Gift of the Year

Alright, a surprised gift!

Gov. of Terengganu / YAB Dato' Seri Haji Ahmad bin Said

I got a free laptop! 

As my current using laptop going to die anytime I think. 

Have been thinking that should I change a new one, but just...... um...... need to spend again...... dilemma again..... Urgghh....No Way!

My reddish D. often auto shutdown just like my old phone and the blue black screen occurred randomly.

There are bundles of important information saved inside it, I just scared that they might disappeared anytime. 

Laptop is very berry important to me.

I need it for my work and entertainment.

Without you, I could have die of bored.

So, I received the laptop just in time.

BUT, BUT, but,
when I switched on the lappie, the biggest letdown came in.
The operating system is Windows XP! wtf.
Of course I'm not expecting to get a Windows 8, but at least is in Windows Vista...

Anyway, still a big thanks!
Consider myself lucky because not everyone get that.
At least the processor not that outdated and I still can use it no matter what windows is it. 

Is 30th of October. 

Good things are coming one by one.

Countdown: 10 days

Hippie Halloween

Halloween is just around the corner. 

It's one of the popular holiday, I thought only Western countries widely celebrate, but also Japan. 

I just checked out Cheesie's halloween post. Is superb awesome! How I wish I was there!

Okay, mission impossible...... So, i checked out the webs. 

You know when you can't visit a place, at least seeing photos might ease yourself a little. 

Halloween may not be a traditional Japanese holiday, but I must say that this spooky holiday gets more popular in Japan. Just dress up and party!!

Halloween parties are happening around the town especially @Shibuya and Harajuku during the weekends. 

You don't even need to get any party invitation. 

Just stroll down the street and you'll drown into the spirit of spooky fun.

The bat printed dresses are cute.
The orange-blueish wigs rock them!

  

Sexay ladies on the street.

This picture somehow reminds me of the Batman joker.

                                     

When you see Jack O' Lantern means Halloween is here.

Mickey hat spotted! Psyco?!

Bleeding bride, wanna haunt your fiance?

Everyone is superb cool, uh!  TOKYO ROCKS'

I feel like they are actually playing with the costumes and make up magic, just mix in some orange and red elements to make it more like a Halloween party.

Fascinating, right?

CAN I BE ONE OF THEM?!

I think lots of people celebrate Halloween without knowing its origins and myths. Halloween might be reference to some rituals.

But, who cares? Well, all I know is Halloween as a time for fun, putting on costumes, trick or treating and Jack O' Lantern and @31st of Oct.

Let's see the food now!

Cute little mummies in pizzas and sausages.

Chocolate's grave! 

               

        

Cool glass holders! In this case, I don't think fingers bones are scary.

          

Those spooky food are not scary at all, even too cute to be swallow. 

I want to go party like this! 

Why here is not Tokyo.

Anyway,

Happy Halloween, everyone !

Tai Chi from ZERO to HERO

Went to watch Tai Chi Zero yesterday.
I know I'm late for this movie.
So, when I online checking the movie time, I was confusing between this Tai Chi Zero and Tai Chi Hero until I saw this poster outside the cinema.

The movie is a cross culture of comic books, video game style graphics and anime inspirations.
Was during mid-Qing dynasty about the main character, Lu Chan wanna entered the Chen Village to learn kung fu and the train that could destroyed the properties wanted to enter the village.
Some words will appeared to introduce you the buildings and characters.
Lu Chan required to pass level by level.
When he failed, words like "K.O!" "BAM!" appeared. Pretty much like you are playing on video games.

So, when a movie takes tone of video game or anime, it might be a little exaggerated.
The type of flashing light, the giant metal machine (I was like what? named as Troy No.1?! The movie, Troy flashed in my mind. Um, maybe they just wanted to prove how strong is the machine...... ),comic-cartoon faces/colours, using vegetables and fruits as weapons, made the movie a little funny.
Yet, you are like watching comedy type kung fu movie.

That's why I'm kinda disappointed with that.
I'm expecting more REAL kung fu scenes ( the grand one warrior typed ).
The teaser I searched on youtube didn't showed me those video games thingy.

More disappointment occurred when the movie comes to the end. 
It's a cliffhanger movie! A really annoying one!
Tai Chi Zero seems to function just a little more than a teaser for the sequel, Tai Chi Hero. 
Because the storyline was short but the director make the movie longer with all those actions and Stephen Fung left quite a number of scenes at the end to let you guess the ending. 
Yes, you really have no idea with the ending. 
Not like all those Harry Porter or Twilight series' cliffhanger typed.
I must to say that Hong Kong people is smart in doing business! 
Both the Tai Chi movies can be showing on the screen at the same time. You wouldn't need to wait for months. 
When the movie ends like that, they just force you to spend on another ticket to watch the ending. 

Anyway, Tai Chi 2: Hero might be more interesting and excited because Daniel Wu on cast as a mysterious monk!
And Patrick Tse will be part of it, too as a martial arts guru.
I guess more logical fight scenes will appeared not that video games types.
Oh gosh! Should skipped the part 1, just buy the part 2 ticket.
Mistake, Sigh!

This Is a Love Story

Finally, I completed the last five chapters during another boring course I attended!

Is been a long times that I never touched a novel. I bought this book because I want to spend my RM200 vouchers that I got early of the year. I told myself I must at least get an English novel. I don't want the English words fade from my brain. I felt a little upset every time when I saw some words that I remembered I had learnt but I barely able to speak out the meanings.

