-Baka to Test to Shōkanjū 笨蛋，測驗，召喚獸-

Nice anime to recommend!! :D Baka to Test is a very hilarious anime(cartoon) with very cool action n funny scenes... The story sets in a school with special academic style of 'labeling' the student with grades.... realistic.. yet superbly funny XP

Enjoy~ xD

(Summary provided below)

The story centers around a boy named Akihisa Yoshii, also known as the idiot or "Baka" of the titled anime. He attends Fumizuki Academy, a school where the staff rigidly divides the students based on the results of their academic scores. At the start of the school, students are academically sorted by entrance exam test grades. The higher the grades, the higher the class, and the better the benefits. In this case, Class A is filled with the highest-scoring students; therefore, their classroom was filled with many prestigious items (air conditioners, fancy seats, laptops, a free snack bar, etc.), while the state of Class F is the complete opposite of that, representing the "bottom of the barrel" amenities.

This academy has something special, where all the students manage to call forth Summoned Beings (Shōkanjū, or "Avatars" in the official English translation). These Beings are used for battles between classes with the goal of capturing (or retaining) the best classroom facilities. Since Class A is filled with prodigies, they all have strong Summoned Beings, while Class F has drastically weak ones in comparison. A teacher must authorize/supervise each battle, and the health and strength of each summoned being is based on the student's last test score in that teacher's subject (i.e. Math, History, etc.). The beings lose points when struck by an opponent, and should the point count reach zero, the being and student are disqualified. However, if the student can leave the battle before reaching zero, these points can be replenished by taking a supplemental exam. The student's being may then return to the battle.

So what are you waiting for? Lets call for an ESB!! xXDD

(ESB = Exam Summoning Battle) Quite cool huh~ ;)

-Learner's life II-

Another compilation of my favorite quotations n some nice stuff to be shared~

It's something that I wanted to do before this year ends. And this one is kinda like ver 2.0 yea.... so..

Hope it benefits the reader~ ^^v

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Thomas Jefferson (the third President of US)

- I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Seven Deadly Wonders - Matthew Reilly:

- As you grow up, you'll find that some people in this world are not very nice at all. They favor cruelty over kindness, power over sharing, anger over understanding.

- These people think only of themselves. They seek to rule over others, not for other's sake, but for their own desire for power. I hope that if you learn nothing else from us here, you learn that the truly great people think of others first and themselves last.

《来玩观念游戏》

- 一个人不妨以NO.2为目标。为了答对100题，你可能要记得10000个答案。可是为了答对99题，你只需记得5000个答案。

- 被君子称赞是荣耀，被小人诽谤也是荣耀。小人的诽谤，证明你不是小人。被小人称赞，你会归类成小人。

- 许多人以为绝望才会自杀，事实上是希望未能如愿太多，才会自杀！世上有种人是不会自杀的，就是乞丐。

Ralph Waldo Emerson

- All true greatness must come from internal growth.

- What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

《别让每阵风吹着走》

- 决定一个人成功与否的，不是你知道什么，或是拥有什么，而在于你是否做一个最好的自己。

- 我们的迟疑乃是我们的叛徒，由于畏惧去尝试，它使我们失掉了我们可能赢取的东西。

- 大家都知道要“提得起”，其实更重要的是要“放得下”，比“想得通”更重要的是要“想得开”。

- 危机即转机，当最坏的情况出现时，往往也是最好的情况将要发生之际。困难只不过是披着面纱的机遇。

- 原来你就是自己期望下最大的受害者。我们想控制的东西，控制了我们的生命。

- 即使杀了狗，也治不好你的咬伤。

- 责任是让我们拥有力量，而责怪却是送走力量。

Albert Einstein

- Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

- Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Darker Than Black:

- No matter how many changes occur in the environment, people won't change how they live their lives.

- If you can form the shape, it's possible for the feelings to be born from it. Like when you are sad and you smile, there are times when the sadness goes away.

Muaaa(as in me, yea)

- Loving someone is not about how much you know about him, its about how much you want to know about him.

- If you believe in fate, then you must also believe that you can change it!

If you never put your trust on destiny, then you must learn to trust yourself that you can create your own.

- Sometimes, being rational does not protect you from anything, but being emotional does.

- It's okay to be emotional... After all, it is emotion that makes us human.

- Whatever you want in life, go for it! Don't stop for that suffering is only temporary.. and you know yourself that the goal is what that is worth going for. Leave no regret, don't give up.

- The real way to fight and to survive in this world is not to lower your guard when you are winning and not to lower your confident when you are losing.

- 尽情地战斗吧。。 因为就算我们败阵下来，世上某个角落也会有等着我们回去的地方。

- 人生有几多个十年，最紧要痛快！ - 原装版。

人生有几多个十年，读书吾好太快！ xD - 改装版。

Joyce Low (A lecturer of mine :X)

- It doesn't matter where you start, it matters where you end up being.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhoood 《鋼の錬金術師》

- No matter how life treats you, there are times when you can't avoid getting hurt.

