ashamed

i don't know the full lyrics to my national anthem!
and i totally forgot my jc school song (even the tune)...
not to mention i only remember bits of my secondary school song...
and... i totally have no recollection of my primary school song...

i'm old. =(((((((

Calamine Lotion

Flea!
Flea fly!!
Flea fly mosquito!!!
Calamine~ Calamine~ Calamine lotion~~~
Oh~~~ No more calamine lotion~~~
Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy up and down my backy backy~~
Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy up and down my backside~~



How nostalgic~ And this is the song that popped up in my head these days now that I'm feeling itchy all over despite having bathed and scrubbed myself clean and yet I am not having rashes or anything... Am I sick or something? =X

Japalang

I'm happy, worried, excited, shocked, anticipating and yet hesitant at the same time just when action finally arrives.

Maybe inaction might be better...?

Definitely no way.

I hope things turns out fine and great...

Dragon Quest -- Turning Hate into Love

After my previous post/rant about my desire to be productive, I shall attempt to put that to work... And behold! Here's my latest obsession...

Frankly speaking, my first game in the Dragon Quest series was Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2 when I borrowed the aforementioned console and game from my friend a few years back. I think I only played it for about 5 hours, only barely making it past the first town, first dungeon and back. I didn't like the series at all back then: gameplay was slow (I think I was spoiled by the turn-based-cum-action hybrid RPGs and Dragon Quest is a faithful turn-based RPG), unintuitive menu systems (I had to go to the church to save, and I had totally no idea what the different options like benediction does at the church!), frequent grinding to buy the best equipment in town etc. And after a freaking 5 hours I was still at the first town with little plot development. Why am I even investing time in this game?! I thought so, and then I put that game down for good.

I had the same response during my first few hours of playthrough with Dragon Quest IX. The church was still there, turn-based battle system was still so sluggish and I still had to grind. But admittedly, the difficulty level was less steep in my opinion than its predecessor. And since Dragon Quest IX is the first game I got on an original cartridge for my new DS, I could not just put it down and shove it away like how I had treated Dragon Quest VIII. So I decided to gave this game more time, and I am glad I did. This game is really value for money and has its own charm. The monsters and spell names are rather humorous, and there is so much post-game content that I think I could easily spend 100+ hours on the game. I had a lot of fun with the multiplayer feature too: I was treasure-hunting (another really cool feature) with my friend trying to kill this boss called Shogum, who's an armored guy riding a huge pink slime. My friend's level was pretty low and she deals a mere 1 damage to the boss, so I told her, "Hey, I'll Oomph your character." And then we both laughed at how silly that statement sounded. (Oomph is a spell which increases a character's attack a lot.*wink*)

Let me digress a little: for that boss battle I had with my friend, in the end my friend's DS ran out of battery, so I was left in the middle of the really tough boss battle and got wiped out in the next 2 turns. Ouch to my virtual wallet.

There are other fun oddities which I had never appreciated in my previous encounter with Dragon Quest VIII. I could never understand how a monster dancing in front of my party in battle could make my own party member(s) get into the groove and start to boogie with the dancing monster! Although I still can't understand that's possible now, I laugh at it whenever that happens.

I heart Dragon Quest IX, but does not mean that this game is free from problems. Due to the focus on multiplayer feature for this game, though we are given the opportunity to customize our hero and party members (which I totally love this feature!), the party members no longer play a significant role in the storyline, and neither is there character development for the party members. It is a shame but I understand the game design decision made, and I think it is for the best.

In addition, although there has been much improvement in the menu interface (as other gamers on the Internet have claimed), it still feels a little clunky, like something is not quite right. It really bothers me why the Quest List is lumped under Battle Records in the menu; it does not seem to fit in with the other sub menus such as Wardrobe and Item List. I feel it should be placed somewhere else more significant, like under the Misc. tab, which can be viewed directly under the game menu. (Ahh~~ UI design is tough~~) Alchemy is a pain when you are trying to mass produce a certain item: you could only make a maximum of 9 of an item through alchemy at any time. Shopping can be a pain too: many of the shopkeepers just talk too much before they allow you the option to purchase their wares or to sell yours. The shopping interface only shows one of the stats that an equipment in the shop would boost or decrease. This was really troublesome, especially when I wanted to upgrade armor for my magic-wielders, whom I would try to fit them with armor that enhances their magic might or mending, and I would frequently buy armor boosting their defense but lowering their magic stats by mistake. All stats that would be affected should be displayed in the interface in my opinion. The church concept is cool but I still don't understand it. If they really want to have churches to save and etc, I would really appreciate if the little text box at the bottom explains the options I am given with when I talk to the priest in the church, instead of freezing at the previous statement the priest said, which nobody reads while browsing through the options anyway.

There are also some slight inconsistencies, which tends to be overlooked, like how my hero is supposedly the only Celestrian, and yet when I ascend to the Observatory (which I believe only the Celestrians could set foot on) my entire party is there when I try to save at their church, while I am seen running through the Observatory alone. In addition, it is a little funny to see some characters (like my party members) being 3D models with nice, proper textures, while some other NPCs are just sprites. The entire game is beautiful until you zoom up to one of the super pixelated sprites during a conversation or to take up a quest, and it felt like that spoiled the visuals of the game.

I also didn't like how my camera was limited, sometimes in towns and dungeons I could shift my camera in angles less than 180, otherwise I had no control over the camera view. Maybe I was spoiled by the other current games out there which allows us to either have 360 degrees control of camera or no camera control at all, but then again, this is probably a personal preference?

Phew what a long post~ All these love for Dragon Quest IX, I am sad to say, I am putting it on hold now to wait for my friend(s) to level up so that we can go multiplayer or treasure hunt together! In the meantime... I've turned my eye onto this...

The storyline is really good though the menu and shopping interface irritates me. The story feels really epic and  having monsters fighting in your party was really cool! But a more detailed analysis should come another day probably. =))

Action, please?

I'm sick of endless waiting... Getting my hopes high and getting disappointed again and again.... It's really bad for the heart... I just wanna do something productive with my life. I don't really mind all these endless playing of RPGs on my new DS but I feel so hollow inside. I need to do something that contribute to like... something. Something bigger. Something that contributes to society. Or just something useful...

