milk.coke.beer.blood

Milk bottle. Coke bottle. Beer bottle. Blood pack.
What do you think this picture represents?
Take a shot in the comments box! =)

ghost.rider

Yet another movie fashioned out of Marvel Super heroes comics.

Ghost Rider appears in the form of Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle stunt performer in a traveling circus, who sold his soul to what he believed was Satan but was actually the demon Mephistopheles, in order to save the life of his stepfather, Crash Simpson. Even his incarnation as a skull in burning flames gives the first impression that he's from the dark side. Not quite your typical chiselled good-looking do-gooder the likes of Superman/Batman eh?
But even he looks like a load of evil, he's on the side of justice, and in this movie battles Black Heart, the son of Mephistopheles, and pits his Fire element against the other Greek elements - Air, Water, Earth.
Whilst not particularly enticing to me as I am not your run-of-mill biker gang member, nor profess to have any fetish for leather, studs nor chains - Ghost Rider does have some cool special effects and the overall concept of the unlikely hero appeals to me. In chinese they call them 枭雄.
Another useless piece of trivia would be that Black Heart would later on recruit Black Rose (Roxanne Simpson, Blaze's wife, who was resurrected) into his dark team.

Ratings: 6/10

过年

一瞬间，又一年流逝。
在过去的一年里，你是否有了什么新的体验，或不同的感动呢？

岁月匆匆崔人老，
生老病死不可少。
荣华富贵谁不要，
但愿每年会更好。

就趁剩下的时光，把握机会，大家一起努力吧！
恭祝过个大肥猪年!

cool.tunes

If you have your speakers on, you'll be able to listen to a new streaming tune I have included for the page.
It's from an album called 'Spiralglide', by Bitstream Dream.
Apparently, Bitstream Dream is a collective of musicians, remixers, and producers from all around the world. Their newest album "Spiralglide" features dreamy female vocals with a mixture of downtempo, trip-hop, breakbeats, drum n bass, and progressive house.

So - blast those speakers. =)

my.super.hero

I am Iron Man.
Inventor. Businessman. Genius.

Take the Superhero Test

As taken from Wikipedia:
"Iron Man possesses powered armor that gives him superhuman strength, virtual invulnerability, flight, and an array of weapons. The armor was invented and, with occasional short-term exceptions, worn by Tony Stark, an American industrialist billionaire and military contractor known not only for his lifestyle, but also for his incredible ingenuity and inventive genius.

Iron Man was originally an anti-communist hero. Throughout the character’s comic book series, technological advancement and national defense were constant themes, but later issues developed Stark into a more complex and vulnerable character as they depicted his battle with alcoholism and other personal difficulties.

Writers often portray Iron Man as a symbol of humanity's creativity as well as its frailties. He is often placed in contrast with his close friends Captain America and Thor, the former as a comparison between interventionist and cooperative attitudes, and the latter comparing science and the supernatural. Throughout most of his career, Iron Man has been a member of the superhero team the Avengers, and has been featured in several incarnations of his own various comic-book series.

nomad

I am wont to move, like a wandering nomad, never settling down.
Though in some manner there will be new things to learn, fresh experiences, benefits sure to come in certain forms with each migration, but at what cost?
So far the pains outweighs the gains, and it all feels like a Pyrrhic victory to me.

the.tyrant

Yet another wonderful piece of translated literature, from Manfredi.
I found that I simply love novels on epic classical battles. The heros. The heroines. The wars, the brutality, the bloodshed. The honour, the integrity, the will to conquer.

This was on Dionysius and his conquests in the ancient Italian-Greek world of Sicily - a world of democracy vs tyranny, of civilization vs barbarians. It has been a long while since I found such a compelling read, and much eagerness to finish the novel. Thoroughly enjoyable!

Rating: 9/10

crazy.horse

Ah. The demise of a fat lady in Singapore.
Or at least that was what I felt when I heard about the closure of Singapore's Crazy Horse. All that censorship, on advertising, on publicity - dealt this French maid the coup de grace.
Under the impression that the lights would eventually dim on a silent Wednesday evening on the 31st of January 2007, I went to watch the final curtain call. (Only to find out that the misery for them had been extended to 4 Feb 2007 due to ironic full-house attendances.)
Overall, I would say that the show was interesting. Attributing some credit perhaps to my training in the 'creative' arts, I was able to appreciate the skilful manipulation of lights and screens. Of course, at the end of the day the trained movements of the well-proportioned performers was the crux of the show, and that they used, to impeccable gracefulness, to commendable choreography which was limited by the small stage.
Au revoir, Mademoiselle! =)