Mascots

剛剛同事跑進來問我覺得Mukmuk如何 (好突然的問題)...

之前倒是沒特別注意... 雖然2010奧運在溫哥華算是大事一樁; 小弟最明顯感受到的應該是加緊腳步在蓋的捷運跟凹凸不平的Cambie Street...

言歸正傳, 剛剛查了Mukmuk... 原來本尊是大松鼠marmot... 中文翻成旱獭(??)... 好像跟土撥鼠是親戚...

不過我個人覺得是蠻可愛的啦... 聽說小隻的玩偶一隻$25... 至少這個mascot跟本尊都算可愛的... 雖然我一開始看到猜成短尾巴beaver

另一隻mascot Quatchi我也覺得很可愛, 只是本尊就... ^^"

P.S. 剛剛再查了一下, 原來mukmuk只是sidekick = =" 不是正式的mascot... 我最喜歡的只是mascot的sidekick是怎樣... ^^"

NDSL?

因為種種因素(有愛心也有私心), 稍微瀏覽了一下Best Buy的NDSL Line-up...

結果是晴天霹靂的 = ="

銀色跟黑色這附近的Best Buy都沒有 = ="

但是鮮豔的暗紅色, 粉紅色, 跟寶藍色多到滿出來 = ="""

之前看Future Shop也幾乎是同樣情況, 粉紅色甚至還打折10元了好一陣子...

前一陣子跟友人討論時, 小弟我還大放厥詞說打死也不買紅色系的...

寶藍色也不是排斥, 但是銀色是首首選 Q_Q

好掙扎啊~ XD

夢幻的慶祝方式

原本想用英文一直寫下去的野望已經破功了 = ="

那就瀟灑的一路破功下去吧阿哈哈哈~ (自暴自棄?)

沒法子... 我要搞笑寫輕鬆的用英文就沒甚麼fu = =""

一寫英文就不自覺得嚴肅了起來 XD

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昨天(3/14)下午到晚上過得非常夢幻, 非常狂野 (??)

謝謝有參予的朋友一起陪我瘋 ^^" 辛苦你們了, 明年也要這樣啊? (啥?)

小弟我很盡責的發揮了人來瘋的個性, 從下午一直high到晚上 ^^" 特別感謝忙了一整天的嚴父慈母友人B... 奔波趕場的主持人友人D... 千里迢迢趕來的友人J跟S... 賣命跳舞(??)的友人J... 當然還有精神領袖總召集人友人V...

沒有想到DDR多一點人可以造成這麼大的迴響... Rummikub也感謝友人R友情贊助 (還是J? 一起謝好了)... UNO也是小弟我朝思暮想的遊戲啊... 上次玩有7年以上了吧... 麻將也好, 在此恭喜連摸連莊的友人J ^^ 最後的Pictionary也是再一波高潮啊... 大家的繪畫技巧, 英文字彙, 跟默契真是驚人啊... 喜歡J的 Yellow Brick Road, D的Miss Piggy (Greenland也不錯), V的Mona Lisa, B的747/Bottled Water/Garden (B的都好生活化), 還有小弟的Landscape+壓軸Suck Your Thumb ^^"""

卡片跟gift card我就自己私下慢慢品嘗了... 但是真的很感動... gift card很實在, 不愧是了解我本性的 :-)

042

Okay so I saw friend E's blog entry this morning regarding the manga 死刑囚042 and felt curious...

So I found it from a mysterious source and finished reading it. ^^"

Hm... One fact is that I can see it's trying to explore various serious topics in life, including the controversial corporal punishment, the depth of humanity, and the value of life. This society is based on the relative value of morality. What is good and what is bad? Who deserves to enjoy freedom as a human being and who does not? The yes or no answer are only differentiated by a thin vague line. And a lot of issues certainly arise due to this lack of absolute value...

Well, I think it's Bravo for this manga to attempt to discuss these serious matters.

好了寫夠了嚴肅話題, 現在來狂惡搞 (也沒有啦, 不過原本用英文後來整篇改成中文才寫得比較習慣)...

作者把裡面好多人物都畫的好可愛啊 (炸); 主角好多Q版現身呢 XD... 看到最後都有點把它當笑園漫畫大王來看了 (炸飛). 其他角色也不時的以輕鬆的形象出現, 好討喜啊~ 而且椎名跟主角好登對呢 (啥??) 心理輔導的內容往往是吐槽充斥 XD

舉例時間~:

可愛的工作人員們


可愛的學生們+主角(最左邊那個)


左到右: 椎名, 典獄長(?), 主角


椎名(右)+主角 (緊張的樣子好可愛啊)

還有最後這個~

主角+1

根本在看這些都會忘記作者要討論嚴肅的話題啊啊啊~ (翻桌)

不過話說回來, 真的歡樂的地方很歡樂 (個人覺得), 整部作品在想營造輕鬆歡樂的地方覺得蠻讓人印象深刻的; 相較起來像是灑狗血就有點雷聲大雨點小, 嚴肅的部分小弟我甚至會有點在腦中自動刪除, 才會造成這種歡樂的假象 (?)

