Prefect Dinner Memories

Er...wat is Ong doing?


Is he shooting at Wendy??


Formation of a new band? (check out the mike)


Looks like somesort of band/movie poster


the arrival of the stars..


looks like a wedding...everybody gathered to shake hands


Stardom...


this actually looks nice...especially the two standing on the right...


Wendy and her obsession with sepia...


er...oh...look at that nice handphone..(out of ideas)


trying to act disappointed...EPIC FAIL


Group cam-whoring...

Prefect Dinner

On the 16th of June, the annual Prefect Dinner was held...this time, it was we were "retiring" and the new generation where officially "sworn in" as the prefects...

So whatever, it was held in Kuching Park, not the best of places, but better than last year, since they at least refill the buffet food...entertainment was scarce...all we had were 3 performances and the lucky draw, though this year's lucky draw seemed to have a lot of prices, since a lot of people got prizes...most tender number got prizes, talk about the chances!! 099, 088, 077, and the sort all got... I wanted to get 132, but ended with 130, since it was taken...and 132 got a prize!!

So the performances...a guy reciting a poem about prefects...a guy singing "21 Guns" and jamming on his electric guitar, and 3 girls singing "I dont noe wat song since I wasnt paying attention to the name but quite nice to listen to"...and that was it, the rest of the time were occupied, and drawing the numbers...oh the first hour was occupied by speeches and videos...Speeches by the out-going head boy, and the principal (I got principal right here X3..gt it wrong in mock...) and a video about Bush, Hu(Who), Yassir(yes,sir) and Kofi (coffee)...

watever...

nw on to us...

we went there on Ong's car, with ong driving...nearly gt into accident three times...one when he reserve, he wanted to brake, he accelerated, once when going into the roundabout, once when turning a corner, nearly hit a bike...

so we arrived fashionably late...due to Mr Liew's driver...and immediately felt like stars...seriously, we were taking photographs before we even found a place to seat...some of us even had to say "wait ar...taking pic here..." the flashes hurt our eyes, until we were seeing bright lights the entire night...we wonder how the A-list celebs survive...

through out the night, they were mostly cam-whoring....hardly anything worth mention, so above are the results, hey, a picture is worth a thousand words, no?

Love Hina Kawaii

Keitaro watching Motoko cutting leaves in mid-air


Motoko making a weird face


Kaolla up to the usual mischief


Doesnt so many toys staring at you look creepy?


Kaolla testing some burnt food


Weird faces...

Love Hina Anime

Seriously, it was disappointing. it was nth like the manga, though the first few episodes somewhat followed the story, but later, it took a drastic change and that was the final straw..seriously, it was disappointing...

watching the characters "come to life" is one thing, but for the story to change so drastically does not bode well with me...the stories about Keitaro becoming an Archaeologist, and him marrying Naru, and Maeda Ema (whos name to and fro are pronounced the same) does not appear, neither do Keitaro's sister...and they made new characters, and new stories...why when they already have a plot to follow? why the extra work??

stuff like Naru becoming a pop idol are really not needed, it really just spoilt the entire thing...i just cant see her giving up on Todai even for a day...

so anyway, if you've read the manga, dont watch it, but if you've watch it, read the manga...the manga is ten times better

Mock Exams

So mock exams are over...and the results are out...

I have to say, it was better than I expected in some subjects, but overall, its a total let down. For me who seldom study in preparation for exams, I would say I did way more than my usual amount of studying...especially Sejarah, I was memorising all those crap about the Khalifah, the Kabilah, the Kafilah and the Khulafa...arent the words just too similar? And all the things about the Prophet Mohammad, and then the early Islamic Kingdoms, plus the steps of Malaysia's independence... And sejarah ended up as my lousiest subject...

Add Maths was understandable, since I was sneezing and suffering a major headache, Chemistry was my all-time enemy, which I scorned and usually avoid...I ended up forgetting a bunch of things I once remembered...and what the hell is wrong with the MoE? In Chemistry, you have to give an exact value for your prediction, in Bio, you cannot, its wrong to predict an exact value, so why dont they just make it the same???

EST and Moral were subjects I never expected scoring A...not to mention 1A...I've had problems with Moral since Form 1, its my No2 enemy...so it came as a surprise I ended up with an A. Same goes with EST...I still cant quite believe I wrote 5 pages in 20 minutes...crazy...

