Holidays nooooow annnnnd...I had been slacking on my homework .__.;;
Homework talk aside, my malaysian friends came over on friday~! 8D I went to meet them at woodlands when they reached annnnd...we spend the first few hours sitting in burger king and reading doujins. XD;;
Saturday was spend at CO, in which the practise was horrible (:( My percussion teacher gave me the timpani scores for the new songs. T_T), but the gift exchange was fun~ XD I got a box of giant choco pocky from teckhan! 8D
Sunday was a CO concert with neesan, in which dan, durui, chu jun and joyce went too~ It was quite good...though...I have to admit that I don't really appreciate the solos (cause I was falling asleep XD;;). I don't really like the percussion people on the singapore side of the orchestra...the hong kong ones are better...:D And I LOVE THE 'THREE MONKS' PERF~ XD The face-changing perf was brilliant too! The female actress is damn pretty~ *__*
Monday was the photoshoot with sagara and my msia friends...in which it was held in the hotel room, and I is seme for the first time~ *HAPPY* Though I must admit that being seme is hard. D; So many things to do sia. =_=;;
8D DON'T I LOOK MANLY??? ...........(just kidding OTL)
Was also practising drawing with my mouse during the weekends...and managed to finish four (cause by the time I get to the fifth one, I kinda got lazy)...
Perf was successful to a certain extent, but I'm glad that there wasn't much problems...probably due to the reduced number of combined orchestra pieces...I'm totally disappointed with myself for Taiwan Blues though. =___= *kicks self* Shall practise hard for the annual concert, and make sure that my stupid STUPID left arm work this time round.
Dad and mum says that they liked the previous year's Beautiful Sunday perf. =__=;; *shrugs* Apparantly, the songs we played didn't really leave a heavy impression on people, cause I keep getting comments like 'I like one of the three songs.' and I'm like 'o.O Which one?' and commentors say "Er, I don't remember which one, but I like it.'
.....~_~
So yeah, I'm feeling abit 'meh' about it, but there's nothing I can do. *shrugs* Hopefully we'll get more interesting songs next year. (I is damn sad that we cannot play 餐具碰碰乐. ;__; 700 bucks for that score. ORZ)
The esplanade experience is different for me this year...very different. I remember feeling damn nervous and cursing inwardly at the stupidly hot stage lights. By the time we were performing the last songs, I was sweating like mad...this year, I wasn't too nervous, and I wasn't sweating at all.
Not exactly a bad thing...but I guess I kinda missed the adrealine and excitment I used to feel before a performance...
-------
EOY in four days. @_@;; I is nervous about Tsuna's wig. OTL I won't have time to go to Ben's place for styling...based on my calculation anyway. ~_~ Will have to style it myself on that day...:X Taihen daaaa @__@
I'm also nervous about the perf. X___X;; Damn nervous, cause I'm scared that we aren't practising enough...and we might mess up. ORZ I want it to go well....but...the chances of that is quite......uncertain. ;__;
Today, I nearly failed an assignment. X___X;; Sculpturing...in which I thought that the assignment was due NEXT WEEK, so imagine my horror when I heard Mr.Calvin Tan going 'I'm gonna grade you guys later before the class ends'.
.........>_______<;;;
In the end, I ponned UCD lesson, which was immediately after sculpturing lesson...and managed to finish the model in time. OTL
Mr.Tan also reminded us about the drawing assignment...WHICH IS DUE TML. X___X SO I was like 'DFJSDKFJkALDiASKDJSKDJSDdsdklsdlfL!!! X___X'
Went to see doc after grading at 3pm...and the usual clinic I go to isn't opened. :( SO I went to the other one...in which I had to wait for a frigging 45 mins for a consultation that is barely 5 mins. =_= Then I have to wait for another 30 mins to get my medicine. Walaoz. And when I give the person a 50 dollar note, she's like 'Can you wait for a moment? Or do you have the exact amount?' I said no, so she said I have to wait.
10-15 mins later, the woman holding the key to the casher machine came out of some room and I finally got my change back. =__= Horrible.
Anyway, went home, did sketches and thumbnails for my drawing assignment...and began working after watching Ju mong~ And after around 3 hours of non-stop working, I managed to finish it. *phew*
@__@ I fell sick, but yeah, it's not too serious...but it's damn annoying, irritating and horrible. T_T
Started feeling unwell yesterday afternoon...my throat was so itchy and fucking annoying. x_X I was afraid that it'll affect my performance...
Then...went Cash studios in the evening, sang my throat hoarse...drank lots of coke...
._. I guess that's why I'm sick today.
So yeah, the whole day's spent with stuffy nose, itchy and teary eyes, sore throat, coughs and itchy throat. Horrible.
--
On the bright side, we passed the audition! :D So yeah, we'll be performing on EOY...@_@;; I feel nervous just by thinking about it...THERE'LL BE SO MANY PEOPLE. AND I'LL BE WEARING A FRIGGING PAPER BAG. D8 (unless I play without the specs...).... ._. That'll be a issue I'll discuss with dan and kie later on, I guess.
@_@ Two assignments due in one week time. I am so fucking dead.
--
Heard about the Cambodia incident on monday during sculpturing lesson. I wasn't aware of it until I asked my classmates about it. Apparantly, one of the student who died was a student of DMD...and Ms.Gail knew him.
We talked about the incident on Wednesday during Art and History class...and Ms.Gail wanted to talk about the topic of 'Blame' ...
And, well, I can see that she's really upset about the death. :( Her voice hitched many times during the discussion...and she managed to control it till the end of the class, where she nearly, NEARLY cried. Her eyes and nose were all red though.
Ms.Gail said that the student wasn't one who left the most impression on her...wasn't a student she's really close with...but, right now, she can't forget about him.
This leads to me wondering for the rest of the week...why do humans only learn to regret and treasure things and people and creatures and animals AFTER they are gone, and there's no means to get them back? Why don't we treasure them when they are still around?
