Tour of City of Auch

*Music*

Coming up next on our guided tour is the one and only City of Auch!

But first of all, you must meet our special guests of this fabulous city!



Starting from the left, he's the only one who can be hot and cool and yet electrifying all at the same time! Yes, he's the Elementalist, Chiffon Cakess.

Next in the centre, is the studious looking Fighter, BlackForest Cakess, who evidently need a change of his ahem, thinking cap.

Now on the right is the fabulous looking and absolutely yummilicious Scout, Tiramisu Cakess.

Don't you wish you've got them in the palm of your hand? I totally wish I doooo!!!!

*Pssst, get on with the guided tour!!! Stop rattling off on the boysssss*

Ooh, what's tat? Oh yes, I do apologise for the lack of decorum on my parts.

Well yes, on with the program.

City of Auch, the only place where you have access to... ...

*That's all the time we've got on Tour of Sans Souci, Places where You'll Forget ALL Your Sorrows" Stay tuned for our next episode where you'll wish you were right here with us*

Hey? The program is over? I've not even started on introducing Auch yet! Hey you!

Granado Espada

There's this new online game tat I'm playing, it's called Granado Espada or GE for short.

Check this out!



I LOVE this game! Playing soooo much that I'm having pimples popping up on my forehead due to all the late nights =_="

More from GE coming up soon!

Poems (and Depressive Analysis)

Let me read some poetry from my fav poet :p

At the first turning of the second stair
I turned and saw below
The same shape twisted on the banister
Under the vapour in the fetid air
Struggling with the devil of the stairs who wears
The deceitful face of hope and of despair.

At the second turning of the second stair
I left them twisting, turning below;
There were no more faces and the stair was dark,
Damp, jagged, like an old man's mouth drivelling, beyond repair,
Or the toothed gullet of an aged shark.


Ash -Wednesday, No. III, by T.S. Eliot

The lamp said,
'Four o'clock,
Here is the number on the door.
Memory!
You have the key,
The little lamp spreads a ring on the stair.
Mount.
The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall,
Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life.'

The last twist of the knife.

- Rhapsody on a Windy Night, by T.S. Eliot

For the last poem, I LOVE the contrast between preparing for life and the last twist of the knife. It's life versus death.

The statement 'the last twist of the knife' seems to imply that there were a few other twists of the knife previously. It also immediately summons to mind a person being stabbed by someone else. Although one may have been stabbed in the gut by another, one can never anticipate the coming of the last twist of the knife that will ultimately end one's life.

Death is contrasted with life. Life on the other hand is paired with sleep. The implication seems to be that sleep brings life. Well, I totally agree with this since I LOVE to sleep as well. Muahahahahaaha.

Enough of depressive poetry for one night.

She's Born!!!

Fine, after what seems like forever, I'm officially writing that Ps Lawrence and Dns Chomel's daughter, Darlene, has been born!

Well, she's born like a long time ago, just tat i didn't update this blog that's all.

Buahahaahahaha.

Peace out.

Ps Lawrence and Chomel

Ps Lawrence and Chomel are gonna have their 1st child soon!! Praise the Lord!

Chomel is now 5 months pregnant.

Happy for them.

I remember some time back Ps Lawrence was doing the Holy Communion then he said that he and his wife wanted to have a child, but it was not to be.

Last night during the Bible Study (BS), Ps Lawrence was preaching and he shared about this topic.

He said that they waited for 4 years to have a child, and through it there were miscarriages.

When the couple went through the first miscarriage, Ps thought that it was something that they didn't do. So he meditated on God's Word, like sleep 1 hour then get up meditate then sleep 1 hour then get up and meditate again. One can really see the heart of Ps, that he was so sincere, but that wasn't the way things went.

This pregnancy happened naturally for them.

When one don't worry about things, one gives God the free hand to do His thing.

Singapore International Film Fest a.k.a. SIFF

For this year's Singapore International Film Fest (SIFF), I bought tickets to watch 2 Japanese animes.

The first one is called Nitaboh. It's about a blind boy whose interest and passion in music led him to leave his mark on Japan's history.

The other one that I watched was this thing called The Book of the Dead.

Wah, this one ah... At first when the film started, there was the following:
1. extreme wide shot of the city.
2. water dripping
3. side view of a figure in white followed by a creepy voice talking

I was like... Oh my GOODNESS!!!!! Am I in the WRONG theatre!!!! Some more I'm watching this by myself leh!!! Arrgghhh!!!

