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Wrong Hole (MV)

chibi_tenko — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:42:26 +0800

This is one of the most LOL and LMAO songs I've ever heard in a long long long time.

Music and vocals are very nice XD

[YOUTUBE]-zHVW7Zy_vg[/YOUTUBE]

Wrong Hole Lyrics

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The Last Vampire series

chibi_tenko — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:30:10 +0800

Book 1 : The Last Vampire

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The book opens with a brief narration. A young woman, who appears to be in her late teens named Alisa Perne, is not what she appears to be. She is a 5,000 year old vampire, and to her knowledge the last of her kind. Many of the tales about vampires are wrong. None of the things that can supposedly be harmful to a vampire, are really true. She can stay out during the day, but such a feat was incredibly difficult until she aged a couple thousand years. She could die from sufficient injuries, such as decapitation or impalement and still needed to eat food. However, she possessed many of the same attributes of modern vampire legends, such as stamina, strength, vision, hearing, speed, accelerated healing and perfect memory. She also explains that as she aged, her powers have gotten stronger.

The story begins. She arrives at an office where a man named Michael Riley called her. He identifies himself as a private investigator that had been digging into her affairs and had noticed not only her age, but her immense and untraceable fortune. Deciding that he knows too much, she kills him. However, right before she kills him, he reveals that a man called Slim hired him. She tries to find more about Slim, but her best shot is Michael's computer. She then decides to use his son, Ray Riley, whom she finds a picture of, to hack into Michael's computer and find information.

Alisa then enters high school and changes her name to Lara Adams, and befriends Ray. She also ends up befriending another young man named Seymour Dorsten. Seymour is HIV positive, and is so uncannily perceptive that she eventually admits what she is and heals him of his illness. He becomes one of her closest friends for the rest of the series, and she depends on him for advice on numerous occasions.

She uses Ray to get information from his father's computers, however she doesn't know who hired Ray's father. She lets herself be abducted by the unknown client's men. Unfortunately, it isn't easy to escape, since Slim seems to know how to restrain a vampire. After learning what she can, she brutally kills Slim and some of his crew (the rest escape in a shootout with the police). She then learns that Slim has been acting on behalf of someone else - someone whom she realizes is Yaksha, apparently not as dead as she'd been led to believe.

Alisa begins to narrate her life and explain who Yaksha is for the reader- In 3000 B.C. Alisa, or Sita (her real name) was born in India. When she was seven years old, a disease struck her village, and most of the villagers died, including her closest friend who was with child. A traveling priest from a different religion convinced the elders that he could drive away the disease by performing a ritual; it involved invoking a demon into the recently deceased corpse of Sita's friend. During the ceremony, the priest called forth a yakshini (demon) which killed the priest. Only a handful of the male villagers saw the demon kill the man and then supposedly vanish. But Sita, hiding in the bushes, understood that the demon had actually entered the corpse of the child, still inside his mother. Before vanishing, the demon seemed to stare straight at Sita though she is hidden behind a rock. When her father rushed to save the child from its mother's womb, Sita ran forth and stated that it is not the child that is moving, but the demon possessing the child's corpse.

Her father gave her a choice - she could let the child live or she could take his knife and strike it down now. She chose to let it live, and name the child "Yaksha", meaning "begot from a Yakshini." Yaksha grew to be a beautiful man in a short period of time, who'd always had an eye for Sita. By this time, she was grown up as well, and married to Rama, her husband, and even had a daughter. It was about that time the men that had witnessed the long-ago ritual vanished, one after another, including Sita's father. One night, after her father disappeared, Sita was awoken by a strange noise, and upon leaving her home, was attacked and dragged away by Yaksha. He explained what he was, though the word for vampire did not exist then. Some of the men were with him, transformed as he was (though being the first, he was forever more powerful than any of them, including Sita). He convinced her to join him, threatening to kill her sleeping husband and child if she did not.

