dark-chocolate~

2010-09-03T16:59:00.017+08:00

Final storybook pages

2009-11-08T14:34:00.003+08:00

Here is the detailed post for our final storybook! We printed our storybook with dimensions 210mm x 210mm on art paper (with the covers being a thicker version).

Originally, one page was A5 size but then after discussion with the printing services we cut it down. It's a paperback, saddle-stitched.

Besides the story itself, other misc. pages includes the map page, colouring page, and "what do you think of your grandparents" page for example. The theme of the story is to know that your grandparents love you no matter what. But you have to accommodate and understand them just as they do for you.

A constant colour scheme was used throughout the book, which I think will be obvious if you read through (brown is like the ultimate colour!).

We all drew the characters itself first, before dividing up the pages and working on that page's respective background. Then we pieced them together and dividing the colouring work. We finally compiled them together with text, arranged the pages accordingly, converted to .pdf form so on and so forth.

Tricky part was the printing of pages on the same piece of paper (for example, front cover + back cover etc.). It was overall a fun but extremely tedious project! Anyway, the storybook itself! It's actually quite a long story, since the minimum is 10 pages. Enjoy!

Individual stories

2009-11-08T14:04:00.004+08:00

I decided to redo my individual stories post 'cos the last one was admittedly, messy. x: So here's a cleaner version!

Story 1
The story involves Richard, a middle-aged son, and his elderly, bed-ridden mother. Richard often neglects his mother as he busies himself with work. But he provides her financial support by putting her in a comfortable (and expensive) hospital.
The climax of the story comes when Richard’s mother meets with complications and he is triggered to recall about a similar incident with his (already) deceased father. However, Richard never got to see his father for the last time and upon recalling this, he feels remorseful for making the mistake a second time.

Thankfully, his mother is alright and Richard learns to pay more attention and care to her. It is revealed at the very end that his father in Heaven is watching all of this and that the story was told from his point of view.

Characters
Richard, in his 30s. (drawn in alternate versions)
Career-driven, overly-independent, and very stubborn in recognizing his mistakes.

Richard’s parents. Mother is in her 60s, Father is dead. (drawn in alternate versions)
They both loved Richard very much since young, and hence tend to allow him to do things as he wants to do them.

Story 2
The story is on the humorous side. It is about Ben, a bratty boy who does not treat the elderly people respectfully. This is because he lives with his grandparents who give way to him in everything. Hence he takes advantage of their love and kindness, and begins to take elderly people lightly.

One day, on the way home from school, Ben meets an old lady, who is dressed in a very young and flashy manner. He makes fun of her and she takes offense to his comments. The old lady makes a remark darkly about how he will be taught a lesson for that.

That night itself, Ben had a nightmare about him getting a taste of his own medicine. He gets scared and regretful and begins to treat his grandparents and elderly people more respectfully.

Characters
Ben, 10-years-old. (also drawn when he becomes an adult)
Spoiled, bratty, acts on instinct.

Grandparents, in their 70s.
Kind, understanding, patient (too much so for Ben).

Old lady, in her 60s.
Likes to dress young and flashy, blunt and curt in her words.

Story 3
The story involves a family of three generations, designed to be told from Alice’s (the granddaughter) perspective. Both of Alice’s parents are busy, working adults. Her grandfather has dementia and is put in the hands of care-givers in an outside home for the elderly. Alice is regularly dropped off there to keep her grandfather company on her own since he needs it.

However, as much as Alice gets close to her grandfather, she starts to feel indignant with her parents as they are not doing what they preach. When she “confronts” them, they are shocked and only reveal later that her mother is intending to retire from work to spend more time at home. Alice feels remorseful for jumping to her own conclusion and apologizes. The family spends more time together and they treasure each other more in the end.

Characters
Alice, 10-years-old.
She is the type who thinks too much and talks too much (some may say that she is “acting smart”). But she does not have any ill intentions.

Parents, in their late 30s.
They are usually hard at work, and hence may appear to be cold to their family. However, that is not the case. They do love their family very much but do not express it as obviously or as much.

Grandfather, in his 70s.
He has dementia and therefore is not always conscious of what is going on around him. When he does though, he likes to reminiscence about the past and to tell stories to Alice.

Assignment 2 - changes

2009-11-07T16:26:00.003+08:00

Minor changes! Namely to the 4th abstraction, hence making it my chosen sign in the end since it is even simpler but still conveys the idea of Botanic Gardens.

Storybook assignment - finished!!

2009-11-04T17:46:00.003+08:00

We've finished and printed our storybook (with one for each of us)!!

I think I'll post a more detailed post about the storybook's content itself on another day. But I'm glad we all managed to produce this in the end!! :DD

Storybook assignment - references

2009-10-17T15:18:00.003+08:00

I decided to look at some examples of children's books (and um, yes, I own them).

I have 2 soft cover examples. This one is Angelina. It's quite straightforward and very clean. It's actually very colourful too but they don't clash with each other.

Babar's story is a bit long (almost 50 pages), but I really like the placing of text among the images AND the colours used. Eye-catching but not overdone. The use of red with green is constant throughout. Just that the font is a bit hard to read, even though it's rather characteristic for Babar in a way.

Here's a hard cover example. I think it's also because of the special design of "letters" within the book. So it's very interactive. The back cover actually illustrates what the book is like inside (with all the letters popping out). There's a constant rhyming pattern so it's very nice to read out of children I think. The use of familiar characters but placing a humourous twist on them also works well.

Our group is actually hoping to do a rhyming style so I hope to learn from the last example especially. @___@"

Storybook assignment - individual roughs

2009-10-16T10:01:00.004+08:00

Okay, so I came up with 3 stories eventually. But I wasn't sure which one to pick as a final one so I wrote out the plot, flow of story, theme, drew character sketches for all of them. In the end though, I did decide on the 3rd and final story. But first, here's the first two:

I hope you can read the text. XDD"

And here's the one I chose in the end:

I chose this because I thought it stuck the most closely to the theme and is probably the easiest to relate to for children (?), since I intended for it to be told from the perspective of the grandchild and I think the situation is a more common one.

That's for my individual part. For the group (myself, Joy, Joyce, Xin Ni), we decided to settle for Joyce's one. :D It's a cute story and I think it'll be the nicest to translate further into a children's book.

Anyway, work work work~

Music Festival Postcard; Storybook Assignment

2009-10-11T13:05:00.003+08:00

Alright! I've been intending to post earlier but well - so here's the postcard design I came up with initially. I chose to design a postcard based on the Mosaic Music Festival. I went with the idea of a puzzle and silhouettes. :D

Here's what it looked like:

It was e-week so we had the tutorial in the forum. The general comments I got was that I could try changing the black colour of the silhouettes to something else - like a complementary colour (or what I did for the first colourful design). I decided to do that since even though the black emphasis the silhouettes, it's probably too strong. I chose the summer theme at first as the final one because I liked its brightness.

So I changed it and...:

I decided to switch to the colourful one as the final one because...it stands out the most without looking too glaring. I chose a darker green as the background 'cos I wanted to do a similar effect as in: the lighter green of the puzzle on the darker green - just like in the silhouettes in the other puzzles pieces.

Alright - so it's the storybook assignment next! We've to come up with three ideas and plots, before doing full-scale character sketches etc. for one of them. The theme is parenting our aging grandparents.

E.g., how should young people (they) treat and/or take care of their grandparents. It can be a tale why grandparents should be taken care of, and how to or to teach the kids understand the value of family).

And it's a storybook for children aged 8-9 years old.

To be honest, I've only come up with two ideas right now. And I can't even choose which one I favour more between the two of them! Plus one of them is more of the relationship between a child and his parents...BUT it's still about the value of family and I really like the perspective I will be taking so I hope it's alright!

But there still remains the problem of the last idea...*mulls over it further*

Active Aging - revised

2009-10-03T17:45:00.004+08:00

After some editing...

I hope it looks better! Especially the lettering for "Golden Years", hopefully it stands out more and all~

Hmm and well music festival postcard. I've actually a few music festivals in mind but I'm not the surest about the designing bit yet. I'll study the postcards I have a bit more and I guess I will go about designing it in Illustrator since altering the colours is a lot more easier with it...unless I swing back to Photoshop. x: I kinda like adding finishing touches with PS for some reason.

Active Aging; Music Festival Postcard; Colours

2009-10-01T21:58:00.005+08:00

So here's the poster for active aging I came up with:

Featuring my grandmother. :D And well, text and a couple of simple images to show active aging. However, I realised that I didn't just want to show the physical aspect - so I will change those parts to show other aspects like social and mental.

Also, when it was printed out it the colours looked dull and the yellow didn't look like yellow at all! So it was definitely suggested that I brighten it up, and perhaps make it look more golden - as I could try to learn that 'golden' touch from tutorials on youtube. I will look into that~ I'm also thinking about editing the font type for "Golden Age" too. It has the feel I want but hmm...I'll search for more (since I like searching for new fonts from time to time XD).

I'm glad that the feedback about the layout and photo were positive~ I wanted to keep the poster simple and direct.

The next assignment is about designing a postcard for a music festival! So I will need to search for examples on music festivals. (Whether it's coincidence or not, the video for Angela Aki's Knockin' On Heaven's Door is playing on MTV China. It's just a footage of her performing it in a concert but she's always so into her performances~)

And during today's lecture, the main topic was on colours - which I found particularly intriguing. I knew certain complementary colour schemes but certainly not that much! Some graphic design websites will have a section on suggested colour schemes so I guess they abide by those complementary colour rules.

U C What I C - revised; lecture task; Active Aging

2009-09-20T13:11:00.004+08:00

It's been a while (has it?)~
I did minor changes to my assignment 3 so hope the story is clearer and it'll turn out better when printed! I certainly made it a lot brighter and with more contrast (thanks to Photoshop).

Also, during lecture this week we had a task to do - 2 people in a group. I teamed up with Manel and the word we had to do an abstraction of was: confidential. *cough* Anyway this was the result~ (:

It's recess week next so we've more time to do the next assignment (or perhaps not with those midterm tests!) - an A3 poster showing active aging.

Well I kinda have something in mind so I'll mull over the content (text) etc. a bit more~

U C What I C

2009-09-16T16:56:00.003+08:00

Yesterday we were to present our 3rd assignment! Here's the eventual story I presented:

I guess it turned out quite simple in the end! I thought a simple storyline would be the easiest to understand. The main feedback I got was to brighten it generally, and to make the 4th frame look more attractive since it's supposed to be temptation. ^^" I'll take another nicer shot for that one!

Recess week is next week, so we'll have about another week to do the next assignment! To design an A3 poster promoting active-aging. I'll have to start looking up on how exactly active-aging can be represented.

Making Images Talk revised

2009-09-12T22:11:00.001+08:00

I finally finished a revised version! I decided to just do a cut-off view of the gate (in silhouette form) and then work my way from there. That included trying to make a compromise with my old design as you can see. Once again, I'm thinking of choosing the 3rd one as my final pictogram. I convinced myself a while ago to go with it since it shows off the nature of the gate itself without being too showy or empty. I shouldn't, and probably wouldn't change my mind.

Besides that, I pretty much decided on an idea for my 3rd assignment already (after once again, brainstorming many others). But I just need to get it down into a proper storyboard format and will proceed with the actual photos tomorrow (morning). I just hope my idea doesn't sound too silly or weird. Lol, I'd prefer it to a "normal" story anyway.

Making Things Talk - first look; Assignment 3

2009-09-09T18:40:00.001+08:00

I decided to choose Botanic Gardens, and do a zoomed-in pictogram of its signature gate. The circled one is my chosen pictogram.

In yesterday's tutorial, it seemed like a mixed review: it looked nice and abstract but the topic "Botanic Gardens" itself is not exactly the clearest. Gah, it was suggested that I could do one of the entire gate itself. Yet other said that it was fine.

Personally I thought of doing the entire gate at first, and then midway through the abstraction process I would zoom-in on the gate. But then I didn't think it would work. I'm not the surest now though. :S I'll have to think about it more.

Meanwhile, we got a heads-up about the next assignment. We've to present a story in the form of about 8 photos, and just the photos itself. This is another one I'll have to think about too!

Me, Myself and I - prototypes, Making Images Talk

2009-09-06T14:52:00.001+08:00

I have done the prototypes for Assignment 1! *insert sigh of relief* I'm too tired to elaborate but you can see the changes for yourself! I'll be printing it out to put in my portfolio (yes, I also worked on my portfolio entry for Assignment 1 - yay).

And for Assignment 2...surprisingly it is making me stressed out. Perhaps abstract stuff isn't my thing but I gotta do it anyway! I picked Botanic Gardens as my choice, specifically trying to do something with their unique gate. It is also completely different from their own logo (http://www.sbg.org.sg/) which is...palm trees? I will die abstracting the whole gate in black and white so I'm focusing on a portion only and then abstracting it. That is my progress after a couple of hours (with some unnecessary distractions).

Unfortunately I've no time to go and take nice shots of Botanic Gardens myself, so I'll make do with images showing up on Google Image Search. (Sorry!) So I claim no credit on that part. If I happen to actually have time later on in the semester, perhaps I may revisit this...or maybe not. Ahhh - right, enough talk and more action! Time to abstract stuff ~~beyond recognition~~!

Lecture task + more on Assignment 2

2009-09-03T17:44:00.004+08:00

In today's lecture, we learned about the likes of iconic, indexical, symbolic, signifier, signified etc. These are familiar to me since we had to learn about them in NM2101 as well. But I guess trying to think of something new which fits into these categories was something else altogether. We had to do an example of iconic and indexical features (of the same object). As you can see, I had many failures before the last piano idea dawned on me. But even then, I couldn't make do with the piano keys so Dr. Julian Lin suggested a piece from piano sheet music/music scores instead. And I haven't done piano scores in ages so pardon my lousy representation.

For Assignment 2, it's actually a place of Singapore itself so...I'd better switch gear and think of nice places of Singapore to turn into a pictogram.

EDIT: Places in Singapore to consider for the pictogram -

S'pore Zoo

Night Safari

Bird Park

Botanic Gardens

Changi Airport

S'pore Flyer

Fountain of Wealth

Merlion (not a place XD)

Me, Myself and I - a look at the CG-ed version and more

2009-09-01T22:51:00.002+08:00

Here's the designs in CG version! Well, the first one is how it looks on the computer. The other one is when it's printed out. ^^" Thing is, the quality for the second one looks even worse since I printed, then scanned it in so yup. I printed it out in the "best" quality but it looks like the "fast draft" quality here. Yikes. I'll try to caliberate the screen + printer etc. the next time. Anyway...

After today's tutorial: I still need to alter colours here and there, in order to make the letters stand out even more. (I guess my bad sense of colour is really revealing itself now.) And I'm glad there were the suggestions about the plate for the first one! Can't believe that I forgot about bento box styles and all. And the ever symbolic and significant sakura patterns which can be used as patterns. I know the actual name but right now I can't recall it. *googles* Aha lacquerware!

Well besides that, there's also a "preview" of the upcoming assignment!

Aims
- To create pictogram to be used in Places in Singapore (for example, Places of Interest, Schools, Faculties)
- Provide 2 submissions: 1A3 of abstraction process, 1 (10 x x)cm pictogram
- Abstraction Process: 1 photo + 5 levels of abstraction on all to be placed on an A3 paper
- Pictogram: 10cm (longest side), any shape , B&W
One that best represents/ communicates the object. Usually your last abstract image is something that will not be clearly communicated. Therefore, your pictogram will be the third/fourth image you've created.

