Yes, indeed.  Though nothing much has happened since the last time I blogged.

I’m terribly interested in the new HTC Desire HD which will be out in November, but unfortunately last night I spent S$500 on impulse on a pink Bonia limited edition bag.  Damn me and my fetish for anything pink and bags.  Sigh… I’d post up a photo once I get my camera’s battery recharged.  I had taken a photo with my iPhone, but the bag turned out to be beige in the photo instead.  =_=  iPhone camera sucks.  To the core.

I’m kinda looking forward to my birthday stay at Resorts World Sentosa next month!  Spent S$888 on the 3D2N Hard Rock Hotel deluxe room package, that will come with two tickets for USS (Universal Studios Singapore) as well.  Hopefully it’ll be money well spent!  Dearie needs a break from his hectic term as well… =/  I can see that he’s really mentally exhausted this time.  Sigh… and I couldn’t help much either.  Feel so helpless at times.. :(

I’ve temporarily stopped playing WoW, as the content is gonna get outdated pretty soon, since the next expansion Cataclysm will be coming on 7th December.  Instead, I’m back to playing D2 (single player)!  LOL.  I would love to play Neverwinter Nights again, but I just couldn’t find my Play Disc (disc 1) anywhere!  I’ve got this very bad feeling that it’s actually still in my old CPU, which was packed away already… ~_~

Meh, back to my D2, I guess!  I’m only in Nightmare Act 2 now… haven’t even killed Duriel yet.  Gonna aim to do so by tonight!  :D

Yeah… The winter trip has been cancelled, because dearie’s school refused to let him be away from class for one whole month.

Sigh.

There goes my uber cold winter trip… and that Saariselkä cabin… :(

On the bright side, I’ll be going over instead in May and December next year, and there’ll be direct Finnair flights from Changi Airport to Helsinki from May onwards!  :D So that’s something positive, I guess.  Can’t keep dwelling on the sad stuff anyway… >.<

Had a brief chat with a friend on MSN today.  A neighbour of his fell to his death at his block.

It reminded me of what I witnessed a couple of years back at my own block’s void deck.  I remembered it was 10+pm and I was walking back home.  When I reached the void deck, I heard a couple of loud twacks, then something landed on the other side of the block.  It was dark, but there was no mistake that it was someone who jumped/fell.  Perhaps I should be thankful that it was dark… I didn’t see any blood.  Several things ran through my mind.  The loud twacks were actually the sound of snapped bamboo poles.  Someone committed suicide.  Even though he didn’t land right in front of me, I saw that last few seconds where his body hit the ground.

I think I was in a shock.  I couldn’t even remember how I get home or whatsoever.  I know for sure I wasn’t the one who called the ambulance.  I think my mind was in too much of a blank to even function logically.  The next thing I remembered was the police covering that area with a tent.  Did I stood there until the police came?  Or the police were already on their way due to someone calling for them before the incident happened?  I don’t know.  I don’t know how long I had been standing there.

Why would people want to commit suicide is beyond me.  Is there really nothing that can solve their issues / problems?  Life seems so fragile and unpredictable… It’s easy to say “oh I wish I’m dead, then there won’t be so many problems!”, but do they really think about how their deaths will affect people around them?  How many of them regretted their decision the moment they were flying through the air?  How many of them wished they hadn’t make that jump as they watched the ground rushed up to meet them?

There are so many sick / disabled people out there, cherishing their lives, treasuring every minute that they breathe – all glad that they were still alive, or being given the second chance to live.  Yet there are people who so willingly threw theirs away.

The sound of the bamboo poles snapping and that loud, heavy thud… will be forever stuck in my mind.  I tried to forget it.  I tried.  I don’t think I’ve ever really talked about it except to my family that “I think I saw some black thing fell from the block when I was coming home”.  And then I tried to act nonchalant about it.  I tried so hard to put it behind me… but I don’t think I will ever be able to forget it… that horrible, horrible sound of a life that ended right in front you.

