Can't sleep last nite... Stomach cramp! Felt like as if all the intestines inside my body have became living snakes, twirling around and tightening themselves into a clamp! Oh the awful pain! Went to see the doctor this morning and got my medication... Hopefully it'll be over in a couple of days! Reached college at 10.30 am, and went to 3rd period Econ class instead...
It was during this period when my handphone vibrates... Normally I'll shut it at once and focus on the lessons... But thank God it's otherwise this time... It's a call from IMU!!! They ask if they can interview me at the 6th of November, 10 am... Next Wednesday! Wow, so early! Great! I was thinking that I'll confirm with them later, but they want me to say yes or no at once... So YES it is! Ooho! Hopefully I can enter the uni and get the affirmation letter b4 mid-December!
And now I'm kinda nervous bout the interview... Heard that it's 3 interviewers to 1... Hmmmm... <=(
Friday, October 31, 2003
A DAY OF MUET
Nv thought that the MUET would take THE ENTIRE DAY!! The schedule if 8 to 10 for Reading Comprehension, 10.30 to 12 for Writing, and 12.30 to 1 for Listening... Well, the Reading Comprehension is really a piece of cake, and I left early to go for my econs class... Dowan to be "left behind" in my lessons... Then comes writing, wish I know I dun do well... It's such a long time since I wrote any essay for English test... Luckily that component only consist of 75 marks out of 300. Hopefully the Reading Comprehension part will pull my marks up (135 marks out of 300!). Lastly is the listening component. There are 3 parts in it, and my, the 3rd part is hilarious!!!
It's an interview of a police officer from a radio station DJ... The police officer actually recommend everyone to check around, inside and even UNDER one's car b4 he or she get into it! Imagine, girlslying down on the ground in their mini skirts looking under their car... Dang exxagerating n stupid la... N there's even funnier stuff... When someone waltz into ur car, point a knife at u, and command u to drive somewhere, what should u do? According to that officer, u should CRASH UR CAR!!! Talk about suicide! Hahahaha... Well, he did say drive slowly n crash, but it's hilarious... N if he's the one driving, poke him in the eyes when he's not aware! Then jump off the car! Hahahahaha... N if u're followed by a stalker in a dark alley, run around an obstacle like a car! Idiotic la... Lol...
Well, so ends MUET... I'm quite confident I can get a band 5 to enter IMU, but I do hope that I can get Band 6... We'll see 1st la...
It's an interview of a police officer from a radio station DJ... The police officer actually recommend everyone to check around, inside and even UNDER one's car b4 he or she get into it! Imagine, girlslying down on the ground in their mini skirts looking under their car... Dang exxagerating n stupid la... N there's even funnier stuff... When someone waltz into ur car, point a knife at u, and command u to drive somewhere, what should u do? According to that officer, u should CRASH UR CAR!!! Talk about suicide! Hahahaha... Well, he did say drive slowly n crash, but it's hilarious... N if he's the one driving, poke him in the eyes when he's not aware! Then jump off the car! Hahahahaha... N if u're followed by a stalker in a dark alley, run around an obstacle like a car! Idiotic la... Lol...
Well, so ends MUET... I'm quite confident I can get a band 5 to enter IMU, but I do hope that I can get Band 6... We'll see 1st la...
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
SOME JAPANESE HISTORY LEARNED
I really enjoyed the Rurouni Kenshin: Remembrance DVD I bought ealier, but one of the major problem I have is insufficient historical knowledge of the Tokugawa Period in Japan... There are the Chonshu Clan, the Shinsengumi, the Kihei Tai, the Niwaban-shu, and the burning of Kyoto... So I'm kinda confused in the end...
