toe :: グッドバイ(Goodbye) MV

Video and music is full of sense. These guys are nuts.

toe is a post-rock band from Japan.

Check them out here.

肥 :: 満

チャウやいびんどー。久々っす。
縦幅に成長していく凶暴な肉食亀のチャウくん、デブめ。

と、私が言えたたちじゃないが、最近ハラがボコりすぎて足がギリギリ地面に着くぐらい。まだなんとか歩けるようだ。飼いたての時は使い終わったティッシュを丸めたぐらいのサイズだったのに、今はティッシュボックスの角を丸めたぐらいのサイズに・・・（適当な例えですんません）。

もうチャウ宅の3分の1をしめるでかさ。これがマックスサイズじゃなければ野放しにする以外住むところが・・って状況でちょっと大問題に。アカミミガメ（ミドリガメ）は大概このサイズがマックスってどこかで聞いたことあるので、そう願いたいばかり。

ちっちゃい頃は遊び半分で水槽に野放しにしてたんだが、気づいたら魚達が全滅・・・どうやって捕まえたんだ！と残り少ない魚を犠牲に観察してたら（ごめんなさい）こいつ獲物に見られないよう下から潜って回り込み、後ろからパクっと一撃。カメって猿より賢いんじゃ・・・しかも大食い。結構な魚の数いたんだがな～・・成長を反対する飼い主も飼い主だが・・・・もっと縦に成長してくれ！！

デブでもかまわん！


マガーでわるかったな、くら。メシ食わしてんのテメーじゃろが！お？

と言わんばかりの面構え。
さぁてどうする・・

VQ1015 :: 結果

VQ1015を購入して一週間。色々使わせて頂いた結果こうなりました。

予想範囲内ってとこかな。ウェブでみた画像とさほど変わらない、なかなか感じのあるうつり。しかし難点もあり。

A:ベランダで撮った中距離の建物-この距離と光具合なら結構バランスがいい。◎
B:ちょっと暗い部屋-光がちょっと足りないとかなり暗く写る。×
C:ベランダで撮った香港島-光がちょっと強すぎると対応出来ないがこの一枚はギリギリセーフ（とする）。手持ちで撮る場合かなり安定してないとボヤける傾向あり△
D:地下鉄内の路面-地面において安定した状態でシャッターを押すとかなりきれいに撮れる。でもやっぱり白（光）がちょっと目立つかも。○

とまあ良いとこあれば悪いとこもあり。

でもスクリーンが無いので撮ったあとはすぐに確認出来ない。これがまたいいところで毎回楽しみに撮らせてます。普通のデジカメは撮ったあとすぐ確認出来るから楽しみが無いっていうか、無くなったというべきか。撮った写真を楽しみにする遊び心を思い出させるいいトイデジですわ。ユニークな上、２GBSDカード対応なのでかなりオススメ。

New Stuff :: VQ1015 Entry

不覚にも心を奪われた一品、トイデジのVQ１０１５。友達に紹介されてウェブで色々調べた結果、画像に独特の雰囲気が漂ってて面白そうだったので購入。通常の値段より安かったので即決だったり。サイズも名刺を半分に折ったぐらいでかなりちっちゃめ。


こいつSDカード使用で２GBまで。手持ちのSD全部２GB越えだったのでいまだに試し撮り出来ず。動画も撮れるけどこれは期待しない方がいいかも。
今日買いに行くので後日画像をアップする予定。


スライド式。閉めたらファインダーも隠れる。

Cheese :: Noodles

Had one of these "cheese noodles" the other day for lunch. Not something you want to have everyday, maybe once every 2 months if you have cheese cravings. Then you'll need 2 extra weeks to run that flubber off.

This particular dish is called Lo Mein, which means "Stirred Noodles", where the soup is usually separated on the side. However for this Cheese Lo Mein the soup ain't even served, but instead they pour a bowl worth of melted cheese on top of instant noodles and top whatever you like, beef, chicken, pork and so on.

....Basically it's like spahgetti but with instant noodles...(and very al dente sometimes)

It's popular for all the celebrities that visited in the past and each photo is wall-mounted, including the windows to draw in the flies. It works though, coz the place is packed during lunch hours.

...You can actually make these at home if you get the cheese right...but.....

Check it out anyways if you're interested.

新記芝士麵茶餐廳
灣仔灣仔道l51-163號新世紀廣場地下G11至G14號舖

Recent Films :: 2012

2012
★★★★★★★★☆☆(8/10)



Emmerich. This guy never gets enough. Either he's giving us all a message (in 3 attempts) or he just hates the human race and wants to wipe us off the face of the earth (3rd time now, I won't count Godzilla).

Gotta hand it to him though, y2k12 was way over my expectations. The title (and director) speaks for itself so there isn't much to say really. Story-wise at least. It's a great popcorn movie where you don't have to think much, sit back and just enjoy Emmerich do his thing to humans.



I read a few reviews and comments about the movie and I gotta say here, why the hell do they even look forward to plots in this movie. Not sure if you define "dumb" in world-end plots coz there's only one place to end up in. Oscar worthy? Not really but that's not really the point in this movie and all the creators probably know that. I take it as a message of how "dumb" "WE" are and the movie is a reflection of how things should be. But since we're too dumb to visualize it, it's been done for you. That's another significant part of the movie.

