And I will keep walking till the day I die.
Friday, December 30, 2005 Well, how should I start this? Since the start of sch hols, I've been totally drained out of energy from the various activities held, (eg. Band competition in genting, harsh daily (almost, before the trip) band practices, outings and gatherings with old friends, purchasing goods from the various outlets in Singapore ( well, in a simpler term, its just plain shopping...but it sounds so aunty here..suits Teresa better) gaming, movies, arcades, etc. Well, many things have happened this dec hol, and its cuz of that I'm always worn out by the time i reach home daily, and after which, I just don't have the blogging "feeling" , so I'll either crash online to my fav game atm, FFXI, or watch a few episodes here and there of Naruto, Bleach or Inuyasha. Hence, I can see myself that my blog is becoming more stanant...and I'll start losing my viewers pretty soon if I don't do anything abt it >
Band prac was......... BORING ....... like so totally..... we're practising for some performance tml for the stupid alumni (the MJC alumni....should be some old geezers or smth...) and I was REAL glad when it ended early today. Imean....come ON! Playing the same 2 pieces you've been playing for the past million yrs can totally BORE you out of ur on wits you wonder why you ahve a brain to start with. (no link) Well, anyways, AX (-charity[some church camp...this shud be her 10th church camp now this hol >.>] and - simone [ He isn't an active member of AX anyways..but wonder why he's still in]) decided to go have lunch at..............................guess where????
TADAA! Tampines Mall!!! WOW I'm SOOOOOOOO elated!!!! Siao. like hello, that's town for everyone living in the east region la..esp MJCians..... I've yet to spot someone, other than me, in orchard before.....ok mayb its too exaggerating, but I've only spotted a few (countable with the fingers on ur right hand....ok maybe you can minus the thumb off or something) so far this yr... Well, that beside the point, we wanted to acompany Abigail for her ear piercing session. Along the way, Lisa (slap) dropped out as she was meeting her friend or something at god knows where, and only Kz, Fel, abi, 33 and I, were left on our lil group excursion. We went to Mac for our lunch, and poor 33 was on her dumb diet plan againn cuz she thinks she's so FAT.
Fel: wei you don wan to eat meh??
33: I very full! Later I'm going to have dinner also..
The rest of us: DIAO! -.-!
Fel: Pls la!! Now is lunch la..not even close to dinner!!
33: But my mum is cooking one...
Me: Oh that pot of fried rice ar??
33: No la! But my mum always cook alot one....
Me: So? Not say she cook one tub of rice you must finish right? Just take a bit here and a bit there then can liao la!
33: Cannot! my mum's cooking is very nice one! I cannot control myself...
(To anyone who haven't seen 33 yet, you must be thinking she's a totally out of shape pig who loves eating. psst: She acknowledges herself as fat anyways...)
Anyway, we gave up and I enjoyed my delicacy of the new rice burger..I chose the beef one cuz 1.) I ain't buddhst or any other religion which forbids you to eat anything... <- too bad..ur all missin out on the good delicacies of life. 2.) Its a new recipe mac made, 3.) The chicken looks like the one they use in the normal burger, hence nothing interesting abt that. Anyways, to be honest, the new rice burger ain't fantastic in anyways..its nice, yes, but its like so mos la! its almost the same as the burger in mos, where the beef is like those factory cooked and packaged which is distributed to all the jap restaurants in Sg, like yoshi, mos(ok not jap), mac(not jap either)...and the gravy taste exactly the same as the one from mos....but i do believe its cheaper to feast in mac than in mos...well obviously you won';t be able to have milk tea (the best drink in mos) or the big ass fries in mac. Anyway, when our 4 packets of fries came, the first thing Fel did was to make the secret sauce which isn't really that secret. Well, anyway to educate the noobs of macdonalds, just follow this formula to create the secret sauce.
2 x packets of garlic chili + 1 x packet of mayonneise, and mix them together = the secret sauce which is not so secret.
Anyways, this sauce is superb for eating fries....take note, any undesired side effects of consuming this sauce will not be blamed onto anyone but yourself! but seriously, you should try it out. Even the dieting felicia just have to create that sauce everytime she comes to mac. well, during our meal, joel and his alhena friends came into mac for lunch too, and like wa lao, he just dao 33 and me la. like wateva lo...he only said hi when he saw us staring at him la >
All these while, ever since she stepped out of sch, she was like so scared of piercing her ears for god noes wat reason, and she was whimpering and moaning all the way from sch to tm, to mac, and out of mac, and then to bedazzled, and at each location, her whimpering increased in frequency and amplituse. While we were walking past the shops (which all had the same four letter words stuck on their display boards.........not fuck.......but -----> SALE !!!! Ranging from 10% discount to an unbelievable 50%!! Ok nvm i sound like some uncle...) But anyways, as i was walking past this clothes shop, I heard someone calling my name, and I turned around......and to my surprise and horror, its...........................
my sister........................... -.-! cheah. but anyways, she was like,
Sis: Wei jie! what the hell are you doing here?!
(Like hello??? i should be the blody one asking her that la! her territory is in town..not here...)
Me: Uh....I got sch wat...
And then she just stared at me and walked off with her friend. .......-.-! ok wateva
33: Wa why ur sister like so dao to you one?
Me: aiya...dunno la, she and I always like that one wat..
Abi: Ya lo why ur sis like that one ar? If i see my brother i won't like that one lo.
33: Aiya when she see her bro, she will scream and rush over to hug him.
Abi: NO LA!!! I will just like...oh, hi.
Me: -.-! (Like only a slight diff from me and my sis wat.)
Anyways, we went up to get abi's ears pierced, and she like only broguth 50 bucks la! wat the hell..int eh end, me being the kind atm, I lent her another 16 bucks cuz her earrings and solution costs up till that much. Tbh, bedazzled is quite good actually. Firstly, they have a certificate to ensure you that those ladies handling ur sexy earlobes are proffesionals and not some kuchang-kurak
graduate who has just finished her major exam and lookig for some job to get money. 2ndly, They use this special clip to punch the hole, which they throw after using it once, means its perfectly safe to pierce there, since you dont have to bother if they sterillized it properly or not, meaning, if ur gonna pierce 2 holes, they will take out 2 clips fresh from the package and throw them after each use. (gosh I make it sound like they're using condoms). 3rdly, You get free massages on ur ears after the piercing, and free weekly checkups for a total of 6 weeks after the piercing is done. Like its free service leh..come on man..
Abi was like so scared she practically squashed Fel's fingers during the piercing process her fingers nearly had 0% blood circulation..and nearly snapped into 2. But in the end, it all turned out fine.
{Gosh, i'm too tired to continue blogging anymore..its 2.30am, still early, but I've had too jmuch fun today and my legs ache like mad from walking and standing non-stop and resting for a few seconds only....anyways I'll try to continue this another day cya!)
Monday, December 26, 2005 HOHOHO MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Well, this yr I didn't really have an exciting xmas...cuz basically, 1.) Didn't shop enough (I still got the puma shoes and the quiksilver sweater on my list) 2.) Didn't celebrate it with a group of friends, 3.) Got a splitting headache from last night cuz of the sleepless nights + alcohol >
1.) I say already dunno how many times I'm buying those puma shoes!! But I always don't get a chance to buy...lets see.. I've been to Taka for a million times now cuz I've been out helping friends shop for their christmas stuff.. and have a chance to head to the sports shop but always didn't in the end. SIGH........ The Quiksilver sweater which i saw, only a Freaking 43 Bucks! is most probably gone by now....sigh... ok nvm..doesn't mean christmas shopping cannot be done after xmas day!
2.) Oh yeah..I bunked over at Jh's house since friday afternoon after band lunch till yesterday afternoon (its all about some game called FFXI la!) Anyway, we did some stuff together online with the other mates from.....like all over the world, but most of em from NA...and celebrated Xmas with them online :D a new more advanced way of celebrating Xmas! So naturally, I missed all the fun held in Sg...like the countdown for example... SIGH....
3.) Yesterday afternoon, I went to Maurice's Godma's house for a christmas gathering and dinner :) Surprisingly, his gorm's (short for godma ><) house is somewhere near my grandpa's! But anyway, the first drink served to me was sprite mixed with beer...6% alcohol i think...quite little la...and mixed with sprite, its even more diluted. There was a luxurious spread of Eurasian food (more to the spicy side) and other normal christmas foods like ham, turkey, etc...wanted to take som pics...but it seemed kinda rude haha so i didn't in the end. Drinks served during dinner is this huge beer mug full of red wine! (omigosh) with fruits (sliced oranges and grape) in it to give the wine a citrus feel to it. not bad i would say... Quite nice actually....it was supposed to be shared by 2 plp...but apparently I drank the whole mug haha Maurice only like took 1/4 of it..but he ate most of the fruits (Nice also, cuz the fruits soaked up the wine) Anyhow, the after dinner drink was pineapple juice mized with some alcoholic drink which contained 21% alcohol!
Maurice: So you see, you come here all the drinks are alcoholic one.
Me: whatever la.
Anyway, what with the previous nights which i slept for a total of about 12 hours for the past few days at Jh's house, plus alcohol (they are not that strong actually) I got this splitting headache by 10pm last night. Well, anyways some of his relatives were leaving alr...so i left as well, and took a cab home to drop dead on my bed, and for the FIRST time during this holiday, i woke up at 7am!!!!!!!! RECORD BROKEN!
Hence, I didn't have tim3 to spread the xmas joy to all of myn friends' blogs.
The end.
Thursday, December 22, 2005 Its been 3 days since my parents've gone to taiwan...now its just me and my sis left at home. well, my sis's not arnd most of the time, ex. she goes out in the from dawn, and return only like late night 11pm. Well, that means,
WTF!!!! I'M FREE!!! I CAN DO ANYTHING I LIKE! ANYTHING I WANT! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! FREE FREE!!!
however, due to the fact i don't cook, i have to rely on ready made meals for my lunch and dinner. (I wake up too late to have breakfast like around 1 pm like that... pig me)
btw, Narnia is a good movie to catch. Giving it 5/5 too! must watch k? Well, I've got lotsa stuff to eat at home, just came back from shopping at dunno where also.....like uncle like that...(but not as bad as KZ :D) Anw I'm gonna watch the 9 o'clock show now..ta!
