Public Holiday

I wonder what are public holidays to other people but to me it does not mean much. So much to do and yet with so little time. Especially during year end when deadlines are plentiful.

Well at least for the past 5 days, I did manage to catch up on some sleep (at least 10 hours a day) and watch tonnes of animes (Bleach, Gundam 00 season 2 and Linebarrels of the Iron) and TVB series (Gem of Life - is my favourite for the time being, will start posting on the blog starting with episode 49)

Yet, am still working at least 4 hours a day during my break. Sometimes I wonder, why am I working so hard to earn a living. Am i wanting too much in life?

Still pondering if I should give up on some financial security for a better quality in life. But with not enough money at hand, is there really a quality of life - short term maybe. Alternatively with not enough time and less than desirable health, what is the point of having more money?

Such are paradox in life which I am always faced with.

Life seems such a far cry from what I have envisioned it to be when I was younger. Reality is such a pain in the ass. Everyday work averaging 12 hours a day, then eat, bathe and sleep, repeat the same cycle for maybe 300 days of the year. Where are the adventures in life?

Well my life maybe predictable I at least still have a warm family to return to everyday, a loving gal friend and a supportive bunch of friends and colleagues. Who am I to complaint, anyway. Hmmm......

Bleach Episode 199 Subbed

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Gundam 00 Season 2 Episode 13

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How to be good AH!!!

Damn tired la today, i wonder how do people like my bosses handle the kinda work load a typical auditor is faced with.

Complete the administrative work i.e. minuting, filling, photocopy, and etc

Reviewing all deliverables and working paper and make sure it is up to a myriad of standards, international auditing, international financial reporting, US GAAP,Local GAAP, companies act, securities commissions requirements, Bank Negara Malaysia submission and lots more

Ensure all field members are properly coached, motivated and directed.

Ensure client's expectation and demands are met, at least strike a middle point la

Put up a professional image even after a bad day

Deal with surprises that comes all too often that it is the norm

Be able to finish in time and yet deliver error free work (my biggest challenge now)

Multiply all those by a few folds because its almost impossible to be only doing one assignment at a time.

Not to mention other non work related things we have to face in life

Well, not complaining la, am only pondering. I am sure everyone of us here would want to not only give our best but want our best to be good enough too.I seriously think a successful auditor must really be a super man or woman or would just have to sacrifice a hell lot of other things in life. Otherwise how to have other things in life ah! If we are tasked with so many things to do in work, either be super efficient and effective or just give up on anime, karaoke, dating, family, health.....wah! the thought of it is already saddening. I wonder will anybody give up all those for the sake of being successful in this profession, therefore my conclusion is, all those who have stayed on in the firm are SUPER humans with SUPER management skills.

It's already almost six pm, I have been working for the past 6 hours. Only managed to finished a bit of everything. Logging of for dinner with family now. To be continued........

Bleach Episode 198 Subbed

Just finish watching this episode. Too tired to comment for now. But i have posted the links for others to enjoy too.

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Gundam 00 Season 2 Episode 10 (subbed)

After one long week, the latest subbed episode is finally here.

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Lee Hom's Songs

Posting of Lee Hom's pin yin MTV for all to enjoy. A big thank you to all the diligent sub and pin yin efforts from the various bloggers. I will probably start creating my own soon.

Lee Hom 王力宏 Forever Love



Lee Hom 王力宏 - Kiss Goodbye



Lee Hom 王力宏 - You are not there 你不在

David Tao's Songs

Another of my favourite. Posted some David Tao songs with pin yin lyrics for all to enjoy.

David Tao 陶喆 Featuring Jolin Tsai 蔡依琳 - 今天你要嫁给我 Marry Me Today

Jay Chou's Song

Another of my favourite karaoke selections : Jay Chou with romanized and pin yin mtv.

Jay Chou 周杰伦 费玉清 - Qian Li Zhi Wai 千里之外



Jay Chou 周杰伦 - Return To The Past 回到過去 (pin yin version)



Jay Chou 周杰伦 - Excuse 借口 (pin yin version)



Jay Chou 周杰伦 - Listen To Mother's Words 听妈妈的话 (pin yin version)



Jay Chou 周杰伦 - Fearless (pin yin version)

Jacky Cheung Songs

For the benefits of 'Banana' like me, just trying to compile a collection of his songs and postings of his lyrics for easy reference when i go karaoke next time.

Jacky Cheung 張學友 - Kiss Goodbye 吻别



Jacky Cheung 張學友 - Love You A Little More Everyday 每天愛你多一些



Jacky Cheung 張學友 - Best Wishes 祝福



Jacky Cheung 張學友 - Having You All Journey 一路上有你



Jacky Cheung 張學友 - Everlasting Love 不老的傳說



Jacky Cheung 張學友 - 在你身邊



Jacky Cheung 張學友 - 1000 sad reasons(with pin yin)

Bleach 197 (english subbed)

Just posting the latest bleach episode after watching it on youtube. Enjoy! Waiting for Gundam 00 Season 2 episode 10 scheduled to be released tomorrow.

