New Years Biotch!

so yeah posting before the new year.

dad asked me to get ready cos we're gonna see the fireworks.
i said "now? it's still bright outside (which it was - very bright for 6:30pm)"

dad was like yeah; there's one at 9 and another one at 12.

we were going to the one at 9? really? wth is that about?

it's redundant.
to be honest i dont see the point of it.
although i guess its for the kids who cant stay up late.

well too bad for them!
tough tits!

it's not my fault their body clock isnt as screwed up as mine :P

oh and i'm also ticked off that i dont have anyone to kiss when the new year turns in, it's sad =_=

anyway - hope everyone had a GREAT Year and may this Coming Year bring More blessings.

love you all!

Peace, 2008~!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays

Freakin Motherboard [WARNING: NERD TALK]

**NERD TALK UP AHEAD, PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND A DICTIONARY/WINDOW OF WIKIPEDIA UP**

so okay.

i'm assembling my dad's computer.

processor's in its place, hard drive's there, Blu-ray drive too.
graphics card's good to go; it's all plugged in and ready to fire up.

i press the button...

nothing.

wth?
i check the plugs again
nothing.

ah crap...

i unplug everything; unscrew the power supply, get the other computer, switch the power supplies, and plug everything back in.

NOTHING

i wiggled the plug going into the Motherboard and i saw some lights flash - GOOD lights, not bad sparks...

i thought maybe the bits at the bottom of the board must be shorting against the case.
so i loosened up some screws and it seemed to solve the problem.

so anyway i turn it on, the Bios loads up and i press DELETE to go to the setup screen

while going through the menu

the Whole thing Freezes

i couldnt even use my keyboard to navigate through the menu...

i restart the computer
it does it again.
and again and again.

i look at message boards and some say that the motherboard might be dead.
PLEASE DONT DIE! YOUR EXPENSIVE!

long story short:

it didnt get fixed - it probably IS the motherboard.

this sucks...

12 days more till christmas

In the spirit of christmas and the fact that i havnt blogged for so long - here's a present guys; courtesy of Kim Dong-won





Have a happy holidays guys :D
love yall

OMG YAY (O'.')-O *BAM!*Q('.'Q)

Manny Pacquiao won the fight against Oscar DelaHoya!

yay

but to be honest - Manny didnt have much to lose.

i always say this; if he won - AWESOME; he freaking beat someone 2 weight levels above him (was it 2 weight levels? i cant remember) and on top of that he beat DeLa Freakin Hoya! that guy was a gun in his HeyDay.

but on the off hand that he lost, it was "expected", he was 2 weight levels from his norm; and he was against Delahoya!

FREAK! i'm so glad he won tho.

Mabuhay ang mga Pilipino!

i'm gonna go see if i can watch an online replay of that fight :P
i dont gots no PPV

my second home

if you've seen my tweets or know me and talk to me often enough to know my weekly schedule (AHEM GARBO AHEM) yall would know that i spend a minimum of 2 days at church.

whether it's because i'm serving (doing video mixing or just helping around), worshiping (straight up church services), or i got dragged there by people (most likely my parents) - i'm usually at church.

normally i'd got to Church on Fridays for Youth and Sundays for Church.

simple enough right?

no

lately i've been doing alot of video editing and filming for my youth group; announcements and promotions, and i'm usually available all week (well before i was available almost 5 days a week) so my time for filming is usually on the weekdays where i have my days off school or well; during the holidays.

so thats 1-2 more days

then there's my video mixing thing. i just recently got rostered on for video mixing atleast twice a month (sunday and saturday - same weekend). And sometimes i take over people's "shifts" so i do their weekend as well.

that's i guess 1 more day (cos i'm usually at church on sundays anyway)

so lemme tally up all the days...

1+1+2 = 4 (duh)

with 1 to 2 days margin of error.

i spend 2 to 5 days at church.

and my parents wonder why i'm always in my room for the time that i AM home...

Dont get me wrong; i love spending time at church, helping out, praising God and all.

but when it just DRAGS ON.
i cant take it.

Saturdays and Sundays are the worse;

on the saturdays that i DO go to church i usually have to do my vision mixing thing. which coincides with my parents cooking food to feed the homeless and disadvantaged.
my work finishes when the church service does - around 8pm. my parents finish when the kitchen is spotless and clean and it's 3 hours into the next day.

so today - being saturday (actually sunday now but we'll say it's saturday for argument's sake) i had to be at church early (4 pm) to set up the cameras - my parents needed to get there early too, to start on the cooking. so we got there and i did my mixing thing and my parents did they thing too. i finished at 8; went to the kitchen and got some food. i stood around, talked to people, ate some more, talked to people some more, stood around, helped a bit... when they were all done, we eventually left.

we got home at 11:30pm

tomorrow; i'm doing it all again. get there before 10am - preferably 9 - set up finish at 12pm; but this time after church: instead of waiting for my parents to finish their bible study which drags on til 3pm mind you, i'll be at the local housing commissions, filming some of the people at church give christmas hampers to the residents there. so YAY i get to do something!
but it's what happens after that i'm worried about.
i'm pretty sure that my 'Rents aill STILL be at church, STILL cleaning, STILL talking, and STILL wont go home.

wrapping up; ive tried going home myself, taking public transport and commuting home. but i gotta tell you - it sucks.
if you dont own a mode of private transport during the weekend, you're gonna have a hard time getting anywhere.

so yeah i'm stuck at church; it's ok when you want to go, but it starts to go sour when you're there for too long.

Back in Melbourne

so yeah; i woke up today at 5.
and i just chucked some pants on and re-organized my stuff before we had to go.

while waiting for Leah's older Bro to get ready, she and i had a little talk, reminisced on what happened during the week and did some heavy duty hugging.

just before i walked out of the house i quickly slipped a letter to leah (that i wrote the night before) in between her laptop. so she'd def. find it when she got back home.

so at the airport i got my boarding pass and got inline for the security check; we said our goodbyes as i got lost in the winding maze of airport security.

so the procedure was; i got all the crap i had around my neck, and in my pockets on a tray. i also had to take my lappy outta my bag and put it on a tray aswell. then my Bag and then the gift that Leah's mum gave me to give my 'Rents.

did i mention that she gave me (by me i mean my family) 3 boxes of Lindt chocolates o.o
as a gift?

i cleared the metal detector with my pants still up, i took my stuff and as i was walking towards the stairs, this security guy stops me and tells me that he needs to do another security check.

he then starts wiping my had with this thing that looked like the child of a lint picker and a metal detector. after he wiped my hands, he took of the small piece of cloth that touched my hands and put it in this small machine.
i had a glance at the piece of paper that was on the table - this check was actually to check for gunpowder residue. They were prob. thinking that the chockies was a bomb... noobs.

anyway, the guy swiped my hands, clothes, bag and the gift itself before calling for his mate to triple check in the xray machine.

i eventually got to go to my gate and i fortunately got there in time (10 mins to boarding time). went in and had to go all the way down the back; it was ok.

the plane took off and i thought i might order some food while the flight was going... i ended up falling asleep (uncomfortably mind you) until we actually touched down in Melbourne.

Dad was already at the Arrivals gate but my bag wasnt.
it eventually went around the conveyor and went to me.

*My eyes are so heavy right now... i wanna go to sleep*

so anyway on the dive home i told my Dad about some of the stuff i did while in Syd.
and how i wished i couldve been there for longer :P

anyway; i'm really tired. i've gotten used to sleeping quite early now.

gnight guys, love you all.

Sunday!

so this morning; we were meant to wake up at 7am because we were going to church at 9 - i set my alarm up at 7am.

i woke up at 6

DAMN IT!

i then went back to sleep; and woke up at 7... no one was awake, so i went back to sleep...

i woke up at 9 - crap; everyone just started to wake up :P no morning church then

we (Leah's Mom, Leah and I) all got ready and took the train to the city; cos we were going to watch this Christmas Parade (originally right after church).

it was ok.
as far as parades go; it could have been better.

we then went to go eat lunch at a sushi Train place; oddly enough i got full even though i ate like 5 pieces of sushi.