Please just give me a job already... TTnTT

The Illusion of Choice

We live in a free world. We can choose the type of food we like for dinner, where to meet our friends, and what clothes to buy. We are also able to decide which political party our votes go to, the gadgets which accompany us to wherever we go everyday and so on. The things we have, how we look, and how we carry ourselves, are the result of our individuality. We live in a free world of choice.

... Or is that really so...?

In this world there has been an increasing move towards expression of individualism. We all want to be different from one another, and this has often been exploited in advertisements. ("Get the new Chevrolet Cruze. It expresses your individualism." or the Dove commercial that says something along the line of "You are who you are") However, aren't we limited by the "choices" that are given by the circumstances? The clothes we buy in the shopping malls we go to are limited by the stock they carry in their stores. The ideas we spark off are limited by our knowledge, values and personal experience. The look of our in-game avatars are limited by the choices we are given by the game designer.

I thought of this issue again when I was randomly exploring the idea of expressing individualism in games, especially role playing games. As mentioned earlier, games these days allow players to customize their avatars to express individualism. This works, when the player base is small. However, when the player base is huge, problems arise. There has been complaints of how a player in World of Warcraft could see the exact same avatar as he strolls across the game map. As much as we try to cater to expressing individualism, there is still a probability of someone who acts and dresses the way you do.

This is when creativity comes in. We have to break away from the box of options we are given. If I want to be truly unique in my dressing, I have to design my own clothes. In relation to games, this is probably where user-created content comes in.

But how creative can one be? There is still the invisible box of values, personality and experience that one have, which shapes their thoughts and actions. And creative ideas cannot materialize unless the tools to create the crystallized idea are available.

And humans are lazy by nature. That is why it is always easier to fall back on existing convention(s).













True individualism is a lie.

The World Ends With You

"... The world ends with you. If you want to enjoy life, expand your world. You gotta push your horizons out as far as they’ll go."

-- Mr. H, The World Ends With You

"... the world ends with me. To expand my world, I have to learn to look farther--not write off other people’s values as inferior.
... Maybe I had it backwards. Maybe I need to open up to really enjoy..."

-- Neku Sakuraba, The World Ends With You

Everyone has different perceptions of the world (not only in terms of philosophy, psychology says so too!), and thus "the world" is different for every individual. Or a more accurate way to put it might be that we are all living in different worlds. In our individual worlds.

When people meet, their worlds and ideologies clash. Sometimes people open up to one another, allowing their different worlds to partially merge, and causing change to their own worlds. Sometimes when two worlds are simply too foreign, they just close up and reject each other. It may not be due to people "writing off other people's values as inferior", it might be more of people drawing boundaries of their worlds, to close off their worlds from other "unwanted elements" from other worlds.

There is no right or wrong to drawing boundaries I guess. In fact all worlds have their own boundaries, limited by the individual's values, ideas and personal experience. But, in order to really grow as an individual, although it is possible to expand one's world just by oneself, the potential of growth simply cannot be compared to exposing one to another's world. But... let's just be selective about which worlds to open our own worlds to, shall we?

Personal space

I guess I probably need lots and lots of time out on my own to chill out and reflect about the world I face...

What starts with F...

 and ends with the letters UCK?

...
...
...

Fire truck lah! What were you thinking? =Pp

My hair still smells of BBQ

... since the BBQ gathering last Sunday... omg!

Lightsabers.....

^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*lol
*i will use the lightsaber to cut watermelon
*:D
miyato@ntu says:
*ay
*think u cut half, no more juice le
*all the heat from it
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*all vapourise
*lmao
miyato@ntu says:
*haha
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*but the idea's so cool :D
miyato@ntu says:
*=.="
*dried malon
*melon
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*lols
*next time wan dried mangoes
*use this method oso can wors
*good idea hor?
miyato@ntu says:
*erm
*mango?
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*yah
miyato@ntu says:
*too small, think cut liao 10% left
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*lmao
*but more efficient lehs, imagine u take like 3 days to make dried mango slices from a mango
*if use light saber can do it so much more quickly
miyato@ntu says:
*but u can not slice it with a light saber
*1 mango slice liao, left 10%
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*haha can do like those pro chefs
miyato@ntu says:
*lol
*is ur light saber too thick le
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*toss the mango in the air then cut nicely and arrange nicely in a plate
*hmmmmms
*adjust the lightsaber to make the saber not so thick?
*use thinner laser? lols
miyato@ntu says:
*lol
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*hmmms come to think of it
*in that case if someone gets killed by a lightsaber
*there shouldn't be blood splatter already
*cos the cut parts should already be cooked, so no more liquid blood lols
*must go tell the game companies lol
miyato@ntu says:
*lol
*blood from the bone
*not the flesh
*they should just use that to cut metals, ore
*save more time
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*hmms good idea
*i wonder if lightsabers can cut diamonds into those nice shapes we see at jewelery shops
miyato@ntu says:
*haha
*but later will become black diamond
*u still buy?
^sOtOnGfIeDs^ *每个黎明都 需要有夜成全* says:
*hees liddat even more valuable XD
miyato@ntu says:
*lol

I never fail to get fascinated at work.

A:你有玩restaurant city和cafe world吗？
B:做什么嘞？
A:有的话就add你在facebook.
... so you only add someone you face everyday if and only if that
person contributes to ur social game network? Wow.

I was greeted by an empty Mentos box when I reached office today. Apparently someone finished my Mentos and was nice to leave me with the empty box for me to throw on my own. How nice of my colleague(s).

Memory

Looks like I do remember some people's handphone numbers. I always
thought I'll be so lost without my handphone's contacts.

Thankfully I still do. If not I would have no idea who you are.

"A stranger!"
"From the outside!"
"Woaaaaahhhhhhhh..."

Come June 18th!!!

...

That feeling just wouldn't go away.