Luckily, I've found this site which is really helpful in explaining all the clans and groups and historical accounts that confuse me... So in the end, I learn some stuff on Japan's history... Funny, nv thought an anime can be so... educational! >=)
Luckily, I've found this site which is really helpful in explaining all the clans and groups and historical accounts that confuse me... So in the end, I learn some stuff on Japan's history... Funny, nv thought an anime can be so... educational! >=)
A DAY OF "LEARNING"
Learn 2 new slang English words today... Interesting discovery indeed. One of them I will not mention here, since the people I discuss the meaning of the slang with find it... obscene... Ayway, it's a word from Silence of the Lambs, from a line from Miggs... "I can smell your ****"... Funny that they all seemed to know the meaning of the word very well while I have not a single clue... Hmmmm... Must be since I came from a Chinese-speaking enviroment and community...
Next is emo... Heard of that word loads of time b4, but I have no idea wat that is, until TJ enlighten me that is... It's a short form of emotion, and it's a music genre which is defined by the emotion-filled voice... Exactly the kind of music I like! So that's new word #2! Hehe
I'm kinda addicted to the Took Talk forum now... It's so interesting to discuss LoTR with fellow fans... In fact, I'll check now if there'a any replies to my post! >=)
Next is emo... Heard of that word loads of time b4, but I have no idea wat that is, until TJ enlighten me that is... It's a short form of emotion, and it's a music genre which is defined by the emotion-filled voice... Exactly the kind of music I like! So that's new word #2! Hehe
I'm kinda addicted to the Took Talk forum now... It's so interesting to discuss LoTR with fellow fans... In fact, I'll check now if there'a any replies to my post! >=)
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
FOUND A GREAT FORUM!
Yea! I've found a great forum yesterday... It's all on The Lord of the Rings! It's called Took Talk, (a rather amusing name if u read the book and understand a Took's personality... btw, Took is one of the clan of hobbits, kinda like a surname). Click here to check it out! Oh how I luv discussion on interesting literature, espeacially LoTR!
There's also this site which is really hilarious... It consists of "secret diaries" of all the Fellowship members and other LoTR characters as well... Really funny, but be warned! Some of u may be offended but its... er... obscene references... Heheh... But it really is funny! Click here to check it out!
Monday, October 27, 2003
2 RUSHED WORK, 1 DISAPPOINTING RESULT AND ANOTHER DECENT ONE
Wat a day... Starts up at 5.50 am... Need to have at least 1200 words for my Economics ISU essay, but I only reached 772 words... Pray to God dearly yesterday and this morning that I may be able to complete it, and I'm quite calm all the time, cuz I know God will always make a way! >=) Oh thank you God for making me finish the essay in time!
The 1st thing I know of when I woke up from my sleep is a new point for my essay, as if God has inserted in into my head... I know that sounds ridiculous, but it truly happens! I juz woke up and 'bang!' there's a new point for my essay that I desperately needed... To think that I've spent the whole night yesterday struglling to think of a point... Heheh, God really works in mysterious ways...
Got my last econs test paper during econs class... It was shockingly bad, but not unexpected... Mr. Kuah has changed the test format to prepare us for the finals... I only got 41 out of 50... Bad bad... All my past tests results were like between 46 to 49... Never have I ever imagined that I'll get below 45... It damages my beautiful average mark... permanently... Sigh, guess I gotta push to my limits for Econs from now onwards... Perhaps even beyond... Gotta catch up those lost marks...
Then came Biology lab... I was rushing like a madman, desperate for answers... Frankly, I think the post lab questions are stupid, for it is more of a logical thinking kind then knowledge based... There's no answer watsoever that can be found in the books, so u gotta use ur logical thinking skills... Sucky... I never like to answer questions in which I have no confidence in getting them rite... Anyway, I managed to finished it 5 minutes b4 my next class, and then finish up my lunch in 5 minutes or so to rush back to college n class... Amazing that I made it in time, eh?
Then as usual, there's the Biology tests discussion with Kausar... Apparently most students dun do well in this test, n Mrs Joanne may adjust the marks. And so I have a mental praparation to expect low marks for my Bio test, juz like my econs... Turns out my pessimism is unfounded. I did quite decently in my test, 25 out of 28... Nothing great, but not bad either. So thank God for that! It's quite a relief not to have 2 blows for my tests in a day!