Monday, December 19, 2005 The show...... 5/5. Still too stunned and amazed of how touching and emotional a show you would never expect of a show classified under the adventure genre can get. Especially at the ending, as the show goes on, its rather predictable how the ending will be....but somehow, you would just be only contented to find out if what you think the ending is really is true. The show was so touching that quite a number were crying when the show ended. This woman was crying even while walking down the stairs....siao la..but aiya, some plp are more emotional ma... Anw, you have to watch it. how can you EVER not watch a show directed by Jack peterson??? Or whatever his name is>< the one who directed the lord of the rings.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Well, it was another day of havoc-ing for me again. Met Maurice in town (Isetan at Wisma in particular) cuz he wanted to change his pair of pants which was a lil too tight for him. (Siao right? wear dunno how many times alr now then start to feel the tightness)....Its like the 3rd time i'm passing by that familiar row of pants and the same advertisements with the models who are suppossed to be advertising for the clothes, but in the end showing more skin instead. After changing, we decieded to head to cine to catch King Kong, but TOO BAD....we reached there at abt 6pm, and the only available timings left was arnd 10+...siao right? the show is approximately 3 hrs or so, and if ur gonna start at 10, then it'll end at 1am la! U can only take cab home lo...and still selling fast somemore...siao one..those plp muz be able to drive one. So we decided to be a typical kiasu Sgporean and booked advanced tickets..so we're gonna catch the show tml 4++!! Yay. Well anw, I had to get a prez for my dad cuz his b'day's tml >WILD and I looked down,(with my phone cam of cuz...) and saw the korean actor on stage, trying to promote the show (btw, the promise starts tml), with some lady host and an interpretor. Well of cuz there's not much of a view from the 2nd floor, but these were what I managed to capture.
Yeah...anyway, he's the guy with the shades. Like there were camrea flashes going on continuously you see...no wonder he's so smart to put on his shades...or rather thats why all stars have shades on whenever they come on stage. but the obvious reason is cuz he wanted to act cool >.> After a while, there's an autograph session, where he signs on the show's posters.
Apparently, you will be able to see his face more clearly if u get this month's issue of I weekly.
Anyhow, we went into Quiksilver and we found this whole hanger of pants which's so totally us, and I saw this DAMN nice sweater going at 85bucks with 50% discount. Meaning only $43!!!! Is it a rip off or WHAT??? I was so tempted to get it la, but it's USA large...so it looks big on me. But hu the hell cares man...in the end, for god knows what reason, I got out of the shop empty handed...sigh...
Then, we went to the Adidas shop, and I finally found my sweater I've been searching for, at a price of $109 ><, which i obviously didn't get, and got my dad a collar shirt at $39. And maurice still dare to say,
Maurice: Wa you spend so much on ur parents birthday?????
Me: -.-! Like..uh ya.. 39 bucks only what..they spend much more on my birthday la...
Maurice: Crazy la you..I go find a cheaper shirt.
And he went round the whole shop ransacking all the $29 kind... (which totally sucked in terms of design) and in the end i still bought the 39 bucks one.
Maurice: Make sure you tell ur sister to tell ur dad its an expensive-branded t-shirt.
Me: 0,o? Uh...why must I tell my sis to tell my dad when i can tell him directly? 0.o? (and in the first place, even my great grandma also knows adidas is a well known brand)
Maurice: Cuz ur giving the prez ma..you cannot say ma..so thick skin if u do.
Me: (wateva la... -.-!)
Anyhow, i got the t-shirt and we went to have dinner at pasta mania! at cine, then went to the arcade at 4th lvl and played the catching animal game..and the 3pug hockey again...which i lost 9-10 ;_; and saw 2 crazy dancers dancing the DDR 4th rev. But they looked damn cool la..they chose the hardest stage that they even had to bend back to use their hands to help press the buttons..(is not those cheapo methos which the begginners will use, but one which makes them look damn cool cuz they had to bend back) but nonetheless, we had our fun and headed home after that. =D
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Wa....since yesterday Maurice and I have been on a shopping spree! He's on his christmas shopping spree and i juz follow and see got anything nice to buy then i buy....I saw this puma shoes damn nice sia >< size="5">FREAKIN 109 BUCKS!!!! And the lady said the price will definitely climb up if i wait for a few months.... (Apparently I was thinking abt getting it for my CNY attire...but sigh...too bad) She said its a hot brand there'll be lots hu will buy it and in 2 mths will definitely be like 200++....ok so i better buy it now...and btw, Maurice cheapo bought wai yip's exact same pair of shoes la!! Cept the colour is black and white...
In that shop, there was this malay couple with their kid, they were choosing this pair of shoes, and apparently, this is what happened.
Malay couple(or the guy in particular): Eh, I want this pair of shoes.
Aunty: Ok its $89 (I forgot i think its this price)
Malay guy: No? the price tag says $78?
(And here he showed the inside of the shoe to the aunty.)
Aunty: No you don't cheat me. I know you swapped the price tag with the cheaper shoes...I have been observing you for a long time already. Furthermore, I've been in this line of business for so long, how can I not know the price of that pair of shoes? (wow its either me or the aunty can actually rmb how much each pair of shoes actually costs.)
Being the aunty she was, she continued nagging at them....till the malay couple left the shop. Then she came over to us and complain.
Aunty: Those people from malaysia ar, always come here to shop one u noe? They always resort to this sort of trickery one to lower the price...you think I dunno? I've been seeing this sort of things happening for many years already, even now oso hhave.
Maurice and I: Uh....ok. (with a forced smile or chuckle)
Aunty: Ya everytime they come here I always keep a look out for them one...make sure they don't do anything funny.
Maurice and I: haha ha..ha.... (Trying to stay calm and join in when we were really in a rush to quick get his shoes and continue our shopping.)
Aunty(to her young assisstant): Ya you better rmb to keep a look out for these malays when they come to buy our stuff.
Assistant: Wa they really do this sort of thing ar? Not very right leh..
Maurice and I: uh.....
Maurice: Aunty ar, I want this size. (Apparently trying to hush the aunty up)
but in the end we managed to leave the shop.
Me: Wa actually i think the malays quite smart leh..i'll nvr thihnk of such things one lo..
Maurice: Aiya the stupid aunty...
Anyway, before the shopping started, we went to sizzler for lunch...One caution: don't get too expensive a dish there...cuz the salad bar is totally free and free flow. It also includes other stuff like soup(3 diff types) noodles, ice cream(DIY)...etc. All free flow. So if you do go there, don gorge urself up with the main course....save some space for the salad bar...
Well after the shoe shop, we hopped over to Taka to find a suitable long sleeve to match his pants and totally disgusting bright red vest...its the kind u go overseas got snow one then wear...those very holey and thick kind....totally disgusting. but apparently his idea of christmas attire for 2005 is pants, shirt and vest...so wateva.. We checked out CK, FCUK, and others i forgot...but none could match....or too ex. So in the end, we walked for like 3000 km and landed up in Zara.
We found this striped long sleeve and he went to the fitting room to change....Once done, I took a glance..and the word PYJAMAS screamed into my head. Cuz is like his shirt and pants(which he has bought alr) have vertical stripes and are quite dark in colour. Well, lucky for him, I have better fashion snese, so being his fashion consultant, I chose a checkered shirt for him. White base with light orange lines... Much , MUCH, better...hmmm there's still something missing..........a tie.
Well, i got a striped tie mixed of orange, red and a brown base. Gave it to him, and he tried it on. VERY VERY MUCH nicer. Lucky for him, I could save the ugliness of his vest. But he looked too formal...so in the end i told him to unbutton e collar button and loosen his tie...hmmm ok better now. however, the tag read. "$89 and no discount and get out of my shop if ur too cheap to afford me". .........................well, we chose to walk out...anw maurice said he may have a light coloured long sleeve in his wardrobe. (ok lo...fine.)
Wow...im kinda tired typing this...nvm i'll rush thru the rest.
Ok after that we walked out and saw the Body shop. Ah! I needa get my sis a b'day prez... So we walked in there. and BAM! We were hit by the "pungence" of all the aromas in there, all at full blast. i nearly flew to the wall la!...ok a bit exaggerating... but I nearly choked to death trying to get another step into the shop...and I expected to see the shop keepers in protective masks and stuff so they don't faint and die from excessive aroma. Thinking back, i wondered how i managed to stay in the shop for 10 mins choosing a prez for my sis. After spraying like ka-zillions of perfums on this paper tester, I finally got the oceano one for my sis... Wa it was a TOTAL relieve to be able to step out there and breathe fresh air again...
Hmm..after that we went to the arcade and ate dinner and went home. Still haven't bathe yet :xP so ta!
Monday, December 12, 2005 Ok finally i have all the photos with me!! Gonna start blogging now..be sure to keep in touch ya? ;P
Saturday, December 10, 2005 All my photos are with kang zhuang and some other peps!! HURRY GIMME MY PHOTOS NOW!!
PS: Visit Hui Koon's blog to find out how it went during the trip. And this song you hear are the 2 we played for the closing ceremony..different from competition. (Noah's ark and Kazei no Mai{Dancing in the wind})
The sound quality sux la i noe
Friday, December 09, 2005 Whew finally back in singapore! Home at last... The trip was Great while it lasted! The intense competition, the and nervousness of getting the results, the thrill and enjoyment of the theme park rides, the joy of shopping, etc etc....but I shall not blog abt my trip till i upload all the wonderful pics taken (",) so make sure to check out my blog later :P.
PS: Dr. Rahman and mr. Naresh were 2 of the teachers whom I know, who went there. And the dr always ka-chiau me one! what porcupine...zzzz..to think he still rmb....
Sunday, December 04, 2005 Hmmm, I'm going of to genting in 7 hours time! Apparently, MJCSB being the only JC (Gold) band there, our expectations are gonna be way high..... This time, the judging criteria is by %s, where scoring an 85% or above will get you a gold, etc, etc..... Of cuz, we are expected to get that gold, but Vincent says: " I don't want us to get a gold, I want us to be first.". Whoo, kinda tough...even Ms sia said hai xing catholic sounds way better than us, and their playing the same set piece as us. Furthermore, they're the band before us in the competition. But anyhow, we not only have to play our best, we have to be the best! Heh...kinda excited...first time going on an overseas trip w/o my family...but genting is still not very far from singapore >.<
Btw, the gang are also going over to genting >< Maurice is already in malaysia now..with his family, but he's coming over to genting on the 6th...one day before the competition.. the rest, (kel, Ben yap, Jy, etc etc) are gonna reach there on the 6th also? Ya think so..and lucky I have a break in the evening to meet them. Ya so maybe i'm going over to meet them. Wish us luck ok? After all these tedious practices...... Oh I'll not be posting anymore bleach stuff already...If ur interested, head over to bleachportal.net or bleachtv.com.
Byebye! Be back on the 9th....I'll miss FFXI. PS: I can't find my chem hol hw...anyone knows what it is?