I guess it's a matter of taking things for granted...or perhaps it's regret? Regret that you didn't show more care to the person...regret that you didn't spend more time with him or her...
In this short 19 years of my life, I have yet lost some one whom I am really, REALLY close with...but since I was in around...secondary 1(I think)...everyday, I thought about what I will do IF someone I cared for deeply died. Be it my family member, my friends, my relatives, my nanny...
(TOUCH WOOD)
So yeah...I thought about it, make myself worry and worry, and I couldn't come to a conclusion as to what I will do...simply because I can't IMAGINE that happening...
There's the saying 'Do things everyday as though you are about to die tomorrow.'
...Seriously, it's easier said than done. Don't you agree?
--
Probably have to kick the idea of going CF out of my head...cause it's hard to achieve...=_=;; Especially if what I am planning was to go in the day and come back to SG in the evening.....MUZUKASHII SUGI.
In any case, will go to EOY whether friends are going or not...mainly cause of the Kuroshitsuji cosplay~! ^__^ Wanna take photos~ :)
--
p.s: Time to start thinking about my future. *sighs*
Finally, FINALLY leeched FFVII:Crisis Core high resolution cgi scene cuts from my friend...only to remember that she didn't have the last scene....T^T Which depicts the ending of Zack's story.
I went to Youtube to watch it instead...........and I really cried. T_T I think partially it's cause of the damn depressing song they used, the storyboarding, and the voice actors. Really. And when they played the guitar version of 'Aerith theme' for that scene...I really BAWLED. T___T
The theme song 'Why' is a brilliant song as well...goes damn well with the whole game.
Yes Zack, you have finally became a hero. T_T And Cloud, you poor thing. :(
On a brighter note, I love the fighting scene between Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal~ *__* Damn nice, in terms of the fighting, the graphics, the colours, and everything! (but really, Genesis don't sound like Gackt at all...though he IS voice-acted by Gackt! D;) Sephiroth was happily chopping the gigantic cannon, on which the three of them were STANDING on. The chopped cannon pieces dropped into the ocean like chopped spring onions dropped into soup. XD I came to the conclusion that Sephiroth's fighting technique is the 'Chop Swing'~
p.s: the sound track is composed by someone else, not Nobuo Uematsu. D: No wonder it has a different feel...It sounds kinda country. XD;; But I feel that it suits Zack ALOT~ 8D
p.s.s: FFVII:CC is full of gay hints. Nuff said. I see Zack/Cloud AND Angeal/Zack in the ending. T_T Sad, but ghei, as my friend put it, yes. BUT IT'S STILL DAMN TOUCHING. T____T
----
Today, a close friend of mine cried in front of me. It's not like an outright bawl...more like a few tears here and there.
But I was quite shocked. Simply because...I never see her as a person who will cry...since she's quite serious and proper most of the time...to me, she's a really strong person, who won't cry even when she's really down.
Guess I don't really know her as much as she knows me. But anyway...
She told me about her problems...actually, I don't really remember how we ended up talking about that...we started out talking normal stuff...NAPFA...school...etc etc...and then...she started telling me about her troubles.
To be honest, I am honoured. She said that she didn't want to talk about it to anyone, but she did told me...so I feel really honoured that she told me.
I still wish that she'll stop surpressing her troubles and keep silent, since it'll just backfire on her. Tried persuading her gently...but she's stubborn about that. Ah well, I guess each person has his/her own way of handling troubles. I would have choose to say it out, while she is choosing to keep silent and let it go away.
Sometimes, I feel really helpless when people tells me about such things...cause sometimes, I really want to help, but I can't do anything. I can't give good advice to them or help them in any way...and sometimes, I really hate myself for being so helpless.
To this friend of mine(even though u'll probably won't find this), I do hope that you will find your answer one day and be free of your troubles. *hugs* In the mean time, hang on.
--
Today is also yet another day in which someone questions about my involvement in my CCA. They were saying that I should just quit and focus on my studies...
Well, to be honest, I did thought about it for a long time, quitting, that is. Ever since year 2. ^^;; Many times happened, and due to such things, I nearly, NEARLY left the orchestra...
But I can't leave. Please take a look at the sorry state of the percussion group and tell me if it'll be right for me to just leave like that. =_= Everytime I ask myself this question, my conscious will nag at me. And I know that if I do such an irresponsible thing, my guilt will come back and bit me in the ass. :X
xp was saying that most people left mainly because they didn't have friends in CO. Which is true, in a way. I did saw 'case studies' of such examples...and they make sense to a certain degree. Some of them has time management problem, others are just simply not committed to practise the songs.
I wondered at what she said, trying to apply those elements to myself. Why do I think of quitting the orchestra? Is it because I have no friends? Is it because I can't cope with it? Is it because I'm damn lousy in practises and kept getting scolded?
...Well, no? Okay, I admit that the friends part might be a bit true? I won't denial that I do not have many friends in CO...but, what I felt is the biggest reason was that I am beginning to lose the...excitment of being in an orchestra...
Seriously, I feel that everything changed when we came back from AIMF...or perhaps, things changed from before. *shrugs* I'll never know, but I am certain that something in the spirit of the members have changed.
Perhaps it's the songs? Maybe I don't get as happening scores as I had in the past? I kinda missed the feeling of practising hard for a particular song...even though it'll eat up my time and all...:X not that I am not happy with the current arrangement, since the practising doesn't really affect my homework...(well maybe, it affects sculptoring. OTL)
Whatever the case...I think there's one more element: I don't feel my own existance within the orchestra. Feels like it's okay with everyone if I don't turn up for practise.
*shrugs* then again, I'm quite confident that this is just my over-active brain at work. I can be thinking too much at times. :/
*_* Just had a deep, deep discussion with my dad regarding a topic involved in my Art & History module...'Rules'
At times like this, I love my dad very, VERY much. *happy smile* Discussing different topics with him had been a favourite hobby of mine...my dad's knowledge and opinions about things really surprised me at times...they can be really profound. *__*
:) In anycase, he left me with more views regarding the topics and open my mind to more ideas.
