Wild Side of Life in PTEB

Another collection of photos from the wild side of life in PTEB. What lead these ordinary human beings into a state of hysteria? The real question is: Were they ordinary in the first place? Isn't it funny that you'll find most of the weirdest people sit on the right side of the canteen? Me included! Enjoy the pictures ^_^

Effy's smiley sticker. "It's for everyone I love." Thank you Effy ^_^


They just popped out of nowhere! Looking at these flowers reminds me of my time when I was in Japan. Spring in Japan is like heaven on earth.


Kyrul's birthday ages ago. Why is he called "Fuchow"?


Hey, it was a cheese cake to cry for! Atleast the oreo cakes available ^_^


O_O Zaidah is apparently enjoying her cake..


Mia's kid sister ^_^ Let's just say we changed roles and she sits crosslegged while I have excrutiating pain between my legs!


The Nazi. Hungry and ready to kill ^_^


The boys fooling around. Interested in learning 'Abu-keet'?


The Coven of Witches drooling over a poster. Girls dream on!

Little Big Planet

The time when the first LBP trailer was released, like every other gamer, thought it was purely FMV. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the perfect first impression of the awesome power of the PS3. The realistic detail of its graphics proved it to be a winner among many games and one the same list of greatly anticipated games as Metal Gear Sold 4.



Here's a video of the Online Co-op. I remember watching the PS3 Home trailer where you communicate with other avatars then it goes straight to online gaming. This video is also the first look of the games insanely amazing graphics.

The next video touches on its customizing features and level building. Hilarious.



Some special downloadable content also included for those who pre-order. It's cool that you get to customise your ragdoll with cool costumes, but this is way cooler. Getting to see the Nariko from Heavenly Sword in mini size, jumping around obstacles... wow. I think most of you guys saw its gameplay on Heroes?



Nariko in Little Big Planet help me decide to buy the game once it's released. What's really funny, however, is the other downloadable costume which strengthened my resolve.


OMFG, it's the GOD OF WAR.

Warwick Avenue

First time I listened to "Mercy", I knew it'll be a timeless classic. Like a modern day Aretha Franklin, Duffy has a voice of the golden ages. She sings so amazingly, it is as if she brought the listeners back to the nostalgic world of the old days.

What caught my ears, however, was Warwick Avenue.
The first time I saw the music video in Channel V, it felt so depressing yet so powerful. The music was soft and comforting but her voice brings you to tears. In the video, we see her leaving Warwick Avenue Station and along the journey she starts crying. The song itself unfolds the story, suggesting the break up had occured on "entrance of the tube". She starts crying even when she says, "You hurt me bad but I won't shed a tear" that suggest the pain in leaving.

It may sound like a break up song, but it's mostly on starting anew. Moving on after a relationship might be a difficult process, but we have to live with it, be strong, drop the past and be true.



When I get to Warwick Avenue
Meet me by the entrance of the tube
We can talk things over a little time
Promise me you wont step out of line

When I get to Warwick Avenue
Please drop the past and be true
Don't think we're okay
Just because I'm here
You hurt me bad but I won't shed a tear

I'm leaving you for the last time baby
You think you're loving
But you don't love me
I've been confused
Outta my mind lately
You think you're loving
But I want to be free
Baby you’ve hurt me

When I get to Warwick Avenue
We'll spend an hour but no more than two
Our only chance to speak once more
I showed you the answers, now here's the door

When I get to Warwick Avenue
I'll tell you baby that we're through

'Cause I'm leaving you for the last time baby
You think you're loving
But you don't love me
I've been confused
And outta my mind lately
You think you're loving
But you don't love me
I want to be free
Baby you've hurt me

All the days spent together
I wish for better
But I didn't want the train to come
Now it's departed, I'm broken hearted
Seems like we never started
All those days spent together
When I wished for better
And I didn't want the train to come
No, no

You think you're loving
But you don't love me
I want to be free
Baby you've hurt me
You don't love me
I want to be free
Baby you've hurt me

This is one song for a rainy day.