生存以上 生活以下

作詞：阿信(五月天)　作曲：瑪莎(五月天)

連刷牙 也照著節奏 沖了馬桶 洗了臉上的疲倦泡沫
沒有夢 昨夜沒有夢 鏡子裡的 陌生人已經不再做夢
上課鐘 變成打卡鐘 單行道般 的人生流失在車陣中
進行曲 規律的平庸 活的像是 一句標語壓韻而服從

午餐是 隨便還是 都好還是 跟你一樣 的任何一種
奇怪呢 很久以前 我是很有 想法主見 心跳很執著

傷心再也不吹風 現在只害怕傷風 耽誤了誰和誰的要求 一天一天
看日昇日落 看月圓月缺 年復一年的經過 看誰把我變成現在的我
怕潮起潮落 怕患得患失 錯了又錯的疼痛 終於我的生命只剩生存
活著只會呼吸吃飯喝水的生活

小時候 只要看天空 枕著白雲 就覺得全世界都擁有
長大了 擁有的更多 為何感覺 到越來越匱乏越貧窮
那一年 只追逐自由 現在只能 追逐著漲不停的石油
是不是 地殼又震動 要從家裡 震落才悔恨這樣生活

生活的 反面會是 死去還是 這般生存 不再有衝動
閉上眼 就能感覺 生命正在 一分一秒 飛奔遠離我

還不如一隻昆蟲 至少能破繭展翅 飛向那被奪走的天空 一天一天
看日昇日落 看月圓月缺 年復一年的經過 看誰把我變成現在的我
怕潮起潮落 怕患得患失 錯了又錯的疼痛 終於我的生命只剩生存
活著只會呼吸吃飯喝水的生活

一年有 三百六十 五個日子 五十二萬 五千多分鐘
一生有 三十四億 五千六百 七十八萬 九千下脈搏

為愛而出生之後 生命要怎麼揮霍 直到我化成煙的時候 一天一天
看日昇日落 看月圓月缺 年復一年的經過 看誰把我變成現在的我
怕潮起潮落 怕患得患失 錯了又錯的疼痛 終於我的生命只剩生存
活著只會呼吸吃飯喝水的生活 一天一天
看日昇日落 看月圓月缺 年復一年的經過 曾經我也那麼獨一無二
怕潮起潮落 怕患得患失 錯了又錯的疼痛 終於我的生命只剩生存
活著只會呼吸吃飯喝水的生活

連刷牙 也照著節奏 然後設定了明天 六點半的鬧鐘

不解

I was so upset earlier with u when u said u'll help but u didn't.

Yet, when u finally decided to chip in to help (and in ur spare time), why didn't i feel any happier?

Or is there really something terribly wrong with me?

Shader Magic

I always LOL whenever I receive a new shader magic in 3D Dot Game Heroes! Especially when "shader magic" is an internal joke to game programmers... XD

S.H.E - 爱就对了

总是要流一些滚烫热泪
才能换来对爱的体会
你看 世界没有毁灭 心也没有碎
其他的就交时间解决

你当然可以重新再爱 （能重新再爱）
受过伤的感动 怎样爱与被爱

所以 别再沉溺他的回忆 有空白回忆
离开你的 只有他 但是 爱还在


听我说 爱是对的 错的是我们 还没学会爱
就急着爱人 而爱错人
可是 爱就对了 遇到下一个 爱上就爱了
痛苦或快乐 都是获得

我当然经历过你现在的感受
我想那是人必经的折磨
也许 每个人都该是某个人 成长的助手
受一点苦痛 帮助她成熟

听我说 爱是对的 错的是我们 还没学会爱
就急着爱人 而爱错人
可是 爱就对了 遇到下一个 爱上就爱了
痛苦或快乐 都是获得

别探听他的线索 别等待他会回头
爱。。不喜欢看人软弱
别继续把心封锁 别躲在伤心里头
爱。。万一来了别错过

爱是对的 错的是我们 还没学会爱
就急着爱人 而爱错人
可是 爱就对了 遇到下一个 爱上就爱了
痛苦或快乐 都是获得

听我说 爱是对的 错的是别人 自以为的爱
才会有爱人 又伤害爱人
可是 爱就对了 爱了就值得 爱就能懂得
健身当快乐 爱就对了（爱已来了 别错过）

footprints in games...again?

Sorry, it's my bad. Apparently there ARE games with footprints that disappear after some time, like the snowfield above in Modern Warfare. But frankly speaking, those footprints looked funny at certain angles for certain areas in that map. =)

Footprints in educational games...?

I have been tasked with a weird assignment.

I was to make an educational PC game set in an outdoor environment such as the forest, where the players choose a character and solve puzzles to reveal unknown parts of the map. There are four different type of puzzle based on character selection: Mathematics for Mathematician, History for Historian, Physics for Physicist, and Arts for Artist.

One of the graphic requirements was to render footprints left behind when the character walks around the terrain, and these footprints would disappear after some time. I was to write the technical design document, and needed to look for similar game references.

Which games would have such feature that is already implemented?

How about some of the latest games with pretty graphics?

Final Fantasy XIII can be considered one of the really pretty looking games, and look! No footprints on the terrain! Or maybe the ground was hard and no visible footprints are left behind....

Ok, how about....

White Knight Chronicles was released at approximately the same time as Final Fantasy XIII, and although graphics wise the real time rendering quality cannot be compared with the previous game title, still, no footprints!

Even when the characters are walking in the desert, only some sand flying simulation whenever the characters lift their legs off the ground is carried out.

Come to think of it, I had never thought of or noticed that there were no footprints in the games I've played, until I really looked hard (for this assignment). Why is that so?

The only viable reason I could think of is... Footprints are too small to be noticed, and thus additional processing power spent for achieving this effect could be better spent elsewhere. Or, it could be that during level design, considerations for harder terrains (so that no footprint rendering is needed) have already been made, such as in Final Fantasy XIII. All the terrains in Final Fantasy XIII appear either hard, or have lush greenery such that no footprints would be left behind even when characters travel through the terrain.

If for all these games which strive to achieve realism through the eyes of the players have left such real world "realism" behind, then why should an education game, whose focus should be mainly on puzzles for players to learn from, have a requirement for a graphic effect that is not inline with the game focus?

