Short update.

alright 15% done on my detailing dossier. so how come im blogging?

well. haha. needed to.

so crit 3 hasnt quite gone the way i would have wanted..

and i count it as a failure anyway.

failure is because i did not have the same confidence i had for p3

and because of that everything falls apart.

its reminiscent of the metabolist concept.

need to have a strong central core for it to work out..

in the end just didnt have that strong core of mine.

oh wells. look forward to the final production crit and external crit and oso dip show. AH!



on second note. been anime chionging.

other than shigofumi and gundam00, i picked up code geass based on recommendations from blogs and friends, gurren lagann, finally ah? yl keep telling me to watch so i had to give it a go.
and also the melacholy of haruhi. lol.

ok. i shall give my comment on the episodes i watched so far.

for code geass. i only watched episode 1. it seemed reasonably interesting to be crowned japan's number 1 anime at the awards, but i will be stalling this because save the best for the last? haha, episode 1's ending was abit twisted though.

gurren lagann. ok its not a bad show. im quite used to the style they use. actually it makes me think what the appeal of the show is?

it has a unique style.. ok
its storyline is actually rather simple (episode 13) so far. somehow reminded me of digimon season 1 with the whole four emperors thing. but when ep 13 ended. i think theres something huge gonna happen. i think that the helix king may have created humans for a certain pupose.. which is gonna be epic plot twist like what happen in Sola.

oso the first part of series main character. kamina is a super super similar character to that of masaru daimon of digimon savers. both talk abt spirit of man, both do incredibly stupid yet manly actions.. and everytime ends up well anyway.

e.g of similar actions. kamina swiping out a sword to face a ganmen while masaru using his fist to fight a digimon.

the only difference. is tat kamina died and masaru didnt. but still both are the same to me.

the death of kamina just serves to impact more.

storyline has been predictable so far. but i would say its an enjoyable and interesting anime and i shd be finishing it in a week's time.

i think there would be more plot twists oso.

ok. then on to shigofumi.

only 2 episodes so far. but i must say. im super impressed. this may turn out to be the best anime for 2008 based on its episodes so far.

shigofumi means a letter from the dead. when a person dies, he/she will have one letter to send to anyone. so yeah u get the jist of it.

first 2 episodes seems to be abt a short story. so im guessing that with episode 2 seemingly concluding the first one, i think this series is abt a series of stories that is linked to shigofumi.

my god. it started as a very innocently looking anime with nice characters and all. by the end of ep 1 i was marked all wrong. super plot twist towards the end, something i hadn really expected. and the main guy characted was killed in ep 1.

fast eh? episode 2 was even more intriguging and i shd not spoil it for u guys in case u guys wanna watch. i would see this show's genre as mystery/life genre.

it puts u in suspense all the time.. and when u think this character is evil, bad or whatever shit.. something just happens and changes ur mind. i didnt think the first 2 episodes would be so awesome..

anyway. its my pick for best anime so far in 2008. only 2 episodes . and its so good. U MUST WATCH. and i think if it continues this way. its gonna be the best anime in terms of storyline.

only thing i dont like is the opening but it shd grow on me soon.

y h

ah!. its 12.56am. my crit is like less than 10 hours away yet i cant slp ...


anxiety building up on the 38 ppt slides yet 5 words only.

the decisive hour.

around 12.15 pm tml. i will be standing in front of the lt giving my 7 minutes worth of presentation, to the panel of critics, and as much as i hope that it would go smoothly, i know it wont.

asking myself questions about my project stirs up major talking points of my project. haha. guess i just gotta prepare for it then.

anyway i bet i will be so nervous tml. even though i presented hell loads of time already, tml is different because its fyp, its a project im committed to, and mostly, its a project that will make or break me.

i have not received recognition for what i have done and im willing to prove it wrong. hopefully, by the end of tomorrow, i will be the victor and stand tall.


WAHAHAH. crap. lol . anyway wat im looking forward to is sushi buffet tml. I hope presentation wont be delayed too long cos i really don wanna miss the buffet with the iad peeps.

so yeah..

added note.

the anime i watched/been watching grows.

just watched finish gundam 00 episode 15. ah. despite some early disappointments in the series, this episode is hemming it up. though i dont like the suggestion that 3 new gundams just gonna bail them out in the next episode. abit the climatical anti-climax.

this new word, invented by me means:

it is a climax, because it hits the high point of the show, yet it is anti climax because its so cliched.

anyway. i list down.

ef-a tale of memories (completed)
sola (completed)
byousoku 5cm (completed)
the place promised in our early days (completed)
voices of a distant star (completed)
gundam 00 (ongoing)
shigofumi (ongoing)

picked up shigofumi recently, and its not bad. at first thought gonna be a philophisical and chill out kind of show, was quite surprised at the turn of events towards the end of the opening episode.

and i list down anime i watched since young until now.

digimon series(digimon adventure to digimon savers)
pokemon(if u count this as a series, but i gave up on it a long long time ago. its so stupid. always same storyline)
love hina (completed)
love hina again (completed)
one piece (gave up)
bleach (gave up)
gundam seed (completed)
gundam seed destiny (completed)
gundam seed stargazer (completed)
full metal alchemist (completed)
shaman king (gave up)

so with the list of anime i watched, i find it deeming that i post something like a mini awards show. o_o. haha inspired by the otaku blogs around. except that my awards are for anime that i watched so far.


