Oooo.. Shiny...

Since the start of my holidays I've been 'busying' myself with a shiny new game by Koei. No, I'm not talking about Gundam Musou, though I do wish it. I'm talking about Musou Orochi. I managed to get my hands on a copy and have been playing it quite a ways. I'm still having trouble with getting Sun Ce's Personal Item. Grrrr...

So what's Musou Orochi about? Its about a megalomaniac who thought it'll be fun to bring together the most chaotic periods of Chinese and Japanese history and let them him and each other battle on their home ground. The result? A messy, just-kill-everybody war with no regard to strategy. Between the 4 stories there is not much of a relation between them. I would LOVE to play on Orochi's side but not that there is... sigh... v_v

Since there is a mix of the sengoku and sangoku characters in the different stories, there is bound to be new relations and pairings. Like in the Wu story, Hanzo Hattori and Tokugawa groups together with Sun Ce to bring back the Sun family and defeat the person who brought them to this forsaken land. In the Wei story, Mitsunari pairs up with Cao Pi. In Shu... we get to see Zhao Yun tied up. *glee*

The list is endless! Just so that Mitsunari and Cao Pi is too irresistable, I did a little fanart on them!

Title: Wait a sec...
aka: The real reason why Mitsunari brought Cao Pi to the onsen
Characters: Ishida Mitsunari (right) and Cao Pi (left)
Rating: M18 - NOT WORKSAFE!!!
Notes: After the fight with Orochi, Cao Pi was feeling left out with all the people flocking around his father instead of him, the real architect in the downfall of Orochi. To lift his spirits, Mistunari brought him to a onsen. It did help to loosen some of Cao Pi's anal retentive behaviour. Well with the help of a few nice strong sake (which surprizingly survive the transition between worlds) Cao Pi was putty in his hands.
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POTC madness!!!!

Watched POTC 3 yesterday. Funny was funny but it didn't do it for me. Unless you like Johnny Depp in various state of minds and undress, this show's for you. The show is rather like spidey but worse. Too many things happening at once, too many things left not shown in the movie and the script was not that fun. Humour was left to slapstick goodness and overused scenes.

To give an overall view:

The pirate world is being wiped out. The only way to save them against the East India Company and the Flying Dutchman alliance is to bring all the Pirate Lords together to fight. The only problem: Captain Jack's one of them and he's now in Davey's Jones Locker which is at World's End. The journey takes them to Singapore, to one of the poles, down a HUMONGOUS waterfall and a nice sea water bath underwater with the ship.

We get to see Will trying to act gentlemanly, James Norrington in a confused state, Elizabeth in only a bathrobe, Jack topless, Jack tattoed, Jack brainless, Jack bringing a new meaning to the movie Multiplicity and Jack acting noble. Barbossa being Barbossa, his actions is the only one that remains straight and true.

Oh yeah, You get to see the Great Sotong King in a bucket...

Last but not least, Stone crabs FTW!!!

Update on my grandmother P2

Alhamdulillah. I saw her just now. She's looking better, with all the energy to move. Fact is that she's not well enough to be moving around, I mean walking around but she's like insisting that she MOVES. I mean like she tried to get off the bed like 5 times the 20 minutes I was standing beside her. But still at least she's fine.

My grandmother is currently feeling very confused. She doesn't speak much but I can guess most of the questions are like: Where am I?; Why am I here?; How did I get here? etc. So that's the reason for her agitated state. So much so that we had to tie her to the bed. Sigh as much as I don't like it, but moving around is not good for her still unstable brain. Other than that, she good. Slightly feverish yesterday but her grip's still very strong. My little sister can testify to that.

Though I'm still unsure on how you take care of stroke patients. How do you feed her? She's still being fed by the tube. But when she gets back how? We have a maid to help us but recognition is almost gone. Motor skill are there but weaker than ever. Sigh... Help me. Dear God, Help me have the strength to support my family during this period. Amin.