The only conclusion I could get was... this is a lousy assignment whose actual requirements from another existing genre had been poorly fitted into an educational game. If we consider the games that really focus on graphic realism, the only feature remotely similar to the aforementioned requirement is just the simulation of tire tracks, such as in crysis:

Thinking back to my assignment, i can only summarize my feelings with o.O and =_=|||

Expectations are the root of all evil

Whatever I do, it's all wrong.
Just tell me, what can I do now?

Buzz2 Chaos - Spot The Difference

yays! the game i've worked on is finally going commercial! check out the youtube video:

Conformity

I just happened to be sitting in front of the TV last night after my bath to just stone and let my hair dry for a while... and that was when I was captivated by the movie "Little Red Flowers" on Okto's FilmArt.

The movie was about a boy called Fang Qiangqiang, who was a rebellious and naughty boy, who fails to adhere to the rules in the kindergarten he attends in China. His rebellious may not be by nature; he wanted to fit in with the rest of his classmates and have fun with them, but he does not follow the rules set by the adults and as a result, gets shunned away by the adults and other children in the end. Although I felt sorry for Qiangqiang throughout the movie, I also understood the headache the teachers in the kindergarten had as well.

I hate rules as well. This might be the reason why I feel for Qiangqiang, and think that the adults might have been too harsh on him. Yet, now that I'm so much older, I hate to admit but I stick to rules too. There are certain social rules that I "enforce" on others too, like if someone else is not "nice" I'll do the cold treatment just like the teachers in "Little Red Flowers". Could I be too harsh as well? Of course I could always argue that, hey the people I'm facing now may not be children like Qiangqiang, children still do not understand the workings of our world so we could excuse them. But this movie just made me realize that like how Qiangqiang interprets the world differently from the other children and teachers in school, so do I and the others I meet and face. Just because someone else is "different from the norm", does that mean that person should be shunned away as well...?

That's a really good question.

There's a reason why certain social norms are in place. And those who do not understand this will appear different from the norm. However, if others shun away from you, perhaps there really is a good reason behind it; yet it is just human to think of other people being at fault rather than we ourselves being at fault.

The battle within

When there is light, there will be shadows.
In darkness, there will be light.

For all these years, my light and dark sides have been battling each other with no clear signs of victory to either side... Or there could be no lasting victory for either side at all in the first place?

I am tired.
Can my light side take over from here?

Frustration

Seriously... How could you not know the correct name for someone whom u've worked with daily for more than a month?

Are my expectations just too high?
I really feel my irritation meter filling up fast and bursting soon... again.
RAWR~!

Explosion

I really need to work on my temper.
But I don't regret the things I've said earlier.
Because they have been buried deep in me all these time.

Stay away from my fish!!!!

This is just one of my random game ideas... Please post any comments (like whether you like this idea or not)!!!

Alrighty, here it goes!

Player plays as an employee that is in charge of chasing birds away from his boss' fish that is hung out to dry to produce salted fish. The player will move around patches of fish to chase away birds, like the conventional time management games. When there are too many birds, the player's irritation meter goes up until he/she is about to explode. This is when the player will go "RAWR!!!" and shoot a beam of fire from his mouth and scare away all the birds on screen...

What do you guys and gals think?

heavenly sign

just when i decide that i could have a swim after work, a thunderstorm comes along the way...

darn. i shouldn't have eaten so many of the eclairs from the free buffet near my office for late afternoon tea.

梦想

很难实现 才叫梦想 才要决心

temptation

I resisted hello panda's temptation...
But I succumbed to RITZ Cheese Sandwich Crackers instead...
And I ate 2 packets of 3 in a row! o.O

灵魂

这阵子，我好久沒这么悠哉闲哉地在这长遍大论。应该算是过得还ok，吃得好睡得还好。

之前还常报怨说老板不好，现在换了个工作环境，工作方面算是上了馗道。可是镜子里的我，不管妆化得再浓，也掩饰不了我的憔悴。明明每晚都有大概7小时的睡眠，我还有什么好憔悴呢？

就快毕业了，总于要毕业了。大学时的我，是多么期待能走出社会，做个女强人，好好地冲刺。而现在的我，却每天都在倒数还有多久我才可以下班，还有多少天才到我等了多时的星期天。明明是我向往的工作，却成了我的枷锁。我多次质问自己，是我一时还无法调试新生活，还是我真的只是个草莓族…

当时能实现梦想的喜悦究竟往哪跑？难道我由始至终都不曾理解我真正想要的是什么？

我妈念我，说我每次都选不适合我的科目，自已明明不会吃苦却爱走长满荆棘的偏僻小路。当时的我，只要选择做个数学老师不就好了吗？

那梦想呢，那些都是假的吗？在实习时从工作上得到的快乐都是假的吗？看到别人玩我一心努力做出来的游戏时，想让让玩家在游戏时露岀更多笑容而努力的我，只是一时的兴起吗？

或许我做的选择都不好，但我很肯定，我知道我不想要什么。我希望能做自己，不要失去自己。我希望我能够继续拥有自已的生活，每天都会开心（虽然有点不切实际）。我想实现梦想的同时，更不想失去自我。我不希望我的生活里只剩下吃饭打工睡觉…我希望我的生活多姿多彩，希望我能常常接触新的事物，来激发我对生命的热忱，给与我创新的灵感。我要活出自我。这样的要求会很过份吗？我太贪心了吗？

想要带给别人欢乐，我想自己必须先保持健康的身体与愉快的心情。

想要实现梦想肯定不容易。我必须有我的坚持，不能把我的人生输给工作，输给莫名的压力。

I Wanna Be The Guy

LOL@Ryu!

i was bored

3d pacman? =X
my first random project using 3ds max... ^^

angry

i shall control my emotions.

will

is mine too weak?

verbal diarrhea

sometimes i wonder if i talk too much.

cash cow

i feel like one now.

No matter what happens, I wanna walk down this path with u hand in hand.

