Friday, May 02, 2008 . 9:08 PM

I really need to get out of the house more often.

I thought that since now it's the hols I would be spending a lot of time out with my friends and my OG, but cos Shuo Jie is in army only the weekends are possible and Jon Teo is in Taiwan so no photography expeditions or shopping is possible, and cos of other circumstances I've chosen not to join my OG on many occasions.

I'm bored out of my skull. And I've only myself to blame.

Thank goodness I've been to the library on Sunday to borrow books. Finally managed to read about the Infinite Crises in the DC Comics universe, the groundbreaking event of the DC universe in 2005. But now that I'm really interested to find out more, but the Comicsmart at Orchard Cineleisure (which I used to patronize rather faithfully) closed down! Means the only one left is the one at Serene Centre, and I'm not even sure if it's still there. Damn. Oh well. The best things in life don't usually happen to me so. Now I'm reading "The Bourne Identity" after watching the trilogy, which Jaryl so kindly lent me to watch :)
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I just found out yesterday that my favourite author had passed away in 2006. I only knew after going to the bookstore in Holland Village where you can either buy or rent books. I was hoping that by chance the last book of the Troy trilogy by David Gemmell would be there. It was, "Fall Of Kings", but it wasn't by David Gemmell. It was by David AND Stella Gemmell. At the back of the book was also a tribute to possibly one of the greatest fantasy authors of our time. I confirmed it when I got home and wiki-ed "David Gemmell". Damn. He was a great author, there was really no other who could weave such stories as he could.

When I was in the bookstore I also chanced upon this book called "God: A Biography". Being one who takes fascination in religion and religious people (though I don't have a religion myself), I was rather interested in it. It's a winner of the Pulitzer prize as well. Here's what it says at the back of the book:

"What sort of a 'person' is God? What is his 'life story'? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book - as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and ambiguities of a Hamlet? This is the task that Jack Miles - a former Jesuit trained in religious studies and Near Eastern languages - accomplished with such brilliance and originality in God: A Biography.

Using the Hebrew Bible as his text, Miles shows us a God who evolves through his relationship with man, the image who in time becomes his rival. Here is the Creator who nearly destroys his chief creation; the bloodthirsty warrior and the protector of the downtrodden; the lawless law-giver; the scourge and the penitent. Profoundly leanred, stylishly written, the resulting work illuminates God and man alike and returns us to the Bible with a sense of discovery and wonder."

Sounds interesting doesn't it... I'm looking forward to reading this on my New Zealand trip.
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I just bought matchbox twenty's "Exile On Mainstream", the greatest hits album by them. It's been out for quite some time already, but I didn't get around to purchasing it. It's really good! Many songs in there which I've heard before and thought they were good, but didn't know they were by matchbox twenty. Good stuff. I also got Fuel's discography, and they're simply fantastic. I like almost every song on all their albums. The best thing is they don't sound similar, which so many bands' songs tend to be in the same album.

I was going to get 30 Seconds To Mars' two albums, but I'm not really sure if they're any good. iTunes gives it quite good reviews, but I'm not sure =\ anyone has any suggestions or comments on their songs or albums?

Gonna go get GTA IV (and possibly Assassin's Creed) at Funan tomorrow (if I can wake up) before going to play soccer in RI. Finally getting out of the house.
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My father got the Starhub Digital Cable TV set box today! It's quite cool, now we can view the TV Guide on the TV itself when scrolling through the channels. But apart from that, I've yet to fully explore the functions. My father is taking full advantage to the "all-channel" preview and he's watching movies like nobody's business now on HBO. Lolz.
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I think for me, there's no such thing as a good dream. Good dreams are just really, really cruel. They just give me what I can only dream of, what I will never have. God, she's so beautiful and so wonderful. Being halfway across the Earth only increases the sense of futility. I don't know.

I woke up this morning wishing that I could've stayed in that dream forever.

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

Archangel