February 25, 2005 - A gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis, serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu

Only one of the seven wonders of the ancient world is still erecting in present time. It seems to be a miracle to me, not just because of the construction and stableness of the sturcture itself which made it long lasting, but for people today, who are living on this very same planet after thousands of years, are able to visualize and experience such powerful icon left from the ancient time.

The fallen ones:

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - A palace with legendary gardens built on the banks of the Euphrates river by King Nebuchadnezzar II.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia - An enormous statue of the Greek father of gods, carved by the great sculptor Pheidias.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - A beautiful temple in Asia Minor erected in honor of the Greek goddess of hunting and wild nature.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - A fascinating tomb constructed for King Maussollos, Persian satrap of Caria.

The Colossus of Rhodes - A colossus of Helios the sun-god, erected by the Greeks near the harbor of a Mediterranean Island.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria - A lighthouse built by the Ptolemies on the island of Pharos off the coast of their capital city.

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The fallen ones will never be rebuild, as they stay as mysteries. Rambling about things that might not even existed. The end of discussion.

 

February 20, 2005 - header cannot be edited

Vaio has been running much slower, which is probably due to its over usage and the newly downloaded Netscape software. I am looking forward to the day when dsl comes, then I could finally get rid of this blood sucking, mind draining, back stabbing dial-up crap for good. A forum was added to "IITO", as well as some new scans of my drawings I did nearly two years ago.

 

February 6, 2005 - a red pocket with what!?

Another so-called new year is coming... aren't we all in the same time zone!?

I've decided to abandon my "hunter x hunter" project which would have been a part of the anime section. Simply because I couldn't come up with anything, ANYTHING that's half decent, also my current mood doesn't fit with the content from the series. Nothing will come out good.

Instead, my next big project will be based on "Silent Hill 2", a horror surviving PS2 game which I've known and fancied for a while. I only played the game once, and that was enough! It was that powerful to me. Wandering around in the dark with only a dim flash light, being blocked by a sealed door, what's on the other side? Am I sure that I want to find out? My curiosity had led me into some dark corners, I'd been lost, the character was desperate, yet it is just a concept created by other beings.

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if you dare, throw away what you care

wander in the dark with a dim flash light

what a pleasant feel... when there's no one but you, not me

I've been watching, with the sins you had been committing

you took my sin

if you care, tell one what you dare

running in a broken boulevard at the night

what a sight... when you fell gracefully to the ground

it has been years, with that wound still bleeding

you gave me your sin

 

January 29, 2005 - undercover

Just a dream... left me uneasy throughout the whole day, not because I believed any of those were true, or going to be true, or maybe. ... Whatever, just some images in my head, there are plenty of other ones.

"IITO" has been great, like doing an abstract painting, without knowing how it is going to be or end, I enjoy the process itself more than anything else. There were moments when I jumped out of my seat hysterically because certain problem was being solved, moments when I was insomnious late at night, being creative in my head that rest became impossible and unnecessary, moments when I finally felt sick after I'd been staring at a computer for so long.

 

Heart was shattered, need to bring them back to one place.

 

January 26, 2005 - DHL and a lie from the sender

Bang, Bang... I rushed to the door, knowing it MUST be DHL.

Because of the email I got from the sender this morning, which had clearly stated that only 13 and 15 were included in this shipment, and they were still trying to get a hold of the other 13 issues I had ordered, I knew for a fact that I wouldn't be getting the whole series today. But it was ok, I thought, "on order, usually takes 3-14 days", considering how fast it would take for it to arrive in my hands (only 24 hours).

Feeling certain disappointment but still excited, I opened the door, there was a DHL guy with a 13x17 box... "Why would they use such a big box for just two issues of manga? there must be a lot of wrapping papers or perhaps foams." I agreed to what he had to say and reached out my left hand to the box.

My brain must had stopped there for 0.37 second, the box felt heavy. "How could it be? I am sure that I ordered mangas, not 500 pages magazine sized catalogs. Could it be? Nah... maybe these two issues are very heavy." I signed, I said bye, I closed the door, and I grabbed the box, went into my room, found the closet object that was sharp enough to rip the box open. I peeked inside... looked again, and I was stunned.