I found up I've been losing my edge lately... Growing lazy, and losing the competitive mood... Must have been due to my achievement for the mid-term... I'm really proud of getting no. 5 in my mid term, n I praise God for that... But somehow the overbearing sense of achievement cause me to lose my motivation to push forward... It's like... there's not much room for me to improve anymore... So I guess I'll juz chill for the time being, and regain my momentum again a few weeks later, juz to crash headlong for the finals... Not a bad plan! >=)
The 1st thing I know of when I woke up from my sleep is a new point for my essay, as if God has inserted in into my head... I know that sounds ridiculous, but it truly happens! I juz woke up and 'bang!' there's a new point for my essay that I desperately needed... To think that I've spent the whole night yesterday struglling to think of a point... Heheh, God really works in mysterious ways...
Got my last econs test paper during econs class... It was shockingly bad, but not unexpected... Mr. Kuah has changed the test format to prepare us for the finals... I only got 41 out of 50... Bad bad... All my past tests results were like between 46 to 49... Never have I ever imagined that I'll get below 45... It damages my beautiful average mark... permanently... Sigh, guess I gotta push to my limits for Econs from now onwards... Perhaps even beyond... Gotta catch up those lost marks...
Then came Biology lab... I was rushing like a madman, desperate for answers... Frankly, I think the post lab questions are stupid, for it is more of a logical thinking kind then knowledge based... There's no answer watsoever that can be found in the books, so u gotta use ur logical thinking skills... Sucky... I never like to answer questions in which I have no confidence in getting them rite... Anyway, I managed to finished it 5 minutes b4 my next class, and then finish up my lunch in 5 minutes or so to rush back to college n class... Amazing that I made it in time, eh?
Then as usual, there's the Biology tests discussion with Kausar... Apparently most students dun do well in this test, n Mrs Joanne may adjust the marks. And so I have a mental praparation to expect low marks for my Bio test, juz like my econs... Turns out my pessimism is unfounded. I did quite decently in my test, 25 out of 28... Nothing great, but not bad either. So thank God for that! It's quite a relief not to have 2 blows for my tests in a day!
I found up I've been losing my edge lately... Growing lazy, and losing the competitive mood... Must have been due to my achievement for the mid-term... I'm really proud of getting no. 5 in my mid term, n I praise God for that... But somehow the overbearing sense of achievement cause me to lose my motivation to push forward... It's like... there's not much room for me to improve anymore... So I guess I'll juz chill for the time being, and regain my momentum again a few weeks later, juz to crash headlong for the finals... Not a bad plan! >=)
THE MATRIX RELOADED ARCHITECT TRANSCRIPT
Juz watched the Matrix Reloaded in pirated VCD recently... and I still can't grasp everything The Architect sez after watching it for the 2nd time... Thank goodness I've found this Architect transcript in the net... Here goes...
The Architect - Hello, Neo.
Neo - Who are you?
The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
Neo - Why am I here?
The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Neo - You haven't answered my question.
The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Others? What others? How many? Answer me!"*
The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.
*Again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Five versions? Three? I've been lied too. This is bullshit."*
Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
*Once again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "You can't control me! F*ck you! I'm going to kill you! You can't make me do anything!*
Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.
*The scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architect's room*
The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
Neo - The Oracle.
The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
Neo - This is about Zion.
The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo - Bullshit.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Bullshit!"*
The Architect - Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
*Scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architects room.*
The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.
The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
*The Architect presses a button on a pen that he is holding, and images of people from all over the matrix appear on the monitors*
The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
*Images of Trinity fighting the agent from Neo's dream appear on the monitors*
Neo - Trinity.
The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo - No!
The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it.
*Neo walks to the door on his left*
The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again.
The Architect - We won't.
After dissecting the whole dialogue, I'm kinda disappointed... It sounds so cool when I'm watching the movie and hearing the Architect spoke all that... It's hardly understandable then, which is why I guess it sounds cool... But now that I have read the transcript, it's actually very simplistic... Juz that they phrase it in flowery words... Yet quite an interesting read nonetheless...
