Heroes: Generations Chapter 1: Four Months Later

(Spoiler alert!)

I saw the episode online yesterday. Thank God they'd already uploaded it. It was pretty fast too, since the episode only debuted in the morning (for us, that is).

I wanted to download it, actually. But the file was like, 700Mb, instead of the usual 350-360Mb. That would take DAYS to download. So I watched it online.

Four Months Later, was as good as the hype. Hiro was adorable as usual. When standing between the bandits and Kensei and looking up at the eclipse, he said, "Not again." That was so priceless I laughed my ass off. Also the part when Hiro finds out that Kensei's actually English. Kensei had just finished peeing and went over to pat/hug Hiro or something. Hiro said "Yuck." That was so CUTE...

Anyway, looks like the National Enquirer(sp?) was right. A lot of people were doubting the credibility of those spoilers, since it's, you know, the Enquirer. They usually do news about Sasquatch or Elvis sightings. Since the spoilers (well, the first one at any rate) are accurate, then I can't WAIT to find out why Candace rescued Sylar!

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Nothing happened. Period.

Today was pretty boring for meh. Went to college to discuss the written report thingy with my teammates. I don't think we'll make the Friday deadline.

Just saw Prison Break Season 3 Episode 1 online. Really neat! Even though I totally missed out on Season 2's finale that time just 'cuz my mom wanted to watch CSI: New York. Tsk.

Shain calichniye asa, Robert Jordan. Moridin isainde vadin.

(I hope the sentence is not too off. I just hope that RJ fans don't crucify me for mutilating the Old Tongue)

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James Oliver Rigney: 1948-2007

I just found out today that the author of one of my favourite series passed away last week. For those less informed of the fantasy genre, James Oliver Rigney went by a few pen-names, one of which is Robert Jordan, creator of the fantasy masterpiece, The Wheel Of Time.

He passed on on the 16th. There wasn't any announcement in the papers, not even a tiny blurb in the corner. I admit, I haven't been frequenting the messageboards in a while, spending most of my time looking Heroes up. But this really came as a shock to me, since I had read some months ago that his disease had gone into remission, and that he was undergoing an experimental treatment for it.

Even though I had only found out about the Wheel and its vast Pattern in 2005, I did a lot of reading within the following two years to make sure that I caught up with the rest of the world. At that time, The Knife Of Dreams (the penultimate 11th in this series that spanned 17 years to date, and still counting) wasn't even released yet. A Memory Of Light, the final book, didn't even have a title yet! Reading A Memory Of Light next year was something I was very much looking forward to doing, just like reading Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows this year. I'm sorry to say that I was not acquainted longer with Rand, Perrin, Mat, Egwene and the rest of your colourful characters, but all that time reading Books 1-11, I feel like I've known them since Adam.

The papers stated that he passed out significant plot points of the final book to his family before he passed on. I'm sure that Harriet Rigney will do this final book justice, but it's just not the same without the one and only Robert Jordan.

Farewell, and rest in peace, Mr. Rigney. Your legacy will live on in all of our hearts forever.

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Fatigue. It ain't good.

Well, as the title says, it ain't good. The eye-bags are coming back, and I'm feeling even more lethargic than usual. The fact that I'm feeling sleepy is also not helping. Ordinarily, that combination would make for hours and hours in front of the telly, but unfortunately for moi, I've two assignments (from the same paper!) due the following Monday. Feeling lethargic means that I have progressed about an inch (which ain't much, by the way) for my part in our report, and the journal isn't on its way to being finished either. Not to mention that tomorrow is the last day before our semester break, and I'd have to get all my questions together to ask that lecturer of mine (actually I could come back next week during the hols, but I'm not sure whether he'd answer my questions even IF he were there. Yup, he's a douche. He did give me a pretty good grade for my first assignment though. Okay fine, partial-douche).

Anyway, we haven't started on the report yet, because Hooi Leng has camping(?) or whatnot (I'm not too sure), so we'll be meeting on Monday. Imma have to try and persuade everyone to pass everything to me by Friday, so that I can collect it, and collate it, and hand it up on Saturday. That would really make my life easier, and I can go to my mom's office on the Monday after that to do my other assignment.

