Stay in Goteborg (Sweden)

I will be leaving for Goteborg for 3 weeks training, followed by another on-the-job training which will likely last about 3 months. I’m keeping my fingers crossed since I have not got my work permit yet.

Nevertheless, any suggestion on where I can visit during my weekends? I know I should visit Stockholm, I also plan to visit the Legoland in Denmark.  Sadly I can plan short trips .

Death Note – Ep 28

This anime never disappoints me. Every episode is so exciting and unpredictable. I wonder what will happen now that the notebook has ended up in another “kira’s” hands.  It’s truely a battle of all the super intelligent people now.

The first time I see Kira totally defeated.

I think Light is being cornered now. Another Shinigami coming! Will he help him?

Good service award!

Ha, after complaining about the Trendy Zone after goods service, I have a phobia in exchanging goods. I bought a Japanese Drama VCD set yesterday and started copying the files into my computer for future viewing. I have trouble copying the first disc. However, I am able to play it on the VCD player. Though I doubt the shop will exchange this disc for me (since it’s working fine if they were to test it on the VCD player), I still went to try my luck.

To my surprise, the shop assistant changed the disc for me without further questioning or testing. Woh! They trust their customers! I was rather impressed. Thumbs up!

Good service award for you. Poh Kim ( Junction 8 )

Exam tomorrow?

I’ve got to change!

Tomorrow is my first paper! But I’m not putting in effort to study. It’s a management subject and hence “impossible to study“.

On the other hand, I’m anxious about completing the assignment (a mini task), given to us by our mentor. It’s simple task of converting a data file into another format to be loaded into our system. It is designed to help us pick up Python and have a better understanding of the system along the way. Sounds interesting enough, but problem is the same task is given out to all 3 of us and it felt like a competition. Time flies when I’m in the office. We had long sharing sessions everyday, to make sure we are on the right track. A totally different working culture, compared to my previous company.

Death Note – Ep 27

Here comes the M&N.

When there’s only “L”, the name sounds cool. Now that there’s “M” and “N”, it kind of makes it lame.

“N” (left) is the successor of L, so he does has a bit of his aura. But “M”(right) is like Kira. Very smart but ambitious.

I like the ending scene. L has chained Kira!

Mushishi Movie

I was so excited over the Mushishi Movie (thanks berowl for informing me), thinking that it is an extension of the movie. But, it turned out to be a live action of Mushishi.

Ginko in the anime is quite good looking. But Ginko in live action movie is kind of scary… although it is a fact that he has white hair and only 1 eye.

Looking forward to see it on YouTube. hehe. Here’s the trailer.

Darker than Black ep 2

Woh, this anime is indeed interesting. Full of twists!

In fact, he’s not that evil after all, although he’s a Contractor. (Contractor are killing machines in the show.)

Feeling the competition

Yeah, I’m facing the reality in work. Competition from peers. In my previous job, I have no slightest feeling of stress or the feeling of “threaten”. But in this current job, it is there. I’m not complaining because this is something which I had expected and accepted.

Great. Welcome to the real world.

Movie – Love and Honour

(Didn’t know it was a preview, otherwise would have watched it during the weekend since it will be the same price after all.)

I was interested in this movie because of the high ratings and good reviews, Kimura Takuya is said to have put up a ground-breaking performance.  But it turned out that the movie is slow and has a rather simple plot. I felt a little disappointed, perhaps due to my high expectations. Overall the show was nice and touching at times. The title really states everything about the show, especially the “Honour” part. I’m glad it has a happy ending. (I can stand movies with open-ended endings but not sad endings.)

Death Note – Ep 25-26

No… L is dead!!!

Dalieu is right! Kira IS EVIL!

When he hold L in his arms, I thought he will cry. But look at the change in his eyes!

I dun want L to die… bye bye, L.

Do you like L’s voice? I do. I thought it was fits his image very well. And guess what, it belongs to Mitsuo (光雄) Yamaguchi (山口), who’s the voice for Shinichi Kudou in Detective Conan (ok, he uses the same voice), Inuyasha in Inu yasha (still quite similar), and Usopp in One Piece! Unbelieveable… Usopp does not sound like that to me!

Do you find Kira’s voice familiar? I do. Even his tone sounds familiar.

Drum rolls…

He’s Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club!

New Anime: Darker Than Black

As I have lesser and lesser time, I tend to be more picky about what anime to watch. Of all the new series, the only anime that caught my eyes is Darker than Black.

It’s quite interesting, some supernatural, some mystery and some tension.

The first episode gave me the impression that the main character Lee is quite evil. Not much character build up yet, but exciting enough to make me want to blog about it.

A scene to illustrate why I find him evil…

 

Look at his eyes…

Interesting Arguments

Background

GST to be increased from 5-7%. Welfare allowance increased from $260 to $290 per month in July. (Btw, it’s extremely difficult to qualify for this allowance.) Next month, 95% of civil servants will get a pay rise, ranging from 3-33%. On the whole, the average monthly pay rise for the Cabinet is 25%.

The Arguments

Mr Singh said: “How do we answer the man-in-the-street when we’re told that about one-quarter to one-third of the expected revenue increase this year from the GST is going to be for the proposed ministerial and civil service salary increases, about $240 million, I was told?”.

Mr Low also referred to the recent debate on increasing the amounts for public assistance. “It’s also ironic that we are consuming taxpayers’ money and … discussing how much more of a fraction of a million to pay civil servants and ministers while we haggle over additional tens of dollars to hand out to our needy and disadvantaged citizens,” he said.