加油！

就算看不到终点

就算觉得没希望

如果有时间哭泣

还不如向前迈进

不能解决的问题

就别给自己压力

船到桥头自然直

所以不准说放弃

S.H.E - 只为爱上你

如果说这世界 不够完美不够好
一定是在等我们 亲手给它变得美好
就像爱 看起来 会那么少 一定是
在等我们一起勇敢的寻找一起找到

一片片落叶 为开出个花园
手牵手捱过整个冬天
每只蝴蝶 为了飞
为了翩翩起舞 先做一个茧

最美海岸线 总是要很蜿蜒
才足够让人忘返流连
你的身边 要不是
比天边还遥远 勇气怎么出现

当我终于住进你的心里
分享同一个世界
身后错过痛过漫长情节
都变甜美

只有我了解 这幸福感觉
美得值得去付出一切
能够遇见你认识你喜欢你爱上你
感谢我每滴眼泪

只有你明白 我有多珍贵
好得值得你为我改变
请你继续温柔 交换我 灿烂笑容
一天一天 到永远那一天

Yeh 爱上你有多幸运
像是天使的礼物
我们不要辜负这幸福
一定要更加幸福
如果爱 真的是 那么的少
我们就
一起守护我们得来不易的爱不被打扰

一片片落叶 为开出个花园
手牵手捱过整个冬天
每只蝴蝶 为了飞
为了翩翩起舞 先做一个茧

最美海岸线 总是要很蜿蜒
才足够让人忘返流连
你的身边 要不是
比天边还遥远 勇气怎么出现

当你终于走到我的面前
完整所有的画面
就算苦辣酸甜尝过一遍
只剩喜悦

只有我了解 这幸福感觉
美得值得去付出一切
能够遇见你认识你喜欢你爱上你
感谢我每滴眼泪

只有你明白 我有多珍贵
好得值得你为我改变
请你继续温柔 交换我 灿烂笑容
一天一天 到永远那一天

像是大雨过后晴朗的天 宽阔而耀眼
每个黎明都 需要有夜成全
往回看每兜一个圈
每一条迂回的曲线
都是为爱上你必须留的伏线

只有我了解 这幸福感觉
美得值得去付出一切
能够遇见你认识你喜欢你爱上你
感谢我每滴眼泪

只有你明白 我有多珍贵
好得值得你为我改变
请你继续温柔 交换我 灿烂笑容
一天一天 到永远那一天

tell me.

seriously, how do you work with people who always play hide-and-seek with you?

みらい

说远不远，说近不近。

why is it that when you're indifferent pple can't be bothered and complain about your behaviour, when you start to show concern their response is that of indifference or they don't want your concern?

solitude

i miss you...

reminder

i am not alone.

wow.

I take lesser than 15 min to bathe... :D

雨爱

窗外的天气
就像是 你多变的表情
下雨了 雨陪我哭泣
看不清 我也不想看清

离开你 我安静的抽离
不忍揭晓的剧情
我的泪流在心里
学会放弃

听雨的声音 一滴滴清晰
你的呼吸象雨滴渗入我的爱里
真希望雨能下不停
让想念继续 让爱变透明
我爱上给我勇气的 Rainie love

久违的雨滴 一滴滴累积
屋内的湿气象储存爱你的记忆
真希望雨能下不停
雨爱的秘密 能一直延续
我相信 我将会看到 彩虹的美丽

冷冷的空氣
很窒息 我無法呼吸
一萬顆雨滴的距離
很徹底慢慢消失無形

離開你 我安靜的抽離
不忍揭曉的劇情
我的淚流在心裡
學會放棄

聽雨的聲音 一滴滴清晰
你的呼吸像雨滴滲入我的愛裡
真希望雨能下不停
讓想念繼續 讓愛變透明
我愛上給我勇氣的 Rainie love

窗外的雨滴 一滴滴累積
屋內的濕氣像儲存愛你的記憶
真希望雨能下不停
雨愛的秘密能一直延續
我相信我將會看到
彩虹的美麗

屋內的濕氣像儲存愛你的記憶
真希望雨能下不停
雨愛的秘密能一直延續
我相信我將會看到
彩虹的美麗

.

i know nothing.

promise

promise to self:

i will not go out later unless i have done at least half of my audio lab tonight.

S.O.D

I got lost in a maze of a game for 2 hours when I could have gotten out in half an hour with the help of a notebook and pen.

feeling murderous

you DON'T and CAN'T get away with sloppy work.

rawr!

tell me why this is such a pain.

justice

there is no definite right or wrong

it is just difference in our stands and perspectives

hate only arises when something precious to one had been compromised

and once that happens, it is hard to turn back...

i used to think hate is evil and one shouldn't hate at all

however in this grey world there is no definite black or white either

even when our actions hurt others, which i would feel is wrong,

if we are acting according to our principles, then it isn't wrong...?

conflicts are everywhere

we can try minimise conflicts

but undeniably, there are still those which are unavoidable

when our sense of justice tells us to make our stand

no matter how the rest of the world might perceive

no matter the consequences, i will do it

because... this is me.

ramblings

pride vs humility,

what draws the line between?

which is more important as a treasure?

pride or our very own lives?

why is it that sometimes,

pride is worth much more as compared to our lives?

there are just things that outsiders may never understand...

sorry

it was a painful decision.

i will work harder.

Final Fantasy XIII

japanese voiceovers with english/chinese subtitles next week? or english voiceovers in 3 months time...? haiz dilemma dilemma dilemma~~

independence

有些事情还是靠自己比较好。

human

i am just a powerless human.

i can only do one thing at a time.

i can only do things within my power.

some things just can't be forced.

stress

i need to learn how to relax and handle stress in a calmer manner... =X

A Poison Tree

by William Blake

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with my smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.

And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,

And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree

right and wrong

if there is no definite right or wrong in this world,

how do we know if the things we've done are right? or wrong?

how do we know if the moral "ruler" we have in us is true?

or is that even important in the first place?

or maybe, right and wrong really doesn't matter

it's more like the action and its consequences

whether the consequences harm others and things like that

but then again... "harming others" is subjective too...

i guess i paint my world relatively black and white

though i'm aware of the existences of the different shades of grey

maybe i just prefer things to stay the way it has been all along...

