Monday, November 23, 2009

New Moon movie tix from Body Shop! XD

Body Shop is launching a new fragrance "LOVE ETC" this weekend! And they're giving away 10 tickets to 10 lucky bloggers! Woot! Thanks a lot Body Shop! XD

LOVE ETC
- Body Shop's new fragrance "LOVE ETC" -

Hehehe! New Moon has been in my MUST-WATCH movie list and I've been waiting to watch this movie! Now with Body Shop's free tickets, I'm totally psyched! XD

I got the buzz from my Facebook inbox about it from the Sabahan Bloggers group mail. The movie screening will be at 1 Borneo, 27th November 2009 (Friday) at 9pm! XD Wow! It was such an opportunity that I didn't want to miss~ Hehe~

New Moon
- New Moon : The Volturi(s) movie poster -

Hehehe! Jacob Black will be "hawt" in this movie. But I'm really curious about The Volturi(s) (because there's Dakota Fanning in it! o_O!) Wow! Dakota Fanning has really grown up into a beauty! Seems like the Volturi(s) are the high authority (purebloods?) of the vampire world. I haven't read the book yet but I'm loving the eye-candies in this movie! XD *doki doki*

And what i really find cool is that, Body Shop's LOVE ETC (new fragrance) might just be the perfect thing to wear/use while watching this movie with your date/boyfriend. Because its love-related.. Hehe...

New Moon
- Jacob anyone? *protects self from swarming fangirls and disgruntled boys* -



Mood: excited!
Muse: TiK ToK - Ke$ha

Monday, November 9, 2009

qing hua ci - jay chou

Its Jay Chou! XD! I've been having this song on my playlist for a week now and I got tired of repeatedly looking for the translations and pinyin in search engines. Hahah! So this is my reference for singing together with this song (my "huayi" sux btw! =P).

This is a really really nice song! I love it to bits! *shares* XD


Song:
青花瓷| Qing Hua Ci | Blue & White Porcelain |
Singer: 周杰倫| Jay Chou |
Album: On the Run



Hanzi & Pinyin

素胚勾勒出青花笔锋浓转淡 
瓶身描绘的牡丹一如妳初妆
冉冉檀香透过窗心事我了然 
宣纸上走笔至此搁一半

sù pēi gōu lè chū qīng huā bǐfēng nóng zhuǎn dàn
píng shēn miáohuì de mǔdān yī rú nichū zhuāng
rǎnrǎn tánxiāng tòu guò chuāng xīnshì wǒ liaorán
xuān zhǐ shàng zǒu bǐ zhìcǐ gē yībàn

釉色渲染仕女图韵味被私藏 
而妳嫣然的一笑如i苞待放
妳的美一缕飘散 
去到我去不了的地方

yòu sè xuànrǎn shi nǚ tú yùn wèi bèi sīcáng
ér niyān rán de yī xiào rú hán bāo dāi fàng
nide měi yī lǚ piāo sǎn
qù dào wǒ qù bùliao de dìfang

Chorus:
天青色等烟雨 而我在等妳 
炊烟袅袅昇起 隔江千万里
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸 
就当我为遇见妳伏笔

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
chuī yān niǎo niǎo shengqi gé jiāng qiānwàn lǐ
zài píng dǐ shū hàn lì fǎng qianzhāo de piāo yì
jiù dāng wǒ wèi yùjiàn ni fúbǐ

天青色等烟雨 而我在等妳 
月色被打捞起 晕开了结局
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
妳眼带笑意

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
yuè sè bèi dǎ lāo qi yūn kāi lejiéjú
rú chuán shì de qīng huā cí zìgù zì měilì
ni yǎn dài xiào yì

色白花青的锦鲤跃然于碗底 
临摹宋体落款时却惦记著妳
妳隐藏在窑烧裡千年的秘密 
极细腻犹如绣花针落地

sèbái huā qīng de jǐn lǐ yuè rán Yú Wǎndǐ
línmó/ Sòng Tīluo kuǎn shí què diànjì zhǔ ni
ni yǐncáng zài yáoshāo li yīqiān nián de mìmì
jí xìnì yóurú xiùhuā zhēn luòdì

帘外芭蕉惹骤雨门环惹铜绿 
而我路过那江南小镇惹了妳
在泼墨山水画裡 
你从墨色深处被隐去

lián wai bājiāo rě zhòuyǔ ménhuán rě tónglù
ér wǒ lùguò nà jiāngnánxiǎozhèn rě le ni
zài pōmò shānshuǐ huà ni
nǐ cóng mò sè shēnchù bèi yǐn qù

Chorus:
天青色等烟雨 而我在等妳 
炊烟袅袅昇起 隔江千万里
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸 
就当我为遇见妳伏笔