I took about half year to complete the reading. Yes, slow like snail...... How could I? I was like read only two chapters for a week. The story is nice but I'm getting lazier and lazier to read ever since I graduated from high school. This is not a good sign! Backed then when I was in high school, I read newspapers everyday! Not that I read every details of the news, at least I wouldn't missed out a day. To finish a novel in just few days is not a big deal. But now?! I think I only flipped the papers maybe twice a week and it took me half year to finish reading my novel. Oh, what the toots!

So, um...... I bought this novel because my eyes caught up by the turquoise white, shiny cover among all the other books with the dull cover on the shelf. The cute love birds that printed on the cover are sweet. It drew me to it!

this is a LOVE Story by Jessica Thompson

…but not every story is the same.

Jessica Thompson, the author.

I started this book not expecting too much as the title already told you. So, I think will be sort of the boy meets girl story. But, there is a small phrase at the bottom of the book cover stated that "...but not every story is the same." When you see this, you probably expect something differences.

The style of writing - swapping from his and her views in every chapters are interesting. Well, it certainly made you more understand the thoughts of both main characters. The start of the story is a little slow and I only found the storyline started to be interesting after chapter nine.

This story isn't about romance so much as it is more to simple connection with human being. Is not a typical cheesy love story, it's frustrating. The way that make me wanna jump inside the story to tie up Nick Redland and Sienna Walker, both the main character together and connect them with some sort of machine to force them tell the true feeling to each other. How could they trying to hide their true feelings for years?! Oh, dumbo Nick you should man up yourself to make the confession to Si.

Anyway, this story is mainly about Nick and Sienna falling apart with each other but their loves for each other are hidden. So, they remain best friends for years. So many things happened in between the years. And in the end, both of them...... You gonna find out yourself the story, if you're interested.

Okay, is 22th of October...... November baby please arrive earlier! ( I'm begging you)

Tuesdays with Morrie_02

What's the fourteen Tuesdays all about?

1st Tues   : The world
2nd Tues  : Feeling sorry for yourself
3rd Tues  : Regrets

Morrie said the culture doesn't encourage us to think about our life until we're about to die. Yes! We are so wrapped up with career, family, having enough money and involved in trillions of little acts that you shouldn't bothered too much. Have you ever standing back, looking at your life and saying:
Is this all you want?
Is something missing?
Do you regret with what you've own now?
Do you happy with your career?
People says Yolo!
I did thought about all these things, but I just don't have the courage to change my regular lifestyle. Ironic, right? Sigh......
Maybe we just need people like Morrie to probe us in that direction.
" Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."

4th Tues  : Death

Can you ever be as brave as Morrie in facing the death issue? He thought that he's lucky to be alive though he couldn't even wiped his own ass and he was much like a baby. Well, I guess I wouldn't be that brave.

Do you believe in reincarnation? What would you came back as?
I'll choose to come back as human. Human being is the only creature on earth that capable of feeling the noble emotion. Though I might face something rather horrible but I still want to become a human.

5th Tues  : Family

Sometimes people who own a great family don't appreciate much, but people who lost their family envy on others. We often feel regret when your beloved gone. Years back, I participated in a camp and there was a soul talk session. When comes to a soul talk with dim lightning, is much on a touchy-feely session. Most of us cried when the camp mates shared their experiences on running away from home, fighting with the parents or siblings. In the end, what they ended with the stories are the same.
'No matter what you've done with your family, family is always family, they are the only people stand by your side when everyone abandoned you.'

6th Tues  : Emotions
7th Tues  : The fear of aging

People often afraid when someone ask about their ages especially ladies. Idk why  is like a sensitive issue for them and I remembered someone told me that asking people on their age is disrespectful. Is it??
Morrie said people who afraid to grow old reflects that he might have unsatisfied and unfulfilled lives.
I'm 24 and I always looking forward on each year I grow older just I want to know what will I become in the future. Ha ha! I hope I can predict the future......
"Aging isn't decay, but growth."

8th Tues  : Money

Talking about money, tell me who don't lurve it?!
We've got a form of brainwashing that more is good! More is good! What Morrie said is exactly true! We never satisfied with what we already have.
People wanting to gobble up something new, get more properties and latest toys. I wonder why people queueing up at dawn just to get the latest gadgets? Worth it?
When you load the Facebook probably will see a lot of people wanted to show you about their latest buying. ' Guess what I've got, today? ' I did that,too. Sometimes.
Um..... can't deny that money is important but besides earning money please remembered that there are still much more other things that you should care.
You earn in and you give out in a great way.

9th Tues  : How love goes on
10th Tues: Marriage
11th Tues: Our culture

"People are only mean when they're threatened."

12th Tues: Forgiveness

"Forgive yourself before you die, then forgive others."

13th Tues: The perfect day
14th Tues: We say Good Bye

Well, Mr. Morrie you inspired me! Never thought I'll learnt something else during the course. I was jotting down some quotes from Morrie while reading because I afraid that I'll forgot as I can't take the book home. My friends were like feeling curious that what am I doing. Indeed, I should have listened to the talks given by faci. Lastly, I should say thank you for the one who left your book there.

I spent 2 days for this book. This proved that how unconcentrated I am during the course and how bored is it.

I'm actually darn slow in reading during these days. You'll know how slow am I when you see my next post on books I read. Stay tuned.

p/s: This is not a book review. If it is, then is definitely not a good one.