Rushing holiday homework X hunt for X clamp

Haha yes i've not finished holiday homework yet =X *pulls out hair*

Bought alot of clothes in malaysia haha went to hatyai and bought more clothes XD so much for the economic reccession.. I feel guilty so i'll be eating only tofu and porridge for the next few months. and some potatoes too

Went hunting for X book 3 in malaysia which is seriously lacking in comic shops.. Found the whole X series from book 1 to 18 but shop keeper refused to sell me just book 3. oh well =( Didn't buy any new anime this time cos there was nothing special. Haibame renmei was the only interesting series which i didnt see on sale last year. Quite a depressing anime, so dont be fooled by the cheerful cover.

During band festival, i dropped by the comics connection at jurong point to buy X 18 and hopefully 3. I found book 18 english version and after looking around some more, i spotted X 18 taiwan version at an ulu bookshelf and it was placed at the top shelf. Haha tried reaching for it a few times when no one was looking. Then this nice guy helped me get it lol he also had difficulty reaching the book.
When i asked the shop keeper if he had any X 3 in stock, he said that chuangyi has stopped printing X series. I kinda expected that.. since you dont see much X around anymore but for some reason, i could feel my eye tearing up O_O it was so embarrasing X___X i think the guy noticed and he panicked a little and offered to help me call up the company blabla to ask. Walao i feel so stupid. I didnt know i would react so badly to somehting as minor as this HAHA -____-

1st day of band festival

Omg i'm so tired now and my arms are aching from all the extra workouts these few days.

I went to school specially on monday to take my saxophone home for band fest on wednesday. It was drizzling when i left the house around 8.30am and i planned to reach school, get my sax and leave before 9am, when the school uncle closes busstop gate. Haha i only brought my wallet and handphone aka no bag or umbrella.
Only edward and elaine were at the bandroom and they seemed disappointed that i was going to leave soon XD

I quickly got a new reed and dumped it, along with my wallet into the saxophone case. Then i realised i didnt have the scores... Thankfully Rini (librarian) came and passed me the scores blabla i put them in a black folder which i koped from my SL's stand =X like me, rini was also hoping to get out of school before uncle closes the d**n gate so we were rushing like mad. The two of us must have looked like crazy cos we were sprinting towards the gate in the rain all the while chanting 'uncle deng yi xia!! Uncle bu yao guan men T__T' We barely made it, uncle was kind enough to open the gate and let us through XD lucky!

But by that time i was panting quite badly.. well duh, cos i had to run a distance of roughly 1km all the while lugging my precious saxophone. I believe it's close to 10kg including the case and all that extra stuff. Ark horrible. My left arm was aching the next day.

Horrors of horror. I realised i left my ligature in the bandroom monday evening... No ligature= cannot play at all
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Speechless at the thought of having to make another trip back to school. And all that mad rush was for nothing -_____- In case you're wondering what a ligature is, it's that metal or leather thing with a screw to hold the reed in place at the mouthpiece. And please do not try to google 'ligature' for pictures cos you will be greeted by some nasty stuff.

So yea.. i went back to school on tuesday afternoon just to get that silly ligature. The bandfest ppl were coming to transport the percussion stuff to nie in a big lorry. No problem. But the terrible part was that we had to shift the drums and blabla out of the band room, down the corridor, down either a flight of stairs or a super narrow slope and winding before we reach the road where the lorry is. T______________T i stayed to help anyway, despite my aching left arm from monday haha. It was exhausting and i sweated like a pig. So now both my arms are aching.

Of a fangirl's ramblings and strange reactions-- Tokyo Babylon

"If you and I should ever meet again, let us live together for one year. My heart is the direct inverse of yours... you are kind, pure, and honest. And I'm sure that is how you will continue to grow up. Your heart will remain pure. So, if we should ever meet again, I will try my hardest to learn to love you. Just for one year... and after that year, if I can consider you "special", you will have won and I will not kill you. But if I decide that I cannot consider you special to me -- if I cannot distinguish the difference between you and that corpse, then... I will kill you. And so today... I will let you go."

Taken from wiki, what seishiro said to subaru.

Do you sense the beginning of a tragedy...?

CLAMP likes to play with the notion of betrayal. I don't know what it is that makes me so sad when reading X or Tokyo Babylon. Maybe it's what the characters experience which cause them to change so much. I feel terrible when such a thing happens. Sure, it's a good thing to grow and mature mentally but in the case of X and Tokyo babylon, i feel terrible after seeing these changes in the protagonists. Like how a compassionate and innocent boy turns to a angsty teen full of vengence for someone he loves(yes, present tense). Or even the other way round when a heartless and powerful guy learns to care for people around him. Because the heartless killer loses his 'invincibility' and becomes affected by others, often getting hurt or even dying in the end.