Matching you and you Daemon

The Golden Compass is a book which I've read before. Its part of a 3 book series about 3 instruments. I've forgotten the story but after looking at the movie site, I really wanna re-read the series! XD

Here's the link! Click here

On the site, there's also a quiz where it mathes you to your daemon. My initial daemon is the Lion. I think I did something wrong somewhere but hey! Do me a favour please and help with the accuracy to my daemon!

Update on my grandmother.

I've just returned from the Hospital. Tan Tock Seng Hospital sure has the facilities for the elderly folk and my grandmother is a returning guest. She's in the ICU right now. Hopefully she'll be okay.

She suffered a stroke this morning but was only discovered by the maid only about 30 mins later. This was because she was in the loo (coz she has this thing about privacy even though she has her dementia). The paramedics came but the morning jam prevented them to do much for her.

The stroke, a bleeding 3 cm clot in the left side of her brain, left her right upper body paralysed. I cannot see her smile again. She has beautiful teeth at 69. No dentures, no cavities. Plain beautiful teeth and a smile that strikes my heart with joy. When I was there, her grip on her left was still strong. She murmured something, but none of us could understand her. I just stood there holding her hand. With my voice like this, I couldn't say much.

We left her with my aunt watching over her. I hope she gets better.

Pray for her.

Allahuakbar! My Grandmother just collasped! The ambulance just came to take her away a few minutes ago. My aunt, uncle and brother are there. I'm waiting for my lil sister now.

Pray for her...

Manga, Sunday morning and Hotdogs!

I couldn't sleep last night. Well I did have my sleep. For about the 2 hours I was downstairs, I slept during the extra time of the game between Chelsea and Man U. Yes, the game was that boring with both side playing the cautious game of "Oh, throw far then might get to the other team! So kick close..." Bleargh...

Anyway, after waking up, I was (not) surprisingly awake. (Cmon! After having slept about 15 hours the DAY before). So then I spent my time reading the manga I rented from the Mage shop. The selection was as diverse as you get singlish language. I got Legal Drug vol 3, Kitchen Princess vol 2, Esperanca vol 1, Finders series vol 1 and 2, Boku no Koe vol 1 and Hot Gimmick vol 1. AND finally a novel. Okay okay so I was bored. Then again I managed to finish all BUT the novel last night and managed to catch like 20 mins of sleep before being woken up for the morning. (The Finders Series is the best of the lot! X3~~~)

And so after a morning meeting with the peeps from T.Arts, we went bowling~!!! Okay so my legs still hurt from the PT on Friday, but I needed to move them. What better way then lots of walking and bowling! My score was not great after not playin for so long but heck, its better than getting the gutter all the time! Huijie came about somewhere in the 2nd game. After that we (that is, Jie and I) went off on our own.

We went around to rekki for the price of the a game Jie wanted. I was kinda stuck with drawing on one of the wacom tablets on display. So fun!!! XDDD I managed to draw something but colouring just escapes me... *cries* I need lots of help and practice... *cries somemore*

Dinner was a GREAT affair! We had a hot dog meal each. I ordered mine a regular Chicago and he ordered a LARGE Texas Ted. Mine was so big I could hardly get it all done. Huijie's was so much bigger but he finished it off just like that! Well, guys DO have larger appetites... >_> Here's some pictures of the day!


Nice shop, nice person. The potato salad was not that good though...


Yummy... Dinner... XD

(Bitch of photobucket loading AFTER I posted...)

On HIPs and pains in the neck...

To quote my friend, Tueac: Something interesting behind a boring title. Yes! The list is out! We've been warned SEVERAL times in fact. So now they've stepped it up.

What am I talking about? Heard about HIP? No, not the one that goes crack when you try to sit down. It stands for "Honour Intellectual Property". So that = HIP? A bit lame but they get the message across.

Right. I'm talking about downloading anime from the net. Not direct download. But from torrents. The list is out on the list of anime titles that are licensed in Singapore. Where? Here!

A glance though the list and the first question one would ask is: THEY ARE LICENSED?!?! The next question: If they are licensed where can they be found?!? Fact is, dear people, the titles which are licensed in Singapore are just unavailable off the shelves. Meaning they cannot be bought! If they can be bought, they will usually follow the norm and will sub in CHINESE and dub (if available) in CHINESE.

