All About Chemistry

I was saying how Kuninaka_Ryoko(top pic) resembles a MediaCorp Artiste (or vice-versa) and yup, i feels she does look like Fiona Xie. Granted the pose in the 2 pictures aren't exactly identical but i think the resemblance is fairly obvious (Fiona has a longer horsey-ier face though, and i don't really like her). Anyone disagree? Sorry Matt, i wasn't thinking of Yvonne Lim, and before i went to Google her i didn't even who she was also. Yes i suck for not knowing our local actresses.
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Made a bad mistake walking with D.Law down to the cookhouse today. Had to endure his whining about how much work he's been given since he came back. Obviously he's just looking for sympathy. Well he won't find it from me. Empathy? Maybe. Sympathy for the devil? Sorry, i'm all out. Try the Rolling Stones. And it does sound like he's boasting when he said he has a cough flu and fever and he STILL came to work! Wow-Wee! All that and he gets paid (humanely) as well!

Of course to top it off, he mentioned that he might have to call all on us back on Saturday ('fever' talk i guess) to move the department down to SBMC, and as such told me to keep my Saturdays free (as in no going overseas) to help. Now i believe i'm a fairly reasonable guy, but 1 month before my ORD and he's asking me to do give him my Saturdays is going too far. His exact words when i said this was, "what to do? bo bian right?". Bo bian my ass! His way of thinking is truly other-wordly to me. Anyway i think Bernard has more common sense NOT to arrange moving on weekends so i'll leave it to him to run the show. BEST case scenario: Move gets delayed till after June 8th. (And of all the nerves, 'he' had the cheek to ask me to come back after i ORD to help if this happens)
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Finally passed Bullet Witch on Hard Mode last night! Probably one of the more worthwhile games to play in terms of Achievement Pts/Time Spent. And thank goodness i ignored the reviews because the game was really fun to play. I think that those who rate games solely on their graphics (i'm often guilty of that *shame*) will often miss out on unpolished gems like this. And definitely i will not solely trust game reviews (Saints Row got a better review than this? HA!) before buying games. If the title interest (ie has a sexy VG girl on the cover etc) i will most likely try it out myself. And did i mention that while i was playing midway yesterday they released Alicia's Schoolgirl costume for download on Xbox Live? Man if i needed some added incentive to replay the game this is it!
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Just booked tickets for Spiderman 3! Watching it with my family on opening day May 1st @ West Mall. 2 good things about watching with my family: 1) No one talks during the movie 2) Movie is free! (Paid for by Dad). Looks like i'll be watching it twice in the first week, since we have a Ninja movie outing on 4th May as well to go see it.

Caught Somewhere in Time

Spent my Saturday getting the Perfect Ending Achievement for The IdolMaster. Took me about 4 hours + to reach the end of my 52 week stint and then the hardest part was the farewell concert at the Dome. Failed 20 over times before i decided to sleep off my frustrations. Resumed when i woke up and passed it on my 2nd try. Hmm, I guess i would attribute the earlier failures to fatigue. That clears 20% of the achievement for the game. I have my eye set on at least 4 more achievements this week for this game.
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Drama: Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (The Man Who Can't Get Married) 1-12 (Finish!)

Wow~! This is definitely the most enjoyable (2006) drama that i watched this year. Abe Hiroshi gives a stellar performance as Kuwano Shinsuke (40), a nit-picking, cynical architect who enjoys being alone and can't understand why anyone would want to be married. His HR skills (or total lack of it), blunt and insensitive remarks and inconsideration makes you wonder why anyone would put up with him. (ans: he's a famous and highly regarded architect). It's not HA-HA funny but the subtle humour and interesting character relations make this a must-watch. Word of warning: If you are looking for a show with many Highs and Lows and twists, this isn't it. Most of the episodes are just re-affirmations that he dislikes social interactions and people in general.

Kuninaka_Ryoko

And did i mention that his neighbour Michiru (Kuninaka Ryoko) is really cute as well? I think she sort of resembles some MediaCorp artiste.
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Drama: Sexy Voice and Robo (Episode 1)

I'm very disappointed with this manga->anime->drama adaptation. Watched it cause Matsuyama Kenichi was in it but the first episode was a big disjointed mess. The first case feels really draggy and its hard to feel for the over-the-top Otaku(there are some funny moments though) played by Kenichi or Ohgo Suzuka as the middle schoolgirl who cares too much for other people. Especially after seeing Kekkon Dekinai Otoko i find it hard to swallow that someone would actually care so much for strangers.

I'll watch a couple more episodes before deciding whether to drop this series. Probably the only draw now is that 14-year old (born Aug '93)Ohgo Suzuka is extremely cute and sweet.

Shidou Nakamura makes an appearance in the first episode as well. Haven't seen this 2 in a show since Yamato.
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