- 没有伴随着痛楚的教训，是毫无意义的。。因为人若不牺牲些什么，是什么都无法得到的。但当忍受过这种痛楚，将其克服的时候，人就会得到不输给任何事的坚韧的心。

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Extra? xD

Random Internet searches:

- The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

- He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

- Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

- Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

Special term used as special name? (This is how game designer come out with name/S)

- Enigma = A mysterious person or thing.

- Kelpie = Sea Horse, from Irish myth.

- Appraiser = A person who rates the value of things.

- Chrono = Time/order.

- Flair = 1. A natural ability or talent./ 2. Stylishness

- Chagrin = annoyance or shame at having failed.

- Tantrum = A childish fit of rage; outburst if bad temper.

Credit goes to:

Pey Sien

- It's only after you lose everything, then you're free to do anything.

Jacky Siaw (ex-roommate)

- You do your best, god do the rest.

Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar!

“No one can make you serve customers well. That's because a great service is a choice.”

Years ago, my friend, Harvey Mackay, told me a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point.

He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for Harvey.

He handed my friend a laminated card and said: “I’m Wally, your driver. While I’m loading your bags in the trunk I’d like you to read my mission statement.”

Taken aback, Harvey read the card. It said:

Wally’s Mission Statement:
“To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.”

This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, “Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.”

My friend said jokingly, “No, I’d prefer a soft drink.”

Wally smiled and said, “No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice.”

Almost stuttering, Harvey said, “I’ll take a Diet Coke.”

Handing him his drink, Wally said, “If you’d like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.”

As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card.
“These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you’d like to listen to the radio.”

And as if that weren’t enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him. Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day. He also let him know that he’d be happy to chat and tell him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts.

“Tell me, Wally,” my amazed friend asked the driver, “have you always served customers like this?”

Wally smiled into the rearview mirror. “No, not always. In fact, it’s only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day.

He had just written a book called “You’ll See It When You Believe It”. Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you’ll rarely disappoint yourself.

He said, “Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don’t be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.”

“That hit me right between the eyes,” said Wally. “Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.”

“I take it that has paid off for you,” Harvey said.

“It sure has,” Wally replied. “My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I’ll probably quadruple it. You were lucky to get me today. I don’t sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can’t pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.”

Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab. I’ve probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn’t do any of what I was suggesting.

Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.

The above is based on a true story. This cabbie is based out of NY City. And I personally and truly love such customer service.

Give it a thought, how true it is. How many times we just start our day by complaining; – “Oh No! It’s a Monday.” And then go feeling miserable the entire day.

How many times, have we got up in the morning, felt the excitement within and exclaimed “This is going to be the BEST day of my life”. Now even if after saying that you seem to not have a good day then turn around and do say and feel “This too shall pass”.

At the end of the day, go to bed content that you know and feel right from the bottom of your heart that you have done the best you could. At the end of it, you will be the one who would have changed your own life forever.

-Resolve-

What a letdown, a REAL letdown.

After all, there's nothing but fear reflected in your sword.

When you dodge, "I'm afraid of getting cut."

When you attack, "I'm afraid of cutting someone."

Even when you try to protect someone, "I'm afraid of letting them die."

Yes. Your sword speaks to me only of absurd fear.

That's not it.

What's necessary in a fight isn't fear.

Nothing can be born from that.

If you dodge, "I won't let them cut me."

If you protect someone, "I won't let them die."

If you attack, "I'll cut them!"

-Animangaki 2010-

What is Animangaki u ask? Its a anime fest organised by SUAC (Sunway University Anime Club). The foundators n crews are very very awesome n yep... I was one of the crew there jaga-ing the booth ^^

This event was awesome! :D

Well basically you don't need to be some sort of anime freak to know this... it's more like a pure event where everyone is free to dress up (cosplay) as their fav fictional character... games, cartoons, animeS, etc.

P.S: I even saw one big size Pikachu there lulz! xD

Well it all started with me being one part of SUAC n trying to join the crews coz it seems fun... it wasn't easy at all to start this event out of nowhere.(not to mention that the admin side of this uni doesn't seems to support this event at all :X)

From very very limited crew n enthusiastic-er, and yep... extremely strained amount of cash flow, sponsorship, and time, its a big surprise that this can be so successful. :)

From March 2010, the anime club president n others started to have all these fun n crazy ideas n they started to plan about finding sponsorship n thinking how to make this Animangaki a big shot thing!

But troubles brew in when the admin side constantly 'helping out' by not providing venue for the event and sponsor for about RM20 (yea until we negotiate it further) to support us.