I don't care. I'm gonna pass my journal up on Saturday. That is, if I can finish it on time. Yikes! I hope I can.

4 days to Chapter 1, Volume 2 of Heroes!!

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What's with us and live coverages of awards shows that really matter?

Everything! The Emmys just happened this morning (night for them, morning for us), and we did not get live coverage. Nada. You'd figured that E! would give us the awards ceremony as well, since they did that whole red carpet thing live, so might as well go on with the rest of the programme, right? Wrong! I had to stick by Yahoo! to find out who had won (and updates weren't too often), and basically, that was it in the morning for me, since no one had stuck footage up on Youtube yet.

Anyway, Heroes basically went home with nothing. Masi Oka is adorable, but I figured, between Lost contenders, I prefer Michael Emerson. Nothing against Terry O'Quinn, but seriously, Ben creeps the heck out of me. And Emerson's one of the reasons why I loved Saw.
James Spader won, yay! I've been a fan of his since his Daniel Jackson days.

Youtube didn't have much on the Emmys, only some snippets here and there, mostly if the Heroes cast happened to be in that particular footage (lucky me, loads of Heroes fans!). But I did see the one with Rainn Wilson and Kanye West! HA HA HA!! Funniest thing ever! "You" instead of "ya". That one's classic.

I think I'll wait for tomorrow to check Youtube for more Emmy clips. Piggy... out!

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Lizard.

(Short title, thinks you).

Anyway, there's this lizard just laying there in our kitchen for a few days now. At first my mom thought he was dead, but then he wiggled his, um, fingers(?) a bit, so, no, he's not dead. Then.

Today we sprayed him, to try and see whether he'd move away or not, because he was near the stove area, and we needed to cook (not that we can't cook when he's there, it's just that we're afraid that he might jump on our feet or whatnot while we're cooking. And that would be messy). He didn't move, not even when he got a face full of the spray (I saw his head get wet). So we thought he was dead. Then my mom went to church, while I turned on the telly (because lizards, besides cockroaches, really creep me out. I literally shudder, at the thought of them). And besides, it's not good to take in (and by this, I mean, inhale) the insecticide too much. Like this episode of the X-Files, they sprayed this guy that was crawling with insects and he died. They thought the insects was what killed him, but no. It was the insecticide. He breathed in too much of it.

So my mom came back, and the lizard decides to shift its original position, leading us to think (again!) that he wasn't dead. We left it for awhile, it didn't move, then my mom decided to throw it out. As my mom was scooping it up with an extra-long, um, that-thing-you-get-after-you've-finished-using-toilet-paper, the tail fell off. Gross.

I laughed. I know this is really mean, but it looked pretty comical.

Anyway, my mom finished disposing of the lizard (and his tail, and yes, this time the dude's really dead), and we threw the rubbish bag out, AND, for good measure, drenched the whole bag with insecticide.

Tomorrow: About why we did not get live coverage of the Emmys.

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FINALLY!!

Well, the presentation's finally done. My lecturer said that I went really fast through the whole thing (which wasn't good. Ugh), and another thing that all of us and the other groups had in common was our proficiency in the English language, and by that, he meant our lack of it. I'm insulted! My grammar's WAY better than everyone else's (everyone else around here, that is)! (There goes the complex again). Anywho, at least the lecturer said I wasn't blocking the slides like my teammate was. Whew! It's finally over!

Now all I've to worry about is the written report we have to work on. As usual, we're taking the last minute route, with us only starting to discussions most probably next Saturday (cos my teammates have assignments). Oh well. Hopefully by then my part would've been finished (and by hopefully, I probably mean, maybe not).

1000 words (and some other shit I'd have to do, cos I'm team editor and I'm fussy that way) to go...

Everyone's thinking of taking Communication Skills since our lecturer promoted it quite nicely. If I take it (which I don't think I will), I think I might actually enjoy it. 5 academic essays, grammar tests, some crap to do with referencing... I'd probably ace it! (But then again, maybe not).

Speaking of which, How It Should Have Ended's version of Spider-man 3 was classic! Especially the part with Harry and the butler! Ha ha ha!!!

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Stupid @#$%! presentation!!

