Books, TV and nothin more

Reading is a virtue.
Agree? Okay, keep that to yourself.
After my SPM, I've finally got something to do...
My cousin had been kind enough to give me her Chemistry notes(form 6), a nice reading material for me.
So now, my time is filled with something more to do -- reading.
Form 6 chemistry is not as hard as it sounds though...or maybe its because I'm reading the first chapter....
Anyway...
lets move on... apart from that,
I've been reading a few novels on my on.....
I'm surprised at my own reading speed--5 novels in 6 days.. can you believe it??
I'm sure you won't. This is what I do.....
Reading while online, reading while eating, reading in the car, before bed, while watching TV.....
you'll get the idea... for now, I've completed 'Death match' by Lincoln Child, 'Beneath the bleeding' by Val McDermid, 'Artemis Fowl and the lost colony','Artemis fowl and the arctic incident' and 'Artemis Fowl and the eternity cube' by Eoin  Colfer they are written in a series! I couldn't resist.. Yoou know what I mean?

Next, TV
one of my post SPM favourite show is the Masked Rider Kabuto and Masked Rider den-O series....
the series is aired on ntv7 every sunday. I'm actually looking foward to watching Masked Rider KiVa --the one with those vampires but the aired Den-o first... guess I'll have to make do with what the put up....
Some might say that the Masked Rider is for children... True! but one cannot ignore the literature value of the series. For instance, Masked Rider Den-O is created based on ancient Japanese myths such as Momotaro and Kintaro  the peach boy and golden boy of the japanese legend. Even the weapons of the masked rider are designed according to the legends.

The Melacholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an anime that caught my interest. the storyline of this anime revolves around Haruhi, a girl who supposingly created the world out of her will. the story is too complex to be narrated... you can only understand it after you have watched the whole series. To make things short, I can tell you the character consists of an ESP, alien, time traveler, Haruhi, a normal boy and other miscellaneous characters....

Okay, The End!! "applauses"  

Yu Gi Oh mania!!

What is yu gi oh?
Well, obviously, a card game....
Duh!!
Okay...
According to Wikipedia,

Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王 Yūgiō^?, lit. "Game King") is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has spawned a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games. Most of the incarnations of the franchise involve the fictional trading card game called Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), where each player uses cards to "duel" each other in a mock battle of fantasy "monsters". The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is the real world counterpart to this fictional game on which it is loosely based.

Yu-Gi-Oh! tells the tale of Yugi Mutou, a shorter-than-average high school student who was given the fragmented pieces of an ancient Egyptianartifact, the Millennium Puzzle, by his grandfather. Upon reassembling the Puzzle, he is possessed by another personality who is later revealed to be the spirit of a 3,000-year-old Pharaoh (5,000-years-old in the English anime) called Atem, with no memory of his own time. As the story goes on, the two of them (together with Yugi's friends), try to find the secret of the Pharaoh's lost memories and his name, with the Duel Monsters card game being an ever prevalent backdrop or plot device.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is set 10 years after the first series. It follows the story of Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki in the Japanese version), a young talented duelist who is given the card "Winged Kuriboh" by Yugi before Jaden's admission to Duel Academy (Duel Academia in the Japanese version), an elitist boarding school established by Seto Kaiba. Jaden (who receives low marks in his admission tests), is placed in the Slifer Red dormitory (Osiris Red), which is reserved for students with the lowest grades. The story goes on as Jaden faces challenges from different students in Duel Academy. He later finds himself entangled in a conflict related to the hidden secrets of the academy.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds is set in a distant future where the residents of the poverty-stricken town called Satellite provide the manpower to sustain a utopia called New Domino City (Neo Domino City in the Japanese version), a futuristic version of the city of Domino where some of the events of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! took place. The story centers around five characters known as Signers, who have birthmarks bearing one part of a monster called the Crimson Dragon (which saved the world in the past,from the Earthbound Immortals). The main character, named Yusei Fudo, is a Signer. Each Signer has a dragon monster. In later episodes, they fight Dark Signers—duelists who try to revive the Earthbound cards.

The early chapters of Yu-Gi-Oh! feature a variety of different games; but from the Duelist Kingdom arc onwards, the focus is shifted to a card game called Duel Monsters. Duel Monsters is played using a holographic image system created by Seto Kaiba (following his first Shadow Game with Yugi). In the manga and first series anime, these were initially performed on tables, using holographic tubes, while the second series anime uses huge holographic fields. Starting with the Battle City arc, (as well as the series that followed), duels are performed using portable Duel Disks, invented by Seto Kaiba, which allows duels to happen anywhere.

OK, OK, enough from wiki....

The point is..... I've designed my own version of Yu Gi Oh cards!!!!!

"Applause"

Alright! The first card by me..

Fourth dimensional field

The picture is actually a tesseract,

a 3D representation of an 4D object.

This card represents my interest towards dimensional science.

Whether it is fiction or non-fiction....haha

Ok, the second card...

This is a trap card. Which means it is activated to trap your opponent

Take note of the infinity symbol after the word "Trap Card"(the toppled 8)

This means that this card is an continuous trap card.

e.g. the effect continues until the end of game, not just one turn.

Therefore, the user has to use this card wisely.