Disclaimer: this are just my own opinions and thoughts about certain things, and they are in no way definitely accurate.
'Rules are everything. They are the way of life, they are restrictions, they are tools to control oneself, and they are definite. Without them, there is only insanity.'
Isn't it true? What's the first rule we set upon ourselves when we are born into this world? To live, and thus we cry for milk.
When you want to urine or shit, you go to the toilet. That's a rule. When you wake up, you brush your teeth. That's a rule. You wear clothes. That's a rule.
But these are things that you can choose to not do, right? What matters is the consequences of NOT doing them. Imagine yourself running naked in the public. It's not something you can't do, but what will the people think when they see you acting in such a way?
'When one says he wants freedom, what he really means is that he wants to follow his OWN set of rules, instead of rules set by others. Madness is the ultimate freedom, since there's no rules, thus one cannot even control oneself.'
It's not necessary to follow a rule, but you'll have to think of the consequences of not doing so.
Imagine there's a bridge. It takes you from point A to B. A rule is something like a bridge. You have to follow it to achieve/do/reach something. But of course, that is not the only way. You can simply swim over, instead of using the bridge. But you'll end up getting yourself wet. That is the consequence of not using the bridge(of not following the rule).
Not all consequences are bad though. Sometimes, when you go against the rule, you'll end up coming up with new rules that works better than the old one.
Regarding law, it is not everything. Law is there to control the bad rules formed by some individuals, such as criminals. A murderer can think 'I want to kill this person', and does so as that is a rule he made for himself. The law exist to control certain rules that might prove harmful to the society and the people.
Punishments are enforcements to certain rules, since some people might choose to be funny and disobey certain rules. The enforcements are there as an attempt to ensure that people obey the rules.
'Rules are meant to be broken- but rules aren't really broken in this case. They are merely remade.'
Rules changes from time to time and from place to place. Evolution and revolution symbolises the changing of rules. When whales moved from land to the ocean as part of their evolution, they were actually changing their rules from 'We live on land' to 'We live in the ocean'.
Thus, rules apply to all living things (even plants have rules).
But anyway, rules are meant to be broken is true to a certain extent as one day, the rules will change, and in a way, that's considered breaking it. A rule is broken when people no longer follows it. Thus when an old rule is pushed away for a new rule, that old rule is considered broken.
...
Okay, enough writing about rules. ^^;; Just writing down my main thoughts now so that I can refer back later if I forget something...
I had similar discussion with Kaiwen just last Tuesday...was doing Art & History homework again...to be honest, this module is quite taxing on the brain. ^^;; But it's fun, in a way. XD;;
--
I'm recently into Lovely-MocoChang aka LM.C (though I really like only two songs...^^;;)
The first is 'Boys and Girls' and is the second opening song for the anime Katekyoshi Hitman Reborn (though I didn't watch it. The quality of that anime sucks, even if the manga is love =_=)
^^; Those who had been paying attention to my 'what I'm listening now' tag on MSN Messenger will know that I had been looping it on and on for the past week.
The second song is damn cute. XD Talks about a pig's love for a lion~ (basically, a fat girl liking a handsome young man)
:) I like the Maya's voice, and to be honest, I'm surprised that they are a two-man band, Maya as the vocals and Aiji as the guitarist(and back up singer, I think)...I thought they are a full band after watching their Boys and Girls PV at first...^^;;
--
I wanna rec manga, really. But...I think this post is getting too long. XD;;
...
Ah well, shall go ahead with the rec-ing! 8D
Shall rec one manga today~
KUROSHITSUJI 黑执事 Black Butler
One of my Reborn-kahki rec-ed this to me, with an indignant 'You don't know?! It's Butler!Mukuro!'
*ahem* For those who don't catch the joke(in which I guess all of you don't), Mukuro is from Hitman Reborn, and the butler in this manga that I am recing now resembles Mukuro ALOT. *__*
MUKURO:
Anyway, I started reading it for the Mukuro-resemblance...but as it gets into the plot, it's quite interesting.
Phantomhive Ciel is the 12-year-old head of the family, with the mysterious yet charismatic Sebastian Michaels serving as his perfect butler. Sebastian can fight, make delicious desserts, extensive knowledge, perfect manners and solves tough problems that might post a threat to a perfect dinner party. But of course, nothing comes for free, and as you can expect, Sebastian is not what he seems...
So far, it has two volumes...though only the first volume is translated into Chinese...which you can find HERE: AT COMIC SKY FIRE!!
---
Okay, I wanna rec another one...but this is getting too long...(is there a word limit? >.>)
Shall post it next time then~ :) That's about it~ For those who have read to this point, you have patiences~ *thumbs up*
Joanne commented that I haven't been blogging alot recently! D; Well....let me explain myself~
Reasons why I haven't been blogging recently:
1)There's nothing much to blog about!
Which is true, in a way~ Come to think of it, most of my entries involves lots and lots of ranting about a few people. *shrugs* But that's in the past, while I'm in the comm. And since I'm no longer involved in comm work, the rants doesn't come up as often~
Joanne was saying that I can rant about CO~ XD;; But I don't really have anything to rant about it right now. The only problem I have now is the percussion group...which I had already ranted in the previous few entries. Sooooo, that leaves me with nothing else to rant~
I used to rant about my school work too...especially my teammates. ^^;; Well, it's not like I'm not upset with my school now or anything, just that...it's not as bad as it was in the past. *shrugs*
2)I am lazy.
Blogging in blogger is a littttle bit troublesome...I have to log in. XD;; *lazy*
3)No one reading?
The main reason why I have this blog was because it has a function that enables others to comment about my entries and stuff without having to have an account. A.K.A. the TAGBOARD~
Sadly, not much people is using it, which equates to me not know if anyone is reading my entries or not. I feel like I'm writing to the wall sometimes. Feeling kinda silly, I decided not to write too much.
