Sunday, 22 August 2010

A Level Results & The Road Ahead

The day finally came. After people sweated buckets, bullets and other things, Thursday crept up so nicely. And I walked into the doors, and only then did I feel nervous for the first time. But the result...was successful. Ignoring the details, I looked at the final result: A in Sociology, A in English Language, and a B in Philosophy. Just as planned => haha. Well, it's what I was hoping to get, and it got me into Aston University!!! Things are still being finalized and stuff, but at least I'm in. This has been a long time coming, and I'm glad that I finally made it. Now the steady wait till I move to Birmingham =>

The road ahead is pretty much what happened after I got the results. It was a good day, as I managed to buy Batman: Arkham Asylum and a limited edition Splinter Cell man-bag with Splinter Cell on PC. Although, funnily enough, I had initially wanted Splinter Cell: Conviction. *sigh* Some other time. Soon I hope. There's alot of things I've realized lately, and some things I may discover in the near future. With uni right ahead of me, there's alot to look forward to. Perhaps everything will be perfect...But i'm confident that for the most part it'll be an amazing experience. Oh well, let's wait and see =)

A Level Results & The Road Ahead

The day finally came. After people sweated buckets, bullets and other things, Thursday crept up so nicely. And I walked into the doors, and only then did I feel nervous for the first time. But the result...was successful. Ignoring the details, I looked at the final result: A in Sociology, A in English Language, and a B in Philosophy. Just as planned => haha. Well, it's what I was hoping to get, and it got me into Aston University!!! Things are still being finalized and stuff, but at least I'm in. This has been a long time coming, and I'm glad that I finally made it. Now the steady wait till I move to Birmingham =>

The road ahead is pretty much what happened after I got the results. It was a good day, as I managed to buy Batman: Arkham Asylum and a limited edition Splinter Cell man-bag with Splinter Cell on PC. Although, funnily enough, I had initially wanted Splinter Cell: Conviction. *sigh* Some other time. Soon I hope. There's alot of things I've realized lately, and some things I may discover in the near future. With uni right ahead of me, there's alot to look forward to. Perhaps everything will be perfect...But i'm confident that for the most part it'll be an amazing experience. Oh well, let's wait and see =)

Sunday, 15 August 2010

Soul Eater & Waiting For Results

After months of waiting, I finally managed to complete Soul Eater. It was good, yeah. It took an interesting position on the whole good vs evil morality battle we always have in anime. This time, it was 'Bravery' vs 'Madness'. Heh. Very interesting. Not much other than that

At the moment, with 3 days left, I'm waiting for my exam results day, which is Thursday 19th August. It's going to be the finalizer. *sigh* There's not much to say other than I hope it all goes well.

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Black Holes & Revelations

I thought the name of the Muse album would be fitting for all that I've been through lately. It's been a while since I've updated, and alot has happened. I've made my latest GMV for Youtube, but boy was it not easy...It took SUCH a long time, and I felt like I would never be able to upload it. I got so frustrated, and it took a lot of research and constant scrutiny to figure out how to finally get it uploaded. The completed product is something I'm proud of though => It's called 'For My Dear -DMC4-', a vid which I dedicated to a friend. I do question the necessity of the amount of stress and pain I went through to make it however...Oh well.
Another issue is our weather here. It's ridiculous. It's supposed to be summer, but it's all rain clouds and cold winds. Doesn't help the mood at all. I reached the point where I felt like there's no point in even trying, that there's not point in even being happy. I wouldn't say the clouds were a direct cause, but it just didn't help the mood I was in. To be honest, I kind of feel that way now...Unlimited texts but no one to text. All the time in the world, but no one to hang out with. All the enthusiasm, but none of the result. It's quite maddening really...
Recently, I had to make a decision that, although was for the best, hurt me more than I thought it would. It was rather uncomfortable, but it's something that defines my new personality, and shuns that of the idiot I was 2 years ago. I'm not sure how circumstances shall play out, but I feel worse than when I was doing nothing about it. Some things will never change.

This isn't to say nothing good hasn't happened. 2 nice surprises were Bioshock and Dead Space; 2 games that were better than I thought they'd be. Bioshock was a game that I had played before, but I didn't really like it that much. Well, at all. Cause it just wasn't appealing to me. However, upon playing Bioshock 2 which I found much more fun, I decided to give 1 a try. And I will admit, it's a pretty good game. The intro to the game was somewhat hit and miss, and at times incredibly annoying, but time spent past that produced great results. As good as it was however, I won't buy it. Simply because it's not really a game I'd love to keep. The same with Dead Space, which was also pretty great (and had an AMAZING last boss, ROFL) but I liked the single playthrough, no more. A BIG thing that happened lately was seeing Inception. After watching Minority Report on Sky movies, I was REALLY eager to see it. And I have to say; it's one of the best movies I've ever seen!!! Imaginative, innovative, tense and powerful. I loved every bit of the heart pumping 2 and 1/2 hour long ride. It brought up many questions and perspectives which I feel are all very interesting and valid. I was happy to see this film, as well as Toy Story 3 which I saw last week; also fantastic.