Physics and Biology are still the same level, though Paper 2 has dropped drastically, only saved by Paper 3. Maths and English were my aces... so that leaves BM and BK, I have decided to strenghten my BM by reading the KOMSAS notes(which I have never done before). BK also came as a surprise that I got a B, since I was thinking it would be satisfactory if I passed, since last year I got just 40 marks...

so less than a month less to SPM, I've decided to:

1.) Ace BM through KOMSAS
2.) Ace Bio and Physics by tackling Paper 2
3.) Ace Add Maths by doing all the exercises the teacher is giving, and maybe do a survey on the questions..
4.) Ace Sejarah by reading all the stuff I dont know...
5.) Work harder on Chemistry and BK to get at least a B3....

thats all for now...adios...

Warriors Orochi 2 PSP

Yeap, its the new Warriors Orochi...its newer than the PS2 version, and contains much, much more items than in the original one...its mostly based of the PS2 Warriors Orochi Z...

First of, we get new characters..in Warriors Orochi 1, we get Da Ji and Orochi as the new characters, the other characters were taken from SW 1 and DW 5...
in Warriors Orochi 2, SW 2 characters are added into the roster, as well as 2 DW 3 (Fu Xi and Nu Wa), and a whole bunch of new characters (Sun Wukong, San Zang, Benkei, Yoshitsune, Taira, Gyukki, Dodomekki, Taigong Wang, Himiko and of course Orochi X)...San Zang and Benkei are new to WO2 in PSP, but are found in WOZ

in WO, 10 proficiency was the maximum, and there were unique items for each officer...
in WO2, 50 proficiency is the maximum, and there are treasures, used to upgrade weapons (kinda like orbs in DW6:Strikeforce)

in WO, unlocking officers are fun and challenging,
in WO2, finishing all 5 story modes unlocks all officers, except 3 (Dodomekki, Gyukki and Orochi X)

in WO, all officers can perform jump while riding,
in WO2, only SW officers and certain Others 2 officer can jump...their jump ability is substituted with a charge attack, although spammin TRIANGLE, can sometimes cause a bug, allowing DW officers to jump..

in WO, officers had only 2 costumes...
in WO2, officers had only 3
in WO2 PSP, officers have 4, the fifth being their DW6 costumes (nt sure if there is a fifth(maybe fury?), or what SW chars get..)

in WO, there were Gaiden stages..
in WO2, it was replace with Dream stages...

in WO, there were 4 story modes (Shu, Wu, Wei, Samurai)
in WO2, there is 5, adding an Orochi, which serves as a prequel to WO...

there are now CG cutscenes to watch...

you can change the speech language to Japanese...which is a relieve...I kinda hate how they pronounce the Ce in Sun Ce, the Nu in Nu Wa, and stuff like that...in Jap, they speak the Japanese versions of the name, which I can identify due to reading Ikki Tosen...

otherwise, not much is different, gameplay is largely the same, stories are of coz different than WO, either than that, all bear too much resemblance to WO2, thank God for the new chars...especially San Zang...she can literally fly...

Vampire Knight

Yea, this is actually a shojo(teenage girls) anime, and the first of the kind i've seen...yup, its kinda dull, not in the boring sort of way...i cant explain...its just everything is sorta predictable, so if you just watch without using your head, you're just find...

comical moments in Vampire Knight are funny, and cute...scenes like Yuki climbing up the wall to avoid a mob is memorable...not to mention the soundtrack of Vampire Knight is quite nice...and as I've said before, the ending, Still Doll by Kanon Washikawa?? is superb...dark and with a phantom of the opera sorta feel...

so now to the story...

Yuki and Zero are the only two prefects of Cross Academy, their job is to protect the identity of the Night Class from the Day Class...naturally, the Night Class are the Vampires... Zero slowly turns to a vampire due to being bitten by a pureblood 4 year prior to the series, Yuki allows him to feed on her so that he doesnt sink into a Level E, a vampire with nothing but blood cravings, something like a zombie, I guess...

Kuran Kaname is the dorm president of the Night Class, he is also a pureblood...he was the one who saved Yuki 10+ years prior to the series..it is later review, he is the ancestor of the Kuran clan, and resurrected by Rido, using Yuki's brother as a sacrifice. Yuki's parents than took him in to replace the son they lost...by the way, Yuki is Kaname's fiancee, apparently purebloods wed their sibling...Rido, jealous for Juli's love kills her and his younger bro, her husband...Kaname, being summoned by Rido is unable to kill him, he destroys Rido and saves Yuki, sending him to Cross Kaien, the Vampire Hunter known as the Vampire Without Fangs...