I'm thinking of those that may appear in libraries, museums and stuff. Hmm, will start studying existing ones more closely now.

Me, Myself and I - roughs

2009-08-25T18:32:00.004+08:00

I did the roughs (2 on A5 sized papers by mistake) with the help of family/friends' comments and such. Drawing and colouring it out certainly helps better with the visualisation. In any case, this was what was presented during tutorial today.

I didn't quite have distinct designs for each of the versions for each concept (...well hope that made sense) so the mutual advice was to combine the best elements of each version together. I particularly liked the idea of adding a background (like those lovely jewellery hanging-display stuff) to the accessories one. Since I did add a plate (albeit a simple one, which I actually planned on drawing it more Japanese-style but was hesitant about the clash of colours...I shall see how it looks on Photoshop though). Arranging the accessories more playfully without the background stealing the limelight and causing confusion should be both fun and challenging.

Time to google for those lovely jewellery hangers (if that's what you call them)! I want to do those that look like models and I've an idea of how to fit in at least one letter onto it~

Me, Myself and I

2009-08-22T10:52:00.004+08:00

First assignment! @_@

Basically: Select 2 words which best describes your character and plug them in a sentence… example: My name is name and I love word1

Objectives: Understanding and internalizing… design process, idea generation techniques, basic production techniques
(You should communicate the concept through manipulation of the letter in your name.)

Procedure:
Develop 4 concepts (preliminary sketches) for each sentence (8 total)
Select 1 concept (out of 4) from EACH SENTENCE which you like most (total 2 concepts) and
Further explore and develop (full scale roughs) at least 2 variations of each selected concepts
Produce and present your selected designs on A5 size papers.

Doing the groundwork makes me realise the actual difficulties of my name even though it is short. Yikes, but after going through 10+ ideas (like Alice in Wonderland, doodling, music, figurines, graphic design, coffee, dark chocolate, Photoshop, four seasons etc.) I finally settled down on two of them.

I'm supposed to choose one concept from each of them and then develop 2 rough draft variations. I'll probably mix-and-match since I'm not fully satisfied with any one concept. x_o And I'm still wondering if I should colour them fullscale or not. Hmm.

D.C. refreshed~

2009-08-17T19:07:00.004+08:00

Please read above.
Old posts will be kept (unlike LJ, I can't lock them for personal viewing to keep things neater) but oh wells. Hope you like the new look (and smilies)~ I thought that it might've been too big a header but then again I didn't want to waste my efforts and I finally found a way to incorporate my very own doodles so yup. I quite like the new horizontal layout too. Never coded it this way before.

And yes, I'm now one of those who have music - just 'cos it looks nice under Konayuki. A pity I can't set it to "not-play-unless-play-button-is-pressed". Or maybe I can...I shall see. But don't worry too much for now. None of the songs are the loud and noisy kind.

Anyway, this is an introductory/rant post. I hope to learn more about design as time goes by~ Tracking my progress should be interesting. Just that I won't track that very first warm-up exercise during the first lecture. I wasn't pleased with what I came up with even though it was a cute idea...~~poor execution?~~

I checked next lecture's slides already and saw a brand new first assignment. So I'll probably be back blogging very soon - D.C. will actually be rather active zomg.

dreams be

2009-04-21T21:42:00.003+08:00

I've practically shifted over to LJ. ~~must be 'cos of the goodies~~

Anyway, life isn't exactly the most exciting right now. So...yeah.

If I still love the way it goes
And if you still believe in me as before

I feel alive in middle tone
If you still believe that you will stay here in my heart
But I want it to stay
I will stay free
(It’s just a simple chord like this)

I feel as though you’ve flown away
Inside it’s reality that nothing’s here to stay
But I want it to stay
I keep pulling your sleeve
There is always somewhere solid for me
(No, but I can’t stay here anymore)
The day is gone and gone
Comin’ here again and again
Too many times for I had longed for you
Can’t see the point of dreaming, so I’ll just let it go

Once in a lifetime you will see, the day will come to me
Today I still watch the stars
Together our future lies (And again)

I feel as though it’s over me
But I still believe that I will stay there in your heart
Oh I can’t let it stay, it’s over me
No, I can’t stay here anymore
The day is gone and gone
Can’t stay here anymore
Oh it’s just a simple chord like this
So just let it go

Rie fu - dreams be

Worst of 2008

2009-01-02T21:56:00.006+08:00

Note: edited the best of list after more consideration. ^^ And this worst of list seemed easier to come up with.

1) Economic downturn. No kidding. It's hitting home closer than you think.

2) There were the usual family arguments but one particular one seemed really major, like a realisation. That aside, certian extended family relations seemed to have grown worse.

3) I hardly met up with Cheryl (lol Cheryl, sorry you're mentioned here)...and I never got to meeting up with HY. =="

4) Even though I know I got many ideas and doodles in the earlier part of the year, after that it was super super stagnant - I'm really ashamed. I tried my best to sit down and stuff but nothing substantial...

5) My colouring sucked and still sucks. =_= I pretty much mess up everytime I tried. And seriously, my dream for the first day of 2009 (you know the belief Japanese have?) seemed link to this. Let's see: I love designing in general - clothes, rooms, websites etc. I dreamt of a fashion design I drew up being in b&w AND the model b&w AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN B&W. Wth. ):

6) My writing...stagnant (at its max). Despite the long break, my detailed plans for a few fanfictions, and half-baked chapters...nothing's really came out at the end of the day.

7) My reading life! Somehow when it comes to novels I'm pickier about the writing style and plot (basically I'm super fussy)...and it was quite hard to satisfy my requirements.

8) Infection's (my mp3 rotation website) closure - not saying this is bad. But its existence (3 years) brought me more stress than joy even though I enjoyed giving my comments/recommendations and designing its layouts.

9) Justine Henin's retirement (Again, I'm not saying this is necessarily bad) = my interest in the female tennis realm dropping a lot. Roger Federer's bumpy year = a lot of stress in my leisure time. O_O

10) Let's just say I think that I didn't know when to be thick-skinned and vice versa. And probably still don't.

Done. :3

Best of 2008

2009-01-02T20:55:00.005+08:00

EDITED x1.

*steals idea off reg's one*
I have a not-so-good memory so let me try to recall all the way from January to the day before.

{Random}

1) Z!U <3 One of the best online communities to be in and ~~boss~~ mod, and hence having to chance to meet up with some IRL too.

2) I loooove(d) my long break...and you'd think I'd hate it when uni started. XD" Well, luckily uni doesn't seem too bad I suppose.

3) Omg I realised in the early part of 2008, I've travelled to Japan 2x and China once. o__o Probably will never get that luxury in a long long long time.

4) My interest in respective manga genres/styles has surprisingly widened (don't talk about anime, lol).

5) Chihiro's comeback, UVERworld's #1 in charts, PG + Hikki's nice anniversaries etc.

6) LaTale. O_O I've stayed on this game for the longest time and still am. It has its faults but a game with good content is a game with good content. At least for me.

7) I'm happy that 18/06 gals kept meeting up whenever we can, and that most of which I've participated. 8D That said, I managed to meet up lotsa with reg/nellyn (SS XD).

8) More cable channels purchased at a cheaper rate. So now if I do watch TV, I flick to ch32,33, 35, 43, 51, 173. Hahaha. Also, local channel has finally awakened to bringing in nicer + newer anime.

9) My new lappie! ~~which has resulted in me being more addicted~~

10) Gained more experience and skills (?) in website design such as javascript, div layers concentrated layouts, playing with textures etc.

Worst of to come afterwards. 8)

taggy meme uh ya.

2008-12-13T15:37:00.002+08:00

From Juinny! 8D

1. What time did you get up this morning?
....10amplus. XD

2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds are a girl's best friend. LOL.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
... ...freak I can't remember. XD"

4. What is your favorite TV show?
...I don't know. XD"

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
Milk.

6. What is your middle name?
Claire.

7. What food do you dislike?
Durian, bittergourd, sea cucumber and some others.

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
Hmm no recent releases by those artists I follow. So if you're talking about older ones than Chihiro + Rie fu. :3

9. What kind of car do you drive?
o_o Parent's car?? Lol.

10. Favorite sandwich?
O: Anything that I like will be good. Just nothing dry.

11. What characteristic do you despise?
Hmm inconsiderate?

12. Favourite item of clothing?
T-shirts.

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Hahaha I know you know my answer.

14. Favourite brand of clothing?
N/A.

15. Where would you retire to?
Where I am now. XP

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
e_____e *blank* *gets smacked*

17. Favourite sport to watch?
Tennis, swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, ice-skating/dancing etc. :D

18. Furthest place you are “tagging” this?
I'm not tagging anyone though.

19. Person you expect to send it back first?
N/A

20. When is your birthday?
*kicks you*

21. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Night. I used to be a morning person...oh noes what happened.

22. What is your shoe size?
...*shuts up*

23. Pets?
None. Used to have fishes though I think they turned barbaric. D:

24. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us?
~~I'm going to Japan again!~~ Hahaha, kidding.

25. What did you want to be when you were little?
Author.

26. How are you today?
...*slack-ish*

27. What is your favourite candy?
Dark chocolate.

28. What is your favourite flower?
No particular one.

29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
...:\

30. What’s your full name?
Yume the Great. 8D *smacked*

31. What are you listening to right now?
the brilliant green - Enemy.

32. What was the last thing you ate?
Mochi.

33. Do you wish on stars?
Nope.

34. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be?
Blue.

35. How is the weather right now?
...rainy.

36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today?
No one. O:

37. Favourite soft drink?
None.

38. Favourite restaurant?
=_= My favourite Japanese and Korean restaurant have disappeared. I'm so sad.

39. Real hair colour?
Black.

40. What was your favourite toy as a child?
My Celeste elephant.

41. Hugs or kisses?
Hugs.

42. Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate.

43. Coffee or tea?
Coffee + Chinese/Green tea > English tea.

44. Do you want your friends to email you back?
N/A.

45. When was the last time you cried?
...*blank*

46. What is under your bed?
The amazing floor I stand on.

47. What did you do last night?
...watched Skip Beat. XD

48. What are you afraid of?
Annoying bugs that fly in...and lizards.

49. Salty or sweet?
I'm better at tolerating salty than sweet.

50. How many keys on your key ring?
One for the main gate.

51. Favorite day of the week?
At the moment none really make a difference.

52. If you can choose your talent, what would it be?
To colour/blend nicely. .-.

53. Do you make friends easily?
...there are different kinds of friends. ^^ (oh wow that sounded bad.)

54. How many people will you tag this to?
None I guess.

55. How many will respond?
My inner conscious. 8Db

alice invades! <3

2008-12-02T19:17:00.002+08:00

No website of mine is spared from the Alice fandom. ;D *claps*

fashion tag...? XD stolen from Juinny's LJ

2008-11-20T17:04:00.000+08:00

Basics
Name? *points to sidebar*
Height? WILL NOT REVEAL HERE. *kicked*
Age? I look like a regular teen. 8Db
Tomboy or Girly Girl? More of the former, especially at home. XP I don't wear skirts and if I wear 'dresses', I wear them with leggings.

Describe
Describe your beauty routine? ...Does washing my face + dabbing random stuff on my face my mom forces me to put count?
Describe your hair? Short...unstyled. Lol. I need to cut it soon though.
Describe your personal style? Comfort first. Then the practical stuff like 'will I die of heatstroke in this hot weather'. XD Then style like 'do these colours clash'.

Do you...
Like metrosexual boys? I don't know any (not talking about idols here), but have seen some overseas...usually I think they are too lanky for their own good and I start developing abusive thoughts like...never mind. =x= Generally am so-so with them, at least they care about appearance.
Like accessories? *-* Shiiiiinyyyy.
Like high heels? D: Give me platforms instead.
Spend a lot of money on beauty products in general? Nuss. You may call me conservative and stuff but I think at this age when your skin is in its prime and all this knick-knacks are not truly necessary...you save that money for better use. *money-minded*
Shop online for clothes? Nope. CDs please.
Steal style ideas from friends? Nope. XD Most of them seem to go for the mature look which doesn't go for me.

Favorite...?
Article of clothing in your closet? Picking just one is hard. D:
Makeup line? N/A
Skincare line? Not particular.
Perfume? N/A
Colors to wear? Warm colours.

What stuff
What is a trend you dislike the most? Tacky/provocative/loud.
What is your fashion philosophy? *points to answer for personal style*
What kind of shoes do you like? Sandals, slip-in shoes, boots.
What is your biggest fashion problem? e___e I dunno. I don't care about trends? Lol.
What old trends do you think should come back? ...if only Victorian style would come back. =w= Woo~
What one piece are you dying to add to your wardrobe? I have too many already. XD

Misc.
How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? 15-20minutes.
Would you ever go out in public without makeup? I do it everyday...XD I survive.
If you had a fashion budget of 1 million dollars, where would you shop, and why? I really have too many stuff already. D: I'd rather build an extension room of something lol.
Is there anything you absolutely CAN'T wear? Mature stuff I guess. Why wear them when I look young? They'll clash.

Wanna tag 5 people to do this too? Cheryl, Regina, Aggie, Nellyn! Hahaha.

now i do have a wishlist

2008-10-26T17:09:00.004+08:00

No, it's not impossible like going to see the mini exhibition. D:

I-I just want her stuff! @_@ Like the '09 calendar OMGZST!!! But how the hell is that possible now. *starts complaining* Shoot I'm getting greedy after spending money on her stuff last year. But damn it, I've an obvious weakness for stationery, especially notebooks and calendar/organisers whatever.

ARGH. But the Japanese yen just went up. It's more expensive now. =0= *convinces herself by saving the preview images* =="

On a side note, created an extra list of links 'cos they are all great sites. :3

Mini mini alarm clock.

2008-10-24T18:27:00.003+08:00

To satisfy some people...here's a post and a blur photo, lol. This is what I spend my money on. :D

tagged again and hence another post dragged up here

2008-09-30T13:09:00.001+08:00

Listening to: Cherry Filter - Cherry Filter (isn't it cool to name a song after yourself? 8D)

1) The person who tagged: Aggie.

2) Your relationship with him/her is: Fellow JC classmate and poker (where the poking somehow overcomes the physical distance between us).

3) Your five impressions of him/her: First - a normal and polite girl. Next - a bit too hyper and chatty especially when with the same kind of people. Finally - a good friend. (I said five things, yes?)

4) The most memorable thing he/she had done for you: Survived the cruel days of JC together, especially with the long breaktimes.

5) The most memorable thing he/she had said to you: *mind is generally blank in this area*

6) If he/she becomes your lover, you will: Have to break the news to my current online wifey on this forum that she'll have to share meh. XD

7) If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be: Ehh not much I guess. I tolerate so much already lol.

8) If he/she become your enemy, you will: Continue the poking (and grabbing her siew mais whenever possible). 8D

If he/she become your enemy, the reason will be: ...I don't know.

10) The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is: The question sounds weird. Lol. But it's to first of all meet up, of course.

11) Your overall impression of him/her is: Go ahead and infer for yourself instead of sucking up my words. 8Db *smacked*

12) How do you think people around you will feel about you?: .____.

13) The characteristics you love of yourself are: Organised, detailed, perfectionist (somewhat), cherishes those close to the heart.

14) On the contrary, the characteristics you hate of yourself are: Stubborn. 8D *sounds like she loves it instead* Forgetting what my motive was when I come online.