At the moment, with both 'black holes' of situations, and 'revelations' of interesting things, I'm waiting for results day, as well as anything else I need/ want. Summer is summer I guess, but uni is coming and I can't wait. Let's just see where my life goes

Sunday, 25 July 2010

Gungrave & Second Chances

Haven't updated in a while, hehe. Recently, I finished the Gungrave anime, and subsequently got the soundtrack; both of which are AMAZING. I really liked the first 4 episodes of Gungrave I saw when I borrowed the first volume from my friend, and I'm a HUGE fan on the seriously underrated game: Gungrave Overdose (which with its predecessor, Gungrave, actually inspired the anime, not the other way around!!). The anime was fast, funny, heart warming, shocking and at times quite sad. That said, it was a really good anime, on my long list of old animes to watch. Almost makes me wanna play Overdose again.

Now, the funny thing about this next part is the idea of 'second chances', which was a major theme in Gungrave. Yesterday, I felt that I had a second chance at something, or perhaps someone...that I thought was dead to me, or beyond reach. Suffice to say yesterday was great, but at the same time it opened up a new window in my life that could bring great things. Dreams don't lie...although somewhat convoluted. I had a sort of feeling that I'd have this encounter, and it honestly gives me hope for the future, and all I have to do is take an active part in how things go. I thank God that man is still granted second chances, and I'll use this one to the fullest extent =>

Sunday, 11 July 2010

The Prom & Xbox Party

The Prom was AMAZING. The food was good, the venue was quite cool (once we got inside that is). Finding that place was silly =/ It was a place in the middle of nowhere, in Bromley, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. It was nice hanging out with friends, checking out all the pretty ladies => and of course; DANCING. YESH. After 5 years of not being able to go to a single party or dance, I finally managed to let loose. There were a few good tunes, especially when for the last 30 minutes it went all 80s. Me and my friend Stephen managed to BUST A MOVE. There was some supposed dance competition, but it didn't really take off. I personally think Stephen and I won => It was a bit sad that I didn't have a date, obviously, but oh well. Altogether, it was a great night =)

The day before, I went to my friend's house for a big gaming session. With about 12 of us in total, we played Halo 3, MW2 and a few other games here and there, via system link on multiple TVs with about 5 Xboxs. It was AWESOME. Lots of snacks and drinks, a load of laughs and screams. It was FANTASTIC. It also gave us a chance to joke around and eat pizza. It's something I've always wanted to do actually =) It'd be FREAKIN AMAZING to have a large scale LAN party, but I suppose that might not happen. Oh well. Summer continues, and it's all about Xbox, Anime, movies and music. OH YEAH

Monday, 5 July 2010

My Summer & 'The Clincher'

WELL. All my exams are FINISHED. Finally, I am FREEEEEEEEEE. After nearly missing my English exam, sitting my Philosophy exam with uncertainty but hope, and doing my Sociology exam with my eye on the prize, I could finally walk home bravely and chill out knowing everything would be alright. Ever since June 30, I've been just playing xbox, watching anime/ movies/ tv shows, and reading manga. It's also given me a chance to hang out with friends and do some stuff. Like Danson Festival was pretty darn awesome => Annnnd, I got to play Killzone 2 on my friend's PS3. With an HDMI hooked in, it looked REALLY impressive. At the moment, I'm waiting for prom which I think is gonna be quite good. I'm yet to see of course how it's all gonna go. Summer so far has been GREAT. And I'm sure it can only get better ]=>

Out of inspiration from a friend, and because I'm taking a break from Soul Eater, I decided to make a new AMV. Well, GMV anyway. I thought I'd make a BlazBlue one since I had been wanting to for a while, and I used 'The Clincher' by Chevelle as the music. I downloaded a new video player called 'Video spin' which was...pretty good actually. Simple and easy to use, and the quality was near HD. But for some RIDICULOUS and UNSEEN reason, when I made the video it had a section which was rawly jittery. I ended up uploading it anyway, which took a WHILE and the video looked ok. But it bothered me too much =/ So after a long day yesterday, I decided to sit down and have a crack at it again. After thorough and seriously appreciated help from a friend, I managed to fix up what was wrong using another program. There were SOOOO many technical hitches, and this situation reminded me of an issue I'm currently having in my social life. It truly seemed like I this final attempt was 'the clincher'. After 1 internet connection screw up, and about 5 good hours, the upload was done. And...it looks perfect. I will proudly say I am confident in what I've made. I suppose it won't be very popular or amazing to some, but I can rest easy knowing I've made a pretty cool video =>

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ic6Us23C8
Feel free to watch/like/comment and so on.

Anyway, on to the next one. A NEW CHALLENGE AWAITS