Cat, Ribbons and Song

Everytime when there's ensemble practice, I'll found the same cat lurking around listening to our ensemble and plays with us. She's cute, quiet and doesnt afraid of humans unlike her siblings which jumps away whenever I approaches them.


I arrived early yesterday evening and I start my practice from the basics.  Moments later I saw her coming near my feet and she brushed herself on my feet. Her fur was soft, honestly, so the feeling was quite comfortable, haha~ Then she jumped on to the chair next to me and sat there staring at me. "I dont have any food for you, so sorry," I told her. She seems to understand it, but still sitting there listening to the songs I played. 

#Sexy back... Lol~#

They say she might be pregnant since she's having quite a big stomach. Talking about pregnancy, the First Aid Society organized quite a huge event this week around Block D and E, focusing on the HIV and AIDS prevention, awareness of personal health and first aid knowledge. I got some free gifts from their booth which I've been wanted for so long since last week.

#Ribbons !!!#

Yeah, it might sound silly... since almost everyone that I knew got it but not me, it gives me the urge to get one for my bag too. And how lucky am I to get one from Sensei (since she already got one and she's receiving another again) that she pasted on my bag. 

#There it goes the Red Ribbon and my Soul Eater, Riku's Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts.#

And by the way, we're receiving quite a lot of small gifts along the booths set up around Block D and E. Here're some of the bookmark design that I got from them.

#There's more design of the bookmarks given out, and the most funny design is the condom-shaped ones !#

Talking about condom, they're having a photo-shooting session with a Condom mascot which cost RM 2, and they claim that the money they collected will be donated to the charity. 

Then Rannie-chan tells us a joke: what do you call a person wearing a condom mascot costume ? A penis !!! But if the question was "What is the name of the person wearing a condom mascot costume", the answer could be Dick, Dicky or Dickson !!!

And lastly, I realized that they played a song that I liked very much but havent got it in my MP3 yet. Two is Better Than One, performed by Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift. Too bad that Taylor isnt in the MV, but its still a great song though. 

And yes... I do believe that two is really better than one, and I really cant live without you. =)

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Kingom Hearts: Birth By Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack

When the soundtrack released, the only tracks that I'm concern of is the one from 358/2 Days and Re:Coded and some from BBS too. Downloaded it for the whole night and waking up finding the download was complete, I was pleased and started to extract the whole file out and played them on my computer. 

#Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack cover.#

When listening to the soundtracks from 358/2 Days, it reminds me a lot of the plot and twists thats been going on in the game. The happiness, sadness, sea salt ice-creams and sunset... Here's one song that reminds me everything in 358/2 Days.

Oh yea... if you're looking for the download link, its actually on the chat box found on your right hand side (code named KH with comment "yo"). 

Enjoy~

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Its Halloween ! [Offline Blog for 31/10]

Yeah, today is Halloween and guess what song is playing inside my head ? There's nothing else but "This is Halloween" from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.


Its Halloween... so what ?



Thats all... thats it. Staying home starring at the phone waiting for the reply, but it just doesnt seems to be replying soon. So I took out my laptop and played Final Fantasy The 4 Heroes of Light. The graphics are cute, gameplay is impressive and not forgetting the awesome storyline. Below is the game's trailer that I found.



When I got stucked a while, I grab my DiZi (Chinese flute) and practiced a few songs including those songs that I've translated my own from the website myself. And when you're talking about Chinese Orchestra, recently I found that most of those TVB drama that took place in the ancient China period sure contains the background music featuring Chinese Orchestra. All you need to do is to focus more on the background music played on those drama, and you'll be inspired by the beauty of CO...

Doesnt know what to write anymore, even if I do, those ideas and points are not suitable for this post. So... Happy Halloween and have a great weekday ahead !


*Playing song "This is Halloween" from Kingdom Hearts' soundtrack.*

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Sky Chord - Tsuji Shion

The plot of the anime/manga Bleach has been giving more and more surprises in every episodes/chapters recently. I'm one of the weekly follower for the manga as the plot goes further beyond the anime, but one thing that makes me watch the anime series is the opening, ending, and the moving characters in bright coloured clothes and environment.

