Sanity… is for the Weak

You Are 48% Sociopath

You’re not a sociopath, but you’re very prone to antisocial behavior. Other people’s opinions matter little to you. You live your own fringe life - for better or worse.

*Mwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!*

Now Listening To:
In the B&O:
+John Williams: The Ultimate Guitar Collection
In the PSP:
+Bob Marley & The Wailers: One Love, The Very Best Of
+Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Greatest Hits

Fnially got some time to sit down and clear a bit of my anime DVD backlog

Karas (The Crow), was dark, chaotic and had some very, very exiciting sequences. However, the plot was not very clear from the beginning, and only partly made sense towards the end of part 1. The technical excellence of it’s CG animation is impressive, to say the least, and I think I’ll be looking forward to the next installment to see what happens next.

Also, I managed to get my grubby lil’ hands on Final Fantasy: Advent Children. *woohoo!*
Looks like I’ll be spending my weekends with the DVD player for some time to come!

Also, here’s a new product from m80: Street Fighter II, The Animated Movie.

Press Release

If You’ve Seen Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Before,

You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet…

FROM IDT ENTERTAINMENT’S MANGA ENTERTAINMENT —
UNRATED “STREET FIGHTER II: THE ANIMATED FEATURE”
WITH NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE MAKES
NORTH AMERICAN DVD DEBUT

DVD Includes Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Comic Book;

Available July 18th, 2006

Chicago , IL – Manga Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment company and the recognized industry leader in anime DVD, proudly announces the first DVD release of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie unrated and unedited, with additional graphic – and sexy — footage previously unseen in the United States ! In addition, each Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie DVD contains an exclusive, all-new Street Fighter mini-comic-book from Japan ’s famous Udon Comics. Street date is July 18 th , 2006 with an SRP of $19.98. Pre-book is June 7 th .

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is the feature version of the wildly popular Capcom™ game phenomenon and precursor to the highly acclaimed “Street Fighter II: V” TV series, Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter Generations. Now, Street Fighter fans can truly thrill to the feature film exploits of such globally renowned SF characters as the ruthless terrorist leader General Bison, US Army Major Guile, Chun Li and American martial arts expert Ken Masters – complete and uncut!

Manga’s new DVD release is the first-time ever US release of the UK unrated version, featuring a soundtrack by KMDFM and never-before-seen footage of graphic violence and nudity that North American Street Fighter fans have been waiting for – including the notorious Chun Li shower scene!

Audio:Slave
In the B&O:
+Bob Marley & The Wailers: One Love, The Very Best Of
+John Williams: The Ultimate Guitar Collection

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Final Fantasy: Advent Children
+Gunslinger Girl
+Gokusen
+Howl’s Moving Castle
+Initial D: 4th Stage
+Karas
+Scrapped Princess
+Vandread: the Second Stage

Movies to Catch:
+Ice Age 2
+V for Vendetta
+Superman Returns
+The DaVinci Code
+Cars
+Mission: Impossible 3
+Pirates of the Carribean 2
+Miami Vice
+Tristan and Isolde
+Underworld: Evolution Caught this on the plane! I love Krisworld!
+X-Men 3
+Lord of War
+Open Season
+The Seninel

One More Thing
My submission for the first Singapore Flickr Exhibition was not selected
However, I don’t feel bad, because the works that were selected were of very high quality! So, do pop by the Gone Fishing Cafe on 1 Jul 06 and have a look.
Exhibition@Gone Fishing Final 20 Shortlist

Hazel: Hi Hazel, thanks for dropping by! Have fun with your “research”!

Went for a farm tour organised by wifey’s CPA committee on saturday. It’s very different out in the countryside over Kranji/Lim Chu Kang way ~ just greenery as far as the eye can see, and no sign of the city anywhere ~ not that I have good memories of the place… all it reminds me of was topo training back in OCS… like the time they took us in a covered-up 3-tonner and dropped us off in the middle of the Choa Chu Kang Cemetary and told us to find our own way back…

Our first stop was Hay Dairies, where they supply Singapore’s demand of fresh goat’s milk. It’s hard to believe, but they have about 1000 goats on the premises.

Looking at these goats, I now understand why people sometimes mistake our dogs for goats….

Second stop was Qian Hu Fish Farm.

I like fish, and I used to have a tank when younger, but now I can’t think of having any other pet except dogs. These days, I get my fish-watching kicks from diving.

Finally, we stopped for lunch at Poison Ivy Bistrol, a little eatery in a farm named Bollywood Veggies, operated by the very vocal Mrs Ivy Singh-Lim and her husband.

It’s a little out of the way, but the food served there is organically grown on the farm ~ very healthy! Well worth a visit, especially for a totally different experience from the city.

Funny thing was, before we started eating, Ivy was telling us not to tell the PAP about the countryside, as they don’t want a lot of buildings out there… and in walks Dr Yaccob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, with his family for lunch. *snigger*

Seriously though, it was a very nice day out and it great to have seen and experienced a side of Singapore that’s almost lost and forgotten. Try it, and you might be surprised!

AngKuGuay: Thanks man! First gotta find time for it!

And yet *ANOTHER* South African gentleman writes (in all CAPS, no less) to be to claim monies from some deceased dead guy…

FROM THE DESK OFADAMU ATTAH
THE HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT, AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.
PHONE: 00226-78 01 12 35.
PLANE CRASH WEB SITE…http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.

(”REMITTANCE OF $15 5MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE”)

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON 2006,

I AM (ADAMU ATTAH),HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT & DEBT RECOVERING IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO IN WEST AFRICA.