還有結局, 個人認為真的有點草草結束; 花了4集半鋪陳, 半集就匆匆忙忙結束掉. 對小弟的震撼就相形甚小 = ="

而且, 一開始的第一集那個預告也不太妥... 應該要滿懷著歡樂, 希望, 期待, 然後在最後才突然墜入痛苦的深淵才震撼啊 <= 好邪惡啊 XD

March Snow + Robson Square

Snowed again two days ago and it's super cold these two days. I guess it doesn't need to take a lot of snow to remind me of last winter.

Is April snow wishful thinking? lol

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Went to UBC @ Robson Square this morning to run set up a new machine for a staff member + meeting friend E briefly.

Just realized that all my wishlist items are backed up by some of my friends... NDSL by H and J, while DSLR+Lens by E. XD

Might seriously consider switching to Sony if finding out some of the existing Minolta lenses I have are compatible...

Maybe if I get promoted at work. lol

Expenditure - Recent Wish List...

In the grand scheme of things, while in dire economical situation like this, it's probably a better idea to keep expenditure minimum. Nonetheless, some buying urges had been lingering in my mind for a while. Probably won't hurt listing them.

1. NDSL - An odd desire and even more oddly motivationed by Jam Sessions. I've heard reviews and comments on this device. I've seen them being played on the bus. My daily conversation with friend J seems to always involve NDS games, one way or the other. Friend H also praised it over PSP. It looks nice and touch-screen is a cool element in gaming (so to speak). So why not? I guess not enough motivation. I got PS2 for the notorious Dynasty Warriors series. Some say it's repetitive and all but, hey, kept me hooked and interested for a while. Can't say I'm currently hooked by any NDS games right now (not like I've actually got my hands on playing one of these). Spec-wise, NDS also looks uninteresting comparing to PSP. I guess all that make me have second thought before actually getting one myself...
2. DSLR with IS in-body - A long-time wish since I experienced the bittersweet (more sweet, less bitter) of IS on my SD850IS. My motto right now tends to be "A shaken image is worse than underexposed/overexposed pictures," since the latter can somewhat be adjusted in post-processing, while the former is a pain and tends not to be fixable. Some might not agree with me but I can value IS over large aperture. So why not? The main reason is price. Need to get the body, get lens(es), and the combined cost is nothing to sneer at. Secondly, it's a complete system, so need to somehow get rid of my existing Rebel XT + lenses... which is quite a hassle to me. The third reason is due to wishful thinking, but I'll throw it out here anyway since it's a wish list. Canon still seems to have the best high ISO performances than the competitors, and its image processor has rather pleasing colors comparing to the others. I guess I'm just too used to the Canon advantages to look at others without...

Can't think of much else right now other than some more far-fetched ones... oh well. Keeping the wish list short is one good way to keep oneself content, I suppose.

Boredom and Confusion + Civilization 4

Quite bored and confused lately. Dunno why.

Perhaps it's this economy situation that's depressing; or perhaps it's some of my goals feel far-fetched; or maybe it's just the rain that started pouring randomly since yesterday...

It's like that feeling when you first encountered a enticing MMORPG and you grew bored of it eventually by its seemingly repetitive system. And boy, how surprised now I am that these MMORPGs sometimes do capture a slice of life.

Most people would just bear with it and hope it'll get better as time passes. Perhaps that's what I'll do.

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On a side note, been playing some of Civilization IV + Expansions lately. The old traditional turn-based strategy do feel refreshing and more relaxed than the real-time games mostly made nowadays. (Granted, Civilization IV is kind of old itself.)

But after a few games, I realized that this is hardly a game for pacifists. Even though it allows winning the game peacefully, I tend to get rather low score through those routes. The game gives highest score basically if you conquered all other civilizations and dominated the whole world in the shortest time possible. Comparatively, the peaceful victories feel much less rewarding, even though you're the largest civilization in the whole world, when you get the title of Dan Quayle in the end = =" (no offense to Mr. Quayle himself)

That's it... the game taught me that in order to win and be praised, the decent thing to do is to forget about being civilized, just build a large army and own all other nations.

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Conclusion of the day: Screw World Peace! World Domination All the Way! ^_^|||