This event goes STAGNANT... the halt is also caused by the sudden 'disappearance' of the club president and some other committee due to their own prob.

But still... in the end, everyone insist to carry out the plan.

Final date: Halloween, 31 Oct 2010.

Its just about 2 months to go... (yea its around August :D Near Sept)

How cool is the whole thing? We expected around 600 ppl to show up n in the end there are more than 1000 ppl who turned out in this event...

I was in charge of this game booth called Fukuwarai... its a simple game n I had fun mixing with new ppl n new stuff... xD

I reached there around 830am with my housemate Ducky (who is in charge with the same game booth with me) to set up the booth n preparation.

As soon as 10 o'clock strikes in... ..the world turns around n change! :D

Cosplayer!

And yea for some reason they r freakin' awesome and I tot Japan is the only place capable of fitting all these fantasy-made character. The whole world turns into a fantasy world of all the games animeS mangaS cartoonS whatever character that u can ever think of... (yes except hentai... since cosplayer are required to cover at least 80% of themself)

Expressing urself in ur own way? Definitely.

I even saw a walking wolf and a walking bear in the big hall. Nothing specifically, THEY JUST WANT TO BE A WOLF/BEAR. O.o

Uh huh I was in fact stunned...

Yea... and so I heard.. the ghost house was kinda cool.. (I can't really leave my booth until lunch break u see :D)

Did make some new friends AND... girls? Yea I hang out with one cute girl... n yea... really cute.. as in 10 years old cute. This standard 4 primary school girl who knows nothing about anime or cartoon turns out surprisingly, to be a sharpshooter.

She went to the opposite booth of mine (the shooting spree) and start pawning all the prizes. Some guys(teenagers) try to beat her but... well, they end up losing bucks n bucks instead of overwhelming the game like that girl... photo? U check it out urself, Animangaki is Google-able XD

I asked her to help me to win one small little cute anime(Hitman Reborn!) figurine n she did! Haha... I actually got my first anime figurine here =)

I spend some other time talking to her, (yea babysitting this cute little kid >.<) n bring her around when I can skip my work :P

And now I see... everyone seems to like Vocaloid... (they are fictional anime singers... surprising all the songs are MADE by com n softwares something lidat n it turns out to be erm... huge success? :X)

Aside from the cosplayer n all the funny people(mostly 'kids' who made me laugh, thx xD), the games n stalls n everything else here is just as impressive.. xD

One note though: I skipped my class for this event lulz... xD I told the teacher beforehand anyway... :X

BUT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS CAN BE MORE TIRING... why?

I worked from 9am-7pm(not to mention that I m there by 8am n left at 11pm), n afta I closed the game booth. The very last event is about those rock band singers (something lidat :/) singing anime song in the hall.. I m not really into it but I DID get hyped when they sing those very familiar song - Digimon, Bleach, etc. xD

(How can u NOT KNOW!? Get a life! :P)

It ends up with about 10 crews left(and some ppl KO-ed coz we nvr have dinner) to clean the hall n move out all the tables, chairs, and rearrange them for tmr's(Monday) exam. It is extremely tiresome but I was really impressed by myself n all the crews that we really did that!

Yea we are superbly cool... ... ... and we all went back at 1130pm ::>.<::

Exhausted like mad... n fatigue seems to kill.. but yea... really Worth all the works..

P.S: This anime event take place in the whole 4th floor of Sunway Uni Col and yea... we kinda 'gao dim' the Whole Floor's table n chairs... :X

Thats all for the updates... like new things bout life that enlighten ur world x)

Conclusion? This thing is sooo new to me that I felt like... wait, I AM frog in the well xP

Ciao~ n take care my fellow friends n nice reader.(if u are :D) =)

-Lessons of Life II-

Tick.. Tock.. Tick... As time passes, human changes.. how certain are we that the him/her that we know is still the same? Felt distant with the one we care, the one we used to love so much?

Sux? uh uh... as ppl change, we differs from one another, but that will only make each one of us more unique in a way... its just that... when conflict arise, we change, we learn how to face it, but not all of us know how to resolve the conflict within our heart.

(Yea so in a way I m saying that human changes for better :D)

After all, argument is meant for improvement. :)

Hmm... Love? I dono what it is... but for the least I know that..

Life can be too tough to go through it alone... so.. a companion isn't so baddd~

And be reminded that solitary itself is the enemy of love... n thus the reason why it exist in the first place.. If u cannot break through ur own loneliness... u can't help anyone to go through with it... (got it? No? Nvm... xD)

Sometimes... even for a very complicated question in life, we can be amaze by how simple the answer is.

