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Shinigami no seito stars TAKESHI KANESHIRO! the first time i'm seeing him while he's speaking japanese. quite an eye opener cos i didn't expect him to sound like that. but enough said, it's time to turn to the story line.

the story's about a shinigami, who will decide for people who are going to die, whether they are indeed going to die. Takeshi takes on the role of Shiba the Shinigami, together with his black dog, whose lines are shown on the screen (which irritated me a little). the days he execute his work are only on rainy days, never sunny days, something which irritated him very badly. He interacts the people for a few days before their actual designated date of death, just to understand a little bit more. there are many nuances about LIFE that Shiba does not really know and he learned it through these dying humans. When he decided to let one of his 'ward' off, he was asked by his doggy why. His reply was:

"it doesn't matter how long one person lives, what's important if he has achieved the goals in his life."

in this case, of course, the human still has goals to be fulfilled, that's why she was let off...

50 yrs later, these 2 ppl met again... just that the lady has aged and Shiba looked as young as ever. the old lady recognised Shiba and immediately asked him if he was a shinigami. his non-reply confirmed her suspicion.

Shinigami (Death God) : How do you view death?

Old lady: How do YOU view death then?

Shinigami: It's normal that people passes away.

Old lady: Death may be as normal as sun is to all of us. But do you know how precious it is?

Shinigami: i've never been able to see the sun.

Old lady: you'll see it soon enough.

true enough, sun really came out next and Shiba realised the glory of sun.

it just got me thinking: i never really realised the impact of the sun's shine and the absence of it. i just took it as a natural phenomenon. but the fact is that it impacts many people, just like death impacts many people as well. death is never a simple manner. it's simple to the person dying but not to the ppl existing. for the living, it can be a positive impact just like sunlight is to the plants, or it can be a negative impact like fear and anger. but one thing is for sure, there will definitely be positive impact because the sun always rises. =)

Shinigami no seito stars TAKESHI KANESHIRO! the first time i'm seeing him while he's speaking japanese. quite an eye opener cos i didn't expect him to sound like that. but enough said, it's time to turn to the story line.

the story's about a shinigami, who will decide for people who are going to die, whether they are indeed going to die. Takeshi takes on the role of Shiba the Shinigami, together with his black dog, whose lines are shown on the screen (which irritated me a little). the days he execute his work are only on rainy days, never sunny days, something which irritated him very badly. He interacts the people for a few days before their actual designated date of death, just to understand a little bit more. there are many nuances about LIFE that Shiba does not really know and he learned it through these dying humans. When he decided to let one of his 'ward' off, he was asked by his doggy why. His reply was:

"it doesn't matter how long one person lives, what's important if he has achieved the goals in his life."

in this case, of course, the human still has goals to be fulfilled, that's why she was let off...

50 yrs later, these 2 ppl met again... just that the lady has aged and Shiba looked as young as ever. the old lady recognised Shiba and immediately asked him if he was a shinigami. his non-reply confirmed her suspicion.

Shinigami (Death God) : How do you view death?

Old lady: How do YOU view death then?

Shinigami: It's normal that people passes away.

Old lady: Death may be as normal as sun is to all of us. But do you know how precious it is?

Shinigami: i've never been able to see the sun.

Old lady: you'll see it soon enough.

true enough, sun really came out next and Shiba realised the glory of sun.

it just got me thinking: i never really realised the impact of the sun's shine and the absence of it. i just took it as a natural phenomenon. but the fact is that it impacts many people, just like death impacts many people as well. death is never a simple manner. it's simple to the person dying but not to the ppl existing. for the living, it can be a positive impact just like sunlight is to the plants, or it can be a negative impact like fear and anger. but one thing is for sure, there will definitely be positive impact because the sun always rises. =)

