I'm Back!

I'm Back!
Yeah... fear me cos I have returned to blog. Yeah, just as this place was gaining cobwebs and halfway thru it's fossilization stage, I have once again re-emerged to reignite it. Haha...

Fuel Craze...
All the hype bout the recent fuel increase... I mean, we saw it coming, why all the fuss now? Oil prices have been escalating in all over the world in recent times, what makes you think we're immune to that? It's a matter of time before the government loses it's ability to subsidise fuel. Putting the amount saved on other necessities like food is a move that has been long overdue. On the astronomical price of petroleum, well... it's gonna get worse in August and also next year, so we'd better be prepared.

HAH... TU LAH... KAN DULU ENVIRONMENTALIS DAH CAKAP,
GUNELAH HYBRID, GUNELAH ELEKTRIK... LEBIH BAGUS UNTUK ALAM,
TAK NAK DENGAR... HAH... TULAH...
Countries like Singapore have subsidies for hybrids (Prius, Insight, Civic etc) and electric vehicles. It's high time we follow suit. It'll also save environment in the long run. For petrol-based vehicles, cars like smart have low fuel consumption and should help ease out woes. Oh, and our Savvy is the most economical car in the UK, that says a lot, since it beat even the Prius... And what about our local water-based cars? LMG? Well, their showroom opened recently near my place. I'll update as I catch up with them... Well, that's for those of you who are getting new rides. For now, I'll have to bear with the escalated costs... having to pay RM120+ for slightly more than 3/4 tank is not something a sane Malaysian can bear (only just found out this morning), and the only consolation I have is that my commute to the new office only consumes roughly 1/2 tank of fuel a week... heehee...



7 Days to Evangelion : 1.0
Yup, I can't believe we're only a week to the local premiere of Rebuild of Evangelion : 1.0 - You Are (Not) Alone... Yeah, quite a mouthful, I guess that's why they shortened it "Evangelion : 1.0 - You Are (Not) Alone". To watch this on the big screen would be gloriously wonderful... and I hope they bring in the other 3 movies as well... They, as in Cathay Cineplexes, as they're the only ones daring enough to bring anime to this part of the world. They wowed us one with Gonzo's Brave Story, now let's hope it's all smooth sailing for the Evangelion movie... despite the 6-month wait for the subbed version. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Rebuild is meant to be an updated remake of the Evangelion series into a movie version, with lil changes in the storyline and tweaked for easier understanding. And yeah, even those with no knowledge of what an Evangelion are able to enjoy this~


This is the Singapore poster... they got it in March!



These two screenshots show how much more detailed the new movie is...
(It's on the left, if you haven't guessed already)








Okla, that's all for now... I wanna go home...

PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee

More of the Usual...

More of the Usual...

Sigh
Just another usual day in the office... It's getting quite repetitious, but I guess it can be expected from this field of work. Got some sad news on my colleague leaving (2, in fact)... It's always sad to have someone go, especially when you're so happy with having them around. But I guess there will always come a time when we have to move on to newer things... Anyways, I'm still wishing they'd bring in another staff to help us out. It's now that we can't handle the work, it's just that with the insufficient manpower, we finish late at night almost on a daily basis... we do want to have a life too... Sigh...

Rebuild of Evangelion
If you're an Evangelion fan you'd have heard about this by now... The 4-part Evangelion movie retelling will kick off this September with the 1st movie, You are (not) alone. With the amount of remastered, repackaged and dunno-what versions, I'm quite glad to finally see something new. The 4 movies will have some scenes reproduced frame-to-frame, but also feature new stuff and CGi graphics to show how much progress anime has come through. Rumour has it that they're going to be based on the 1st 6 episodes of the original series, but from the looks of the preview, I saw Kaworu there. Hmm... they wouldn't include my cute Asuka (she appears from episode 8) in there, but they'd include Kaworu (who appears on the last few episodes). That doesn't make me happy at all... But anyways, below are the trailer & preview for You are (not) alone:





I dunno bout you, but the trailer gave me goosebumps on my 1st viewing... I doubt Malaysia will be screening this movie, so I'll just have to wait for the DVD I guess...

BoA Complete Clips 2004-2006
I got this DVD from Tower Records recently... It's a continuation from BoA's previous music video compilation, 8 Films & More. This completes the compilation of all her Japanese music videos up to 2006, which means the last song in the DVD is Winter Love, and her 1st adult single, Sweet Impact onwards are not included. Overall it's an excellent DVD cos all of BoA's music videos are beautiful. However, if you've purchased the album Outgrow and MADE IN TWENTY (20), you'd probably have a compilation of the music videos already. Wish it had some extras like commercials (like in 8 Films & More) and behind the scenes (like in Outgrow), but I guess you can't get everything perfect all the time. I'll do a proper review soon. I'm still looking for her birthday concert DVD, BoA the LIVE...



Transformers - The Movie Guide
Bought this book at a nearby MPH and I admit I was a bit disappointed with the content. Not only is it so thin, it also has early stage renders of the robots and they don't look that realistic. Not all the robots are in it either... sad indeed... but it does have some info about the robots featured, and given that it is in full color, it should make a good book for one's collection.



Weddings
Okla... I dunno what else to mention... yet another one of my old crushes is getting married soon... I guess this is how it goes, something deep inside of me is sad, but I'm also glad that she's happy. I have moved on quite sometime back, its just that it brings back some memories. Seems a lot of old buddies are getting married lately...

Hmm... I forgot what I wanted to write, so I guess I'll end it here 1st...

PEACE & God Bless,
Aris