Saturday, December 03, 2005 Before I post anything, I wanna say that AEON FLUX ROCKS! Its a must! must! must! watch!!! Very very good show...I'll give it 4.5/5.... the other 0.5 is cuz cliffhangers are left to end the show...which means its up to you to think abt what happens next...but all in all, the show rocks! By the way, I'm leaving on the 5th to genting to compete in this 21st international band competition. Be back on the 9th ;)
Episode 6 - Fight to the Death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo
Rukia sits atop a building, holding up a lighter-like device that has 4 little windows, one of which blinks. It also makes beeping noises as Rukia continues to stare at it, commenting that there is not much left. Raising her other hand, she proceeds to make awkward movements with it. She stares at her hand and says that there is not much there either – time to go shopping.
Ichigo, a plate of Japanese rice balls in his hand, knocks on his closet door, indicating to Rukia that her breakfast is here. Hearing no answer, an annoyed Ichigo slides open the door violently, but realizes that Rukia is not inside in the first place. He proceeds to eat Rukia’s breakfast, while his sisters, who are downstairs, eat theirs. Yuzu comments that Ichigo has been behaving weirdly recently: eating more and going upstairs immediately. Isshin declares that Ichigo, being 15, is at a sensitive age, and does only one thing in his room that all young men in the primes of their youth do. His sentence is cut short as Ichigo kicks him in the face, accusing him of being a pervert. Isshin replies that that is what true parents think of. A tussle ensues between the two as Yuzu and Karin calmly continue their breakfast, Yuzu saying that the food is getting cold, and Karin saying that it is such a “peaceful” morning.
At the Urahara store, a red-haired boy, Hanakari Jinta is fantasizing about baseball, and is using his broom as a baseball bat to hit a ball. He misses, and the girl, Tsumigi Ururu, next to him who is quietly sweeping looks up at him. Shyly, she warns him that if he does not clean up, Tessai will get angry at him. He points the broom at her and tells her to shut up, as he is not even afraid of Tessai. He then starts to “punish” her for talking back to him by rubbing the broom on her head. He says that she is of lower “level” than him, despite the fact that she is three whole years older than him. The broom is suddenly whizzed out of his hand and flung away. He swirls around, wondering who it is. Realizing that it is only Rukia, he relaxes, as does Ururu. Rukia says that he will never change, calling him “shorty”, then asking if the “manager” is in. Jinta reluctantly welcomes Rukia back and pushes open the doors.
A muscular man, Tessai, carrying a number of boxes scolds him, saying that it is not time to open yet. He then notices Rukia, and tells her to wait a minute while he wakes the manager. An oddly-dressed man walks up behind Tessai and says that it is too bad, as he is already awake. He then lets out a big yawn and puts on his sandals. Rubbing his eyes with one hand and the other in his pocket, he greets everybody. He tells Rukia that they just got stock from “there” yesterday. Rukia buys the cheapest (D-rank) spare fuel rod for her spirit communicator, and 60 bottles of Soma Fixers. The man, Urahara Kisuke, warns her that excessive use of Soma Fixers to align her soul with the faux body will result in hell when she leaves it. Rukia acknowledges this, but mentions that lately, her integration with the faux body has been poor, and sometimes it is hard for her to even move. Urahara happily asks if she would like a check up at a good deal, but Rukia refuses, and asks if the item she had ordered had arrived. Urahara says that it has, and sends Ururu to the storeroom to fetch it, saying that it is in a box which says “new goods”.
Looking around the box-filled storeroom, she spots the box she wants and opens it to retrieve the item inside. Rukia unwraps the item and asks Urahara if this was the only kind he could get. Urahara scratches his neck and replies that even getting this was hard as it is the second most popular. He then tells Rukia that she cannot pretend forever.
Rukia arrives in class late and greets everyone sweetly, saying that she is late due to family matters. She then asks Ichigo if he has a moment, but Ichigo says that if she has anything to say, to say so there and then. He is punched in the stomach and dragged away by Rukia, who exclaims that he needs to see the nurse. Their classmates stare after them, asking themselves if Rukia had punched Ichigo or not. On the rooftop, Rukia hands Ichigo the item she bought today, Gikongan - a medicine that forcibly removes the soul from the body and puts in a fake one. She tells him to use it if he encounters a Hollow without her being present. Ichigo asks why it is labeled “Soul Candy”, and Rukia indignantly replies that the League of Women Shinigami complained that the name Gikongan wasn’t cute, and had it changed. Ichigo then asks why the tube has a duck’s head on it, and Rukia says that even she wanted the most popular, “Chappy the Rabbit” too. Ichigo insults her for that, and she steps on his head as punishment.
She then instructs him to try one, and he does so, pressing the duck’s head so that a green pill is ejected into his mouth. True enough, he sways a bit, then his Shinigami self appears. Ichigo appears surprised, and Rukia tells him that there is now a temporary soul in his body so that no one will realize that he has left. The body moves and greets them, saying that “Ichigo’s” favorite phrase is “Early to bed, early to rise”. As the real Ichigo demands to know how that “Ichigo” is anything like him, Rukia’s phone begins to beep. She drags a complaining Ichigo away as the body waves at them and tells them to leave it all to him.
Urahara wanders into his storeroom and notices the opened box on the floor. Jinta yells at Ururu, asking her to read what it says on the box. She mistakes what she sees for “Infester Goods”. Jinta tells her that it is “Inferior Goods”, and that she has just sold that to a customer. Ururu sighs and hangs her head, and Jinta starts to pull on her bangs, but is stopped by Urahara. Tessai looks at a piece of paper and says that the Gikongan would bring trouble, and Urahara agrees, saying that they had better take care of it immediately, as they know not what “he” might do.
Indeed, Ichigo’s temporary soul stretches his muscles, then experiments with his new body by kicking in a wall. A teacher comes along and recognizes “Ichigo” due to his unique hair, and asks “Ichigo” what he has just done. “Ichigo” walks toward the teacher, then jumps right over his head, landing on a roof a distance away with great ease. The teacher stares after “Ichigo”, who jumps away gleefully. The lunch bell rings and Orihime cheers happily. Tatsuki, who does not think Lunch is such an important event, is told by Orihime that a healthy young high school girl comes to school specially to eat lunch. She pulls out a large loaf of bread and a can of sweetbean paste and asks Tatsuki what she has brought for lunch. Tatsuki ruffles Orihime’s hair and says that she eats a normal lunch.
Another of their friends, Chizuru (a lesbian) asks them if she can eat at their table, and Orihime, who is eating her bread whole and smiling with crumbs on her cheeks, agrees. Chizuru gives Orihime a big hug, exclaiming the Orihime’s way of eating is so cute. Suddenly, “Ichigo” jumps up to class from the first storey, shocking many of his classmates. The real Ichigo quickly finishes up the Hollow and says that he has a bad feeling.
True enough, “Ichigo” is standing on the window sill, his friends staring and asking how he got there. He tells them that he jumped up, though many of them do not buy his story. He is very pleased that all of them, guys and girls, are looking at him. He stares at the girls and comments that they are all very hot and above average. He notices Orihime and her assets and goes up to her, strokes her hair, and in a very gentleman manner, kisses her hand. Tatsuki immediately pulls him away, asking him if he knows what he is doing. “Ichigo” looks at her and says that upon looking closer, she actually is pretty cute.
Rukia asks Ichigo why he is rushing back to class, as the temporary soul is definitely alright. Ichigo has his doubts, and they are confirmed when they hear screams coming from their classroom. A table flies out the window and Rukia decides that he is righ – they had better return quickly. It is Tatsuki who is flinging tables at “Ichigo”, as he had just kissed her on the cheek. Rukia walks into the classroom and stops the fight, and the panicked “Ichigo” runs to the window. Rukia shouts for Ichigo, and the real Ichigo jumps up to the window, cornering the temporary soul, who then begins to rain down on Ichigo a great number of kicks. All their classmates see, however, is “Ichigo” kicking the air repeatedly. As “Ichigo” sends Ichigo flying into some tables with a kick. Their alarmed classmates only see some sort of force push back all the tables – they, of course, cannot see Ichigo. Orihime stares curiously as a table is lifted by invisible hands, and “Ichigo” smiles at Rukia and jumps out of the window, freefalling down to the ground floor. Ichigo and Rukia stare after him, who runs away at extremely high speed. Rukia’s eyes widen as she tells her self that it cannot be what she is thinking. She changes her mind as she continues to watch. He is a modified soul.
Ichigo jumps down out the window, and Rukia runs out of the classroom, their classmates watching her. A flaming Tatsuki declares that she will not let Ichigo off, and Chizuru tries to “comfort” Orihime, who stares out the window. Orihime tells them both that the guy earlier was not Ichigo. Meanwhile, Rukia and Ichigo have arrived at a dilapidated house, but have lost sight of “Ichigo”. Rukia comments that he has a moratorium, and Ichigo retorts that it isn’t the time for incomprehensible jokes. “Ichigo” has to be caught for using his body and kissing Tatsuki and Orihime. Rukia does not see why he is so agitated, because, to her, kisses are merely greetings, and in a book she was reading, much more was happening. Ichigo tells her not to compare the two, as kissing an ordinary classmate is a very serious thing, and asks her what sort of books she reads. He gives a wail of despair and complains that the image he took years to build up is gone. Rukia is surprised that he had an “image”.
Ichigo then asks her about the temporary soul being a “modified soul”, and she explains that in Soul Society, there was a plan called “Spearhead”. In it, souls specialized for Hollow vanquishing were injected into soul-less dead bodies. These souls, or mod-souls, would endow some part of the body with superhuman powers. Rukia uses her crude drawings once again, this time as an animation (flip-book style), to explain to Ichigo. Ichigo understands what she means, but comments that with her drawings, the moment’s tension is gone, earning him red spirals on his cheeks and a smack. Rukia continues, saying that the plan was ditched and all mod-souls ordered to be destroyed due to the inhumanity of making dead bodies fight. Wiping off the spirals on his cheeks, Ichigo asks if that means mod-souls were created and destroyed at the convenience of Soul Society, and if she is satisfied with that. She says that is not the question – the scrapping of mod-souls was one of Soul Society’s laws, which are set up to protect human souls.
They then set off, running around the town trying to find and hence retrieve Ichigo’s body.