Zero soons start duty as a Vampire Hunter, hunting vampires along the way...in the end, Yuki's blood is awaken, and she remembers her pass just as Rido attacks the school after recovering from his injuries (talk about coincedence)...the anime ends with Rido's defeat (very, very fast defeat, like in 2 seconds..) and Yuki departing with Kaname...

the manga has yet to end...

why do they keep doing this?? If they want to make an anime, they should completely follow the manga...thank God OP, Bleach and Naruto follows closely, except for a few changes here and there (especially middle fingers) and fillers...

Vampire Knight Kawaii

Yuki surprised...


Relieved...


Trying to escape a mob of angry girls


Kaien entering Zero's room after Yuki went bursting out..


Not so sure what happened


This one either...


My facebook pic...x3

Love Hina

Yea, this is also one of the other mangas I have read recently...

So Love Hina tells of the story of Urashima Keitaro, an accident prone guy who accidently stumbles into his grandmother's inn, not knowing that it was now an all-female dorm. Clumsy as he is, he ends up unintentionally touching some one's breast, or stumbling into the hot spring, or even pulling down their pants...

Keitaro is a 2nd year ronin, he has been taking exams to enter Tokyo University (Todai) for 3 years, failing twice, and this is his third time taking it. He wants to enter Todai to fulfill a promise it made 15 years ago to a girl whose name he doesnt even remember. Naru is trying to enter Todai for the first time, all seems well for her as she got national first for the practice exams...

other characters include Haruka (Keitaro's aunt), Kitsune (a freelance worker), Motoko (a kendo girl), Kaolla (a princess of Todai(country in Pacific, nt sure if real)) and Shinobu (usually the "maid" of the house),

overall its a fun experience reading the manga, the girls sooner or later develops affection for Keitaro, whether consciously or not, other non-tenants, including Mitsumi and Konnako also falls for Keitaro (typical manga...X3) the later being the adopted sister of Keitaro...talk about weird...that's how Japanese are really, they get all sorts of weird ideas...to think they invented the toaster...

what probably affected me most was Naru, and later Keitaro's efforts on studying....i sure wish i had their drive, both target Todai due to promises that they made, and they strife to keep the promise...the way they study is real..how to say...it really sorta challenged me to out do myself...it made me wonder why i should work hard for my SPM and I thought, its my last chance to get a straight A, so might as well try my best and not regret it...though i wont go as far as them to actually study 48 hours non-stop, reading flashcards on the train..that I think is lifeless...

The Lost Symbol

the newest addition to the Dan Brown novels are everything like the previous novels...

Listed as Da Vinci, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress, Deception Point and Lost Symbol

two faced character: Leigh (Da Vinci), Carmelengo (A&D), the commander (Digital Fortress), the NSA Director (Deception Point), and Lost Symbol's very own, Ma'lahk..
victim: Jacques Sauniere, Leonardo Vetra, Takedo, -, Peter Solomon
female lead related to victim: Sophie Neveu, Vittoria Vetra, -, -, Katherine Solomon
assassin: Silas, Hassassin, deaf killer, Delta Force, Ma'lahk

and the list goes on and on...it's basically the same plot being reused...minor tweaks and changes...

what captives Dan Brown readers is the wealth of knowledge that each book hold..and wouldn't go into that, but read and you'll know...

so back to topic...the novel begins with the Masonic ritual, a man being accepted to the 33rd degree, the highest in the order..

and then Langdon gets called to make a speech in Washington Capitol only to find out he's been duped, and his mentor, Peter Solomon (suspiciously absent in the last two books...I mean honoured mentor and this is the first time he's mentioned??) right hand...tattoed to form the Hand of Mysteries. This hand eventually leads to the subbasement in the Capitol in to the vault and the discovering of the Masonic pyramid, a key to unlock the Ancient Mysteries, thought to contain the secret to godhood...more or less..

so between this and that (not much action compared to the other two Langdon books), they finally discovered that the Ancient Mysteries is actually the Bible...Yup, apparently they think the Bible teaches you to become God...and the Koran, and the Torah, and the other Holy Spirituals..It is kinda weird...really weird..

the most interesting thing in the entire book was probably the architecture of Washington D.C in model of ancient Rome...apparent the founding fathers built D.C. to look like Rome, once the capital of the world...and the the Apotheosis of Washington is nice as well..not to mention the Magic Square...

