Hikaru no Go

i’ve started watching Hikaru no Go a few days back. halfway through the series now. the show is mainly about the growth rate of a boy name Hikaru in the competitive world of Go. Go meaning the game, sort of like reversi, but played on a larger-scale board with more complex rules involved.

with a total of 75 episodes and one special, i am captivated by it. be it halfway through the series, i still have relatively no idea how to play the game or to “read” what’s going on from watching the placement of the Go stones between two individuals, i still find it an interesting show.

hope to finish it by tommorrow. oh hey! HAPPY MERDEKA eve…

Eureka Seven

so i spent 3 days (there goes my weekend) watching 50 episodes of the anime titled “Eureka Seven“. it was worth it. good plot, great character development, a series that blends humor, drama, romance and a bit of horror as well into a nice package. oh, did i mention the artwork is pretty cool too?

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Eureka Seven centers around Renton Thurston, the fourteen-year-old son of Adrock Thurston, a military researcher who died saving the world. He lives what he considers a boring life with his mechanic grandfather in a boring town. He loves lifting, a sport similar to surfing but with air as the medium. He dreams of joining the renegade group Gekkostate, led by his idol Holland, a legendary lifter.

An opportunity to do so literally falls into his lap when a large mechanical robot, called the Nirvash typeZERO, and Eureka, a member of Gekkostate, crash into Renton’s room. Renton’s grandfather orders him to deliver a special part to the Nirvash, which reveals the immense power dormant within the typeZERO. Afterwards, Renton is invited to join Gekkostate, where he quickly discovers that the behind-the-scenes life of Gekkostate is hardly as glamorous or as interesting as printed in the glossy pages of their magazine, ray=out. Only one thing makes it all worthwhile for him: the presence of Eureka, the mysterious pilot of the Nirvash.

an interstellar love story, definitely. this show won some awards in 2006. if you’ve ever seen and enjoyed Evangelion, then don’t pass this one up. it’s so much better and more rewarding. Eureka Seven kept me yearning for more till the end and then some.

i wish they’ll make more animes like these.

Bourne Ultimatum

Matt Damon reprise his roll as Jason Bourne in this third and final installment of the Bourne Trilogy. i don’t really like him actually, kinda dopey looking. his facial expressions lacks that oohm! and his acting is a bit stiff, kind of like he’s just following the script without conveying much emotion into the role. he just doesn’t make a very strong lead actor.

anyway, you need to watch the first (Bourne Identity) and second (Bourne Supremacy) movie to really understand what’s going on in Bourne Ultimatum. old characters come back to play, the plot is not very interesting, the fight scenes are cool, but nothing really stands out.

it’s just an okay watch for an action movie.

desperate students

got this from an email. wish i had done this back in high school when i got stuck with an exam question. haha.

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off days

“is this suppose to be funny?” i think to myself when i read a reply from my MSN chat. i don’t think so, it sounds kind of lame to me. damn…

i’m having an off day.

nothing seems to be right. i just want to be left alone, doing my own thing, not having to smile or talk to anyone. but it’s not easy is it? some days you just *HAVE* to interact with people around you, else they’ll think you got a problem with them and it’ll escalate and in the long run, make things pretty uncomfortable. but it’s just one of those times when i just don’t feel like talking, don’t feel like looking you in the eye, don’t feel like explaining myself or telling anyone what is going on.

i’m tired.

not the stressed out kind of tired, but the kind that has no rationality behind it, where you feel like you just want to drop everything and not THINK about anything. i know if it’s stress, that’s easy to overcome. just take a breather, joke a bit, chat a bit, walk around a bit. but today, it’s not that. how i wish it was that easy.

i do not want to be here now.

i know i know, i always have the option to leave, get up and go. but it’s not that easy. it’s not a choice. it’s like not wanting to be here now, but perhaps tomorrow its okay to be here. does that makes sense?

i’m not complicated.

as least i don’t think i am. no, i’m definitely not. i just have goals i want to achieve, and at the moment i see lots of obstacles in my path. some i feel i can overcome, some i think will never go away, some i can’t say for sure if it’s achievable but maybe in a few years time things will change for me to be able to fulfill them.

i just wish things will go my way.