Can't wait for November 5th, the day The Matrix Revolution is out in M'sia... AAAAHHHH!!! >=)
The Architect - Hello, Neo.
Neo - Who are you?
The Architect - I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.
Neo - Why am I here?
The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Neo - You haven't answered my question.
The Architect - Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Others? What others? How many? Answer me!"*
The Architect - The matrix is older than you know. I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.
*Again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Five versions? Three? I've been lied too. This is bullshit."*
Neo: There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows.
The Architect - Precisely. As you are undoubtedly gathering, the anomaly's systemic, creating fluctuations in even the most simplistic equations.
*Once again, the responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "You can't control me! F*ck you! I'm going to kill you! You can't make me do anything!*
Neo - Choice. The problem is choice.
*The scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architect's room*
The Architect - The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect, it was a work of art, flawless, sublime. A triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. The inevitability of its doom is as apparent to me now as a consequence of the imperfection inherent in every human being, thus I redesigned it based on your history to more accurately reflect the varying grotesqueries of your nature. However, I was again frustrated by failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection. Thus, the answer was stumbled upon by another, an intuitive program, initially created to investigate certain aspects of the human psyche. If I am the father of the matrix, she would undoubtedly be its mother.
Neo - The Oracle.
The Architect - Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While this answer functioned, it was obviously fundamentally flawed, thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked might threaten the system itself. Ergo, those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster.
Neo - This is about Zion.
The Architect - You are here because Zion is about to be destroyed. Its every living inhabitant terminated, its entire existence eradicated.
Neo - Bullshit.
*The responses of the other Ones appear on the monitors: "Bullshit!"*
The Architect - Denial is the most predictable of all human responses. But, rest assured, this will be the sixth time we have destroyed it, and we have become exceedingly efficient at it.
*Scene cuts to Trinity fighting an agent, and then back to the Architects room.*
The Architect - The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
Neo - You won't let it happen, you can't. You need human beings to survive.
The Architect - There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world.
*The Architect presses a button on a pen that he is holding, and images of people from all over the matrix appear on the monitors*
The Architect - It is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were by design based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of the one. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
*Images of Trinity fighting the agent from Neo's dream appear on the monitors*
Neo - Trinity.
The Architect - Apropos, she entered the matrix to save your life at the cost of her own.
Neo - No!
The Architect - Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning, and end. There are two doors. The door to your right leads to the source, and the salvation of Zion. The door to the left leads back to the matrix, to her, and to the end of your species. As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you're going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic, and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you from the simple, and obvious truth: she is going to die, and there is nothing that you can do to stop it.
*Neo walks to the door on his left*
The Architect - Humph. Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
Neo - If I were you, I would hope that we don't meet again.
The Architect - We won't.
After dissecting the whole dialogue, I'm kinda disappointed... It sounds so cool when I'm watching the movie and hearing the Architect spoke all that... It's hardly understandable then, which is why I guess it sounds cool... But now that I have read the transcript, it's actually very simplistic... Juz that they phrase it in flowery words... Yet quite an interesting read nonetheless...
Can't wait for November 5th, the day The Matrix Revolution is out in M'sia... AAAAHHHH!!! >=)
Sunday, October 26, 2003
DVD PLAYER!!!
Mum bought a DVD player! And damn fast 2!! I mean, we juz went in there, ask for a DVD player, ask some usual stuff, and wham, we bought it!! Perhaps it's not very surprising for others, but for me who scrutinize every single detail on stuff I wanna buy, it's juz too fast to be believable... Perhaps one reason is bcos the shopowner is an ex-classmate of my mum, so I found it easier to trust him. We could have easily bring the player there to be fixed by him too!