几乎每个水瓶座的心底都有着一段刻骨铭心人间记忆，一个永远无法忘记的背影。
那也许只是极其短暂的两情相悦，只是一种单恋，或只是一种只存在于虚幻空间。
一切看起来是那么平静，那么和谐。
没有惊天动地，没有海誓山盟，没有花前月下，没有浪漫，没有誓言，没有温度。水瓶座的理智和冷漠，注定了任何感情永无燃点。
水瓶座不容易喜欢上一个人。有人说水瓶座对伴侣的要求太高，其实并非这样，水瓶座注重的是感觉。只是那么轻描淡写的一眼，那个人已经吸引了水瓶的所有注意力，从此目光便无法转移。
用一秒钟爱上一个人，然后再付出一生去忘记，水瓶座就是这样的试验品。
但几乎所有的水瓶都会否认在自己的身上发生一见钟情，因为一向自视清高，承认爱上一个人这钟事似乎是在侮辱自己的智商。
更多的时候是因为，连自己都没发现已经爱上。水瓶座很多时候对于感情反应非常迟钝，迟钝到每次都是最后的知情者。有时容易出现弄不清自己的感觉，不清楚自己想做什么，觉得迷惘。
在对方没有非常明确地表示感情时会退怯，觉得爱情是两厢情愿，不想勉强对方。
显得很被动，忽冷忽热，犹豫不决，极其矛盾。在没有完全确定前，决不轻易付出感情，因为怕失去。也许是缺乏安全感，也许是对自己的保护，也可以算作是一种自私。
一般水瓶座的好朋友都是经过很长世间的考察的，不仅仅是几年，而是十几年。一旦被水瓶座当作好朋友的，会赴汤蹈火掏心掏肺。
在公车上，街边，商场，水瓶老是认错人。在茫茫人海中，始终在寻找一个熟悉的身影，直到产生幻觉。
这一刻，水瓶座突然很想痛哭流涕，因为突然发现自己几近疯狂的爱上一个人，失去了理智，失去了自我。这种突如其来的感觉，很恐惧，很无助。
水瓶座不喜欢这种感觉，因为不知该如何面对。要让水瓶座主动去追逐，是件异常困难的事，在水瓶座的世界里无法承受拒绝，就是这么脆弱，无论表面上看来是多么的坚强。
水瓶座在人前总是一幅无忧无虑没心没肝的样子，不想别人看见自己的悲伤，那样会有不安全的感觉，总是在无人的地方暗自落泪。
算了，还是放在心里吧。既不用尴尬的表白然后遭到拒绝，又不会相爱容易相处难的惨烈分手。这样很好，没人看出来，不至于太没面子。可以继续貌似潇洒。
但是，不同了。尽管水瓶座装着多么不在乎，看都不看一眼。可是对方说的每句话都从耳朵进去，没见出来。对方提的任何过分的要求，水瓶座统统照单全收精心尽力，决对不会有半个不字。完全成为一个爱情的奴隶，脸上还装酷无表情，整个死要面子活受罪。
这种情况下，如果对方使点阴谋诡计，刻意疏远避而不见或是视而不见，电话不接或是哼哈敷衍等等，水瓶会给整疯了，开始会想是什么自己地方做错了，说错话了，然后拉下面子主动讨好试探。不用多，碰壁两次，水瓶座就会有自知之明了，不会再去想是为什么会这样，也不想知道了。心里会想，原来是对方讨厌自己，不想见到自己。明白之后，就是绝对的安静了。
这还没完，过了一段日子。对方如果突然又改变态度，水瓶座竟然能既往不咎问也不问，殷勤依旧，完全没有尊严可谈。只要能和对方开心的在一起，过去不重要，未来也不重要，面子不重要，金钱不重要，时间不重要，自己也不重要。
天平失衡，感情重重的压在心底，自己却飘在了半空。太在乎对方，迷失了自我，幸福也变得虚无。
自己都不爱，谁还会珍惜。
水瓶座一旦付出，便是彻底，不可收回。
感情投入的越多越是伤的重。
最擅长的是难为自己。不想对方难过，只好让自己难过。总是认为自己有超乎寻常的承受力，把自己想得太坚强，而把别人想得太脆弱。不知道，受伤的其实是自己，只是不知道如何表现出来。
爱，这个字对水瓶座来说，太沉重珍贵了，无法用语言诠释。一旦说出口，犹如远古的文物，被发掘出土暴露于空气中，变得面目全非，失去本来的价值。
所以，不轻易说。
只需一次，水瓶座便把一生的精力耗尽，只因执著，便落得伤痕累累。那段感情如强酸腐蚀着那颗麻木的心，穿了一个洞，再也无法弥补。时间是世界上最有力的矬子，把空洞的毛边渐渐抚平，不再搁人。每当寒风吹过，犹闻隐约凄凉的萧萧声，似挽歌。
只需一次，水瓶座便不再幻想，于是狠狠将自己摔碎，拒绝熔化拼凑。因为怕熔了记忆，怕熔了那个远远的背影，怕熔了自己千年的期盼。
之后，水瓶座依然谈笑风生，依然开朗豁达，继续着一段接一段的新感情，重复着一切，因为无法承受寂寞。
人们都说水瓶花心，见一个爱一个，水瓶座会哈哈一笑，说'哪有？冤啊！'。其实心里在滴着血，脸上却得笑的灿烂，安慰自己'我是谁啊！哪会那么弱呢！'
有人说水瓶座太冷酷太自私，自以为了不起。可是谁又了解，水瓶座的心，容量很小，只能有一个，且不具修改性。除了那个人，其他所有自动归为一种程序。
因为无法虚伪，所以甜言蜜语都吝啬给予。因为天真，所以至死之前仍在等待。因为没有勇气，所以眼睁睁放手真爱无能为力。
当看到一个瓶子在疯狂地快乐或悲伤时，请千万不要被迷惑，水瓶总是不由自主地交错操纵着快乐与悲伤。其实并不像看到的那么快乐，同样的，也不像看到的那么悲伤。只是悲伤时，喜欢带上快乐的面具，而当水瓶快乐时，悲伤又不肯轻易放过。
只有真正懂得水瓶座的人，才能看见眼底那一缕似有似无的哀伤，才能明白是什么让水瓶如此的义无反顾，是什么让水瓶变得如此忽冷忽热捉摸不定，才能体会水瓶的坚强只是竭力掩饰的脆弱。
星相上说，水瓶座往往不被所爱的人珍惜。我想，是为什么呢？也许答案就在心中，只是水瓶座的本性不愿承认而已。
水瓶座除了需要一个深爱自己包容一切的人以外，还需要一个心理医生 (what?) 

