3:28 PM
Monday, October 6, 2008
I have just finished watching the last episode of Code Geass: Hanyaku no Lelouch... Since it is a highly popular anime in Japan, we would expect the producers to come up with an ending that would satisfy the majority. And there is it -- an ambiguous ending... So did Lelouch died?
In my opinion there won't be a definite conclusion as there is sufficient 'proofs' for both cases. If you want to think that Lelouch is died, of course, he is stabbed, there's a great loss of blood and no one helped him. Suzaku killed him, C.C was praying in the church, and both of them are crying. If Lelouch isn't about to die then why do they cry?
However, on the other hand, if Lelouch is really dead... It seems... Too easy. In addition, to satisfy the people who are looking forward to a happy ending, the producers provide enough 'evidence' to show that Lelouch is alive. Yes, I do know that Lelouch did not get the immorality code from King Charles, but if he is strong enough to activate geass in both eyes, and strong enough to geass even the "collective unconscious", then god knows what he couldn't do. Ultimately, he did say that he is "Zero, the man who creates miracles". From that episode we already know, nothing is what we expected. Lelouch managed to destroy King Charles, the one with the immortality seal, so why can't he be immortal with/without the immortality seal, is the seal even important? And those who watched the anime knows that the immortality part of geass has to be activated with their first death, so Lelouch probably won't expect himself to be alive actually. In addition, if Lelouch is dead, why can the hot-headed Orange be harvesting oranges? He would most likely be plotting means to avenge Lelouch's death already.
The most convincing clue from the ending, I believe, would be the part where C.C appeared. C.C appears to be talking to Lelouch, and many suspected the farmer is Lelouch, otherwise why would he cover his face as it seems quite easy to just draw an old man at the same time. Thus, we are allowed to think it might be Lelouch. This possibility is strengthened by C.C saying "Geass makes people lonely, but it isn't true for you, Lelouch" or something of the same idea. Remember, Geass makes people lonely for C.C as immortality made her suffered; she had no one who can accompany her throughout her lifetime, and people she likes will die before her. But now, while 'talking' to Lelouch, she's actually happy, in constrast to her crying in the church earlier. For C.C to be happy, we can said she either resigned to the fact the it would be better off with Lelouch gone, or we could said that she is happy as she has found company (remember Suzaku said both C.C and Lelouch are companions) as Lelouch is immortal like her, and that Lelouch has proved her wrong. Geass don't make people lonely, in fact, if Lelouch lives, he should be having a great time as he no longer have to deal with politics. However, as the world has seen his pretty face, he has to keep it covered at all times. Lastly, the paper crane as we all know belongs to Lelouch so how did it get into C.C's hand if Lelouch never pass it to her?
Remember, Lelouch said geass is like a wish, and crane symbolises a wish comes true, and if geass didn't make Lelouch lonely, then he should be alive.
Of course, it's up for interpretation, those who said that he's dead can't prove it, those who said that he's alive can't prove it either. There is a balance argument between the two resolutions. Of course, I go for the argument that Lelouch is alive.
To hold on to the future, one has to be alive and Lelouch does not have to redeem his sins with death. Ultimately, god judges people not by who they are, but who they have become.
All-in-all, the moral of the anime is... "All hail Lelouch! All hail thee future!" [I hope I can hold on to that... I hate the future actually, I like the past best].
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7:09 PM
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Yay! My favorite Sims family lately. A tribute to my favorite manga Gakuen Alice. Presenting the Hyuuga family.
The Girl -- Mikan Sakura
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10:25 PM
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Watched 'The Dark Knight' today with Stefe, Jackson, and my boy boy... The tickets were really cheap; $6 per person (student price which I didn't know it exists until today). The movie was nice, I like the way they focus on details.
*Warning Spoilers Below*
To start it off, the movie was named 'The Dark Knight' instead of 'Batman', which I think is more fitting to the movie, as the Batman only comes out at night, so hence, the dark knight... Lolx... That's very literal. I would say 'dark' connotes 'being kept in the dark', 'evil', 'corrupted', and 'never to be exposed'. Knight would obviously mean someone who protects. The title of the movie is a direct opposite to the cliche 'knight in shining armour', which fits the movie, especially the ending where Batman has to take up all the blame (of being evil and corrupted) but nevertheless he still protects the city like a savior nobody would ever recognize (even though they continue to hope to be saved by him when they are in trouble) as people are kept in the dark of what actually happened. People revere Batman but at the same time they feel intimidated, so 'Dark Knight' is an oxymoron?
