Angels or demons?

She bowed her head. The thought of staying hovered over her like a dark shadow. She was only beginning to grasp the grey reality before her. As a child, she had often walked in the land of the fairies and believed in eternal happiness. Alas, all those hopes and dreams seem to drift further away with each passing day. A lone buttercup butterfly flitted across the cheek and her eyes followed its haphazard flight. To be free as a butterfly, what price must one pay? The world was filled with angels and demons. Naïve as she was, she knew that much at least. But who were the happier ones? The angels or the demons?

WD My Passport

I've been wanting to get an external hard drive for a while; my laptop's free space is at a measly 54GB out of 288GB. I also worry if my laptop crash then there goes all my files. I finally got one today and it's so pretty. I haven't gone to any computer store in ages and I didn't know that external hard drives now come in different designs and colours. I bought the 1TB Western Digital My Passport because of the storage size and design. It comes in a few colours; I chose the stylish blue one :D

Reading List - October

I know it's November already but here's a summary of books I finished in October.

I finally finished reading The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. My sister gave it to me as a birthday present a few years ago. I would categorise the book as a psychological thriller. The story is about a psychologist treating a famous artist that was sent into an institution after he attempted to attack a work of art in a museum. Pretty curious start to a story. It has a lot of art references and really brings you into the world of art, which I really liked. I stopped reading it a few years ago when the storyline got darker. I only picked it up again because I wanted to finish it. The ending felt a little anti-climactic to me.

I also ventured to read another Haruki Murakami book, Kafka on The Shore. It was a bit depressing reading it. It's also pretty hard to categorise this book. Like my sis would say, it's fiction with supernatural elements in it. I was a bit put off my the Americanisation of the translation in the beginning; the translator must've been American. But I suppose there was no other way the translator could've conveyed the characters' emotions. The book had a few elements which made me feel uncomfortable but I persevered in reading it. I was curious about two main characters and how everything would play out in the end. The book is quite unlike any other book I've read and I like how neatly everything tied in the end.

I'm back to reading Anne of Green Gables series; am now at book #6, Anne of Ingleside. It's always nice to be back in Anne's world but I realised it's been a while since I read any fantasy book. I kinda miss it. I might read Temeraire book #7 after this or perhaps by then George R.R. Martin would've churned out book #6 of A Song of Ice and Fire? :P

You know you’re a geek when...

Watching yet another awesome episode of Running Man just showcased the geek in me. I watched the 2nd episode of the Asia Race series which feature celebrity guests Lee Dong-wook and Han Hye-jin. The games were fun and there was a twist to the last tag game whereby those who found shields hidden throughout the building can use it to eliminate whoever takes their name tag or resurrect a member who had been taken out earlier.

Previous episodes I’ve watched have always used background music from other sources. In today’s episode (Episode 134), I recognised background music from Goong (coincidentally a drama that Song Ji-hyo starred in way back in 2006), SKET Dance (a 2011 anime) and Inuyasha (a 2000 anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s popular manga). All in one episode! ^-^