感动

为了你，我会更加努力！

谢谢你！

书香

i just love the smell of paper and books... ^^

intense

only now do i truly know the extent of my intense dislike for you.

even just hearing someone mention your name makes me super irritated.

love

有好多话尽在不言中~

there are times when i forget how we started

and i start to take you for granted

but no matter what i do

you are still the same

always caring and patient with me

i was a little upset though it wasn't your fault

and so i kinda did mean it when i blurted it out without thinking

i regretted it after that

a huge lump grew inside my chest

as though i was going to throw up

how could i even have said that? or even meant it at that point in time?

tears did well up in my eyes when i thought about it

was it because i was afraid of losing someone

who would always give in to me like i was a princess?

the more i thought of it

past memories floated in my mind

i realize you mean so much more to me than i ever imagined

i don't ever wanna lose you

i would like for us...

to be holding hands, walking down the beach at night

though our hair have turned grey (and you might have none left by then... opps!)

but... all these, seem like such a faraway dream

i know how painful promises can be

never promise anything as we do not know how the future will be like

though i don't know whether i'll able to stay by your side till death do us part

but... for now...

i would like to stay by your side...

i'm sorry for even thinking of that.

勇者３００

darn! why is hero 300 so difficult to clear??? sobs~~~

勇者３０！

i hereby proudly proclaim that... i'm a half minute hero! woohoo! ^^

chicken

Question: How many legs does a chicken have?

American University Student: 6 legs, because in supermarkets chicken drumsticks are sold in packs of 6.

motivation

if that wasn't the one i'm looking for...

what is it then?

やっぱり～

テレビを買った方がいいな～

the ugly truth

at first sight

it is easy for people to like you

just as how it is easy for people to dislike you

as time goes on

it is still easy for people who used to like you

to gradually dislike you

however

once people dislikes you

it is hard to make them like you (again)

that's life.

belief

no matter what others say,

people only believe what they want to believe in.

time

time is like a filter

relationships are filtered through

and those that stay with you as time goes

are those that are important.

however...

time is like sand

the tighter u grasp

the more it slips away from your hands...

change

変わりたい。

変わらなければならない。

だからこそ、変わるよ。

lol

骑白马的不一定是王子，也可能是唐僧。

only youuuuuuuuuu~~~~~~~~~~~

trials

everyday is a battle

everything faced is a trial

you. keep stretching my limits and testing my patience

i'll gladly take up your challenge.

but if i cannot take it

and simply explode,

you. have been warned.

irritated

maybe it's cos of lack of sleep

or maybe it's purely due to bad temper

even so... seriously

sometimes talking more or talking louder than others

doesn't mean others will listen to you more

or that'll catch other pple's attention more.

i just want some peace and quiet...

mind talking softer and saving those incessant speeches for yourself?

human

there is a difference between being true to oneself, and having low EQ.

i wish i could become more mature.

is this a sign of stress?

that i am so restless and unable to focus?

it feels like it's a burn out tournament,

the one who gets burnt out first will get kicked out of the competition.

i am just a human. i am not god.

i don't have all the time in the world.

i can only choose which are the things i can pay attention to.

i can't care about every little thing that goes on around me.

relax. some things can't be helped.

or rather, i simply don't have the energy to help.

so... just let it go.

Trust You

花は風に揺れ踊るように
雨は大地を潤すように
この世界は寄り添い合い　生きてるのに
なぜ人は傷つけ合うの
なぜ別れは訪れるの

君が遠くに行ってもまだ
いつもこの心の真ん中
あのやさしい笑顔でうめつくされたまま
抱きしめた君のカケラに
痛み感じてもまだ　繋がるから
信じてるよ　また会えると
I'm waiting for your love

I love you
I trust you
君の孤独を分けてほしい
I love you
I trust you
光でも闇でも
二人だから信じ合えるの
離さないで

世界の果てを誰が見たの
旅の終わりを誰が告げるの
今は答えが見えなくて　永い夜でも
信じた道を進んでほしい
その先に光が待つから

君が教えてくれた唄は
今もこの心の真ん中
あのやさしい声と共に響いている
溢れる気持ちのしずくが
あたたかく頬つたう
強くなるね
信じてるよ
繋がってると
I'm always by your side

I love you
I trust you
君のために流す涙が
I love you
I trust you
愛を教えてくれた
どんなに君が道に迷っても
そばにいるよ

I love you
I trust you
君の孤独を分けてほしい
I love you
I trust you
光でも闇でも
I love you
I trust you
哀しみでも歓びでも
I love you
I trust you
君の全てを守りたい

どんなに君が道に迷っても
そばにいるよ
二人だから信じ合えるの
離さないで

why

why is it that some people you try so hard to get them out of your life simply keeps appearing in front of you?

unknown

there are so many things you wouldn't know.

we are all so absorbed by our own worlds,

listening to the things we experience first hand.

do we know the true reason why certain events happen?

even if we do, will we take action to respond to the event?

what is kindness?

could harshness bring kindness as well?

a mother's harsh words is likely be perceived as irritating and uncaring to her children. does that mean the mother, who is simply trying to help her children become better people, is not kind at all?

there is a limit to the things that one can achieve or do,

just like how limited one is in the vast universe.

a volunteer to help rebuild an area in a foreign country is a mere passer-by to the people living there. in time, the people in the area would probably forget who the volunteer, that had once helped them out, was. does this erase the help that the volunteer had given before?

whatever that we do, do we expect ourselves to be remembered?

do we expect our actions to make a huge impact on other's lives?

there are just so many things masked beneath the harshness of the world that one would probably never understand.

relax~

people just don't mature overnight.

indifference

some people simply never change.

i miss you guys!!!

i just met with yuchun this afternoon... how long has it been since i last saw you? it's been so long!

we had a really wonderful lunch (opps paiseh it was yc's treat haha) and were like bitching gossiping, but hey, that's the fun u'll have with your girlfriends haha!

i wish i could have more time with you, there's just so many things i want to know about how u're doing now... haha!

i missed you =)

and i miss you too pansy!