for those in bold, i would say it's rather accurate in some ways, not matters of love for now, since i'm still unattached.  but similar sentiments though... but the part about me being selfish and not loving myself enuf? maybe, maybe not. who knows. but it's quite an interesting persective ba... :p

St Patrick Cathedral welcomed me on my first day in Melbourne during the city tour. all i can say is that Melbourne is really a city where one needs to spend time loitering and walking around the streets in order for us to really appreciate the city sights and buildings. but one thing i have to say is that the country is really very kid-friendly, just judging by the 3 huge hospitals as i enter the city. geez, one hospital for each gender, male and female, plus one for KIDS! goodness, they really love their future generations. only the leftover funds will be allocated to the male and female hospitals. haha.

the other pics shown is their city view. reminds me of singapore, really... so clarke quay... :S




i went to the farm to feed cows. cute rite? they are really like hungry cows can? keep snatching and those weak ones lose out completely cos not as strong as those who fought for the milk. poor thing. once again...



all i ask for is their share of the blue blue sky. is tt so much to ask for? if only i could gaze at the sky just like they are doing... :(



me and my kangaroo (it used to be real and can hop around one okay?) i look so happy with it rite? hee...



the coast line is mine! mine! mine!



i'm going back HOME!!!! but the sky looks really nice rite? can i bring a piece back? \^_^/

bye bye melbourne, i'll be back again... =)

GOLD Coast - the time of the day when the coast is a wonderous spread of gold. just look at the sea. =)

this was the view from my hotel room. terrific isn't it? =) this is wat welcomes me in the morning when i wake up at 6am. but you don't really wan to feel the accompanying wind cos it chilled me to the bones. heh.