Well, you can say that I'm attention seeking or whatever, but I prefer to have someone commenting about the stuff I write, and I'll know if people enjoys or hates my opinions and stuff. Isn't that the purpose of online blogging? You blog to let people read it, and when you know that people is reading your entries and commenting about it, you'll feel kinda happy, cause you are being heard.
And you know that some one cares about what you are doing or experiencing or thinking.
Seriously, I can just write in a private journal instead of a blogspot blog if I didn't want to know if people are reading my stuff. *shrugs* But it feels more lonely like that, don't you think?
Enough of the emo-ness~ I shall update soon with another manga introduction~! :D
....not really anyway~ XD;; No class today cause Mr.Calvin got something on (I think he went overseas?)...
So, went school at around 11am to discuss my portfolio webby's concept with Ms.Pat...I have to do more research for the ideas...=_=; But Ms.Pat said that I'm quite certain about what I want to portray. *shrugs* Shall continue working on it!
Brought home my sculptoring stuff to do....but I feel damn lazy. =___= Stared at it and feel.......lazy. :/ Still have to do it though...shall work on it on Friday...
(And I have to do my Art history stuff asap, or I'm gonna be damn screwed tomorrow. X_X)
--
Travelling adventure of the day:
Went shopping today after the discussion with Ms.Pat. Went to Kino first, browse around, before going over to the Japanese book counter to ask for Vongola 077 character guide book...I offered to order two for my malaysian friend who can't get it cause their Kino's staff sucks. =_=;;
Anyway~ Kino has stock for the books~! So...$34 bucks gone. ^^;; Though I'm getting back the money from my friend when she comes to SG in december~ :D
After that, I went to Bugis, to look for my cosplay stuff...found none in Bugis Junction, so I went to Bugis Street...end up buying a top. XD;;
Went to Queensway shopping center next....and on the way there, I met with some difficulty in finding the damn bus. =_=
I dropped off at Queenstown MRT station...a signboard says that taking 195 or 51 will take me to QSC. Went to the bus stop. Bus stop's sign board says they'll take me opposite QSC...I missed 51, so I took 195 instead...it travelled for a while, with me getting uncertain as the time passed...so I dropped off beside a mrt station.
Guess what? I'm back to Queenstown MRT Station AGAIN. =__= Apparantly, that bus goes through a loop....and I ended up on the opposite side of the bus stop that I started from. -.-
Waited for 195 again...and it came rather quickly, so that wasn't so bad...dropped off at the destination, crossed the overhead bridge (rather tedious...my bag is damn heavy @_@) and finally REACHED QSC~!
Walked around the place for a while, trying to find the stuff I want...in the end, I gave up and called Taku. He gave me directions and I found the shop~ The vest looks almost exactly the same...the only difference is the edges, but that wasn't a very big problem...
The problem is, the shop ran out of stock for the black vest. @___@ They have light grey, dark grey and dark brown, BUT NO BLACK!! OTL Damn sad lah...I asked the auntie if they are restocking it...and she said she can help me ask...in the mean time, I tried on the vest to see if it works...
Got a white sleeve shirt from the auntie to go with the vest and.....IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED~! *flails*
I end up buying the white sleeve too~ (so that I don't need to scout anymore...) But it's quite ex...@_@ $50 over bucks...so I told the auntie that I'll come back for it on thursday...she's like 'We don't reserve for people, you know...' --.-- But she offered the option of putting a deposit, in which I did...but I'll have to get down there on Thursday by hook or by crook else........the reservation will be canceled and I won't get my $10 deposit back. D;
>_< Really, REALLY hope that they'll have stock for the black one.......OTL Else I'll have to settle for the more expensive one that's on the second floor of the building...=__=;;
Will have to find mittens next...wool mittens....pale yellow.....Anyone has any lobang? 8D
Okay, been neglecting blogging recently...XD;; School's been busy...five modules, but there's lots of work to do. X_x I have a feeling this semester will be damn stressful...
Drawing lesson is damn challenging...cause Mr.Calvin is teaching us another method of gesture drawing, that I have NO IDEA OF. x_X It's damn hard...and I'm kinda struggling...x_x Only thing to do now is to practise more bah...=___=;;
Sculptoring was O____O!!! No.1: The materials are expensive (40 bucks for the clay and the clay mix). No 2: BENDING WIRES WITH YOUR BARE FINGERS HURTS DAMN ALOT. x___X No kidding, man. It really, REALLY HURTS...and you can't do everything with the pliers....sooo.......fingers. :/
To be honest though, it's a fun module...XD;; But I'm abit scared of falling behind others...*sighs*
The other modules are okay so far...but I have a feeling that they'll get worse as time goes by...
Have to start on portfolio AND minor soon though. *HEAD DESK* IT'S FREAKING NOVEMBER SOON!!!!!!!!! X_____X
--
Changing plans for EOY AGAIN. XD;; (Yes, I'm fickle minded ^^::) Doing Dame Dame Tsuna instead~ :D (Deng was saying 'YOU HAVE THE UKE LOOK!! HAHAH YOU'LL MAKE A BETTER 27 THAN 18!!) OTL
--
:D People, let's do a meme!
If you had me locked up in your room for twenty-four hours and we could do whatever you wanted, what would you do with me? Tell me, then repost this in your own journal. You might be surprised with the responses you get. They could make you laugh or even smile.
-SCHOOL IS STARTING IN TWO WEEKS. AND MY CO WEBBY IS NOT EVEN IN PRODUCTION STAGE. DAMN DEAD.
-PORTFOLIO SITE NOT DONE YET. Though I have the concept and theme in mind.....x__X B-BUT! *faints*
-My cousin is getting married next year...and she wants me to do the animation thingy for her wedding dinner. OTL OTL OTL I'M SO NOT CONFIDENT BUT IT'S A GOOD CHANCE FOR ME TO LEARN BUT I'M DAMN SCARED THAT I'LL MESS IT UP!!!