Then I see this title "The Book of the Dead".

Ok.....

So I'm in the RIGHT theatre.

FINE...

By the end of the movie, by the way, it's a puppet animation, so lagi more scary, I walked out of the theatre puzzled...

Can someone tell me what in GOD'S GREEN EARTH is the movie talking about???

Then I heard someone say:
eh... what is the movie about ah... don't understnad leh... chim you know...

Hahahaa.... so it's the movie makers who are chim lah...

Sigh... The next SIFF, I'll make sure I read the synopsis carefully... you know scrutinise every single letter, right down to the type of paper and the ink they use as well.

Finally!!! A Sound From Me

Hallo... it's me...

Yes, finally a sound from me...

No worries, I'm alive ok :p

I tell you... eyes, get ready!!! I'm going into overdrive!!!

Lee Dong Gun

Oh my goodness!!!

I'm still obssessed with LIP.

And being the potential stalker that I am... and being the kay po queen that I am, I checked out the actors (note: not actress) in LIP. Buahahahaaa...

And so I found some scandalous news.... Yummy... *slurp*

Park Shin Yang is married!!! And he's an ah pek... cos this year he 38 or 39 years old already. And what's more scandalous is that his wife is something like 13 years younger than him! And they got married when she was 21 years old.

You ask me how I know all the figures? Ahem... you talking to the kay po queen here you know... Yeah, that's how bo liao I am... muahahahaaa *evil laughter*

And you know something!!!! Lee Dong Gun (Yoon Soo-hyuk in the show) is so totally my age!!! He's an 80 baby like me!!! Power!!

Power to who?

Power to me lah...

The world's undisputed kay po queen and potential stalker...

Just a disclaimer: if you stay beyond Ang Mo Kio I have absolutely no interest in stalking you even if you are as handsome as my husband numbers 4 and 5.

Got that?

Why you ask.

Places like Sengkang, Bedok, Expo very far lah...

LIP

Good morning ladies and gentelmen, and welcome to....

The Turtle's World of Obession with LIP!!!!

Hurray!!

For all of you new comers, LIP stands for Lovers in Paris!!

Hurray!!

Now, for my progress report. Last night I've watched till episode 26 (Hurray!!) so tonight I'll definitely be able to finish the whole thing.

Ok, now for san ba time.

Aiyo... I was watching episode 26 last night and it ended off with Yoon Soo-hyuk driving in the car then he dropped the mp3 player or something in the car and he bent down to pick it up.

When I saw that, I felt a wave of deja vu sweep across me. Think Stairway to Heaven.

Then I said, eh hallo, don't be stupid lah... use common sense lah... later when car stop then you pick up lah... not as if car have lobang and the mp3 thing will drop right... *shake head*

Then much to my little suprise, the car crashed. (Of course will crash lah when you do this kind of no common sense thing...)

Then the saga will continue tonight.

But my slew of comments will begin now. :p

Aiyah, ok lah... even though I said that this is a common sense thing, but I reckon that this incident can be seen as Soo-hyuk's valuation of the mp3 player = Kang Tae-young, over his life.

Whatever.

To me, one should value one's life over other people, especially if that loved one doesn't love you. I'm not being selfish here. I'm being realistic. If due to every failed relationship then wanna die wanna die, then I think it's not very healthy. I mean, there's definitely more to life than boyfriend or husband right.

Ok, before you all start to stone me, let me explain ok... relak ah...

Here's what I mean. If one has a real blessed relationship, then ok, good for you. What I mean is that if one has failed relationships or no boyfriends or galfriends, it's ok... not end of the world. Just rest in Jesus, He'll make the Right one come along at the right time.

And if one no have Jesus then how?

Er, I also dunno how...

That's why I'm so disgustingly glad that Jesus found me when He did. So praise God lah.

To me, everything boils down to Jesus.

Anyhoosss... back to LIP.

Aiyah... back to LIP... Aiayh, I think hor, I like Han Ki-joo leh... Arrrghhhhh!!!!!! He gets cuter and cuter as the show gets along.

Ok, below is my list of husbands. Yes, with a 's':

1. Kwon Sang Woo
2. Park Shin Yang

No no... wait.. salah...

Revised list:

1. God
2. Camera
3. Family
4. Kwon Sang Woo
5. Park Shin Yang

Actually hor... I feel that I like the characters in the shows and not the actors themselves.