The CG is just...I don't even have a word for it. I respect all the CG's done in other movies but this one was just off the hook. The detail, realism, detail, and detail. The effects are at a scale beyond human imagination (like space), but Emmerich somehow puts the visuals to life, and hits us hard with it. I think that's one of the reasons why there's such a big impact. It's something we can't imagine happening, but it is portrayed so real it makes us believe in the happening. Like the first image. When you hear "worlds end", the first thing that pops in my head is a big explosion. Natural disaster? Maybe earthquakes. But who woulda thought the damn crust would shift like that? It may not happen like that, but it is portrayed so real that you believe it may happen that way. Independence day was a good example too. We knew we'd be seeing UFO's but goddamn I never thought they'd be city sized. But maybe the mofo aliens out there really have a city sized ride.

I kinda said I had nothing to say about this film but damn I just went on. Go watch it in the theaters. If you want dildo seats (which I recommend), go watch it in the Grand Cinema at ELEMENTS (HK). It's a different experience. Fuck iMax.

8pts for the "HOLY SHIT" effect.

Oh and John Cusack is the shit!

JIN :: 仁

夏が中々抜けない今日この頃のファッキン香港。そんな中、先月始まったのが秋ドラマ。「東京Dogs」、「ライアーゲーム２」と色々続くがダントツでおもしろいのがこの「JIN－仁ー」。


原作がマンガからとも知らず、内容が全く分からないまま観始めたのが幸いしたのか、予想外の展開にドップリはまってもぉた。

簡単に言うと幕末の江戸へタイムスリップした現代の医者がその時代の様々な病や人物と交流し、幕末の歴史に巻き込まれるSF医療ドラマ。ろくな医療器具も持たないままあの時代の病に対応していくアイデアがおもしろい。
初めはタイムスリップものと知って半信半疑で観てたんだが主人公が脳外科医と知ってかなり納得。結構おもしろいストーリーが期待出来そうな要素がたくさんありそうで今後も観ようかと。（現在第６話待ち）


あと大沢たかおと内野聖陽に脱帽。

タムハン :: 魚編

ボンに引き続き、タムもご無沙汰で～す。
先日初めて小魚を数匹はなったら本能が反応し、速攻で狩りモードにチャンネルチェンジ。
初ハンティングなのでちょっと時間かかったが見事にゲット。魚が速い速い・・
パックンいったと思ったらもう一度よく飲み込むために口開けたら魚がピュビューっと逃げるのでかなり苦労した様子。15分でなんとか終了。

いつも狩らすとムゴイのでたまに渡してあげたり↓


デブだからたまには運動してもらうが・・

ボンのコオロギでもそうだが、やっぱり生き餌を与えるのは最初ためらうけど、与え続けるとどんどん感覚がマヒしていくのが分かる。これって殺人魔と同じ心理じゃぁ・・・でも栄養を考えるとやはり今与えてるのがベストだし。「仕方がない」と片付けるシマツ。どうだろう。だいぶ前から砂肝を食わしてるからいいけど。どうでしょう？？

ちなみに↓が狩りの様子。小魚の視点からみるとかなり迫力だ・・・

Monotone :: Defintion⇒

⇒Lab rat with no outdoor exercise for helluva long time.


Just look at those paled out legs. Looks like it just got sucked the hell out of by a thousand mosquitoes. You can see how long those legs were hiding from the holy sun if you compare 'em with those manly arms.

BTW badminton was way out of my list back in the days and I don't have much exp (in fact none), so I thought it'd be like playing ping pong but DAMN WAS I WRONG.

久々 :: さしぶィ～ッッス

ご無沙汰ですわ。

調子が衰えたこと無い超ガエルでございます。食事はいまだに平均０．５秒でくいつき、夜は大暴れ。

みよ、この獲物を狙う眼力。
おなかいっぱいでも食べるから食べすぎで死ぬケースも少なくは無いのでちょっと間の抜けた眼力に。
そこがまたね。

タム系はもっと凶暴でもっと食べるからこいつも気をつけねば。

最近怖いのが冬。ボンの方は風のあたらない場所に置き、ライトを当てれば出来上がるんだが、新人のタムが頭痛のネタ。水中型なのでライト当てても多分無駄。水の管理が必要になるからちょっと厄介。まぁ・・なんとかなるだろう。


ってなわけでがんばりまっせ。最近のボンでした。

3BL +1BE+1BR+1WH+2YE :: The Whole World

It's been all about Russell Peters lately, and he's got me thinking about "colors". Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Beige. That right there represents the primary colors of the world already. It means the whole world. Let me know if I'm missing a color from the palette, red doesn't count.

Anyways I was skipping down the street after work as usual, passing by the usual basketball court outdoors with yellow sticks running around with an orange ball, as usual, supposedly, but something was unusual this time. The canvas was painted rather colorfully with various colors....so I took count.


(Click to count too)

Brown - Check
Beige - Check
White - Check
Black - Check.Check.Check
Yellow - Check.Check...waitWTF

Hong Kong is a international city and colors mix around pretty often, hell almost everyday everywhere, but it was pretty fresh for me to see them together in a palet...basketball court. Thats global competition right there, in a small half-court canvas and I haven't seen anything like that since back in the days in Okinawa. What stunned me more was the 2 yellows were only KIDS, playing buffcut black and beiges in their 20's~30's. They made a shot too. Ok they're just playing around but c'mon you don't see shit like that on a normal day. Props to the kids with enough balls guts to play those guys.

Anyways it was a really weird scene so I snapped a photo. Thinking about it now, if one of them were wanted or something I woulda been killed.