A box full of mangas that were stacked on top of each other! That LIAR!!! That JEFF LIAR!!!

The process of laying each of them out on my bed only took me 5 seconds to complete. I carefully checked the number on each volume, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 AHHHH!!!!!!!! There they were! ALL OF THEM!!! NOW I HAVE ALL OF THEM!!

I don't care what was Jeff's problem, I don't care in what possible way they could manage to get the other 13 volumes from the original publisher in just one day, or perhaps they were really available for shipment all along. What matters now is I can fully enjoy 'Saint Seiya' in the way it suppose to be. It has been 10 years since I lost my original copies of 'Saint Seiya' mangas, although I obtained the whole series in Japanese few years back on ebay, I could never read them like how I'd like to.

The new version of 'Saint Seiya' manga is even greater than the original I had back when I was a kid! No more blocks of Chinese covering blocks of Japanese texts. Everything is nice and clean. Today could easily be one of the coolest days in my life.

Now, if you excuse me, I will have some research to do.

 

January 18, 2005 - flash/compression

Not being sure... exhaustion took over my body and mind. I can barely bring myself up, spiritually. I've been doing almost nothing but spending time with FrontPage, Dreamweaver and everything else that is related to web page designing. The fact that I've gained so much knowledge in the past two weeks can't be denied, whatsoever.

Of course, time hasn't stopped. But I was able to create a world of my own to wander in. Somehow, I've managed to make the past 300 hours valuable and worthy according to my own standards. Almost like playing an RPG. And now, after several challenging, yet successful missions, I've came to a save point.

"the dream that" page was being remodeled yesterday. Additionally, with an extra touch which I added today, an animated effect created by Flash. The new look will become the basic layout for the page unless I come up with something better in the future. As for now, I am satisfied with the way it is. Especially, I was able to keep the aspects of the old page, and had them work well with the new design. As for the other existing pages, I am also convinced by the designs and layouts they have now. Not opposing the possibility that some small adjustments might be made from time to time, though.

 

January 16, 2005 - codes, codes, codes

Somehow, as I'd expected, today was filled with frustration and despair. It all started when I was trying to use CSS to modify "the reindeer section" around 2 o'clock, I failed miserably. Well, actually... this gloomy day started much earlier than that. I took a drive in the morning, then, as a result, my day was crashed. Not the driving had anything to do with it. Perhaps it is a cause and effect situation, who knows...

The day was extremely long and dreadful, even though, it is dark now. I don't know when it is going to end. Maybe nothing really ends. 0949

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if Tuesday, I can run

what would I do on Wednesday

Thursday is too far ahead, I don't know how the weather's gonna be

Friday sounds good, but again, I am always as blind as a silent bell

only if Saturday comes before Sunday, I might believe Monday is next

only if Monday is following Sunday, I will go on as a fool, not on the grass

but in hell

 

January 11, 2005 - black ink

I've been working on www.ikkiintheozone.com day and night, night and day for almost a week straight... Getting enough sleep is definitely out of the question. Along with my two new classes at BCC's downtown campus, this January actually doesn't seem so bad... Now wait a second!... This is the most fun I've had since the last time I tripped myself over with a speeding bicycle in the middle of a construction site. It ruuuuuuuuules!! I simply cannot get enough. All the amazing things which both FrontPage and Dreamweaver can do would leave me breathless for hours and hours. Forget about sleep, forget about food, my Vaio is all I need now, well... if I can also have a few sheets of blank paper and a long lasting pen, that will be even better.

Just about a week ago, if someone had asked me about how to build a web site, I probably could suggest a few things off the top of my head. But it would not even be 1/37 of the knowledge that I know today. Yet, I am definitely going to learn more and more, there's no way to stop me, not even if I get to go to Mars. Well... for that, I need to think about. Anyway, I need all the time and help I could possibly find. Getting tutorial books might not be possible at the moment because I am tragically broke. But hey, there are tons of web sites I can go to, and don't forget about the help sections that are within the programs which I've been dealing with a lot in the past several hundred hours.

I am so excited that I could just lose my voice... Haaaahaha!~

P.S. Very anxious to tell my friends in Shanghai about this new web site.

 

January 5, 2005 - so it begins

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to my dearest www.ikkiintheozone.com! Happy Birthday to you!!!