august 2010, please come quickly!!! i want to go out and havoc with you guys once again just like those good old times back in school. i wanna go shopping gossiping ice-creaming exercising ktving cycling with u gals! =X

hees! but i guess i can't be that greedy...

i wish i could do more for u gals =)

but the only thing i can say in the meantime is,

take good care of yourselves!!!

i'll see you gals the next cny! *smiles*

help

helping people

a helping of ice-cream

sir, may i help you?

help! i'm drowning!

help out at a store

please help yourselves!

help to relieve pain

just checking out "help" on the dictionary gave so many different meanings to this simple and innocent looking word. this is a word that is used pretty often in the world, as no man is an island (most of the time). at many times of our lives, we give or are subjected to "help" to and from others.

do you enjoy helping others?

why do you help others?

why and when should you help?

some people is always on the look-out to provide help. they've been through those difficult parts of life, where having no help at all was really painful; thus they do not wish for others to follow in their paths.

some help because their friends asked or seems to need help. to help foster and maintain the relationship, they'll offer their hand of assistance, be it gladly or grudgingly.

some just... help. not because of anything. just. out of the pure goodness in their hearts. laugh.

there's another category of people who are pretty eager to help others as well. their motivation is not particularly because they don't want others to follow in their footsteps (cos they might not have been through those difficult times), neither was it particularly because oh they're my friends i'm happy to help them. it's more of an ego issue, where they think highly of themselves, and by helping people it shows not only to themselves, but to others, of their... erms... ability. such people can sometimes become overly zealous in their effort to provide help to others.

frankly speaking, i feel a little bad to be taking apart one's motives for providing help. i mean, it can be so innocent, just like for example, when someone let's a pregnant lady take his/her seat on the train. but, what is the motive behind one's act of giving help? out of the "pure goodness" of his heart? because he doesn't want the pregnant lady to suffer from the pain and discomfort? because the government says so? because the sign on the mrt says so? because he doesn't like the squeezy seat? because he doesn't like the weird fat lady on his left that kept looking at him? because he wants to show his friends who are with him on the train how gentlemanly and how kind he is? because he wants to show off how he is better and more observant than those that are around him?

haha such a simple incident can be complicated into such intensity. i'm not saying that any motive of these is bad or anything, i mean ultimately all these motives whichever it may be, gave rise to the act of him giving up the seat for the pregnant lady. the pregnant lady is very likely to feel gratitude towards the one who gave up his seat, which is a good thing, because it relieved the pregnant lady of her discomfort.

i guess that is just some food for thought.

why do you help others around you?

perhaps it's time to think about your motivation behind your act of graciousness.

however, to tell the truth, despite the wonderful argument i have put up above, i personally hate people who help others based on his or her own personal needs, not because he or her put others' pain into consideration before helping. that is. if i manage to perceive his/her true intentions.

with that said, i wonder if i'm being hypocritical. the line between putting others feelings into consideration and one's personal needs can be so thin that it is non-existent at times.

then again, when you read the title of my post, what did you think this post was going to be about? about me asking for help? or about me discussing the act of helping?

ok, let me clarify. i personally do not like to ask for help actually. but i still will ask if i really meet with difficulties. call it my stubbornness haha.

"helping (people)" sound like such an angelic act. that's because the party subjected to help is greatly benefited. this can be a good or bad thing. when the receiving end starts to abuse the help received, the giving end could be the one in distress instead.

then when and why should one help?

that's.... something that i'm still trying to learn. :D

opps i think i'm going to get slapped by others for such a lousy post ending. ahahaha~

okok let me elaborate then. well, i have my fair share of the help i gave being abused. however, after much thought, though one might become used by others if he/she is too helpful, this does not mean everyone out there are ungrateful b*****ds. opps. but i guess before choosing (ok i'm sorry to those pure and gracious souls out there who don't choose the receiving end of their help) the person you want to help, you must look at the receiver's personality and deduce whether u'll be made use of in the future if u're going to be helpful. of course if you know that guy is mostly going to be ungrateful, you would most likely not offer him that much help to the extent of him having the idea of making use of you. but there are still exceptions to this... principle. like for eg. a parent helping his/her ungrateful children. *suffers an arrow hit*

so the moral of this post is: be nice, help others out based on the empathy and pure goodness of your soul. but look before you help.

erms. sorry for sounding so skeptical. this sorry coming from me is sincere. you have my word.

omg.

i just saw someone on my msn whose nick is my password.

*jaw drops*

argh.

although i kinda accepted the apology, somehow the more i think about it, the angrier i get.

stop thinking about it.

but it's not like there'll be any change in the future.

it's in the personality.

and somehow, this adds on as a fuel for anger.

World is Mine!

Somehow this song reminds me of a certain someone... =X



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世界で一番おひめさま
そういう扱い心得てよね

その一いつもと違う髪形に気が付くこと
その二ちゃんと靴まで見ることいいね？
その三わたしの一言には三つの言葉で返事すること
わかったら右手がお留守なのをなんとかして！

別にわがままなんて言ってないんだから
キミに心から思って欲しいのかわいいって

世界で一番おひめさま
気が付いてねえねえ
待たせるなんて論外よ
わたしを誰だと思ってるの？
もう何だかあまいものが食べたい！
いますぐによ

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あ、それとね？白いおうまさん決まってるでしょ？
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わかったらかしずいて手を取って「おひめさま」って

べつにわがままなんて言ってないんだから
でもね少しくらい叱ってくれたっていいのよ？

世界でわたしだけのおうじさま
気が付いてほらほら
おててが空いてます
無口で無愛想なおうじさま
もうどうして！気が付いてよ早く

ぜったいキミはわかってない！わかってないわ…

いちごの乗ったショートケーキ
こだわりたまごのとろけるプリン
みんなみんな我慢します…
わがままな子だと思わないで
わたしだってやればできるもん
あとで後悔するわよ

当然です！だってわたしは

世界で一番おひめさま
ちゃんと見ててよねどこかに行っちゃうよ？
ふいに抱きしめられた急にそんなえっ？
「轢かれる危ないよ」そう言ってそっぽ向くキミ
…こっちのが危ないわよ

doubt.

