Floriade 2008

Went to the Floriade last week. Before class. For about 2 hours. Including walking time. Didn't take many pics. Didn't really know what to take. Didn't really know how to take. Well for your viewing pleasure.

Super Dangerous!

Squash is a very dangerous game. Dangerous for me at least. I bang my head against the wall, I crash to the hard sides at high speeds, I slip and fall, but that's normal right? Well what you're about to see, I don't think it's effin normal. Oh and what you're about to see is my foot. My stinky sole to be exact, just after getting back from squash just an hour ago. Hope you can stomach it.

Walauwey, the skin like tore off. And it just happened as I stopped, or was it as I made a stop. At first I thought my shoe sole like broke or something and was pinching on my foot, but when it kept hurting, I knew something was wrong. How the hell something like this can happen, God knows dude, God knows...

All better! Thank God for Savlon and band aids. Hope it helps. And Doctor, DOCTOR! I like just aligned my skin back, used Savlon as glue ( well not really, but it kinda acted like it) and just used the band aid to hold it there. OK? Or should I cut off the skin?

Oh and NO FRIDAY TUNES this week. Can't think of anything to post. And besides, no one watches it.

Good dreams are the worst dreams. You don't want to wake up from it. But you still do, and you're hating the reality that you're in, a reality in which dreams don't come true.

I felt like that the whole day yesterday.

Friday Tunes 4: 日本音楽

We're back with another episode of Friday Tunes! Today we're gonna have some Japanese Music.

Just found out about them, TODAY! We'll I think they're pretty nice. Base Ball Bear with STAND BY ME.


Next is Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション,) with Kimi To Iu Hana (君という花).


Last is ELLEGARDEN with Salamander.


Hope you enjoy these 3 songs...

Sydney from a bus.

Taken in Sydney on a bus. Critic and comments appreciated. Oh and this is me trying to be funny in a nerd way: "It's not noise. It's just GN Particles." Don't understand? Go watch Gundam 00.

Sydney Domestic Airport Terminal

Selamat Hari Merdeka, Malaysia!

So much for patriotism. I don't know. Don't get me wrong. I love Malaysia, the country that Tunku Abdul Rahman envisioned. But I don't know what Malaysia is turning into. Political incompetence, racial division, not to mention many accounts of just plain old stupidity. Well despite saying that, I guess there's still a lot to love about Malaysia. I think?

Photo and first sentence by JonC.

Spring Dawning

Taken outside the Copland Building at ANU. I really like it when I walk to class and see this tree. Just gives off a relaxing feeling.

Friday Tunes 3: I Want A New Laptop!

I'm probably a bit late in Australian time, but I'll still make if for Malaysian time!

New song! Saw it on FN MTV *gaspwhatwasithinking* Hawthorne Heights with "Rescue Me". They just made a comeback after a lot of problems. Very simple song with a simple message.


The Devil Wears Prada with "Hey John What's Your Name Again".


That's all for this week. Sorry for such a short post. Tired. And besides, don't know how many of you readers actually listen...

JonC's Homeless Person Shot.

Wanted to pass it to you that day Jon, but suddenly connection DC-ed and didn't have internet for 2 days. Anyway here it is. Hope you don't mind me playing with your shot.

Play with contrast. Messed a bit with the curves. Nothing more.

Desaturation a bit.

Purple! This one was quite "gai" wan. Just played with settings.

Last but not least, natural.

Apparently it's fun to take pictures of people who look homeless and are having a worse time than you. This guy might not be homeless at all.

Ollie: The most basic skateboarding trick.

Ollie-ing is tough! To me at least... I have yet to land it. And look how low I do it. Pros can jump over benches and stuff. Must keep practicing!

First try:



Second try:


Whoah that's a close one. END!

Yarralumla

If you're looking for nice photos to see, I'm afraid this post might not do. This is just what I did last weekend. A trip to the butchers. WTH? Why do you need to post about a trip to the butchers? Why did you even bring your camera to the butchers? Well it's because a good cousin of mine said that there's always plenty of things to update about. And this is probably the only thing that didn't seem to fit in my mundane routine that I call life. So... here look at some pics!

Along the way, it's the Parliament House!

Taken from inside the car.

We're here! It's Yarralumla.

The only Halal Butcher in town. Well except the supermarkets, but hey, they have nice sausages here.

Entering the place.

Sausages. This place is dark.

Really dark.

The butcher must be thinking there's must be something wrong with me. Oh and I bought 1.5kg worth of sausages. There really is something wrong with me!

After that, we tried out this Turkish Restaurant just next door.

The dude there is cutting the dough which he'd then use for the bread used in rolls/kebabs or pides.

Check out the lady at the right! LOL

My Chicken Roll. It was good.

END!

Damn I really want to do proper photography. With a theme or at least models or something. Sigh...

Friday Tunes 2: I Wish I Could Sing Like Them.

Welcome to another edition of Friday Tunes here on Magmachilli! Today we've got quite a line up! Well I guess this week we have screamo aka high pitched guys singing on the show today. Damn how do these guys sing? Well they're awesome songs, so do listen!

First up, it's Saosin. Just a bit of introduction, the bands name is derived from the word 小心. They just toured Australia early this year I think. Can't think of anything else to say so here's Saosin with "Voices".


Up next it's Destroy The Runner with "Saint". This is from their previous their album. Their latest album is "I, Lucifer". Can't say much other than the fact that they're not screamo. They're Christian Metalcore.


Lastly, we have Blessthefall with "Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad". According to most people, this song is about rape and how it affected a person, or affects victims. Rape is not cool. It's bad and people should just keep their libido under control. Seriously. Be you male or female, when someone doesn't want to do it with you, don't act like a brat who always get what he wants. Grow up! There are consequences to your actions.


Wow that marks the end of another episode of Friday Tunes! I hope you enjoyed the music! Be sure to check us out next week for another session of awesome music.

PS: Slipknot's "All Hope Is Gone" releases tomorrow in Australia. It's already out in Japan according to Wikipedia.