A few themes run through the movie, I especially like the theme on Chance, which was brought out by the character of Harvey Dent a.ka. Two-Face. In the earlier part of the movie where Harvey Dent was still a good guy, the phrase 'I make my own chance' (or something of that sort) appeared twice. The when he turned bad, Batman pushed him down the building before he managed to kill James Gordon's son. The camera zoomed in to the coin flipping through the air and landed on its head, which means that James Gordon's son would not be kill, however, Harvey Dent was not given a chance to act upon the decision of fate. This seems to imply that we can't really make our own chances, and sometimes, we just cannot take chances. Cruel and true isn't it... How many of us are true risk-takers?
The more prominent theme of the movie would be the one on Order vs. Chaos. I like how the 'Joker' brings out idea of Chaos -- he told two different stories about how he got those scars to different people, and you don't know which one is true, and you don't need to know, cause the important part should be his '...why so serious?'
All in all, my interpretation of the whole movie would about how there's chaos in order (all the corruptions they have in the Police department) and order in chaos (how villains plan destructions, and how to bring order back). This idea is also manifested in how twisted Batman's fate is in face of the intertwinement of order and chaos.
Omg... This sounds like my literature essays... Lolx...
Lastly, SHOKUDO @ BUGIS is NICE!
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7:21 PM
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Just the snapshots of a few cute guys I kept in my Sims 2... Hehe... First up are Harris and Jones Broke (from left to right), Irving, and Beau Broke... So proud of my handiwork.
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10:51 AM
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
It's a SCALLOP day yesterday... Started out with a Hokkaido Scallop Ramen @ Ajisen, thereafter I went to the Hokkaido Fair @ Isetan Orchard where I spent $30 total (3 packets of beans and 1 packet of dried scallops). Heart kind of ache now... But I guess it is still such a rare opportunity to buy real Japanese products with Japanese selling it (not together with it)... Wao!
Watched two movies at Shaw House yesterday, the first one was "Get Smart". This show was quite lame. If only it can be a little more realistic. The plot wavers along factors of fantasy and realism, so the 'feel' of it was rather confused. The front part of the movie would probably make you moan at the stupidity of the protagonist. But then again... The whole movie was quite stupid. I felt the urge to punch the protagonist sometimes along the show. But then again... it's only a show.
The other movie I watched was "Never Back Down". Even though this time round, the theatre was rather small, and less comfortable than the previous one (I don't understand why "Get Smart" gotten the biggest theatre) but I think the depth of the plot sort of balanced up the money we paid. I would think the wrestling part at the end would be inevitable "everyone has their own fight", "fight now so that you won't have to fight again", sometimes there is just no way out and you'll still have to face the reality no matter how painful. Yes, I know, but I would rather I don't have to fight at all, literally or figuratively. Guess I still prefer to live in a fairytale world. Living is so meaningless, without fantasies fuelling me on, I would probably be dead long ago. Yes, I'm another emo kid.
So for my hubby who likes to say I always dwell on negative thoughts and that he thinks more than I do because he always consider both the negative and positive factors, I would beg to differ... Ultimately, he always say I 'think too much'.
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7:00 PM
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Finally completed the second chapter of my 《童话复活节》... Or rather it was completed quite long ago but I just edited and uploaded it. I'm currently penning chapter 3 of the fan fiction. The progress is slow as I've so many things to do everyday! Busy with slacking, dating, teaching tuition, k-boxing, wii-ing, sim-ming, reading lalala~
Ultimately, life is good~ Hehe...
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6:49 PM
《童话复活节》
《童》是漫画《学院爱丽丝》同人文, 其中有自己新创的角色。
不讲学气，写以娱人
第一话 – 我要去爱丽丝学院!
虽然密柑一直觉得青梅竹马的小萤是一个奇怪的家伙, 但她其实好像是一个天才, 被国家发堀后, 小萤将去就读位于大都市中, 只有天才才能入学的学校。 这件事在这个乡下小镇引发大骚动; 大家都认为这是他们的荣耀。 大家都说小萤不只是天才, 而且还是「爱丽丝」也就是「特别」的天才。
"小萤!"
