Go Your Own Way by Lisse

I recently started watching A Discovery of Witches tv series. The series is my favourite genre of supernatural mix with drama and romance. I will start reading the books once Marieann had finished reading them. This is not a new song but I heard it when watching A Discovery of Witches and it got stuck in my head. 

Go Your Own Way by Lisse (uploaded by Alexias B.)

"Go Your Own Way" Loving you Isn't the right thing to do How can I ever change things That I feel If I could Baby I'd give you my world How can I If you won't take it from me You can go your own way Go your own way You can call it Another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way Tell me why Everything turned around Packing up Shacking up's all you want to do If I could Baby I'd give you my world Open up Everything's waiting for you You can go your own way Go your own way You can call it Another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way You can call it Another lonely day Yeah yeah yeah... You can go your own way You can go your own way

Stranger Things

I have been hearing good reviews about this new TV series of sci-fi & supernatural genre, Stranger Things.
Should I watch it? But where to find the time...

The Passage & The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Tried out a new author, Justin Cronin. 
Read his "The Passage" and it was GOOD! A totally engrossing tale of catastrophe and survival in a futuristic America overrun by vampire-like creatures. Cronin is not like James Rollins or Matthew Reilly who fill their pages with lots of action-packed adventure. But Cronin draws you into his book even without tons of physical action (don't worry, there are some action in the book lol). He looks deep into human nature and the way he bonded us to the characters is in itself an adventure!     
Reading the sequel, The Twelve now.

The Blood Gospel by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell

I finally got my hands on The Blood Gospel, the first-ever collaboration between James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell. It is the first novel in The Order of the Sanguines series and only released recently on 8 January 2013! I better make sure my Kindle is fully charged so that I read through the night! Lol :)

Buffy and Angel

We were at 313 Somerset for some dessert after our movie on Saturday. We happened to see Harris Planerds having a sale - 2 items get 20% off, 3 items get 30% off, ..., 6 items and more 60% off. That can be quite a substantial saving, especially when graphic novels and comics are not cheap. The girls and I went into the store to have a browse. I happened to see Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 and Angel Season 6 comics. Pretty thrilled to see the continuation of both series in comics after the end of their tv run. :) Oh, Jess Whedon was involved in the writing of both Buffy and Angel comics too. :) I bought the collected editions volumes 1-3, 5-7 of Buffy Season 8 and collected editions volumes 1-4 of Angel Season 6. It was a huge saving! Lol. However, I am still missing Buffy Season 8 volume 4 and 8 as well as Angel Season 6 volume 5. Hopefully Planerds will restock the missing volumes. :)

Fallen

There is a new TV series, Fallen on AXN Beyond, 11pm every Friday. I caught the first episode last Friday. It's about fallen angels living among humans. To be precise, it is about nephilim, the hybrid offspring of fallen angels and human. In Fallen, the story centres round a lad who discovered he is a nephilim on his 18th birthday and apparently he may be the Redeemer, the Nephilim who is prophesied to be born to redeem all the Fallen. So far, it is interesting. Anyway, I never fail to enjoy supernatural and fantasy genres. :P

Fallen is not a brand new TV series but one produced in 2006 by ABC as a 6-episode miniseries. It is based loosely on the Young Adult novel series, The Fallen by Thomas Sniegoski. Hmm, I may read the novels after watching the TV series. :)

Xena's Mama

The girls received toys with their MacDonald's Happy meals, a Sonic saucer which can be played like a Frisbee. Juliane has been playing with hers and the extra she got from Marieann's friend. She would throw them out like Xena's chakrams (the round killing things) with a loud war cry and followed by an announcement. After two day of this, I got fed up.

Juliane: Ahhh. I am Xena, Warrior Princess.
Marieann: Mama, she hit me.
Me: Want to see Xena's mama go after Xena with a cane?
Juliane: Got? Afterwards on TV at 4pm, is it?
Marieann: (Howling with laughter)
Juliane: (puzzled) Why is Jie Jie laughing?
Me: (to Juliane) You Xena?
Juliane: Yes, I am Xena, Warrior Princess.
Me: So I am Xena's MAMA!
Juliane: Hahaha!
Me: So want to see Xena's mama go after Xena with a cane?
Juliane: OH! NOooooooooooooooo! (ran off)

I think she has gotten the idea and hopefully she stops pretending to be Xena lol.

PS I think I am quite happy that the girls have similar tastes as I do. We won't have to fight over what to watch. They are now both watching the re-runs of Buffy, Charmed and Xena. Hahaha. :P

Twilight

I missed the movie in the cinema so we rented the DVD when it came out in the shops on Thursday.

Now I finally know what the hype about the movie is all about. :) Oh yes, it happened even for me. My heart skipped a beat when I saw Edward Cullen. Oh goodness, he is quite good looking haha. :P Edward Cullen reminds me of Angel in Buffy, the same broodiness and Spike in Buffy, the same coolness lol. Oh, and they are all vampires. :P Anyway, the love story between Edward and Bella is quite sweet and romantic. :)

Here is the trailer for Twilight. Enjoy. :)

Twilight - Theatrical Trailer 2 Movies & TV SPIKE.com

I actually love this instrumental piece: "Bella's Lullaby" from the Twilight soundtrack.