** The image in this card is drawn by me ("applauses") using GIMP...

its some hard work....but worth it...

Third card....

As a tribute to my hometown, Malaysia, I've design this card based on a photo of petronas twin tower that I took on my last trip to KL......

The effects are simple, but not the photography techniques.....

 

Last card......

This card is a monster card with a human face haha

the attribute is divine and has high attack and defend capability.

Definitely a must-have in any card collector's deck.

Furthermore, the "human face" is actually a CGed image of my face haha. 

January life

You guys out there might be wondering what took me so long to write another post. Well, I can tell you guys that I am a busy guy...
Well, this is how I spent my week...

First, I have been busy practicing my piano. Maybe my teacher is right, I practice too much on exam pieces and too little on scales..(especially the melodic minors.... too negative haha). So, practice, practice and practice....

Then, I have driving lessons. To tell the truth, I really enjoyed those. You can feel the car controlled by you, submitting to your will.... haha Vroom! Vroom!!

Next, of course, helping my brother.....
the most tiring job of all....  He would just yell my name and I would need to help him with his work.....
With dimensional calculus and advanced algebra in my head, I would try to help him with his simple math like
"what is 325+56?" he asked
"381" I answered, after doing the math in my head.
"how to prove it?"
"use your calculator lah!"...I am getting impatient there.
"No, I mean how to PROVE it" swt!!!
"what do you mean, PROVE?"
"prove it lah!"
"Why do you need to prove? My answers are always correct!!" I'm starting to get angry there...
"The teacher ask us to prove bah!!!!"
"Haiya!!! go ask your teacher lah!!!!"

It turns out, the teacher wanted this...: " Since 381- 325=56, 325+56=381" or something like that!!
Man!! how easier can math get!!!

My CGI

This picture is drawn by me comment please.....

Dimension Travel by Ivan Ling

Driving Test

Seriously, driving can't be too hard right?
Just start the car, and of you go......
Easy? Think again!
First, You need to memorize 500 repetitive questions about traffic law... then, they test you on 50 questions... Man! that was like only 10% of the 500 questions! Not to mention the agony your eyes would have to suffer during the colour blind test and the numbers test where they show you a number plat and you must know what number it is. For example, they show the number QKO 3645. then you choose the number from the multiple choices in the computer A)QHO 3765 B)QKO 3645 C)QGA 3654 D)QRA 3465. However, if you get one question wrong, you are blacklisted. So, the irony...how the simplest questions can be harder than the hardest question in the questions.

After that ordeal, you would need to endure another 3 hours of workshop on the structure of the car. Another  3 hour of practical before you get the 'L' or Learning license.

Then, you get in the car..... thats what I'll be doing in a few days time..... haha(nervous)

Dream of time and space

Well, quite recently I've been having this kind of dream.... Maybe its because I read too much about Einstein and his theory. I these dream, I am able to perceive a fourth dimension along with its calculations. However, once I woke up, I will only have a faint memory of these dreams. When I am awake, I will not be able to even imagine what I have learned from the dreams I have.

In this particular dream, I am floating above city and landscapes. The breeze is blowing gently through my hair. Strangely, I landed rather softly although the ground is hard. Looking around, I saw that I have landed in a bustling city. At this point, I realized that the people are not moving at all. Cars freeze in motion. Waters splashes freeze in mid air. Dust stays in the air not moving at all. Air ripples are present everywhere. On closer inspection, the air ripples are actually electromagnetic waves, vibrations that travels at light speed through aether freeze in time.

Suddenly, time restarted again. Cars jump into action, gravity brings the water crashing down, humans move on their daily activities. As I walked around this place, I realized that the people are not aware of me. They move around like normal people would but they seem too normal. Until then, I din't realized that I was the one who is not normal. I look like a 3D character in a 2D world. Like and action figure next to a comic book character. I was out of place and weird. However, this world that I stand on, it is a 3 dimensional world. Everything can be labeled with X,Y and Z axis. So, why do I appear this way? Simple. I am now in a four dimensional form.

In this form, I can see and perceive clearly the electromagnetic waves that zoomed through the sky. There were different patterns and designs. For example, waves created by mobile phones are closely packed and are bluish purple in colour, while waves from radio stations are reddish and gigantic, covering the skies. I can see aura around people. This is due to the fact that a weak electromagnetic field is produced in their body.

In the dream, I understand multidimensional concept, time and universe. I can easily step out from one reality to another, reverse time, freeze time, touch waves, manipulate light at my will. I can distort space, create new dimensions and destroy them.

These are but dreams. Nonetheless, should I posses such powers in this world. I will be ready to use it without training. As I, Ivan have received such dreams. Such wonders that could not be written in mere words. Dreams that may not be just dreams, but another world, created by my subconscious mind. Another dimension, created by my will itself. For the dreams can be real and what is real can be a dream.

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January

January is the new month in this year 2010.... well, I started to feel that I actually doing something now...

First, I started taking driving lesson. I should be able to drive in a few months time....(YES!!!)
Then, I worked as a temporary cameraman for dinners and parties of my relatives...(for free(although I wouldn't say no to ang paus))
After that, I worked as a temporary tuition teacher for my brothers.....(not paid....haiz)
.......
Blogging......Writing poems.......facebooking..........
at least I'm not bored now haha!!