小小分享。有一天在班上和朋友谈天时，提到：

爱情就像一杯水，我们稳稳地把它握紧。你拿了不喝，久了，就会累了；再坚持下去，也未必会想喝那杯水了；如果你拿了就喝，久了 ，杯子空空的，就会觉得没意思再继续拿着了。

爱情哲理可以有很多，可以五花八门，也可以千篇一律，但是真的可以用言语体会吗？

爱情的存在，不是为了去保护对方，不是为了只给机会让对方去保护你，而是为了去互相保护对方的懦弱，对方的笑容。

爱情的敌人，其实不是距离，不是时间，而是寂寞。

孤单，是一个人没人陪伴，无助的感觉（你需要的是朋友）。而寂寞，则是在人群中即使再热闹，也难免突然产生的空虚（你需要的是知己）。

套古人（或任何思想传统的人！）的话：

在爱情，男生是为了保护女生，而女生是为了做男人背后的支撑。

在战争里，保护战友冲出危况，永远比冲出阵队上场杀敌来的困难。

很明显的，要毁灭自己的弱点或敌人固然很难，但要保护一个人，却是更困难的事。

所以在爱情里，无论是男是女，要的不是什么可以看穿你弱点的算命师，而是一个可以克服自己空虚，站起来保护你的人。

当寂寞空虚弄伤你，生活压力打跌你的时候，逞强的不是你，而是他/她。。。摆出那自信但没气质的样子，告诉你可以歇歇，前面的大风大雨可以帮你档一下。。

什么？时间。。？对，时间可以改变一个人。可是要知道，求进的人，才会成功。一个人会改变，是为了让自己变得更好；永远都不会变通的人，才是最恐怖的人，因为你永远不知道他们为了要你迎合他而会怎样去中伤你。。

(Jet Li 都会变通？-言语是最锋利的武器；A pen is mightier than a sword!-)

爱情，不只是情侣之间的用词，或是幸福的代名词而已。生活中每一个小细节，你遇到的每一个人，都是和你有缘的人。珍惜，爱护你们身边的人，朋友，和家人吧。 =)

你不会知道将来的哪个某一天，你们会再度碰面，再度聚会，谈谈曾经何时你们相遇到相识的回忆，八卦胡扯一番。

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有时候，无妨放慢生活脚步，跟着周遭的节奏去感受身边的人和事物。。。这样也不乏是享受幸福人生的方法之一～

Whatever that doesn't kill you simply makes you stronger... have faith in urself, and embrace your own dream!

-Learner's life-

Raining now... Everyone learns new stuff everyday.. n thats the thing that makes one change.

No conclusion suggestion opinion whatsoever... deal with it.. :D

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The Lord Of The Rings

-Merry: The closer we are from danger, the farther we are from harm.

FF-VII:

Godo(yuffie's dad)

-Strength without determination means nothing. And determination without strength is equally useless...!

Song Leong(Yes mee.... not mihun)

-When you don't know who to trust, trust yourself.

-whatever that doesn't kill u makes you stronger

<法证先锋II>:

-Give more, expect less.

-不要因为失去而哭，应该为曾经拥有而笑。

-曾经是最毒的咒语

-如果要自己开心，首先要令身边的人开心。

Alice in the wonderland:

-When in doubt, remain silent. - Hamish.

-You cannot live your life to please others. - White Queen

Kungfu Panda:

-Yesterday, is history;and tomorrow, is mystery

Black Cat:

-Things that have power aren't always superior in battle.

MGS4:

-Respect the will of others and believe in your own.

Mark Twain:

-The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Charlie Brown:

-"In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.”

Code Geass:

-Inequality is not an evil. Equality itself is evil

-The world won't change with pretty words alone

-Compete,fight,take,control

Albert Schweitzer:

-Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.

-If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Rambo:

-Live for nothing, or die for something..

Star Wars:

-Don't center on your anxieties, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs. - Qui-Gon

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MORE? :)

Suikoden:

-All you need is courage in your heart and hope in your eyes

-Fighting is like gambling, if it looks like you're going to lose, ya just run away

Metal Gear Solid:

-Even if a pawn becomes a queen, it is still just a playing piece...

-A strong man doesn't need to read the future. He makes his own.

-It's not about changing the world. It's about doing our best to leave the world the way it is. It's about respecting the will of others and believing in your own...

Facebook(YES u learn something from it):

-"Dont judge me by my past, I am not in the past anymore, Accept who i am TODAY."

-doing nothing when you know you should be doing something important.

-Aww, that's sweet. Now how many girls have you said that to?

-Thanks phone, for being strong everytime i dropped you.

-I hate that feeling when your mind does not agree with your heart.

-im supposed to be angry at you. stop making me smile. :)

-One learns a lot about a person by looking at their facebook pages

Elisa:

吵架的时候，吼的很大声，

因为心的距离拉远了，

安静了，因为无话可说。

情侣之间说话轻声细语的

那是因为彼此的心是贴近的吧