as for gold coast, my only comment is that i really think it looks like a not so developed Clarke Quay. Seriously, for someone like me who don't go there quite often, it reminds me of CQ instantly. heh. the picture below says it all.



the next day, we went to Movie World and just look at my mum's look of bliss when she bite into the ice cream... =)







i absolutely love MOVIE WORLD. it's all MINE!



such a cute poster of the past rite? hee, ours are so fanciful these days... :p i prefer this much more.



my car!!! if only... for a few minutes... and forever in picture... :p



hey weet! u're cast in stone!!! see, being such a great fren  i am, i'm following you... =) u're being remembered as Porky the PIG! =) i'm so proud of you!



a flop of movie but the car is darn cool. adding the little boy at the side just perfects the scene.

SEA WORLD - my favourite perf: the dolphins FLY...



the day is really perfect. it's almost like a paradise!!!



the man in charge of this theatre reminds me a bit of Big Bird if it were to be reincarneated as man. the similarity is a bit shocking rite?

i didn't enjoy Sea World as much as Movie World, maybe because i was never an animals person, more of movies and cartoons person.

as for the melbourne pics, next entry would suffice. =) a bit tired le. haha... took me one hour to upload and write a few lines only. haha...

in my recent trip to australia, i was fleeced at the Queen Victoria Market. i fell in love with the print on a wool coat. the coat only felt expensive on hindsight. it cost AUD289. i was so in love with the print that i was okay with the price. but also because i had extra cash in my wallet. heh... then when i went to melbourne airport, i saw the same kind of shorter jackets, with much UGLIER prints, selling for only AUD100. haiz... sianz lor... but then i really love the prints. i think i can just frame it up. haha... :P oh well, but i came back quite rich you know? if i only spent half of the money i brought over, if i don't consider the coat. heh...

as for the photos, it's so numerous and huge that i don't think i can post it here... :p i shall post it on my facbook. haha...

i had one week of toil to waste this week and i totally spent it on yoga and dramas. i know it's really very dumb to some people but i really enjoyed it. =)

yoga was good cos i went for quite a few different classes and stretched different parts of my muscle groups. but then the hours spent traveling can really kill. but i loved every minute of it cos i really feel very very healthy...

as for drama, i got really hooked on this taiwan drama which used the idea of 3M post-it as a main attribute of its female lead. being an auditor, i come into contact with post-its almost every day. i have tons of them at home and i used them quite frequently to remind my seniors and bosses about the things they need to know. haha... so it was really funny to see the post-its getting "humanised" (if there exists this word).

it is a pure romantic comedy (Fated to Love You) that's dumb but strings you along. the acting is not wonderful but quite decent for taiwanese dramas and i don't feel like dozing off halfway through. the female lead's attraction is because in my cynical opinion, this kind of girl do not exist. seriously. however, it's really nice to see it on show cos it proves to me once again that it only exists in plays... but i really liked the part where the female lead's mum speaks in hokkien cos it's so nice to hear a different language mixed in together with mandarin. oh, and i cried bucket during its most recent episode because its was so damn sad. the crying can fight the time when i cried over my dad's death. oh man... i give lots of credit to the script writers and the jian3 jie1 personnel (staff who piece up the different scenes which they shot) cos it's really hard to make me cry buckets over a taiwanese drama and they have quite a few scenes that i felt was really good...

but, for the upcoming few episodes as they wrap up the show, i'm going to worry like hell cos it looks like it's gonna end up like the normal dramas. oh well, can't expect too much when i've had quite a fair bit of fun and interesting moments for the first 12 eps.

if you're FREE and got nothing to do, do give it a try.

Pretty Vesak Candles



Family of the year



Family violence?!?!?! With the mum checking things out...



Erm... the Kid is so possessive of the mum that he has to be in the picture when i took his mum away for a shot... i thought he pointed the middle finger at me... :S



And after he has taken my first kiss... he actually denied...  darn... what the hell...

This is happy Rong in JC...



this is happy Rong after Uni.



this is happy Rong at work.

Seriously speaking, besides looking more pale, i didn't change much. it's sort of a consolation, i guess...