Here is the song "Leave Out All the Rest" by Linkin Park from the Twilight soundtrack.



PS I am so going to buy the Twilight DVD and the soundtrack. Lol. :)

Sepulchre by Kate Mosse

It has been a long time since I last wrote a book review. Well, that doesn't mean I haven't been reading, just that I have been kind of lazy, haha.

Sepulchre is the second book by Kate Mosse that I have read. I enjoyed it as much as the first book. The story in Sepulchre, like in Mosse's first book Labyrinth, is set in two different centuries in France. Although the story telling slips in and out between the 19th century and the 21st century, there is no jarring effect to the story telling. The story is superbly linked the two centuries together by secrets, mystery, murder and the occult.

I enjoyed reading Sepulchre because it has my favourite genres all in one story. I thought it is rather refreshing with the tarot being a major feature in the story. It was almost like having the company of an old friend when I was reading Sepulchre, lol. The tarot feature in the book made the story all the more interesting for me as I read tarot cards. :)

If you like history, mystery, secrets and don't mind a dash of the occult (all in good fun), I think you will find Sepulchre a pretty interesting read. But a fair warning, Sepulchre is quite a thick book so it is not a book that you can finish reading in a matter of a few hours.

The Gardella Vampire Chronicles by Colleen Gleason

I think I just found another author whose books I will read. :) It was by accident that I saw Gleason's The Gardella Vampire Chronicles, The Rest Falls Away in the library.

As you can tell, it is a book about vampires. One of my favourite kind of read lol. It is kind of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer except the setting was in the last century, during the Victorian era. It is a refreshing read, that is if you like vampires and things supernatural and also a bit of history. I hope the second book, Rises The Night is available in the library. I can't wait to find out what awaits Victoria, the heroine, the vampire slayer or known as the Venator in the chronicles in the next book.

Sci-fi and Supernatural Galore

I am really glad that I am now subcribed to Sci Fi and AXN Beyond! It is a real sci fi and supernatural galore on those channels! All my favourite series in just 2 channels, such as Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The X-Files, Roswell, Mysterious Ways, The Dresden Files, Firefly, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Eureka and many more...!!! :) Yes, I know I am such a sci fi and supernatural junkie, hahaha. :P

Fortunately (or unfortunately?!), I am working. If not, I think I would be glued to the tv the whole day, not that I would mind, LOL. :P

All Things Supernatural

Today I had counselling. After I ended a session with one counsellee, just before she left, she asked me to look under the table.

I was surprised by her request. But I refused to look under the table because I knew she was trying to spook me. It is that time of the year, the Chinese Ghost Month. I remembered from one ghost movie that there was such a scene where the spirit was hiding under the table. My counsellee laughed and said I was clever not being tricked by her. Aiya, of course lah, I am counsellor. I can "read" minds hahaha. :P

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In my family, the ESP has always been strong. That's why I am pretty accurate with my tarot readings. Sometimes, I am pretty good with telling people to do something first before things happen and sometimes, my dreams come true. My intuition about people are often quite accurate too but I just don't listen to it enough.

I think my intuition helps me somewhat in my counselling too. Sometimes, I can "read" minds. It is like a thought will pop into my head and often, the counsellees would say, "How you know what I was thinking?!". :) I should not let my "gift" go to waste, huh? I must use it more often lol. :P

The Sandman comics

I finished reading The Sandman comics. D thought it might have been too cheem (Hokkien meaning profound or deep) for me. Well, I found it a little boring at first, then it got interesting. I like the dark humour in Sandman as well as the cross-over with Batman, Justice League. So yes, I do like it! Especially Death. She is so cool! Hahaha. Thanks to both SA and D for recommending The Sandman. Now, I just have to get my hands on Vol. 2.

PS. Watched Underworld: Revolution on HBO. I like this one better than the first one. I enjoy this type of movie - horror, supernatural like Underworld, Van Helsing, Dracula, Event Horizon (sci-fi too), ... =)

"Scary" (Amusing) Day

Juliane woke up early and decided to follow her grandmother to the market. After the marketing, Juliane followed her father to get the car. When in the car, she (in the back seat) pointed to the front passenger seat window and said, "Boy". My husband who was about to start his car, looked out the window but he didn't see any boy. Juliane again pointed out the window and repeated, "Boy! Boy!". Hubby again looked but there was NO boy. Then hubby started to PALE! He was thinking, "Oh no, please don't let it be like "The Sixth Sense" where the boy "sees dead people"! Is she seeing something by the window?!". He remembered that last scene from the movie where the dead cyclist was outside the car window. He said he froze and the thing that went through his mind was "Please don't let 'it' be by the window!". It was then when Juliane pulled him closer to the window to look...