-GAKOU E KAITAKUNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OTL OTL OTL
Prac today was...........*siiiighs* I also dunno what to say sia. I'm the only percussion fellow in the orchestra today.....and, well, at least I wasn't have TOO much difficulties in the songs....
Mike was worried that the orchestra can't cope with Bali's Dream...:/ And seriously, I don't think we can. Too little people coming to practise, too little people having motivation, too little people being serious.
Lots of things were said today.....and, well, it made me really think about the percussion group...especially about handling the songs...with so many songs to prac, and most of the slightly difficult ones are handed to the year 2 and 1 (jia yi, ying yan and xue hua), I'm really uncertain about our progress...
Then there's the sectional leader thing. Who is the percussion's SL now? To be honest, I have no idea. It used to be Ka ching, and when she left, the role is automatically handed to jia yi for some reason. Personally, I feel that it's too unfair for her.
Had a serious talk with someone just now.....and, well, I became aware of some problems as well...problems that we'll have to deal with sooner or later...I'm abit disappointed that after three years, this problem is still there. *sighs* Perhaps it's in the blood. Ah well.
----------------------------------------------
SO MANY THINGS TO DO, SO MANY THINGS TO TROUBLE OVER. *FAINTS* =___= meh, ganbarimasu. OTL
GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH NONTAN AS THE UKE!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I AM GONNA FAAAAAINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG NON-TAN HAS IMPROVED SO MUUUUUUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT BUT BUT BUT I CAN'T SHAKE OFF HIS SASUKE'S VOICE(WHICH IS SEME-ISH), BUT NOW HE'S AN UKE AND I'M INCOHERENT!!!!!!!!1okd9dk0saKdA(kPODK(W)(DKS(@"KPKDSSOKSDosk9202kewijiAJIssjlslajsa9kSOk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*HEADDESK*
Mouuuuu, TOSHIYUKI'S VOICE IS DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN GREASY. SASUGA ELITE DESUUUUUUUUU. HE SENT SHIVERS DOWN MY BACK!!!!!!!!!
I CAN'T WAIT FOR NON-TAN TO VOICE A SEME!!!!!!!!!! (WHICH IS GONNA BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE, CAUSE HE HAS SUCH A GOOD UKE VOICE, BUT I CAN ALWAYS HOPE!!!!!!)
:D Just got back yesterday evening, after one whole day of travelling on the plane. x_x damn tiring.
Spent seven days in various states of Hokkaido, with six nights in hotels and ryokans that has onsen (though I never went to the onsen in the end :/).
Hokkaido is pretty much like the 'kampong' of Japan, quoting from the guide, Elizabeth-san~ :) It has lesser cities/buildings like Tokyo or Osaka, and has more sceneries and mountains instead. According to Elizabeth, people in Hokkaido are more friendly than those in the big cities~ and from what I experience, the older generations are the friendly ones~ :D
This whole week pushed my japanese to the limits....x_x As Changmin from DBSK once said in a Japanese variety show: これはわたしの日本語の限界だ。 I'm reduced to using really simple sentences...and use gestures and body languages to express what I can't with my super limited vocab...^^; 大変です。But it was good experience~ :D Some of the japanese (the older ones actually) were a little surprised that I can speak japanese as well...^^;; ほんとにはずかしいでした！
I watched alot of japanese tv as well~ free tv has around...six to seven channels, and you get all sorts of things...though it depends on the time as well~ Morning tv ranges from news to places and food introductions and so on~ Not sure about afternoon tv, cause I'm usually out somewhere...evening features news, in which almost a person was reported dead everyday. =_= And after news you'll get either jdorama or variety shows or documentaries or reality shows. That also depends on the channels you are watching~
Anyway, I love japanese variety tv!! <3!! It's so interesting, even though I can only figure out part of what they are saying...they got ALL SORTS OF VARIETY SHOW. Like, ALL SORTS. There's this one which talks about laws...in which the guests are shown a particular scenerio, and they have to guess whether the law allows it or not or something...and they gain points based on how many they answer correctly~
There's another one that's like...team vs team, and each team will sit in a circle with a touch pad screen in front of them, and they have to answer textbook/dictionary questions...damn tough, but if you are japanese, it's really educational~ They have around five sections...and each sections has around ten questions with increasing difficulty(one for each person). For some of the sections, players can answer as many times they like, for others they have to get everything correct at first try, or the team fails that section...interesting, isn't it? :D
Then there's this thing called 'Sasuke Challenge', which is like some kind of obstacle course that's really tough and you have guys coming to challenge it...it has two rounds, though most people fail the first round...x_x it's really tough.
One show I really like was this hide-and-seek show...first section features families inviting the hosts of the programme to come to their house for the game...the familes will then hide themselves in their own house, putting obstacles and traps in the house as well, and the hosts have to find them within the time limit, else the family will get the money~ I cracked up at a part where one of the hosts was so damn frustrated that he yelled 'KUSOJIJI!' XDDD
Second part of the show features celebrities, with one group as the finding team, and the other as the hiding team. The hiding team are told to hide in a school in whatever ways they can as well as put traps and obstacles, and each of them are given 100 000 yen in which they can keep if they remained uncaught till the end. The finding team are then given around 2 hours to find all 10 people. In the end, out of the 10 people, only one managed to remain uncaught~ *__* Though all their hiding places were super.
Then I watched the last episode of HANAKIMI LIVE ON TV on tuesday night, 9pm~ 8D I was like 'OMG THIS IS HQ!!' XDD~ But there's ALOT of commercials....x_x so it was quite agonising. >_> The next night, while I was packing my luggage, Bleach came up...........^^;; And I watched it too, all the while complaining about the dropping standard of the anime...that eps features Orihime saying goodbye to Ichigo, who was in a coma after his intensive training, I think...and Orihime was really sad cause no one can see her...:( Still, the quality of it is BETTER than Reborn, which has too much stills. -.-
Hokkaido has alot of HELLO KITTY stuff as well....O[]O I was so utterly tempted to buy them, but I need to reserve my money...soooo, I only bought a few hello kitty stuff...:( Hokkaido has foxes and bears as its trademark as well, thus there's ALOT of foxes plushies and cute stuff. <33333 TOTEMO KAWAII DESU! >___>!!!