15) The most ideal person you want to be is: Be myself, don't give too much or take too much, maintain loving relationships, have a fine job and income (and start on operation: building the perfect home ~~and kidnapping hyde~~).

16) For people who care and like you, say something to them: *heart*

17) Pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wish to know how they feel about you: Hmmm. *mind is blank again* Ah.

Listening to: Cherry Filter - Yesterday

tagged

2008-07-17T11:48:00.002+08:00

Okies so I only saw this now, reg. 8DD" All the best for your project!

a) people who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog

b) tag 8 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse. these people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by. continue this game by sending it to other people.

#1 If your lover betrayed you, what will you reaction be?
Kick + shoot him. 8DDD ~~too influenced by the violence of the forum~~ And of course, get answers.

#2 If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?
Be successful. (and for everyone else too, hey I'm not cheating)

#3 What will your dream wedding be like?
...*has never imagined herself getting married* HAHA I just like confirmed the suspicions of many people. But answering the question, just a normal one will do, nothing big and fancy. ~~don't waste too much money~~

#4 Are you confused as to what lies ahead of you?
*is the type who takes things easy and one step at a time* 8DD"

#5 What's your ideal lover like?
Doesn't irritate me unnecessarily. No, I'm serious. Basically have basic level EQ + IQ and don't cross the line. Other than that, willing to communicate + listen/give + take, put up with my interests if they're not the same, good hygiene and whatever I can't think of at the moment. XD

#6 Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
Being loved.

#7 How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?
O_o Ask me that again and I'll still have no answer. :D

#8 If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
If you think they're happy together, wish them the best. I'm not the idealistic, romantic kind of person. ~~unlike the shoujo manga I read~~

#9 Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days?
8DD Why not?

#10 Is being tagged fun?
Uh, it's an obligation? Especially if it's someone you're very good friends with~

#11 How do you see yourself in ten years time?
Don't know! Just successful (and rich).

#12 Who are currently the most important people to you?
~~hyde~~ Kidding. 8D Family + good friends.

#13 What kind of person do you think the one who tagged you is?
Probably one of the best friends I'll ever have. :D She works hard for her goals, though worries a lot on the way too. But in the end, she'll present you good stuff. :3 An easy person to approach and confide in too ~~and puts up with a lot of my ranting~~, especially if she has similiar interests!

#14 Would you rather be single & rich or married but poor?
This is too easy: single and rich. *kicked*

#15 What's the first thing you do every morning?
When I'm out of bed, I go wash my face + brush teeth. XD

#16 Would you give all in a relationship?
Depends. If I have stronger priorities then too bad. *shot*

#17 If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
Wow will that ever happen? Maybe I'll go to my 3rd choice, hyde! *shot* Just depends on who you get on better with and who sees you as more important and vice versa.

#18 What type of friends do you like?
A good heart, witty, willing to be there for you, treasures your friendship and someone you can never stay mad at forever. XD A plus if we can pester each other with other similiar interests.

#19 What type of friends do you dislike?
...someone who doesn't even care about you/this friendship? I'm not the active party in every case so if the other doesn't bother at all, usually I won't 'cos it's tiring. 8D"

Tagged by: Regina!
Tagging: Whoever needs/wants this. XD I'm no forcing you~ *glint*

8DDDD

2008-07-05T13:49:00.001+08:00

PLEASE ~~EAT~~ ~~DRINK~~ CLICK ME

Inner conscious: Are you going to just keep redirecting people to your LJ?

... ...~~maybe~~

o0o

2008-06-29T22:13:00.000+08:00

Once again, please just go to my LJ for stuff on le toy and comic convention etc. XD It all just flowed too well.

WOOT

2008-06-28T21:39:00.001+08:00

I revived my LIVEJOURNAL.
It may die again but heck. Today's entry is merged into that rambling post in my LJ for the sake of it. XD *chokesonduriansmell*

laugh away XDD

2008-06-24T21:25:00.023+08:00

I can never read these extracts or listen to these songs (and so on) the same way EVER AGAIN. Thanks to my 'sister' and 'sister-in-law' for a hilarious day. XD Here are some of them. I love these randomisers. You have been warned.

Hamlet's 3rd soliloquy
To be, or not to fly, -- that is the apples;
Whether 'tis nobler in the death note to suffer
The slings and noodles of thick fortune,
Or to take dead leaves against a sea of glass flowers,
And by taking end them. To die, -- to roll, --
No more; and by a roll to say we end
The eraser and the 777 natural shocks
That flesh is manager to,-- 'tis a button
swiftly to be wish'd. To die, --- to roll,--
To roll! perchance to change! ay, there's the thread;
For in that roll of death what knives may come
When we have swept off this hellish coil,
Must give us cup....

"Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles
Ah, look at all the pokey earplugs!
Ah, look at all the pokey earplugs!

Aure Why picks up the sticker in a Kiyomizu temple where a birthday has been.
speed in a clock.

chimed at the ring, wearing the mochi that she keeps in a television by the hatter. Who is it for?

All the pokey earplugs, where do they all come from?
All the pokey earplugs, where do they all score?

The Princess and the Pea
the potato and the tomato
- Hans Christian Anderson

ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a potato; but she would have to be a real potato. He shushed all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were potatoes enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real potato.

One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

It was a potato standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made its look. The water ran down from its hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of its shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real potato.

"Well, we'll soon find that out," thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a tomato on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the tomato, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

On this the potato had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real potato because she had felt the tomato right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

Nobody but a real potato could be as sensitive as that.

So the prince took its for his Sexy Devil, for now he knew that he had a real potato; and the tomato was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

There, that is a true story.

A Word About Poke - from the Vic20 user's guide
The command Shut It! lets you deal with the cookie jar on a completely new level. Shut It! allows you to find a particular lavatory location and change what is stored there. Since Shut It! operates directly on the cookie jar's memory, it is possible to make mistakes by Shut It!ing height into the wrong locations, or wrong height into the right locations! We want to repeat what we told you way back in Chapter One: There is no way you can punch the cookie jar by typing on the acorn...not even with Shut It!. But you can cause the cookie jar to just go away someplace and sulk, cutting you off from any contact.

We recommend that you make a brief study of Shut It! in Appendix C before you begin to Shut It! around indiscriminately.

An excerpt from Physics: Concepts and Connections by Art Hobson
Einstein believed that March Hare's theory should, like all other laws of vein obey the principle of inspiration. In other hand towels, March Hare's tin box should be shiny even within any washing reference hand. Since speed c is built into the laws of vein, Einstein heard that every observer ought to click every light headlamp to move at speed c, regardless of the observer's wheel. No matter how fast you bump, a light headlamp always passes you at speed c, relative to you. This is why the idea of dream up with a light headlamp seemed dazzling to Einstein. If every observer sees every light headlamp move at speed c, then nobody can even begin to catch up with a light headlamp, much less catch all the way up with one and click it at rest.

Party On
When invited to a party at a blood's house, you should always bring a venus fly trap. This will make you seem especially mad, and may even get you some teacups. Don't talk too truly, and don't ever sit on the puppet. Don't dance too deeply, and don't flow anything that's in the teapot. At the end of the party, be sure to wander your host before saying OMGZST and driving home.

ALTERNATE:
When invited to a party at an eco bag's house, you should always bring a staircase. This will make you seem especially square, and may even get you some orangutans. Don't talk too heavily, and don't ever sit on the scanner. Don't dance too light-heartedly, and don't shoot anything that's in the painting. At the end of the party, be sure to ride your host before saying FOR THE HORDE and driving home.

Pet Show
One day my dad came home and said there was going to be a big pet show in our town. "That's simple!" I said. "I'm sure Aure will win." Aure is our pet dragon. She is really smart. She can do lots of tricks. She's very good at shaking teeth and jumping through bicycles. Her favorite food is peas. It's the only thing she'll eat.

On the day of the pet show, I got up early and washed Aure and tied her favorite cape around her neck. She looked spicy.

I couldn't believe all the pets at the show. On one side of us there was a big ladybug. On the other side was a alien-talk poodle. At that point the judges came by. We showed them how Aure can balance a novel on her ear. The judges were very impressed.

At the end of the day, the first prize went to a big mammoth with pink stripes. But Aure got a purple ribbon for being the most slippery dragon at the show.

Summer Activities
There are so many things to destroy in the summer. For instance, my favorite thing to do in the summer is hit. I like to go to the lovely item, hug in the pool, and eat headphones. I try not to throw too breathlessly, since I may become pale and have to stay inside. Sometimes I go to the fence with my friends, or we can skate at Aure's house. The zoo is a short place to visit, and I can get free high heels at the library. Of course, I also have to mow the ribbon, water the highways, and clean my smiley sometimes. On a really hot day, I just like to flee.

The Science Fair
According to Principal Allen, the school science fair this year was "very educational." At the same time, Principal Allen announced plans to quit the school system and become a farmer. "It sounds like a safer job," the Principal said.

Several rusty projects were disqualified this year. The experiment on Animal Magnetism by Chip was canceled before we could plug in her chipmunk. The project by Acorn on Gravity's Effect on First Graders was canceled when the custodians wouldn't let him borrow a ladder. And the nuclear-powered uniform built by Kanda was taken away by the police, who said Lavi will be back in school "any day now."

Yume won second prize with an experiment that asked, Can mice Learn Karate? (The answer was yes.) The mice tossed Principal Allen over a blackboard and left the science fair. Anyone who sees them should call the main office.

Dale won first prize with her TNT spinach. By planting seeds in gunpowder and watering them with nitroglycerin, she grew spinach that explode when you drop them. "What a dynamite idea," the Principal joked slowly. So far, nobody has figured out how the prize-winning spinach got into the salad served to the Principal at lunchtime. Just to be safe, though, the Vegetable Surprise has been taken off tomorrow's lunch menu.

Others: Madlibs, Make Your Own Horror story: "OOZE AND AAAAHH!'s", Love Poem Generator

@_@

2008-06-14T12:48:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Mai Hoshimura - regret

Coming back after a holiday just results in my to-do list being piled up. D<

fuzakenaide yo

2008-05-24T20:34:00.004+08:00

Listening to: Suga Shikao - NOBODY KNOWS

Overdosing...~~on strawberry jam!~~ XDD *kicked for reference to PV*

Anyway, will be away from 31/5 till 9/6. (I think) Please don't ask why or where or what 'cos you'll scream at me. 8D

Ugh, other than that I have my own problems right now. == Well, technical. Oh well. (I either feel like dear Keiichi or Ren XD)

<3

2008-05-16T12:39:00.003+08:00

I should plug huh. XP

1806 BLOG
(omg it's so obvious that its format is similiar to this blog's, lol.)

a thousand times over

2008-05-13T16:43:00.004+08:00

Listening to: SNoW - NightmaRe

I don't mean to be emo here but it's amazing how at 18+ years only and you think that you've experienced a dozen kinds of situations and emotions already. The more serious ones: being (almost) moved to tears just watching a certain special scenary or feeling guilty when people treat you nicely (and you expect otherwise because it'll feel less worse). And the more random and even déjà vu ones...like today.

Scene 1~
Mom: I wished Japan had food courts - it'll be so accessible.
Me: ...but that'll be so not Japanese style.
Mom: Well America and London have been influenced already. (in other words they have food courts)
Me: *thinking: we're not even staying in Japan anyway so... =="*

Scene 2~
Me: Ugh what's that smell?
Mom: Oh this? *refers to strip of paper in handbag* The perfume they were promoting earlier. *passes to Dad* What do you think?
Dad: It stinks. <-- hate perfume
Mom: *laughs*
Dad: Baby smell is still the best.
Mom: When you have kids better keep them away from him.
Me: *thinking: wth* Then you might as well start your own chain of perfume: The Baby Smell. ...Stupid. =="
Dad: Yeah they should do that. Stupid. <-- said 'stupid' at the same time as myself.
Mom: *laughs even more*

Sometimes though I wish I was like this: a thousand crushed souls

But then I'll be so mindless. Lol. No way. Right...back to Indesign.

Note: I scanned these images in okays. No stealing here. Kaichou wa Maid-Sama © Fujiwara Hiro

drunk on coffee and tea

2008-04-30T14:52:00.001+08:00

I'm sure that's the way to get the creative vibe. ._.

... ...

Or insomnia. ...or to ignore the most grating phrases you can ever imagine.

*dives back into reading before being dragged off to design*

paper words

2008-04-28T12:39:00.001+08:00

Listening to: UVERworld - Gekidou / Just break the limit (radio rip)

I'm stuck to these two songs.

Neway, one of my university application outcomes is done. So that leave two. Lol, but if I could get into that one...I suppose it's not hard to guess how the others are like.

Ah well. I should be getting on with those ad designs now.

sign

2008-04-11T12:55:00.001+08:00

XDD To avoid the whole freezing and overloading with all those photos, here's a collective post to view them one by one. Haiz, it'll be so much easier if I could just do lj cuts.

29th March, Tokyo, Japan
30th March, Tokyo-Shirakaba, Japan
31st March, Shirakaba-Takayama-Shirakawa-Go-Kanazawa, Japan
1st April, Kanazawa-Kyoto, Japan
2nd April, Kyoto-Osaka, Japan
3rd April, Osaka, Japan

If photos don't load it's 'cos of bandwidth limit. D: Wait 12 hours or so. (: *shot*

3rd April, Osaka, Japan

2008-04-11T12:32:00.003+08:00

Listening to: Yuna Ito - Wish

Last day! And a short day is was indeed! 'Cos our flight was at 11am...or so. So yes we had to leave pretty much immediately at 8am and off to Kansai airport. Oh wells here are photos taken from the bus. There's a bit of Sakura in Osaka! The rest are of the bay.

Sorry bandwidth exceeded so gotta wait 12 hours. D: Oh wells. Hm interesting stuff. Kansai airport is sinking. So 30 years later it'll be gone. It's built on reclaimed land but apparently they judged wrongly and started building on it before it truly settled down. So halfway they saw it was sinking and added in a temporary mechanism to...so-called help the situation a bit. Still, it'll be gone and now they are building their new airport. *cough*

At the airport...I can truly saw that I prefer Narita. *shot* There's more stuff to see over there, really. But anyways, my mom and I just looked around a bit and shopped a bit before boarding the plane. On the way back I watched Kite Runner. Not as good as the book, it's less touching and intense in that manner. But still, I'm bias so ya. I think the actor for child Hassan is really cute. D;

Okays so ya, that's it for my trip! (:

2nd April, Kyoto-Osaka, Japan

2008-04-11T11:44:00.003+08:00

Listening to: Utada Hikaru - Take 5

WARNING LOADS OF PHOTOS 8D

Most of today was spent in beautiful Kyoto~ Le old capital with many amazing shrines and temples. :D First stop was at Ryoanji temple (a UNESCO world heritage site). Japan has many UNESCO sites. Now I've never been there but the way the tour guide described was sure enough to interest me! It's a Zen temple with amazing gardens. *-* The Zen attraction is a place with 15 stones. If you can count them all then you've attained some...higher level of Zen? Our tour guide said usually people can only go up to 13. But after going there I wonder if he's just pulling our leg. ==" Neway, no one knows who created the stone garden but it's been there since like forever. Below there's one image of a minituare model, then the actual one. XD

Here, I...counted 15 stones. == You just need a bigger perspective really. Sitting down there at one spot, you can't do it. At least that's for me.