I'm a selfish and self-contradictory fangirl, am i not? T__T

After reading so much CLAMP stuff these few days i can feel my angst level rising. D**n the CLAMP world is such a cruel and complicated place. And omg i'm exposing myself to alot of shounen ai. Because i'm also rewatching prince of tennis anime. You know lah.. a team of good looking guys playing tennis. Sure to have some hints here and there. This is terrible cos when i come across such a scene, be it in CLAMP manga or POT anime, unprepared, i seriously get a shock and cringe involuntarily. The cringe often comes together with a gasp of real terror. Like when someone taps you on your shoulders while you're concentrating hard on something else. The sound which i make is more solid than a gasp, not as high pitched as a scream and softer than a shout. Go figure.

Scenario 1: On the living room sofa reading X manga while mum, also on the sofa, watches tv

Me: (gets to a part where Fuma does something 'bad' to Kamui) AAAAHHhhhhhh *shudders and shakes the whole sofa*

Mum: OI YOU CRAZY ARH

This is the cue for me to go back to my room to read cos mum will start poking me with her feet until i move somewhere else.

Wow, wordy post but i feel better after typing all these. Stay tuned to photos of bishies from the manga in the next post =D

Back from malaysia

Came back on monday afternoon and it was raining non stop. Cold~~

Didnt take much pictures in msia lah, just camwhored abit with my cousin. Hahahaha my ahgong's birthday dinner was held at a restaurant and close to a hundred people came, i'm not exaggerating X__X most of which i've never seen so i was there standing like a waitress while my mum went around saying hello. The dress i was wearing... was quite uncomfortable but it's not every day that i dress up like that so took some photos ^_^

My little cousin watches naruto and prince of tennis. Sad to say, both are a little overrated but she's still young haha hopefully she'll grow up and discover better anime or manga. I borrowed the 1st half of the POT anime back to singapore. It was too good to miss, since i only read some of the manga and missed out on the middle matches.

My adorable cousin! But super naughty. The cousin i borrowed anime from is his sister, P4 next year

I can only sigh and lament that some people really look bad in photos. More camwhore photos on facebook =X

Went to Janice's house to make onigiri today and watched her 1. add too much chili to her ramen and 2. wash+ cut her hair at jean yip.

Janice's seaweed face. We used this ultra salty seaweed bits to flavour the short rice

Ingredients all seto! And i'm going to eat everything, starting from the clear wrap =D

The end products, yummy!!! Plate on the left contains onigiri with pork floss fillings while those on the right are plain XD complete set of photos on facebook

*Edit: NOOOOOOOOOO HUNTER X IS GOING ON HIATUS AGAIN

X CLAMP overload

Was supposed to meet up with melesa and Kw yesterday but silly Kw refused to reply to our smses or msn nudges so the outing was cancelled. But i went to watch Bolt at plaza singapura with sherin and yz instead. Bolt was hilarious and quite worth watching =D Too bad the soundtracks arent that amazing but it's alright XD

Anyway, the main highlight yesterday wasn't watching Bolt. It was something i bought from comics connection. Wahaha i bought 15 X manga. Nope, you didnt read wrongly. I meant 15 volumes of X from CLAMP, not book 15 of X. =DDDD The books were on offer, priced at $1 each!!!

Warning: extremely long sentences coming up

Omg it was such a steal i tell you my eyes were popping out when i saw the $1 price tags on the books and i was like totally going crazy and gapping like an idiot until sherin and yangzhi came to ask what was happening. *breathes*

And then i was like 'lookie only one dollar it's so cheap and how dare they sell CLAMP stuff at only one dollar' while sherin went 'hahaha' and yz went 'oooh' and i was there deliberating whether i should get all the 10 books there because mum will kill me if she finds out. *pants*

Still we grabbed all 10 books and walked around the shop abit more while i tried to make up my mind which was kinda made up already anyway hahaha we went to the counter and that guy there told me that he had a few more in the storeroom and if i wanted to take them all. I wanted to say no but aiya no harm in seeing how many more he has so the 3 of us waited patiently while he went to take the books then he came out with 5 more books up to volume 17 which was the 'latest' X manga printed. That put me in a dilemma again because i wanted to stop after buying 10 books but yz and sherin were bad influence and kept telling me to get the books so after less the 2 minutes i said 'ok i want the books' and paid $15 for the 15 books and carried them out of the store. *cough choke dies*

Btw, they didnt have books 3 and 4. That was why i bought 15 books but the book number was up to 17. It's alright, i already have book 4 which Bao's senior found and gave to her and she gave it to me in exchange for hints about the physics test we took in sec 4 =X

I'm currently at book 10 and stopping cos it's seriously X overload. Too much emo and blood haha will stop to do chem and other holiday homework.. =(

So this was what i had previously ^^

A plastuc bag full of CLAMP goodies =D

It looks totally satisfying. Thankfully one plastic bag was big enough haha it would look weird if i had to carry 2 bags of manga home

Whee~~ a little old but who cares!

