RiverFire 2008

August 30th, 2008 - RiverFire

It was a splendid display of fireworks... Not only there was fireworks along the Brisbane river.. But there were even fireworks placed strategically on top of a number of buildings within the CBD to light up the whole city.. It would be an awesome sight if you were on the 'Brisbane Eye' in South bank.

The air show was great too.. To complement the fireworks, aircraft flew with flames behind them and that lit up the night sky.. You could see them as those bright streaks running across the picture above..

However, I did not managed to get a good view of the fireworks display that night.. As always, I got turned off by the massive crowd. The crowd had been there since about 4-5pm that day just to wait for the fireworks display at 7pm. Wow.. I wished I could have their patience.. =)

Anime.. (ef - a tale of memories..)

Dear Anime fans..

Exams are over and I got all the time in the world to unwind and relax for the next 3 weeks or so.. I was browsing through my Anime collection and decided to watch some of the series again.. Ef - a tale of memories.. One of my favorites among my list of school life romance titles.

The Anime ran 2 concurrent stories in one.. One of them involves the typical love triangle while the other revolves around a guy who loves a girl who suffered trauma to her head which result in memory lapses.. She will forget everything that had happened to her from the following day! everyday! This does sound familiar right.. It was adapted from a similar concept in Adam Sandler's movie - '50 first dates' in 2004.

All in all.. Personally, the Anime was great. It even managed to draw out a tear or two out of me.. Totally awesome... Catch it if you are free.. Its a short Anime. Only 12 episodes in total.

I added episode 1 as a preview.. Enjoy!!

Shave your head for a good cause...

I was soo stressed out yesterday.. I had put up with my hair poking into my eyes long enough.. I felt that it was time for a hair cut.. Unfortunately, I did not have the experience or have the skill to cut my own hair.. I tried at first.. but it did not turn out well.. so there was one simple solution.. A shaved head.. :D Luckily I got a friend at that time to help me out..

Heard of the Australia Greatest Shave, Save Leukaemia Foundation?? I always wanted to register and have my head shaved for a good cause.. But I somehow never gotten the courage to join.. (Maybe its cos of the fee).. Well, it was an easy task anyway, something possible for a DIY fix.. Thus, I did it at last..

Another plus point, I could use my head to practice surface anatomy and understanding the radiographic positioning of the skull.. It was a small sacrifice for a greater good.. hahaha..

Anyways, Hair will grow back.. this is just temporary.. :)

Buddha Fest...

It was Buddha Fest a weekend ago and I thought I walked over to SouthBank to have a look around and see a lil bit of culture.. Pretty colourful occassion.. The whole place were lit up with lanterns.. Nice.. :) It was a 2-3 day long affair.. I didn't go for the whole event unfortunately.. so I missed out on their fireworks display.. Shucks..




Continued my walk to West end.. Just felt like walking that day.. and to my horror I saw this...





Gosh.. It looked like a prop for a hunted house.. Ghastly!!.. The whole top end of the lampost was covered in cobwebs.. Even the sign next to it was engulfed by the cobwebs.. No wonder the lights around the area were soo dim.. All the lampost in that area were in the same state..

Krispy Kreme in Brissie.

Krispy Kreme Donuts are finally in Brisbane!!!

Everyone seems to be flocking to the shop to get their hands on the donuts there when it first opened a few days ago.. The queue is CRAZY~~~ the security arsenal was complete with bouncers standing in front of the entrance for crowd control and all.. Gosh.. and I thought KIASUISM only exist in Singapore..

Anyways.. I did not join the queue just for donuts even though they were giving free donuts to those who were in the queue waiting.. I rather do something else than join the queue.. Besides that, I did eventually got my hands on a dozen of those donuts on a much less crowded time..



My favourites.. Strawberries and cream donuts and custard filled chocolate donuts..

Bulgarian Music Idol Contestant..

This Bulgarian Music Idol contestant - Valentina Hassan was attempting to sing her rendition of 'Without You' by Mariah Carey.. I apologise to the Mariah Carey fans out there but not to worry, I include Mariah's response to the song for you guys too alright.. Enjoy!



Mariah's response -
"Look,i don't know who .. anybody could sing this,I have to say, anybody who has a nerve to go to any one of these shows and infront of the whole world to sing, you know, i just have to give a clap to them. Yay for anybody whos got that much, umm..hootspa"

She responded very well, I really liked her smile after giving her comments.. truly inspiring to those who can't sing and just try to say out phonetically correct words of the lyrics.. especially if the song is in a foreign language.. My hats off to Valentina Hassan singing Ken Lee with her full confidence and all.. Truly entertaining.. Such idol shows would be boring if there weren't any contestant with her 'talent'.

Keeping Touch..

The past few weeks have been a little rough on me.. Getting trodden all over by Pathology and ravaged by developmental osteology and athrology. My only salvation is to indulge in my little rambles through the events of life..

These days, I have been thinking about the actions we could take to keep or maintain relationships from a faraway distance. I did ask around and here is my2 cents worth..

The following are what were on my list; (some are funny but I assure you these are real...)

1) Chat with them every night. Make sure to include an account regarding every move or event. Be as complete as possible.. Include the description of one's breakfast, lunch and dinner. Remember that this is a thorough account and so, details of the surroundings needed to be included too. Especially regarding the company one was with for a particular event. Looking at this, made my memories of reporting my duties to my drill sergeant less traumatic.. =)

2) Watch a movie together! Surprising as it may sound.. It is possible.. Even though both parties are like a miles away, you can be together in 'spirit' or 'mind' by doing the same thing at exactly the same moment. Both parties could rent/download a movie and synchronously watch the movie together by hitting the play button at the same time.

3) Put the webcam on 24hrs 7 days a week. The idea would be something similar to the concept in the movie 'The trueman show" acted by Jim Carey or the more locally acclaimed - "Big Brother". One could talk and see each other anytime of the day and the best thing of them all is that you could see each other sleeping at night.. How Romantic!! Make sure to get a good ISP for this one.. =)

After it all, it got me thinking...
Man.. No wonder I couldn't maintain a relationship if its being tested by distance.
I don't think I could ever do any one of those things.. Hahaha..

For those who actually did those things as I listed above.. I hope you don't get offended alright.. I intend it to be a harmless fun.. In fact, KUDOS to you.. I admire your unflagging efforts and the commendable commitment to a relationship..

=)