You think, therefore you are...

(click on picture to enlarge)

This was a submission by Squalljade for the poster drawing competition at Halls of Residence in Clayton. Those of you from Monash Uni would know.

The slogan provided was, "Drink NOT Drunk".

With regards to this topic i dare not speak much lest my alcohol-infused peers flame me on all possible communication channels.

However, it is a general fact that drinking does not have to mean getting drunk.
Beer will not make you healthy. Wine does...but in measured quantity.

Happiness induced by alcohol is never genuine. In other words, it is a fake happiness.
We are 'happy' because we THINK we have to be...

As humans, we are born with emotions.

We laugh....we cry...we shout...
All these happen to us naturally from the heart.
We laugh when we're happy...what made us happy?
The celebration? or the booze?
Even without being drunk, we can readily display the happiness we feel.

The question is, if your friends are happy...MUST you be?
If you can laugh, joke and smile with them WITHOUT the booze,
Then my friend...you are truly happy.

And it shows...from clear bright eyes.

Who are our friends to decide whether we should be happy or sad?
Who are they to prescribe the 'cure to our sorrows'?
The sickness will not go away just because you became a liquor barrel for a day.
Something you will realize, the very next day.

When you are drunk you have more courage.

...To tell the girl/guy you like to go out with you?

Right...but you forgot the time and place where you said you would meet her since you said it in a state of ...absentmindedness.

It shows the sincerity guys...it really does. *roll eyes*


We don't harm anyone, we're just having fun. Besides, I have high tolerance level.

Tell that to the parents of kids who's face have been smashed beyond recognition by drunk drivers. Or the passer-by who got beaten up just because he was...passing by.

Senseless...senseless killing of innocent lives.

When you drink to cheer, it is happiness. When you drink to get drunk, it is homicide.

And best of all...

You Can't Remember

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Oops...I spoke too much.
And I know a few people who will refute me on this...*grin*

Song Collection 14: Nickleback - Gotta Be Somebody

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This time I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life
The one we all dream of
But dreams just aren't enough

So I´ll be waiting for the real thing.
I'll know it by the feeling.
The moment when we´re meeting
will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen

So I`ll be holdin’ my own breath
Right up to the end
Until that moment when
I find the one that I'll spend forever with

`Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
'Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There`s gotta be somebody for me like that.

`Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere.
There`s gotta be somebody for me out there.

Tonight, out on the street out in the moonlight
And dammit this feels too right
It´s just like Déjà Vu
Me standin’ here with you

So I´ll be holdin`my own breath
Could this be the end?
Is it that moment when
I find the one that I'll spend forever with?

‘Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
'Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There´s gotta be somebody for me like that.

`Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There`s gotta be somebody for me out there.

You can´t give up!
Lookin´ for that diamond in the rough
You never know but when it shows up
Make sure you´re holdin` on
‘Cause it could be the one, the one you´re waiting on

‘Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
And everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There has gotta be somebody for me
Ohhhhhh.


Nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
Is there somebody else that feels the same somewhere?
There`s gotta be somebody for me out there.

Nobody wants to be the last one there
'Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Is there somebody else that feels the same somewhere?
There has gotta be somebody for me out there.

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FFVIII Fanart - Copyright of Squalljade & Rinheart
This is a cropped picture, the original is not for distribution.

You can view Squalljade's other pieces at her website:
http://squalljade.deviantart.com

She's an extremely talented artist...And a wonderful friend.

5 centimeters per second...

"Do you know?"

"The speed at which cherry blossoms fall..."

"At what speed must I live..."

"...to be able to see you again?"

5 Centimeters Per Second is a 2007 Japanese animated feature film by Makoto Shinkai.
The film consists of three segments:

- Cherry Blossom (桜花抄 ,Ōkashō),
- Cosmonaut (コスモナウト ,Kosumonauto), and
- 5 Centimeters per Second (秒速5センチメートル ,Byōsoku 5 Senchimētoru),

totaling about an hour of runtime.

Those familiar with his previous work, "Voices of a distant star", would know that Makoto's pieces are mainly about distance.

BJD: Dream of Doll ~D.O.D~

Dream of Doll is a ball-jointed doll company based in Korea. They have four doll sizes: Idol, Teen, Child, and Baby (from largest to smallest). All of the Dream of Doll line is made of resin. Dream of Doll is often abbreviated as DOD on message boards.~ Wikipedia

Website: Dream of Doll

A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls.

BJDs are made to be easy to customize, by painting, changing the eyes and wig, and so forth. As such, fans of popular anime and game titles put in great effort to recreate their favourite character with these dolls.
(as seen in the 1st picture above - @Squall Leonhart)

However, the manufacturer does not provide the actual cosplay clothes for the dolls. The owners usually handmade them or pick a close-to-actual outfit sold by the manufacturer.
For example, Shall's attire is said to be similar (in concept) to that of Rinoa Heartilly's while Lahoo was said to be similar to Yazoo. Lahoo is also sometimes used to model Sephiroth.
(Yes, the dolls have their own given names. And I am still sane.)

