it looks fancy and pretty but not easy as I have to walk everywhere to get to my stuff. Different rooms are the weaponry, clothes, achievements and co-op. Though I must say, the display stuff is nice.

2. You can't view your items.
You see them only when you need them, like in combat food appears on the D-pad. Or if you have the item for relationship quests, you can immediately give the gift. The only way you can see what you have is at the pawnshop. Unless you have super memory. Then good for you.

3. The shops.
The display thing is nice in the sanctuary, but in shops and stalls, not so much. I mean there is like one item per stall. PER STALL. And the shops contain more items, but like 5 or 6 only. And there is no buy all button. WHY IS THERE NO BUY ALL BUTTON. I have to keep pressing repeatedly to get all the stock.

4. No health bar
That's right, a fighting game with no health bar. Or any kind of measurement to find out if you need to eat. Your D-pad glows red when you need health. When it does glow I start freaking out like 'OMG HEALTH I'M GONNA DIE I DON'T WANNA GET SCARRED' and frantically press the D-pad for health.

Oh and the part that really annoyed me and cost me to lose my all good streak is the 6.5MILLION DOLLARS that is needed for the second part of the game. I had no idea that the progress of the days would be stopped if you don't follow the main quest which would allow you to earn money through taking over property. I shoulda read spoilers about the money part...
Still, after a quick search on the internets and about 10 hours of leaving the xbox on to accumulate money from rent and profit from shops, 14 million was acquired.

Okay end of rant. For now.

TRON

You know what movie you shouldn't watch? TRON (And by watch I mean pay extra for weekend pricing). Unless you're into the whole, CG, good effects, shiny kinda thing. I mean it looks really cool. And it is. A 'treat for your eyeballs' as some critiques may put it. However the plot is totally lacking in oomph.

Until now (even after reading wiki's plot summary) I'm still confused about some stuff in the movie. And disappointed by the lack of character development. Like where did Tron come from, who is Alan and how does Quorra know that weird guy that keeps reminding me of Johnny Depp that betrayed them in the end and tried to negotiate but failed and then got blown up by Clu.
Hey if I didn't get it the first time, it wasn't clear enough.

I've gotta say though, the effects were really pretty, and probably would be better in 3D. And the technology such as the light cycles are kinda cool. Like how it appears from thin air when they break the stick. And it stars Olivia Wilde from House (I would watch the film just for her and I kinda did).

All in all, watch for the special effects, not for the plot, and I would put a spoiler warning in the beginning except THERE IS NO SPOILER.



On a side note, Happy New Year!
I pet a cat today that was at the playground. It meowed at me with big cat eyes AWWWWW. I want a cat like that.