The reason is that you dunno the actors' real characters. If they in real life kenna sai like that, then they can go and fly kite.

Like my friend said and I quote (roughly lah) "The guy can be good looking, can be rich, can be an achiever, but if he treats you like shit (pardon the language, but that's what my friend said), then it's redundant also."

You go gal.

Love's Come Down

I like this song!!!!

Do you know the meaning of the season,
Past the tinsels and the lights,
The festivities and laughter.

It's the story of an ageless love,
For God so loved the world,
He gave His only Son.

For the Babe born in Bethlehem,
Was a gift of God became the Son of Man,
Who took away my sin and pain at the cross.

Love is now within me,
Emmanuel He is the reason I celebrate and praise,
Love's revealed His glory,
Grace came down dwelt among us,
Gave His life to redeem us,
Brought eternal peace and joy,
Joy to the world,
Love's come down.

He's the greatest love I've ever known,
He raised me out of my despairs,
Gave me hope for my tomorrows.

For the Babe born in Bethlehem,
Was a gift of God became the Son of Man,
Who took away my sin and pain at the cross.

Love is now within me,
Emmanuel He is the reason I celebrate and praise,
Love's revealed His glory,
Grace came down dwelt among us,
Gave His life to redeem us,
Brought eternal peace and joy,
Joy to the world,
Love's come down.

Despite my unbelief and doubt,
My Jesus He has sought me out,
In my weaknesses it's His strength that leads me on,
For no one else can comprehend,
My thoughts and fears not known to men,
It's His perfect love that's cast out all my fears.

Love is now within me,
Emmanuel He is the reason we celebrate and praise,
Love's revealed His glory,
Grace came down dwelt among us,
Gave His life to redeem us,
Brought eternal peace and joy,
Joy to the world,
Love's come down.

Narnia

I liked The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and how it really paralled with our relationship with God.

There are probably a lot of things that are similar, but I'll only talk about the one that spoke to me the most.

The first time the boy Edmund his name is, met the white witch she wanted him to bring his other siblings to Narnia so that he might be a prince or king of Narnia in future.

However, this is not the way the animals as well as Aslan perceive them. They already are Kings and Queens despite them not doing anything.

This point really struck home to me. Because in the same fashion, the devil will want us to do something religious in order to become a King or Queen. However, that is not how God sees us. Once we receive and believe that Jesus is our Lord, immediately, we already are Kings and Queens, without effort, without doing anything at all.

Selah.

I Seriously Need Major HELP!!!!

Arrrggghhhh... Can anyone or anything help me???

I'm so totally a TV addict!?!?!

At first, I saw this Korean show "Lovers In Paris" (LIP 'smacks'... nice one :p) on Channel U. And I thought it looked interesting. Then when it ended at a point where it's TOTALLY interesting to know the ending (I live live MUST MUST MUST!!!!!!! know what happened), I went mad with curiosity. This curiosity started first as a small flame... Then my heart and my brain started the fan the flame by thinking and wondering: what happen next huh? The small flame turned into a fire which then turned into a blaze which then turned into a natural disaster!

So, with this flaming curiosity out of control, the next day, after work, I went to the video rental store near my house and rented the VCD. Muahahahaaa....

And so I started watching, and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching and watching.

This show only has 28 episodes and I've watched till episode 7 or 8, (can't remember) and due to time constraint (it was 12.45am, nearly 1 am already!!!), I had to zzzzzz... Otherwise the next day at work, you'll see a blur kong and not the real turtle.

But no worries, I'll continue my saga tonight and the night after and the night after and the night after and the night after (you get the picture. :p)

So far what I've seen, I definitely like this drama way better than Stairway to Heaven (STH). I mean, don't get me wrong and start stoning me hor, I mean STH was all good for crying and all, plus Kwon Sang Woo is soooo disgustingly CUTE, but LIP is farnie albeit there are sooo no cute guys at all. But as the show continues, my heart starts to warm up to the male lead, Han Ki-joo (guy's real name is Park Shin Yang). Rats, Jesus, You must protect my heart hor... Dun want this warm feeling for Mr. Park to turn into a raging forest fire hor...

Yah lor... like that lor...

Ooh, I still have comments on Narnia... That's coming right up!!