The Spirit

Another great comic adapted to film. Only the director is none other than Frank Miller, famed comic book creator and now popular film director. It's interesting that the visual style of the film is similar to Sin City, one of his comic books adapted earlier. I believe this is how Miller wants all his comics to be: surreal in between the boundaries of film and comics.

The Spirit made by legendary comic artist, Will Eisner, who is the leading role on making comic books or graphic novels into literature form through his published work "A Contract with God". Without Eisner, the greatest works of comic book fiction would never be thought seriously. Books like Blankets, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, 300, Sin City, and many more critically acclaimed graphic novels would never appear.

Originally created in 1940, The Spirit was mainly not aiming towards children but adults as well. In the midst between newspapers where they compete with Superhero comics, Eisner instead created a new breed of Superhero.

The story itself does not fit into one genre. Like Batman, the Spirit is a masked vigilante and a detective, which falls to crime dramas or noir but there is lightheartedness in the frachise and you might read a few romances and adventure.

Frank Miller changed the costume from blue to black and red to fit it in to look like a film noir. A clever approach to a comical character. Check the trailers below.

"My City. I cannot deny her. My city screams. She is my mother, she is my lover, and I am her Spirit."



"You're in love with every woman you meet, Mr Spirit. You say lovely things to all of us. And you mean everything you say."

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes

Some might recall this discussion last year. On February 16th 2007, I made a post on one of the greatest literary works in the history of Graphic novels ("Who Watches the Watchmen"). I remember reading Watchmen and felt intrigued by the storyline and its magnificient use of symbolisms. Then I mentioned about the film adaptation that was coming soon.

Well, the wait is gone.
After a more than a year of anticipation, the trailer has finally revealed itself.



The costumes have become more intense, the presentation is fierce.
I thing the first thing that caught my eye was when Silk Spectre II crashes from the ceiling, as if revealing a new hidden prowress in the superheroine.
Manhattan, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, The Comedian, Ozymandias, Rorsharch...

God, if everyone here knew how this film is important.

I think the best way to describe the story is from an interview by the director Zack Snyder (who directed 300) I read, "That's really the dilemma that they face. Superman has the ability to go to all world leaders and say 'I will kill all of you if you don't behave.' He could do that, but why doesn't he?"

Big Farewell to the Gentle Giant

My fun moments are mostly in my sociology class, ranging from the hilarious projects we did and the games we played the day before the holidays. So it did come as a shocker when we heard Ckg Hadi was leaving. Next to the planned dinner we were holding at Capers, Ckg Hadi keeps surprising is to the end with his pastries ^_^







Sayonara Ckg Hadi! Hope we'll see you again!

The End from Scratch

Related to June 12th 2008 post. How I started History: The Equinox Comic Contest.

I did something that not many people could do. I started a contest from scratch and made it successful. It's beautiful to see something that you put you heart into bloom at its height.

Last night, I was working on the Equinox sign at home with my dad. As you can see below, you can see the process of how I worked it.

First of all, Dad and I picked out some random colour paper to use to cover the board.

Then choose different fonts for display. See 'Comic Contest' and 'Writing' is in different fonts.

With Dad's help, we designed the placing of the words on the board, and it looks bloody amazing!

VOILA! The next day with the help of the juniors, it looks magnificient!

After all the designs are done, the ceremony begins and the Seniors and Juniors celebrate their hardships.

The Juniors who will take over for us ^_^

I fixed the entries that came in into a nice display.

After the ceremony. Both displays for everyone to see.

Ckg Abdullah, The Vice Principal, was amazed with what I did and the Equinox entries, decribing it as 'Very Commercial'. Then he remembered the day I met him during the registering before school started. He reminded me that I wanted to become a Film Director and saw how much I progressed over the two years.

I went home today satisfied with what I did. Now I understand the satisfaction after blood, sweat, and tears. The Comic Contest is my pride and joy I will remember for the rest of my life. What you start from small can become big if you put you backbone into it. To succeed is to break boundaries, I told everyone. I made my own advertisements, my own samples, designed the board, created the displays..

Why am I doing this? So I can be remembered. Mom said to me, "The real winner is you in the end."