It did not take long for the civilized world to realize what they were up against, and they begged Krishna, the 6th incarnation of the deity, to intervene. His men slaughtered most of the fleeing vampires, but Yaksha and Sita survived. Krishna and Yaksha fought, and in the end Sita was given Krishna's grace under the condition that she never create another vampire. Yaksha was pardoned as well, but the pact Krishna spoke to him was unheard by Sita. Yaksha spent nearly the next 5,000 years slowly hunting down the remaining vampires and destroying them before apparently being chased and murdered by a mob during the Middle Ages. Sita lived through the ages, in Egypt first, and gradually on and toward America, until the present day setting (1990s).

I won't put in the synopsis for the other series because the opening of the each book is a slight spoiler to what happened to the previous book. However, although each book is a continuation from the previous one, one can still read it as a stand alone story. I first read this book when I was in Form 4 and I find it very interesting because of it's fantasy and Indian mythological themes. Very interesting in how the vampires are depicted in this series and how it plays around with the Indian mythology.

Some people might be turned off by the cover art as it seems teenage-ish but the story turns much darker into the series. Very good book and I highly recommend it to any fantasy/mythology fans out there.

Here's the link to the Wikipedia : The Last Vampire series. Beware of spoilers in Books 2 onwards.

Mythology and Fantasy movies

chibi_tenko — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:29:59 +0800

Was discussing bout mythology books and suddenly thought of the many wonderful mythology and fantasy movies that I've seen and those that I might not have heard/seen before. Care to discuss or intro some? Also, I'd like it if we discuss or introduce some of the movies. Btw, the movies are not limited to live action movies. Anime/cartoon movies are fine as well.

Here's some of the mythology movies, in no particular order :

Clash of the Titans (1981) - I LOVED this movie and I really hope they'll do a good job with the remake that's due in 2010.

Neverending Story - The scene at the Swamp of Sadness... with Atreyu and Artax...
Wonder if I'm the only kid back then who kept looking at the clouds waiting for Falkor to show up

The Mummy - Movie 1 was fun. 2 was ok-ish. 3 is a nightmare that shouldn't have happened

Labyrinth - David Bowie and his big hair... and a guilty sister in search of her missing brother

Big Fish - an underrated great fantasy film starring Ewen McGregor.

Stargate (based on the Egyptian mythology)

Spirited Away - another very good movie based heavily on Japanese mythology

LOTR - Finally seen a movie where orcs and goblins are depicted constantly

Ever After - a very nice retelling of the Cinderella story

Brothers Grimm - not many people have seen this movie. Starring the late Heath Ledger.

and others that I can't remember right now

Here's a music video of Neverending Story. Not the original MV because even I LOLed at the lead singer and his 80s mullet. Some fan made this video but I think it's not bad.
[YOUTUBE]2GZ81-wOgbg[/YOUTUBE]

Persistent cough

chibi_tenko — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:25:38 +0800

I've had this persistent cough since last Thursday and while there's no increase in the intensity/frequency of the cough, it still maintains the same. I went to a GP last Sunday and he just gave me some cough syrup but it doesn't help at all. I can't sleep well at night because I've been coughing myself awake.

Here's my symptoms : persistent cough - it's dry cough, no phlegm last week but starting to have a little phlegm since yesterday evening. My throat's sore from the constant coughing and there's a tiny speck of blood when I spit into the sink this morning.

I've been feeling unwell but no major fever/flu going on but I do get headaches (maybe due to lack of sleep?) but I'm seriously worried that it might be some form of TB. I've checked on the internet for TB symptoms but I don't really have those symptoms. Should I voice out my fear to the doctor? I'm going to another one either tomorrow or Saturday.

Anyone here know what else might cause it? Stress? Weather?

Movies based on true events

chibi_tenko — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:25:22 +0800

Anyone here watched any good movies that are based on true events? The movies doesn't necessarily need to be be 100% following the true events but should be at least follow the main events that they are supposed to be based on.