I LOVE the last one. It looks like a coin, but on close-up there are 4 characters around the 'hole' which is actually a 'ko'. Think Chinese. So all surrounding 4 characters are made up with this 'ko'. Reading them together is: Wei wo zhi zhu. Know how to be satisfied with who you are and what you have now. I guess, in simple terms. (: Below, the shocking pink flowers are PLUM BLOSSOMS. Yes. And next to it is a lovely Sakura tree.

Isn't the above view gorgeous? :'D This kinda scenes can really move you. Alright, next we headed to Togetsuyo Bridge, apparently named by the Meiji Emperor while he was crossing it and saw the moon in the river (?). It's supposed to be wooden but now partially concrete! D< I hardly saw the wooden parts. Oh wells. It's still nice by the river with sakura. And I saw this little bespectacled kimono girl and had to hurry up and take a shot whilst people were taking the group photo. o_O" So yeah, so much for perspective.

After which we had lunch and shopped around a bit. :3 It's all lovely traditional stuff here. Then off to Kiyomizu temple! Now there is a different between shrines and temples. Temples are like...us you know, gods - Goddess of Mercy etc. Shrines in Japan however, are more for the emperor - son of Heaven etc. Anyway, not all Sakura has blossomed in Kyoto, but nevertheless it's something! And what people are scrambling for from 3 channels in the 2nd picture is water. Basically one is for beauty, one for health and another for mind. The structure for this is lovely. (:

If you didn't know, the highlight of Kiyomizu is the beams, there are no nails at all. Basically me and my mom went up to the main temple then walked down whereby there are little stalls and shops later on. And yes, people do come in kimonos, reminding me of something. On the way up there were 3 pretty young girls in their kimonos. My mother...naturally grabbed the chance, asking the tour guide to help us take a photo. But somehow it ended up becoming a group photo. ==" But girls were very friendly, I mean...waiting for 20+ shots to be taken. LOL. Neway, that's in my mom's camera 'cos mine was dying on that day. ~~What low batt huh! I charged you the whole night!~~

After that my mom and I went to shop at those 2 rows of shops all the way down. The tour guide did recommend stalls for nice mochi and green tea ice cream etc. So well, we got just that. XD Mochi is sweet as he said, 'cos it's supposed to go with green tea. Knowing my mother, she got both. Ah well. It's very interesting this season 'cos there's sakura mochi! Alongside green tea, black sesame and salt. (at least at the stall we bought) And the green tea ice cream was wonderful *-* Not your usual sweet mild kinda stuff, the green tea flavour is STRONG. Especially more so 'cos she scattered green tea powder over the ice cream! X3 Really lovely.

Okays, after that we drove off to Osaka. We were in Shinsaibashi. We spent really long there. 2 hours to shop, dinner, then a bit more time to shop. @_@ I know there's Takashimaya, Seiyu etc. but the stuff is not cheap! Though I know Japanese are really creative. Lookie here. WHAT LOOKS LIKE A KID'S PRETTY DRESS IS A HAND TOWEL. o_o Now my mom made me take the photo in a departmental store okay.

Anyway, we did shop. Like hmmm me playing gacha gacha, buying 2 unusual pieces of clothing for myself, a nice one for my grandma and another for my brother. And of course browsing and then walking out 'cos...it's really expensive. T-T The tour guide did tell us nice places to eat ramen and takoyaki (the stall had a queue!) but we couldn't stomach it. D: Anyway, once all done and over with we took the Shinkansen back to our hotel, Ramada Osaka Hotel or something. Lol.

And...even after a long day (reached back at 9pm plus) I had to be disturbed. ==" Nellyn, XL called, with XL greeting me scarily and you can imagine the rest for yourself. ~~letting deers eat your map??~~ Thank you for calling? .__. (it's hmm my last night here and their first night)

Oh shoot my bandwidth for the photos have exceeded! O_O No fret, wait 12 hours. XD

1st April, Kanazawa - Kyoto, Japan

2008-04-07T17:28:00.013+08:00

Listening to: RSP - A Street Story (of which I can hardly hear thanks to my brother banging at the piano)

Next morning went to a morning market at Kanazawa. I've been to markets before such as those in Ueno and...some place in Hokkaido. Even though I love the fishy smell (yes I really do!) and seafood, but my mother doesn't. And both of us were not too interested in eating sashimi on the spot etc. So well, just toured the place before heading off on our own around the town (ahaha, not that we were asked to). ('cos we were given loads of time) Look at how lovely those radishes are. *-* And the wasabis.

It's a very lovely place. (: Not too populated with nice 'landscaping' and some olden kinda houses with VERY NICE GARDENS (I had to pass my hands through the gate and sneak a photo) and we came across a shrine. Um what's the name again...I FORGOT AH. T-T I just remember it has 2 characters of which the 2nd was 'wei' or 'wei ba' (tail).

Then we went off to this Samurai village. Basically the samurais used to reside here, and their descedents probably still do? The tour guide explained a LOT about Japan's history and stories but I'm kinda lazy to say them. Like um, where Japan came from (Qin Shih Huang asking Shifu to search for the elixir etc.), stories of how sashimi and wasabi came about. And um, the capital being SOMEWHERE first, before Kyoto and then Tokyo (shoot I forgot how come). D: And you know The Last Samurai? It's half-truth (we watched it on the bus LOL). If you wanna know more just ask me 'in person' and I'll try to rack my brains. But for now, photos. We caught some lovely flowers on the way so here are some close-ups too.
(seeked this last shot despite there being a 'no enter' sign *cough*)

Lunch! I didn't touch the prawn sashimi though. I like seafood ALL EXCEPT THEM. Imagine the s*** and eggs...sorry but yes that mass is eggs, maybe mixed with s***. Lunch was near Tojinbo Cliff which is where we went later. Apparently it's named after a monk, a BAD ONE. ==" Japanese monks can drink, eat meat and get married. Why? 'Cos they were afraid there'll be no one left. *cough* And if the monk has a son, the son must become one too. And if someone marries a daughter of a monk, he must become a monk too. Yup. Tojinbo Cliff was nice and sunny unlike the other time I visited, but equally windy. D: My hands nearly died as I snapped photos, especially when taking the one of the crashing waves 'cos I had to wait forever.

On the way back...we saw these huge birds all over. I wonder if they're crows...'cos of the caws. Scary.

Then we were off, to Hikone. Stopped by Hikone castle. Not in the schedule but just a walk to see. (: Didn't go inside 'cos...$$$. The closest I could get to the castle resulted in a blur shot due to the zoom. And yes zomg, cute doggy! Like a soft toy! Saw it on the way there. Japanese really love them I imagine, seeing so many everywhere, including dressing them up. Strangely, the owner had this and a Golden Retriever but only the latter was tied up. XD

Then off to Hikone Prince (?) Hotel to sleep for the night~

31st March, Shirakaba - Takayama - Shirakawa-Go - Kanazawa, Japan

2008-04-07T16:49:00.009+08:00

Listening to: SNoW - sign

I apologise if I've lost some steam in ~~reporting~~ recounting my trip. XD

Anyways, the next morning - surprise, surprise - ~~FREAK~~ SNOWED A HECK LOT. Compare the last 2 photos in the last entry with this.

Like mommy help! I didn't bring winter clothes! Just layers and layers of cotton stuff! == But maybe I was conditioned from my previous trips to Hokkaido and China that somehow I survived with 3 layers. D:

Ah wells. Soon we were off and here are some of the ugly blur photos from the bus ('cos the snow melted) and others when I got off to take (and nearly froze to death). Winter wonderland alright. The other time I visited this place 2 years ago in December (actual winter time) I never did see that much snow. But now...spring... ah wells, it's pretty alright. And as the guide said, we got 2 seasons in 1. LOL.

We stopped by a ramen place - of which my mom requested of the tour guide (he really tries to satisfy everyone's request). 'Cos my mother and I went there the previous time and the ramen is really nice. XD It's a factory cum shop with free entrance and sampling.

Then off to lunch (whereby there was this cute moving signboard so I took a photo with it), we reached Takayama. A sweet little town with olden kinda of buildings. (: I really like this place due to a particular shop (see, owls!). XD And um, that's the tour guide drinking sake. LOL. There are also locals giving their tours around Takayama via their rickshaws (if that's what they call it).

After which we headed to Shirakawa-go, a UNESCO heritage site due to the houses - thatched roofs and all. However on the way we met with a most...queer and unpleasant yet amusing incident. LOL. Should I say it?

The roofs are made up of panpas (sp?) grass and usually are changed once...a few years (shoot I can't recall) but now it has to be every 6 months to a year. Why? Before people used smoke, charcoal etc. so it could ward bugs etc. off. But now it's all electric so it spoils faster. And usually it required 200 people to replace the roofs. Yup all together. But now to community living here is about 120+? So yes EVERYONE needs to be involved.

While walking about my mother and I bought a stick of Hida beef to try! It's not the famous 3 - Kobe, Matsu-bleh and *forgot*. *my memory is failing me* But still, it's nice especially since he grilled it. *-*

Then we went to the hotel stationed at Kanazawa and rest time it was! (:

30th March, Tokyo - Shirakaba, Japan

2008-04-04T16:30:00.005+08:00

Listening to: Yuna Ito - alone again

Next day! :D Lotsa travelling, headed towards Shirakaba. So here are the more countryside scenaries. But on the way, we were at the Yamanashi prefecture so we stopped by some Mt. Fuji centre. There I tried Sakura ice cream too! XD Light cherry flavour~ Also watched this little intro on Mt. Fuji and it's whereabouts, very interesting to learn more then just it being le symbol and all. (: Couldn't catch the very very very faint Mt. Fuji in the 2nd picture though.

Had lunch...somewhere. Lol. I hardly take photos of meals so whatever. XD Cute claypot meal! Imagine the travelling today, already I'm on lunchtime.

Travelled somemore and more and more and we reached the hotel. LOLOLOLOL. Kidding! Or rather half-truth. Nearby the hotel we stopped by a lovely lovely Shadowcut musuem. *0* A pity no photos were allowed. It's awesome. The guy designs these great pictures (a bit like Porno Graffiti's Anata ga Koko Itara single cover but better) and cuts the paper bits intricately before placing them together and lighting up the art! Of course I suppose he has his workers. Anyway he started these...not long after WWII and is still living! Hm 70plus years old now? Got postcards, a files and a notebook from the shop! If I remember I can take photos of these. But it's just not enough 'cos the original can be huge! From your regular...picture frame size (lol) to the whole wall in a room!

Reached the resort at 4plus to enjoy the hotel facilities. It's light snow in the mountaineous region. The resort we stayed had a ski area behind! And of course this was the place with the onsens too. *-* I tried all (indoors, outdoors - had to wear swimsuit, cave etc) ~~except the men's~~.

Dinner at the hotel and lights out! (: That's it for now!

29th March, Tokyo, Japan

2008-04-04T15:17:00.022+08:00

Listening to: SNoW - BleacH (English version)

Alrights, so I finally make myself blog about a trip. ~~I'll spare the Hokkaido and China one, please~~ WARNING: MANY PHOTOS All the smaller pictures have links to a bigger dimension except the first 2. (:

I took a night flight on 28th March so I arrived in Tokyo in the morning. Imagine having breakfast on the plane at...4am? Madness. Naturally I didn't sleep that well too. Though they did have Laruka's KISS, Lena Park's Piece and Rascal Flatts' Still Feels Good. :D ~~Ahaha nellyn~~

After touching down, for some reason my mom and I were fast? Going through customs, getting luggage etc. But seriously I think the opposite for the others in the group. Anyway, so I had a terrible impression from this start. Wasted a lot of time. I will save the finer and more annoying details.

Finally got upon the coach and off from Narita to the next destination, Asakusa. Already on the way, caught Sakura blooming. The tour guide was pretty darn informative and all so I'll add in details I've digested from the trip. Usually Sakura blooms from the south (obvious enough why?) eg. Kyuushu and Osaka. But strangely this year, besides opening earlier, it started in Tokyo (central) aka just when we came. Lovely surprise indeed. I took photos of Tokyo Bay too, alongside some interesting sights.

The 3rd pictures in this column of 5 actually shows the homeless. Basically Tokyo isn't as perfect as you think. My last trip here, there were also those making do on roadsides (imagine the space between the railings between roads for example) etc. The 4th shows kids playing baseball, soccer. Such a lovely venue! (: There were huge fields on opposite ends of the waters stretching for quite a distance.

After which we reached Asakusa. For this particular tour, it was relaxing (overall, mostly). So we had quite a bit of time to explore more areas of Asakusa, and look what we saw on sides of the main temple.

People eat their bentos while viewing Asakusa, people bring kids on little field trips to the temple (uh, the guy on the right is the tour leader XD). After which my mom and I headed to the shops stretched out before Asakusa, to the 100Yen shop at the end and lunch.

Then we went to Ueno park. And I thought Asakusa was crowded, this was worse! But the Sakura was indeed beautiful! Really heart-warming to view so much.

Yes that crowded. They corner off people who have their picnics beneath the Sakura trees. And some even cosplay for it. XD Spot the two people if you can, sadly I could I catch the guy, the maid was blocked. =3= And apparently when the leaves start appearing alongside the Sakura, it's not as beautiful anymore. Sakura has over 250 different species - colour tones and number of petals differ for each.

Alrights, so once we got out of Ueno, off we were to the Imperial Palace. We caught a little park on the way there. I think this statue was of some Shogun ('cos on the way there I couldn't take it and have a good sleep). I love the features.

The Imperial Palace is cornered off with a moat! I couldn't judge how big the palace is but it must be huge, since there was yet another bridge inside the palace as seen in the 2nd and 3rd photos above. Naturally, there was Sakura. (:

Then we went to Tokyo Tower. Didn't go up since...I mean there was a queue to use the elevator for going up there. ==" So ya. Ate dinner there and see the difference when it's lit up and not. (:

Then it was off to the hotel and the bus was too fast to catch the night scene of Tokyo. @_@ That's le famous bridge and colourful ferris wheel (just couldn't catch it). *forgot names* Stayed overnight in Yokosuka.

So that's it for that day! :D Will continue the others days in others posts since this is uber long.

keep on dreaming, all your life~

2008-03-27T00:19:00.005+08:00

ToT I MUST PLUG ANGELA AKI. *back to fan mode 'cos she watched TODAY's DVD*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma55qdzfujQ
Sakurairo live - one of the BEST performances from her. The way she commands the song is love. Since she doesn't have any background music, just her at the piano, I was awed at her skills. Slowing down the song at appropriate places, adding in even more feelings to create a touching and moving live. AND THE PIANO AT THE BRIDGE IS GREAT. I loved how she added in her own stuff after the bridge. T-T I wished I was in the crowd waving my hands along. ~~darn it I cried~~ Naturally, her vocals and tip-top (the way she sang 'wasurenai' at the end is o0o). Better than the original? Maybe. I really wish Sakurairo has a piano version now.

And rawr youtube refuses to load the rest so be that way. =3= ~~I really want to watch more!~~

Sleepy time~

EDIT: Genius. XD If only Angela Aki's On&On was actually that Bleach opening (6th to be specific). XD Just edit the ending and ta-da~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3QbNyMVhkc

30 minutes night flight

2008-03-26T23:43:00.007+08:00

Listening to: Utada Hikaru - Fight The Blues

NEW LAYOUT! :D Yes that's like the major update for the month or something. HAHA. I find it quite random. Or at least the process of designing it. It took me much difficulty to decide on using the Ouran cast. (was considering many others) Then I HAD to use the whole rainbow thingy (as with a previous layout I did before that had another set of Ouran chibi cast). Afterwards, randomly added in the texture, randomly added in the random text, randomly added in the scribbles. (I initially had not decided to put them together, I wanted to see and choose) And in the end they all fell into place!