Best Action: Gundam 00.
runner up: full metal alchemist

i know this sound stupid. because the show is still ongoing, but somehow i am a fan of gundam. and it just edges fma out even though fma is a good anime.

Best Soundtrack and Music: Ef a tale of memories
runner up: the place promised in our early days

this is a tight one. but ef just edges past. well. both anime' music are composed by TENMON, and there is no surprise. his music is great and somehow i preferred the climatic ups and downs of ef.

Best Animation: Byousoku 5cm
runner up: the place promised in our early days

this is a clear winner. its animation is of the highest quality, and its animation of the trains and stations and buildings puts our viz rendering to shame. both firms again, are directed by makoto shinkai, a master in storytelling concepts of distance and background animation and colours.

Best Art Direction: Ef a tale of memories
runner up: Byousoku 5cm

no challenges for this one. the use of monotonous tones to depict the story of miyako, the music to complement the situations, the use of metaphors, the use of powerful colours and photoshopping makes this one clear winner.

Best story: Sola
runner up: the place promised in our early days, ef a tale of memories

sola is an extremely enjoyable anime with plot twists here and there that you cannot foresee. its such a great anime . writer of kanon + designer of da capo 2 (im gonna pick up one of these popular series soon) = great combo.

i had to include 2 runner ups because i simply cant choose between the 2.

Honourable mention: digimon savers and love hina

after a 3 year absence from digimon, the series is back, with a whole new target audience and style. targetted at the teens, i think its one show i thoroughly enjoyed watching in 2007. love hina is the first "teen anime" i watched and its lure is amazing.

Overall Best Anime: Sola
runner up: Ef a tale of memories

despite me proclaiming that ef was the best i watched, then came sola. 2 million japanese cant be wrong voting it as the best anime of 2007, and i cant be wrong joining them either.

ok... so u think the awards are over. but theres still the worst anime awards.

Worst Action: Shaman King
runner up: one piece

enough said. jpg moving animation, cut and paste from manga, distorted images. nothing else i can comment.

Worst soundtrack and music: pokemon.
runner up: none.

LOL. other than the first season classic, gotta catch them all. this series songs sucks. big time.


Worst Animation: One piece
runner up: Gundam Seed Destiny
the animation simply destroyed one of the greatest manga of all time. being such an avid reader of the manga, it disappoints me alot. truly. and gsd is really disappointing.

Worst Story: Shaman king
runner up: pokemon

alright. an anime that shows alot of promise at the start just like the manga, only to end abruptly and so shockingly . it really is a no brainer. for pokemon. every episode goes like this. ash and his friends are on a new journey. and they get caught by team rocket. den somehow some pokemon beefed up and send team rocket flying again. how original!

Overall Worst Anime: Shaman King
runner up: One piece.

period.

since i have really nothing to do now. i might as well blog.

i think i will get bashed up just for saying that statement.

in reality, there is a huge mountain load of work for me to do.

and im left with 5 working days plus 3 days of weekends.

in other words. its good game.

ok i shall post smthing random then.

there are certain things that i wonder about, but cant probe into/awkward to ask about.

things like how one can be so resolute and firm on a matter, but in a matter of days, totally shrug off that position and break out in immaculate laughters with that matter now.

it certainly makes me wonder.

like what in the world happen for that stance to be dropped.

anyway. not that it concerns me that much anyway. i cant help if its the way it is.

and yes. some things about. life.

although my dad has alot of negative factors. i mean its part of human nature to take note more of the negative stuff.

sometimes when u ponder more, look into details, u realise there can be things that are often overlooked at the surface.

things like how he will use his initiative to buy products to replace existing ones that are spoilt, things including saving for household, yet unrelenting in giving me pocket money.

things like exchanging products that wont work, which includes resealing of packaging. even if it costs only a couple of bucks...

are definitely something i wont do. its not negative. yet i feel embarassed. i guess that im really not confident of myself. still not thinking about the future.

man. think about the useless purchases i have made. i think its at least half of my pocketmoney.

i shd cut down.

yeah. that will be my 2nd resolution for the new year. not only on purchases, but also on household utility too. often i spend time in front of the com, when im actually doing nothing like now.

even my brother handles financial security better than me.

i have a long way to go.


y h

ah an update just before a good night sleep. perfect.


so the design olympics is over. yes over.

our team went in with high expectations, cause we got 2nd last year and was unbeaten.

this year..

it started with a bang, with us winning 4-1..

but suddenly our complacency let us down.. in the 2nd game, the iad juniors whacked us for a record 5-1.


