background music...

khalsom, check out this site...

http://www.ricocheting.com/js/music.html

this will give you the source code to copy into your blog template. As for the music URL, you'll have to find it yourself, depending on what which song u want. easiest way i find is to just search thru google. once u have found the song, right click the link and choose properties. this should display the address(URL) of the music clip. (it should be blahblah.wav or blahblah.mp3). copy this whole URL and paste it into the template accordingly.

freakin flies! shoo! shoo!

omg melbourne must be where all the flies in the world come to spawn.
my friends warned me that during summer there would be lots of flies around. at the time i thought "you pansies...its only a few flies."

but OMG!!! these flies come in swarms!!! and they're freakin HUGE too! (albeit slow also. they can be killed easily, like how you would normally kill a mosquito. aussie flies are big and dumb and dont seem to have the "spider sense" that asian flies do)

anyways, back to my fly-bitching. i went for a walk today (my only form of exercise at the moment) to uni and this grp of like 5-6 flies followed me ALL THE WAY! wah its the most irritating thing!! and when i look ard at other pedestrians, i can see a "halo" of flies around their heads. you can see ppl flaying their hands around for no apparent reason on the streets of melbourne.

this is really giving the pulau tekong mosquitoes a run for their money.

hoooommmee...hooooomee on the range....where the deeeeer and the antelope plaaaaay...

tick tock tick tock.
waiting for time to pass by.... watching the paint peel on the walls....
haa
oh well, i DID wish for my exams to be over, so now that i've got my wish, i really shouldnt be complaining that im STONED BORED! haha. like i said....SHOULDN'T be complaining. but that doesnt mean that i cant.

good thing is, i finally have the time to attend to my comics. more than a month back, i bought this thick comic called Runaways (i mentioned it in one of my posts). thru sheer force of will, i was able to avert myself from reading it before the exams. but now i can relax on my couch and flip thru every glossy page as slowly as i wish, savouring the devine artwork in every panel. ah.... (sigh)

ive also had time to catch up on my own comic lately. been at work on it since last year (june i think). but during term and exam time, ive rarely had the time to sit down and finish it. now looks like hopefully i can get it done by the end of this year! hopefully! im normally very bad at keeping deadlines, especially when they're personal ones...hehe. once its done i'll post it here, or in a new blog or smth....

i'm also starting to miss home... maybe its the solitude of being cooped up in my apartment all day.

ooooo! i think its about time to take a nap! heee.

zzzz, snort snort....zzzzzz
(in his catatonic state, iylia unknowingly puts on 2kg)

past the 70kg mark!...among other things

not been exercising much lately. knee's still in pretty bad shape. =(
yesterday i went out and i ran across the road to beat the flashing crossing light. it mustve been only 15m or so, but afterwards my knee hurt like hell! i just dun understand....one day im running several km with no problem, and the next i make a short dash and end up hobbling the rest of the day. are any of u out there taking medicine as a degree? pls pls invent a way to inject cartilage directly into the knee. i will be eternally grateful...

oh and in related news, i have bypassed the 70kg mark for the first time since 2002. i'd like to think that its all muscle gained, but the fats that are beginning to hang over my waistline suggest otherwise...

supes official site launched..

The official site for Superman Returns has been launched!
and surprise, surprise.... the teaser trailer is coming out on Nov 18th!!

i've added the link to the site under my "Links" column...

i need a job!!!

1st sem of uni is almost over....only one more paper to go! bloody City in History....i hate mugging and memorising dates. We must memorise the names of architects and the buildings that they built. altogether there are about 24 lectures, with about 10 architects n buildings each....so thats 240 things to remember!!!!!
and some of these guys have weird italian names, and greek names and blah blah... AHHHHH!