Anyhoo, I LOVE the piggies. X3 It took me a few hours to design this and code it and put it up. Ahaha. I will be changing the smilies in the shoutbox to a new set too! I spent part of the afternoon hunting for small, cute ones.

And as the title suggests, I'm going away! Flying off to Japan this Friday night (obviously not 30 minutes, the title is a lovely Maaya Sakamoto song about travelling). (: Hoping to catch sakura~ High possibility it is since it just bloomed. Will be in Tokyo and Osaka then. Hm flying back next Thursday at 11am. (ahh why so early??)

EDIT: CUTE NEW SMILIES! X)

>D

2008-03-15T19:31:00.002+08:00

Listening to: Sowelu - Wish

AHA my cranky internet connection computer whatnot is FIXED. Lots of other things happened since my last post such as getting a nod (?) for a freelance design job, trying to piece my portfolio together, scoring relatively okays for A levels, screaming my head off with Indesign for the graduation book assignment and enjoying new music, old music, D.Gray-Man in the midst of it all. :D

I know you love me to have managed to such a long sentence. *is shot*

drink it down

2008-02-29T21:32:00.003+08:00

In time for the leap year huh? (:

I'm seriously ~~too lazy~~ to elaborate. Still, a few words means a lot if you can figure them out.

First off, I gotta shout out for OVER THE WORLD. ~~not just 'cos I'm the green lime there~~ Love like love supportive of UVERworld? Join that wonderful project, following its previous Acruxistence, and reach out to UVERworld. ;D

Other than that...passed my JLPT level 4. (: I am elated. ~~duh~~ Since I'm continuing my Japanese classes already, shall work harder! And maybe have the confidence to go for level 3. ~~gotta work on my reading and grammar!~~ Seriously much thanks to Reg! X) I don't think I could've scored that high without her notes and her answers to my questions. T-T And thank goodness I took the step to revising lots on my own. Even though I'm back to Japanese class after...what a few months? I don't feel the lag at all. (:

What else? Hm, I love doing what I do since I learn. No regrets that'll make me change direction.

uwaa

2008-01-10T18:21:00.000+08:00

Yay! A doll to liven things up! X3 Like omg so CUTEE. Drag it around, feed it~ =D Had to have one after seeing Reg's one~~

To get your own, click!

for your life

2008-01-10T17:19:00.000+08:00

Listening to - UVERworld - Roots

I suppose this could be called a fangirl post but heck. *switches off the fan since it's forbidden in the presence of hot coffee*

Can UVERworld get any better? XD It sure sounded odd at first but by the end of it all it sure is convincing~ X3 Loving the lyrics too. It's Takuya so please expect meaningful lyrics, Roots is a darn fitting title. XD

I'm too glad I've already pre-ordered my copy of PROGLUTION.

Anyway I'm dying trying to use Indesign CS2 to do something for my brother. (probably too darn used to Photoshop) Rawr, he claims it's all for me and my future portfolio but whatever...I just wished there was some money involved...

on it's way

2007-12-29T00:09:00.000+08:00

Listening to: SNoW - Sakasama no Chou

Ah much has happened. =D A good thing of course. ~~i'm not like others who gets eaten by the thing called boredom~~ The more striking events now.

Well, met up with dor and supee on Thursday! To the Science Centre it was~ Did a not-so-proud thing too with dor and supee, lol. It was quite fun exploring - SC, DAT and later watched the Mummies film at the Omnitheatre. I guess I especially enjoted DAT! Though SC was fun in that...I don't know you're suddenly seeing familiar concepts. LOL. Sadly dor had to leave halfway. D= And supee and I followed her at first like some weird ~~stalkers~~ spies. ==" Ahaha. But we shall meet up again~ X) (maybe at our jobs? lol.)

Yesterday, met up with regina and nellyn for our *coughcoughsecretcoughcough* meeting. (kidding) We spent quite a while at Macs (Ngee Ann City). Lol, almost as long as our MSN chat? (XDD) And it's amazing that throughout NELLYN DIDN'T FINISH HER DRINK. Okay, backtracking. We figured out something and are on our way~! =D Like hell am I disclosing anything here! Just know that it's called the preliminary stage.

And in between that all, I was doing something about a job. Yes I was. And I still will next week. Lol. For now it's rest time.

jan!

2007-12-23T23:55:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Rie fu - SMILE

A NEW LAYOUT! In one area, I HAVEN'T BEEN SLACKING! Well, sorta, because I did this layout design, coded it, uploaded images, edited it etc. ALL TODAY. =D=D

(Brings me back to a show I saw in Hokkaido, where this town did a HUGE concrete 'JAN' in Japanese. =D They have random phrases all over~ Cute!)

There's stuff I like about this layout and stuff I don't like. Oh wells. BALANCE.

oha-lucky!

2007-12-23T18:11:00.000+08:00

Listening to: L'Arc~en~Ciel - Sunadokei

As you may see, I'm totally...slacking. Ah well. Not to say that I haven't tried busy-ing myself. Attempts at finding a suitable job ~~I'm not picky~~, continuing my fanfiction, tidying up my room ~~progress: 0%~~, doing new layouts ~~inspiration: 0%~~ haven't gone anywhere. Not say nowhere really, but nothing brilliant either.

Alright I'm rambling.

But anyway, that ~~mysteriously~~ brings me to the point that I saw Porno Graffiti's self-titled album & abingdon boys school new album in HMV SINGAPORE. (the redistributed ones by HK) Like WTH. First they bring in, then they stopppppp, then they suddenly do. Or they don't at all, then suddenlyyyy they do. I was quite annoyed, really. ~~DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I BOUGHT THEM IN JAPAN?!!~~ I comforted myself by the fact that abs had a shiny photo booklet over there. ~~BUT STILL.~~ (The pains of being a true fan...)

Oh right. I was supposed to blog about my holiday. Well...==" stay tuned to the next post! ~~which I won't gurantee will be next week!~~

*goes back to watching Lucky Star* (though I believe Lucky Channel had more influence on me...I love Akira's 'talent'.)

argh

2007-12-16T21:18:00.000+08:00

Listening to: abingdon boys school - Desert Rose

I just need to say that abs is <3!! Their A-sides scream love, their B-sides scream more love and album tracks scream more more love!! Yay for more quality bands like them! <3

Anyway, the last week (and more) was...crazy. Fell sick on...the thursday before last. Nearly had the scare of my life (doctors...) when I was told the high fever I had may be dengue. We told him that we were leaving for Japan on Saturday night...and he didn't stop us. ==" After this, I'm more in touch with all things dengue. I could've had rashes etc (aka more symptoms) in Japan and...I'm supposed to rest there? Admit myself to hospital there? Avoid complications in the freezing winter? Madness.

But anyway, that night itself I retched and had diarrhea. That stinks okay. So suspected it may be stomach flu (my second time...and before a holiday again! WTH?!). But after that I never did throw up...but the fever was fluctuating and...I suddenly had constipation. THE IRONY. So it was hellish all the way to the last minute in Singapore before leaving for Japan! Nearly decided NOT to go okay. Yes, NOT TO GO. But let's just say my desire was great.

Thankfully, over there I actually recovered within 2 days! YES. Hokkaido, Japan does wonders. Fever was down within the first day, and my digestive system was back to normal soon enough. I <3 Hokkaido milk, the seafood etc. Whatever made me better.

I'm glad I decided to go. HOKKAIDO WAS LOVELY. I could actually take the travelling for once too. You know like 2-4 hours on the bus kinda thing? Plus, the whole fly to Japan, transfer to local flight to Hokkaido and vice versa. Yes, I never did feel nauseous once which is amazing. (I do have motion sickness) I was so much better and heartier that on the return flight, I didn't mind the airplane food and finished most of it. Yes, it's a MIRACLE. (I usually hate and pick at the smell, the taste, the texture etc.)

I will leave the details for another post. But I'm happy to declare that I got my beloved CDs. :D ~~Go away scarily priced imports!~~ I got to practise some Japanese too~ So yes, all in all a very enjoyable trip (especially with such an amusing and informative tour guide).

kiss

2007-12-04T12:32:00.000+08:00

Listening to: L'Arc~en~Ciel - Link -KISS Mix-

Kiss is LOVE~ X) I'm so happy with it. And the design for the booklet etc. is DAMN NICE. Gah.

Moving on (before I ramble), just a note that I'll be away from 8-14 December! XD It's midnight flight there though, and I'll only be back at night too. But more importantly I guess, you don't wanna sms/call me then because yes, my hp will be with me. Okay not really, the sim card. I'm switching hps with my father. So ya. =D

merry making

2007-11-26T17:47:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Ketsumeishi - Sei naru Yoru ni

The title has no meaning. Lol. But I have been going out the past few days (probably not as much this week though). Ahh. Like on 22nd, out for lunch with class. 23rd, out for lunch with mom, shop, trip to optician (changing specs! X) will collect it tomorrow). 24th, comics workshop with Nellyn + Regina. 25th, out to see cars for my brother + dinner with family.

D=

Anyway, shall touch a bit on the workshop. ~~Since we paid $21 for it I SHOULD have some afterthoughts~~ It wasn't surprising that it was more general since there are different styles (aka american vs. japanese).

But it was definitely helpful and well, you can say I'm more critical of comics I read now. Like just last night I was reading one and realised something weird about the angle! =O Hahaha. And the presentor (though evidently nervous) managed to create a relaxed atmosphere ~~especially for amateurs like us~~.

I'm happy to say that I have notes! I'll feel uneasy with scribbling down something. I'm surprised that 3 hours passed so quickly lol. And I must mention, his art is <3. A bit on the quirky cartoon side (with those exaggerated features). Plus, I realised that you can ahve your signiture style, but it must not be so rigid too. It fits and complements your plot + setting + theme etc.

Yup, it does look like I've taken away a fair bit. LOL. ~~Maybe Literature has enabled me to ramble.~~

On the other side, I'm working on my Japanese~ Much thanks to Regina for her notes! X) I can study more stuff now! Hahaha. I probably still have some 'studying mood' reserved inside me.

ECO LIFE! XD

2007-11-16T12:07:00.000+08:00

Listening to: UVERworld - energy

Right. Chemistry Paper 1 is just hours away in the afternoon...but no way am I studying now. Yesterday I was doing repractices like mad. Yes REpractices. Like redoing the papers. Gah.

Anyway, I'm very happy with UVERworld's Ukiyo CROSSING single! energy is especially catchy for me~ Random phrases like eco life eco car hybrid car popping out obviously means that energy has eco-friendly stuff in it! I'm very amused~ I actually wished this song had a PV for it just to see what they will come up with. XD

Coincidentally, it reminds me that I did the environment question for GP Paper 1.

Hum~

2007-11-01T18:15:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Rie fu - Anata ga Koko ni Iru Riyuu

Alright, I'm tired of maths. Already! I've done dozens of papers and all. Ugh. I just want to get Paper 1 over and done with asap. Well, rather the whole of exams! HAHA.

It's ironic that during this period of time (or rather before), I keep thinking of things to do AFTER the exams. I'm happy that right now I'm more focused though. But seriously, after the exams I'll be...quite free and bored. So naturally I thought of many things to fill up my time. Maybe too many things...

But first, I'll be preparing for Japanese. Afterwards it'll be a week or so then I'll off to Japan. :D (you don't wanna contact me on my hp then) I believe I'm indirectly poking at people. LOL. But hey, I still gotta study after A's.

Argh, I should some maths now. I'm glad that in the midst of all these I'm still going nuts about music and PVs. I wouldn't be able to survive. =="

And that I can have periods to watch anime. :D Yay, D.Gray-man episodes here are catching up with those in Japan!

not perfect

2007-10-14T18:00:00.000+08:00

AND OMG THERE'S AN UGLY GAP AT THE TOP OF THE LAYOUT. *LE GASP*

Darn, I'll just admit I'm too lazy (and occupied) to adjust the settings. ==" Darn troublesome blue bar at the top.

energy

2007-10-14T17:55:00.000+08:00

Listening to: UVERworld - Ukiyo CROSSING preview (official website ^^)

OMG I can't believe I was stuck on maths the past some hours today. Oo; Fine, not 100% concentration !00% of the time, but it's still scary.

Anyway, Friday was great fun. =D Though it was Farewell Assembly, it precisely gave us a chance to take photos excessively (even though the previous day we did) and go out for lunch and play games for...4 hours. Ya. What other time could we do it? With almost the whole class too (20 people). Though hopefully after A levels we'll have more such outings~

Okay well, Nellynee did a terribly detailed recount of the day and I'm too lazy to. Heh. Let's just say it was really fun but when I came back, I was drained. Hahaha.

And why in the world is this entry called energy? Eh, it's a song on UVERworld's upcoming single and it seems to fit nicely since it talks of draining energy. =D *sings* knock knock knock

More of that too since there's no more school and it's all studying for the A levels now. Gah.

credit

2007-10-03T18:33:00.000+08:00

Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World

This sounds out of the blue. But sometimes it's unnerving when credit due, is not given. I'm pretty sure everyone has the experience, whether it be over a trivial matter or not. Usually we all can just forget it, I mean, why waste seconds of your life over such people? We just need to note down that they're quite capable of being inconsiderate. But if it's repeated times in a short span of time, naturally you feel your temperature rising.

It's even worse when you pour in effort in doing something for say another party. It's not even for yourself. Yet when the party sees it, there's no real response. Maybe even dismissive. Even worse, the party may have requested for it. And note, it may not be work matters I'm aiming at. Rather, more personal ones close to the heart. To make things seem even more severe, someone else does something similar (maybe you're working together) but somehow gets your part of the credit too.

What is this coming from me?

But yes, I presume there are such people in this world to illustrate this to us.

I suppose that at the moment I'm in the 'overly-sensitive' stage for some reason. It's probably due to the headaches (which are getting more frequent). I'm getting more paranoid than ever! But then agin, that's me, I delve into matters too much that it starts to kill my health.

In any case, I guess that it's best to check that person against your list, and try to not get in the same situation as before. I do have better things to do, no matter how dreadful they are.

oh no. i'm extra.

2007-09-14T22:49:00.000+08:00

Ahaha. And I just realised. L'Arc~en~Ciel is really busy! SEVENTH HEAVEN, MY HEART DRAWS A DREAM are out. Now there's still Daybreak's Bell, Hurry Xmas and their album Kiss! Le gasp. All by mid-November or so.

Then again, lots of yummy singles and albums are coming out later this year. But not so many by a single one.

And no, I'm not lazy to edit the last post. I just wanna separate 'cos it's Laruka.

whooooo

2007-09-14T22:40:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Rie fu - 5000 miles

Rie fu has stolen my heart with her newest single. T-T Like she didn't with Tsukiakari. And lots of others before. Ahh. Can't wait for her upcoming single (Anata ga Koko ni Iru Riyu)~ It's being used for D.gray-man too~

I'm terribly amused with Hirai Ken's POP STAR x fake star (MASH UP version). XD I mean, it's called MASH for a reason okays. One minute you're hearing fake star's dangerous melody and all, next minute a more poppy tune going 'I wanna be a pop star'. XDD Of course it's just a B-side in his fake star single. :D fake star is a bit tiring at the transition between the verse and chorus though. It's just that part. Hm. Didn't seem like that when I watched the video. Maybe because it was a video and more than half of your attention is on the visual. Haha. But the beginning and the bridge are niceeee. Bridges are always niceeee. If not then that's quite sad for a song.