If you're wondering whether the manga or the anime has more plot ? Answer is anime. The manga only focuses on the main plot while paying little attention on all the connections between the characters; but for the anime, all the relationships between the characters are shown either directly, or through a flashback.

So while I'm watching the episodes about how Hirako and gang hollowfies, I come across a very nice ending song. Named Sky Chord, performed by Tsuji Shion.

The beats of the song was simple, mostly composed of the gentle guitar string and drum beats. One more thing about this song is that, I thought it was performed by YUI actually for the first time, but found out to be Tsuji Shion. I actually liked her name "Shion", as its how it supposed to be pronounced for Kingdom Heart's Xion in Katakana, シオン. Lol~

For those who wanted the lyrics...

Sky Chord - Tsuji Shion

Credits to this site.

Kanji:

素直なウタが歌えない　かざりつけてしまうから

いつからこんなに楽に　自分守ることを覚えたの?
校庭から見える空　君には何色にうつる?
ただ真っ白な雲でも　ときに真っ黒に変えたくなる

みっかんない Sky chord　昔ならあったのに
なくした Sky chord　誰のせいでもなく自分

きっと大人になることなんかより　大切なものがあるの
きっとそれを見つけらんないまま　大人になってゆくんだ

朝まで起きていたかった　もどかしい子どもの頃
いまは時間に追われて　眠ることすらできないでいる

みっかんない Sky chord　昔ならあったのに
なくした Sky chord　君に教えてほしいよ

きっと大人になることなんかより　大切なものがあるの
きっとそれを見つけらんないまま　大人になってゆくんだ

ずっとこのままじゃいれないって　分かってるよ　歩きだせ
そっとノートに書いてた文字は　変わってなんかいないの

きっと大人になることなんかより　大切なものがあるの
きっとそれを見つけらんないまま　大人になってゆくんだ

子どものままじゃいれない。

Romaji:

Sunao na uta ga utaenai,
kazari tsukete shimau kara.
Itsu kara konna ni raku ni,
jibun mamoru koto　wo oboeta no.

Kotei kara mieru sora,
kimi ni wa nani iro ni utsu.
Tada maashiro na kumo demo toki ni,
maakuro ni kaetaku naru.

Ikanai SKY CHORD mukashii nara atta noni.
Kakushita SKY CHORD dare no sei demo naku jibun.

Kitto, otona ni naru koto nanka yori.
Taisetsu na mono ga aru no.
Kitto, sore wa mitsukeranai mama,
otona ni natte yukun da.

Asa made okite itakatta,
Modokashii kodomo no koro.
Ima wa jikan ni owarete,
nemuru koto sura dekinai de iru.

ikanai SKY CHORD, mukashii nara atta noni.
Nakushite SKY CHORD kimi ni oshiete hoshii yo.

Kitto, otona ni naru koto nanka yori.
Taisetsu na mono ga aru no.
Kitto, sore wa mitsukeranai mama,
otona ni natte yukun da.

Zutto, kono mama ja irenai tte.
Wakatteru yo arukidase.
Zutto, no oto ni ga iteta moji wa.
Kawatte nanka inai no.

Kitto, otona ni naru koto nanka yori.
Taisetsu na mono ga aru no.
Kitto, sore wo mitsukeranai mama,
otona ni natte yukun da.

Kodomo no mama ja irenai

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Trip to Ipoh Parade

Woke up by the alarm of my phone and found myself having breakfast 10 minutes later and ready to meet Sensei at Scotty's house at 9am.

#Wearing my new shirt with a sleepy-head face.#

We planned to go to Ipoh Parade since its already semester break. When I arrived at Scotty's house, the weather is nice, its perfect for outing.

#If the peak of the mountain can be seen, its a good sign coz its a nice weather best for outings.#

After Sensei arrived, 3 of us walked towards the bus station not far away and waited for a bus to go Old Town.