"密柑, 你终于来送我了啊。"
"你这个大笨蛋!" 说完密柑便一个飞腿过去。
突如其来的袭击叫旁人不知所措, 可小萤终日冷静的面却不动声色, 也不知哪来的一个巨大苍蝇拍一掌把旋在半空的蜜柑拍得远远的。 密柑VS小萤 ― 51败0胜, 可这小妮子却还没学乖。
"现在没空, 有事快说。" 小萤一旧冷冷道。
"小萤你给我的这封信上面写著「我要去念很远的学校」, 而且是今天出发, 去一所从小学到高中都一直升的学校…… 这么重要的事为什么现在才通知我—!" 密柑含泪激动的问。
"可是提早让你知道的话, 你一定会吵个没完没了。 我可以想象你会每天跑来缠著我哭。"
"小萤你居然这样恶搞我对你的爱! 你这个大笨蛋! 超冷感―! 呜喔喔喔~!"
"应该是说「冷血动物」吧? 密柑, 你真傻, 用不著哭成这样吧! 又不是一辈子都见不到面了。 寒暑假我都会回来, 也可以通信啊! 不过只有紧急的时候才能打电话。 好了别哭了, 哭得脸都脏了。" 小萤细心的抹去密柑脸上的眼泪, "好了, 我是时候出发了, 你好好保重!"
小萤走后仍呆呆地站在原地的密柑不知所措, 毕竟事发生的太突然, 太过分了。 接下来的半年, 密柑都无精打采的。 半年里只收到小萤的一张明信片, 目的是要通知她这个夏天很热不回去了, 学校里冷暖空调一应俱全, 所以留在学校比较舒服。
"这个死小萤, 怎么这样?! 哇呜呜呜~!" 密柑眼眶里奔出N滴眼泪让坐在一旁的天铟看不下去了。
"密柑,你的眼泪流了半年怎么还没干啊? 应该把你这种人才丢到非洲, 那里那么缺水, 有你在就不用怕没水喝了。"
"呃? 天铟, 非洲人喝眼泪?" 密柑好奇地问。
"这我就不清楚了, 要知道人急起来的时候也管不了那么多, 能解渴的东西都很可能拿来喝。 不过你这些眼泪蒸发后就应该可以让他们那里好好的下一场大雨了。" 天铟摇摇头道。
"什么啦天铟, 难道你一点也不想小萤?"
"天下没有不散之宴席…… 你就看开一点嘛。 爱到心破碎也别去怪谁只因为相遇太美~~” 天铟竟唱起 "雨蝶" 来了。
相遇太美…… 是啊, 她和小萤的相遇真的很美呢。 密柑回想她们是在小四那年相遇的, 开始时她对小萤很反感, 因为她总是酷酷的。 但是有一天她竟然约她一起参加 "美少女迭拨会"。 当时的小萤对她说: "可爱的女生能从被吸引的人那里得到好处, 赢了的话奖品有商店街饮食店通用餐券l0万日元。" 可爱女生…… 好有说服力的台词啊…… 当时的密柑暗想着。 后来的选拔赛当然是她们赢了。 在这之后密柑和小萤可说是在镇里无人不知无人不晓的名搭档。 想到这里密柑就忍不住大声喧哗 "小萤啊! 你到地怎样了? 没有我在的曰子你寂寞吗?!"
"密柑真的够了! 我耳朵都快被你震聋了! 如果我聋了的话, 我就没得写歌了, 到时候你要怎么赔偿我?" 天铟揉了揉耳朵后继续说, "小萤去念的「爱丽丝」学校只要一入学了, 在毕业前都很难跟亲人见面, 简直就像监狱一样……"
"咦? 什么意思?"
"…… 如果不是紧急事项就不能打电话, 连信的内容也要接受检查。"
"这是怎么回事?!"
"唔……「爱丽丝」是像保育动物一样, 所以国家才会盖一所学校, 保护那些爱丽丝不会发生意外或被坏人绑架。"
"你还知道些什么?"
"我知道小萤的爸爸妈妈很不愿意, 才会四处搬家, 躲避国家发堀小萤。"
"对了, 小萤是转学生嘛! 咦―! 可是都躲了这么久, 为什么不再继续?"
"因为进了爱丽丝学园后, 国家会给钱, 听到有钱可以拿, 小萤就决定要去了。"
「寒暑假我都会回来,也可以通信啊!」 "小萤, 你这个大骗子!” 密柑紧握双拳, 眼晴仍含着泪。 接着密柑似呼想到什么似的问道 "天铟, 你知道爱丽丝学院怎么去吗?"
