*Warning: Spoilers ahead*
Jensen looked for the staircase amongst the near-deafening, conflicting distractions of bass-heavy dance music and the raised voices of tangibly multilingual but otherwise unidentifiable background chatter in the immensely crowded Hive nightclub. Were it not for his augmentations, he thought to himself, the noise of this busy Hengsha social scene may have caused some discomfort; although that had now been replaced by those sudden interruptions from colleagues coming in through the InfoLink embedded in his skull.
But that wasn’t the hardest thing to get used to. It was the knowledge that everything he could see would be instantly relayed back onto a voyeuristic screen in some cold, sanitised facility hidden away in shame and secrecy. By comparison, that constant threat of intrusion by – quite literally – a voice in his head, cutting short his own thoughts when he dared even to daydream for a mere moment, was somehow less invasive.
*Incoming transmission*.
Posted by Will Ooi | Posted in Other | Tags: Adventures, Other Reviews | Posted on 30-11-2009-05-2008
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Garry, like many of us, was ultra-keen to see Empire of the Sun, vocally expressive in his enthusiasm the moment we all met up with him in the morning on the day of Foreshore, Canberra’s annual music festival situated next to Parliament, holding onto this positive anticipation all the way through the day and excitedly displaying his glee through dance when the band were due to arrive onstage. Having just scooped the ARIAs a couple of nights earlier, his thoughts were that the band would as a result be in a fantastic mood to give us all a fantastic, memorable performance, whereas Pep had earlier warned us that Empire had been terrible at Parklife, “all style and no substance like an action movie”, but the overall expectation was that surely… Read More
Posted by Will Ooi | Posted in Other | Tags: Adventures, Other Reviews | Posted on 18-02-2009-05-2008
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They know her. “Hi, Nichole,” the blonde woman in a black suit says from behind her desk as my chaperone for the evening signs herself and me, as her guest, in. We move towards Ballroom 2 at this particular RSL Club with more nods of acknowledgement coming her way from these people in formal clothes and too much makeup. They know her. I’ve got a dodgy feeling about this.
I am ushered into a conference room full of men and women, all in suits of course, their eyes facing in the one common direction. A lone speaker standing out in front, microphone in hand; an old-ish woman with big shiny grey hair and a red suit jacket worn over a black inner top and black pants, reminding me instantly… Read More
Posted by Will Ooi | Posted in Japan | Tags: Adventures, Other Reviews | Posted on 04-01-2009-05-2008
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The following is a guide for beginners going to Kyoto based on the recent experiences of two young guys from Australia visiting for the first time. It is, by some distance, not to be taken as a ‘definitive guide’ of any description, but merely serves as a kindred sharing of our adventures and therefore cannot be classified as ‘recommended’, as it were. We did do quite a bit though, so here is an overview of our tales as well as some advice and tips we picked up along the way.
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Train Station
It’s a bit easy to get lost when exiting your train and making it out into the main lobby of Kyoto Station. One piece of advice about Japan: do not trust the signs; those… Read More