As he runs, Ichigo wonders how the temporary soul feels: being created and then ordered to be destroyed against his will, then surviving and finding a body and yet having to run away. However, contrary to what Ichigo thinks, “Ichigo” is having a great deal of fun jumping along fences and jumping over people’s heads and seeking attention. He says that he likes having powers that attract attention, although it is said that there are mod-souls with more power. Leaping off a fence, he notices three school children sitting behind a store room playing video games and decides to go see what they are doing. He lands lightly on the fence behind them, and watches as they, unaware of his presence, complain about P.E. lessons. One of the boys then exclaims that his character in the video game is not performing up to standard. “Ichigo’s” ears prick up as he hears the boy say that he will just delete the character, and does so, adding that he will just make a better one.
“Ichigo” grips the fencing so hard it starts to break, and the boys turn to look at him. He gets off the fence and looks very angry as he tries to kick the children. His kick is stopped midair by the real Ichigo, and he jumps away from Ichigo and smiles.
To be continued...
Acknowledgements: bleachportal.net
Thursday, December 01, 2005 Before I start, HAPPY BIRTHDAY S-SQUARE NANA A.K.A BRO!!!!
Episode 5 - Beat the Invisible Enemy!
As in the previous episode, the Hollow tells Rukia that if she allows him to eat her, he will tell her what she wants to know. Rukia swiftly delivers a knee in the Hollow’s face, then performs Way of Destruction number 33. This however, has next to no effect on the Hollow – Rukia’s powers have yet to return but a little. Ichigo, as he runs to Rukia’s aid, wonders how long it has been since he saw Karin cry. Until their mother’s death, Karin and Yuzu had been cry-babies. Yuzu, strong and capable, tried to fill the gap left by her by doing the housework. Karin, not as capable as Yuzu, was only able to reduce the family’s worries by not crying – even if she lost in a fight with a bigger kid, even when she was lectured for throwing a ball through the principal’s window, not even when she broke a leg when hiking. He promises Karin to fulfil her wish.
The Hollow puts a hand around Rukia’s neck, asking her to shed the human shell. By some stroke of luck, help arrives for Rukia. Chad lands a punch to the Hollow’s cheek, sending the Hollow flying. Rukia is shocked that Chad hit the Hollow, thinking that he can see ghosts. However, she changes her mind when she sees him standing not far away, punching the air. The Hollow is relieved that Chad’s punch was merely a lucky one, but is soon punched again by Chad, who is pleased. Rukia wonders how Chad is able to hear the Hollow if he cannot see it, and hence, how he is able to coolly and fearlessly confront an enemy he cannot discern.
The Hollow curses, then jumps into the air, wings spread wide. He ridicules them for their inability to reach him, and Rukia shouts for Chad to run. Chad merely blinks and asks if “Transfer Student” can see ghosts. Rukia replies that it does not matter, as they cannot hit it when it is flying. Chad asks where the Hollow is, then tears off most of a telephone pole with his brute strength whilst the Hollow continues to scorn at them. With Rukia giving directions, Chad swings the pole down in front of him, smacking the stunned Hollow to the ground. Rukia runs up to the Hollow and tells it to give up, as someone able to get rid of him will arrive soon. Laughing, the Hollow props himself up, telling Rukia that is the reason why so many Shinigami are beaten by Hollows – because they underestimate the Hollows. As if on cue, little blue creatures (that look like Stitch from Lilo & Stitch) jump over the walls and pin both Chad and Rukia to the ground. The Hollow decides that he shall eat Rukia first before Chad, but Chad, to the shock of both Rukia and the Hollow, flexes his muscles and all the squeaky Stitch-like creatures go flying. As the Hollow asks if he plans on letting his muscles do the talking, Chad does just that by trying to punch him again. He misses, but continues punching the air as the Hollow comments that his intuition is amazing. Rukia instructs Chad to kick over her, and he does, once again sending the Stitch-like creatures flying.
The Hollow rises into the air once again, so Rukia tells Chad that she has an idea. Chad, poised to “shoot” Rukia into the sky, asks if she is sure this plan will work. Rukia replies that it will – a combination of his strength and her abilities. Chad comments that the idea seems rather dumb, but is shut up by Rukia, who tells him to shoot her in “Tiger direction”. Chad, however, does not know what she means, so Rukia has to tell him that it means the left. As the Hollow gloats that being so high, a telephone pole will be unable to hit him, he launches her in that direction, and as Rukia flies towards the Hollow, she tells him to give up. The Hollow says that it will give up, but a few seconds later withdraws that and a Stitch-like creature appears on his shoulder. The creature spits out purple things in a green liquid at Rukia, who begins to fall to the ground below. Chad runs towards her and manages to catch her, who apologizes for being caught off-guard.
Rukia tries desperately to remove the purple things from her body, but fails as they are leeches that do not come off easily. The Hollow tells her that they are also his targets, and rings his tongue, exploding the leeches. The leeches are in face mini bombs that resonate with the sound of the Hollow’s tongue and explode.
Chad walks up to the Hollow, ready to challenge him. The Hollow then reveals his captive – Shibata the cockatiel, who he had bought time earlier to capture. Shibata apologizes for getting caught and the Hollow tells Rukia to run around so that he can have fun hunting her alone. Rukia stands and tells Chad not to move or the birdcage will be exploded, then, telling Chad not to worry as she had promised not to slip up, takes off in the opposite direction. A large number of Stitch-like creatures chase her, followed by the Hollow himself. The creatures catch up with her, and shoot leeches at her, but she jumps and evades them. She is, however, covered in the leeches, which get exploded by the Hollow, when one of the creatures appears out of seemingly nowhere. Rukia begins to bleed, and the Hollow says that he likes the cute blood-stained look, then produces more of the creatures and leeches, all of which Rukia dodges. The Hollow asks her how long she will run, and says that if she like, she can attack him. She stops suddenly at a fence, and the Hollow interprets that to mean she is giving up. Rukia replies that she is not, but merely has no more reason to run. She will take on the counter-attack offer.
Ichigo arrives and steps on the Hollow’s head by way of heroic entry to save the damsel in distress. Ichigo asks Rukia why she has slipped up this much despite her promise, but Rukia replies that what Ichigo had said were words from someone who was at least a little worried. The Hollow moves slightly and yells at Ichigo, asking how long he plans to stand on his head, then stands up fully when Ichigo jumps lightly off his back. Ichigo introduces himself as a “substitute Shinigami”, and tells the Hollow that if he were looking for someone to play tag with, he found the wrong person. The Hollow, hearing that Ichigo is a “substitute Shinigami”, curses, saying that he should have went after him from the beginning.
Rukia pulls on her glove and, while the Stitch-like creatures shoot out leeches and the Hollow rings its tongue, pushes Ichigo’s soul out of his body in time for him to attack the Hollow. The Hollow comments that Ichigo smells the tastiest, and Ichigo asks him if he had used the bombs to tie down Chad so he could have fun chasing Rukia, calling him a “dirty son of a bitch”. The Hollow retorts that now, he shall be eaten by that “dirty son of a bitch”.
Chad arrives with the birdcage in his arms, and the first thing he sees is Rukia watching what seems to be nothing and an unconscious Ichigo at her feet. Worriedly, he calls out to Ichigo, but Rukia stops him, telling him that right now, Ichigo is fighting. She also instructs him to take him and Shibata to somewhere safe. Meanwhile, Ichigo kills Stitch-like creature after Stitch-like creature, cutting them in half and spilling their insides (which are leeches). The Hollow laughs and compliments him, but reminds him that despite his slaying the creatures, the bombs are still detonable. To prove his point, he sticks out his tongue and rings it, exploding them all at once. His glee is short-lived, for Ichigo jumps out of the smoke, and swings his sword down on him. Catching him on the neck, Ichigo asks him if he was the one who murdered Shibata’s parents.
Shibata tells Chad and Rukia that all this is his fault, because he wanted to bring his mommy back to life. Hearing this, Rukia asks if someone had told him he could bring his mother back to life. The Hollow tells his life story to Ichigo, saying that when he was alive, he was a very fussed-about famous serial killer. Shibata’s mother, who ran around frantically trying to protect Shibata to the end, was his last victim. However, as he cornered them on the veranda, he ended up dying a stupid death – Shibata had pulled his shoelaces, causing him to fall to his death. Therefore, to punish Shibata, he shoved his living soul into the cockatiel and told him that if he could run around like that for 3 months, he would bring his mother back to life. The Hollow mocks Shibata, as he knows full well he cannot being a dead person back to life. The most fun part of the punishment was that he got to kill every human who tried to protect Shibata, who would whine. However, he would brighten the moment he was reminded of the eventual “reward” – the return of his mother. Ichigo begins to tremble, allowing the Hollow an opening to push away his Zanpakutou and jump back into the air.
He launches another two more of his leech-spewing creatures, but Ichigo catches and squishes them with his hand. He runs to the Hollow and smashes the Hollow’s front teeth such that his hand along with the leeches are in the Hollow’s mouth. He asks the Hollow if he still plans to explode the leeches, and to try ringing his tongue. The Hollow does nothing, so Ichigo claims the tongue by yanking it off and jumping away. As the Hollow winces, Ichigo jumps towards him once more, this time his Zanpakutou is ready. He cuts the Hollow’s mask, but the Hollow does not disappear as most Hollows would. A green light shoots out of the wound and a door with two skeletons on it appears. Ichigo is taken aback by what he sees, and Rukia explains to him that it is hell. Zanpakutous only wash away sins committed after death, but not those before. For those that have committed mortal sins in life, the doors of hell will open. For this Hollow, the doors do just that, the chains on them breaking one after the other.
The doors break open fully, and hell appears to be a fiery place. A strong wind blows as the Hollow now screams as his mask dissipates. A sword, held by a big blue hand, appears from hell and pierces the Hollow. The doors then slide close once more and shatter.
Later, Rukia reports that Shibata’s Chain of Fate has been severed and there is no trace of it. Therefore, he will be unable to return to his body. Seeing Shibata’s sad face upon hearing the news, Rukia tries to comfort him, saying that Soul Society is not a bad place, but rather, a place where you never get hungry, your body is as light as a feather, and it is 80-90% better than the living world. Ichigo comments that at least if Shibata goes to Soul Society, meeting his mother would be of higher possibility. Since they cannot bring his mother back, the best would be for him to go to her. Shibata’s crestfallen look is lost immediately, and he looks at Chad and thanks him, as he had carried him while running around and thus he did not get hurt. Chad says that it is nothing, and Shibata leaves the cockatiel’s body. Chad requests that should he die and go to Soul Society too, he would like to carry him and run around again. After Shibata agrees, Ichigo commences the soul burial, successfully fulfilling Karin’s wish. Karin, at home in bed asleep, thanks Ichigo as a black swallow-tailed butterfly flutters to the moon.
End.