Noetic Science is really weird, but is it considered actual science? I know the transmitting positive thoughts can form prettier ice crystals. but the thing about 9/11 uniting the people and random things become less random...did they forget the Al-Qaede? I doubt they were crying... Why was the Kryptos only mentioned briefly when the clue in the cover of Da Vinci promised it play an important role in it?

So overall, moderate, but I still suggest getting one. Its nice to read, but not exactly on par...

Bamboo Blade Kawaii Moments...

Group photo...



Sayako cheering up Kirino



Kirino and Sayako running...



Azuma, the fifth member

kidnapping Satori Azuma to join the Kendo Club



After being informed by teacher that Azuma is not allowed into the Kendo Club



Having a break...check out Tama-chan (left)



Kirino after consuming some chalk



Tama-chan's hand is hit by a shinai...

Bamboo Blade Review

Yea, this review is way, way overdue, but as I had promised, so I shall deliver my promises...

Bamboo Blade tells of a high school kendo club advisor, Kojiro, who made a bet with his senpai. If Kojiro's girls team can defeat his senpai's he will earn 1 year's worth of free sushi. Did I mention that Kojiro is damn broke? So of course he took the challenge..

Here comes the troubles, Kojiro's kendo consists of 4 members, 2 guys, 2 girls. Kirino is the captain, and Sayako is her best friend. The former is totally devoted to Kendo, and is the only one seen attending the club at the beginning of the series. The latter is a totally random girl who upon failing to write a novel, decided to be a guitarist.

Face with such a problem, Kojiro begins looking around for new members. Joining the team are Danjirou and Yuji. Both boys. Dan-kun, as they call him, is a very short, very round boy. Kojiro gets the idea to get their girlfriends to join. To their surprise, Dan-kun brings his gf Miyako Miyazaki, a pretty girl with a foul temper. She smokes in the manga...

One of Kojiro's first target is Kamizoe Tamaki, a cute 1st year, who is a kendo expert. Though she lacked interest at first, circumstances involving "Justice" brought her into the club. As she said, she joined the club "to protect the weak from the evil"...probably some Blade Braver (her favourite anime) quote... Somehow or rather, they got back Sayako and the team heads out for the match...

WAIT!!! a normal kendo team consists of 5 persons, the Vanguard, the Second Vanguard, the Center, the second-in-command, and the General. so obviously they cant play, however, Kojiro's ingenius plan helped the team through and they won the match..

the series continues from here, adding the 5th person, Azuma and joining the regionals and nationals...I think...not sure whether it was regionals or nationals.

the series is fun, cute and lovable...a 5 star rating and a must see...too bad it's finish...maybe they'll make a second season?? who knows...

Manga

Naruto - what the hell is going on?? whats all that crap about Moon's Eye, ten-tailed beast, and all the bjyuu being part of it...seriously, its getting complicated...I preferred the "older" naruto...the one where they fought Zabuza and stuff...this bjyuu thing and eye transplanting is getting old...and Madara is just damned...he is ruining Naruto for me...

Bleach - nice...a Vaizard bankai...Kensei has released his Bankai...and it seems Hiyori and the "hornet" Vaizard is in serious trouble if Orihime doesnt get their in time...Aizen seems to be on the move...maybe he will fight next chapter...

One piece - I must say, Hancock is pretty...er...airheaded.. i mean, a hug=marriage??? sheesh...and Kuma is now officially PX - Zero.... no more old Kuma.... and Mihawk seems to be targeting Luffy... so anyway, the battle rages on...

Just Dropping In...

seriously, SPM is taking a lot of my time...my sweet time...that and the recent addiction to Mafia Wars... though the Mafia Wars addiction will come to end next week, since yp "tarik balik" my license to go online using my laptop...yup, tat's right, she's removing my password...evil...prob about her assignment or smtin...donoe...gud chance to curb my recent addicitions...

so anyway, tat aside, life goes on without much care...

so to make things short, i recently read Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, planned to do a review, like all the other animes and mangas i've read and watched, but each time i begin, i gt lazy, so some time soon, maybe the end of this week, i'm gonna do a mega review...

so till than, i read a very nice phrase somewhere, it maybe in Lost Symbol, but not sure.

"An amateur built the Ark, but a group of professionals built the Titanic"

it really just mean that being skilled doesnt make everything you do perfect, neither does being unskilled make everything you do imperfect. Noah built an Ark that survived the worst thunderstorm in history, professionals built the Titanic which sank on its maiden vogaye...

adios amigo...lol...