#Walking towards the bus stop...and we found ... #

#... mud cow shit when we're crossing the road. Who's that lucky unlucky motorcycle or car that pass by this piece of shit ?#

After a few minutes of waiting at the bus stop, we get into the bus and head to Old Town to take another bus to Ipoh. Its my first time riding a bus in Ipoh, its been fun and we took some pictures while we're on the bus.

#Bus tickets.#

#Me, Sensei at the back and Scotty.#

#OMG, I looked so 38 at the back. Zzz...#

Anyway, reached Ipoh after that and we took another bus to the Ipoh Old Town and searched for the restaurant which Sensei said they're popular for selling Ipoh white coffee. We did found it after some search and a help from the locals. The shop is packed with people and we managed to find ourself a seat somewhere inside and we ordered an iced white coffee each.

 

#The packed shop...#

#Although the name is "white" coffee, but it doesnt means that it's really white in colour !#

There's another thing that we found popular in this shop is the 猪肠粉, which we didnt get a chance to taste since it was sold out. And one thing about this 猪肠粉 stall in this restaurant is, the daughter of the stall owner is the roommate of Sensei's older sister some time ago !

#Sensei and her sister's roommate.#

One thing to remember though while eating in restaurants in Old Town: if any strangers started to ask for money from you or wanna sell of some products to you, just ignore it if you do not wish to give any money or buy stuffs from them. I dont know why, I always seem to be the target of choice instead of Sensei and Scotty...perhaps Sensei was right, my face looks too kind or something...

After having out lunch, we took a taxi and reached Ipoh Parade in minutes. Guess what, looks like the Christmas' atmosphere was still circling around us !

#Christmas tree with lots of wishes writen by peoples on tiny papers at the bottom of the tree.#

We randomly visited quite a lot of boutique shops and I bought myself a silver-white coloured tie. Then we pass by quite a lot of anime shop and gift shop too. The thing that catches me is the figurinies !!! >w<

#Final Fantasy figurinies ! Sephiroth and Vincent Valentine at the back. Cloud Strife in the middle with FF8's main character at his side.#

#A pink Yoshi at the back with Luigi. Jafar can be seen at the right side at the back. At the front, Goofy and KH-style Cloud Strife can be seen too. Snapped half of the body of Kairi on the right side. I wonder where's Sora and Roxas is...#

#Yay, Bleach ! Spotted Renji Arabai in bankai mode, quite a number of Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Byakuya, Hitsugaya Toshiro blocked by Matsumoto, Aizen, Kuchiki Rukia and some other Espada.#

After some walk, we found a very special shop...Sensei asked me to stand infront of that shop so she could get a picture of it. The people inside the shop was looking out while I posed and we quickly run away from the shop to avoid being caught or something...and here's the result.

#I'm being forced !#

The special thing about this shop is the name. Not clear enough ? How about this !?

#Number 28: Spiky Salon".#

Clearer now ? The shop was named after my name...and both Sensei and Scotty was making fun of me by saying that: that shop was opened by me without informing them. I found it funny too...haha~

P/S: Number 30 is Kiroro, not Keroro though...

After had our dinner around 5pm, we walked again and found ourselves a very big balloon clown.

#The clown hits me !#

And then, we entered a magazine shop and Scotty found something interesting... some eggs from this machine !

It need 2 tokens to get an egg from it and the egg contains one of these 5 Bleach character's keychain. Scotty was so excited and he bought the tokens from the counter and started to try his luck to get his favorite character.

#The token was stuck ? No ... ? Good.#

#Oh...thats the keychain that Scotty got from the machine ! Its not his favorite but he accepted it with joy. If there's Rukia or Kon or Ishida inside, for sure I'll get myself some token and try my luck on it !#

Its been late and we went back Kampar with taxi and bus. At Kampar Old Town bus station, we're so tired and lucky enough there's a taxi some distance away. We hop on it and back to Westlake with no stratches. We should go again someday, it was fun !!! 