I got Leah's mom a nice bouquet of Lillies to show my thanks for putting up with me for a whole week :P

anyway; we then decided to go check out the swarovski Christmas Tree in QVB (queen victoria something) and it was HUGE - 3 levels of crystal decorated tree goodness; they had barriers put up so people like me cant steal the crystals :P

afterwards we separated; leah and i took a train to Meadowbank to go to a Korean Church; it was cool cos they had it at a Warehouse.
it felt so underground; kinda like Tokyo Drift, but it was church :D

i met new, cool people (all who were Korean) and the message by the pastor was very encouraging :]

we got a lift from a guy who we just met - he was MAD cool - back to the train stn. and when we got there the train was just arriving so leah didnt have time to buy a ticket.

ZOMG what a REBEL

anyway, we got off scott free and we met Leah's mum at Woolworths/Safeway.
we walked to the Korean BBQ place and we placed our order while we waited for the rest of Leah's family to arrive.

they did eventually but by that time we already ate most of the Bulgogi, have cooked the Wagyu Beef, and was starting on the SamGyeopSal.

omnomnomnom

anyway, we finished eventually; i'm pretty sure the waiter/waitresses that served us were glad to get rid of us, cos we were pretty annoying with all the asking for rice and bowls and what not.

we went home full and i kinda got ready for tommorow's EARLY ARSE FLIGHT.

Leah and I burned some time by watching "one tree hill" and talking about stuff.

now i'm just writing this blog.

Man i'm SO gonna miss sydney - and i havnt even gone yet!


i'll post some pics up on my FB and maybe some on here... if i can be bothered.

Sat ur Day

O em Gee

the YT gathering was pretty cool; i had tons of fun :D

hopefully Leah or I'll post some pics up on Facebook and yall could see em.

so anyway; we took the train to Circular Quay but we were worried they'd be gone cos we were an hour late :P (again)

but it was alright cos they we all there, with their cameras and what not.
there i met some YouTubers such as:

AngryAussie
FatAussieBarstard
ChrisonTV88
Chris (livingChrasityDreams)
babyPorridge
arthur40twodent
englishteaboy
forfun808
fizzyco2
andysmiirnoff

and so many more :D

but yeah, we all met up at the park near the quay and once clock struck 2, we headed off to the ferry to go to Manly Beach where we just walked around and bonded IRL (in real life) :P

these people were sooo cool in real life, really laid back and not what you'd expect from just watching their Youtube Personas.

so yeah - when we got back from Manly we then gathered back to the park and then we decided as to what we were going to do now.
They all went to karaoke and goin to a bar after but Leah and I walked to CBD and went to get some Sticker Photos!

yay!

here's some of my fave pics:





but yeah anyhoo it started to rain; really hard - better later than before tho :]
it sucked tho cos we missed the bus cos it arrived too early - Leah and I were like "WTF? it didnt even think of stopping!"
so we had to wait for the next bus; which we did.

we got home - and we ate Spaghetti Bolognaise :P
and dont forget the garlic bread!

after that we just went back upstairs and i am now chillin like a villain.
i might get the pics from her camera now actually...

*after a short while*

so yeah it's transferring on my HDD, i'ma transfer it now on my Comp! yay

wait... putting it on FB...

ok; here you go

Pitchures

Enjoy~

PS.

CommunityChannel wasnt there...

freakin...

Fry-Day

so today at around 3- pm that is; we went to burwood Westfield Shopping center to buy some clothes cos we had to dress up as something "S" for a party that we were about to go to.

i went as a skater so i bought a cool new shirt and a Flexfit hat. i wanted one of those anyway.

Leah dressed up as a soldier, the sexy kind :P
we went to the army disposals store and got a camo green shirt and a hat. we then went to the dollar store to buy a cheap arse toy gun.

Leah's friend YaeJi came along too - she dressed up as a surgeon, from SCRUBS :D

when we got there; there were asian guys outside talkin and they were all NOT in costume; it's cool - i look pretty Cas, and fly anyway.

but the girls... phew - i bet the S that they were going for was Slut cos most of em had the whole midriff thing goin, skirt which barely covers they underwear...
there were Students, Sailors and... i dunno.

but one group of people got pretty adventurous. there were 4 of them and they dressed up as the Scooby Doo Gang. problem was there were 3 guys and a girl... velma was played by a fat dude.

anyway, there was pizza and chips/crisps stretegically placed all around the room, even though it was an 18th there was no alcohol cos most of the ppl that came were underage.

anyway, Leah, Yeaj and I got our dance on.
i reluctantly did a short showcase of my "skills" and yeah... impressed a couple of ppl.

sadly the party was cut short cos the Bday girl got a bit sad about the turn out of the party - she expected more ppl.
so we went home, Yaeji is sleeping over tonight at Leah's, and both of them uploaded the pic from the party on facebook.

here are some of em:
(ones of me ofcourse)







anyway; that's all from me - YOUTUBE GATHERING tomorrow - OMG
pretty excited :D

take care all.

Furs-Day

woke up again at 7... for no apparent reason.
and slept again
and then woke up at 8:30
then slept
then woke up again at 9:30

then stayed up 0.0

we skipped breakfast and then got ready to the Bank cos Leah need to get like a traveller's Card thing.

Her friend invited us to watch Mirrors this morning at 10 but we had to cancel cos of this. but yknow what happened? the bank told her that she needed to get her passport and Driver's license.. and the convo only took 5 mins.

ugh - we coulda gone and watch Mirrors and hung out with her friends!

anyway, we went and ate; she got a chicken roll, i got a Meatball sub (footlong thanks very much) from subway. i was full afterwards.

we then went to shop for a dress... not me; Her.
Leah ended up buying like shirts instead of her dress. :P
we also made a pit stop to the Supermarket to grab some Tim Tams and a packet of marshmallows.

we then went home and just chilled, i played on the guitar and sang some songs; and i did my chubby bunnies video.

i'd still eat marshmallows after this... def.

we had dinner - Leah's Dad cooked the juciest, most delicious Lamb Chops i've tasted. it was like WOW.
too bad i was full so i couldnt eat more.

so anyway, after that we went back upstairs and we watched "The Classic"
Holy crap that movie's sad.
really. i didn't cry although sometimes i wish i was man enough to :P
it sucks not crying at a very emotional part of the movie...
like REALLY EMOTIONAL.

so many things are running through my mind right now because of that movie; argh.

but nevertheless "The Classic" is really good. i recommend all those who haven't seen it - see it. and those who have; See it Again!

anyway, Leah and i are now just on our comps; doing our rounds :P
yknow: facebook, youtube, myspace, Msn/Skype, blogspot...

anyway - i dont think anything else will be happening today so i'll guess i'll leave you all with my chubby bunnies video.

Enjoy!

WED-NEs_day

apparently 2 days ago today was supposed to be all thunderstorms and shizzle.
but not really - it was overcast (like cloudy) but it didnt rain one bit.

so today we got out of the house at 3pm, that's right lazy morning.

we went to meet Leah's friend Jenny at the train station to hang out, she also brought her friend Ryan along.
we went to this korean cafe thing and we ordered some sweets.
Leah recomended this Korean Versions of a filipino Halo Halo which is shaved ice with stuff like red beans and fruit preserves.
the korean version (called patbingsoo) had Actual Fruits, ice cream and Red Beans :9 nummy...
leah had a banana split with black sesame seed, mint choc chip and tiramisu ice creams.

all four of us shared and it was good :D

we talked and laughed and talked - it was fun. but leah and i had to go cos we were going to eat dinner at a thai restaurant nearby with her family and her Mom's boss.

food was great, here's a snap shot.



i ate Green Thai Curry with Lamb and Thai Fried Rice
Leah ate like some sort of salad and Leah's brother ate Lamb Shanks in curry.
AND for dessert: Fried Ice-cream!



then we just went home...

oh and did i tell you i can solve a rubix cube now?
yeah, THAT just happened :P

good day today

----EDIT----

day just got better

Tuesday~!

so today was another sunny day, although it was a bit cloudy at first.
i had steak for breakfast (leftover from last night) and naturally with rice.

