Sunset at St. Kilda, Heroes Review, Changes in Blog Layout

Last Saturday I took some nice images at the Yarra. For a change of scenery, instead of going to the city, I went to St. Kilda beach to take sunset photographs. I've always liked sunsets, either taking photos of them or just looking at it with my own eyes. Before I had a camera, I felt like such a deuce going to places like St. Kilda on my own. Maybe people thought the pier is such a good place to jump, and thus making it a favorite amongst stressed-out Asian students who wants to go to happy-land as soon as possible. Of course, that is not true, and there is no such thing as happy-land. However, I did saw an Asian girl sitting alone at the pier.. maybe I should've said hi? Hmm.

Here's a couple of photos. I chose these because it justifies the price tag on my Ixus75. Sort of.


I wish I could add more images for this entry, but then if I have too many images, this blog will look all messy and shit. I know no one actually reads this blog, but when I browse around (yes, I do like to read my own blog), I don't want the sheer amount of images to drown the writings (which, I suppose, is the main content of this blog).

So this is what I might do: Start a flickr or photobucket account, and store my photos there. And also, maybe some of you might have noticed that I added a 'snapshots' tool. When you hover your cursor on a hyperlink, the page will be previewed as a snapshot for you. Pretty fancy stuff. I got the idea from Ronald's blog. Kudos to the guy, who is travelling in Europe right now.

- I've been wanting to write a review of Heroes, the tv series. As chances are I will be at home for the rest of the evening, I have plenty of time to rant on and on about the amount of awesomeness in the show. To be honest, I didn't like the first few episodes, but as I get my hands on all of the episodes (until the 18th episode), I was starting to really like the show. And by 'really liking', I meant watching-5-episodes-back-to-back.

The series started out slow, and it was more focused on the daily life of the characters (who lived normal lives, just like you and I). But when the characters started to know each other, and as their stories become intertwined, the story really picks up at the same time. Sylar, the insanely bad ass serial killer (pun intended), ate so many mutant brains and became extremely powerful halfway through the series. Secrets are revealed, and more 'heroes' are introduced. As the clock ticks away into the prophesised nuclear explosion in New York, the heroes faced extraordinary challenges.. and their adventures seemingly become related to each other. As of the 19th episode, the story is nearing its climax, and the 'heroes' have to fight for survival.. and the millions who will perish in the foretold nuclear explosion.

Awesome.

So what makes Heroes so special? Other than the fact that they are heroes in the first place, I guess it comes down to why we think superheroes are cool. You just gotta admit that superpowers are pretty frickin awesome. Also, the storyline is not geeky at all; just ordinary people realising that they have superpowers, and that they have to team up and use their special abilities to save New York from burning under a mushroom cloud. Ok, it is a bit cheesy (some of the dialogues are tacky as well), but the pace, the plot and the special effects made up for it.

I enjoy watching Heroes. You should too. Download the episodes here.

I'm going to wrap up early for today. I might add some more stuff later tonight.

EDIT:
- Holy shat, I just finished watching The Machinist. Simple story with an awesome plot twist. Review coming up, if not tomorrow, Monday.

Putra

Playlist: AOF, Further Seems Forever, The Mars Volta