No fanciful dinner dates, no extravagant celebrations, just a simple birthday celebration. It was quite comical when mei was home with the cake and I was trying to divert mom's attention. Chasing her out of her kitchen, asking her to shower so that we can hide cake in the freezer - my mom loves ice cream cake. And first time ever I offered to look after the fire, to ensure our soup is not overcook.
And when mom was out from the shower, I was practically sticking close to her AND the fridge. Haha. Whatever she wants or need, I'll retrieve it from the fridge for her. Offered to look after her soup as well. My mom is a vegetarian, so sometimes she'll cook her food separately - if the soup contains meat.
Also it was a day where dajie and mei were home together, just for mom's bday. :)
We prepared the cake and sang a song for her. She was surprised and although she didn't show it, I knew that she was happy. Heh.
The winds had been very strong lately.. And it reminded me of the times spent in Japan. Every night when I was walking back to my hotel, I could feel the chilling air blowing against my face. I'd just lean outside my windows and let the cool air blow against my face while I thought of Japan. It's slightly different as the air there are colder and dry whereas here is cool. Still, who am I to complain when the wind here let me think of Japan..
I realised that we have many Korean channels here in Singapore but just 2 Japanese channels.. I wish there will be more, expecially ones that air the dramas and the variety shows - domouto and kyoudai and the other one.. Which I can't remember at the moment. Those were funny.
Yes!! I had just finished all 20 episodes of Secret Garden. Did not really enjoy the ending though I realised why did they show that part with the kids outside the gate. For the mother had not acknowledge the female lead and disown her son.
And also another character had caught my attention - Sun.
In Secret Garden, he acted a gay and was in love with Oska yet he did not show or tell his true feelings to Oska. He was just keeping it within himself and Oska knew that Sun likes man. I did not start from episode 1 so I'm not sure how they met. Many times when Oska tried to make Sun stay, Sun said something like this - "You do not know how to me stay". And it was funny when he and the other girl were fighting over Oska (who was totally clueless about how Sun felt about him). Another funny scene was when Oska carried Sun over his shoulder. That was hilarious. In the end, Sun stayed and helped Oska. I guess he cherish every moment spent with him and was happy when Oska said he liked Sun even though it was "like" as a friend and not "like" in love. He stayed in the background and support Oska behind and letting go when it was time. He knew that Oska will never return his affection for him anyway.
Found this song which I think suits him more than the main couple. He was scarily fair and to think he was just 22years old! He looked young in the show but still matured. Found a clip of him in youtube and he looked very like his age, so young and so uncool. Hahah. I think he was cooler in Secret Garden against the 36years old man.
Here's the clip for him, "That Man" sung by a male.
Think he played the role well, gay but not sissy gay, a very cool and composed gay.
I'm not one who will watch a Korean drama unless it is really good because of the dragging, the many love triangles - 3~4 or even 5? So from a really short drama can stretch to 30+ episodes. Another thing is.. a lot of crying, a lot of shouting (especially with the girl being really fierce, the rich with the poor and the parent - always the mom will try to break the pair apart). So far, one of the Korean dramas that I like "All About Eve" - really old drama and very straight to the point.
Recently, I'm watching "Secret Garden" after hearing my sister telling me about the show. No 3~4 love triangles but it is still draggy in some parts and the OST makes up for it.
The main male lead acted in "Jia You Jin Soon" - for those who watched this drama before. I did not, and heard from dajie that he had slim down a lot in this "Secret Garden". Still.. a lot of crying, especially from episode 13 onwards? After the girl realised that she likes the guy. Yes.. that's where the evil rich mother starts scheming.
I found out that there are two OST - one for The Woman and another for The Man.
That Woman
That Man
And another song that I liked. :)
Here I Am
Lastly, wishing all my friends and those who reads my blog a Merry Christmas!
I'd finally completed all three kingdoms on Dynasty Warriors 7 - Wei, Shu and Wu. I have long being a fan of this game, mainly because of the hack and slash portion. Also because it involves the 3 kingdoms with characters who I am familar with. On top of that, I am also drawn to the story behind the 3 kingdoms, reading it up on wiki but it was too dry so I gave up not long after.
Although I'd played most of the DW series, I didn't know the story in-depth for the game do not requires one to follow the storyline completely. It's mainly create a new character or use one of the characters available, get a new kingdom and start conquering it. It was different this time in DW 7. One need to complete the 3 kingdoms followed by Jin and you can start your own conquest - is not as extensive as the previous series. By completing all 4 stories allows you to fully unlock the characters so to do their personal achievement in the conquest stage.
Another good thing in the game is there's a encyclopedia where you can read up on the individual characters (very brief) as well as the timeline of what had happened. I went to do my own read up in wiki and wondered to myself - how the hell did they get all these information? It happened so many years back that most information, books are destroyed no? How did they know what was the tactics used then?