so anyway, leah had to go to the Phillipine Consulate in the city for her Visa stuff, and i went with her ofcourse - like i'd stay at home with nothing to do.

we missed the 1st bus cos we had to go back and get her documents and her mobile phone (or cell phone for you americans).
got on the 2nd bus no probs and went to this stop called "Museum" and the station looked like that station from Price Caspian, like really old school.
anyway, we met up with Leah's Dad and we went to the Phil. Consulate.

after a while, they finished and we went to Chinatown and ate Yum Cha!
it was pretty damn good, we got like... 7 things. i ordered steamed rice and Leah's dad left early so the food that we ordered for 3, i ended up having to finish what was left.
i was pretty full after.

so after that we just walked around and did some window shopping, we went to Bread Top (an asian bakery chain) and got some Mango Pancakes :P mmmm
we also stopped at a candy store and i bought Razzles and Hershey's Chocolate sauce.
oooh yeah!


anyway; we met up with Leah's mum and we did some fruit shopping and then headed home.

when we got home i was ready to take a nap but i got distracted by Youtube, topher and Christian.
it was time for dinner and we went out to order some Fish and Chips, i got some Battered Shrimp (which was pretty big - and i was still full from the yum cha) and Leah got some fried scallops.

afterwards we watched Get Smart (even tho i've seen it before it was still hella funny), the Finale of To My Internet Lover (which btw if you havent been watching... Get the Heck on it!) and soon Heroes!

so anyway, just writing this blog while my comment on the TMIL gets posted (somehow the internet is so slow)...

btw.
are Razzles supposed to be like kinda powdery? i might have gotten an old batch.

Monday blues

not that kind of blues.

i wish i should have taken a picture but when i woke up to day you could see the bluest sky ever outside the window. it was awesome.

so anyway, leah and i agreed to wake up at around 8... i somehow woke up at 7 >:(
so i slept for a bit more and then when leah did get up, i talked to their family for a bit before the went off to work/school.

i took a shower and we ate a quick breakfast before heading to the bus stop to travel to the train station.

ok to the non sydney people reading this blog - which is like All of yall, sydney trains are bomb. they're double decked, you can switch the seating whether to turn to one end of the train or the other and most importantly, they run on time.

Compared to the crap arse effort of the melbourne railway system >:(

so anyway, we arrived in Circular Quay (pronounced as "Key") and we walked around before going to the Museum of Contemporary Art. pretty good, although sometimes quite disturbing.
we went out, got ourselves some Starbucks and went to this place called "Pancake on The Rocks" it's this 24 hr Pancake place (they also sell like, steak and what not) that was the brain child of a couple of doctors who didnt have anywhere to eat during their graveyard shifts.

anywhoo, i ordered Fish and Chips and Leah, this slightly shorter than my height girl... orders RIBS.
like half a pig's set of RIBS; when they freaking brought the plate over it was like a Foot and a bit long (around 50cm) - the plate i mean.

so after a while, we got to talking and eating... i finished; and so did she.
like she ate all of it.

BEAST

anyway, afterwards we went to Town Hall (a shopping center) and we ended up watching a movie; we were tossing up between 007 or death race.

we picked Death Race cos it was earlier. and i wasnt dissapointed, its actually pretty good if you dont mind the blood and gore >:D

so we decided to head back and catch the bus home instead of the train, the bus was packed when we got in but we eventually got seats.
there were a brother and sister coming from school infront of us, they were just sitting down quietly, minding their own business until;

"Ahem, excuse me" says a middle aged Woman
"is there a rule now that children cant give up their seats for adults?"

0.0

all the kids could do was get up (still in a fairly packed bus) and let this Betch in.

i mean seriously, did she really have to ask them like she did? all it would have took was a soft, "uhm, excuse me. but do you mind if i can have a seat?"
and anyway, she was probably like - what - 40, 50 at the most. she's not even classified as freakin elderly! and she's got the cajones to ask for a damn seat from 2 kids? i mean, she didnt ask leah and i - no... she friggin picked on the smaller more easily influenced ones in the bus... >:(

What a wench.

all anger aside, we got back home and we had steak for dinner (i ate but leah didnt cos she was still full... no duh).

we went back up to leah's room and i talked to steven on skype, damn that guy is hilarious. i think the whole time we were talking to him, one of us 3 were atleast laughing or giggling.
we played a word game with Steven and he owned leah and i. he also tried to copy my Snoring video, and i told him all about utubedrama.com and amongst other things.
but then he had to go to sleep; being that it was almost 4am over in colorado.

so now i'm just writing this vlog, asking leah what's been happening all day - cos my short term memory is SHOT.

anyways; pretty crap that i didnt take any photos but i did take some video clips on my camera - hopefully i'll import them and upload em on the Tube.

Peace out and take care.

Where's my BoA?

so i watched the start and end of youtube live - didnt see much of the middle cos i was out having breakfast.

so it ends and i found out that there's a youtube live in tokyo and BoA's performing!
so i was like Sweet!
and leah was like Dude!
and i was like Sweet!
and she was like Dude!

ok i'll stop.

so anyway; we calculated the time and figured out that it'd be around 5:30pm sydney time, we waited until the fateful hour (and a half) arrived...

But there was no BoA.

there wasnt even a streaming video thingie.

it was just the damn channel; with its increasingly annoying autoplay...
WAAARGH

so leah and i wait.


and wait.

i refreshed and there's a new playlist and it said live performance so i was like; sweet! we get to see it.

but no - it was a freakin clip.
of ngl a girl who played drums really well.

i checked the jap youtbe blog and she was first to appear on the list of ppl. but she was meant to appear like 1hr ago.

Freakin hell! so are they just gonna upload bits of the whole thing? argh.

well while i wait for that i guess i'll just keep watching this bad arse recap.



peace and good night/morning whatever

--------------EDIT-----------

finally here it is; it wasnt even live - it was just a recording... what a rip.

sigh... one thing after another.

ok so my dad makes me get in the car at 4pm; the WHOLE FAMILY drives me up to the airport (avalon - which is like the other side of the state for me) and we wait there for 3 bloody hours before i get on the plane and travel for 1 hour.

so far so "good"

so anyway, i meet my friend Leah and we go to her house. (i had to rephrase this sentence cos it made me think bad thoughts :P)
we're conversing and she then decides to go so she can edit her video downstairs.

i'm upstairs and i get changed to my sweatpants and talk to Garbo and Leah (yeah, i know what your thinking) on skype.

i then decide that i should go brush my teeth; cos cleanliness is next to Godliness.
anywhoo... as i open my bag of toiletries, i get my toothbrush case and open it.


Oh My Effing Mother Of Gondolas.

I Left my toothbrush at home.

SHIZNITTY SNIP SNAP!

ugh, i inform garbo about this who then (not very sneakily i might add) relays it to Leah via skpe chat.

the wench...

just the thing i wanted to avoid! i was gonna wake up tommorrow morning and buy one from like a convenience store. but nOOOooooo Garbo had to go and be funny...

so yeah, Leah went to her parents and asked them for a spare toothbrush.

*facepalm*

they give her a spare head for the electric toothbrush (THAT'S EVEN WORSE!)

but anyway, i'm brushing my teeth with the Oral B Awesome-brush5000... and it's the COOLEST THING EVAR.

it's got like MODES...

FAST
SLOW
one like a Sprinkler (vvvt... vvvt... vvvt)
and then there's one where its like a MOTORCYCLE where it REVs Up and the it goes back down again...

i can Haz an Awesum toofbrush?

NGL

trip's been pretty good so far :D

i'm Leaving... on my G5 G5

not really.

but i am leaving for sydney this saturday; hopefully i'll get my arse off my bed and speak to you guys on skype tomorrow or something.

i'll probably start packing like...