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Gundam 00 Season 2 Episode 9

The subbed version of episode 9 is finally here. Watch Gundam 00 Season 2 Episode 9 Subbed below:

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For those who simply cannot wait, i have pasted the latest update from random curiosity below






Summary:

Ali Al Saachez - whose body was half burned thanks to what happened four years ago - starts the battle by sending out a wave of GN Fangs, and Setsuna and Tieria find them faster than their predecessors. Setsuna faces his old enemy first, but after Ali’s Arche Gundam knocks the 00 Gundam away, Tieria steps up with the Seravee. After the Arche Gundam cuts off the barrels of the Seravee’s shoulder cannons, Tieria grabs his opponent and employs the beam saber hidden in his Gundam’s right leg, but Ali dodges it and counters with the beam sabers hidden in the Arche’s feet. The Arche Gundam is able to handle both Gundam coming at him at once, and while he’s got them occupied, Ali sends the GN Fangs out again to do some damage. Before he can finish them off though, the Arios and the Cherudim arrive on the scene as backup, and Ali decides not to stick around to fight in a four-versus-one battle. Tieria tries to pursue, and when Allelujah holds him back, Tieria questions why he’s being stopped from avenging Lockon. Regardless, they now know that Ali Al Saachez is still alive.

Back at the A-LAWS party, Ribbons claims that the party is spoiled thanks to Regene, but Regene points out that it was Ribbons who made Tieria angry. Regene thinks that if Ribbons had behaved himself, then they could have made Tieria into an ally, but Ribbons wants Celestial Being to oppose them. Hilling Care notes that the more Celestial Being acts, the more A-LAWS receives public support and has its actions justified, and that’s what they want. Kataron alone wasn’t a satisfactory opponent, and Hilling Care didn’t want to lose his turn for combat. Regene then changes the subject to the Twin Drive System and wonders if the Gundam equipped with two GN Drives was originally developed by Celestial Being or if it was inherited from Aeolia Schenberg like the Trans-Am system was. Ribbons doesn’t think it matters because it will still be inferior to the Gadessa, and Revive Revival will prove that in the next battle. At around this same time, Wang Liu Mei is being driven away from the party, and after she receives the news that Setsuna and the others got away safely, she looks forward to the confrontation with the Innovators accelerating change.

Also departed from the party are Andrei and Louise, and they’re now flying back to base. Louise is feeling fine again, and Andrei tells her to get some rest since they’ll be starting a Gundam pursuit operation once they return. He has read up on her past and how she lost her family to a Gundam attack, and it causes him to wonder to himself if she’s after revenge. Louise at this moment is thinking about Setsuna and his connection to Celestial Being when she sees Mr. Bushido’s custom Ahead fly by the aircraft, heading in the opposite direction. Meanwhile, on the Ptolemaios, Sumeragi decides that they should head back into space because she forecasts that the enemy will close in on them within twelve hours. Plus, if they head to Lagrange 3, they can get repairs and the Gundams’ support mecha. While preparations get under way, Setsuna tells Saji about running into Louise and their subsequent conversation. Setsuna wonders about Saji contacting her, but before Saji can answer, Lyle and Tieria show up, and Lyle is asking about the Arche Gundam and what Tieria had said earlier about avenging Lockon. Tieria thus tells Lyle about how Ali Al Saachez took Lockon’s life, and Lyle wants to hear more.

Over on the A-LAWS ship, Lindt is going over the plan to attack the Ptolemaios with six Trilobites. Since Kati places importance on air superiority, Lindt thinks that two squads of mobile suits will be enough since he doubts that their enemy will leave the sea. Revive Revival, however, points out that the enemy ship was able to enter the atmosphere and descend to Earth, so the reverse may also be possible. Kati agrees and notes the possible use of the Trans-Am system. Lindt gets angry because he thinks he’s being ridiculed after Revive Revival suggests that the enemy commander might already have figured out their orthodox strategy, but Revive Revival claims that he has a license. Since this is similar to Mr. Bushido, Kati questions if Revive Revival is also a one-man army, so he replies that he’s different and promises to follow her orders. Back on the Ptolemaios, Tieria finishes filling Lyle in on how his brother was trying to avenge his family by going after Ali Al Saachez. Lyle respects his brother and admits that he can’t obsess on something that happened over ten years ago like that.