CHINESE!!! Not being racist at all here but DO they realize that not ALL of the people who watch japanese anime or japanese/korean/cantonese drama are Chinese people? The basic reason that I download these anime is because They are only available in Chinese. A language which I HAVE studied despite it NOT being my 2nd language. HECK its not even my 3rd! I'm a Malay. A Malay person that loves other things that the soppy romance drama on Suria.

One example is the not that recent sale of Deathnote Movie by Poh Kim. Yes, I've watched the movie on screen. Therefore I want to buy it a copy to watch in the comfort of my own home. BUT! Its only subbed in CHINESE!!! It has... wait for it... Chinese DUBBING!!! BAH! I cannot even enjoy the movie that way. I cannot enjoy any movie if I do not understand it.

So my point. If you have it licensed, get it done so that many people if not ALL can understand it. Get it done with good quality. Get it ON THE SHELVES so that people can buy it.

Odex, if you ever come across this post, Great job so far but I'm waiting for more DVDs to appear, Thank you.

*drags body off bed*

Oh man.. My back... my neck... my stomach. Feels damn bloated... My throat feels like I'm bloody swallowing Sandpaper all the time. My gym session's at 3. Though I'm ready to go, but my body feels like plasticine peppered with glass shards. =_= Okay I don't think I should go sigh...

Bloody virus... Can't my sister stay HEALTHY for once! >_<

Synopsis: Parfum Extrait 0

Its been a long time since the last update! I've been rather slacking after the exams! XD Reading manga, watching anime, drawing stuff! Seems like I've been rather busy instead of lazy! Than again I've gotta start on my costume! ^_^ Now if only my monetary funds can cover me well enough... *cries*

Anyway, right now lemme give you guys a synopsis of one of the manga I've been reading: Parfum Extrait 0 by Kaori Yuki



It is said that by looking into another's eyes you can tell much about a person. So does one's scent. This manga is a one shot complete manga recently translated by Chuang Yi, written and drawn by the artist of Fairy Cube, Kaori Yuki.

This is a manga about an expert perfumer (read: not Perfume peddler), Kanade Saikawa, who is able to remember and distinguish every scent and odour he has smelt before. The fragrances he create goes with the person's personality and style making each of it unique to the person. It is a mask the fragrance it, but it never hides the heart of one who wears it.

The first story is of one of his customer who was rumoured to be harrassed by an unknown man thought to be one of the Yakuza. Body guards for the girl has not deterred the man from the girl. It is then known that the girl is missing from the mansion and that her mother was gone overseas. By chance, he had stumbled onto the scent he created on the streets, but it was tainted with the scent of "Death". By using his nose to follow the unique scent that he created for the girl he found himself at a rundown building filled with the choking scent of roses. It leads to a bigger story than just a missing girl from the streets.

The second story is of Kanade's Past. Approached by a magazine, about a popular internet rumour of the "Perfume of Death", he tries to explain that its impossible for a scent to kill somebody. It was until a person who bought such a bottle of perfume from an online shop died shortly after she opened the bottle he did not believe such a rumour. But with his nose, he caught the slight scent of almonds beneath the fragrance which he identified as his "Felicia no. 8". Was it murder? or accidental suicide? Afterall, the perfume he created was discontinued about 2 years ago. Read the story which follows Kanade's past regarding a love triangle and death.

The third story is of how a fragrance can cover up memories if it causes such a deep impression to a person. Perfumes can also form false memories to mask the harsher reality to the person in concern. Be mesmerised as Kanade does his magic using his Fragrance Organ to uncover the truths beneath the false.

Overall, the manga is a nice short volume with beautiful detailed artwork that is characteristic of Kaori Yuki. Good for those who are looking for a short yet meaningful read into the world of perfumers and those affected by them.

Rating: 7.0/10

Rather, now i'd like to apologize for my broken English! Seems to be a long time since I've actually read something that is not a graphic novel... Help me...