No rest for the wicked~ ^_^

They say there's no rest for ze wicked~
so~ if we follow this "formula" here...


Uzuki = Wicked

Wicked = No rest~

Therefore Uzuki= no rest~^_^


But the thing about Uzuki is that he's not being persued by authorities or something like that~ he's not at peace~ he's restless and jumpy~

He's got this load on his mind~ although not the kind like "where's my next meal~", "how do i pay the electricity bill~" and such, he still is bothered by it~ its like a beast closing on him, breathing down on his neck~ He's still debating what path he should take in life.. arts? or Science~

now, Uzuki has always been in love with animanga, and recently he's been watching anime and reading manga like around the clock like a patient on IV~ (due to the chronic boredness which hovers over his head~) And he's stumbled upon a magnificent anime entitled Byosouku 5cm~ (literally: 5cm per second) This anime, if you notice, also graces the top of this blog~ It chronicles the experiences of a close couple inevitably drifting apart over time... thus, the title "5 cm per second".. It actually refers to the speed at which cherry blossoms fall to the ground.. its a sad anology to people who were once close, drifting apart over time~ Its a very beautiful anime.. the visuals are simply stunning~ such a contrast to our kampung / pokok kelapa stuff~ well~ enough of promotion for this genius director Makoto Shinkai~





anyways~ about this anime, why i'm ranting about it is because its so beautiful and I can relate to it because of all the people who have seemingly forgotten about me over time.. And.. Most importantly, it makes me want to make something like that... which brings me back to the main problem poor Uzuki faces~ which path shall he take?


I have a partial scholarship to one of the leading Art/Multimedia colleges here, but I think i dont wanna stay around here. (imitating Agent Smith from The Matrix)

"this stench.. argh.. disgusting I... Need.. To.....Get.. Out..Of.. Here.. *_*"


I also have explored other options~ considered the possibilities~ Uzuki has also applied for Electronics/communication engineering in KL~ the heart of the city~ Well~ he got shortlisted and recently went down for an interview~ and all along the way he's been singing~

(cityscape pulls away to reveal a musical set and Uzuki sings along to 'No Place Like London' from the musical Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of fleet street.. Johnny Depp version)

Uzuki:(sung) I have surfed the web, and seen its wonders...
Went to singapore,but never had been to Peru~
But theres no place like KL~
I dont feel home again~
I have lived here for some time before,But i left here for a village in the north~
so theres no place like KL...i feel like a village Kid... XD
I am young...Life has been kind to me...But i will learn.

There's a whole in the world like a great black pit
and the people of this country inhabit it
I hear the hassle living here isn't worth what a pin can spit
and it goes by the name of KL.
At the top of the hole sit the privilaged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...
I too have surfed the web and seen its wonders,for the craziness of life is as wonderous as Peru
but there's no place like KL!


Ahem* (back to normal~)

anyways~ the weird thing about this was during the interview, the judges( what they calll em anyways) asked me why am I going for engineering when almost everything in my credentials were art related XD~

(this is.. i think is proof i merge engineering and art~)



so~ that kinda got me thinking.. am i not cut out for Science stuff? or did i just not show that side of me to the judges? the results are due abt a week from now, but really im not getting the urge to accept that.. i just read about some girl in my year getting a 7 year JPA scholarship to Japan to study engineering.. T_T lucky her... but i did some research, and apparently there is a University in Japan which has a faculty of manga... sounds perfect for me right? well.. not perfect. All classes are conducted in nihon-go~ Grr... *_* so if i chose that, i have to learn japanese here myself first.. im interested.. but aw...great.. (that means i need to take form 6 while taking japanese classes.. ) sigh~

anyways~ ^_^ watching Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe on the Discovery channel~ (suggested alternate title: Jobs you want to avoid XD ) hopefully i get the drive to avoid those jobs.. heheh~

anyways.. im ending this post with a tribute to a new friend of mine~ ^_^

The introduction~ ^_^

Hi everyone~

This is Uzuki here (lit: april in old japanese, i think.) ^_^ self proffessed otaku, manga artist, and idiot extraordinaire will try to share his life full of meaningless events.

What you need to know about Uzuki?

well~ he's just finished secondary school and now he's effectively a useless idiot. ^_^

He didn't get good results for SPM.
He can't quite let go of the past.
He doesnt work.
He didn't enroll himself in a college or something. yet.
He's kinda like a ronin~ no job, no school, no girlfriend, no nothing.
And he just realised he got addicted to the internet. ^_^ how worse could it get?

Just about the only thing he's good at is abandoning his projects. You could call him the 'king of unfinished dreams' He's got ideas. But never really gets to make them happen 100%.

well. there~ he was lying ^_^ he's good at another thing.. drawing. Well, he's not the next Picasso or the next big manga artist, he's kinda like a amateur. well. Reaaallly amateur.

What does he plan to do?

well. that is the question. ^_^

Uzuki here needs to escape his home before he is bored to death.He needs to be useful. He needs to study. To absorb knowledge like a sponge~ The internets is serving him fairly well at the moment, but sooner or later, he must be weaned of this~ so, he has to decide where to go from here.

He's interested in Animanga, so he's tempted to take the path of the artist.. BUT... He's also interested in technical things like engineering~ so he's stuck in a dilemma?

Do the thing he really wants? or the things he needs to do first, then only break off the beaten path~

Sometimes you wish you could take "The road not taken" without the consequences.

Whats going on in Uzuki's mind?

well~ I'd say, his mind is probably underutilised.. he's watching anime and reading manga.. being berated by his parents and essentially rotting at home typing this on his battered 2nd hand laptop with a battery life of 2 minutes.

In this state~ his mind plays tricks on him~ conjuring images of past events, reflecting on the times he didn't do well enough, or when people treated him unfairly. His mind also wanders to people who seem to have lost contact with him.. people who for some reason stay in his mind though he yearns to relieve himself of that burden~

Uzuki seems loud and cheerful enough outside, but at times, he can't seem to really blend into the crowd~ such situations have made him a bit of an "introvert" in the last years of school life~ he really shut himself out from the hypocrites that he despises~

While he can still mingle with 'the general public"~he still feels lonely at times. (he is, after all, the only child in the family, and he's stuck at home) And it doesn't help that a close acquantaince of his who keeps in contact regularly, keeping Uzuki sane, is now in National Service~ rendering his usually inactive phone completely silent- because no one ever calls Uzuki, unless they need his services~ ^_^

Why he started this blog?

Well~ beyond the more obvious reasons along the lines of: "self promotional material", "thick-skinned-jerk", "shameless-punk", "beh pai seh~", Uzuki plans to rid himself of this ennui that plagues him, for he needs an outlet to vent his frustrations~ leak his creative juices~ and stimulate his senses~ for Uzuki believes he can improve upon his unworthy self by seeing the world and himself in third person~

So for those who've succesfully read through this essay chock full of misinformation, biased commnts, and half truths without feeling nauseous or throwing up~ Thanks, have one on me and cheers! ^_^