In response, Setsuna questions if that’s true even if the enemy were right there, and he goes on to admit how he was a member of the KPSA. He reveals that one of his comrades at the time was the very person who blew himself up in the attack that claimed the lives of the Dylandy family, and he feels that if he had stopped his friend, then Neil wouldn’t have become a Gundam Meister. Lyle, however, knows that even if that had happened, the act of terrorism would have still occurred. He feels that it’s all past now, and they’re fighting for the future, not the past. After hearing this, Tieria thinks about living according to one’s own justice, but he questions if opposing the Innovators will lead to the true future. By now, Mr. Bushido has arrived at Billy’s lab and after the two get reacquainted, Mr. Bushido asks that the mobile suit being developed be dyed in his colors. Specifically, he requests that it have the fastest speed and the strongest sword. Billy agrees in exchange for Mr. Bushido taking down Celestial Being, and Mr. Bushido explains that that’s the only reason he keeps living.

The A-LAWS forces meanwhile have started mobilizing for their attack operation. Unaware of what’s coming, Tieria is in one of the Ptolemaios’ observation rooms and still hasn’t reported on what happened at the party to Sumeragi. Since Tieria claims that he’s gathering his thoughts, Setsuna asks him to continue what he was saying earlier about the distortion he found. Tieria’s thoughts are clouded by what Regene and Lockon have told him, and before he can explain anything to Setsuna, the ship’s alarms go off to warn of the impending attack. As Tieria and Setsuna rush to their Gundams, Sumeragi has the ship start rising to the water surface, and when the enemy fires a wave of torpedoes, she has the Arios, the Seravee, and the Cherudim activate their Trans-Am systems. This gives the Ptolemaios a similar effect and, along with the force of the torpedo explosions, allows it to speed up through the water and into the air, past the enemy mobile suits. When those units try to pursue, the ship launches a wave of missiles that takes out several of them, though Patrick and Louise both survive.

As the Ptolemaios breaks through the atmosphere, it’s hit by a massive shot from the waiting Gadessa. Although the ship is fine, the force of the blast changes the ship’s trajectory, and Sumeragi quickly realizes how good the enemy commander is. Kati knows that the Trans-Am system has a time limit, and she has an A-LAWS unit waiting in space. That unit attacks right as the Trans-Am system reaches its limit, and this leaves the Ptolemaios vulnerable to enemy fire. Fortunately, Sumeragi had anticipated this and had sent the 00 Gundam out earlier, and it obliterates the A-LAWS cruiser. The remaining A-LAWS mobile suits retreat as a result of this, though one of them first passes along a message to the Ptolemaios. The message is from Kati to Sumeragi - referred to as Leesa Kujo - and in it, Kati expresses her respect for Sumeragi’s tactics. This triggers memories in Sumeragi of her past and how she had known Kati, and she’s not happy to find out that Kati is in A-LAWS. It leaves her feeling that she can’t run away from her past.

Back on Earth, after learning of the death of the commander of the A-LAWS cruiser that got destroyed, Homer Katagiri feels that he can’t allow any more sacrifices and will need the help of the Innovators. Ian meanwhile is being led to the 0 Raizer by his wife Linda, and he thinks that the 00 Gundam will be invincible with it.

Well that was certainly an exciting episode. The battle with Ali Al Saachez was pretty intense - particularly when Tieria was going up against him - though still rather short since Lyle and Allelujah came to the rescue pretty quickly. The Arche Gundam appears a little overpowered at the moment, but that’s not accounting for the improvements/power-ups that I’m sure the Celestial Being Gundams will eventually receive. We’ve already been introduced here to the 0 Raizer which will probably make the 00 Gundam the king of the battlefield for a few episodes. I’m sure it won’t be invincible like Ian thinks it will though - the new unit Billy is developing for Mr. Bushido will probably be better or at least on equal footing. And speaking of new units, the preview features another new one. It’s in the same style as the Gadessa which implies that it’s an Innovator’s - probably Hilling Care’s.

As for the characters, I think one of the interesting relationships that’s developed in this episode is the one between Kati and Sumeragi. There’s obviously a lot of respect coming from Kati, and I suspect either one of them will die in the end (a la Natarle and Murrue from SEED) or they’ll be reunited as friends or something. In addition, I wonder if there’s more dark secret stuff aside from Emilio’s death in Sumeragi’s past that we don’t know about yet. This episode also introduced Ian’s wife Linda (in other words, Mileina didn’t just pop out of nowhere), and she looks to be joining the crew new week. Why do I get the feeling that she’s going to meet a tragic end… She looks too nice, and I don’t think that there’s necessarily room for her on the crew. Perhaps more importantly though, who is this person in a Celestial Being uniform, and why does his/her hair color look like an Innovator’s? It’s very suspicious, and my immediate reaction was that it was a spy or infiltrator sent by Ribbons.