11 shirts
3 pairs of pants/shorts
Board shorts (just incase i Beach it up)
3 pairs of shoes
UNDERPANTS!!!! only need 4... joking! i need 5. XD
socks... lots of it - cos i cant seem to have enough when i pack them.
3 jackets/jumpers/hoodies (just in case)
flip flops
towel/s
Toiletries
Deodorant (cant forget that)
Toothbrush (that too)
various Chargers and cables.
my Lappy
My Camera
tapes
headphones

did i miss anything?

havnt blogged for ages

so yeah, its summer holidays for me now.

that's 2 months of nothing.
just sitting around at home talking to people on the net and just generally being a sloth.
I could get a job, i mean i might.
i could just call my old manager and ask him if he could give me some shifts.
it wouldnt be too bad.

this also means i can do more vlogs.
that is if i can get some good ideas.
i've got a couple, but it'll take a while to do.
i have all the time in the world right?

i'm also going to sydney hopefully next monday.
i might spend a week there and visit my friend Leah.
and then the following saturday i'm going to the Aus One Youtube meet.
cos the last one i went to was FAIL.

anyway, i might go do a bit of house work just so my mom doesnt yell at me when she comes back from picking my sibs up from school.

Peace and Take care

what i'm feeling right now

i'll try to do more of these meme things...

GoBama!

yay! America voted for the right person! i'm very happy, even if i'm in australia.

cos even though Obama wont help me directly as a Leader; what he does in america will make ripples through out the rest of the world.

i guess we'll just have to wait for these next four years to see what he's really capable of - being commander in chief of the most powerful country in the world and all.

take care guys; today's a great day.

great day

So today was the improv AUS.'S Frozen @ flinders, it was the absolute bomdigitty!
but i gotta be honest tho. there were too many people involved. It got too crowded SO alot of people ended up frozen standing, doing nothing for 5 minutes.

i recorded a bit of the action myself but I gave up and froze aswell :P
3 seconds into the freeze you can hear this huge yell and once it struck 7:00, absolute silence...

afterwards, I went and got some food and went home.

oh and also if you havnt been following my tweets; i got myself a brand spanking new Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet. it's no Graphire or Intuos, but it gets the job bloody well done.

so i'm happy.

Improv Australia

hey guys; just a short update.

i'm still working on my assignments - ergo - busy as a bee i am.

hopefully i'll be getting a graphic tablet on monday (tomorrow for me) so i'll be able to complete my work faster, especially my animation.

i'm just getting the Wacom Bamboo - dont have enough money for the Graphire.

on the other hand, i'm also participating in an Improv Australia stunt; the good 'ol Frozen *insert location*

we'll be doin it at Flinders St. Station from 7pm - 7:05pm but i'll need to be there at about 6:55. come and join if you're in the area.

i'm so excited. i'm gonna be wearing orange :D easier to spot on video :P

i just dunno what i'm going to be doing as i freeze... damn; i cant think of anything.

gimme some ideas; QUICK! lol

catch yall later

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ok.

I dont hate on Gay people; heck i found out a couple of years ago that my cousin was Gay. it was a bit of a shock but i kinda saw it coming.
one of my classmates is gay - and he's one of the most creative people i've seen. not cos he's Gay; its cos he's talented.

i gotta admit i do say the word Fag or Gay or Homo in the sense that i describe something negative; but that's what's been subconsciously programmed in me. tell you the truth i have a slight homo-phobia; but only when i feel like im in a compromising position. but other than that - i'm a physical kind of person.

i prefer hugs instead of awkward handshakes.
i like to get close to a person, yknow arms around the shoulders - all buddy buddy kind of thing.

i'll say it again - i like gay people... but i dont like the stuff they do.
i dont condone their prefered sexual activity; its unnatural.
i can understand how they feel for each other and all but guy-on-guy just wasnt meant to be (imho).

i also think that being "Gay" is not something you were born with. a person develops this thinking that they like the same sex and through peers, media and even parents this mind set is enforced until the person ultimately decides that they are attracted to the same sex and that they were born that way. regardless of all the flack that i'm prob gonna get - i think homosexuality is more of a decision/lifestyle rather than an "in built function" for a lack of a better word.

as a christian i'm told to love the Sinner but hate the Sin. so when i hear fellow "christians" calling homosexuals these names and condemning them, it makes me sad:

- that they're using the label of christianity to "gain the right" to judge someone because of their sexual preference.
- and also verbally abusing a fellow human being (which is a bad thing to do - christian or otherwise)

i say - love these people the way you would like to be loved; the way God loves you. unconditionally and with out any bias towards what you may look from the outside but what you are on the inside.

i think though; that if a gay person truly accepts Jesus in their life, they'll be changed. not immediately but through a slow process of self re-discovery and being in a more meaningful relationship with God.
Sure, he/she may still be slightly attracted to the same sex; but i guess they wont be acting upon it.

its definitely a shaky subject - and i dont claim to know everything and this is one of the topics that i'm unsure about.

Btw; if you've read until here - you probably do care enough about what i do or what i think about so here's some updates...

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i'm still freaking swamped with assignments - i'm not sure when i'll be recording a new video.
i have like 4 things due next week, 2 of which i have barely started or even at all.
on top of that i have to go record Youth News and edit it and blech...

i hate being busy; i also hate being restless.

i just want to sit around all day; reading comics, blogs, eating food and spending time with friends.

anyway; it's getting late an i'm filming youth news at 10:30am tomorrow =_=

just some stuff

hey;

i havn't had the time to blog or even vlog lately cos i've been busy with work.
hopefully those who read my blogs havnt unwatched me :P

anyway; these past 2 weeks or something i've just been working on my animations and other projects. hopefully when i finish my ACTUAL animation project instead of excercises, i might be able to post it up on youtube or something.

lately i've been kinda of sleeping late - which is normal for me. but i think, like 3 days ago; i actually slept before 12am.

i know, shock and awe. but thanks to me being tired and Garbo doing dishes and being afk, i fell asleep. when she got back - i was sleeping. (good thing she didnt record any of it) so i woke up the following morning and found myself more awake. i mean it was THAT different from before that i noticed straight away.

i functioned in class slightly better cos of that :P when i mean slightly - i meant i didnt end up sleeping in class.

speaking of sleep, my friend Nick and i went to astor Theater in Lygon St. and watched "Man on Wire" it was a movie or a documentary or a bio-pic about this french guy who was a guerrilla tight rope walker. i mean he secretly goes to high points in the city; secretly sets up his tightrope thing and just walks aross and even stay in the middle and lie down.
And y'know the police would try and stop him which would eventually lead to his arrest. but his dream was to walk across the Empire State building.

but i dont know what happened for the rest of the movie; cos i fell asleep. id wake up ever now and then and probably catch a few sentences in french and my eyes got heavy again.

so yeah; $11 bucks slightly wasted.

but in better news; two of my short films, "The Panda Man" and "The Persistence of Memory" are being shown in the State Library in Melbourne - for those living in victoria, go and check it out. in on the HUGE screen in the library media center thing.
But for those who cant be bothered going to the city, just check out my YouTube channel, both films are in there.

anyway; i have work to do; i havent been doin much all day today. just talking to Garbs, sitting outside (great weather btw, it was awesome NGL) and eating.
but even though i've just been such a lazy bum, i'm pretty tired... i wanna take a nap. like fo' shizzle.

anyway i'll catch yall later.

PS i was thinking of doing a BlogTv Show but i couldnt be bothered...

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Happy Birthday

Drinking

lets be honest; we have drunk some sort of alcoholic drink once in our life; or will be as soon as you're legal or something.

either beer; or some mixed cocktail drink or some "alcopops" (premixed drinks with weak alcohol constitution), wine or even hard drinks, mixed or neat.

i've tried em all... and i gotta say; i dont like drinking.

i hate the taste of Beer; especially Vicoria Bitter. ugh!
i hate that "Elevate" crap (energy and alcohol mix drink)
Vodka Cruisers arent that bad
Some Hard Liquor arent bad either. Rum and coke tastes pretty good.
I dont like wine...

i myself cant hold my alcohol; i've been told i have this thing where i dont have enough enzymes in my stomach to breakdown the alcohol and it just sits there... i get a splitting headache and later on i get drowzy and pass out and much later i violently throw it all up along with whatever i ate that night. not a pretty sight.


but i can see why people like to drink;
alcohol is a social drink, people drink it to fit in with people and such; nobody drinks beer cos they're thirsty... that's stupid.

the thing is i dont see why people like getting drunk. Getting Plastered, off your face, Sh*t faced and other terms that coincide with the throbbing headache; loss of inhibition, loss of balance, slurring of speech and pretty much making a complete Ass out of one's self.

and then afterwards if you end up drinking too much; you throw up everywhere, and the next morning you have the Biggest Headache known to mankind and no amount of Painblockers could help to relieve it.

nothing good comes out of drinking...
unless you're sober enough to actually enjoy the company, or if your sober enough to watch the first Drunk guy from your group to make an ass of himself.

i guess what i'm trying to say is:

Drink Responsibly, cos i wont be responsible for your ass.