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I...have not actually seen/touch any of these dolls yet. Not even sure if it's popular where i live. I'm sure they're out there. I just don't have a link to these shops/owners.

And I hope to get one for myself when I acquire earning power.

Or maybe i can start dropping hints to the people around me right before my birthday next year. Hmm...they'll just think I'm nutz. *sigh*

I'm soooo NOT buying Barbie for my daughter (if i ever have one). These are so much less bimbo.

ArtPiece: Luna

Just for fun...

And since tis' the season to be jolly (mid sem break)...

And since I wanted to test whether the left hand still has it...

Result:


I'm too lazy to clean the image...so this is raw scan.
Media: Mechanical pencil (Uni Clifter 0.5) =P

The pros can laugh as much as they want. I know i'll never make it in this lifetime.

I never had proper training. Never bothered to go for art class.
It's just a hobby. Something to take my mind off the reality I am trapped in.

Aside from that, if you're into Witch Hunter Robin kinda anime...You've gotta check out Ergo Proxy. It's old i know...i just recently found time to marathon it.



It's....awesome possum. I feel like drawing Re-L Mayer now...Or maybe Senekisu Proxy.
Argh, I don't have enough time...T_T

Battle of the Bands_ Indo-Msia @ Melbourne

This is a link and i want you to click on it...

http://www.hippoentertainment.com/

This is NOT spam.

Nor is it a virus.

Being such a noob at hacking, i might even accidentally activate it on my own computer...

Therefore, I do NOT have the capability to plant viruses. Rest assured.

My fellow readers, follow the following instructions:

1. When the flash is complete, click on the BANDS tab.
2. Find the band named, "Four Leaf Clover"
3. Click and watch.
4. Wait for 5 seconds after the clip finishes...

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FOUR LEAF CLOVER!!!!

Band Name: 4 LEAF CLOVER
Vocalist: Caleen Caseryn
Guitarist: Yihaur
Drummer: Jovan
Bassist: Ying Hoe

If you had noticed before you click, the band with the most views will obtain a prize!

So...if you watched it and like it...

GO BACK AND VIEW IT A FEW MORE ROUNDS!!!

Song performed is Zombie (The Cranberries).

Personally, I think the guitarist and bassist did a really awesome job. You outright immediately get the feel of the song right away when they start playing.

The vocalist has a beautiful voice and i think it would have been better if she did a Sarah Mclachlan song. I somehow found some similarities in their style.

When roses cease to bloom, dear...

"If the people we love can no longer be with us...

the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them."

When roses cease to bloom, dear
and violets are done,
When bumblebees in solemn flight
Have passed beyond the sun,

The hand that paused to gather
Upon this summer's day
Will idle lie, in Auburn.--
Then take my flower, pray!

~Emily Dickinson

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You've stayed on all this while for us, haven't you?
To see us through the hard times.
It must have been hard letting go. But...

We're alright now. We'll be alright by ourselves.

And perhaps, he has been waiting there all this while for you.
Watching over you, loving you, missing you...

Rest now, together...in eternal sleep.

For this beautiful dream will last forever.
...

Thanks for the memories.

Farewell.

Complicated, yes?

*Edit*

For some strange reason i'm feeling superb-ly emo right now and my music is on full blast on the following songs:

1) Katy Perry - Hot and Cold
2) Linkin Park - Numb
3) Greenday - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
4) Bon Jovi - It's My Life
5) Christina Aguilera - Keeps getting better
6) 3 Doors Down - Here without you
7) Bon Jovi - Have a Nice day
8) Bryan Adams - 18 till I die

Not my usual list...never had this many 'high frequency' songs on my playlist before.
What is happening to meeeeee.......\(*o*)/?!?!?!

We should have a World Emo Day and declare it a holiday...yes we should.

I think i hear my neighbour cursing me...

Every step that I take is another mistake to you
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

~Linkin Park, Numb

One of those forwarded emails that will make you smile...probably.

I'm sooo running out of things to post.

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Two men , one American and an Indian were sitting in a bar drinking shot after shot.

The Indian man said to the American,"You know my parents are forcing me to get married to this so called homely girl from a village whom I haven't even met once.

We call this arranged marriage.I don't want to marry a woman whom I don't love...I told them that openly and now have a hell lot of family problems ."

The American said, " Talking about love marriages ?...I'll tell you my story.

I married a widow whom I deeply loved and dated for 3 years.
"After a couple of years, my father fell in love with my step-daughter and so my father became my son-in-law and I became my father's father-in-law. My daughter is my mother and my wife my grandmother."

Then, he continued...

"More problems occurred when I had a son. My son is my father's brother and so he is my uncle. Situations turned worse when my father had a son. Now my father's son, I.e. My brother is my grandson.

Ultimately , I have become my own grand father and I am my
own grandson.

And you say you have family problems.. ?!"

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