Did it feel better to talk about it now after so long?  I don’t know… I don’t feel relieved or that any burden had lifted…

I must be having some serious bouts of PMS. Cried rivers while watching below MTV. The lyrics and the MTV are so touching. :(

萧煌奇-你是我的眼

如果我能看得見　就能輕易的分辨白天黑夜
就能準確的在人群中牽住你的手

如果我能看得見　就能駕車帶你到處遨遊
就能驚喜的從背後給你一個擁抱

如果我能看得見　生命也許完全不同
可能我想要的我喜歡的我愛的　都不一樣 

眼前的黑不是黑　你說的白是什麼白 
人們說的天空藍　是我記憶中那團白雲背後的藍天 
我望向你的臉　卻只能看見一片虛無 
是不是上帝在我眼前遮住了簾　忘了掀開 

你是我的眼　帶我領略四季的變換 
你是我的眼　帶我穿越擁擠的人潮 
你是我的眼　帶我閱讀浩瀚的書海 
因為你是我的眼　讓我看見這世界就在我眼前

就在我眼前　就在我眼前

Should I switch?

Should I?  Should I?

Dammit, I’m so fickle.  I need to test out the interface first… I don’t mind spending some time to learn how to play around with an Android phone, but I certainly don’t want frustrations if the user interface is bad.

Not that Desire will be bad.  On the contrary, I’ve seen a lot of positive reviews and comment about the phone.

That said… it’s gonna be a pain in the ass to convert all my DRM-locked iTunes songs to MP3 format so that the Android phone can read it.  And then those iPhone Apps that I’ve already bought.

Argh… I really hate how Apple restricts everything to themselves…

Meh, not in a good mood to type a proper entry.  Just leave it here while I go sulk about stuff… -.-

OH YEAH.  MY DRUID HITS LEVEL 80 FINALLY!  So yeah, I’m a tree now.  A happy tree.  But gonna be a disgruntled one once Cataclysm hits.

… that I’m getting better at EDMW language. LOL.

I think dearie will faint if I ever use EDMW language while sms-ing him.  :D

That aside, I’m thinking of getting a new handphone.  Don’t get my wrong, my iPhone 3Gs is still working rather well, but frankly speaking, I’m getting a little sick at its inflexibility (with file formats and iTunes) and instability (frequent crashing of apps and freezing of phone).  I’m currently considering an Andriod phone, since it’s one which I’ve never used before.

True, AppStore is a gem on its own but honestly speaking, I can do without the apps.  I hardly play any games on my phone (except that occasional Words With Friends with my sis and dearie), and I honestly don’t mind giving up the games part (though I’m fairly certain Andriod has its fair share of games apps too).

Question is, how the hell can I get a hands-on on an Andriod 2.0 phone?  I’ve heard quite a few nice things about the latest Samsung Galaxy S (although with a few negative reviews as well), but it seems that no one around me has it as almost everyone is using an iPhone nowadays.  Sigh…

Not to mention that currently only Singtel carries Galaxy S… Meh.

Just wanna share some of the most epic trailer music out there!  Yeah, I know I’ve posted in Facebook, but there’s so many that I can’t really spam there anyways!  So here they are:

Akkadian Empire by AudioMachine

This one has been used in quite a lot of trailers, but most notably in Avatar trailer (that was with choir), as well the last part of StarCraft 2: Ghost of The Past trailer (version used is without choir).

Up next, it’s Freedom Fighters by Two Steps From Hell (featured in the latest Star Trek movie trailer):

I’ve listened to most of the albums by Two Steps From Hell, and I have to say this is one of the better ones. The others are a little “meh”, to be honest. AudioMachine is different. Most of AudioMachine’s music are epic. E-P-I-C. Perhaps not all are dramatic, but most are good.

Next one consist of three Movements: Requiem of A Tower – Movement II, III and IV, remixed by Corner Stone Cues. This is featured in the official Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers trailer, and technically you should listen to them in this order: Movement II, IV, then III. You can buy them in iTunes, and trust me, the three pieces flow like a whole song if you listen to them in the order that I recommended you. Here are the separate videos of the three Movements, but in my order (please be forewarned that the third video will take some time to load):

Requiem of A Tower – Movement II

Requiem of A Tower – Movement IV

Requiem of A Tower – Movement III

Cool huh! :D

Lastly, I just wanna share some other music that was created by AudioMachine, but I can’t exactly remember if they had been used in any trailers. But nevertheless, they are good!