Then there's MARIMO~ 8D Marimo is a type of algae that's shaped in a ball, and it grows around 1-5 mm per year, I think...it's only available in Hokkaido (if I'm not wrong), and it's one of Hokkaido's trademarks as well~ :D Seeing marimo wasn't part of the trip though, and the guide didn't say anything about it...but I read about it in Junjyou Romantica~ XDD So I bought some marimo stuff as well~ :D
Basically, it was a relaxed trip, without much rushing around...and the scenery was really nice, especially on the mountains. The weather was cooling too (thought it nearly went as cold as Sydney's winter), and I SAW PACIFIC OCEAN! 8D It really look like 'World's End'~ XD
Anyway, I'll get the photos loaded ASAP and do a more detailed post~ ;D Please look forward to it~! 8D
Leaving for Hokkaido on Friday morning, and I haven't pack my luggage yet. XD;; Just washed some clothes I wanna bring over today...annnnd, I might start packing tomorrow or something.
._. I don't really know where in Hokkaido I'm gonna visit though...my dad told me that we'll be changing hotels everyday...sooo...XD;; I do hope that we get to stay in a ryokan during one of the days though~ :)
Wendy jie jie(she's my nanny's daughter)is also going to Japan on the 22nd with two other relatives (her younger sis and ming shi, who is the younger sis's daughter. Actually, I call ming shi's mum 'xiao xiao jie jie' ....XD;;). They are going there for free and easy though, so they had been planning since april...:D She said that if all goes well, she might plan another one at the beginning of next year and me and neesan can go along~ XD!
I still remember how I had planned a free and easy trip to Japan last year...only to be rejected by my parents. :/ They wanted us to go with a tour group cause it's safer...but it also meant that we won't get to buy doujins or anime/manga goods too! >__>
I kinda have in mind what I wanna get in Hokkaido...only if I can get them, that is. XD;; Can only hope now~ D;
--
.__. I slept at 6am this morning, even though I laid on the bed at 3am. *headdesk* Suffered a short bout of insomania for some reason...I think it's the Oreo Mocha Frappe I had in the afternoon yesterday........*mutters* probably had around 4 hours of sleep today since I woke at 10am to print the photos for mengshan's bday gift...
A little sleepy now...
--
Now I'm damn scared that I cannot finish the CO website. X___X;; Only started a little bit......>___> Can only hope to kick myself into action when I get back from Hokkaido.
--
Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the 911 attacks...Discovery channel and NGC had been showing documentaries of 911...and 'The Flight that Fought Back' touched me the most...
May those who lost their lives in the war against terrorism rest in peace.
*looks at clock* Okay, it's about an hour and a half past my birthday now~ Turned 19 yesterday, and had a small celebration with weilin~ :D Thanks, Lady boss~! ^__^
To be honest, that's the first proper celebration I had in years on the actual day of my birthdate. Mainly because my birthday usually falls on the weekdays...^^;; in the past, when I was younger, I would celebrate with my family. We'll go out and eat, buy a cake and cut it at home and such, then take photos. Years later, both sisters have jobs that ended quite late at night, which leads to the slow death of this tradition.
It's abit sad, really.
I think that's probably why birthdays are starting to lose their meanings to me. What makes a day special? It's special when people makes it different from the rest of the days. Birthdays used to be special to me as, well, people celebrated my birth into this world. But without this tradition, wouldn't it make this day just like any other ordinary day?
If I'm an optimistic person, I would say 'then everyday is my birthday'. LOL~
To weilin: I'm very touched and happy with the effort you made for me today. But I guess the reason why I wasn't very shocked or surprised might be due to the fact that I didn't felt like it was my birthday...though for that one moment, when the cake was infront of me, it seemed surreal to me that I'm turning one year older...
@____@ Finally finish this! Been working on this for the past week.....XD;; After I finished some people's presents, I've been working on this......x_x managed to push myself to finish it today.
Bday's coming soon, and I'm psycho-ing ppl to put in some money for me so that I can buy a NDS lite! Not that I'm expecting them to pay all lar...=_= I'm going to pay at least 100 bucks, but if people put in some money, I don't have to pay the entire $300+ bucks of it.
Reason why I wanna get a NDS lite:
I'm playing Taiko no Tatsujin on my big sis's DS now...she has her own account and I have my own one...but what's annoying is that she comes home damn late at night, and I can only play it at like 1am in the frigging morning, in which my mind isn't in the perfect condition, which leads to 'No Full Combo~!'
There are other games I wanna play as well: Subarashiki kono Sekai, Picross, Ouendan 1 and 2, Rhythem Tengoku.
That's about the games so far I'm really interested in...might check out the Reborn one as well...
Been playing the Taiko game in my big sis's DS! >___> man, I really wanna get a DS now. x___X So many games I wanna play....like 'Subarashiki Kono Sekai', which is Square Enix's newest DS game, done mainly by the Kingdom Hearts team~ Some of the characters looked like those from KH...XD;; But they still look damn cool~ 8D and Neku, who is the main character, DECEIVED ME INTO BELIEVING THAT HE'S A GIRL. @___@;; He's even girlier than Sora. *salutes*
I wanna train up on my Ouendan skills as well~ XD For now, I shall continue playing Taiko~ :D And hope that I can get my own DS soon. >_>
--
Zeph's going Canada on Saturday morning...*sighs* yet another friend leaves for overseas.
--
Reborn! is getting more and more interesting~! 8D PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ IT, SHOULD, OKAY 8D
I'm running out of anime to watch. D; I might turned towards jdrama instead...or Kdrama. Recent Kdrama I had watched: Fantasy Couple and Snow Queen.