Acknowledgements: Bleachportal.net
Friday, December 30, 2005 Well, how should I start this? Since the start of sch hols, I've been totally drained out of energy from the various activities held, (eg. Band competition in genting, harsh daily (almost, before the trip) band practices, outings and gatherings with old friends, purchasing goods from the various outlets in Singapore ( well, in a simpler term, its just plain shopping...but it sounds so aunty here..suits Teresa better) gaming, movies, arcades, etc. Well, many things have happened this dec hol, and its cuz of that I'm always worn out by the time i reach home daily, and after which, I just don't have the blogging "feeling" , so I'll either crash online to my fav game atm, FFXI, or watch a few episodes here and there of Naruto, Bleach or Inuyasha. Hence, I can see myself that my blog is becoming more stanant...and I'll start losing my viewers pretty soon if I don't do anything abt it >
Band prac was......... BORING ....... like so totally..... we're practising for some performance tml for the stupid alumni (the MJC alumni....should be some old geezers or smth...) and I was REAL glad when it ended early today. Imean....come ON! Playing the same 2 pieces you've been playing for the past million yrs can totally BORE you out of ur on wits you wonder why you ahve a brain to start with. (no link) Well, anyways, AX (-charity[some church camp...this shud be her 10th church camp now this hol >.>] and - simone [ He isn't an active member of AX anyways..but wonder why he's still in]) decided to go have lunch at..............................guess where????
TADAA! Tampines Mall!!! WOW I'm SOOOOOOOO elated!!!! Siao. like hello, that's town for everyone living in the east region la..esp MJCians..... I've yet to spot someone, other than me, in orchard before.....ok mayb its too exaggerating, but I've only spotted a few (countable with the fingers on ur right hand....ok maybe you can minus the thumb off or something) so far this yr... Well, that beside the point, we wanted to acompany Abigail for her ear piercing session. Along the way, Lisa (slap) dropped out as she was meeting her friend or something at god knows where, and only Kz, Fel, abi, 33 and I, were left on our lil group excursion. We went to Mac for our lunch, and poor 33 was on her dumb diet plan againn cuz she thinks she's so FAT.
Fel: wei you don wan to eat meh??
33: I very full! Later I'm going to have dinner also..
The rest of us: DIAO! -.-!
Fel: Pls la!! Now is lunch la..not even close to dinner!!
33: But my mum is cooking one...
Me: Oh that pot of fried rice ar??
33: No la! But my mum always cook alot one....
Me: So? Not say she cook one tub of rice you must finish right? Just take a bit here and a bit there then can liao la!
33: Cannot! my mum's cooking is very nice one! I cannot control myself...
(To anyone who haven't seen 33 yet, you must be thinking she's a totally out of shape pig who loves eating. psst: She acknowledges herself as fat anyways...)
Anyway, we gave up and I enjoyed my delicacy of the new rice burger..I chose the beef one cuz 1.) I ain't buddhst or any other religion which forbids you to eat anything... <- too bad..ur all missin out on the good delicacies of life. 2.) Its a new recipe mac made, 3.) The chicken looks like the one they use in the normal burger, hence nothing interesting abt that. Anyways, to be honest, the new rice burger ain't fantastic in anyways..its nice, yes, but its like so mos la! its almost the same as the burger in mos, where the beef is like those factory cooked and packaged which is distributed to all the jap restaurants in Sg, like yoshi, mos(ok not jap), mac(not jap either)...and the gravy taste exactly the same as the one from mos....but i do believe its cheaper to feast in mac than in mos...well obviously you won';t be able to have milk tea (the best drink in mos) or the big ass fries in mac. Anyway, when our 4 packets of fries came, the first thing Fel did was to make the secret sauce which isn't really that secret. Well, anyway to educate the noobs of macdonalds, just follow this formula to create the secret sauce.
2 x packets of garlic chili + 1 x packet of mayonneise, and mix them together = the secret sauce which is not so secret.
Anyways, this sauce is superb for eating fries....take note, any undesired side effects of consuming this sauce will not be blamed onto anyone but yourself! but seriously, you should try it out. Even the dieting felicia just have to create that sauce everytime she comes to mac. well, during our meal, joel and his alhena friends came into mac for lunch too, and like wa lao, he just dao 33 and me la. like wateva lo...he only said hi when he saw us staring at him la >
All these while, ever since she stepped out of sch, she was like so scared of piercing her ears for god noes wat reason, and she was whimpering and moaning all the way from sch to tm, to mac, and out of mac, and then to bedazzled, and at each location, her whimpering increased in frequency and amplituse. While we were walking past the shops (which all had the same four letter words stuck on their display boards.........not fuck.......but -----> SALE !!!! Ranging from 10% discount to an unbelievable 50%!! Ok nvm i sound like some uncle...) But anyways, as i was walking past this clothes shop, I heard someone calling my name, and I turned around......and to my surprise and horror, its...........................
my sister........................... -.-! cheah. but anyways, she was like,
Sis: Wei jie! what the hell are you doing here?!
(Like hello??? i should be the blody one asking her that la! her territory is in town..not here...)
Me: Uh....I got sch wat...
And then she just stared at me and walked off with her friend. .......-.-! ok wateva
33: Wa why ur sister like so dao to you one?
Me: aiya...dunno la, she and I always like that one wat..
Abi: Ya lo why ur sis like that one ar? If i see my brother i won't like that one lo.
33: Aiya when she see her bro, she will scream and rush over to hug him.
Abi: NO LA!!! I will just like...oh, hi.
Me: -.-! (Like only a slight diff from me and my sis wat.)
Anyways, we went up to get abi's ears pierced, and she like only broguth 50 bucks la! wat the hell..int eh end, me being the kind atm, I lent her another 16 bucks cuz her earrings and solution costs up till that much. Tbh, bedazzled is quite good actually. Firstly, they have a certificate to ensure you that those ladies handling ur sexy earlobes are proffesionals and not some kuchang-kurak
graduate who has just finished her major exam and lookig for some job to get money. 2ndly, They use this special clip to punch the hole, which they throw after using it once, means its perfectly safe to pierce there, since you dont have to bother if they sterillized it properly or not, meaning, if ur gonna pierce 2 holes, they will take out 2 clips fresh from the package and throw them after each use. (gosh I make it sound like they're using condoms). 3rdly, You get free massages on ur ears after the piercing, and free weekly checkups for a total of 6 weeks after the piercing is done. Like its free service leh..come on man..
Abi was like so scared she practically squashed Fel's fingers during the piercing process her fingers nearly had 0% blood circulation..and nearly snapped into 2. But in the end, it all turned out fine.
{Gosh, i'm too tired to continue blogging anymore..its 2.30am, still early, but I've had too jmuch fun today and my legs ache like mad from walking and standing non-stop and resting for a few seconds only....anyways I'll try to continue this another day cya!)
Monday, December 26, 2005 HOHOHO MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Well, this yr I didn't really have an exciting xmas...cuz basically, 1.) Didn't shop enough (I still got the puma shoes and the quiksilver sweater on my list) 2.) Didn't celebrate it with a group of friends, 3.) Got a splitting headache from last night cuz of the sleepless nights + alcohol >
1.) I say already dunno how many times I'm buying those puma shoes!! But I always don't get a chance to buy...lets see.. I've been to Taka for a million times now cuz I've been out helping friends shop for their christmas stuff.. and have a chance to head to the sports shop but always didn't in the end. SIGH........ The Quiksilver sweater which i saw, only a Freaking 43 Bucks! is most probably gone by now....sigh... ok nvm..doesn't mean christmas shopping cannot be done after xmas day!
2.) Oh yeah..I bunked over at Jh's house since friday afternoon after band lunch till yesterday afternoon (its all about some game called FFXI la!) Anyway, we did some stuff together online with the other mates from.....like all over the world, but most of em from NA...and celebrated Xmas with them online :D a new more advanced way of celebrating Xmas! So naturally, I missed all the fun held in Sg...like the countdown for example... SIGH....
3.) Yesterday afternoon, I went to Maurice's Godma's house for a christmas gathering and dinner :) Surprisingly, his gorm's (short for godma ><) house is somewhere near my grandpa's! But anyway, the first drink served to me was sprite mixed with beer...6% alcohol i think...quite little la...and mixed with sprite, its even more diluted. There was a luxurious spread of Eurasian food (more to the spicy side) and other normal christmas foods like ham, turkey, etc...wanted to take som pics...but it seemed kinda rude haha so i didn't in the end. Drinks served during dinner is this huge beer mug full of red wine! (omigosh) with fruits (sliced oranges and grape) in it to give the wine a citrus feel to it. not bad i would say... Quite nice actually....it was supposed to be shared by 2 plp...but apparently I drank the whole mug haha Maurice only like took 1/4 of it..but he ate most of the fruits (Nice also, cuz the fruits soaked up the wine) Anyhow, the after dinner drink was pineapple juice mized with some alcoholic drink which contained 21% alcohol!
Maurice: So you see, you come here all the drinks are alcoholic one.
Me: whatever la.
Anyway, what with the previous nights which i slept for a total of about 12 hours for the past few days at Jh's house, plus alcohol (they are not that strong actually) I got this splitting headache by 10pm last night. Well, anyways some of his relatives were leaving alr...so i left as well, and took a cab home to drop dead on my bed, and for the FIRST time during this holiday, i woke up at 7am!!!!!!!! RECORD BROKEN!
Hence, I didn't have tim3 to spread the xmas joy to all of myn friends' blogs.
The end.
Thursday, December 22, 2005 Its been 3 days since my parents've gone to taiwan...now its just me and my sis left at home. well, my sis's not arnd most of the time, ex. she goes out in the from dawn, and return only like late night 11pm. Well, that means,
WTF!!!! I'M FREE!!! I CAN DO ANYTHING I LIKE! ANYTHING I WANT! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! FREE FREE!!!
however, due to the fact i don't cook, i have to rely on ready made meals for my lunch and dinner. (I wake up too late to have breakfast like around 1 pm like that... pig me)
btw, Narnia is a good movie to catch. Giving it 5/5 too! must watch k? Well, I've got lotsa stuff to eat at home, just came back from shopping at dunno where also.....like uncle like that...(but not as bad as KZ :D) Anw I'm gonna watch the 9 o'clock show now..ta!