Nordica by AudioMachine

Rising From The Ashes by AudioMachine

AudioMachine really has a lot, a lot of excellent music that I can simply put in most of the movie trailers. They are exceptionally good. Do check them out on YouTube. Unfortunately AudioMachine doesn’t sell their music to public, so you won’t be getting your hands on their CD. Neither would movie soundtracks feature trailer music in the OST, so you can almost forget about getting your hands on these mp3s (unless you have connections or is extremely resourceful). But trust me, the mp3s sounded really way better than those you heard on YouTube. I know, because I have them. ;) (All thanks to you, dearie!)

Yeah… hope you’ve enjoyed these epic pieces of music! I’ve been listening to them for weeks already, and I’m still not tired of them. Maybe I’m a sucker for epic music like these. XD

PS: Yes, I’m changing the theme back to one which I had used before. Simply because it’s simple and it gave no problems… so yeah. :)

Not me, lol.

I didn’t notice the blogroll was missing from the navigation pane on the right, until just now.  So yeah, I’ve added the links back in.  A couple of the blogs are kinda inactive… but hey, I wouldn’t know when they will update again, so I’ll just leave them there for now.

Gonna head to bed now, so yeah, will post a proper entry some day soon, when there’s something for me to blog about.  :D

I’ve somewhat gotten better!  But not quite fully recovered yet, though.  >_<;  Still, I’m thankful that I’ve gotten better, thanks to the medicine that the two patient doctors have been prescribing me over at My Doctor’s Place clinic.  My coughing has gotten a lot better; my voice has somewhat returned to normal; and there is a lot less phlegm compared to the previous week.  Now, it’s just an occasional itch in the throat that makes me cough, as well as the feeling of not being able to get enough breath despite breathing in deep all the time.  Hopefully, the situation will improve and I’ll be able to recover fully somewhat soon… well at least I must be fully recovered (101%!) before my next Winter trip to Finland this coming January!  It’s definitely gonna be a lot colder than all my previous trips, so I really can’t afford to be weak!  >_<!

Recently I’ve been busy reading online scanlation of a particular manga series, one genre which I never thought I would be interested in.  It’s quite full of gore (medical surgeries and stuff) and to be honest, some of the panels were quite sick.  But the whole manga managed to stay light, thanks to the mangaka and his main character, who’s a delightfully naive “girl”.  She’s just so endearing!  In any case, if you can stomach gore and is looking for some interesting manga to read, do give Franken Fran a try.  I love the series now, and I can’t wait for the next chapter to be out!  If there’s anywhere in Singapore that sells the English version of this manga, I’ll definitely buy it!

Ever since Starcraft 2 is out (which is just yesterday), I feel that I’m somewhat “boyfriend-less” these two days.  Haha!  I’m not complaining, though!  I know Reko simply love this game to bits and I don’t mind him ignoring me just for the game.  Besides, he didn’t fully ignored me.  He still periodically checked MSN to see if I left him any messages, and will periodically update me when he’s going to get food and stuff like that.  It’s just that we talked a lot lesser these two days, but it’s something that I understand.  XD  Afterall, it was a twelve year wait for him.  :P

Guess I should be heading to bed after this entry.  I shouldn’t be sleeping too late now, as I still need enough sleep to recover faster!

After three courses of antibiotics, three changes made to my cough syrup… I’ve still yet to recover.

Sigh.

Doctor even prescribed me a medicine meant for bronchitis patients – to open up my airway in the hope of easing the phlegm that’s stuck there.  The side effect of that medicine is that… I’ll have heart palpitations.  True enough, I felt my heartbeat going a lot faster after taking that medicine, to the point where I have to reduce the dosage.

Meh… and despite all these, I still have not recover yet.  Dur… :(