You'd be thinking that I totally messed up the presentation today, but NOOOO....! I didn't even GET the bloody chance to mess up the bloody damn thing, since our bloody lecturer (20 minutes before the class ended) told us that there wasn't enough time for us to present, and that we had to present on Friday!

Last week we asked him when we were supposed to present, and he said Wednesday which was today. I mean, that was A DIRECT QUESTION!!! The least he could've said was 'Wednesday, but if there's not enough time, then Friday.' At LEAST(!!) give us a straight answer! And that dude doesn't tell us the full picture, and waits till we mess up. Then he starts lecturing and picking on us. Like today, the other groups didn't know that we had to include in the assignment attachment sheet along with the hard copies of our slides. Sure, it was their fault that they never bothered to ask (I did ask, by the way, and that's why I don't really dig group work. You do the legwork, and your teammates tell the other groups about it. These people really don't know how to be sneaky. Let the others do the bloody legwork. Serve their asses right when they mess up cos they didn't).

Sometimes I think our lecturer does it on purpose. Ya know, to make us feel pissed and whatnot. He always looks smug whenever he makes these kinds of pronouncements. And I BLOODY SKIPPED LUNCH for this shit.

(I'm not starving myself or anything. It's just that the FORMAL black pants that I'm supposed to wear belongs to my mom, who's thin. If I eat, my pants will be more tight than usual, and multitudes of flabby blobs will pop out, especially in the torso area, and I won't look so okay during my presentation)

On another note, Happy Birthday Hooi Leng!!!

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EEEK! Presentation!!

Well, tomorrow's the day! The day I go to my death, metaphorically speaking, that is. Plus, I have a class at 9 in the morning, and then I'll be meeting up with the girls later on to rehearse and stuff. I sure hope I don't mess this one up. Throw in the fact that there might be the lecturer from Australia might be sitting in with us tomorrow... and you'd have that inimitable recipe for disaster! Hooi Leng told me that she could go out of tune since she's really nervous and all. Hope she does okay. After all, it's her birthday tomorrow... Happy Birthday Hooi Leng!

My ears turn beet red, and they feel really hot.

I hope I don't forget my lines during the presentation... or forget to un-pause the tape (because our lecturer's gonna be taping what we're gonna say), or forget to say the 'good afternoon' and the 'pass-you-over' bit. I am so screwed....

And we have to wear heels for the presentation! 'Formal wear'! And my black pants is so not long enough till you can totally see my ankles when I sit down, which so makes me look even more weird with my heels! We'll be wearing black and white for tomorrow, the four of us, because we have to look like a 'team'. Personally I think we look okay, but my mom says we'll look like waitresses.

Waitressing aside, this whole shebang blows. I can't wait for tomorrow to be over.

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Oh CRAPNESS!!

Today, I was chatting with Aaron and instead of 'Okay, bye bye' coming out like it's supposed to (after all, that's what I typed in the first place!), what came out was 'Okay, BYE BYE BEAUTIFUL' (the last three words multiplied by two), 'bye' being the bloody shortcut for this custom emote I just added (BYE BYE BEAUTIFUL), but since I hadn't used MSN Messenger in a while, so I mistakenly thought I'd already changed the shortcut.

I was totally mortified! I mean, DAMN!!!! I quickly said sorry and told him that I forgot to change the shortcuts. He just laughed it off. Thank GOODNESS he's overseas right now! Honestly, I'd never face it down if I've to see him in class the next week....

Four more days to the dreaded oral presentation. And we're about to have a total overhaul of what we're gonna put into our presentation. Everything's totally messed up. That's why I can't stand group work. It's so much easier to do everything yourself (that's also applicable to group assignments, but why let everyone else get equal credit, right?). And there goes the superiority complex again.

Pamela typed out that she had bread just now, but it came out as 'brad'. So I asked her who Brad was. Haha.

Imma go sleep now. Currently fatiguing, with the heavy-headedness coming on strong...

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Daily Rantings

Almost fell asleep during accounts class just now... It's probably from the lack of sleep I've been having (haha, look at the paradox. Or maybe that whole sentence is wrong or something).