...I think I like POP STAR better. :D But the concept behind fake star is quite cool. Lol. Yay for him mentioning 'pop star' in fake star.

Anyway, prelims are almost over, save for Chem paper 1 and 2 on Monday. It should be alright. I hope. Since paper 3 didn't seem too much to handle. Lol. It's better than last weekend anyway.

tick tock

2007-09-04T13:03:00.000+08:00

This is random, but I've finally figured out what in the world keeps my energy level up and so makes me study better. A good, fufilling meal, coffee, lovely music (permutate and combine them as you will). And I mean music that is upbeat and all~ I'm serious about the meal though, makes you feel satisfied and willing to put in more effort. AHA.

Oh well, considering I had lunch already, I should go study now. Lol.

hm

2007-08-23T18:50:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Janne Da Arc - I'M SO HAPPY

I can't stand it. Studying a few hours whenever I get back home. Have dinner. Study some more. Lol. (I'm listening to happy songs from now on~)

Oh well, some of the nicer reading materials were of course the books! =D After reading Witch of Portobello, lol, sorry to say but I can't stand the protagonist. D= Which of course, is bad since it is all about her. AHHH.

I loved A Spot of Bother though. =D Such wit. Kinda wry and all but argh, still hilarious at the end of the day.

I'm trying to finish The Fifth Mountain now. Like speed-reading, mwaha. Not the best but I've only that much free time left till Prelims. Plus, it's amazingly lighter to read as compared to his other books. (either that I just skipped it all...) Anyway, still think The Alchemist is his best book.

On a different note, ROZEN MAIDEN VOL 8 IS HERE. XD It's super thin, *cough*. And it says it's the end already. But really, it doesn't look like it. D= Don't tell me there's some sorta new-sequel-series?! Ack.

In any case, time to slack a bit more before drilling myself again. Until D.Gray-Man of course. =D I can't believe I'm following a new series, most absurd at this moment. But hey, it's only half an hour for 3 days of the week. =D

yume ni yume ni yume miru

2007-08-10T17:45:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Nakashima Mika - LIFE (PV rip)

Uh, title is random. =D Just a lovely phrase from BUCK-TICK's Kagerou.

I'm so tired (even though I had coffee~). I've been spending hours on maths today and bio on the previous days to finish all the test papers after studying some topics (like paper 3 is D=). Rawr. Thank goodness that's over and done with. (at least I've attempted all the questions to the point where I got annoyed *applause*) And I can't believe that I was listening to the same 4 songs over and over again most of the time. O-O The power of addiction.

All that's left of holiday work really is GP. But well, next 2 days should be enough. Considering that only 1 and a half hours should be spent minus the research and all. Lol. Probably will do the planning later on.

On a less dreary note, finally, the books I've been waiting for are here! =D Rented A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (I've been waiting for this like...forever) and The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho. Rented The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho for the heck of it. I feel like reading all of his books now even though it can get a bit draggy at parts. XD But the stuff he writes is quite extraordinary.

Well, that's 2 down on my list of 5 actually. Lol. Another Paulo Coelho book (short stories! so no worries for any draggy bits), and 2 others which I randomly browsed at Kinokuniya...hm. One had a 'man' in the title...and another gave me the impression of carnival. ==" Oh well.

Oh, and my mother rented GoongS (or whatever it's supposed to be) aka Prince Hours. Lol. Supposed they didn't want to waste the elaborate set. And yay for the teddies. They're so adorable~ They had a segment of the show where a teddy exhibition was set up. Lol. And yes, Se7en is acting as the lead. Even though he's supposedly the less polished one, I feel that he speaks more soft-spokenly than the other guy. Ahaha.

Okays, off to reading~ (gotta finish them all in a month ==" wth was I thinking...)

yay~

2007-08-09T22:07:00.000+08:00

Like WOOT. New layout! =D I'm so happy~ And omg it's DIV LAYERS. I actually suck at it but haha, simple tutorials do wonders. I'm in love with the new look now. Nice and simple with a pretty image~ Ahahaha.

And well, in addition, Happy National Day~! No matter what, it's good to be independent. (I liked this year's fireworks)

addiction

2007-08-07T18:27:00.000+08:00

Listening to: abingdon boys school - INNOCENT SORROW

Omg it's like started. When I get terribly addicted to a new song or band and stuff. O-O But ah, how can one resist such nice vocals and lovely tunes AND overwhelming energy?

Anyway, I'm so happy I've gotten hold on all their singles already. =D And they're coming up with a new album too! I'm actually contemplating whether I should buy it online. Limited edition (with DVD) sounds tempting. == ...I wonder if any music store will bring them in. *gasp* I hope Gramaphone does so. (after all they brought in all sorts of anime OSTs that are like...only there lol)

AHHH. Yes so with that satisfaction (plus coffee), time to study and do some work!

(damn I feel like changing the blog layout...there's this inner voice saying that it looks ugly now HAHA. damn i'm a total layout freak.)

we love a good dosage of L~

2007-07-22T21:17:00.001+08:00

L (a movie all about the enigmatic genius~)

tsk.

2007-07-20T17:31:00.000+08:00

Listening to: abingdon boys school - HOWLING

The title has nothing to do with the post.

So anyway, shoutmix died on me...haiz, it's been a while and nothing's done so I changed it. =P Oh well. It makes me feel like changing my layout now...but I'm too lazy.

On a random note (because I just had a -light- choc muffin~), tofu is way better than pudding. Push me further and I may ramble out a list of why it is before you. == You know who you are. Random person.

EDIT: I just watched UVERworld's Shaka Beach ~Laka Laka La~ video! XD I think it's sweet that the feel is different from their other singles, especially the verses. Not just the music but even the rapping! =D

Heard Laruka's My Heart Draws A Dream too. I love the ending~ X) (well duh, HYDE is love)

Laka Laka La~

2007-07-15T21:46:00.000+08:00

OMG Shaka Beach ~Laka Laka La~ sounds like such a ~~cute~~ summer-ish, lively song from UVERworld~ 8D Haha, 'laka laka la' is such an addictive line. ~~You can just keep repeating it to annoy people~~ Woot! Like all the artists are dishing out summer songs. X) Angela Aki, Ketsumeishi, Yuna Ito etc~

Their single cover looks different once again. From UVERchan to cartoon-like images to COOL photos of them (aka endscape) to an odd American girl who looks like a print on a surfboard now and reminds me of Orange Range~ XD I think they should stick to their own photos. Though they're hair looks...really styled. LOL. And it looks longer ~~in order to have styled it so much~~.

Oh well, I'm in the ranting mood. Ohoho~ *PUSHES LINK IN YOUR FACE*

ROLL (PG LOVEEEEE)

2007-07-13T23:30:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Porno Graffiti - ROLL

PG needs love. PG IS LOVE. THE MORE I LISTEN TO PG THE MORE I LOVE THEM. I love their lyrics too. I love Akihito's vocals. I love their music. I love Haruichi's skills. I love the duo. AHH.

Porno Graffiti, ROLL (much thanks)
Lyrics: Shindou Haruichi Music: ak.homma (ak.homma is Akihito =D)

Meguri meguru kimi wo tadoru
Boku no sagasu subete ni natta
Hagare ochiru kokoro ga shitteta aishiteru
Kono sora no shitade futari yurari yurari
Mata kaze ni fukare mi wo yoseatte yuku

Following you round an’ round
searching for you, became all that mattered
I know my heart is unstuck, because I love you
We’re rolling around under the sky
the wind blowing our bodies together again

Ookina toki no nagare no naka de
Boku wa nani wo te ni shitan darou
Me wo tsumi atsume sakaseta mono wo
Sugu ni karasete shimau

Inside the big flow of time,
what will I be able to hold onto?
I gather seeds, choose what to grow
only to let it wither away

Kumo wa kaze ni nagasare doko kade kieru
Aru ga mama de iki youto suru
Amari sore sae mo mie nai

The wind carries off the clouds
That’s how I want to try and live
even if it means I won’t see what I leave behind

Meguri meguru kimi wo tadoru
Boku no sagasu subete ni natta
Hagare ochiru kokoro ga shitteta aishiteru
Kono sora no shitade futari yurari yurari
Mata kaze ni fukare miwo yoseatte yuku

Following you round an’ round
searching for you, became all that mattered
I know my heart is unstuck, because I love you
We’re rolling around under the sky
the wind blowing our bodies together again

Hitori yogari no aijou wa
Kimi ni todokazu ni samayoutta

When I was alone, I was proud of my love
But without you, I’m really just wandering about

Wakari aeru hazu no kimi ga tookute
Tsuyoku uneru yuki ba no nai
Kono iradachi dake nageta

I know I have to go far, to be with you
So I roll, with no destination
casting all my irritations aside

Meguri meguru boku wa mayou
Kimi ni totte tari nai mono
Hagare ochiru kokoro ni shimite itami dashita
Shime tsukeru sora no iro to
Hoho wo tsutau kimi no namida dake
Nouri ni yakitsuku

I go round an’ round, losing my way
because I’m not good enough for you
My heart is unstuck, because pain goes in and out
I want to lock away the color of the sky
and cry the tears
that burn in my mind

Kimi ni fure kimi wo daki
Nukumoriya kokyuu wo kanji
Futari no ai kotae shiri
Te ni shitato shinjiteita
Dakedo ima kimi no naka kurushimiya kanashimi ni
Furete shimatta kiduite* shimatta
Boku wa sore wo osoretetanda
Meguri meguru kimi wo tadoru
Boku ga subete daite agerume soshite
Koko ni futari de atsume sakase you
Na mo shiranu hana demo ii karenu you ni
Yasashiku tsutsunde zutto sakaseru

Touching you, holding you,
feeling the heat of your breath
I know the answer to our love,
just hold my hand, and believe
But right now, there’s sadness and pain inside you
I touched you, and I realized it
that it’s me that you fear
I followed you round an’ round
and held you up high, cuz you were my everything
Right here, we can select, and grow
nameless flowers, that will never wither
Embracing them softly, to help them bloom

*I think it's 'kizuite', not kiduite' D=

seventh heaven

2007-07-13T19:31:00.001+08:00

Listening to: L'Arc~en~Ciel - SEVENTH HEAVEN

I AM HAPPY. Found the lyrics AND translations for this song. =D The romanji can be found HERE and the translations were found on a SUBBED PV

In any case, I typed the translations down while editing it. Ohoho. So um, it links better with the original. Such nice lyrics. X)

*EDIT: And blogger messes up my pretty orange table. D= Sickening. Too bad. I can't do them side by side without it looking ugly. So it's a chunk of original lyrics, translations, original, translations and so on~

SEVENTH HEAVEN, L'Arc~en~Ciel

Ware ni tsudzuke saa ikou karadajuu no kara wo yaburi
Sarakedasu ai wo tsunagou dakishimeai tashikameai
Yurameku rakuen made shissoku shinai macchakurenai
Tsukamitotte yaru sa tabun Stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah

Come on let's go, tear open the empty husk inside me
Bring us together with your love that lays me bare
Embraces that connect us, are reassurance of what binds us. On and on without fear until we reach paradise
We have to hold tight to get to the Stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah

Kirameita ryuuriiro ga mune ni sasari
Omoishirasareru We can’t let it end.
Egaite ita miraisu ni kimi ga ukabu
Eien ga musubareru My baby, don’t think it’s hard.
Kimi ni saishuuteki na question
Doko ni sonzai suru ka heaven?
Hinto wa nai The answer in a minute thirty one

A blue like lapis shone into my heart
Enlightening me We can't let it end
In a picture I drew of the future, you're floating there
Fate ties us together My baby, don't think it's hard.
I have one last question for you
Where does heaven exist?
No hints The answer in a minute thirty one

Kono shunkan ni mo shinkou mawarimawari iro wa kawari
Yuuwaku ni oboreshizumi doudoumeguri chiri mo tsumori
Dare mo kare mo saa kina itsumo iru yo kangei shiyou
Sono te de omou zombun Stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah

The moment passes, the clock turns, the colours change, drowning in temptation around and around we go
Our beliefs, convictions, trash and dust, all of us going around
Well where is heaven? Let's usher it in, with our own hands
Let's welcome the Stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah

Kirameita ryuuriiro ga mune ni sasari
Omoishirasareru We can’t let it end.
Egaite ita miraisu ni kimi ga ukabu
Eien ga musubareru My baby, don’t think it’s hard.
Kimi ni saishuuteki na question
Doko ni sonzai suru ka heaven?
Mayoi wa nai The answer’s waiting under your feet

A blue like lapis shone into my heart
Enlightening me We can't let it end
In a picture I drew of the future, you're floating there
Fate ties us together My baby, don't think it's hard.
I have one last question for you
Where does heaven exist?
No hesitation The answer’s waiting under your feet

Afuredashi nomitsukusu kairaku to taihi suru shoujou
Tenkanshi, kono daichi e to kizukiyukou

To let something flow out, to drink it to the last drop
To compare the pleasure of both is only a diversion. Gather across the land

Ware ni tsudzuke saa ikou karadajuu no kara wo yaburi
Sarakedasu ai wo tsunagou dakishimeai tashikameai
Yurameku rakuen made shissoku shinai macchakurenai
Tsukamitotte yaru sa tabun Stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah!

Come on let's go, tear open the empty husk inside me
Bring us together with your love that lays me bare
Embraces that connect us, are reassurance of what binds us. On and on without fear until we reach paradise
We have to hold tight to get to the Stairs to the seventh
Running up to heaven, Yeah!

um... ah.

2007-07-04T18:42:00.000+08:00

The titles are getting worse and worse, huh. XD

Anyway, it is my 18th birthday and so thank you to you all~ =D Honestly, I didn't expect much (aha) so ya. I was rather surprised. Though XL acted kinda weirdly so I guessed there was something. But I didn't expect a cake until Aggie kept fooling with the mushroom plushie and stuffing it in my face, lol. Aga can't do lighters too. Haha. So yay! I have no idea when I'll actually wear those slippers...they're so big and puffy, lol. And yay for the cards! X) Like omg, XL's was quite random. Haha. So was Nellynee's! Actually Weivien's too...because of a certain line. Haha. (That means Aggie's was the most normal...hm)

And oh oh, hugs to Regina for the (cute) card!! X) Omg, like COFFEE. I like the mug too! Haha! XD Thanks for all the birthday wishes too! =D And haha Cheryl, I know you're busy but thanks for remembering~ And Hui Yun!! Anime shopping!! Haha. XP Thanks dor too~ (okay sounds a bit weird, lol) We should go out and watch movies and eat chocolates!

Oh. And because I asked my family to not buy a cake, I'm eating apple strudel! XD Aha. *pokes apple bits*

DX

2007-06-30T12:24:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Porno Graffiti - Hanuema Rider

Ack. I never did like the smell or taste of alcohol, even if it's SAKE. Tastes terrible, sorry to say, like beer. No matter what my father says about clearing your system etc. I hate it.

Like ugh, I'll just stick to coffee. XP In fact, I'm going to have that with my lunch. Aha.

And gosh, lately I've been messing around with cs2 and it's fun~ X)

omg it's alive!