*change of subject*

dunno why but i feel bad for being overseas and using up my parents money. i mean, i understand when they say that its their job to "give me an education", so i dun mind the fact that they're paying for my school fees. but its them paying for my daily expenses thats beginning to bother me. hai....
dunno if its cos i've been so used to self-sustaining myself during NS (i miss officer pay....), but i feel uncomfortable drawing an allowance from them again.

so to solve this problem....i shall get a job!!! however, first i'll need to apply for a study-cum-work visa, and a tax number (so i can CORNtribute to the aussie govt). will prob do that after my exams. it takes a while to process (about a month)... so i'll most likely look for a job when i come back during summer. hopefully can work at Nike Melbourne(long shot) or Max Brenner (my dream part time job!!!!! though i'll probably end up sampling all the choc in the kitchen and become a fatty-bom-bom). right now i wouldnt mind anything...as long as i can get some cash to spend on myself...and pay for my horrible comic addiction.

oh and my knee is still shit today......

atkins diet here i come.

super low morale...

im in the shits now....

went running just now and my "good" knee just gave way too. dunno y also....sigh. now i have two dodgy knees, and im still only 21.....

so sad right now....dunno wat to do also......

i'll wait a few days b4 i try a slow run again. if it still hurts then thats it, im finished.... will prob have to do something drastic and rest it for half a year or so and keep taking suppliments.

sigh........ i feel like a bird without wings......

nothing will ever be the same...

for those of u non-comic book fans out there, you may not understand the importance of this post, or some of the emotions conveyed in it. but by all means, read on if u want to hear the ramblings of a comic book freak...

HOLY MOLEY SHIT!!!!!
let me say that again.... HOOOLLLYYYY MOOOOOOLLEEEEYYY SSHIIIIIIITTT!!!
i just finished reading the last issue of House of M!!!

background info : House of M is a MARVEL comic book that was hyped up to "completely change the Marvel universe". it was said to be "the Marvel event of the decade"... "nothing will ever be the same".

it was 8 issues long...and i tried so very very hard not to read each issue as it was released every month. i didnt wanna be stuck in the position of waiting one month for a cliffhanger to be resolved, only to be treated to another cliffhanger...
so i waited till i had all 8 issues so i could read them at one go. and that day was TODAY!!!! i have just read possible the single greatest Marvel story EVEEEER!!! and having read Age of Apocalypse and the Galactus saga, that's saying a lot!!

"nothing will ever be the same".... thats not just a cheesy tag line!! those guys at Marvel frickin MEANT EVERY WORD!!! warning...spoilers in the next paragraph...

How could they do that!?!? how could they take away so many A-lister's powers!?!? ICEMAN!! QUICKSILVER!!!.....and most most MOST MOST MOSTEST SHOCKING OF ALL......MAGNETO!!!!!! omg i NEVER saw that one coming!!!!!! they took away magneto's powers!!! we're talking about frickin MAGNETO HERE FOLKS!!!!! in comic book terms, that's like saying hitler's still alive!

wooooo! i'm on cloud nine now! i cant wait for the following issues to come out and see what the after effects of the House of M are. hehehe. at the same time, my exams are taking a significant blow... but in the wake of such comic book goodness, who cares?!?! hahahahaha.

bring on House of M : Decimation!!!!!!!

phew....this is THE reason i read comic books.
yes i am a freak....

warning! warm front...its HERE!!!

its blaaaarrrdddyyyyyy hoooooooooot today!!
just last saturday the weather was a wonderful 20 degrees. today its frickin 30 degrees! aiyoh....
and the melb sun is not like the spore sun. here is burns!!! u can actually feel your skin roasting! i mustve gotten several shades darker today. oh well....embracing my inner mat.

went furniture shopping today! yes, im moving house!!! yay!
well, actually im moving just across the street to my current place. but its a slightly bigger apartment and its much much higher...on the 39th floor! woooo!! i like being hiiiigghh!!!! (easier to commit suicide if need be. currently on the 13th floor its "maybe might survive with a broken neck". but at 39 storeys up....sure die.) haha. ok im sounding a little too grim there. but the view is really sweeeeeet, although partially blocked by this concrete office tower. but beggars cant be choosers as they say.

so, yeah, i needed to buy furniture cos the furniture in my current place belongs to the owner. im renting it. so need to get my own stuff for the new apartment.

while going here n there shopping for furniture, i have completely neglected my EXAMS!!! hahahaha. exams? what exams?? we have exams??? haha. need to start sooooon.

break out the coffee!!

hurrah!
tmr i'll be submitting my last last model for the sem. (yes, trust me this time i mean it. LASTEST!) after that its just mug mug mug for the exams. hmm... mugging...havnt done that in quite a while... about 3 yrs to be exact. haha. have i lost the art of being a chao mugger?? we'll soon find out. but without my Nescafe 3-in-1, who knows? i may be powerless!!