I came across a website (which was mentioned in a crime book that I was reading 4-5 years ago) which depicts most of the major crimes that were committed around the world, from gangsterism, serial killers to terrorists and conspiracies. I've read almost all of the articles in that website except for mafia related crimes. I've also learned about Megan's Law and Amber Alert and how these laws were created to protect children from those predators.

So, is there anyone here who likes or happened to watch any? Would like to discuss about the movies or the actual events that 'inspired' those movies?

*Note : Some of the articles are quite disturbing (though no gory pictures, only crime scene pictures), so read at your own risk. Those who don't like to read long articles can google or Wiki for more info.

Here's a few that I think some of you guys might find interesting :

Alive - Starring Ethan Hawke
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
- This is the first based on true events movie that I've watched. The horrors of the plane crash aftermath that were depicted in the movie was nothing compared to what was written in the book.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - starring Johnny Depp as the singing killer barber
Sweeney Todd - the real one, not the singing version
- Gwailo version of Human Meat Char Siu Bao

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Starring Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski
Ed Gein - the one who inspires modern horror movie directors
- This article a bit gory, read at own risk (no pictures though)

Boys Don't Cry - Starring Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny
Teena Brandon aka Brandon Teena

Changeling
Chicken Coop Murders

Catch Me if You Can - Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks

Erin Brockovich - Starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart

The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Starring Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Carpenter
- The name of the actual girl killed during the lengthy exorcism was Anneliese Michel. Google for her info. Some websites have pictures of her when she was extremely emanciated and delusional, so click at your own risk. I see already also geli.

Anyway, there's tons of other movies out there that I haven't watch, so feel free to recommend or discuss if you guys want to.

<-- PS : I really like CSI and crime movies. Sometimes scares my friends with my constant visit of the crime website featured above.

Alan ~ anyone heard her songs before?

chibi_tenko — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:08:11 +0800

I was hunting around for some jpop these few days and bumped into this singer called Alan (full name Alan Dawa Dolma) and listened to her debut album Voice of Earth... and wow... her voice's really beautiful and powerful, not the mention that she looks really pretty.

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Wikipedia entry on Alan

Alan Dawa Dolma (Tibetan: Alan Dawa Dolma ཨ་ལན་ཟླ་བ་སྒྲོལ་མ་; Chinese: 阿兰达瓦卓玛; Pinyin: Ālán Dáwǎ Zhuōmǎ; born in 1987), professionally known as Alan, is a Chinese singer of Tibetan descent who is active in Japanese music industry. alan was discovered at an Avex audition in 2006. A year later she made her debut in Japan, with the single "Ashita e no Sanka". In 2009, alan released her debut album, Voice of Earth. Her main producer and composer is Kazuhito Kikuchi, who has worked with a number of Avex artists. alan is also known for playing the erhu.

Apart from erhu, she also plays the piano and a type of flute like instrument called hulusi. So far I've only heard only one of her albums and is in the midst of hunting down her other albums. Anyone here heard of her before?

Red Cliff theme song : 心・戰 ( Heart.War )
[YOUTUBE]xn8Wj5O1Ghc[/YOUTUBE]

Ashita e no Sanka
[YOUTUBE]k7iCRVLtZlM[/YOUTUBE]

Natsukashii Mirai ~Longing Future~
[YOUTUBE]Vm4SZSIjOd0[/YOUTUBE]

Megumi no Ame - can see her playing the erhu in the first 15 seconds of the video
[YOUTUBE]II-Zw5ACyYA[/YOUTUBE]

A woman missed her shark fin soup in Hong Kong

chibi_tenko — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:19:06 +0800

It looks fake but the last scene... the caucasian lady looks so funny. LOL

[YOUTUBE]Im7W1AnDmgA[/YOUTUBE]

Chinese and Indian jokes by Russell Peters

chibi_tenko — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:41:21 +0800

It's an old video but still very funny nonetheless. Those who have seen it before, don't kacau le.