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
chuī yān niǎo niǎo shengqi gé jiāng qiānwàn lǐ
zài píng dǐ shū hàn lì fǎng qianzhāo de piāo yì
jiù dāng wǒ wèi yùjiàn ni fúbǐ

天青色等烟雨 而我在等妳 
月色被打捞起 晕开了结局
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
妳眼带笑意

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
yuè sè bèi dǎ lāo qi yūn kāi lejiéjú
rú chuán shì de qīng huā cí zìgù zì měilì
ni yǎn dài xiào yì

(repeat chorus)

English Translation:

The brush outlines a beautiful pattern, brush strokes becoming lighter
The peony on the bottle, simplest beauty, just like you
Whiffs of incense smoke bring your troubles to my heart
I pause halfway while painting

The glazing of the lady’s portrait hides her charm
Your smile, to me, like a budding flower
But your beauty dissipates like smoke,
to a place I can never reach

Chorus:
The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
From a thousand miles away, I gaze at the curling chimney smoke
The calligraphy beneath the bottle, elegance of the Han Dynasty
Our meeting I foreshadowed

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
The moonlight smudged away the remnants of our ending
Like legendary porcelain obsessed with itself,
your eyes full of laughter

Those blue carp seem to come alive on the white bowl
While I am imitating the Song inscription I’m thinking of you
The eon of secrets you buried in the kiln
It’s exquisiteness like an embroidery needle

The banana tree outside brought the sudden downpour,
and in turn the copper rust on the door handle
My passing by Jiangnan brings me to you
Yet you fade away into the deep abyss of the Chinese painting

Chorus:
The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
From a thousand miles away, I gaze at the curling chimney smoke
The calligraphy beneath the bottle, elegance of the Han Dynasty
Our meeting I foreshadowed

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
The moonlight smudged away the remnants of our ending
Like legendary porcelain obsessed with itself,
your eyes full of laughter

(repeat chorus)

Credits go to Adsotrans, and to zjaychouz & diaolah from Jay-Chou.net for the translation.

Mood: grateful
Muse: 青花瓷| Qing Hua Ci | - 周杰倫| Jay Chou |

Friday, November 6, 2009

Pandora Saga

ELVES! OMG! *fangirling* XD!

Hahaha~! The main thing that attracted me to play Pandora Saga was the elves actually. (i'm such an easy thing to bait if there's elves). After playing this game for quite a while now (since Open Beta started), i've become quite addicted to this game. *laughs*

Hmm, the graphics for the game is really nice. With my previous computer (Scorpio II), all the landscapes had broken light and dark areas and boxy. I couldn't see any mist too. T_T I had to buy a new computer (Sora to Kaze) just to enjoy playing this game at home. =.= (this game pushed me to use my savings to buy a better computer! hahaha!)

Previously i made a post (click click) about Pandora Saga in August. Haha! At that time I haven't got my new computer yet~

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : In Astir Neutral Territory (Central) -

The first place all players start in the game is in Astir Neutral Territory. If you're new to the game, i suggest to do the tutorial quest in the beginning to get some free armor for your character. Well, when i started out this game, I initially made an archer. But as time goes by, my archer was making me spend too much in-game gold, so i started playing a wizard. From then on, i stick to being a wizard throughout the rest of the game. =)

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : Leveling aka. Grinding -

After some leveling (whacking maggots and jackals), you'll end up having to choose which nation to join when you want to change your job (lvl 20). There are a total of 3 nations to choose from, albeit Varik The North Clan Union (Union), St. Pfelstien Kingdom (Kingdom), and Latuga Empire (Empire). When you joined a nation already, you will have a crystal gem next to your name to show which nation you belong to.

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : Varik The North Clan Union -

The North Clan Union was united by a several joint tribal group, most of the tribal came from a common ancestor. The North Clan Union was ruled by the Great Mentors. The North Clan Union commanded on the north side of the land, with neutral and sea resources. The Clan economy remained focused on Agricultural and Fisheries and the sector is still underdevelopment. The clan like to planned surprise attack to other two nations during trade mission. Most of the citizens are farmers and fisherman and these citizens have been trained as combat soldier to carry out assassination mission.



From my view, the environment is really cool. Being in the mountains and constantly surrounded by mist makes the place look like its from the Vampires age or the Victorian age. ^_^

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : St. Pfelstien Kingdom -

St. Pfelstien Kingdom is the Kingdom of Noble Kings. Initially St. Pfelstien Kingdom was ruled by king. The nation was bound with a two-tier ruling system where the Pope holds a great deal of power in the nation. St. Pfelstien Kingdom commanded on the east side of the land, with natural and human resources. Citizen of St. Pfelstien kingdom revolved within the capital for daily society activity, where there is no city outside the capital. St. Pfelstien Kingdom economy remained focused on agricultural and the sector is still underdevelopment because citizen only operates inside the capital. Most citizens in St. Pfelstien were bound with religion, where citizen believe in GOD and this believing has remain as the spiritual pillar of the nation.