"Caffeine enriches the soul"

The Fortress version_2.0

ive decided to give this blog a little image overhaul.
Tah dah!
its the Fortress of Solitude version_2.0

and this new version is all about building up the hype to Superman Returns.
thats right folks, set your calender reminders to 30 June 2006, cos the Man of Steel is gonna kick ass on the big screen once again!!

countdown to the Return

dunno if u have noticed yet, but there is a new countdown clock under the title of this blog. Unfortunately, it does not countdown in real time, but if u refresh the page, you'll see that the time on the counter has changed.

the date its counting down to is 30th June 2006....the release date for SUPERMAN RETURNS!!!!!!!!

two very disturbing things...

i usually have the TV on while im working on my models. not that i really pay attention to the programs, but i just dont like to work in silence. and occasionally, i might hear something interesting and stop to see what it is. last night, two phrases caught my ear. they were "Melbourne Cup", and "...the round ball...". unfortunately, neither was related to soccer. rather, their subject matter infuriated me quite a bit.

here's what they were:

1. "Melbourne Cup", aka "Let's Cheer While People Torture Animals"
The Melbourne Cup is actually a horse racing tournament. and for some insipid reason, the Aussies LOVE their Melbourne Cup. horse racing has got to be the most idiotic, immoral sport on the planet.
i mean, these jockeys dont do ANYTHING other than strap themselves to the horses and whip them constantly throughout the race. and then when they win, the public bathes the jockey in a shower of congratulations, as if he had anything to do with the victory. COME ON PEOPLE! THE HORSE WON! NOT THE JOCKEY! if they'd strapped a 5-year-old kid to the horse, would u ppl be cheering for the kid instead!?!? JACKASSES!!!
And whats up with whipping the horse?!? does that really make it go faster!??! you dont see coaches whipping atheletes during a race, do you?!?! why then would u whip a horse?!? oh i get it...cos the horse cant whip u back. AARRGH!!! BASTARDS!!! i hope one day a horse realises whats going on and just kicks the living crap out of the jockey.

2. My second story is not one of anger, but of shock.
shock at the sheer stupidity of the sport. i get giggles just thinking about it because it really is THAT DUMB!
okay... heres how it goes. imagine a rugby field, with the rugby posts set up at both ends, BUT with a soccer goal post directly below the rugby post at each end as well. its like back in ACS(i) where they used the soccer field for rugby training, so there would be two sets of goal posts at either end cos ppl were lazy to move the soccer goal post out of the way.
okay (brace yourself)... in THIS sport, u play it with a soccer ball, BUT u are allowed to hold the ball. (yes, HOLD THE BALL). u can pass it with your hands, or with your feet. and the way to score a goal is either to kick it high up thru the rugby posts, or score into the soccer goal like the conventional soccer way. now here's where it gets ridiculous....u can use your hands and THROW THE BALL into the goal!!!!!! i couldnt believe it when i saw it!!! heck, you could even hug the ball and RUN INTO THE GOAL!!!! HAAHAHHAHAHAH! It's so stupid its hillarious!!!

obss...ss.. ssessive.... .c..co..compu.. pulsss..ss.sive....

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oh no what have i done?!?!

in the span of 24 hours, i have completely obliterated my chance of doing well in these coming exams. if u recall, about a month ago i was bitching about the fact that ARES (the program i use to download bootleg music n videos) died on me. and that was just about the time that LOST season 2 and SMALLVILLE season 5 were starting. so u can imagine how pissed i was... BUT! on the flip side, it did allow me much needed time to study and concentrate on model-making.

well, fortunately (or unfortunately), ARES has miraculously come back to life. and i have resumed my obsessive compulsive downloading of smallville and lost. "somebody saaaaaaaavveee meeeeeeeee...."

thats not all. to make matters even WORSE, i (for sheer lack of willpower) downloaded the demo of FIFA 2006. (suresh, for your own sake, i warn u DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS DEMO. u dont want to wind up like me......) last night was supposed to be a model-making night, but it quickly turned into hours of FIFA. oh no..... i can forsee it now. my exams are all but DEAD. bye bye "Merit". hellooooooo "Satisfactory", "Pass", and "Ungraded"....