Finished Fantasy Couple on Veoh.com....after hours of agonising waiting, I finally finish watching it. *kicks veoh's slow loading -.-*
Am watching Snow Queen on channel 55...two episodes, and I had already shed tears for it. T^T the first episode is like THE DRAMA. T____T 'ZHENG KUIIII!! T____T' Please watch it if you can. *sniffs*
--
I NEED TO FINISH INKING AND COLOURING ALL THE STUFF THAT I HAD DRAWN LAST WEEK AS WELL. WISH ME LUCK. HAHA. @_@
Finally changed my school's account password, and I can finally enter my account~ Am in school right now for Portfolio briefings...had another one at 2pm later on, so am chilling in the lab right now.
x_x There'll be lots to do during hols...my minor, my portfolio stuff(webby and pics), people's birthday present(which has already started) and my own fanarts(Reborn! ;D)........and I'm going to HOKKAIDO IN JAPAN~ 8D With my parents(a down side. x_x), but it's better than nothing~ I felt that I might not have the chance in the near future, soooooo, better go now! XD
Presentation for IAP is on wed...x_x and I haven prepare finish my stuff. D; Have to come back to school tomorrow AGAIN to do so. >_< Ganbarimasu!
--
Hanakimi 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XDDDDDDD So much fanservice!! But poor Nakatsu...D; I felt that the japanese version really portrays his angst very well...the taiwan's didn't really focus on the REALITY that is Nakatsu(a boy) liking Mizuki(a supposed-boy, but Nakatsu didn't know that she's a girl). Imagine how it might had been for poor Nakatsu! D;
Am rooting for Nakatsu right now~ XD;; Though it'll ultimately be SanoxMizuki....:( I do hope that Nakatsu will have a good ending tho! >_<
--
I wanna catch up on BOOKS in the hols! >__< and I wanna catch up on EXERCISING as well. :x to prepare for NAPFA. :/
Okaaaay. My attachment is ending next week...so I shall show u guys what I had been doing at my work so far...
This is the sum of all my pains for the past few weeks since I came back from Sydney:
=____________________=
*ahem* The window on the right shows the file at its REAL size. @__@;; As you can see, it's damn big, and if you look at the layer windows, I have a WHOLE LOT OF LAYERS there.
So yeah, my office comp was already dying when I used it to make this logo, but after the technician removed HALF of the ram, I figured that the comp will definitely DIE if I continue working in it. Which is why I'm currently working on the logo with my lappy.
Am finishing it up soon. Just have to do some final touch ups to some parts and change the colour of some of the parts as well...then I still have the korean version of the words to do...but that shouldn't be a big problem.
>_> Jia you!
--
Another sneak preview of something that I started working on since tuesday...for Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
And I was saying that I'm not going to draw anymore fanart.....=__=;; really need to start doing original art like...soon...for my portfolio. x_x;;
Soooo, this idea came to me this morning, and I thought that it'll be quite interesting to do~ I'll be posting manga reviews occasionally (probably every two to three weeks)from this entry onwards~ :D
First up: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Chinese name: 家庭教师REBORN!
Basic Summary: One fine day, Sawada Tsunayoshi(or just Tsuna)'s mother decided that he needs a home tutor to help with his work, and thus, hired one.
However, he didn't expect to have an assasin as a tutor. What shocked him more was that this assasin-tutor was barely one-year old.
The little assasin, named Reborn, was hired by the 9th head of the infamous Vongola mafia family to train and prepare Tsuna for his role as the 10th Vongola boss. Apparantly, the 9th boss was Tsuna's grandfather.
Poor Tsuna had no choice, actually, no matter how unwilling he was. Thus, Tsuna's long and dangerous road to being a mafia boss begins...
--
Another focus point of the story is the weapon of choice used by Tsuna(though unwillingly most of the time). It's call the 'Dying Will Flame', that appears after a person is being shot by the 'Dying Will Bullet'. Basically, if the person had any regrets when he was shot, the Dying Will Flame will appear on his forehead and he'll come back to life with MUCH GUSTO to fulfill his wish. After doing so, he'll return back to normal. However, if that person doesn't have a regret, he'll just die after receiving the shot.
--
Is it Good? Well, to be honest, I wasn't very sure about it at first. I've tried reading it a loong time ago (downloaded the first chapter and such), and I didn't like it. ^^;; Apparantly, the front volumes (from vol 1 to vol 7)are full of random stuff/crack/jokes/plain silliness, and I think the main purpose is to introduce all the characters(including characters that will be important later on in the story...). At the beginning, Tsuna was a SUPER WIMPY fellow that I kinda dislike him...^^;;
In the end, I skimmed through the first 7 books and reached the 8th volume...in which the REAL plot starts, and much serious fighting ensues. And from there, I give the manga at least 8 marks for the excitment~
What about the art? As you can see from the picture above, it's the kind of art that I like~ XD Reborn! is a shonen manga that's drawn by a female artist, thus you'll get lots of lean and handsome guys, some pretty girls, and some odd ones to show that the artist CAN draw.
Final words I'll really reccomand it to anyone who likes a unique story~ I like the mafia gist of it as well as the element of something like magic/chakra amongst the real-life weapons. On the other hand, DON'T WATCH THE ANIME. :x the anime doesn't do the manga justice at all. *huffs*
MARKS: I'll give it 8/10~ (really wanna give 9/10, but I have to keep in mind how I had crawl through the first 7 volumes to get to the exciting parts...)
Am goin to queue for the last installment of the Harry Potter series later on~ Honestly though, I'm not all hyped up about it as I did in the past...=_=; I think I kinda lost the passion for HP after OoP...in fact, I've only read Half Blood Prince ONCE, and that's it.
Still, since it's the last book, it'll be the last chance to queue up for it, thus I'm not missing it. After all, Harry Potter did bring much entertainment to me in the past, especially the first three books, which are more light hearted and funny.
I've read some spoilers online already, though I'm not sure if they are real or not. It's stated that it's 100% accurate though, cause the poster even put up photos of the book pages and stuff (though I didn't manage to see any photos ._.).