Monday, December 19, 2005 The show...... 5/5. Still too stunned and amazed of how touching and emotional a show you would never expect of a show classified under the adventure genre can get. Especially at the ending, as the show goes on, its rather predictable how the ending will be....but somehow, you would just be only contented to find out if what you think the ending is really is true. The show was so touching that quite a number were crying when the show ended. This woman was crying even while walking down the stairs....siao la..but aiya, some plp are more emotional ma... Anw, you have to watch it. how can you EVER not watch a show directed by Jack peterson??? Or whatever his name is>< the one who directed the lord of the rings.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Well, it was another day of havoc-ing for me again. Met Maurice in town (Isetan at Wisma in particular) cuz he wanted to change his pair of pants which was a lil too tight for him. (Siao right? wear dunno how many times alr now then start to feel the tightness)....Its like the 3rd time i'm passing by that familiar row of pants and the same advertisements with the models who are suppossed to be advertising for the clothes, but in the end showing more skin instead. After changing, we decieded to head to cine to catch King Kong, but TOO BAD....we reached there at abt 6pm, and the only available timings left was arnd 10+...siao right? the show is approximately 3 hrs or so, and if ur gonna start at 10, then it'll end at 1am la! U can only take cab home lo...and still selling fast somemore...siao one..those plp muz be able to drive one. So we decided to be a typical kiasu Sgporean and booked advanced tickets..so we're gonna catch the show tml 4++!! Yay. Well anw, I had to get a prez for my dad cuz his b'day's tml >WILD and I looked down,(with my phone cam of cuz...) and saw the korean actor on stage, trying to promote the show (btw, the promise starts tml), with some lady host and an interpretor. Well of cuz there's not much of a view from the 2nd floor, but these were what I managed to capture.
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Yeah...anyway, he's the guy with the shades. Like there were camrea flashes going on continuously you see...no wonder he's so smart to put on his shades...or rather thats why all stars have shades on whenever they come on stage. but the obvious reason is cuz he wanted to act cool >.> After a while, there's an autograph session, where he signs on the show's posters.
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Apparently, you will be able to see his face more clearly if u get this month's issue of I weekly.
Anyhow, we went into Quiksilver and we found this whole hanger of pants which's so totally us, and I saw this DAMN nice sweater going at 85bucks with 50% discount. Meaning only $43!!!! Is it a rip off or WHAT??? I was so tempted to get it la, but it's USA large...so it looks big on me. But hu the hell cares man...in the end, for god knows what reason, I got out of the shop empty handed...sigh...
Then, we went to the Adidas shop, and I finally found my sweater I've been searching for, at a price of $109 ><, which i obviously didn't get, and got my dad a collar shirt at $39. And maurice still dare to say,
Maurice: Wa you spend so much on ur parents birthday?????
Me: -.-! Like..uh ya.. 39 bucks only what..they spend much more on my birthday la...
Maurice: Crazy la you..I go find a cheaper shirt.
And he went round the whole shop ransacking all the $29 kind... (which totally sucked in terms of design) and in the end i still bought the 39 bucks one.
Maurice: Make sure you tell ur sister to tell ur dad its an expensive-branded t-shirt.
Me: 0,o? Uh...why must I tell my sis to tell my dad when i can tell him directly? 0.o? (and in the first place, even my great grandma also knows adidas is a well known brand)
Maurice: Cuz ur giving the prez ma..you cannot say ma..so thick skin if u do.
Me: (wateva la... -.-!)
Anyhow, i got the t-shirt and we went to have dinner at pasta mania! at cine, then went to the arcade at 4th lvl and played the catching animal game..and the 3pug hockey again...which i lost 9-10 ;_; and saw 2 crazy dancers dancing the DDR 4th rev. But they looked damn cool la..they chose the hardest stage that they even had to bend back to use their hands to help press the buttons..(is not those cheapo methos which the begginners will use, but one which makes them look damn cool cuz they had to bend back) but nonetheless, we had our fun and headed home after that. =D
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Wa....since yesterday Maurice and I have been on a shopping spree! He's on his christmas shopping spree and i juz follow and see got anything nice to buy then i buy....I saw this puma shoes damn nice sia >< size="5">FREAKIN 109 BUCKS!!!! And the lady said the price will definitely climb up if i wait for a few months.... (Apparently I was thinking abt getting it for my CNY attire...but sigh...too bad) She said its a hot brand there'll be lots hu will buy it and in 2 mths will definitely be like 200++....ok so i better buy it now...and btw, Maurice cheapo bought wai yip's exact same pair of shoes la!! Cept the colour is black and white...
In that shop, there was this malay couple with their kid, they were choosing this pair of shoes, and apparently, this is what happened.
Malay couple(or the guy in particular): Eh, I want this pair of shoes.
Aunty: Ok its $89 (I forgot i think its this price)
Malay guy: No? the price tag says $78?
(And here he showed the inside of the shoe to the aunty.)
Aunty: No you don't cheat me. I know you swapped the price tag with the cheaper shoes...I have been observing you for a long time already. Furthermore, I've been in this line of business for so long, how can I not know the price of that pair of shoes? (wow its either me or the aunty can actually rmb how much each pair of shoes actually costs.)
Being the aunty she was, she continued nagging at them....till the malay couple left the shop. Then she came over to us and complain.
Aunty: Those people from malaysia ar, always come here to shop one u noe? They always resort to this sort of trickery one to lower the price...you think I dunno? I've been seeing this sort of things happening for many years already, even now oso hhave.
Maurice and I: Uh....ok. (with a forced smile or chuckle)
Aunty: Ya everytime they come here I always keep a look out for them one...make sure they don't do anything funny.
Maurice and I: haha ha..ha.... (Trying to stay calm and join in when we were really in a rush to quick get his shoes and continue our shopping.)
Aunty(to her young assisstant): Ya you better rmb to keep a look out for these malays when they come to buy our stuff.
Assistant: Wa they really do this sort of thing ar? Not very right leh..
Maurice and I: uh.....
Maurice: Aunty ar, I want this size. (Apparently trying to hush the aunty up)
but in the end we managed to leave the shop.
Me: Wa actually i think the malays quite smart leh..i'll nvr thihnk of such things one lo..
Maurice: Aiya the stupid aunty...
Anyway, before the shopping started, we went to sizzler for lunch...One caution: don't get too expensive a dish there...cuz the salad bar is totally free and free flow. It also includes other stuff like soup(3 diff types) noodles, ice cream(DIY)...etc. All free flow. So if you do go there, don gorge urself up with the main course....save some space for the salad bar...
Well after the shoe shop, we hopped over to Taka to find a suitable long sleeve to match his pants and totally disgusting bright red vest...its the kind u go overseas got snow one then wear...those very holey and thick kind....totally disgusting. but apparently his idea of christmas attire for 2005 is pants, shirt and vest...so wateva.. We checked out CK, FCUK, and others i forgot...but none could match....or too ex. So in the end, we walked for like 3000 km and landed up in Zara.
We found this striped long sleeve and he went to the fitting room to change....Once done, I took a glance..and the word PYJAMAS screamed into my head. Cuz is like his shirt and pants(which he has bought alr) have vertical stripes and are quite dark in colour. Well, lucky for him, I have better fashion snese, so being his fashion consultant, I chose a checkered shirt for him. White base with light orange lines... Much , MUCH, better...hmmm there's still something missing..........a tie.
Well, i got a striped tie mixed of orange, red and a brown base. Gave it to him, and he tried it on. VERY VERY MUCH nicer. Lucky for him, I could save the ugliness of his vest. But he looked too formal...so in the end i told him to unbutton e collar button and loosen his tie...hmmm ok better now. however, the tag read. "$89 and no discount and get out of my shop if ur too cheap to afford me". .........................well, we chose to walk out...anw maurice said he may have a light coloured long sleeve in his wardrobe. (ok lo...fine.)
Wow...im kinda tired typing this...nvm i'll rush thru the rest.
Ok after that we walked out and saw the Body shop. Ah! I needa get my sis a b'day prez... So we walked in there. and BAM! We were hit by the "pungence" of all the aromas in there, all at full blast. i nearly flew to the wall la!...ok a bit exaggerating... but I nearly choked to death trying to get another step into the shop...and I expected to see the shop keepers in protective masks and stuff so they don't faint and die from excessive aroma. Thinking back, i wondered how i managed to stay in the shop for 10 mins choosing a prez for my sis. After spraying like ka-zillions of perfums on this paper tester, I finally got the oceano one for my sis... Wa it was a TOTAL relieve to be able to step out there and breathe fresh air again...
Hmm..after that we went to the arcade and ate dinner and went home. Still haven't bathe yet :xP so ta!
Monday, December 12, 2005 Ok finally i have all the photos with me!! Gonna start blogging now..be sure to keep in touch ya? ;P
Saturday, December 10, 2005 All my photos are with kang zhuang and some other peps!! HURRY GIMME MY PHOTOS NOW!!
PS: Visit Hui Koon's blog to find out how it went during the trip. And this song you hear are the 2 we played for the closing ceremony..different from competition. (Noah's ark and Kazei no Mai{Dancing in the wind})
The sound quality sux la i noe
Friday, December 09, 2005 Whew finally back in singapore! Home at last... The trip was Great while it lasted! The intense competition, the and nervousness of getting the results, the thrill and enjoyment of the theme park rides, the joy of shopping, etc etc....but I shall not blog abt my trip till i upload all the wonderful pics taken (",) so make sure to check out my blog later :P.
PS: Dr. Rahman and mr. Naresh were 2 of the teachers whom I know, who went there. And the dr always ka-chiau me one! what porcupine...zzzz..to think he still rmb....
Sunday, December 04, 2005 Hmmm, I'm going of to genting in 7 hours time! Apparently, MJCSB being the only JC (Gold) band there, our expectations are gonna be way high..... This time, the judging criteria is by %s, where scoring an 85% or above will get you a gold, etc, etc..... Of cuz, we are expected to get that gold, but Vincent says: " I don't want us to get a gold, I want us to be first.". Whoo, kinda tough...even Ms sia said hai xing catholic sounds way better than us, and their playing the same set piece as us. Furthermore, they're the band before us in the competition. But anyhow, we not only have to play our best, we have to be the best! Heh...kinda excited...first time going on an overseas trip w/o my family...but genting is still not very far from singapore >.<
Btw, the gang are also going over to genting >< Maurice is already in malaysia now..with his family, but he's coming over to genting on the 6th...one day before the competition.. the rest, (kel, Ben yap, Jy, etc etc) are gonna reach there on the 6th also? Ya think so..and lucky I have a break in the evening to meet them. Ya so maybe i'm going over to meet them. Wish us luck ok? After all these tedious practices...... Oh I'll not be posting anymore bleach stuff already...If ur interested, head over to bleachportal.net or bleachtv.com.
Byebye! Be back on the 9th....I'll miss FFXI. PS: I can't find my chem hol hw...anyone knows what it is?