The Story of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

First of all, blessed Christmas everyone!!! =)

Secondly, I hor, very gia lang you know... I watched The Chronicles of Narnia like twice in the row can! First time 27th Dec night and the second time 28th Dec night. Heehhee....

Just a disclaimer, the first night I watched with friends and the second night I watched with family.

More descriptions and comments later, I gotta go...

Till next time! =)

The Promise... Simi Promise??

Hallo everyone, I have an announcement to make: I'm on leave today. Buaahahahaa! Shiok!

Since I have the day off, I did my onw thing lah. Then in the late afternoon I thought: maybe I should go watch a movie.

I was kind of thinking of watching 'Aeon Flux' since the poster looked kind of cool... but I saw the trailer of 'The Promise' at the train station and realised that the movie has opened! Hurray I thought. So I went to Bishan to buy the ticket for the 4.30pm movie.

I was really excited and I couldn't really wait to watch the movie.

The first 10 minutes or so was still okay... I was still thinking 'cool man!' But after the introduction of Jang Dong-Kun (some Korean guy that drives many women into screaming frenzy) took place, I was thinking something like 'you MUST be joking...'

The reason: slave Jang can run disgustingly fast, a la The Flash.

Fine.

I can live with that for a while even though there isn't any viable explanation.

Then I see Cecilila Chung (some Hong Kong woman whom people call the next Lin Ching Sia... whatever) standing on some roof with some emperor guy. Then she starts striping... Hey you hum sam lo... not stipe till you see that woman naked lah deh... as in she just strip her outer flimsy coat thing lah. Then ah this Nicholas Tse (some Hong Kong guy lah... this one not bad, I can say he's cute) pointed his sceptor at Cecillia as a gesture of good work (not encoiraging her to strip lah, but that she distract the soldiers lah). Now, ordinarily, I absolutely have no problem with this, except that in this case, the sceptor has a golden hand in a thumbs up position. I mean, what the ?!??!?!?

Later on in the movie, Cecillia Chung is seen frolicking with this great general Hiroyuki Sanada (some Japanese guy lah...). I think there is some kissing or even more explict scene, however, I didn't get to watch it since it was like, so totally censored lah deh.

Then the movie explains that Jang is actually from this country called the Land of Snow (I'm like... whatever lah deh...). Citizens of this country can run exceptionally fast, a la The Flash (eh hallo... if till now you dunno who Flash is... I seriously suggest that you read up on comics hor... and I don't mean the Japanese manga hor... I mean the American comics... you know like X-Men, Superman, Batman that kind of thing. The Flash is this guy who can disgustingly fast, hence the name Flash... duh...). And Jang was able to find the desire to enable him to discover who he is and hence run real fast... so fast that he can even turn back time.

Now, Cecillia is a woman cursed by some goddess. The curse goes something like this: you will have all the riches in life, all men will be smitten by you, but when you find someone whom you love, that love will not last... until time is turned back, the sun rises from the west, sets in the east and the dead is resurected... (see... useless information like this I can remember...)

Hence this ties in neatly with Jang's abilities.

All you need to know after a series of events that Nicholas Tse and Hiroyuki Sanada both die. The only two survivours are Cecillia and Jang. Then the two of them flew off into a multi-coloured sky a la the Aurora Borealis.

When I saw this, I was like... no way hose... you cannot end like this ah... then to my relief, I saw another shot: a cherry blossom tree.

Then

Credits.

What the ??!?!?!??!

The ending is crap. The middle of the story is crap. Majority of the beginning is crap. Arrrggghhh. Can't stand it.

The movie's plot is damn ridiculous. The movie tries to be something that it is not. And what's with the obession with cherry blossom tree???

And this movie is entered in the Oscars as Best Foreign film?? You MUST be joking!!!?!?!?!!! Don't sia suah Asia ok... The cinematography is just so so... I say 'Hero' and 'House of Flying Daggers' are much better!

And I hear that this is the most expensive movie to come out of China. I say the money would have been better used to improve the sanitary conditions in China.

I must say though that the effort to do a movie that is pan-Asian in nature must be applauded but it still cannot compensate all the horrible, corny and crappy special effects and storyline.

The storyline has absolutely nothing to do with the title 'The Promise'. Simi promise? Promise that it'll be a BAD movie? Go and fly kite lah deh!

And one more thing Cecillia Chung is UGLY like crap!!! She looks different with and without make up. She looks different with every camera angle. She just looks gross lah...

Bleah.