3 men against one man. talk about defending ==.

so after that our chances got slimmed down already.. but we were still in it.

and we won our next game narrowly. 2-1 i think.

our morale dipped alot. because our goal difference was so terrible.. and it would really take a miracle to catch up.

so then comes the miracle.

the redbull girls. came and suddenly after the redbull drinking, or according to taibin, the girls.

we were on a high and scored 4 goals within like 3 minutes? we whacked the iad freshies 6-1 . the highest margin score that day. i even scored my first goal of any tournament after i was let in one on one following a pass from elroy.

normally wouldnt even have chance to shoot as i play defence.

so taibin scored 3 and created an own goal for them.

but the BM team also drank redbull. they won iad juniors 4-2 .. which is quite amazing when they had lost their previous 3 matches.

according to fiq, the weakness of BM team is to let them quarrel internally. which didnt happen against us .

and we lost to them 4-2 too. ==

so there goes our chances of winning.

we won our final match 1-0 against the eventual champions. the dsc team. the match was heading to a draw when elroy hit a screamer from his own goal area to the opposite corner of their goal.

so we got third. which isnt bad i feel.


haha.

there goes our trophy dreams.

so recently have been fyping.

realised.

time isnt really on my side. 10 days left.

and my plans although finalised. havent drafted all of them finish.

lets take a look at the requirements.


Material/colour/lighting - NOT DONE
floorplans - ALMOST DONE
sections - NONE
elevations - maybe?
rcp - NONE
roofplans - none?

perspectives - none. unless u count exterior perspectives.
material samples - none. none. dead.
viz - not even a single plane modelled out.
model - in progress. ==
design detailing - NONE
construction detailing - NONE

ONLY TEN DAYS? HOW CAN!

FAIL!


y h

recently i have been on an anime spree.. so neglecting my work right. haha

ok i shall stop watching and do work le.

but the recent ones i watched were quite good.

ef. fantastic art direction. in fact i consider it the best for an anime i watched. i wont talk much about it since i probably had in my previous entries.

sola. its storyline is good. and its ending abeit sad, somehow comes across as a happy ending, because its the one the protagonists have chosen.

i can see why its so likeable. it has alot of plot twists. unexpected ones. and its so addictive. because of the way the ending is portrayed.. i cant help it but pray that there is a second season. probably not man.. if there was a second season.. there would be much to elaborate on.

so ya.. better leave it as it is.. painful and sad it may be, but forever in the memories it will stay on.


byosoku 5cm. translated as 5cm per second.

ok this is sort of a movie. a movie about a series of short stories.. related.

first of all. the storyline is very simple. the essence of everything is very simple. no complicating plot twists or whatsoever .. but thats what make the movie so beautiful.

its animation quality beats viz rendering hands down.. because it portrays so much life. the stained walls, the reflective tiles, the smooth table top.. the view.. is something viz cant do.

the life .. actually. it comes alive. the way its directed is simply beautiful .. simple yet impactful sound track.. and this song. which is currently playing in my blog now..

oh man. its too beautiful


How much more do I have to lose, before my heart is forgiven?
How many more pains do I have to suffer, to meet you once again?
One more time, oh seasons, fade not
One more time, when we were messing around

Whenever we disagreed, I would always give in first
Your selfish nature made me love you even more
One more chance, the memories restrain my steps
One more chance, I cannot choose my next destination

I’m always searching, for your figure to appear somewhere
On the opposite platform, in the windows along the lane
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side right away
There would be nothing I couldn’t do
I would put everything on the line and hold you tight
________________________________________
If I just wanted to avoid loneliness, anybody would have been enough.
Because the night looks like the stars will fall, I cannot lie to myself.
One more time, oh seasons, fade not.
One more time, when we were messing around

I’m always searching, for your figure to appear somewhere
At a street crossing, in the midst of dreams
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If a miracle were to happen here, I would show you right away
The new morning, who I’ll be from now on
And the words I never said: “I love you.”
________________________________________
The memories of summer are revolving
The throbbing which suddenly disappeared

I’m always searching, for your figure to appear somewhere
At dawn on the streets, at Sakuragi-cho
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side right away
There would be nothing I couldn’t do
I would put everything on the line and hold you tight

I’m always searching, for fragments of you to appear somewhere
At a traveller’s store, in the corner of newspaper,
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If a miracle were to happen here, I would show you right away
The new morning, who I’ll be from now on
And the words I never said: “I love you.”

I always end up looking for your smile, to appear somewhere
At the railroad crossing, waiting for the express to pass
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If our lives could be repeated, I would be at your side every time
I would want nothing else
Besides you, nothing else matters



with lyrics like this, u cant help to feel for the song. in fact the song alone boost the movie by 200% effect.

it has also a sad ending. or rather an ending most of the viewers wont want to see. but its kind of a good ending too. afterall.. staying in the past doesn help. and u gotta move on. a long distance relationship is difficult to manage.. and if you dont move on.. no matter how many calls you make, emails u sent.. the distance between the two wont move even 1 cm.


wahahha.

ok. time to slp . tml soccer...



ah.... im feeling super emo. damn yl sent me all the emo songs.

ahhhH!


y h

decided to change my blog song. to something more old school.

my all time favourite song by glenn medeiros. :D