Kattun - Real Face

and the fairytale lives on

arrrrrrRRRRRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRggghhhhhhh.....
*an ogre (not Shrek) is stirred from his rest* \ (-O-) /
Back to school next week.
ANA All Nippon Airways slogan did taught me "Good Times Fly" but they didnt warn me it would tear through time like a manic Concorde aircraft.

Once upon a time,
Sun rises, sun sets, moon rise, moon set
sun rises, sun sets, 3/4 moon rises, 3/4 moon sets
sun rises, sun sets, 1/2 moon rises, 1/2 moon sets
sun rises, sun gets obsured by clouds, sun sets, 1/4 moon rises, 1/4 moon sets
(repeat)
And they live happily ever after.
there you have it. a meteorological summary of my doggoned holiday.
**oh, i do know the moon doesnt actually sets from the sky but as the writer of this weather report, I wont suggest entrusting your life on its accuracy. (<>..<>')

well... now I have to stretch my lazybones and drag myself out of bed in preparation of a new semester, out of this slothful fairytale yours truely has been enjoying, and back to reality.
Sitting here, in front of my computer, it is really as challenging as bringing the dead back to life.

But the poisoned apple is not all bad however, I could really do with some new knowledge juice to keep my brain from shivelling up like some Egyptian mummy's (i did read somewhere that Egyptian mummies don't have their brains though, I think it is removed before they mummify the corpse.)
I am satisfied that holiday-shivelled "bird brains" are still a notch up from dusty and egyptologist-molested-and-groped "no brains".
Plus side too, a new class and a new destiny awaits. That itself has its pros and cons. Who that is human would want change? But then again, change comes progress. Progress comes success. Ideally, that is. Or is it some Cinderella dream?
But sometimes imagination helps one finds the way in the reality he is lost in. If a halfling (like Frodo) can think big (not his fat halfling friend Sam), a human sure can think gargantuan.
Well... a prince cant change his blueblood (Past) but he sure can kiss his toad (Future) and turn her into a princess (Success!).
go for it.

Emblem of the Samurai

A quiet April Fool's day serenades me by whilst I hid safely at home. A wise move which left me quite unmolested and out of harm's way of becoming the butt of any lame joke. Unfortunately, I had to fend off the predatory influenza virus at my nostrils' doorstep with some apathetic doctor's prescription of antibiotics, which more likely to summon the powerful grasp of the sandman which left me desperate for some forty winks rather than banish the evil flu germs ravaging my beatened body.
Sleepy.
Tired.
Sick.
Sick.
Sick.
Anyway, patient's agony aside, I read an interesting topic at Airliners.net today, "JAL's "Bloodied Sword" Livery" which focuses on a sharp-eyed aviation enthusiast interpretation of Japan Airlines (JAL)'s new livery revolving around the stroke flowing down the letter A in JAL. which has a what Japan Airlines describes as "The Arc that reaches dynamically towards the sky represents the Sun. Two key concepts are, the strength of the new JAL’s Skyward Dreams and the feeling of joy experienced by satisfied passengers. "
However, what the topic-starter, IL96M, interprets it was, a bloodied katana.
Take a look yourself. hmmm....

The post inevitably drew heavy criticism from readers, many refuting that it was so stereotypical admist the memories of Japan's militaristic past and presently, its revision of history textbooks which have fuelled anger in her neighbours.
However, IL96M calming asserted that it was a stylised version of a katana, which left a furious uproar with many readers blatantly labelled him a liar. A reader commented that for JAL to slash their A with a blood-stained samurai sword is to destory themselves. Another reader, who claims to have done some graphic designing himself, described that if a samurai sword is stylised, the current curve in JAL's logo would be exactly how the graphic form would look like and it was a matter of a blunder of gargantuan proportions.
However, katana or not, Japan Airlines is currently bleeding from a tarnished image, and financial difficulty from unprofitable international routes and heavy competition from its local rival, All Nippon Airways.
But as a reader puts it, "but it still does look like a katana".
A Samurai's sword may be JAL's key to success but the inability to weld it well may lead to her downfall.
Dream skyward.

Dream skyward,
Samurai.