Hmm, Kingdom is very lush and greeeeeeeeeeeeen! The scenery in Kingdom is very castle-like. Reminds me of the time of King Arthur and of knights, a very medieval-like theme.

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : Latuga Empire -

The Empire was ruled by the Emperor. The Emperor was nominate by the senate and vote by the public. The Emperor and the senate were two co-equal branches of the empire, where the Emperor controls most of the power . Latuga Empire commanded on the west side of the land, with natural and human resources. Latuga Empire economy remained focused on trading and compared with the other two nations it is very well developed on the commercial sector due to prevailing trade in the territory. Latuga Empire also has the highest develop transportation network among the two nations due to its landmark. As the Empire expanded, people from a variety of cultures join the Empire. The worship of an ever increasing number of deities was tolerated and accepted as long as they willing to contribute and sacrifice to the Empire as a declaration of loyalty to the Emperor.



Empire immediately reminded me of Morroc (from Ragnarok Online). = = The sand-everywhere and the music theme was Arabian-ish. The desert theme makes me imagine that I'm in Baghdad.

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : Epic War (War of 3 Nations) -

When you hit lvl 25, you can join the epic war for your nation. I suggest for you to join the war so that you'll get accustomed to the ways of how to kill and how not to get killed. Because when you hit lvl 30, you can enter Muldia, the Uncivilized District territory. Muldia is the pk map of Pandora Saga. In this map, you can pk (player kill) other nations and gain honor points. Other nation members will appear in RED. You can choose whether to kill them or be in peace mode with them.

There are various sizes of monsters/mobs. There is the Day/Night mob system that makes different types of mobs appear in the same map. The various types of mobs are insect types (ie. maggots), animal types (ie. jackals), flying types (ie. bats), human type (ie. rouges), reptile type (ie. snakes), ghost type (ie. zooplankton), devil type (ie. devils), and undead types (skeletons). Oh and there's the unique boss types too.

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : A certain monster's feet -

This is a picture of the largest (non-aggro) unique boss that I've come across with in Pandora Saga. Even when riding the big horse, I still feel puny standing right next to this boss.

Pandora Saga
- Pandora Saga : Millennium Tree (Mt. Jortio Foothills) -

And its called the Millennium Tree! Haha! This unique boss is very big. You can find it in Mt. Jortio Foothills. I would liked to see a full pt kill this thing and take a screenshot of it. XD

Hehehe~! I've made quite a number of friends in this game. XD Its a good game too. *smiles* Anyways, I'm waiting for the new patch update for the game. Its kinda boring when there's no new updates for the game. =_=

oh well.. *continues with MMO gaming*

Mood: *wants to eat chocolate love-letters*
Muse: 发如雪| Fa Ru Xue | - 周杰倫| Jay Chou |

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Sabah Bloggers Gathering 2009

On the 31st of October, 2009, there was a Sabah Bloggers Gathering 2009 at Imperial International Hotel from 6pm onwards. XD

This was my second Halloween event and also my second Sabah Bloggers Gathering. This year, its a bit more special because it was a combined event. @@ I came as a red-haired witch, with the whole witch-hat, cape and broomstick. Too bad i couldn't do the witchy nose-twitching. =P

It was so much fun! Everyone came to the event all dressed up and looked cool. There was a lot of witches, pirates, vampires, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, undeads and even the death reaper! @@ The location was at the rooftop, and it was semi-outdoors. I liked the entrance to the event. It was nicely done! The food was great too. I especially liked the cakes and the mocktails. *yummy* I couldn't get enough of the mocktails. It was so delicious! XD I spent most of the time taking pictures and mingling around. The music band was nice and I liked the guitar performance. It was a fun fun night and I enjoyed playing getting-bitten by Mars, the vampire. Hahahah! XD

Sabah Bloggers Gathering 2009
- Sabah Bloggers Gathering : All the girls!! (Mars, Nana, Me, Ki-Chan, Kanariya, Sakuya, Barbie Q) XD -

Sabah Bloggers Gathering 2009
- Sabah Bloggers Gathering : Halloween Skit by Mars and Eric! XD -


I'm hoping to meet the other bloggers (and new bloggers too) again for next year's Sabah Bloggers Gathering. BoOoOo!!! XD

Mood: *wants to drink Baileys*
Muse: 青花瓷| Qing Hua Ci | - 周杰倫| Jay Chou |