Saturday, December 03, 2005 Before I post anything, I wanna say that AEON FLUX ROCKS! Its a must! must! must! watch!!! Very very good show...I'll give it 4.5/5.... the other 0.5 is cuz cliffhangers are left to end the show...which means its up to you to think abt what happens next...but all in all, the show rocks! By the way, I'm leaving on the 5th to genting to compete in this 21st international band competition. Be back on the 9th ;)
Episode 6 - Fight to the Death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo
Rukia sits atop a building, holding up a lighter-like device that has 4 little windows, one of which blinks. It also makes beeping noises as Rukia continues to stare at it, commenting that there is not much left. Raising her other hand, she proceeds to make awkward movements with it. She stares at her hand and says that there is not much there either – time to go shopping.Ichigo, a plate of Japanese rice balls in his hand, knocks on his closet door, indicating to Rukia that her breakfast is here. Hearing no answer, an annoyed Ichigo slides open the door violently, but realizes that Rukia is not inside in the first place. He proceeds to eat Rukia’s breakfast, while his sisters, who are downstairs, eat theirs. Yuzu comments that Ichigo has been behaving weirdly recently: eating more and going upstairs immediately. Isshin declares that Ichigo, being 15, is at a sensitive age, and does only one thing in his room that all young men in the primes of their youth do. His sentence is cut short as Ichigo kicks him in the face, accusing him of being a pervert. Isshin replies that that is what true parents think of. A tussle ensues between the two as Yuzu and Karin calmly continue their breakfast, Yuzu saying that the food is getting cold, and Karin saying that it is such a “peaceful” morning.
At the Urahara store, a red-haired boy, Hanakari Jinta is fantasizing about baseball, and is using his broom as a baseball bat to hit a ball. He misses, and the girl, Tsumigi Ururu, next to him who is quietly sweeping looks up at him. Shyly, she warns him that if he does not clean up, Tessai will get angry at him. He points the broom at her and tells her to shut up, as he is not even afraid of Tessai. He then starts to “punish” her for talking back to him by rubbing the broom on her head. He says that she is of lower “level” than him, despite the fact that she is three whole years older than him. The broom is suddenly whizzed out of his hand and flung away. He swirls around, wondering who it is. Realizing that it is only Rukia, he relaxes, as does Ururu. Rukia says that he will never change, calling him “shorty”, then asking if the “manager” is in. Jinta reluctantly welcomes Rukia back and pushes open the doors.
A muscular man, Tessai, carrying a number of boxes scolds him, saying that it is not time to open yet. He then notices Rukia, and tells her to wait a minute while he wakes the manager. An oddly-dressed man walks up behind Tessai and says that it is too bad, as he is already awake. He then lets out a big yawn and puts on his sandals. Rubbing his eyes with one hand and the other in his pocket, he greets everybody. He tells Rukia that they just got stock from “there” yesterday. Rukia buys the cheapest (D-rank) spare fuel rod for her spirit communicator, and 60 bottles of Soma Fixers. The man, Urahara Kisuke, warns her that excessive use of Soma Fixers to align her soul with the faux body will result in hell when she leaves it. Rukia acknowledges this, but mentions that lately, her integration with the faux body has been poor, and sometimes it is hard for her to even move. Urahara happily asks if she would like a check up at a good deal, but Rukia refuses, and asks if the item she had ordered had arrived. Urahara says that it has, and sends Ururu to the storeroom to fetch it, saying that it is in a box which says “new goods”.
Looking around the box-filled storeroom, she spots the box she wants and opens it to retrieve the item inside. Rukia unwraps the item and asks Urahara if this was the only kind he could get. Urahara scratches his neck and replies that even getting this was hard as it is the second most popular. He then tells Rukia that she cannot pretend forever.
Rukia arrives in class late and greets everyone sweetly, saying that she is late due to family matters. She then asks Ichigo if he has a moment, but Ichigo says that if she has anything to say, to say so there and then. He is punched in the stomach and dragged away by Rukia, who exclaims that he needs to see the nurse. Their classmates stare after them, asking themselves if Rukia had punched Ichigo or not. On the rooftop, Rukia hands Ichigo the item she bought today, Gikongan - a medicine that forcibly removes the soul from the body and puts in a fake one. She tells him to use it if he encounters a Hollow without her being present. Ichigo asks why it is labeled “Soul Candy”, and Rukia indignantly replies that the League of Women Shinigami complained that the name Gikongan wasn’t cute, and had it changed. Ichigo then asks why the tube has a duck’s head on it, and Rukia says that even she wanted the most popular, “Chappy the Rabbit” too. Ichigo insults her for that, and she steps on his head as punishment.She then instructs him to try one, and he does so, pressing the duck’s head so that a green pill is ejected into his mouth. True enough, he sways a bit, then his Shinigami self appears. Ichigo appears surprised, and Rukia tells him that there is now a temporary soul in his body so that no one will realize that he has left. The body moves and greets them, saying that “Ichigo’s” favorite phrase is “Early to bed, early to rise”. As the real Ichigo demands to know how that “Ichigo” is anything like him, Rukia’s phone begins to beep. She drags a complaining Ichigo away as the body waves at them and tells them to leave it all to him.
Urahara wanders into his storeroom and notices the opened box on the floor. Jinta yells at Ururu, asking her to read what it says on the box. She mistakes what she sees for “Infester Goods”. Jinta tells her that it is “Inferior Goods”, and that she has just sold that to a customer. Ururu sighs and hangs her head, and Jinta starts to pull on her bangs, but is stopped by Urahara. Tessai looks at a piece of paper and says that the Gikongan would bring trouble, and Urahara agrees, saying that they had better take care of it immediately, as they know not what “he” might do.
Indeed, Ichigo’s temporary soul stretches his muscles, then experiments with his new body by kicking in a wall. A teacher comes along and recognizes “Ichigo” due to his unique hair, and asks “Ichigo” what he has just done. “Ichigo” walks toward the teacher, then jumps right over his head, landing on a roof a distance away with great ease. The teacher stares after “Ichigo”, who jumps away gleefully. The lunch bell rings and Orihime cheers happily. Tatsuki, who does not think Lunch is such an important event, is told by Orihime that a healthy young high school girl comes to school specially to eat lunch. She pulls out a large loaf of bread and a can of sweetbean paste and asks Tatsuki what she has brought for lunch. Tatsuki ruffles Orihime’s hair and says that she eats a normal lunch.
Another of their friends, Chizuru (a lesbian) asks them if she can eat at their table, and Orihime, who is eating her bread whole and smiling with crumbs on her cheeks, agrees. Chizuru gives Orihime a big hug, exclaiming the Orihime’s way of eating is so cute. Suddenly, “Ichigo” jumps up to class from the first storey, shocking many of his classmates. The real Ichigo quickly finishes up the Hollow and says that he has a bad feeling.
True enough, “Ichigo” is standing on the window sill, his friends staring and asking how he got there. He tells them that he jumped up, though many of them do not buy his story. He is very pleased that all of them, guys and girls, are looking at him. He stares at the girls and comments that they are all very hot and above average. He notices Orihime and her assets and goes up to her, strokes her hair, and in a very gentleman manner, kisses her hand. Tatsuki immediately pulls him away, asking him if he knows what he is doing. “Ichigo” looks at her and says that upon looking closer, she actually is pretty cute.
Rukia asks Ichigo why he is rushing back to class, as the temporary soul is definitely alright. Ichigo has his doubts, and they are confirmed when they hear screams coming from their classroom. A table flies out the window and Rukia decides that he is righ – they had better return quickly. It is Tatsuki who is flinging tables at “Ichigo”, as he had just kissed her on the cheek. Rukia walks into the classroom and stops the fight, and the panicked “Ichigo” runs to the window. Rukia shouts for Ichigo, and the real Ichigo jumps up to the window, cornering the temporary soul, who then begins to rain down on Ichigo a great number of kicks. All their classmates see, however, is “Ichigo” kicking the air repeatedly. As “Ichigo” sends Ichigo flying into some tables with a kick. Their alarmed classmates only see some sort of force push back all the tables – they, of course, cannot see Ichigo. Orihime stares curiously as a table is lifted by invisible hands, and “Ichigo” smiles at Rukia and jumps out of the window, freefalling down to the ground floor. Ichigo and Rukia stare after him, who runs away at extremely high speed. Rukia’s eyes widen as she tells her self that it cannot be what she is thinking. She changes her mind as she continues to watch. He is a modified soul.Ichigo jumps down out the window, and Rukia runs out of the classroom, their classmates watching her. A flaming Tatsuki declares that she will not let Ichigo off, and Chizuru tries to “comfort” Orihime, who stares out the window. Orihime tells them both that the guy earlier was not Ichigo. Meanwhile, Rukia and Ichigo have arrived at a dilapidated house, but have lost sight of “Ichigo”. Rukia comments that he has a moratorium, and Ichigo retorts that it isn’t the time for incomprehensible jokes. “Ichigo” has to be caught for using his body and kissing Tatsuki and Orihime. Rukia does not see why he is so agitated, because, to her, kisses are merely greetings, and in a book she was reading, much more was happening. Ichigo tells her not to compare the two, as kissing an ordinary classmate is a very serious thing, and asks her what sort of books she reads. He gives a wail of despair and complains that the image he took years to build up is gone. Rukia is surprised that he had an “image”.
Ichigo then asks her about the temporary soul being a “modified soul”, and she explains that in Soul Society, there was a plan called “Spearhead”. In it, souls specialized for Hollow vanquishing were injected into soul-less dead bodies. These souls, or mod-souls, would endow some part of the body with superhuman powers. Rukia uses her crude drawings once again, this time as an animation (flip-book style), to explain to Ichigo. Ichigo understands what she means, but comments that with her drawings, the moment’s tension is gone, earning him red spirals on his cheeks and a smack. Rukia continues, saying that the plan was ditched and all mod-souls ordered to be destroyed due to the inhumanity of making dead bodies fight. Wiping off the spirals on his cheeks, Ichigo asks if that means mod-souls were created and destroyed at the convenience of Soul Society, and if she is satisfied with that. She says that is not the question – the scrapping of mod-souls was one of Soul Society’s laws, which are set up to protect human souls.
They then set off, running around the town trying to find and hence retrieve Ichigo’s body.