(which means that after posting this, I'm goin to sleep. XD;;)
--
I finished the game logo, but Cash is like ':/ it still needs more work.' *sighs* I'm so damn pathetic and useless. *headdesk*
I'm soooo getting a frigging D for my attachment. *depressed*
--
Damn tired today actually, cause I stayed up till 2am to send the AIMF vid to Chin Teck. =__= That woman owned me a favour now~ >D
Kept myself awake in the office by reading lots of manga scans; mainly 'Princess Princess' and 'Reborn!'.
Started Reborn only yesterday, actually. Haven't find a favourite character yet though (Lambo is damn hilarious while Hibari is quite handsome in a sense. Tsuna is too wimpy for my taste though. I hope that when he gets stronger and more sensible in the future, he'll be cooler~)
It turned out to be quite interesting...despite my initial doubts about it (I've read chapter 1 a few months before and didn't like it, cause it was really retarded and Tsuna is so pathetic that it's almost painful to read on)though I think the first few parts were there to introduce the characters. It didn't really touch much on the plot, which involves turning Tsuna into the Vongola Boss. After spoiling myself from wikipedia, it's revealed that the story will get more interesting down the road~ :D I'm at volume 3 now...and there are at least 12 volumes...sooooo yeah, still got a looong way to go. XD;;
--
I'm confirming doing Hosokawa Gracia for EOY~ Oichi was apparantly taken up, and even though acktosh says he doesn't mind duplicates, I mind.
Went to read up on her in Wikipedia and realised that she's the daughter of another character in the game~ LOL
Her costumer doesn't have any armor, which is a good thing, but she has alot of small details like decorative knots, fabric patterns and accessories that are quite....challenging. I'm going to start searching and buying materials this weekend though...>_>
Am also planning to sell stuff for EOY...though that's not very confirmed, since I've no idea if the booking of the booths is the same as last time... ._. I'll be doing Reborn! and Shippuden bookmarks~ and maybe I'll pull out my old D.Gray Man bookmarks to sell as well.
Means that I have to start work on them now if I want to survive school term. x___X;;
--
By the end of this year, I'll be juggling cosplay, my personal fanart stuff, CO and school together...x__X Wish me luck! There'll be many songs for CO, and I have a bad feeling that I might have to play the difficult parts.......and there's school with the portfolio module and minor projects +__+;; (website! *dies*)...and high standard cosplay for gracia, cause my group are made of perfectionists.
X__x Feels like IMPENDING DOOM already. Urgh. I do hope I can survive this year to graduate next year.................. @__@:;
...My colleague actually wore Sasuke's costume to work today.
..............Sasuke, as in, UCHIHA SASUKE from NARUTO.
..................................
I reckon that he got his costume online (those ready made costumes)...and it looks horrid.
*headdesk*
Did I mention that this colleague is a Sasuke fanboy? !_!;; He's totally obsessed with Sasuke (and SasuSaku).
............my poor eyes >.>
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
OKAY~ finally got a tagboard running thanks to Damien's help~ :D I'll just have to search for a nice blog skin and I'm done~
x_x it rained in the morning, so I was caught in the rain when I got to Tanjong Pagar. :x Luckily, I brought my hooded jacket, so I didn't get really wet or anything. My pants front was nearly drenched though, so I spent around 15 mins standing in front of the fan in my office, and ended up having to cope with COLD and DAMP pants for the rest of the morning...
Conclusion: Rain water makes your clothes smell if not dried properly. =__+;;
--
Asked about my salary and they kinda...forget that I start work on 28 May and not 28 June. =___+;; So yeah. Informed the admin person about it already (amy; she's a really nice person :D) and she said she'll transfer money into my account...
.....>.< I'm finally getting my pay~!
--
Been slacking at my work these days AGAIN...though I have to buck up soon cause I have to finish the damn logos by this week. x__X;; Ganbarimasu!
Had been watching Hana Kimi(japanese version), and it's really different from the taiwan version's. Taiwan's had more.........funny moments, I guess. Both are good, and since the japanese version is still at the beginning (ep 2), I'll wait awhile before saying which one is better.
Watched Eternal Summer as well......annnnnd.........it's not as sad as I thought it'll be (though I felt kinda sad for Shane when Jonathan told him about the teacher's order). The smex scene isn't much but there's lots of emotions there, so I'll give it thumbs up for that.
Had been reading Claymore and Princess Princess's manga as well, and the sad thing is that I can only read it at work cause my lappy likes to lag these days. x___X;; Damn, need to start burning out things again.
--
Was also looking around at the cosfest photos...and well, I had to say that the standard has increased, compared to last year's...though there are still MANY horrid ones. =__=;;
I'm around 80% sure that I'll do Oichi from Samurai Warriors 2 for EOY...neesan said 'if you want to do, you have to guarantee that your costume will be done by EOY, cause EVERYONE's going to debut there'. XD;;
On the other hand, I wanna do Nabari no Ou as well!! >_>! Will have to do it next year though...x_x I need to find people. Urgh.
...Okay, so I decided today that it's been a while since I've updated my blog (though my livejournal remained very active as ever). Logged in and realised that my old blog has disappeared (or maybe, I've used the wrong account D:).
In anycase, here's my new blog, named 'Rabbit's Corner' cause I can't think of a better name right now. Will change it in the future if I ever get an inspiration for a better name.
I'll try and update this as often as I can, though I won't guarentee anything...if I manage to get the hang of updating in this blog, I'll probably update more often...still, my livejournal will be my main journal.
So yeah, I'll have to go and research on how to change blog skins and stuff........again. --.--
p.s: how do I put in a tagboard? D: *blogger-idiot* That's probably why I never liked using blogger, and used livejournal instead...
p.p.s: Let's hope that my next post won't be months later.....:x
I'm currently a year 3 student at NYP, studying Digital Media Design. Am also part of NYPCO(chinese orchestra) and only learned percussion for three years.