Sick again?! i'm too busy to be sick.

seriously i'm getting sick and tired (no pun intended) of me being ill all the time.

i need some sort of super soldier serum or something... get huge like capt. america :D
or have some sort of advanced Healing factor like Claire Bennet / wolverine (adamantium claws might be nice).

i hate having a blocked nose. every bleeding consonant becomes a B or a D T_T
if it isnt a blocked nose it's a runny one - constantly having to blow your nose (i get pretty loud too), and sometimes if i'm in class; i walk out of the room to do it and i end up walking in and out 5+ times a lesson and to get back it you gotta knock cos the door's constantly locked.

i also hate feeling tired and have no energy - you feel like you cant do anything; all you wanna do is sleep. but in my situation; being tired is not an option.

i'm busier than last time - with curricular and extra curricular work.

by this week i gotta have done the Voice Acting for my Animation, my Video DvD assignment is due on Friday and i gotta start on my design (i'm supposed to have already done 4 pages already)
by next week i gotta have a "recap" video clip of the youth Camp and slot it in the news.

sometimes i wish i just worked at a Tv station and just did vision mixing or something... atleast it's a constant stream of work and it's the same thing not like 6 things at once.

good news is - i finished the Tshirt i'm giving Garbo for her Bday.
hopefully i'll be mailing it wed. morning and it'll get there hopefully ON her bday.
She knows about the shirt; just not the design on the shirt :) that's a surprise.

anyway - it's like 1am and Terry (my friend) is coming by at 10:30 to do the voice Acting.

peace out, Girl Scout

PS;

ZOMGBBQWTH
HEROES~!
i wont spoil dw

My Family Friend's Wedding

so waking up at 10 am today i realised we werent going to church.

ok, so i knew that i was going to a wedding - didnt know we were gonna skip church altogether. oh and also - by going to this wedding; i'd be missing a Best Friend's dinner... i had to go to the wedding; its not like they can just do a catch up ceremony the next week. Doi

anyway, i got spiffed up - suit and tie, with an added fedora to top it all.
and i also put product in my hair for the first time in a really long time.




so the 1hr or so Ride was boring but when we got there i recognized it.
it was the same place where we had my Graduation Dinner.

i saw the inside, it was all white and really pristine.
i had a bit of trouble with the guest list.

i'm used to being called RALPH outside of home; at home i get called by my middle name: Louisse (pronounced Luis) and that was the name i was listed as.
so when i said my name - Ralph - the receptionist had a difficult time finding my name, i realized what was happening and i finally got in. :S

i sat down and waited for the ceremony to start.
it did eventually aside from all the late people coming in minutes before the bride walked down the aisle (who by the way looked absolutely stunning)...

tsk tsk

anyhoo; it was a really nice wedding - you could tell that the couple getting wed REALLY loved each other.
made me think - could i make that kind of commitment? would i be able to love someone that much?

well i guess i'm pretty darn close to a certain someone right?

anyway - after that we all went to take photos with the newly weds, while we were all waiting h'Ors d'Ouvers (sp?) were being served.

i ate practically every type they had except for the spring rolls/egg rolls and the small meat pies.
i ate:

fish sticks
dumplings
falafel
spinach and ricota pastry

the dips were this Curry thing and sweet chilli sauce.

Dinner was eventually served and here's the menu.



entree was good; even tho it smelt burnt...
for the Main course i ate the salmon but i also tried the Chicken




dessert came 'round and i went all out.
profiteroles, creme brule (which was freaking awesome) and triple choc Brownies!



they had a toast for the bride and groom in which i participated...



and followed through a bit too enthusiastically...



and caused a bit of a prob. :S



anyway - it ended up being a good day and yeah... congrats to Aris and Ai Hoon McRae; and may they be blessed with many years of marriage.

peace

Camp Aftermath [warning = LONG ENTRY]

Hey; so yeah - i got back from camp today.
And may i say; it was great.

although there were some downsides but i'll tell you about that later.

so on thursday i left class earlier to get to practice - which i didnt end up making cos i was running around trying to get stuff organized and etc etc.

got to the bus - it was a fun ride; watched hancock on my Laptop (so asian), Ps Jesse (my youth pastor) went up to me ans said he have you got Kungfu Panda? then i realized:

Ps. Jesse asked me to Get KungFuPanda the night before cos we were going to watch it after supper - i said yeah; i should be able to get it.

but i didnt - i forgot about it!

we was like.. oh... do you have any other movies then? i said - i have the new indiana Jones, and some other movies... but they werent really suitable... he looked disappointed..
Urrgh... why did i forget it?!

1st night at Camp; Dinner was Curry Chicken, well i thought it was with Vegies and mash potato... mmm

(here you go Chris; food stories :P )

session one was with Ps. Jesse speakin a little something about what to expect in the following meetings, the meeting ended and we had supper. no movie so i just played Killer Bunnies with the kids in my cabin and we watched 3rd ep of heroes.

i realized that i forgot my FireWire cable - so no Camp news... another dissapointment.
=_=

morning broke and we had Cereal for breakfast. then we had some Games and activities and then we had lunch.
Ham / salami sandwiches with veggies and a side of potato and bacon salad or egg and chicken salad.

good eating

we had our first session with our Guest Speaker Ps. Cameron Bennet all the way from Queensland. He was good. at the end of his Schpiel everyone got to the front incl. me and started to seek God - it was awesome.

then i sat with some of my friends and talked about stuff and then the guys set up the slipNslide...

oh yeah; so yep - i went and took a run up and slid down the hill pretty darn fast.
afterwards - we had an egg war; two eggs strapped on our heads and armed with pool noodles.

there were Islanders there - fijians, samoans and NewZealanders.... MASSIVE GUYS.
They play rugby for cryin out loud!
they ran in my direction; i ran in the other.

but then one of the leaders - Otto targeted me. i ran for my life... That guy was in the ARMY! i was honestly scared; he got me cos i'm so unfit; i got tired easily and got egg on my face... i got him in a headlock and got him back.

serves him right - dont mess with me.

after that was over; we fired up the catapult and chucked eggs at the other boys.
so we're all covered in egg, and detergent (from the slipNslide) and soaking wet. it started to rain.
then one of the islanders brought out the fire hose and start to soak the plastic sheet that covered the hill. i took a huge run up and flew down that hill.

then i took a shower.

Dinner - we had Spaghetti Bolognese mmm yum yum.

3rd session with Cam Bennet was freakin awesome too bad i didnt record the end bit cos he started to prophesy on people.

we went to our cabin afterwards but my friend Jay and I went Ninja-ing; we spyed on people still outside - unseen, unheard. heck i was a meter away and they didnt notice me.

Jay and i silently went back in our cabin and slept - i watched abit of the Avengers (cartoon movie) and then slept.

we woke up at 7:51 am and we panicked - thinking we missed practice... we went to the dining hall and found ppl just started eating. so we ate; cereal, toast and bacon and eggs... mmm yummeh.

we had our last session with Ps. Cam and it was great as ever. i left the cam on record just in case... i didnt have to... DANG!

we went back to our cabins and packed up - i reorganised my luggage to fit my dirty clothes and put it all in the bus.

had our group photo - will post later when i get them.

i got on the bus (there were two coach buses - did i mention that?) and got comfortable. soon enough i ended up sleeping. i'd wake up every now and then, but i went back to sleep.

we got to the church and they were getting ready for the sat. Evening service - i called up my 'Rents and they said that they were upstairs.

they got one of their fam. friends to drive myself and my sis Home and well here i am - 2 hrs later and still typing.

