Friday, September 30, 2011
seriously wonders who still comes here. =.=
Anyways, I AM GOING TO START BLOGGING ABOUT MY PET. OTL
Monday, February 21, 2011
The era of e-books have began, or so it says on many magazines, newspapers as well as other reading materials. Indeed, with the rise of the Internet, it is no wonder that books are going online as well. However, I disagree hat e-books will EVER replace the value of a paperback book.
A few years ago, people began to upload mangas onto the Internet. Anime and manga are a fab among many teenagers of my time and needless to say, reading manga online became a new past time for many. Moreover, one do not ned to pay to read manga online. It is entirely FREE OF CHARGE. Then, many people lament this development for this means that less and less people would buy the manga. Once, I had told a friend that I was saving to purchase a certain manga and my friend told me how foolish I was for all these can be read online for free. I did not deny what he had said, for what he said was indeed true. However, I did not take it lying down either.
" Reading it off a screen is different from reading it off a book, I will read this again and again, it would be a hassle to switch on the computer whenever I feel like reading it." I replied.
Of course, the truth was much more than just that. The Internet is an unstable thing. The manga may be online today, but it might be gone tomorrow. An example would be the manga website Mangafox, which had closed down recently. Many mangas ae also constantly being removed from the Internet. This holds true for videos as well. Hence, for a true manga lover like myself, nothing beats holding the real thing in my own hands. Being able to read manga online just helps expose me to more titles, especially those which I might not even consider reading in the first place. To me, being able to read manga online is equivilent to accessing a library of manga. When it comes to novels, I would most likely read the novels in a library to determine it's re-reading value. If I have confirmed that it is a book which I would eventually read again and agian. I would most certainly purchase it. This online "manga library" It did more good than bad to the mangakas as it helps promote their works to more people, especially those who, in a world without online manga, may not even read the manga. These people may not buy the manga, but the might purchase the merchandise. (which is something which they probably would not do if there is no manga online) While those who love manga, will still buy the book. In a way, it helps achieve perfect information between the buyer and seller, and this, according to what we learnt in Economics is a desirable thing.
Indeed, the e-book does not face the risk of being removed, as it is, for now, fully legal and authorised.
However, the Internet is a much too exciting place for reading, be it manga or novels. One can chat online, play online etc. There is just too much things that one can do online. One gets distracted so very easily. Holding a book in one's hands allows one to enjoy the reading experience to the fullest and with the least distraction possible. It is something that an e-book cannot accomplish. (If there is anything that I would rather do on a computer is watching videos like anime or drama serials, due to the ease of pausing and replaying certain scenes which I just can't get enough of. Then again, motion pictures have always been better at catching and holding the attention of people compared to books. Even so, I would still get distracted sometimes when watching videos online, especially during the parts which are drier in content and no as exciting)
The first time in which I have ever encountered something similar to an e-book was about 8 years ago, when I was still in primary school. Then, it was a CD which tells stories. You can choose to have the computer read the story or even repeat the story, or read the story yourself. There was animations and hidden surprises on every pages. Indeed, I was entertained and delighted by those little surprises. However, I never saw that as a book. It seemed more like a game. In fact, most of the time, I can only remember the things and effects which I saw instead of the story itself. When it came to reading, I would still choose to read a book.
E-books may be a new and curious thing. But it would never overtake the book. No, I am no being old-fashioned nor am I being sentimental. There is a reason why books have such a long history, and still exists today. Nothing feels better than holding a real, solid book in one's hands. Hence, books shall continue to shine for many more generations to come.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Somewhat in chronological order I suppose.
1)
ARCEUS
Role: Creator Of The World
Misc:I guess by creating dialga(time) and palkia(space) one creates dimension and hence the world?
2)
DIALGA
Role: Guardian Of Time
PALKIA
Role:Guardian Of Space
GIRATINA
Role:Creator/Ruler Of Reverse World
Misc:Like Matter and Anti-Matter, I guess when there's a real world then, its counterpart the reverse world would exist... (too bad their never showed us any beings from reverse world...)
4)MEW
Role:Creator Of Life
Misc:Basically creates all living things (or maybe just all pokemon excluding all the Arceus, Palkia, Dialga and Giratina)
5)
KYOGRE
Role:Creator Of Ocean
Misc: Well, guess Mew would have to create Kyogre, Groundon and Rayquaza first...
GROUNDON
Role:Creator Of Land
Rayquaza
Role:Creator/Guardian of Sky
5)
UXIE
Role:Giver Of Knowledge
AZELF
Role:Giver Of Willpower
MESPIRIT
Role:Giver Of Emotions
6)
Celebi
Role:Rider Of Time (sounds like Dialga's master huh? =.=)
7)
Manaphy
Role: Prince Of The Sea
Friday, October 08, 2010
Good bye Mrs Lee! Your contributions will never be forgotten!
And once again, memories are penned down in history while the river of time flows on...
in memory of the founding "mother" of Singapore
shimmer/zC/zQ
Sunday, October 03, 2010
GOOD LUCK FOR THE A LVLS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
finally posted
shimmer/zC/zQ
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The most awesome and exciting food one can eat at home... is the half-boiled/ half-cooked egg.
Yes. By immersing the egg in boiling water for a certain period of time, the egg gets cooked to various degree... up till now I have eaten before
1)ALMOST RAW egg (1/6 cooked)
2) SOMEWHAT RAW egg (1/5 cooked)
3)JUST NICE RAW egg (1/4 cooked)
4)HALF cooked agg (1/2 cooked)
and the best part of it is... of course that you would know how cook the egg is... until you crack the shell open.
Simply exciting and super delicious...
Try one today!!!~~
finally posted
shimmer/zC/zQ
The most awesome and exciting food one can eat at home... is the half-boiled/ half-cooked egg.
Yes. By immersing the egg in boiling water for a certain period of time, the egg gets cooked to various degree... up till now I have eaten before
1)ALMOST RAW egg (1/6 cooked)
2) SOMEWHAT RAW egg (1/5 cooked)
3)JUST NICE RAW egg (1/4 cooked)
4)HALF cooked agg (1/2 cooked)
and the best part of it is... of course that you would know how cook the egg is... until you crack the shell open.
Simply exciting and super delicious...
Try one today!!!~~
finally posted
shimmer/zC/zQ
The most awesome and exciting food one can eat at home... is the half-boiled/ half-cooked egg.
Yes. By immersing the egg in boiling water for a certain period of time, the egg gets cooked to various degree... up till now I have eaten before
1)ALMOST RAW egg (1/6 cooked)
2) SOMEWHAT RAW egg (1/5 cooked)
3)JUST NICE RAW egg (1/4 cooked)
4)HALF cooked agg (1/2 cooked)
and the best part of it is... of course that you would know how cook the egg is... until you crack the shell open.
Simply exciting and super delicious...
Try one today!!!~~
finally posted
shimmer/zC/zQ
Monday, May 17, 2010
BLEACH is awesome. Like... AWESOME~
Going on hiatus anyway... ah well...
Good luck for JCT peeps
I shall swear nt to come online from tmr onwards. must... resist...