As he runs, Ichigo wonders how the temporary soul feels: being created and then ordered to be destroyed against his will, then surviving and finding a body and yet having to run away. However, contrary to what Ichigo thinks, “Ichigo” is having a great deal of fun jumping along fences and jumping over people’s heads and seeking attention. He says that he likes having powers that attract attention, although it is said that there are mod-souls with more power. Leaping off a fence, he notices three school children sitting behind a store room playing video games and decides to go see what they are doing. He lands lightly on the fence behind them, and watches as they, unaware of his presence, complain about P.E. lessons. One of the boys then exclaims that his character in the video game is not performing up to standard. “Ichigo’s” ears prick up as he hears the boy say that he will just delete the character, and does so, adding that he will just make a better one.
“Ichigo” grips the fencing so hard it starts to break, and the boys turn to look at him. He gets off the fence and looks very angry as he tries to kick the children. His kick is stopped midair by the real Ichigo, and he jumps away from Ichigo and smiles.
To be continued...
Acknowledgements: bleachportal.net
Thursday, December 01, 2005 Before I start, HAPPY BIRTHDAY S-SQUARE NANA A.K.A BRO!!!!
Episode 5 - Beat the Invisible Enemy!
As in the previous episode, the Hollow tells Rukia that if she allows him to eat her, he will tell her what she wants to know. Rukia swiftly delivers a knee in the Hollow’s face, then performs Way of Destruction number 33. This however, has next to no effect on the Hollow – Rukia’s powers have yet to return but a little. Ichigo, as he runs to Rukia’s aid, wonders how long it has been since he saw Karin cry. Until their mother’s death, Karin and Yuzu had been cry-babies. Yuzu, strong and capable, tried to fill the gap left by her by doing the housework. Karin, not as capable as Yuzu, was only able to reduce the family’s worries by not crying – even if she lost in a fight with a bigger kid, even when she was lectured for throwing a ball through the principal’s window, not even when she broke a leg when hiking. He promises Karin to fulfil her wish.The Hollow puts a hand around Rukia’s neck, asking her to shed the human shell. By some stroke of luck, help arrives for Rukia. Chad lands a punch to the Hollow’s cheek, sending the Hollow flying. Rukia is shocked that Chad hit the Hollow, thinking that he can see ghosts. However, she changes her mind when she sees him standing not far away, punching the air. The Hollow is relieved that Chad’s punch was merely a lucky one, but is soon punched again by Chad, who is pleased. Rukia wonders how Chad is able to hear the Hollow if he cannot see it, and hence, how he is able to coolly and fearlessly confront an enemy he cannot discern.
The Hollow curses, then jumps into the air, wings spread wide. He ridicules them for their inability to reach him, and Rukia shouts for Chad to run. Chad merely blinks and asks if “Transfer Student” can see ghosts. Rukia replies that it does not matter, as they cannot hit it when it is flying. Chad asks where the Hollow is, then tears off most of a telephone pole with his brute strength whilst the Hollow continues to scorn at them. With Rukia giving directions, Chad swings the pole down in front of him, smacking the stunned Hollow to the ground. Rukia runs up to the Hollow and tells it to give up, as someone able to get rid of him will arrive soon. Laughing, the Hollow props himself up, telling Rukia that is the reason why so many Shinigami are beaten by Hollows – because they underestimate the Hollows. As if on cue, little blue creatures (that look like Stitch from Lilo & Stitch) jump over the walls and pin both Chad and Rukia to the ground. The Hollow decides that he shall eat Rukia first before Chad, but Chad, to the shock of both Rukia and the Hollow, flexes his muscles and all the squeaky Stitch-like creatures go flying. As the Hollow asks if he plans on letting his muscles do the talking, Chad does just that by trying to punch him again. He misses, but continues punching the air as the Hollow comments that his intuition is amazing. Rukia instructs Chad to kick over her, and he does, once again sending the Stitch-like creatures flying.
The Hollow rises into the air once again, so Rukia tells Chad that she has an idea. Chad, poised to “shoot” Rukia into the sky, asks if she is sure this plan will work. Rukia replies that it will – a combination of his strength and her abilities. Chad comments that the idea seems rather dumb, but is shut up by Rukia, who tells him to shoot her in “Tiger direction”. Chad, however, does not know what she means, so Rukia has to tell him that it means the left. As the Hollow gloats that being so high, a telephone pole will be unable to hit him, he launches her in that direction, and as Rukia flies towards the Hollow, she tells him to give up. The Hollow says that it will give up, but a few seconds later withdraws that and a Stitch-like creature appears on his shoulder. The creature spits out purple things in a green liquid at Rukia, who begins to fall to the ground below. Chad runs towards her and manages to catch her, who apologizes for being caught off-guard.Rukia tries desperately to remove the purple things from her body, but fails as they are leeches that do not come off easily. The Hollow tells her that they are also his targets, and rings his tongue, exploding the leeches. The leeches are in face mini bombs that resonate with the sound of the Hollow’s tongue and explode.
Chad walks up to the Hollow, ready to challenge him. The Hollow then reveals his captive – Shibata the cockatiel, who he had bought time earlier to capture. Shibata apologizes for getting caught and the Hollow tells Rukia to run around so that he can have fun hunting her alone. Rukia stands and tells Chad not to move or the birdcage will be exploded, then, telling Chad not to worry as she had promised not to slip up, takes off in the opposite direction. A large number of Stitch-like creatures chase her, followed by the Hollow himself. The creatures catch up with her, and shoot leeches at her, but she jumps and evades them. She is, however, covered in the leeches, which get exploded by the Hollow, when one of the creatures appears out of seemingly nowhere. Rukia begins to bleed, and the Hollow says that he likes the cute blood-stained look, then produces more of the creatures and leeches, all of which Rukia dodges. The Hollow asks her how long she will run, and says that if she like, she can attack him. She stops suddenly at a fence, and the Hollow interprets that to mean she is giving up. Rukia replies that she is not, but merely has no more reason to run. She will take on the counter-attack offer.
Ichigo arrives and steps on the Hollow’s head by way of heroic entry to save the damsel in distress. Ichigo asks Rukia why she has slipped up this much despite her promise, but Rukia replies that what Ichigo had said were words from someone who was at least a little worried. The Hollow moves slightly and yells at Ichigo, asking how long he plans to stand on his head, then stands up fully when Ichigo jumps lightly off his back. Ichigo introduces himself as a “substitute Shinigami”, and tells the Hollow that if he were looking for someone to play tag with, he found the wrong person. The Hollow, hearing that Ichigo is a “substitute Shinigami”, curses, saying that he should have went after him from the beginning.
Rukia pulls on her glove and, while the Stitch-like creatures shoot out leeches and the Hollow rings its tongue, pushes Ichigo’s soul out of his body in time for him to attack the Hollow. The Hollow comments that Ichigo smells the tastiest, and Ichigo asks him if he had used the bombs to tie down Chad so he could have fun chasing Rukia, calling him a “dirty son of a bitch”. The Hollow retorts that now, he shall be eaten by that “dirty son of a bitch”.
Chad arrives with the birdcage in his arms, and the first thing he sees is Rukia watching what seems to be nothing and an unconscious Ichigo at her feet. Worriedly, he calls out to Ichigo, but Rukia stops him, telling him that right now, Ichigo is fighting. She also instructs him to take him and Shibata to somewhere safe. Meanwhile, Ichigo kills Stitch-like creature after Stitch-like creature, cutting them in half and spilling their insides (which are leeches). The Hollow laughs and compliments him, but reminds him that despite his slaying the creatures, the bombs are still detonable. To prove his point, he sticks out his tongue and rings it, exploding them all at once. His glee is short-lived, for Ichigo jumps out of the smoke, and swings his sword down on him. Catching him on the neck, Ichigo asks him if he was the one who murdered Shibata’s parents.Shibata tells Chad and Rukia that all this is his fault, because he wanted to bring his mommy back to life. Hearing this, Rukia asks if someone had told him he could bring his mother back to life. The Hollow tells his life story to Ichigo, saying that when he was alive, he was a very fussed-about famous serial killer. Shibata’s mother, who ran around frantically trying to protect Shibata to the end, was his last victim. However, as he cornered them on the veranda, he ended up dying a stupid death – Shibata had pulled his shoelaces, causing him to fall to his death. Therefore, to punish Shibata, he shoved his living soul into the cockatiel and told him that if he could run around like that for 3 months, he would bring his mother back to life. The Hollow mocks Shibata, as he knows full well he cannot being a dead person back to life. The most fun part of the punishment was that he got to kill every human who tried to protect Shibata, who would whine. However, he would brighten the moment he was reminded of the eventual “reward” – the return of his mother. Ichigo begins to tremble, allowing the Hollow an opening to push away his Zanpakutou and jump back into the air.
He launches another two more of his leech-spewing creatures, but Ichigo catches and squishes them with his hand. He runs to the Hollow and smashes the Hollow’s front teeth such that his hand along with the leeches are in the Hollow’s mouth. He asks the Hollow if he still plans to explode the leeches, and to try ringing his tongue. The Hollow does nothing, so Ichigo claims the tongue by yanking it off and jumping away. As the Hollow winces, Ichigo jumps towards him once more, this time his Zanpakutou is ready. He cuts the Hollow’s mask, but the Hollow does not disappear as most Hollows would. A green light shoots out of the wound and a door with two skeletons on it appears. Ichigo is taken aback by what he sees, and Rukia explains to him that it is hell. Zanpakutous only wash away sins committed after death, but not those before. For those that have committed mortal sins in life, the doors of hell will open. For this Hollow, the doors do just that, the chains on them breaking one after the other.
The doors break open fully, and hell appears to be a fiery place. A strong wind blows as the Hollow now screams as his mask dissipates. A sword, held by a big blue hand, appears from hell and pierces the Hollow. The doors then slide close once more and shatter.
Later, Rukia reports that Shibata’s Chain of Fate has been severed and there is no trace of it. Therefore, he will be unable to return to his body. Seeing Shibata’s sad face upon hearing the news, Rukia tries to comfort him, saying that Soul Society is not a bad place, but rather, a place where you never get hungry, your body is as light as a feather, and it is 80-90% better than the living world. Ichigo comments that at least if Shibata goes to Soul Society, meeting his mother would be of higher possibility. Since they cannot bring his mother back, the best would be for him to go to her. Shibata’s crestfallen look is lost immediately, and he looks at Chad and thanks him, as he had carried him while running around and thus he did not get hurt. Chad says that it is nothing, and Shibata leaves the cockatiel’s body. Chad requests that should he die and go to Soul Society too, he would like to carry him and run around again. After Shibata agrees, Ichigo commences the soul burial, successfully fulfilling Karin’s wish. Karin, at home in bed asleep, thanks Ichigo as a black swallow-tailed butterfly flutters to the moon.
End.
Acknowledgements: Bleachportal.net
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