WOW long blog.

i guess i'll try and make some sort of Vlog video later this week.. if i find something interesting to talk about.

talk to you guys later,
Peace

Goin to Camp

tomorrow, after 1st Class, i'll be going straight to church cos at 3pm we'll be going to Rutherford Park (somewhere out in victoria) for our annual Raw Energy Youth Camp.

this time i'll be going as a Leader - yknow being 19 and all.

anyway, i've got a few responsibilities to take care of during that time:

1. Record EVERYTHING
2. Record and Edit News for each session.
3. Play the guitar for the band
4. Take care of the Tech equipment, sound and cameras
5. get people to help you do point 1 and 4
6. try and have fun
7. get closer to God.

so yeah, i'll be so busy i dont think i'll end up doing point 7 but i hope that doesnt happen.

on top of that, the week after this AKA next week; my Video DVD assignment is due - and i only just finished the first part of the menu today... crap; looks like late night and being a social outcast for me.

i also have other assignments i have to work on that are due the following weeks - CRAP.
and on top of that, TERRY who i need to do some voice acting for me, is not answering my txts! bastard!
can i get maybe one of you to do it for me - if it isnt any hassle?

so yeah; i'm a tad on edge right now - i'm glad i got to talk to the peeps on skype and blow off some steam. gosh, i hart you guys - you're all so funny :D

i went and watched indiana Jones and the crystal Skull movie - man the ending was WEIRD. wth?

it's almost 11:30pm now, i dunno if i should try and go to sleep or watch another movie...

anyhoo, i'll talk to you guys next week.

PS
i hate the Computer company that Garbo bought her Computer from - they didnt have stock of her comp, but they didnt tell her - instead, told her that it was going to be shipped on wed. Today. it didnt get there, she called AND IT'S STILL NOT IN STOCK!

i'm not mad that i dont get to talk to garbo on skype anymore, sure i'm a little annoyed, but it's trivial ykno.
i'm mad cos the DAMN SHOP or whatever Doesnt have the common Courtesy to tell the customer that they STILL dont have the stock. i mean - if i was in their position i would've given the customer a choice of either waiting for the Laptop to be instock or pay a bit more for a laptop that's instock and slightly better.

anyway - hopefully garbo gets her laptop so we can hear her british accent again; i think it's starting to wear off.

Ralphie's Culinary Adventures

thats what this blog should be titled; cos everytime i write in here i end up talking about food. which then makes Murdoc hungry.
so Chris, better get some chips and dip cos there's gna be alot of food in this entry.

what are you gna do? food is pretty much a central part of my life.

anyway, today's classes were boring; 3d not so much i got some stuff done and it looks pretty good - i might post up a pic in my next entry.

ate a lamb kebab for lunch; i actually felt kinda full before ordering (cos i ate rice and porkchops for breakfast) so i was a tad hesitant... i ordered it anyway i finished it and i was really full afterwards.

multimedia was boring as; fell asleep.

i went to the arts store and got a new sketch book; and headed home.
got home and played TF2 >:D

threw down some Pwnage.

afterwards; i decided to do some assignments. so i took some pictures of the stuff that i needed to animate and transferred them on my pocket drive.
then i was bored, i heared my sister doing something in the kitchen, went and saw she was cooking french toast.
so after she was done; i made myself some french toast. with lots of butter.

my sis then had teh great idea of making rice balls; she doesnt know how to make them exactly, she was just "mucking around". who messes around with food?

she had to eat what she made anyway so i was ok with that.
i washed all the dishes (sigh) and i thought I could make some rice balls; so i surfed up the recipe and quickly made some with the leftover rice.

here's one of em


so yeah and that's pretty much it until now. btw cant wait till the next ep of heroes; 1 - 1.5 sleeps left for me!

awesomes;
ttyl

Expectations

Here's the thing; i like to help people out. i'm a pretty generous person.
may it be giving someone a bit of my food or some change if i'm able to spare some.

usually i just help with my abilities; in the tech area that is.

if a family member gains knowledge of the fact that you're able to do something they cant or that they can do but you can do it better; 100% for sure they'll ask you to do it.
its the same thing with friends.

the thing is; i have an inability to say no.

so when this person from our church asked me if i could record her wedding for her, for $150, i naturally said yes.
but i didnt think about my transportation and what camera i'm gonna use.
i asked my friend Dave (who worked in the church and where i help out) if i could borrow the Sony HDV camera. he said yes.

then upon informing dad what i was asked to do - he cracked it.

"Who's camera are you gonna use"
"the church's? who asked to use it?"
"you? what the hell were you thinking?"
"what if you lost it?"
(yeah like i'd lose a HUGE SILVER CASE with a $1000+ camera in it and a 2 Meter long Tripod)
"do you know how much it cost?"
"what about insurance issues?"

and it went on.

to be honest; he was right on some points. but then he got personal.

"you always do stuff for your friends, they ask you something, boom you're there."
"but whenever i ask you to do something, you never do it."
"that time i asked you to edit that video in Kyabram (some farm place), where is it?"
"what about that slideshow that Ai-Hoon asked you to do, nothing - I had to do it!"

well i'm sorry, but maybe if i didnt have so many assignments and the fact that i didnt want to fail and waste $1000 of tuition fees just help out your friend's wedding, i would've been able to do it. but i did, and you had to do it.
and YOU had the nerve to think that i didnt want to do it; telling me that "you covered for me" what a crock.
You could've done it yourself and YOU HAVE. you've done so many bloody slideshows on our crap arse computer and it came out great. then why did you want me to do it?
COS YOU DIDNT WANT TO DO IT.

gah it's so frustrating. knowing you might and even will disappoint so many people just to please a couple.
but who do you choose? other people or your family?

if you choose other people; your family thinks you're a selfish Git and ends up hating you. thus repelling them from asking you to do stuff for them and not trust you completely.

if you choose your family; the other people then think you dont care about them and what's important to them - thus repelling them from asking you any favors/jobs.

this sucks. if i didnt have so many assignments; i wouldve been able to do these things easy. but no one's going to hire someone with out any qualifications - and i'm no Genius Artist.

a little frustrated

so yeah - i got a bit hectic today (fri)

i got up at 8 and went back to sleep - woke up at around 11; and forgot i had to go to church to film and edit the news. i quickly got all my stuff together, showered, ate and left. i was at the train station when i realised:

I forgot my Laptop's power Adaptor

i went and checked the battery percentage

60%

CRAP!

i got to the city and the tram lines were blocked cos a couple of Hours ago there was a parade for the AFL grand finals (Go Geelong)
so i had to go to the next stop ahead and catch THAT tram.
i got to church eventually, and started filming.
i captured the footage on a separate computer (saves me some battery time) and loaded it up on my HDD

I edited like the WIND.
LIKE THE FREAKING WIND

i finished and exported at 10-13% i went and checked the footage and my screen dies.
i panicked abit and tried to restore my desktop.
it went back and i ejected my HDD successfully.

loaded up the video on the laptop we were gonna use for the projector.
and fixed up the sound desk.

the night went well and i took the train home; thankfully not overshooting my station again. (by then it was around 11pm)
called up Terry who called me during youth and asked if i wanted to go out with them.
i said yeah but after youth finishes.

no one answered
i called nithun - he picks up.
and they're all drunk

Dammit now i dont have a way there or back home.
so yeah i'm a bit pissed at the fact that the guys didnt even think/remember that i wanted to hang out with them.
and to rub salt on my emotional wounds (how emo am i) i live pretty far from their house... and i dont drive (omg weak sauce).

so yeah.
i wanna drive
either that or ride a motorcycle.

short update

so yeah - havnt blogged/vlogged/tweeted for a while now. been pretty preoccupied.

sat to sunday i was at church doing video mixing for the services.
at the last service 6pm on the sunday i screwed up - pressed the wrong button and made the screen bright pink - i quickly fixed it tho. :S

anyhoo; today was tiring as crap. 3d was the same old stuff; learned how to put realistic textures on our 3d models and how to do some 3d mapping.
after that the class had to sit through this boring presentation from some chick that wants us to do some flash thing for her.

i fell asleep many times.

we went out for a break; at sushi and went back to our interactive multimedia class.
i learned how to go to diff. pages in a flash file through ActionScript 3... i guess that's useful.

went home - but before that; i stopped by Games World and i bought:

KILLER BUNNIES!

yeah i'm a sheep; sue me.

but it really is a great game; played my sister and i won the 1st game cos she didnt have any bunnies alive at the end and i also had the magic carrot.
but second game; although i had most of the carrots - my sis won cos SHE got the magic carrot.

guess that's how the game goes.

we went to eat at a chinese restaurant; it was ok - could be better but i did get full. so it was worth it. the szechuan Beef that i ordered wasnt even THAT spicy! and they called szechuan... LIES.


