Sunday, but no family day. My parents will be attending a wedding dinner again. And there's gonna be another one coming up soon for them. What's with holding dinners in November manz? And why am I not invited huh?

While having my lonely lunch in the dim dining room ( 3 out of 5 bulbs of the chandelier are blown), I decided to just flip through the newspapers.

What got my eyes wide open is this advertisement by Vertu. They showed the photo of their gold handphone, which I'm not interested in. I'm more interested in their signature product:

I am not gonna shrink this pic cos it's not gonna be nice. CNetAsia calls it the handphone for the rich and famous. The front of the phone is covered in sapphire crystal...hur hur..it's no wonder why it's so pricey.

I remember the time when I first saw this phone on display at the Vertu outlets. I got so excited because it's the first phone which I found really classy, and from the design, I knew it's not gonna be a cheap piece. And oh boy, was I right. Can't remember the price of the handset though, but it's 5-digit if I'm not wrong. Even my brother finds it classy.

Geez, I wish I can play around with it...hahaha...or even better, own it! *dreamz*

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Read about the author of "The Rape of Nanking", Iris Chang. Mentioning about WWII, I used to be very curious about it when I was younger. I will always ask Granny to tell me stories and her experiences during those days. But she was still young then, so wasn't able to tell me a great deal. I thought Grandpa or my grandaunts would be able to tell me more, but till today, each time I bring this topic up, they will change the topic. Dad said they have never suffered one bit during the war, but I'm sure they can tell me stories about it. I wonder why they tend to avoid the subject.

I love following Dad to the bookstore when I was little. And I'll always be looking for books about the Japanese Occupation. Would read a bit here and there, and spent most of the time looking through at the old photos. I even had a stupid wish once whereby I wish I could go into a time machine, which can bring me to the 1940s to see for myself how it was like (but of course, no one can see me or touch me..haha..I wouldn't wanna be beheaded).

We all know how famous the atrocities in Nanking were during the Japanese Occupation. My uncle bought a vcd on it, and I stopped watching it halfway cos I could not take it anymore. It's darn gross. I'm sure it was worse in reality.

Anyway, back to the author. Irish Chang committed suicide. She finally did so after being clinically depressed for 5-6 months. The book she wrote about Nanking shot her to fame. This book is one which I have been thinking of buying, but I've got so many books which I haven't read, so decided to leave it aside first. But just by reading the 2 sentences from the book, which was published in the papers, I think I have changed my mind. Not sure if this article's published online in the Straits Times webby, but you might wanna check it out if you're curious about the 2 sentences. I think if I were to buy the book, I'll probably turn depressed like her too.

Now for something silly, you guys know who Qiong Yao is? Dad used to say that she's a mad woman cos she loves writing stories that make you weep from the first episode to the last. And he was even wondering if she's got any tears left after writing so many depressing stories..haha. Hmm...now I'm wondering if Qiong Yao has depression like Iris Chang, just to a milder extent.

Maybe the Korean scriptwriters might all get depression too from their "Qiu Tian de Tong Hua", "Winter Sonata" etc. too.

By the way, the number of people who are suffering from depression is increasing manz. Blame it on our society, but then again, do you think things like soap dramas and depressing books contribute to it? I believe they do, and probably you might have realised, I think music can get one depressed as well...agree?