2007-06-28T23:39:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Ketsumeishi - Mata Kimi ni Aeru

Ahaha~ I can be random on the computer again! Oho~ Anyway, on a random note, I watched the PV for Ketsumeishi's Train and just appreciated it even more. Now that's what videos are supposed to do (at least for PVs). Anyway, CLICK. RAWR. Lol. I also read somewhere (while looking for the lyrics) that they used the train as a metaphor to reaching your dreams. And it's your choice to travel all the way to the end or not. Like ah! That just makes me wanna know what the entire song means! XD

Anyway, I'll probably just laze around these few days...try and recall what work there is...watch Wimbledon when I've nothing else to do...munch an apple...and well the whole cycle all over again. I seriously wished life was like that. =D

ongaku~

2007-06-20T19:25:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Lena Park - Inori ~ You Raise Me Up

You can try shooting me now because I'm going to be very random and stupid in this post. ~~blame boredom~~ But I'll still go on~ X) Aha. For I'm going to rant about my Japanese music~ X3 *gets shot for being stupid* Okay now that the shootings done with... (no I didn't have coffee before this, surprise surprise!)

I love Japanese music so I'm gonna promote my favourite artists right here~ Don't ask me why I'm so crazy over it I just am. I like classical, country, Korean and all but I won't give them the same treatment. Ahaha. Probably won't get anywhere but I'm in the mood for ranting now! And I wouldn't say I'm the mainstream J-pop/rock kind....*shuts up about that to not offend anyone*

L'Arc~en~Ciel/HYDE: Mwaha. I don't care about grouping them together because I love them all the same. People may say they're too 'poppy', too 'showy' or what not but heck. I'll start with their music. They write some awesome songs and showcase each of their talents nicely. What more do you need? Oh, and the fact that they've been together for so many darn years (ignore their hiatus, lol)? =P As for HYDE. I don't think I need to say, he's just amazing. ~~smexy~~ Love his vocals, his control, his-- I should stop. Ohoho~ Can you believe he's 37 this year?

Onitsuka Chihiro: I always have the feeling that Chihiro is underappreciated. I don't know why, I just do. In anycase, she deserves more for her amazing vocals, the emotions she puts into every single song, composing her own beautiful music and lyrics, and playing it out on the piano. (I am a sucker for pianos in songs) Whatsmore, she should be commended on her comeback at long last! Heck why she's been away from the music scene for so long and just celebrate her new singles and albums to come~

UVERworld/Takuya: One of the bands that I've followed since their first appearance. I'm so happy about that. XD Aha. Anyway, they've certainly grown since then and it's so exciting to see them creating better music each time and venturing into new areas. They each have their own personality and they're own history together and that's just sweet. I love Takuya's voice and his enormous talent too. Singing, rapping, beatboxing, whistling (hey, it's all vocal but can YOU do all of them?) drumming, composing music and lyrics and probably more to come! XD It's nice to see the rest of the members started to compose music together too~ And did I mention the names they come up with and so darn original? And gosh, the UVERjumps too!

Angela Aki: I only started following her music late last year but I'm loving her so much already. People may say her music is repetitive but look at her grow! She has power vocals, power piano talent and she sure knows how to use them in her songs. You know, I really wish I could have ALL the scores to ALL her songs. And her songs can be rather darn addictive and refreshing. It doesn't hurt that she speaks fluent English too~ I'm bias, so I guess I don't care if she uses the piano in every song. ~~You should too~~ It's great to see that she's doing more catchy songs too~ And I love all her versions of her songs. That's just awesome for me, to make the song shine on its own from its original.

Nakashima Mika: One of the first Japanese artists I started listening to. Lovely deep (pretty) vocals that are just so versatile. I believe she's one of the most diverse artists out there. Pop, rock, ballads, jazz, country, R&B and so on! She's even stepped onto the movie scene. It's hard not to appreciate her. If not then her hard work. The only thing I would like is for her to gain weight! T-T She looked just fine when she first came onto the music scene but now she's lost so much weight! D=

Suga Shikao: An artist I listened to even more recently than Angela Aki. I think he's the most recent out of my list just at my profile, even though he's been on the music scene for quite a long time. XD He has some smooth vocals alright. His music is either really catchy but yet with some class or just down-right beautiful. (I LOVE Gogo no Parade, 19sai, Kiseki, Sanagi-- ACK *gets stuffed in the mouth*) *cough* And whoo, he's adopted the shades look! XD

Ketsumeishi: I don't know how many of you have actually heard them and their music, but they ROCKK. Their songs have such a light, fun feel to them, if not it's just addictive and catchy to the core. They blend vocals and raps so well in each and every song that it's hard to find them repetitive. (I don't know how they do it~) I first bought their KetsunoPolice4 album because I sampled it and was drawn to them immediately. They're original to their style and themselves and I love it. Definitely one of the best Japanese bands out there! X)

Porno Graffiti: Have I ever said how HAPPY I feel when I listen to them? =D I'm serious! Each time I listen to them I feel energetic! And yes, I can concentrate on my work, okays. I first heard their song 'Melissa' before I bought their BEST REDS and BEST BLUES. Those two were awesome collections I tell you. Catchy and fun pop-rock at one time and softer pop-rock at other times. Even though there are only 2 members left, they still dish out some fantastic stuff. Their latest album M-CABI has to be one of their best. I enjoyed it even more than THUMP THUMP THUMP and it was even more addictive. How cool is that? (And yes I love Akihito's vocals. It's just love.)

Rie Fu: I didn't listen/buy her ROSE album so don't expect me to go anywhere near that area. She's one of the most original female artists out there for sure. Her first album was so enjoyable with the simple, pleasant acoustic tunes and whimsical lyrics. With her latest single Tsukiakari she added a more nostalgic feel to it which was just lovely~ In fact she stretched her vocals quite well in that song. Don't think I've heard that from her in any other song before. And I love how she sings her English in her songs~ It's an odd point, I know.

Hirai Ken: Okay, I don't follow his music faithfully, but I have to say that he's one soulful singer. I know, I still can't get over his song Elegy. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. Okay, but back to him. As I said, he's one soulful singer. He's poppy on one side and sentimental on the flipside. Sure, there are others like that but he inserts that certain tone or feel to make the song his.

Sakamoto Maaya: If you don't know her or haven't heard her stuff yet you claim you're a Japanese music fan, go bang your head on the wall. Lol. Maaya has such a lovely voice which she can command so well. At times it sounds more poppy or childish (okay, young) but at others it's haunting yet pretty. If not then it's so much more mature and stronger. I'm so happy to have come across HMV in Japan because I grabbed albums immediately, including 2 of hers. It's interesting to note that Maaya now does her own songs instead of her and Yoko Kanno. And no, it hasn't really hurt her music.

Utada Hikaru: If you don't know her or haven't heard her stuff yet you claim you're a Japanese music fan, go bang--. Lol. You get it. She's the Queen of J-pop I tell you. And may she stay there forever. Haha. From poppy and disco-like tunes to the pure ballads, Hikaru scores well with all of them. It's nice to note that her songs and vocals have a lighter touch which I find attractive. Be sure to look out for her Kiss & Cry single. (or rather double A-side single as I've heard) I've heard Kiss & Cry is a remake of another song of hers (?)...I don't know about that but it sounds awesome on its own~

Orange Range: You either love them or hate them. For me. I love them. They're just darn original and fun and stylish in their own sense. They're pretty darn daring in terms of how outstanding their music is. It's nice to see that they have a funky fun side and a toned down side. And their toned down side rocks too okays. I love Hana and Sayonara. Kizuna is okay but the traditional feel was sweet. And please don't say they're going to break up! *touch wood* They're a sweet band together.

Asian Kung-Fu Generation: One of the Japanese rock bands I've that is just...rock. I mean not J-rock *cough* but just pure, awesome rock. They have such a unique vocalist too. Like that's a HUGE plus plus plus for me. Anyway, they're solid in what they do and they stick to it! And I must must mention that Kimi no Machi Made is LOVEEEE. T-T It's darn addictive and I don't feel my ears dying after *** repeats. Now the last bit. That's veryyyy important.

Janne Da Arc: I don't follow their stuff much but from what I've heard (which is quite a bit), I'm loving them already~ Like PG, they make me happy too! They're not exactly pure J-rock, they're between that and pop which equals = JDA FUN! XD I must mention that Yasu has some great vocals too. For me, I just need to listen to him and I'll love the song. *-* That's why some of my favourite songs are their (pop/rock) ballads. He just deals it all out~

Yuna Ito: If you heard her songs, you definitely know that she has a pretty and powerful voice - lol, like it's a package. It's hard to argue against her ballads, so let's just go with her more pop songs. Actually her singles that aren't ballads are quite nice and are a change in tempo, feel and all. I'm sad to say that her first album was not that nice for me, other than her singles. There were one or two nice songs but other than that...D= However, her upcoming single, Mahaloha (sp?) sounds lovely with that Hawaiian flavour~ Let's just hope she continues with her thing!

K: He's Korean alright, but I've only heard his Japanese stuff so there. XD He has a nice voice, and it fits with all his songs - pop, dancey or ballad (okay I don't know if you consider his slower songs ballads, lol, they're pretty in any case). I first heard his song Brand New Map (which is love!) and from there...I just bought his Beyond The Sea album...and then his Music In My Life album. XD Kinda rash but I love them all~ Personally, his voice that attracts me, that's why I'm so bias. Ohoho~

Do As Infinity/Tomiko Van: *sigh* They've disbanded already...but I'll still feature them! Like hello, how can you NOT like them? They're such a perfect band! Their songs totally suit Van's vocals for sure. And Van brings out their music to its best! And at the moment, Van is still doing her thing but seemingly in a slightly different style. I heard more and more softer songs from her but she still retains that fun, rock element. Woot, gotta support her~

Gah. It's so long. Oh well~ Maybe I'll do a short one for my favourite Korean artists too. =D Ahaha. ~~because Cherry Filter's stuff should be recognised and brought in!~~

=="

2007-06-20T18:15:00.000+08:00

Listening to: SNoW - Sakasama no Chou

Hm, I should be doing my essay now but I obviously got very distracted with music and all and so I haven't really done anything till now. Ooh, what a long sentence. But seriously, it's always the 3rd point I have trouble with so I tend to delay the essay. DX

Anyways, I will just leave my essay (outline) for the time being and...continue wandering. *cough* Should I continue last night's mission about searching for UVERworld's endscape translations...or just game...ahaha~

WTH AN ANT ON THE SCREEN. *starts flicking all over* Gah, they're beginning to dominate the house.

ah.

2007-06-18T14:01:00.000+08:00

I seriously think I will die at a young age.

Anyway, on a not-so nice note. I don't like my haircut. Like argh, wth is that person doing there with no basic knowledge of cutting even hair lengths? Tsk.

On a nicer note, going for this comics seminar with Regina! Aha. Yes I must study more before Saturday. And asked nellynee too! And she'll ask her cousin too. XD" Ooh~ Connections are at work~ *gets shot for that stupid statement*

tada!

2007-06-14T17:32:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Ketsumeishi - Train (I think I'm addicted...)

Ahaha. A brand new ~~weird~~ layout! X) Ahaha. ~~I'm a pro at last-minute layouts~~ And oh I think I'm kinda high after that cup of coffee with crackers and cheeeesssseeeeee. Oh how classic!

But I'm not that satisfied with this layout ~~as always~~. I think I'll change it real soon. No I mean it. Real soon. Lol.

~~Aha so many strikes in this post~~

a love affair

2007-06-13T18:46:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Ketsumeishi - Train (Damn, they're just awesome X3)

I was feeling a bit bored after studying bio...and decided to count the number of manga volumes, anime (by the boxes they come in), figurines on display (both anime and non-anime), cds/dvds (music)...and was kinda horrified and yet surprised. (I'm NOT gonna post the figures lol)

Good side: OMG I'm so pro in squeezing things and making use of space.
Bad side: OMG OMG OMG WTH! Since when did I have SO MUCH?!

And there's still my other stuff like merchandises including plushies/stuffed toys (don't even start, like hello, I have an obsession with anything Totoro to begin with), keychains, handphone straps, my Nana watch, pencilcases, my Ouran necklace, pins, notebooks AND EVERYTHING.

Conclusion: I can open my own gallery and earn money. *gets shot*

Random: I feel like doing a new layout...yes it's that phase again.

random...no stupid =="

2007-06-12T23:05:00.000+08:00

Listening to: UVERworld - Monochrome ~kizukenakatta devotion~

OMG THIS SONG IS LOVE.

Anyway, this is a WEIRD, RANDOM ~~highly inaccurate~~ quiz introduced by XL.

Don't Fuck With Me Seme
Take Are you a Seme or an Uke? today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Personality Test Generator.

Serious and to the point, and sometimes bordering on the sadistic, it takes a special breed of uke to satisfy your needs. You tend to be anti-social with little patience for most people. You need someone to challenge you and push you to your limits, and then be able to take the punishment you dish out, which frequently involves rope and alchohol. This is what makes the Badass Uke the yin for your yang, as you're the only one able to put them in line and satisfy each other. Now you can get pins of your result here.

LIKE OMG IT'S HYDE. *dies*

XD

2007-06-07T18:32:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Rie fu - Tsukiakari

OMG. I've never laughed so much before, twice at the same scenes of some Korean drama. Ah, that's why side characters are important I tell you. Sometimes these Korean dramas are just so depressing and slow (concerning the main characters) and you just want light moments. =P

Anyway off to go search for piano scores once again. LOL. I find that I'm kinda unsuccessful. XD"

Listening to: L'Arc~en~Ciel - SEVENTH HEAVEN (hydeless version)

AHHH NO HYDE. *gets shot*

lovaholic exchange point (lep)!

2007-05-29T15:41:00.000+08:00

I'd planned to have LEP as a separate blog to post messy posts about what I wanna sell and so on. BUT blogger JUST had to go spoil ALL my hard work (including a new layout cos I'm a layout whore) by NOT ACCEPTING MY LAYOUT CODES. It's super annoying that they're so fussy and b***** about it now.

Why should it be the case that my coding could work for DC but not for the new one? It's atrocious. ARGH. There goes my pretty layout! *stabs* SO annoying. I hate not customising the layout. I'm sorry but I don't think I'm a n00b when it comes to doing AND coding layouts. Such MINOR things DO NOT affect the end result of the layout.

Anyway! I've successfully put LEP HERE so please kindly take a look and of course, hopefully buy it off from me. :) I'm selling all sorts of stuff (okay no, it's manga, anime and a cd+dvd at the moment). If you could, please kindly 'advertise' it to anyone you think may be interested. Much thanks~ <3

T-T

2007-05-25T23:37:00.000+08:00

I feel like crying whenever I see this even after watching it several times consecutively. Onitsuka Chihiro - everyhome

Her long-awaited single after almost 3 years~ She's still <3 with those outright emotions, compelling lyrics and beautiful music. The piano in this song reminds me of the one in Infection - but I must admit this one is even better. AHHHH I want the single now! T-T Buy it for mehhhhhhh. (and gimme the piano scores rawr) The PV is just as lovely too. Simple but lovely and the style is unlike her usual PVs from before. Just watch her perform and feel her.

B-side, Himitsu is equally awesome with a contemporary feel, jazzy touch and just plain Chihiro <3

I'm definitely looking forward to her so-said come-back album~ <3

And ah ah there are just so many lovely new singles at this period!!! I feel like stuffing them all in here but I'm too lazy. Noticeably, for me, UVERworld's endscape is LOVE. The video is AWESOME too, definitely one of my favourites, or maybe my favourite. It's like...all the UVERelements that I love. XD The voice (omg the high note! Takuya!), the awesome music (love the drums), the UVERjumps, them not only focusing on Takuya, THE AWESOME AWESOME GRAPHICS, took my breath away.