Anyways, two of my teammates didn't show up for class today, so it was just the two of us. And our lecturer asked us to discuss the presentation points among ourselves, and since there were only two... Well, let's just say there wasn't much to talk about between the two of us.

Watched Little Britain Live (again!) with my mom this time. She said it was really distasteful and disgusting, BUT she said I could get tickets if they go live in Melbourne! Yay! But I guess that might be pretty unlikely, since they just did a show in Australia this year. Sometime recently too, if I'm not wrong.

Anyway, if there IS a show next year (yeah I know, I'm getting ahead of myself here, but just bear with me a bit), and I DO get the chance to go, I seriously hope that something like what happened in their 2007 Comic Relief show, DOES happen at mine!

Anyways, not much bitching to do today, so I'll sign off for now. Trala.

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Little Britain, and oral presentations.

Just finished watching Comic Relief Does Little Britain Live, and it was HILARIOUS!! It was one of the best I've ever seen (and the dirtiest ever too!). I read on Wikipedia that they just did a live show in Australia. If they ever go to Melbourne next year, I am so going!! Even if I have to take two trams down or whatnot.

Our oral presentation is due on next Wednesday, contrary to the popular belief that it will be on Friday for us (since we're the third group, and therefore, the last to present for the next week). I'm so screwed for mine. I don't even know whether we went out of topic or not. I sure hope we're not placing emphasis on the wrong thing. And we have this written report coming up, based on the same topic we're gonna present. And this whole thing's worth 30 marks. I repeat, I'm so screwed....

The Office is back!! And I'm gonna go watch it now! Wheeeeee~!

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Preps!

This section of the post has been removed on account of emo-ness (or, of its state of rather-emo-ness). I feel much better now, thank you very much.

(And until now, I still can't fix a specific definition for the term 'emo')

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Where are my Milk Hazelnut Chocolate Squares?!

Played Chocolatier the whole day today, and still couldn't get the squares. Looked all over the Net for tips and walkthroughs and such, turns out the squares are given to you random. And without them, I can't reach Master Chocolatier. Oh well. At least flying back and forth lets me pump my high score up.

I just did some research for my oral presentation/written report regarding teaching seniors about computers. Surprisingly, there was quite a bit of material to look at. The only thing I need now is to squeeze whatever it is I have into my paper. The thing's 30% out of my entire paper, and it's just my luck that our lecturer's strict, and basically that scares the hell out of me. Seriously. The fact that I need to get really, REALLY good grades this semester doesn't help either. I'm so nervous I've to wear a pull-over to his class. It's that, or my immune system's totally going down the drain. I think I still have a bit of the flu left over.

Anyways, I think we have the Prison Break and CSI:NY finalés at around the same time. Prison Break's getting kinda tedious for me. Especially since I thought (wrongly!) that last week's episode was the last of Season 2. I mean, T-Bag got caught, so did Bellick, and Sucré's in the hospital (I think!). Most of the storyline's wrapped up. Tonight's episode (at best) should be about 20 minutes (without commercials, that is). Unless they bring in Sara's trial. Most of the conspiracy theory's already been revealed to us. Half an hour, tops?

Exam schedule's out on the 17th. EEEP! Hope there're no clashes.

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First post!

Got the piano repaired, finally. The keys got stickied up (or whatnot, making them really hard to press) in April/May, and we just called the guy yesterday. Anyway, the plastic holding the row of keys together cracked, so we had to replace the entire, um, keyboard(?), lacking the use of a better word, and now it's all better! I can finally play, whenever I want, especially when my mom's not home. Then I can plonk whatever I wanna plonk!

Rained really heavily this afternoon. Drove through a big puddle. Drove through a few other big puddles, and made those really big waves along the road, which is fun, but not good for the car. I'd drive faster, but if anything bad happens, my mom'll probably keel forward from the heart attack/stroke she'll definitely get, so... yeah, kept at rather constant 25-35km/hr (except for junctions, where I stopped. Well, slowed a bit more).

Watched the 5-hour Heroes marathon (Chapters 16-20. I cannot wait for September 24th to come!), well, except for the last episode of the day, where I switched over to E! News. There's absolutely nothing on for tonight, that's why I FINALLY decided to start a blog.

So here it is. My first-ever post. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go play Chocolatier.

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