Sunday, August 20, 2006

Okay, seeing that other people have blogged recently and my most recent one was about a month ago, and I’m sick of people saying that I better blog as that’s what a bloody blog is for…
I have decided to blog!
-Waits for the stunned silence to dissipate-
-Crickets chirp merrily-
Am currently listening to Do As Infinity’s Tangerine Dream. Uber nice song. And now it’s Doa’s Shiro No Jumon, the second ending song for Saiyuki Reload Gunlock .Or just Saiyuki Gunload.
Anyway, I have noticed that I am hooked on… per say, too much animes. I shall continue cutting them down. So far, what I’m watching is Ouran High School Host Club, Fullmetal Alchemist, Shaman King and more recently (gasp) Gankutsuou: the Count of Monte Cristo, which is an anime I would not recommend anyone to watch and I’m seriously wondering why Central put it on in the first place but then again, Central’s never known for its wonderful taste anyway and…
I should stop. Gankutsuou is creepy. I mean the lead male is fascinated by the guy that his mum was supposed to marry!
And really, really fascinated. He idolizes him or something. Like once when he couldn’t get into his fiancée’s piano concert, the Count just happened to arrive and he ran towards the Count and cried in his arms.
I mean. Like. Hello. Homosexual implications here.
Hence, super creepy. And I don’t like the art. Okay, the drawing itself is nice but it’s the colouring that’s not. It screams CGI. It’s probably CGI anyway. It’s got pretty splashes of colour that’s definitely not drawn by human hands. Purely computer art. Argh. Completely ruins the anime.
Anyway, enough of Gankutsuou. I just watched four episodes of Kyou Kara Maou. And I should have just taken my own instincts and not watch it in the first place. Like argh, argh argh argh. Like. Argh. That’s all I have to say of it. My original rating for it was 3 stars out of 5 but then, after talking to Adeline, I’m dropping it to 2 stars. Ouran gets 4 stars and Bleach gets 4. It would have gotten 5 stars but I got bored of the repetitive storyline that everyone Ichigo knows is a shinigami.
I don’t want to start again. Seriously. As in telling the storyline.
And I like Konrad okay, Xinli, not Günter! Günter is just stu- spastic. And he calls the king heka! My fanfiction account name! Argh argh argh.
So now, I shall list, once again, what sort of anime I should be watching for record’s sake.
Ouran High School Host Club: 18
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles: 21
Fullmetal Alchemist: 35, missed 33, 34
Samurai X/ Rorounin Kenshin
Slayers
Shaman King I watched before, so missing it isn’t much of a bugger – I only want to see Hao-sama again!

On to more important stuff.
My NYAA Award thing, which is very important.
Okay, my adventure camp is diddly-squat: Rinjani Trip
CIP Hours: Hope AJC can pull it up
Skill: My Mentorship programme went bust, so I hope writing on my own may count. Hum.
Sport: Henrietta’s Keep Fit Program looks promising…
Self Directed CIP Program Activity Thing: The Christmas Bash our class is coming up with
That’s about it then. Nothing much to add on. Ah yes, I need to keep up with what ODAC has been doing, use the activities for NYAA and our personal little log book, like Mr. Chin said.
So far, Activities Covered:
Basic Camping Training (Several sessions)
-Tent Management
-Pacing
-Knots
-Campsite Selection
Navigational Training
-Mapping
-Compass
-Bearings
ODAC Store Records (Equipment checks and stuff)
First Aid Training
One-star Kayaking Course (3 days)
Belumut Training (that I didn’t go for in the end)
Belumut Trip (that I didn’t go for)
Level One Sport Climbing Course
Rinjani Training (that I didn’t attend, thanks to CAP)
Rinjani Trip
NUS Race Adventure Training
-Running
-Swimming
-Cycling
-First Aid/Orienteering
-Abseiling/ Sport Climbing/ Running
NUS Race Adventure
ASO Location Checks
Two Star Kayaking Course
Kayaking Expedition
Facilitators’ Training
Facilitators’ Training By Playing Games (this coming week)
I think that’s about it, for the things we’ve done. Of course everyone in ODAC would come after me now and claim that we’ve done more, but that’s all I remembered so far, unless you want me to get my little blue book.
I’ve gotten my little blue book, and that’s all we’ve done so far, and in chronological order. Hah. At least that’s what my little blue book says.
Oh well. At least I’m proud that I’ve gotten it all noted down here, neatly and in an organized manner! Shocking. But I don’t have dates. I only have dates for some. Hum.
No, it isn’t that lame ‘I don’t have raisins; do you want a date?’ joke.

Ah I think I’ll stop here. Watching Kyou Kara Maou was mentally draining. And I need to sleep earlier. Judging from the fact that it’s almost 3am now. Hmmmm.
And I haven’t done an inch of my homework. And the Promos are coming. Panic, panic.
Die die.

Oh yes, anyone who is kind enough, please find these songs for me:
Ashley Parker Angel: Let You Go
Snow Patrol: Two songs from them; can’t remember what. One’s Over my Head or something.
Eric Clapton: Heaven
Le Presidente: Without You
The Afters: Beautiful Love
Faith Hill: There You’ll Be (Pearl Harbour Theme Song)
Boyzone: Love Me for a Reason – Let the Reason be Love (very old song)
Picture of You (In My Mind) (Mr. Bean Movie Theme Song)
Mick and the Mechanics/ Lifehouse Family: The Living Years
Parking Lot Pimp: Letters from Dreamland (difficult as they are a local band)
Electrico: Good Times (likewise)
Ronin: High and Dry (similar)
Budak Pantai: Tribute to Titanic (see Parking Lot Pimp’s brackets)
The Suns: Cecilia and some songs they sung in RJC
And a lot of other songs, that I can’t remember right now. Veronica has them. I will bring a thumbdrive to school and eat them all up. She brings her lappie to school and complains that she can’t access the LAN AJC set up.
Erps. I seem to have just found Parking Lot Pimp’s song. I think it’s some 1:30 minute trailer. Downloaded so quickly. Argh.
Damn I knew it. It’s a 30-second trailer.
Japanese Songs include:
Flow War: Mitsumetei Itai (first ending song for Saiyuki Gunlock)
Kyou Kara Maou’s Opening and Ending Songs
Kudos to Adeline for getting me Angels and Airwaves! I love that song now.
Listening to: L’Arc~En~Ciel – Ready Steady Go

I seriously need to focus. And I just agreed to be someone’s beta reader! Argh.
IT'S 3 AM AND I NEED TO BE IN CHURCH BY 9AM TODAY ARGH.

Posted by norbert at 8/20/2006 03:00:00 AM