Indians and chinese lifestyles - one can't live without a bargain and one can't give you a bargain
[YOUTUBE]JNmBfVfVpMA[/YOUTUBE]

White kids's parents vs black/asian kids parents.
This is personally one of my favorite
[YOUTUBE]Nn5jlrxcpkI[/YOUTUBE]

The Matrix Runs on Windows - BSOD

chibi_tenko — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:04:10 +0800

The Matrix Runs on Windows

[YOUTUBE]yX8yrOAjfKM[/YOUTUBE]

[need help/advice] Claiming insurance

chibi_tenko — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:00:33 +0800

Hi guys, need some advice over here.

Today my car was rammed from the back by some idiot lousy driver. Thing is, my car was parked in an open air parking lot and I was in the office when it happened. Somehow, the fella rammed his grey Myvi into the back of my car, leaving a huge huge dent (bumper have to be changed as it was distorted and cracked already) and the taillight popped out of it's place.

He left his business card with the carpark management and went ahead to make a police report. By the time I found out and called him, he told me to go to the police station to make a report and claim his insurance for the repair fees.

What I need to know is :

- Can I go to any workshop and repair my car? Or do I have to go to a workshop that's approved by the guy's insurance company?
- What is the next step do I have to take to make the claim? Will the workshop handle it? Or do we have to look for an agent of some sort to do it?
- How long does it take to get the payment for the claim?

Would appreciate any help/advice over here.

Thanks in advance

Agefuku in Taipan

chibi_tenko — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:10:22 +0800

Hi guys, need your help. Anyone here been to Agefuku (in Taipan) before? It's a japanese buffet place and I was thinking of going there with my friends. Do post your review for this place.

The info that I found varies from very good to just mediocre. Fellow LYNians, help!

Agefuku's location

80s-90s cartoon galore!

chibi_tenko — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:53:23 +0800

Well, I was at my cousin's place last Sunday and was babysitting my nieces and nephews. Watching those cartoons on Cartoon Network like Cow and Chicken, and SpongeBob Square Pants makes me reminiscence back the old cartoons that I use to watch when I was a kid.

So, can fellow 80s cartoon fans please come on in and talk about your favourite 80s cartoon? (or early-mid 90s also can)

Here's some of my favourites 80s cartoons:

Thundercats : Love the theme song!
[YOUTUBE]2Qd_IsxgAf8[/YOUTUBE]

Dungeons and Dragons : Archers ftw
[YOUTUBE]mfif5DiGMYc[/YOUTUBE]

Dino-Riders
[YOUTUBE]ZE6PM3WRn04[/YOUTUBE]

Jem : *snorts* This is one of the few girl-theme cartoons that I like.
[YOUTUBE]20BZID081Vk[/YOUTUBE]

Snorks : The under-rated one but dang! I love the theme songs so much!
[YOUTUBE]nuCq0aZiPT0[/YOUTUBE]

Duck Tales : I used to drive my dad nuts when I kept singing "Duck Tales! Whooo Whooo!"
[YOUTUBE]34Sb0hGUNIQ[/YOUTUBE]

Of course, there are alot others that I might be missing out. Share your fav here!

Dramas based on Qiong Yao's work

chibi_tenko — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:35:34 +0800

Hi guys, just wondering if there's any fans of Taiwanese dramas that are based on Qiong Yao's work here. For those who don't know, Huan Zhu GeGe was one of her novels that were adapted into a drama series.

Although most of her novels have sad/unhappy endings but the storyline are way way superb compared to the modern god-knows-what dramas (imagine Qing Dynasty era girls with shiny lavender lipstick and sparkly eyeshadows *shudders*) that they are churning out now. I admit the tear-jerking scenes might be a tad too much but hey- the storyline makes up for it. Here's some of the MV of the shows based on her work.

One thing I noticed tho- they never make OP/ED as good as the older dramas.