#Front to back: Sensei, me, Scotty and Kinta bus.#

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キングダム ハース

Pronounced as "Kingdom Hearts" in Japanese, was my favorite game for the Nintendo DS and PS2 if I could have one myself.

#Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days box art.#

The game I'm playing is Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, specially made for DS because of its multiplayer system ? Whatever it is, as long as I could play it then it'll be fine ! I know its been released for almost half a year for the Japanese version and around 2 months for the English version, the fact is: I liked the game play really much !

To be honest, the graphic of this game is surperb. Looking for a better 3D cutscene game ? You just had to buy yourself a PSP then if you're thinking of a handheld gaming console.

Musics ? I like "This is Halloween", "The 13th Struggle", "Tension Rising", "The Other Promise" or "Roxas' Theme" and "Xion's Theme" as well. Recently I found that I'm in love with "Namine's Theme" too... Variety of musics in this game sure makes me feel like listening to a soundtrack while playing it. Background musics sure makes me insane !

Well, I've beaten the game once ... to be exact, TWICE: one in Japanese, another in English. Since I understand English better so my English version's progress is further. Proof ?

See ? Level 79 in the rank of Legend, highest rank you can get from the game. Whatelse, I've even got myself 359 crown token to earn myself a ring that gives me 100% resistance to all elements ! Challenge Sigil token are a little tougher to earn though, but at least I got myself quite a lot of it...

Oh, see what weapon am I using ? "This looks awfully familiar..." of course it looks familiar, its an umbrella ! (Under my umbrella ?) Its a joke weapon that I earned by getting some crown tokens. You gotta check out what the remaining 12 Organization XIII's member using by yourself... its damn funny.

*Spoiler Ahead*

The story really catches me. Whatever the game I'm playing at, the graphic catches me first, then the musics and lastly the plot. Organization XIII, an organization consists of 13 Nobodies (beings without heart but had a body) where purpose is to get Kingdom Hearts, where the hearts of all hearts are in order to become a whole being again.

A 14th member joins in soon after the 13th member Roxas, our main character here, joined the Organization. Given the name Xion, a girl who're able to wield the Keyblade, an ultimate weapon that could release the hearts captured by Heartless (beings which their hearts consumed by darkenss).

 

#"Nice to meet you, Xion," said Namine.#

After a while, she experienced some memories where she doesnt know how it got to her: familiar beach, ocean and an island... soon she realized that she's a Replica created by Vexen to replicate the Keyblade Hero's power so the Organization can get Kingdom Hearts in no time.

Of course, this information doesnt kept for long. After Roxas knows it, he ran away from the Organization, but turns out he doesnt have anywhere to go and he went to his favorite hang out spot: top of the clock tower in Twilight Town.

 

#Where do I think I could go ? What a joke...#

Well, he met Xion later on, and had ice-cream with her like they always do with Axel. But then, Xion speaks of she had "no time" anymore... She claim that she had too much of memories poured inside her, she must be "real" and not the replica...

 

#Who to expect ? Xion is Xion...#

#But, this isnt Xion...more like Sora !#

"It is time for me to unite with you Roxas. Cant you see, this is why I was created."

And hence, Roxas was forced to fight her as the final boss. After all the action, Xion eventually defeated and come into senses, but it was too late, she's...

...fading.

After reveling Xemnas' true intention to Roxas, she...

...crystalized ? But the thing is, her essence was absorbed by Roxas since Roxas is Sora's Nobody and Xion possessed Sora's memories. Yeah, very touching scene, especially when "Xion's Theme" was turned on at this cutscene ! The good news is, after absorbed the essence, Roxas is now able to duel wield: using two Keyblade at a time !

#Day 357 of the game, titled "Tears".#

Let me explain a little about Nobody: they had no heart, hence no emotion, no feeling, no happiness...they're just empty inside them. But erm...since Roxas is a Nobody of Sora, did I saw tears on his cheek ? Something must be wrong with him, and the explaination may be found in the coming prequel  Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Ah, enough of the game already. Just by mentioning it, how hard I wish I could have a PS2 so I could play the game and get ot know the story !