But the one thing that distubs me at first is the brand of that player... Khind! Well, my uncle is the owner of the company, and we've bought loads of electronic appliances from them b4... They're not of the... highest quality... Tend to break down rather easily... But that's the cheapest model there, RM 280 (after discount)... The other was Toshiba with a price tag of RM 400+... Sigh... well, guess it's good enuf... We can always let the guy fix it...
Later my bro bought a new handphone after he lost his... Nokia 3100... RM 670!!! Watlao... The average price of the handphones sold there are around RM 350, and he bought a RM 600+ hp?! Crazy fella... Verily spend money like water!! Well, mum paid for it of course, else I'll probably chop him to mincemeat. Add up with the batteries and sim card n such, it cost at RM 738... $$$...
And so finally, I get to watch my DVD!!!
Well, the OVA is divided into 4 episodes... The 1st 2 episodes are really confusing, for it keep switching between flashback and present... In fact, I'm kindo lost in time... It's also felt very very rushed too... So at first I'm kinda disappointed... But by episode 2, it started to get very interesting... And the climatic episode 4 is truly truly heartbreaking and sad... Sigh... Poor poor Kenshin... I finally understand his true pain and grief and loneliness... Great anime... Definitely gonna watch it again...
On the side note... At first I was worried sick of the violance level of the anime, since many critic describe it as brutal and unrelenting... But I'm very relieved to find that it's not that bad actually, juz very bloody... It's juz blood, blood, and blood all over, but no guts or organs spilling out or anything like that. The animation is nice, but nowhere close to Hiyao Miyasaki's masterpieces... The soundtrack dun really fit the mood well, but it's decent... The only MAJOR flaw is the horrible English subtitle... Wrong spelling, wrong grammar, and worse of all, wrong timing... Sumtimes, it appears b4 any characters starts speaking, sometimes it only shws up after the character has spoken, and most of them it disappears too quickly... ARGH!!! I expected this since the DVD is made in M'sia, but it's damn annoying... I'll watch it with the Chinese subtitle next time... Hopefully it's better!
But the one thing that distubs me at first is the brand of that player... Khind! Well, my uncle is the owner of the company, and we've bought loads of electronic appliances from them b4... They're not of the... highest quality... Tend to break down rather easily... But that's the cheapest model there, RM 280 (after discount)... The other was Toshiba with a price tag of RM 400+... Sigh... well, guess it's good enuf... We can always let the guy fix it...
Later my bro bought a new handphone after he lost his... Nokia 3100... RM 670!!! Watlao... The average price of the handphones sold there are around RM 350, and he bought a RM 600+ hp?! Crazy fella... Verily spend money like water!! Well, mum paid for it of course, else I'll probably chop him to mincemeat. Add up with the batteries and sim card n such, it cost at RM 738... $$$...
And so finally, I get to watch my DVD!!!
Well, the OVA is divided into 4 episodes... The 1st 2 episodes are really confusing, for it keep switching between flashback and present... In fact, I'm kindo lost in time... It's also felt very very rushed too... So at first I'm kinda disappointed... But by episode 2, it started to get very interesting... And the climatic episode 4 is truly truly heartbreaking and sad... Sigh... Poor poor Kenshin... I finally understand his true pain and grief and loneliness... Great anime... Definitely gonna watch it again...
On the side note... At first I was worried sick of the violance level of the anime, since many critic describe it as brutal and unrelenting... But I'm very relieved to find that it's not that bad actually, juz very bloody... It's juz blood, blood, and blood all over, but no guts or organs spilling out or anything like that. The animation is nice, but nowhere close to Hiyao Miyasaki's masterpieces... The soundtrack dun really fit the mood well, but it's decent... The only MAJOR flaw is the horrible English subtitle... Wrong spelling, wrong grammar, and worse of all, wrong timing... Sumtimes, it appears b4 any characters starts speaking, sometimes it only shws up after the character has spoken, and most of them it disappears too quickly... ARGH!!! I expected this since the DVD is made in M'sia, but it's damn annoying... I'll watch it with the Chinese subtitle next time... Hopefully it's better!