Sitting out
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Sitting Out

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Dear TomHa,
I like this photo, quite a lot... Very good memories indeed of the good times spent in New Zealand. Dannies and Hock are the 2 leads in this photo, against a backdrop of whiteout, very nostalgic feeling indeed. I miss those days.

Anyway, I watched Bourne Ultimatum today and must say that it deserved all the accolades that it got, including the rare 5 star by ST's film correspondent Ong Sor Fern. I always followed her reviews, disagreeing with few of them and must say that her 5 stars went the right way this time. Good as Return of the King was, i think it was at most 4 and half stars. Fellowship of the Ring is still the best.. Perhaps as it captivated my heart on the first try. Anyhow, Bourne is the ultimate aikido master as he seemed to like kotae gaeshi and shihou nage very much, albeit doing it a little bit more violently. Very captivating movie and personally, I do not think you need to know the first 2 films to understand this one fully.

Hung out with the canoeing gang yesterday. Very nostalgic feeling, although we agreed that we had grown up as the same lameness does not seem to work as well anymore.

Cheers to maturity! or the lack thereof

Sobzz...
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Dear TomHa,
Ar... School starts tomorrow and I certainly do not want it to. This holidays sure felt long, as I felt to have done so many things. Helped Aileen and earn some extra bucks on those Malaysia trips, conquering Kinabalu for another time, went for an extraordinary trip in Japan, experiencing the wrath of nature hitting us in the face for the first time and, not to mention, countless educational commitments. But sad thing though is that I remained as single as a hermit crab and I failed to meet some of my old buddies. Was 3 months too short to arrange a meet-up? Lol.

And so, I am in my final year, the magical year number 4 which started on a bad note as I failed to get the FYP that I wanted. Believe it or not, I submitted 8 choices and I got none of them. Thanks to Weisheng's help, or I would not have a single FYP to my name, I got a project entitled automatic beacon system which is like designing an automatic sentry system which other than to warn of the intruders, it must also pin poin its location and trace that guy's movements in the area, before help arrives. Programming, robotics, OMG... big challenges ahead! Hence, I took a module that all my engin friends (only 2 actually) gasped and asked if I was ok. Robot kinematics, dynamics and control.. which is so not Kheng Wee. Well.. I took Fluids last sem, and got an A, which is also so not me again. Hope that the divine beings would help a bit this time!!

I'm pretty free this coming semester. Given that I only have 2 modules to my name, excluding FYP of course, hence, ring me up for lunch whenever u guys are free alright? although I still think that I would stick to my packed sandwich lunch...so conenient...

Till then!

Shibuya invaded
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Dear TomHa,

And so, I caught up with the rest of the world and finished Rowling's latest Potter episode. I still like Goblet the best, as it has the best mix of fun and darkness, I think. This one, however, carries with it a certain emotional attachment for readers who had been following the series for a while. I followed the series only in secondary 4, when the stress of the prelims, mounted due to my mediocre mid-year results proved too much to bear and I had to let it out somewhere. I found the imaginative world Rowling created a peaceful solace from the enormity of the papers that loomed and now, so it ends. Hence, I felt kinda sad but nonetheless happy that the awesome trio emerged victorious against the might of the Dark Lord and lived happily ever after.

Rainy Shibuya

Rainy Shibuya
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Dear Readers,

I am simply too lazy to post... Will share with you all my Japan Escapade cum Adventure when we meet up. To write is too irritating, given now that my Japanese teacher is demanding a write-up on the trip and souvenirs that I did not buy for her. Too many things to do, too little time, too little amounts of energy to use. Well, I am still pretty on about Flickr! So, do bookmark that site instead!

Cheers!

時をかける少女

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トムハ君

映画館でアニメをみる久しぶり。でもこの映画はとてもおもしろくて、ちょっと悲しいと思う、そして、あの少女はすごく可愛いね！みんな、もしお金と時間がある、絶対にこの映画が見えなければなりません！
Well, it's been a long time since I watched an anime in cinemas. A very interesting but a little sad show. The anime girl is super cute la! If I have a girlfriend like that, then I can die with no regrets. But alas... she is animation. Everyone! Should you have the time and money, do go and catch this show!

Should I divulge a little about the story? Nah... just go google and you'll find better reviews than what I can type.
じゃ、来週、日本へいくよ！楽しみに！

Buddha bless me ar!
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Ever since I came back from Kinabalu, I had not been running well, which is strange as I had came back from altitude, and by rights, I should have more oxygen carrying red blood cells in the body and I should run faster? Heck, reality always opposes me and now, I am just glad that I meet my usual Bukit Batok regime timings. Guess I need some divine intervention!

Alright, so it's the holidays and I had been reading my papers more conscientiously and thoroughly. Some news that struck me, and left a rather deep impression in me.

1. Death of the upcoming, promising RJC triathlete.
He looks like a eat potato, but that is not the issue. I guess pain is always good, but the main problem is knowing the threshold which the body can take. It is like climbing. The summit is near but you cannot feel your extremities. Would you spend another hour exposing yourself in the wind just to meet the objective and risk losing all the fingers and toes and be labelled a freak when you come down? Not worth it. All sports pushes the athletes to their limits. But, just remember, everyone has that limit that he or she cannot cross. I recommend watching Claymore, a japanese anime that will show you just what is meant by the disastrous effect of crossing the limit.

2. Mount Avarice
So the Chinese government are going to build a highway all the way to the base camp of Everest on the Tibetan side of the mountain. Nice. How about some cable cars to the summit, using cables woven out of yak hair?

3. Maggie Q is really chio
That explains it pretty much.

4. Christopher Lee gets out of jail and Fann Wong is not to be seen.
姑姑，你还在南海神尼哪儿吗？

5. We are all going to die from global warming soon.

Dual Identity
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Materials used for this shot:
1 Petzl Tikka Headlamp
Several sheets of paper
1 BK Venom toy
And lots of books for the make-shift tripod as I cannot find it in my house... lol..

Here's my first studio shot! And I like it very much... as as always, my sense of art is always very freaky. But somehow, don't you all find that the shadow presented a very different kind of emotive feel from the toy itself? Somehow, even though the toy is grinning monstrously, the shadow seemed to be grimacing in misery. The sort of thing that most people who only watched Venom as Spiderman's arch enemy would never understand.

Oh yah.. Transformers coming up! So exciting!

A friend commented aptly.. where had Tomha gone to? Hmm.. he also needs some rest from all my incessant grumblings one mah... lol

GuanYing Ma
Originally uploaded by Minas Morgul.

Isn't this photo nice? I just love the tranquil feeling that you get when gazing at GuanYin Ma's face. It gives peace to people.. no wonder she is a deity. Too bad i am a very unpious person. Better be the atheist that returns to the ground as nutrients than the Buddhist who got to hell due to bad karma and un-piousness...

Don't you all just love the color slides give? And this one expired some more...