what is it that i really want to do?

standing at the crossroads, i realized that i have totally no idea.

listening to you guys talking about the ideas you wish to carry out in your own projects, i was awed by how focused you guys are. you know what idea you want to enforce, and you even planned out the tiny steps to take to accomplish the bigger goal.

what do i really want to do?

i just wanted to write stories, and investigate methods that would attract consumers to my ideas.

then what am i doing here?

who exactly am i?

what do i really want to do?

once again, i'm doubtful of my qualities to fulfill my dream.

resolve

suddenly, it felt strangely lonely.

to be working on an assignment that i didn't really feel like doing.

while the rest of the world seemed to be out there enjoying themselves.

am i really up to this?

i seem to lack all the things that is required for my dream to be realized.

am i really suitable?

is my passion perceived just some half hearted and short lived feeling?

so many things to do,

yet seemingly so little time.

and yet i spend the limited time i have on my hands procrastinating...

取舍

我终于明白，人不可以太贪心；好的朋友与好的情侣当中只能二选一。

虽然我非常想要在这两者当中取得平衡，但终究还是得做出取舍。

为了你，我觉得一切都是值得的。

为了你，我会不惜一切地维护我们的感情。

fear.

what is there to fear, when you have done nothing wrong?
what is there to fear, when there is nothing you could do anyways?



why can't things remain as simple as how it first started out?

defense of the... sotong?

it is easy for strangers to become friends.
it is also easy for one to develop fondness for another within just a minute.

but.
there's always a line that one should not step over.
especially when you may not know the other person very well.
even more so when you know that you are not supposed to step over that line.

the first time you step over the line, i can take it that it's by accident.
the second time you do that, i can pretend that it didn't happen.
the third time it happens... i'm sorry, i have to do something to let you know.

although i have no intention of hurting anyone, for self-defense, i'm afraid i have to take this course of action.

maths vs. logic

i love maths logic.

merry-go-round

i remember a few days back i was wondering whether the happiness i hold, or the laughter i have now, would eventually vanish.

"there is no such thing as happiness [that lasts] forever."
"instead of wishing for something impossible, why not work towards prolonging hapiness such that it'll last so long that it's almost forever?"

those words ring in my head now.
the very words i said to motivate someone else.

the answer was within me all along. ^^

「思い出は億千万」

子供の頃　やった事あるよ　色あせた記憶だ
紅白帽頭に　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

子供の頃　懐かしい記憶　カレーとかの時に
銀のスプーン目にあて　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

でも今じゃそんな事も忘れて
何かに追われるように毎日生きている

振り返っても（忘れていたアルバムの中に）
あの頃には（馬鹿やってる自分）
戻れない（友達と笑って）　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

今あいつら　どこに居るの？　何をしているの？
答えはぼやけたままで　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

でも今じゃそんな事も忘れて
何かに追われるように毎日生きている

君がくれた勇気は　億千万　億千万
過ぎ去りし季節は　ドラマティック

子供の頃　やったことあるね
雑誌に付いてきた3Dメガネかけ　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

大人になり忘れてた記憶
蘇る鮮やかに腕でL字作り　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

でも今じゃそんな事も忘れて
何かから逃げるように毎日生きている

振り返っても（古ぼけた日記帳開き）
あの頃には（色褪せたページには）
戻れない（初恋の娘の名前）　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

ただあの頃振り返る　無邪気に笑えた
汚れも知らないままに　ウルトラマン　ウルトラマンセブン

でも今じゃそんな事も忘れて
何かから逃げるように毎日生きている

見過ごしてた景色は　億千万　億千万
過ぎ去りし季節は　グラフィティ

君がくれた勇気は　億千万　億千万
過ぎ去りし季節は　ドラマチィック

care and concern.

i accidentally came across a blog post from someone i don't know at all... and he/she's clinically depressed. it reminded me of the ... not so distant past...

if i had felt (more) care and concern from the people around me then, would i have recovered quicker?

but then again, was i even clinically depressed?

i was just drifting around.
living in self pity.
drowning in those painful memories.
hurting myself again and again to numb myself.

i wonder if people who know me now would believe i was once pessimistic and simply waiting for the end to come... hallucinating myself with slit wrists and fantasizing about the most painless way of dying...

thinking back to those days brings tears to my eyes.
why did i had to drop into that abyss?
there were so many people around me that were worried about me.
i had not noticed their presence at all.
i brushed off their concern.
i felt that no one could truly understand how i felt.

even now i feel the same way.
how could others feel the way you do if they had never experienced the exact same thing as you did?
but, their concern cannot be erased just because of this.

if i can, i would do all i can to help pull those who are struggling to get out of the abyss...
so that they would not have to endure the long hard years just like i did...

to the one that's struggling now...
i doubt you would be reading this,
but i want to let you know, you are never alone.
it is good that you are aware of your condition.
do not reject it.
do not reject yourself.
do not reject others as well.
go ask your family or friends for a hug.
open up and talk to people.
it is ok to feel negative now.
but never forget, good things will eventually happen.
that is, if you work hard and keep ur spirits up.
jiayous!

ok sorry i think i sounded as though i am preaching. hees.

programming overdose

i dreamt that me and my classmates are to draw a triangle, and we're going around classrooms trying to obtain and transport the data required to draw our object. (eg. vertex location, colour etc.)

omg.

...

i know ur just poking fun at me.
but i'm still a little mad about it.
hmph. still dare hang up on me.
RAWRRRRRS.



ok lars i'm just sulking in my tiny little world. pls don't mind me.

もっと、もっと。。。

日本語で書くこともう何月ぶりだね～日本語は下手になって、ちょっと書く見よかな。。。



今週は災厄だ。お腹が悪くて、毎日痛くて、宿題は何もできなかった。毎日４８時間があればいいな～



「もっと君と一緒の時間を作りたくて、もっとやさしくなりたいんだ。」

君は私が来ないことに失望そうだ。
本当にごめんね。
来週ちゃんと時間を作るから、もうちょっと待っててね。