Anyway, upon completing Wei, I had a profound respect for Cao Cao. He was not only a fighter, a poet and a strategist. Can he be said to be on par with Zhuge Liang? He was portray was someone cold hearted, is he really?
All three men - Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Jian/Sun Ce/Sun Quan (I put all three together because the first two had very short lives) had their own strength and weakness.
For Liu Bei, he had his five tiger generals (Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong) who are fiercely loyal to him. They are his strength. For strategy, he had Zhuge Liang. What does Liu Bei has? He has his benvolence, being kind yet that could be his weakness.
Sun Quan, unfortunately for him, his father and brother were both assassinated by the enemies on two separate events leaving Sun Quan to take over the role of a ruler so fast before he could grasp what had happened. I didn't pay much attention to him because he just do not interest me. He was lucky to have Zhou Yu to help him.
Cao Cao may be cunning, cold hearted but I felt that he had a side of him that no one knows. Many said Cao Cao took in Emporer Xian and used him as a puppet however I felt that he was sticking to his own principle. If he wants to be an emporer, he would have instead of just asking to be the King of Wei. It's hard to understand what was on his mind.
I could just go on and on about Cao Cao however it's time for me to sleep. Tomorrow is another long day, and it just reminds me of the same question again "Why am I still here?" and again, I'm just procrastinating.
Yea!!! I'd just made payments for my modules! Be taking on 2 modules - Statistics (Term 1) and Quantitative Methods (Term 2) and a Ucore - Critical Writing/Thinking (can't remember it'll be on which term). Try these combination and see how well it goes. If I can manage, I may take on 1 more for my 2nd sem. Don't want to waste time.. And if I do well enough, I may consider going 4yrs for the honours. :) Got to play by ear. Excited? YES! Nervous? Definitely!
So long never hit the books but I'm glad I have friends who are willing to lend me a hand. I'm so blessed! Wonder if I will bump onto my girls in school....
Yessssss!! I'd finally - FINALLY completed Dragon Age 2! Took me long enough and when the credits came rolling, I was entranced by the ending song.
DA 1 is about the blight, DA2 is about the ongoing issue between mages and templars.
Things I wish happened in DA2 was to have my hero continuing her journey but she was too busy living her life with the King of Ferelden, Alistair and rebuilding the grey wardens community.
Initially I thought my new character in DA2 was a grey warden, but she was just an ordinary girl seeking to escape from the blight with her family. Quite a twist and there's no point in continuing with a grey warden in DA2 since DA1 is focusing on them.
Some characters from DA1 appeared in some of the side quests such as Zevran (wonder whether will he still appear if he'd romance with my hero and my hero did not end up being Alistair's queen), Alistair or King of Ferelden appeared, Nathaniel Howe and Leliana (super small role, just seeking out my champion).
There were also references to events happening in DA1 - Vigil's keep, the architect, etc. Brings back memories and made me feel like replaying DA1 but I don't think I have the stamina to go through the whole game.
Oh, I'd noticed that this time the potions are much harder to get. Stores will sell them once or twice and it's always in very limited quantity. You do not have to worry about your companions' armors because they have 3 levels of upgrade.
To compare DA1 and DA2, I liked both. DA1 is more of killing darkspawns and DA2 is more of human issues.
Saw a trailer for DA3 and can't wait to see how the gameplay is like. It seemed to take on a darker role this time. Will the blight really be over? The architect still seemed to be a mystery. Is he building an army? How about Morrigan's child? What happened to the child? And my champion, people are still seeking her.
I think the timeline for DA2 should happen after these incidents. Like years later and not months later.
Here's DA3 (official or not?)
Oh, and my favourite ending theme for DA2
I'm Not Calling You A Liar (If it wasnt for Dragon Age 2 I would have never started listening to Florence + the Machine)
Found another great track! PLUS is it's from my favourite gloomy character. And yes... I romanced my champion with him because he's so gloomy. Lol.
Oh oh! I happened to find this webpage for Fenris fans! Nicely done up and I'm too lazy to put the image here. Check it out here! Or just see it from the video.
Anyway I was watching BBC with mom earlier in the day and they were talking about Greenland and the melting ice. That reminded me of this:
A remake in HD format, FF7 was launched in 1997 HD quality released in 2009 after Advent Children (2005).
I remembered wanting to replay this game when my ps1 was still working since I'd stopped the game halfway (after Aerith died, I lost my reason to continue. Ok.. because I'd spent so much effort in getting Cloud's affection for the girl!). I'd played FF8-10 and graphics had changed so much. Being used to the box-less characters and seeing a box-like Cloud.. My eyes just couldn't get used to it. So I switched it off and stopped.
Wow... I didn't know that BioWare was one of the developers for my favourite PC game - Baldur's Gate. I do remembered the Black Isle's logo although I did not know that's the publisher! O.O!!