Plum Blossom Triology Pt 1 "Plum Blossom Scar" OP
[YOUTUBE]4rIRKXfnPRc[/YOUTUBE]

Plum Blossom Triology Pt 2 "Ghost Husband" OP
[YOUTUBE]8vxnXOiSbf8[/YOUTUBE]

and of course, the ever popular

Huan Zhu GeGe ( Goodness, it's been 10 years already since it was first aired in 1998... )
[YOUTUBE]My-nrHKOXrE[/YOUTUBE]

Karate baby...

chibi_tenko — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:14:11 +0800

I laugh so hard at the baby's facial expression.

To those of you who has seen the clip, just click the back button. Reposts for you guys but not for others who haven't seen it.

[YOUTUBE]Awm9nE8bJtI[/YOUTUBE]

Protect your valuables

chibi_tenko — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:32:20 +0800

I receive this frm my friend :

[YOUTUBE]ovZ3VQmr_eI[/YOUTUBE]

It's the way they keep avoiding each other.

Japanese Pranks

chibi_tenko — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:59:00 +0800

[YOUTUBE]v9rhCuvnHm4[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]A2syxXPR7xY[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]nL-YZfy7r9U[/YOUTUBE]

The japanese really go to the extreme to pull pranks on people.

Jaw dislocation?

chibi_tenko — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:49:35 +0800

I've been having this problem on and off last year. Sometimes when I've been eating peanuts or anything that requires constant chewing in a short period of time, my jaw tends to feel... dislocated. Meaning, it feels as if the sockets are not 'back in' properly, if you get what I mean.

Once in a while if I'm yawning, I can feel a soft tearing sensation along my jaw. It's not painful or anything, just that it's a very weird sensation. Wondering if anyone felt/have this sensation before. I visited a doctor once and he said it didn't seem to be dislocation. Would appreciate it if someone can give some advice/opinion about this.

And btw, I haven't had this problem from early this year but several days ago I felt a slight 'crick' to my jaw...

Hot dogs... in an oven.

chibi_tenko — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:08:06 +0800

Hot Dogs in an Oven

ROFL!!! I'll never look at hot dogs in an oven the same way again.

Waterfall Outing for pets 2

chibi_tenko — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:48:38 +0800

Our first Pertak trip!

So guys, we decide on 13th October already ya? If anyone want to change the date, please tell us earlier.

Those who wants to go and don't know how, please let us know. Those who know already, either you guys group up again in PJ or Setapak and go straight to KKB. You guys still remember how to go eh?

Nairud say can use highway to go, so wait for him to tell you guys how le.

13th October - Pertak trip! : Updated as of 12th October 9am

- Chibi Tenko, parents and furkids.
- Ann, Jeff and Money
- John and Prince
- Amanda and Pacco
- Manhunt and wife (?)
- Rocky & Wife, Jiro & Ayako
- Audrey, Duchess & Bentley
- S. Fun & Venus
- Jo, Rainy & Baby
- Melisha & Mum, Amber, Faith & Chloe
- Bebe & Family
- Yen Ling, Hero & Casper
- Joo Ling & Max

HDD problem - Status:Unreadable?

chibi_tenko — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:48:44 +0800

Can't someone help me? I recently bought an external HDD and connected it to my PC. Thing is, the PC detected the HDD because I saw the message that "Device ready to be use" and also the Safely Remove Hardware Icon. ( I connect it to the USB port at the front of the CPU )

However, when I go to My Computer, that I can't and don't see the HDD in there. Can someone please help me? I when to Disk Management but it's not listed there either. Can someone pls tell me what's wrong?

Also, please don't flame me. I'm a newbie and this is my first HDD. I haven't even format it yet. Any help is greatly appreciated.

- Chibi

PS : I'm using Windows Vista

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Edited :

Guys, I double check the Disk Management and found out that the status of the HDD is Unreadable. Can anyone tell me what is wrong? I think I got cheated already. Last time bought the HDD at PC fair, they say it's Maxtor brand but don't see any brand indication after checking also...

Please help