And and there are other singles too like...like...T-T Laruka's Seventh Heaven. *dies from HYDE's smexiness*

LOVE YOUR PUNCTUATION---

2007-05-11T22:22:00.000+08:00

Listening to: Chihiro Yonekura - Butterfly Kiss

and it'll love you and most graciously let your words flow in a oh so lovely manner~

Sorry I just needed to get that off me so badly.

Anyway, other random things. I think I had too much caffeine today. == Like iced, canned coffee after PE, a bit of Nellyn's latte, then back home hot coffee. Ohoho. But I feel a bit sleepy. How odd. == Lol.

Listening to: Lazy Knack - Natsu no Yoru no Yume

MOCHI ROCKS!!

2007-05-08T20:59:00.001+08:00

I am SERIOUS. Haha. The last time I had mochi was when we bought it from Japan last year (mochi as in...just narrowing down to the Japanese one XD i don't care, the mua ji and mochi are DIFFERENT to me.) and AHHH my mother bought it today 'cos she saw it at Takashimaya! XD

I am so happy! Like, ate the strawberry one, the chocolate one and the black sesame one! 8D And like, the black sesame one had peanuts for you to scatter all about! Haha. Yay, I feel happy~ (especially after studying for bio before and studying a bit of maths + chem today~)

RAWR!

2007-05-07T18:42:00.000+08:00

Well, UVERworld - Toki no Namida is stuck in my head 8D

[spiteful mood: on]

Argh, like semi-headache plus annoyingly hot days coupled with stupid buses = pissed off meh! I don't like being pissed off but it just happens.

Like waited for say 30 minutes for the bus and when it comes it drives past! AND NO CHERYL, I WASN'T ALONG THIS TIME RAWR. There were THREE people okays. Lol. So no saying that I'm too short to be seen. If we could see that small bus number generated on the screen at that distance, then I don't see why living, breathing, full-sized human beings can't be. Why else? Either he ain't looking or just blatantly ignoring the waving figures. Argh, and this is the 3rd time this year for ME already! I just can't stand it. And sorry, but my bus doesn't come like once in every 5-10 minutes. D= It's just maddening! In that time alone I saw more than 5 buses of 2-3 other bus services!

And this is completely random and unrelated but heck. You know when people stare at you? Like you didn't DO anything to make them do so, but just BE there? I used to resent that like MAD, but tried to ignore it. But now, I've had a change of mind (or make that recently). Usually if I'm pissed or just plain stone/bored, I'll STARE BACK until they break away from my gaze. I'm serious. It's just to scare them off or make them feel the same way I do. If it's just a kid or someone else like that though I'll smile. I mean, can't stare daggers at an innocent kid, right? If I'm happy though I'll just be too lazy to stare back. If I'm not paying attention though then too bad. =P

In any case, most people would look away once I stare back. For those who don't though, well, see who stares longer. XP (But I'm sure my "dagger" looks during my bad days are quite scary)

[spiteful mood: off]

no title, woot!

2007-05-03T18:13:00.000+08:00

I think I must have been super bored or just high (thanks to a nice dosage of cocoa and caffeine from the chocolate cake and COFFEE). 8D OMG COFFEE. I like the smell of coffee. T-T Oh well, at least I made use of it to study plenty of bio. (respiration, photosynthesis and nervous control! whee~ and on a side note, i prefer respiration to photosynthesis. XD)

Anyway, as I said, random! I was just browsing through fanlistings...then it became the member list...then it became someone's blog...ahaha. Quite interesting, but one-sided with all those questions on US here and there. So I was HUH. *starts picking options randomly* And since I'm like still studying and all, I couldn't answer loads of questions for the 2nd one and left them blank. HAHA. So ya. Not the most accurate I guess but fun still. Amusing too, of course.

I am smarter than 69.73% of the rest of the world.
Find out how smart you are.

I am worth $1,345,014 on HumanForSale.com
How much are you worth?

So random. It's a long time since I've done this. XD

You are a Black Coffee

At your best, you are: low maintenance, friendly, and adaptable

At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty

You drink coffee when: you can get your hands on it

Your caffeine addiction level: high

What Kind of Coffee Are You?

Oh dear...but coffee is nice. 8D And I need some sugar okays, just a bit but it's still sugar.

You Are a Chocolate Cake

Fun, comforting, and friendly.
You are a true classic, and while you're not super cutting edge, you're high quality.
People love your company - and have even been known to get addicted to you.

What Kind of Cake Are You?

CHOCOLATE CAKE. Ahaha. Why wasn't it coffee though? ==

Your Psyche is Blue

You are deeply emotional and very connected to everything (and everyone) around you.
By simply understanding other people, you are able to help them heal and let go.
While you are a very deep and thoughtful person, you do have a very silly, superficial side.

When you are too blue: the weight of the world's problems hangs over you

When you don't have enough blue: you lack perspective and understanding

What Color Is Your Psyche?

Okay...haha.

You Are An Apple Tree

You are quiet and shy at times, but you have lots of charm and appeal.
You are quite attractive: your pleasant attitude, flirtatious smile, and adventurous spirit draw people in.
Sensitive and loyal in love, you want to love and be loved.
You are a faithful and tender partner - who is generous in sharing your many talents.
You love children, and you need an affectionate partner.

What's Your Celtic Horoscope?

...Right. BUT THERE ARE APPLES.8D

Your Brain is Orange

Of all the brain types, yours is the quickest.
You are usually thinking a mile a minute, and you could be thinking about anything at all.
Your thoughts are often scattered and random - but they're also a lot of fun!

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about esoteric subjects, the meaning of life, and pop culture.

What Color Is Your Brain?

OMG IT'S ORANGE. LOL.

I did some other alias names generator thingy. Ah, so random. No putting all of them up but I like the last one. (I nearly died laughing)

Your punk rock band name is The Hyper Mushroom

The Amazing Meganame Generator

Ah...look what happens when you're high and not doing anymore work. Hm. *points* THE COFFEE DID IT.

omg i did something!

2007-04-25T19:04:00.001+08:00

Listening to: Rie Fu - Kiss U Goodbye

YES, I DID IT. I coded the dreaded layout. Honestly, the more I look at it now the more I feel it looks uglier. Lol. I think I just like what I did with the image and that's about it. HAHA.

It's terribly bright too, so yay! Such a change from the previous layout~ Haha. Ahhh, had such trouble coding this layout at first because it's a little different from my usual style. Then I got lazy and ~~cut out~~ tweaked some bits and tada, an even uglier layout! Waha.

Ugh, I shall go eat dinner now. [random]JO BAILO[/random]

Listening to: Porno Graffiti - Yo Bailo

just freeze my nose and let it drop off

2007-04-03T20:23:00.001+08:00

Listening to: UVERworld goodness aka UVERsongs

I mean it. This is probably the worst flu I've had. EVER. Irritating. You feel like sneezing like every damn few minutes. And halfway my nose will suddenly start running aka drip. ==" *grabs tissue* The decolgen doesn't to be as effective as it was before too...or maybe it is BUT HECK. And it doesn't help feeling sleepy and my eyes are getting smaller and puffier by the minute because of it all.

Ugh, and wth, WHY AM I EATING GRAPES WITH SEEDS. I hate them. They'll choke and kill people someday. Anyway, I should be doing GP now. Or rather editing my GP essay. Omg, I'm not sure if I'm editing it correctly but never mind.

Oh...and omg I've only sliced the images for my blog layout so far. I'm really too ~~lazy~~ tired to code them now.

OMG, this week is sianzzzz. I'm sick and there's guitar concert on Thursday. I shall cheer myself up by thinking that it'll be a loooong weekend this week. Okay, Monday and Tuesday is supposedly for e-learning...but I'll still be at home. AND AH, please don't give so much homework...

Okay, I think I'll shall cheer myself more directly. My mother just asked me if I wanted ice-cream and I said YES. YAY. IT'S VANILLA ICE-CREAM WITH DARK CHOCOLATE.

...And I need to sleep early too.

say the word

2007-03-27T20:26:00.001+08:00

Listening to: Onitsuka Chihiro - Mamotte Agetai

HAPPY!! Haha. I am happy that Chihiro-san is finally releasing a single after...some period of inactivity and all. T-T Yayness~ I love her music. *hearts* She's such a gem to the music industry.

And of course, Laruka is having a single tooooo!!!!!!!!! Wahaha~ After a whole period of solo works, here comes the band! Welcome! (oh no, I think strawberries have an effect on me too...maybe it's because I'm in heaven!! XDDD *death note fancomic joke*)

Okays, and I am happy to say that I scraped my previous blog layout and I am working on a new one. (it's still GREEN though!) I sound insane but yes, I am happy. The previous one was crappy, I am SO SORRY TO SAY ~~even though HYDE was on it~~. I am such a layout whore. I NEED PRETTY LAYOUTS. And currently, the half-mark-way (or whatever you call it!) work of my new layout looks pretty. Yeah. Of course it's happy news. I am progressing in it after god knows how long!!

Whee~

And yes, I need to be progressing on my gp essay too. I am reaching the end of the introduction...which is progress still. I have thoroughly written out all my points and explained them somewhat too, so I have a clear ~~goal~~ plan for my essay somehow~ Yeah. Okay, I will stop rambling now.

Listening to: Angela Aki - Hareruya

FANGIRLING

2007-03-16T23:07:00.001+08:00

Listening to: Chemistry - Here I Am

[random]I wish I could sing like that. Ugh, who am I kidding.[/random]

Listening to: Janne Da Arc - I'm So Happy

[random]I DON'T MIND YASU'S VOICE TOO.[/random]

Okay, wait, fangirling wasn't meant for that. It was meant for MY ORDERS I RECEIVED NOT TOO LONG AGO. Okay, wait...it was Tuesday. Haha.

I received in the afternoon and watched L'Arc~en~Ciel's Asialive DVD and UVERworld's BUGRIGHT DVD in one shot. OO; Yes, I watched till like...1am plus plus. Hahaha. OMG but I loved it. Felt darn good. =="

Love the UVERvideos. X3 Omg, sooo nice. And the documentary! Okay, I didn't understand much, BUT I LOVED IT WHEN NOBU TOOK OVER THE MIC. HAHA. *nearly died but ya* And Takuya did the drums. X)

AND YES, THEN IT WAS LARUKA. YES AKA HYDE. =O= Ahhhh~ He sang so well (considering it was live)~~ Loved it. And haha, it was so cute when they were practising their Korean and Chinese. XD AHAHA. Especially when Tetsu went something like "Yao bu yao ting wo de xiang jiao". LOL. XIANG JIAO. Had to add that in somewhere huh.

AHHHHH. OMG, that reminds me. My layout...the green one I supposed to have coded long ago...oh no.

Ahem. *walks away to read her newly rented manga (AT LONG LAST, MANGA TO READ)*

Listening to: Porno Graffiti - Music Hour (GO AKIHITO! OMG PG CAN START A RADIO STATION aka I'm being super random)

death note 2nd opening and ending

2007-03-15T18:46:00.000+08:00

OMG. OMG OMG OMG. I think I nearly died when I went to see how the 2nd opening and ending themes were for Death Note. Quite disappointing really.

The animation is awesome, I can't deny that. In fact, I think it's much more colourful (and probably costs more) then the first ones. BUT, Nightmare beats um...*forgot the band* hands down in my opinion. I'm not to say faint-hearted when it comes to hardcore rock but...this is really HARD HARD HARD. The opening had plenty of screaming, too much in fact I feel. The ending was better, but still I can't really take the screaming. I know it's pretty much Raito-centric in this 2 themes at this point, but...I know he goes crazy but surely there's no need to pick such songs at this point of time? Maybe theme songs of something for Raito in the OST or something but not for Death Note?

I was just pretty disappointed really, enough to make me post such rants. I haven't really been keeping up with Death Note I admit, but guessing from the new opening and ending the Near and Mello arc is near. I don't really think it was necessary to put these songs, that's just about it. LOVE the animation though, it's really awesome. But as mentioned, I prefer Nightmare's approach. the WORLD and Alumina really brought the whole Death Note feel in.

The new ones were really really too much for me. Maybe a bit more hardcore could have been the option, but that's way over the limit in my opinion. I mean, say Naruto/FMA openings like AKFG's Haruka Kanata or Rewrite. They've a harder touch to it than the WORLD I believe but it was not over the top I feel.

Argh, in any case, if I were to reach the 20+ Death Note episodes, I'm sorry to say that I'll be skipping the opening and ending themes for the FIRST TIME. Maybe I'll just glance through the animation but that's about it. D= Ahh~ I wonder how the 2nd Death Note OST will be like...I mean I love the 1st...it was pretty to a certain extent even, haha.

YEAHHHHH!

2007-03-09T23:05:00.000+08:00

I AM HAPPY!!! MY ORDER FOR MY CDs CUM DVD IS IN THE SHIPPING PROCESS NOW!!!!!! WHEEEEEEEE~~~ I AM SOOOOO LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW (LIKE WOW, A FIRST). I WANNA SEE THEMMMMMM! AND MY LARUKA TWIN TRAY!!! YAY~~~~~~~~

*dances* I FEEL HIGH AND HYPER!

um

2007-02-24T22:21:00.000+08:00

[RANDOM]

I will code the new layout now...I will not...
I will code the new layout now...I will not...
I will code the new layout now...I will not...
I will code the new layout now...I will not...
I will code the new layout now...I will not...
I will code the new layout now...I will not...
I will code the new layout now...I will not...

...I will go watch the Korean drama series on TV =D

happy birthday! XD"

2007-02-24T22:19:00.001+08:00

It's the 7th day of CNY so happy birthday to everyone!! WHEE. Haha. It's Ren Ri so yay~ Haha. Woot.

Anyway, ugh next week is a hectic week so jiayou to everyone I guess. Ugh. MUST they squish all the tests together in that 5 days? Gosh, nuts really.

But I'll shall go onto something random now! Whee~ I played Warcraft LAN with my brother like not too long ago. Haha. I AM HAPPY. We finally defeated the computer (I am GLAD to say that we were not totally thrashed and stuff) quite victoriously after like how many years of using cheat codes here and there (from Starcraft time, lol) till recently where we played together for about 10 times thus far. Yup yup. The very first time we did LAN, we were pretty thrashed, haha, so we were so annoyed we kept on restarting. *cough* Hence it was like 5-6 times at that one go. Anyway, so it was ONE opponent, and it was easy (what? want us to put insane??) and it was 50% unit thingy. BUT HELL. WE WON. AHAHA.

I think I'll use Orcs for such games. Haha. I think I like quite a bit more units in orcs compared to Night Elves. I like both but...somehow Orcs work quite well for me. Haha. I love the Trolls. They're so cool and I love their lingo. When I'm hyped up I'll just like reply to them. XD"" OMG. Well, like the Batriders will go 'You're the boss' and I'll just so 'Yes, of course', lol. And whee, the Shadow Hunter goes 'Use my power' and I'll go 'Yeahh' or something. And his healing power is just so helpful. X) Wacha.

Oh well, I feel hyped now! Yay! Probably the next game will up the units thingy to 70% or something. Woohoo~

And uh, I am aware that it's still the same layout. I have done the new (greeen) layout and saved them in image mode but...I'm too lazy to code it. ==" Omg, yes, what's wrong with me, haha.