On another topic:

i'm back on Youtube and Facebook! so expect some major activity in those sites on my part. hopefully on wed i'll get some recording done and upload it ASAP.

it's now 1:12am and i gotta sleep or i'll be hella tired again tomorrow morning. =_=

Finally!

finished all my assignments! booyah!
i am now free from busyness... at least until the next batch of assignments comes in.

so yesterday i watched "stepbrothers" it was the premiere here in aus (no fancy openings - unlike the Mummy 3; when brendan fraser actually came by... damn shoulda went).

it's Hilarious! Will Ferrel's done it again. i know some of his movies were either crap or Fantastic; this one was one of his better ones.
The storyline itself is pretty normal but it's the dialogue and some of the random events that get you. If you cant help but Quote lines or re-enact from a movie and laugh or go "that bit was awesome..."; that movie was good.

so in all of our classes yesterday, we just worked on the things that were due that day and or the next day.
i finalised my walkcycle - as jittery as it is.
also done with my design animation
and my game (which i finished at 3am this morning) is now complete!

oh and these are some of the things i submitted during this past couple of weeks, so when i blog about getting a crap ass score or failing; you'll know why.



so this was my 2dimaging Assignment; we had to make and animate an 8-bit character.



this was my pencil test for my character's Walk cycle... i need to change the upper body motion.



Classroom Hostility by ~ohayo-gozaimasu on deviantART

and this is my Game. you need 2 players and the controls are:

P1 (left side of screen):

Punch - E
Special - E+W (hold)

Left - T
Duck - Y
Right - U

P2 (you guessed it, right side):

Punch - Page Down
Special - Pg Dn+End (hold)

Left - Num Pad 1
Duck - NP 2
Right - NP 3

so yeah... enjoy?

it was pretty good

so its the week getting back after 1 week of holidays and another week of classes but no lessons...

in 3d - i worked on my CornPopper Toy... it's looking pretty good.

Interactive media - i worked on my friends game :P didnt even touch mine... i really should start being selfish.

i ate some pretty good sushi for lunch and after class my friends and i went out to eat at a nearby Korean restaurant.

i got a large order of pan fried dumplings (which were piping hot btw - nearly burnt my tongue) and a glass of banana and mango juice.
Nick got steamed dumplings; he got more than me... although mine were bigger though.
we ended up sharing.

every now and then i'd look up and watch the tv screens; they were showing some Korean Song Countdown but they had the actual performers singing their hits. it was cool - too bad i missed Hyori Lee's performance. TT_TT

afterwards i wanted to go stop by this British store which sold products from the UK; my mission was to get some more Percy Pigs. i couldnt find any - i asked the attendant; "do you have any more Percy Pigs?"
He replied "nah, sorry mate; we dont sell them anymore - we got some round the back but they've gone past their best before."
"oh, ok... when will you order some more in?"
"probably never - nobody buys them anyway"

I was SHOCKED, Taken Aback, stunned so to speak.

Nobody buys them? who in their right mind would not buy percy pigs? They're like freakin Manna from the heavens! but only more chewy and pig shaped.

so i just got the next best thing - a pound of twizzlers! for 6 bucks!

i dunno if that's cheap though. its now in a slightly air tight container in my room - so whenever i feel like a pick me up; munch on a twizzler.

Btw - i got asked to go to 2 weddings in the course of 3 days.

1st wedding to go to is my friend Phil's Wedding; he's only 1 year or so older than me!
makes me feel a bit left out :(

2 wedding is of 2 people in the young adults group at church - i dunno how but somehow someone told them (i have my suspicions) that i can do videography - so yeah; now i'm taking videos of the whole procession (1 hour) and i'm gonna be editing it to a 5 min clip. best part of that; i was getting paid! yay for income! and i'll probably get some cake too :D

anyway; i guess i've had my fair share of disappointments and blessings these couple of days. sure would hope for the blessings to keep rolling in... preferably in the form of Money :)

Pretty Good Sunday

so it's sunday.

i got in the car and went to church. during the service like it was on cue i fell asleep (only for like a min) during the sermon; i'd fall in and out of conciousness :P

after church i had to stay back which was fine; cos i got to hang out with my friend Jei.
He's cool as; so yeah, we went to McDonalds and got some food.

cool thing was we got our burgers $2 less than what it should have. lemme explain:

McD has a burger - "Double beef and bacon" which costs $4.95 which is pretty much a double beef patty, cheese and a rasher of bacon.

yes; my mouth is watering as we speak.

that aside, i was told by a friend of mine that McD's has a similar Burger that's cheaper called the "Double beef and cheese" same as above just no bacon. for just $1.95
Bacon's only $1 to add.

so do the math.

so we got the "double beef cheese w/ bacon" and an Apple Pie... all for only $3.95!
oh the value!

so Jei and I had our small feast and afterwards we walked back to church where they had practice goin on.

Practice was so much fun - even though i wasnt part of it; i picked up a mic anyway and sang along. i was awesome :P
after the practice Jei and i just jammed. he played guitar and i sang, we sang "I'm yours" and "Save tonight".

afterwards; Matt, Bec, Jei, his Brother Gabe and i went out for a pizza - Matt, Bec and Gabe ate, Jei and I played MAME... i brought down the Pwnage. i really did.
Matt and Bec went home (did i mention they were siblings?), Jei and Gabe did aswell, and i started to walk to the KFC where my parents were waiting.

but yeah; we stayed in that area for a while until we finally had to go home - just as i was going to go on the swings... DAMN.



at home i recharged my Lappy and just chilled and i heard the news that we were going to a Korean Restaurant. Yay!

We got to the restaurant and we ordered Korean BBQ (beef, Spicy Pork and Beef spare ribs), Kim-chi, Bok Kae (sp?), Corn Tea (which was pretty good) and fried Dumplings.
I got really full. we went out - impressed the owner by speaking in Korean (lol) and proceeded to make our way to the car.










We stopped to get some coffee and i got some TimTam Cake! it was AWESOME!




we then headed home, but at the parking lot-place-thing, there was a public toilet - but it was fully automated. once you left the cubicle and the doors shut, the WHOLE toilet is cleaned. from Bowl to Floor.

Trippy

so yeah i eventually got home and now i'm doing this!
NEAT!

so yeah, hope you guys have a great Week.
i'll try to enjoy mine.

now's not the time to panic

BUT ITS THE PERFECT TIME TO PANIC!

well yes and no.

i need someone to slap me.
no not really; i know most of you are already getting you plane tickets or possibly on your way to my house already but no... that was a joke.

only garbo can slap me... but only if she has a damn good reason. or maybe ollie... :P

oddness aside - i screwed up.
i forgot that my video assignement was due on friday - yeah the one that just past.
i mean; i'm pretty much done with everything - its just that i was thinking about it the other day - the friday it was due; and asking myself when it was going to BE due....

i'm such a dumbass

also the lecuturer springs us the point that we have to have "non copyrighted music".

crap - how am i supposed to get a non copyrighted version of "smells like teen spirit"?
so this morning - more like afternoon; i locked myself in my parent's room, soundproofed it so no sound can get inside, got one of the Karaoke mics ("one of the"? yeah we have more than one), my acoustic guitar and opened up Garage band.

i looked for some drum loops that might resemble the beat in the actual song; i did. i hooked up the Mic and got the guitar, got the chords for the song and pressed record.

it sounded like crap. but i had no time for timbaland refinements.
i then got the Mic and recorded my singing voice :S

in the end; i put it all together and it sounded pretty listenable.
so i put it in the timeline of my AfterEffects file. i did some small tweaking and rendered out to see how it was - synching and the animation itself.
it was alright but the criteria stated for it to be compressed using another type - not the usual quicktime one. so i clicked on the new compressor and an error thinie popped up.