天铟看了看密柑, "你搭列车到东京, 从那里搭计程车就可以了。"
沈默了一会儿, 天铟再次开腔: "对了, 我了落点东西在课室, 密柑陪我回去拿。"
"哦… "
到了学校天铟对密柑说: "你在这里等我就可以了, 我自己回课室, 别乱跑知道了吗?"
"知道了。" 密柑有气无力地回答, 她现在满脑都只想着小萤。 小萤真是见钱眼开, 难道她不知道钱是买不到真正的幸福吗? 密柑静静地想着。 就在这个时候她听到了校长的声音: “这次因为令千金, 让敝校获得这么多的经费, 我实在非常感激, 今井太太…… "
今井? 是小萤的妈妈, 还有校长。 密柑侧过身来让自己听得清楚一点。
"…… 托您的福, 这所差点被废的学校又得以起死回生。"
"这是小女的愿望。 那孩子很喜欢这里。 因为一直转学的原因, 她都交不到好友, 所以对这个能让她遇到知心好友的地方, 就算必须去读爱丽丝学园,她也想要尽力守护。"
「因为进了爱丽丝学园后, 国家会给钱, 听到有钱可以拿, 小萤就决定要去了。」 刚刚的…… 小萤…… 骗人…… 我一直以认小萤不把我当一回事, 在信里也一直在责怪她…… 「你搭列车到东京, 从那里搭计程车就可以了。」 我…… 我要去找她, 我要去爱丽丝学院!
隔天早上从佐仓家发出密柑爷爷的惊呼声: "我家孙女离家出走了!― 还带走我的私房钱……" 街坊纷纷过来问个究竟。
密柑真的去了爱丽丝学院了? 天铟一贯自信的眼神混淆着困惑。第二话 ‐ 我也是「爱丽丝」?
"哇哇哇哇~! 这么大的地方, 这真的是学校? 小萤就在里面可是应该怎么进去呢?" 这可苦了密柑的小脑袋。
"小妹妹! 你长得真可爱, 一个人在这里做什么?" 两个男人向密柑的方向走去。
"你说你想进爱丽丝学园念书,却不知道该怎么做? 这样啊…… 这里超难入学的喔! 不过没关系, 我们知道有一所「天才培育学校」, 只要读那里保证一定能进爱丽丝。" 其中一个男人道。
"对呀, 那所学校很受欢迎, 其实已经不收学生了, 但是你这么可爱, 我们可以破例帮你游说。" 另外一个男人连忙补充。
"太好了~ 虽然我听说东京是个可怕的地方, 但还是有很亲切的人啊!" 密柑高兴着。
「哎呀! 发现一只迷途羔羊 (还有两只狼)。 就是有这种人用甜言密语诱拐想进爱丽丝学园的小孩, 哄他们进去奇怪的学校后, 再动手抢学费。」 鸣海暗想着。
"等一下!" 鸣海叫住正要离开的三个人。 "很抱歉, 打扰两位, 你们想把那只小猫带去哪里呢?"
"你是干嘛的?" 其中一个男人以不悦的语气道。
"我啊, 是爱丽丝学园的老师。"
"你骗人!" 三个人立刻反应。
"啊, 那个—— 为什么这么说? 我是正牌啊。"
"我们走吧! 别理他! 怎么可能会有那种轻浮的老师……"
当那两个人想快速带密柑离开时, 鸣海使用了「爱丽丝」; “两位再见喽~”
只见那两位男人脸浮现一片红晕, "好… 好的。" 之后便迅速消失了。
"你还是早点回家比较好喔。" 鸣海同样地对密柑使用了「爱丽丝」。
密柑呆了呆, "我知道了! 大哥哥, 你是人妖对吧? 哇啊! 我第一次看到耶~"
"什么? 我不是人妖!" 鸣海突然有种被打败的感觉。
"喔… 你叫佐仓密柑啊? 为了找朋友才会来爱丽丝。" 「奇怪了」 鸣海暗想, 「我刚刚的确使用了「力量」啊, 怎么完全没效呢? 这孩子…… 难道……」
"你这么想进这所学校吗?"
"对! 要我当女佣, 洗厕所都可以! 我什么都肯做, 请让我接受考试!"
"那你就进去看看吧。"
"咦~?! 骗人! 可以这么简单就答应吗?" 密柑吃惊得好笑的说。
"真的啦! 你的反应真不错! 哈哈!"