"Playing game is like reading a novel. The only differences is you know the story as an outsider by reading; while you know the story as an insider by playing."

In the end, rating from me ! Overall rating for the game that I beaten twice ? 9.8 out of 10.

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Random Updating "Lazily"

Lazy~~ Random update of what happened last week.

Really been lazy to post anything up here. Assignments are circulating under my feet wanted to be freed while the procrastinating fishing pole pulls them back beneth the ground, unseen by the naked eye.

"Talk academically" almost turns me into a living dead: zombie. Too much Resident Evil 3: Nemesis game for me I guess... Being constructed for X in this class, tomorrow's class would be constructed for Y instead, a very weird person if you ask...

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After knowing Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep gonna release for PSP this coming January 2010, I went insane and couldnt stop thinking of Ven (who looked like Roxas) weilding his keyblade in a very "cool" way. Currently trying to search for the market price of PSP, if I think its worth it I'll consider about it...

Oh ya, before I forgot, we TE 4 went to KTAR for a badminton game few days ago. It was fun, never been doing anything so "healthy" since foundation's badminton game, unless you count "cycling to school" in.

Still the same word, lazy. Until next time.

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I Want a Kingdom Hearts' Blogger Template !

The title said it all, and I would like to repeat it again...

I want a Kingdom Hearts' Blogger template desperately !!!

I found out that the laoding speed of my current template is kinda like slow for me, I'm not sure whether the same problem has been encountered by other people who're viewing my blog, since I didnt get any response on the loading speed of my blog.

I've already searched the Internet for some Kingdom Hearts' related template, but most of them are not very my kind of key to use...I want Roxas, with Xion and Axel would be the best ...

Arr...guess I'll just have to make one myself then ? Not really good in webpage design though I did score an A for my finals in Foundation, but I'll try to search again someday later on. Could you all please help me to find any sites which has Kingdom Hearts' Blogger template for me ? Thanks you for reading and ... good night !

P/S: I found some nice songs in You Tube again, I'll blog about it soon, so keep an eye on it !

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Final Fantasy III DS + Random Update

Didnt really got the mood to update my blog these days, we're getting more and more busy as the due date for everything started to come ! Hey, did I forgotten those mid term tests !? Oh heck ! Anyway, a small update for the week:

The above clip was the opening for Final Fantasy III for Nintendo DS. Believe it, its Nintendo DS ! Yeah for Square-Enix as their Final Fantasy and Kingdom Heart series proofs that Nintendo DS' graphic could be that nice ! They always show us the potential of our gaming console could go further, the best would be Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for the Nintendo GBA. Never seen such a cut scene in GBA games before.

Currently addicted to Final Fantasy III DS, I know its not the time for it but, I'll try not to play too often. Tests coming up this week, so does the due date for the usual chemistry report and assignments.

Better get started to continue on the game go revision on chemistry first, 15 sets of slides needed to be revised and memorised.

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Final Fantasy Songs on You Tube !

Its been some days since the last update, been busying with reports and mid term test lately. I think they're 3 more mid term to go for the coming week and 2 reports to be submitted ! What a rush...

Anyway, I've been looking through Final Fantasy series' instrumental song lately on You Tube. Cant remember why am I searching for it already but, I did found some nice ones and here it goes !

Lets start it slow with Kingdom Hearts' favorite theme, "Dearly Beloved" and "Hikari".

#Kingdom Hearts' "Dearly Beloved" on piano and violin. The perfect combination for this song and they played it just like the one inside the game. Cool~#


#Kingdom Hearts' "Hikari" on piano.#

Thats all for Kingdom Hearts, now lets start with 'Tifa's theme" for Final Fantasy series.