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. HOWEVER AFTER SERIES OF PETITION WAS RECIEVED BY THIS PRESENT REGIME FROM FOREIGN CONTRACTORS AND INABILITY OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATION FOR THE PAYMENT TO ITS FOREIGN CREDITORS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, THEY MANDATED US TO CARRY OUT A CAREFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OVERDUE PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS AND TO EFFECT PAYMENTS IMMEDIATELY.

DURING THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROCESS, WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$15 M (FIFTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN (MONDAY 31ST JULY 000). SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOME BODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES AND LAWS BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE LEARNT THAT ALL HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION DIED ALONGSIDE WITH HIM AT THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM.

IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN MY DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON’T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

I AGREE THAT 40% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER, IN RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT,AND 50% WOULD BE FOR ME, WHILE 10% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES INCURE DURING THE TRANSACTION. THERE AFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED.THEREFORE, TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOU AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHEREIN THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.

UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY EMAIL THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION TO FILL AND SEND TO THE BANK. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS HITCH-FREE RISK AND THIS TRANSACTION WILL ONLY TAKE US 14 BANKING DAYS BECAUSE AS A BANKER, I KNOW WHAT TO DO AND MOVE THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY DELAY AND THATYOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER.

YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME OM MY NUMBER 00226-78 01 12 35 AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER SO THAT I WILL SEND YOU THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION TO APPLY TO THE BANK AND THE DATA INFORMATION OF THE DECEASED .

YOUR’S FAITHFULLY,

ADAMU ATTAH
FROM (ADB) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

But this time got web-link to air crash news some more

Went out with some friends for dinner at the Prata Cafe and some quiet (which got louder as the vino poured) drinks over at the Wine Company which was just next door.

One thing led to another and we ended up at Velvet. Hoo… it’s been a while since we went partying, and thus waking up with a hangover this moning.

Alcohol consumed:
2 glasses of Gewürztraminer
1 glass of South African Red with the unlikely name of Goat Roti
2 shots of Slippery Nipple
2 glasses of Vodka Red Bull
3 shots of Tequila
1 glass of Beer

Madness aside, the Wine Company is a place with great ambience and very reasonable prices, not to mention wonderful wine. Highy recommended!

One More Thing
Have been invited to join in a photographic Exhibition at “Gone Fishing” organised by the Singapore Flickr community, and these are my entries:

So tell me what you think!

Caught Cars last night, in a *very* quiet cinema. No surprise there, as it’s the opening night of the World Cup 2006. Funny thing ~ wifey seems to take the fact that I’m not soccer-mad as a matter of fact; I mean, just look at all the complaints and articles every time the Worl Cup comes around from the “soccer widows”(!)

Am I strange? *shrugs*

Anyway, Cars was a good movie, with the high production values you’d expect from Pixar. It’s a heart-warming tale of redemption and finding out what’s really important and all those other “warm, fuzzy feelings” kinda movie. What really tickled me was instead of the usual “out takes” at the end of the movie you’d expect from the previous works, they recycled scenes from the previous productions (Monster Inc, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story), but with car models. Very funny shit.

Verdict: 4/5 ~ go watch it… if you’re still awake from staying up all night watching 20 men running around chasing a ball….

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Gunslinger Girl
+Gokusen
+Vandread: the Second Stage
+Initial D: 4th Stage
+Scrapped Princess
+Howl’s Moving Castle

Movies to Catch:
+Ice Age 2
+V for Vendetta
+Superman Returns
+The DaVinci Code
+Cars
+Mission: Impossible 3
+Pirates of the Carribean 2
+Miami Vice
+Tristan and Isolde
+Underworld: Evolution Caught this on the plane! I love Krisworld!
+X-Men 3
+Lord of War
+Open Season
+The Seninel

Strike curb also can pass… must thank my lucky stars!

I thought I’d failed after striking the curb during parking, so I threw caution to the winds and just drove any-old-how, even out on the roads after exiting the circuit. Surprisingly I still managed to scrape by ~ I suppose after that I totally relaxed when I sort of gave up and just drove; I mean, we didn’t even follow the route we were supposed to go!

Anyway, not complaining ~ next up, a bike licence with wifey so that we can get a cute little Vespa and go zooming around!

Caught X-Men 3 earlier over at Eng Wah Suntec ~ great movie!

However, I don’t think we’ll be going beck to that movie theater anytime soon… the floors were… sticky; like somebody spilled their soft drinks on the floor and the staff did not clean it up… ever. And I had such high hopes for the “Digital Cinema” concept. ~sigh~

I suppose it’e not just the hardware that will draw the crowds, the software (people) that work the industry does play a large part in upkeeping the image of a clean, friendly and enjoyable movie experience.

Visual:Slave
In the DVD:
+Gunslinger Girl
+Gokusen
+Vandread: the Second Stage
+Initial D: 4th Stage
+Scrapped Princess
+Howl’s Moving Castle

Movies to Catch:
+Ice Age 2
+V for Vendetta
+Superman Returns
+The DaVinci Code
+Cars
+Mission: Impossible 3
+Pirates of the Carribean 2
+Miami Vice
+Tristan and Isolde
+Underworld: Evolution Looks like we may miss this one…
+X-Men 3
+Lord of War
+Open Season
+The Seninel

Oh, and we caught Mission: Impossible 3 over at the Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast. It’s pretty expensive for tickets there, but I suppose part of the reaons we enjoy (relatively) cheaper movie tickets here in Asia is probably the pervalence and easy access to pirated DVD’s in the region ~ if the cinemas charge any more than they do, just about every one and their grandma would be buying pirated discs rather than paying for the movie tickets.

Food
Dinner 4 Jun 06 ~ just some simple home-cooked food: Deep-fried silken tofu, Stir-fried onions with sliced mushrooms, crispy luncheon meat. What was decadent was the dessert after: Strawberries with Champagne!