"可… 可是我又不是天才!"
"虽然一般人把这里当成天才学校, 但「爱丽丝」的真正意义并不是「天才」, 而是「天赋才能」才对。 这所学校聚集了各种拥有「天赋才能」而性格独特的人。凭借单一特殊技艺就能入学。"
"我也有… 那种「天赋才能」吗?"
"当然缕(也许), 哈哈哈。"
"咦―! 骗人骗人骗人! 是怎样的? 让我看! 让我看!" 密柑跳上跳下的说。
"看你这么期待, 我实在说不出口呢。 但既然你都这么说了… 那我给你一点提示, 就… (轰!) 咦?"
突如其来的爆炸声让在场的人都惊呆了起来。 鸣海很快的恢复状态; "那个逃跑情报果然是真的, 幸好是我在这里看守。 你看, 蜜柑! (还话著吗?) 他是学园里年纪最小的顶尖天才学生—日向枣。" 被炸飞的密柑从新爬起来看着立站在围墙上的人; 他戴著一个黑猫面具, 真奇怪。"他的天赋才能是「火」— 不过…… 这样… 有点过火了。 小枣! 我是不会让你逃走的! 天.诛!" 接着「啪擦!」了一声, 鸣海用 "鞭子" 鞭打了企图从墙上跳下来的身影, 并击中那男生的面具, 他人也连同面具一起跌落在地。
"嗯, 我有预感他可爱的脸蛋要毁了……" (向岬老师借的「鞭豆」威力还真大呢。)
"喂… 喂! 你没事吧?" 密柑关切地问那倒在地上的男生。
那男生没有回答, 只是尝试爬起来。 但是, 还未起身右手就被鸣海踩住。
"呜!" 他疼痛出声。
"你休想靠「爱丽丝」逃走! 在那之前我会用我的爱丽丝, 让你做出跟上次一样的丑事喔! 嘻!" 鸣海得意地道。
"你这个变态老师―!" 那男生还未来得及反抗就被鸣海在脸颊上狠狠地记上一吻, 之后便失神倒在鸣海的怀里。 鸣海抱起那男生然后回头对密柑说: "我们也该走了, 让我牵你的手吧~ 咦? 又呆掉了?"
"这所爱丽丝的学校到底是个什么样的地方啊—?" 密柑石化了。
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Their Wedding Photos ^^
And what's with the *bing bing* effect? Hahas... Cause they're witch and warlock ^^
It's a SCALLOP day yesterday... Started out with a Hokkaido Scallop Ramen @ Ajisen, thereafter I went to the Hokkaido Fair @ Isetan Orchard where I spent $30 total (3 packets of beans and 1 packet of dried scallops). Heart kind of ache now... But I guess it is still such a rare opportunity to buy real Japanese products with Japanese selling it (not together with it)... Wao!
Watched two movies at Shaw House yesterday, the first one was "Get Smart". This show was quite lame. If only it can be a little more realistic. The plot wavers along factors of fantasy and realism, so the 'feel' of it was rather confused. The front part of the movie would probably make you moan at the stupidity of the protagonist. But then again... The whole movie was quite stupid. I felt the urge to punch the protagonist sometimes along the show. But then again... it's only a show.
The other movie I watched was "Never Back Down". Even though this time round, the theatre was rather small, and less comfortable than the previous one (I don't understand why "Get Smart" gotten the biggest theatre) but I think the depth of the plot sort of balanced up the money we paid. I would think the wrestling part at the end would be inevitable "everyone has their own fight", "fight now so that you won't have to fight again", sometimes there is just no way out and you'll still have to face the reality no matter how painful. Yes, I know, but I would rather I don't have to fight at all, literally or figuratively. Guess I still prefer to live in a fairytale world. Living is so meaningless, without fantasies fuelling me on, I would probably be dead long ago. Yes, I'm another emo kid.
So for my hubby who likes to say I always dwell on negative thoughts and that he thinks more than I do because he always consider both the negative and positive factors, I would beg to differ... Ultimately, he always say I 'think too much'.
Finally completed the second chapter of my 《童话复活节》... Or rather it was completed quite long ago but I just edited and uploaded it. I'm currently penning chapter 3 of the fan fiction. The progress is slow as I've so many things to do everyday! Busy with slacking, dating, teaching tuition, k-boxing, wii-ing, sim-ming, reading lalala~