Oh, there was something out there, alright. But it was not a boy, it was a broom. Juliane had mispronounced "broom" as "boy"! HAHAHA. My hubby is really quite a scaredy cat! LOL. If it had happened to me, my reaction would have been, "Where? Where? I want to see!". Hahaha. That is how different we are with regards to the supernatural. Hahaha.

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My mother and I took the girls to the Botanic Gardens. It seemed very crowded this morning. The girls were by the swan pond feeding the fishes while I went round snapping pictures. I am trying to pick up a hobby. Hehehe.





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We had lunch at Shashlik Restaurant, Far East Shopping Centre. Never mind the decor, the food is not too bad, especially the desserts. Hahaha. I had wanted the Baked Alaska but was deterred by the 15-20 minutes wait for it. I went for the next best, Banana Flambee. The dessert is cooked by our table: the banana was cooked in butter, grated peanut and a spoonful of liqueur, after which it was poured over a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Hmm... really aromatic and yummy. =)

TV series

When taking a break from my writing, my mind started to wonder, as usual. Today, it wondered to all the TV series that I have watched or am still watching. I realised I watched only certain genre of TV series too, like the books I read. What I think of the series (not in chronological order):
(Do I like them? Of course, otherwise I won't be watching, right?! lol)

Sci-fi:
Space 1999 - saw it when I was really young so only remembered the "Eagle" spacecraft. There was a re-run recently on tv, so managed to fill in the many, many gaps of my 1st sci-fi tv series from my childhood. I think this series sparked my interest about space and astronomy.
Battlestar Galactica (original) - Starbuck, Apollo, Athena, Cassiopeia,... names from Greek mythology. An interest of mine so I was hooked on the series too, besides it being sci-fi. Have the DVD set. Ok, Starbuck is not part of the Greek myth but I had a crush on him. Hey, I was very young then, ok?! Hahaha.
Battlestar Galactica (new) - already a big fan of BG. Love the darker and more serious themes.
V - lizard aliens posing as humans. "Humankind's last stand".
Star Trek (original) - I saw the series as re-run when I was studying in Oz. "To boldly go where no man has gone before".
Star Trek: The Next Generation - actually found Borg quite cool. Hahaha.
Star Trek: Voyager - again the Borg, Seven of Nine is so cool.
Star Trek: Enterprise - really refreshing, I thought it has so much room to develop, compared to the other Star Trek series.
Babylon 5 - about a space station (No. 5 actually) stationed in neutral space, it is a sanctuary, a military post for Earth, as well as a home to aliens and humans. I tried to follow all 5 seasons but I might have missed episodes here and there.
The X-Files - really COOL. "The truth is out there". I have got the X-Files comics too.
Stargate SG-1 - the combination of sci-fi and Egyptian mythologies.
The Twilight Zone - no need for introduction, this one, it's sci-fi, horror, everything.
The Outer Limits - kind of like The Twilight Zone, just more sci-fi.
Roswell - what better place than Area 51 for teenage alien/ human hybrids to land ...
Dark Angel - hmm...barcode on humans, the way to go for us in the future??
Taken - a story about 3 families, spanning over a few decades and three/ four generations, intertwining with aliens...
Farscape - a bit like Lost in Space, except this is just one man who is lost.
The 4400 - has paranormal abilities/ 'superpower' elements, time-space issues...
Smallville - the teen years of Superman minus the cape and red undies. Thank goodness. Hahaha.
Heroes - like reading comics and there is hope for us to have superpowers. Hahaha.

Action/ fantasy:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - ok, for the hunk, no I mean for the Greek mythologies! Hahaha.
Xena: Warrior Princess - again for the Greek mythologies and great to see women kick butts. :)

Action/ supernatural
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - lean, mean fighting machine. Hahaha. I have the DVDs for Seasons 1 to 7. For 3 seasons, I have to lug home from UK cos they are banned in Singapore.
Angel - a spin-off from BtVS. I also have the DVDs for Seasons 1 to 5. Again have to lug 2 seasons home from UK for the same reason as BtVS.
Charmed - "The Power of Three". Who doesn't want to be a witch and have magical powers? For good, of course. Hahaha.
The Hex - kind of like BtVS but the Brit version with the ghosts and demons.
Ghost Whisperer - she talks to dead people and helps both the dead and living to have emotional closure and to move on. Can be very heart warming, "sob sob" kind at times...
Supernatural - ghosts, demons, vampires, urban legends and folk lore, ...

Crime/ drama:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - love the forensic autopsies, the unravelling of the crimes.
CSI: Miami - same as above.
CSI: New York - same as above.
Numbers - never knew numbers can be so cool. Hahaha.

Drama
JAG - for the aircrafts, like F14 =) and the courtroom drama.
NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigative Services, a bit like CSI except they are with US Navy and Marine Corps. A spin-off of JAG.
House - love the Dr for his brand of humour and his unconventional thinking.
Lost - where the hell are they?!

Hmm...now I know why my mother always said I watch far too much tv. But hey, if I still have time for books, it is not too much tv then. Hahaha.