#Final Fantasy VII's "Tifa's theme" on piano. This song is best listened in piano, and nothing else !#


#Its the same with the one above, is just that I would like to share this video coz the girl dressed up herself as Tifa and playing "Tifa's theme"...Nice hair she got there, too bad she just played till half way.#

#Final Fantasy VII's "Main theme" on piano. Nothing much to say, this song is kinda like designed for piano only, nothing would be better than piano itself for this song !#


#Final Fantasy VII's "Aerith's theme" on piano. Though Aerith died in the game, her spirit is still with us ! Her theme song is the most touched song you could found in Final Fantasy VII series.#


#Hey, this is new, I never thought that "Aerith's theme" could be played using violin ! And this girl here is quite talented, she recorded quite a number of videos in You Tube with her violin on several famous themes of Final Fantasy series.#


#After that, I come across with this guy (or izzit a girl ?) who're playing with 2 guitars (or whatever it is named). Final Fantasy series "Chocoboo's theme" sounds nice on guitars !#


#Now lets get our self a little darker now, Final Fantasy VII's "Mako Reactor" on piano. This guy played very well !#


#You think "Mako Reactor" is scary, try this ! Final Fantasy VII's "Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony" on guitar ! I tried to find piano version but still, guitar's version suits the best.#


#Back to those darker instrumentals...Final Fantasy VI's "Decisive Battle remixed" on piano. I think this Japaneseg guy a little insane, coz he could play it so well !#


#Another version of Final Fantasy VI's "Decisive Battle remix", but this time on violin ! This dude could play it nicely too !#

#Finally...the last song for the day, Final Fantasy VII's "One-winged Angel", the ultimate theme of Final Fantasy VII series and Sephiroth's favorite. This song is best listened under orchestra and nothing else. Enjoy.#

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New Trailer for FF XIII

Video Games Final Fantasy XIII E3 09: Trailer

XBox 360 Playstation 3 Nintendo Wii

The best graphics in Final Fantasy that I've ever seen (so far). Can you believe that THATS what you'll get when the game released !? I cant stop imagine that you'll be playing with the graphics more to like those in Advent Children than Final Fantasy X...its just way so cool !

Cant really say that I'm waiting for this game, since I dont have a PS3...but if you do have one, Final Fantasy XIII is a game worth to buy and play. For the graphics, for the story...for the hardwork of those game developers ...

Rating for this game though it havent even released ? 9.8 out of 10 !!!

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KH Strange Clip Found

Watch your favorite Organization XIII's member fight using strange weapons ! Axel with pizzas ? Zexion using sandwish ? Watch the clip for yourself. Enjoy~

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Complaining on KH + First Day of Degree

#Characters from left to right: Xion, Roxas, Axel, "dont know the name" and King Mickey.#

Thats it, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, specially created for the NDS gaming console. I'm pretty excited about the release yesterday and getting more excited once I found a downloadable ROM of the game. Though there're some problem while downloading but finally, I get myself a copy and started to play it it using the emulator !

BUT...unfortunately, the game only playable till this title screen.

When I checked the forums I found out that Square Enix placed something like "Anti-Piracy" on it, making it unplayable using the emulator for computer gamers. Not sure whether its playable using the real NDS console for the downloaded file, but the main purpose of it is to stop piracy.

For people who doesnt know how to crack the code using special software, they got no choice but to wait for professionals to do it and then upload it somewhere in the net. I tried to patch it my own, but failed to do so, since the instructions of patching are confusing !

Anyway, paid the fees and registered myself in UTAR this morning. I'm having the mixture feeling of "being a UTARians" and "an outsider wondering around UTAR" before and after registered myself. Met Mr. Able in the cafeteria with Jest and Sensei. Didnt really thought of meeting a lecturer we known in Kampar before, so its a like a surprise for us. He's also happy to met us here. Then I finally reached the lecture hall of Kampar campus, one word, "huge".

A little dissapointed on something...dont wanna say it loud here. Cant write more on it too, since you lot might be able to guess it out. Remaining it as "secret" would be a better choice. Haha...its a good day though, since its my first day becoming a Degree student !

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