There isnt any writer for this compressor... yadda yadda

you cant be serious - i cant even publish this so i can submit it?! this is ARSE.

so i just tried to export using another compressor - just to see if it was all working.
it was; but there was one thing missing. the grunge overlay (to make it look like an old movie)

so i saved it and got the layer which had the overlay and moved it above the camera.
but once i clicked out - all hell broke loose. well just one thing happened.

IT FROZE.

the freaking program froze - i couldnt do anything; i could click and open up the other windows that i had open but AfterEffects wasnt responding.
WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME WINDOWS?!?!
after many failed tries; i just gave up.

so i just got my pencil and started to draw some storyboards for the animation. i know i was supposed to do it beforehand but i kinda did - but not in the form that's acceptible.

after i was done; i got back on the Mac and just "walked around" - so to speak - in the web. i found out that Ryan Terarc (superstar) was on blogTV so i joined and watched his playful antics and intelligent banter streaming live on my computer screen.
at that time; Steveninbay was also on BTV and i momentarily left the confines or Ryan's BlogTv to go stalk steven. I cohosted with him and he Ate his last TimTam on the show; he slammed it with Hot water... i told him to atleast do it with tea. anyway; he had to go and i went back, like a prodigal son, to ryan's channel.

Ryan did one of his patented Terarc Interviews on one his cohosts "Not_June". it was fun but i had this MASSIVE LAG.
he then asked me if *I* wanted to cohost with him - i said yeah sure ok and interviewed me.

when i say interviewed; i mean tried to converse through a MASSIVE LAG that debilitated Ryan's ability to hear me good enough to know what i was saying and on top of that; know when i stopped talking.

so in ryan's words; "EPIC FAIL" *does hand motion*

so he eventually said goodbye and i was again left to roam the internets...

nothing much happened; i ended up downloading more MAME roms and eventually got Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs Capcom to work.

oh and also i watched the "Awesome Series" in newgrounds... omgosh EgoRaptor is a FUNNY GUY.

so yeah; i played some MAME, mortal kombat3, metal slug, etc.

Terry called and i talked to him for a bit; somehow our conversations lately revolve around hot girls. he then consequently keeps sending me pictures of girls he "meets" on Facebook. good for you Tez.

so it's 2:27am on a sunday - in around 5-6 hours im supposed to wake up and be getting ready for church. i think all this skyping has made me adjust to either the UK time zone - cos seriously; i woke up at around... 2 ish - that's 5am in Wales. right now it's 5:30pm there; i could probably be able to stay up till around 8 which is about 11pm Brit. Time.

wow... that's sad ralph.

anyway; i gotta get going - i dont want to end up falling asleep during the sermon.

Peace and my regards to your mother.

:D

Blessed

i've been reading a couple of blogs lately and it seems alot of people have had some sort of event that change their outlook on life or just made them feel angry / happy. but in the end they make some sort of discovery about their life and themselves.

and i think its through these blog that I myself have come to my own discovery.

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Normally i don't talk about being a Christian to others openly; only when i get asked a certain question that involves me in doing so.

over these past couple of months i've been challenged to be more outgoing with my faith; not so much the whole knocking on doors in inappropriate times kind of thing but kind of openly saying; "Hey; sup. i'm a Christian and i love God"
and on top of that i've been challenged to spend more time with God.

i find myself veering away from the crooked and narrow (it's NEVER straight and narrow - trust me) and tending to go to the wider, straighter and much comfortable Worldly Road. i tend to succumb to the worldly charms; Drinking amongst other things...

the thing is; Drinking isnt bad... but Getting Drunk; that's a whole another thing.
Drinking alcohol GETS you drunk so it's better off not to drink. even if your Oh so confident that your "Never get Drunk"; you're human - you get drunk.
i was just informed that i might have this thing where i dont have enough enzymes in my stomach to process alcohol (either that or i'm just a complete lightweight) - so if i even drink like a bottle of beer; i go red immediately and i start to get headaches and stuff - worse come to worse; i feel sleepy and end up vomiting soon after.

not a pretty sight i gotta tell ya.

so i try to steer away from drinking really. But being the weak willed idiot that i am - i get pulled in by peer pressure. *headpalm*

My relationship with God has been a roller-coaster ride. i'd be unbelievably passive one time, then a youth camp / youth conference comes up and i'm all high and all Godly and whatnot then a few months pass and i'm back in the slump.

one time i was in a huge 2 year slump - i think i probably backslid or something. i was living a double life; i'd be swearing and doing all this stuff at school then at home i was the Kid sent from above.

i thank my parents for putting me in a Christian School rather than stayin in the Public one. For one - i wouldnt have to wake up at 5:30 everyday just to get to class 10 mins late. but by putting me in the Christian School; i kinda was in a relationship plateu with God. like, i wasnt the bad boy that came from the public school anymore - i was more like the meek kid from the public school who somehow survived hell.

but as the years went by i didnt see myself going anywhere with God. sure; i'd go to youth and church every week, id play in the band, sacrifice time and money to go to christian events and stuff...
but i felt like it was just for show. many of my christian friends didnt come from a christian family; they made the personal decision to follow Christ. now i'm not saying i didnt do that; i made the personal decision to follow God but not because i had a huge revelation and experience of how God loves me SO MUCH; but more like i knew that God loved me through other people and i took their word for it.

kinda makes me feel inadequate yknow.

I feel like that they (Christian - non christian Background) have come to a more personal relationship with God cos they had no idea who God was and then BAM here he is; all his glory and infinite love waiting for you to come to Him. it seems like they experience God on a much deeper level than I do; just cause they know the experience and i just know the Theory and the bible smarts.

i feel like that i dont get the "full Christian effect" that some people have; but the thing is - it's not God's fault. it's mine. i dont act upon it and try to get closer to God. i mean i go to prayer meetings and i praise God but it's all in the confines of the church. i barely do that at home; i only pray to God when i need something - mostly forgiveness - but never just to talk to Him. i never seem to give God time, i'm always doing something; either procrastinating on Youtube and Facebook or just working on assignments in general - i've never stopped and sat down, read the bible, talked to God and think about what he's told me.

i feel like i havnt done a thing for Him when i know for a FACT that God has done SO MUCH STUFF for me.

he healed me from bronchitis when i was a baby;
he provided me with great parents (although frustrating at times)
given me great friends; christian and non, real life and internet ones (whom i will meet soon) - i love you guys
given me the most wonderful girl ever to walk the face of the earth :P lol you know who u are - love ya
and just putting up with and forgiving me for all the screw ups that i've done in these 19 years that i've been around.
and so much more that i might have not known or remembered.

ive been so blessed but i've never seemed to return the affection. i feel so inadequate knowing that other people are so into God that everything else is just an addition prize to what God has to really offer.
i know i can do much better - i'm trying; i really am but these past couple of months i havnt had that push to reach and grasp God's hand; i dont want some catastrophe or some major dilemma to hit me for me to reach to God, but the thing is - God's kind of done that. He's used other people's experiences to teach me these things. to help me realize what i'm missing. because some of the people who have experience these troubles have either come to God or tried to do it themselves; and the latter seldom works - even if it did, not very well.

it all comes down to spending time with God - that's all i've been missing; i know His word but i can always learn more. i know his love but i can always experience it further cos i know that there's no limit.

I've GOT to spend more time with God; even if it's a quick minute, read a verse, pray - i think my relationship with Him will be all the more sweeter in the long run.

lol sorry if i've just yammered on about all this God stuff; but i felt like writing it down. yknow - show you guys my faith and all.

Thanks to all the bloggers that have inspired me to become a better Christian even though some of you arent even christians yourselves. i'm not gonna name any names :P

love you all and God bless.