Only $1!! I will keep these plastic covers to commemorate this great bargain XD

旅人ビギナー X hunter X

Nice song by Snowkel

Perhaps i should set goals for myself. Then life wont be so meaningless. But i dont want to set silly goals eg: finish gp by tomorrow/ eat less than 5 ferrero rochers a day -__- chocolate supply running low and holiday homework only half done. I think only a new radio can perk me up now. Either that or... nope. i'm only dying for a radio right now. And it's not just any lousy radio haha i want a radio which looks sleek, has good speakers (preferably detachable) and it must be able to play songs from my ipod. All these for below $150 =D

Hunter x chapter 289 was interesting. Yupi walks away from the challenge and we see a more feeling side of him. Nice break from all the rage and crazy distortions. I was kinda disappointed that knuckle removed his nen power though =( it would have been nice to see yupi's nen sealed up. Oh yes, my heart almost stopped when i saw that yupi managed to stab someone X__X
Bakuman was insightful as usual. A look into how mangakas rush out their manga and the competition involved. I wonder what the duo are going to do from now on. Next chapter seems to be the start of a new phase.

I conducted for the '1st time' last friday. It was an extra practice so Mr Ho did not come down and Lynna was late. Sure, warm ups and tuning. No problem. School song and national anthem, i've gotten used to it and the band has been playing it for so long. But a proper song; around 10 minutes in length. Totally nerve wrecking.

I couldnt even follow the conductor's score. Had to refer to my own score.. and all i did was to wave my arms according to the time signature, slow down when there's a ritardando and speed up blablabla. Was unable to comment much. Cos my mind was just blank haha and it was quite hard to tell the ppl what i wanted to hear. But they weren't very responsive to some of my gestures like playing softer or louder at parts. X__X in all, i was super lousy. The band ppl were nice though, they knew that it was my 1st time conducting XD

Just when i finished the 1st song and thought the worst was over, Edward told me to conduct another song so i went up for another 20 minutes of embarrassing conducting.
I will be more prepared next time =l

It has been a crazy week -- Anime festival Asia 2008

Yyy (whatever X_X) outing last sat, AFA on sun, history and band on monday to wednesday. Finally it's time for some fun at janice's house tmr and 203 outing on friday. Oh no there's band on friday and tune in this coming saturday too.

Outing with the Ys was fun XD we walked around, had delipotato, walked around again, watched yufei pierce her ears, took neoprints and watched Madagascar 2. Haha yufei, i hope your ears are ok and it's not that easy to get infections trust me ;)

AFA was awesome! I took soo many photos and enjoyed looking at the exhibits. Was very tempted to get something but still decided against it. I kinda regret not buying the X prints though, they were absolutely beautiful. It was a gem to look at, just stunning. But i valued my $10 more.. thinking back i have no idea how i managed to walk away from that stall without getting the X pictures. Haha nevermind, will glomp at the pictures in my illustrated collection to console myself. It was soooo crowded, i watched the performances for the cosplay competition by tiptoe-ing or catching lucky glimpses of the cosplayers through small gaps between heads or even strands of hair. Not a good view at all X__X Squeezed with people and tiptoed continuously for and hour++ before moving on to the exhibits. My legs ached like crap that night haha

Nice hair, bro. You totally blocked Abel XD

It was only towards the end when people started to get bored and moved away did i manage to get a decent picture. Group shot!
One of the 1st pictures i took at AFA. I was mostly glomping at Gin san cos that guy was quite cute and good looking hahaha ^///^ More pictures of him *ahem* i mean the gintama group on facebook XD
Chibi Okita figurine. It was this whole set of chibi gintama figurines and they looked super cute. Cost bombs though. Definitely out of my budget...
Bleach cosplay, Gin and Byakuya.
From trinity blood, i was amazed by their detailed outfits. Trinity blood cosplays require alot of effort and are suuper hard to pull off. I was a little sad that they didnt get a prize in the competition haha
Light and L: *crack* Ouch my back... Darn that silly book!! X_X
The ever elusive gundam. Wherever it stopped, it was swarmed by people with pro pro cameras and i stood no chance. But whenever i found an opportunity to take a picture, it started walking.

Yzak was the 1st cosplayer i spotted, even before i stepped into the hall but i thought i would be able to catch him inside. But i never saw him and was disappointed T__T Then when i was going to leave suntec, i saw Yzak near the ticketing booth playing with his hair, i mean wig (which was sooo out of character lol) XD He was quite nice and replied 'sure' to both my requests of taking a picture of him and with him. I should have made a heart sign/ looked frightened because of his stern expression/ pretended to poke him/ crossed my arms too or even lean my head on his shoulder. X__X Better than just standing there and grinning like an idiot. Sigh.....
All photos have been uploaded on facebook, do take a look! =D

Ish bored and excited

Yesh, i ish bored.

Snowkel songs are refreshing. I prefer them to Grapevine.. well rock has never been ranked high in my playlist anyway. I only turn to rock when familar tunes start to get monotonous. Either that or i'll desert my ipod for a few days. It always works =)

I seriously need a camera. Especially for the up coming events... Anime fair and band festival. Come on, who's going to pose for someone holding a phone camera? I wouldn't. *Sniff* I'm prepared to come back with lousy photos and all sideviews.

Siighh. Band festival.. another disappointment. I pleaded with mum to push holidays back but still cant perform for the final concert. Cos i'll be leaving singapore the day before. But it's ok cos i believe i'll still get to make lots of new friends and get a feel of being under another conductor and practising with people i don't know. I have been warned about the terrible standards of bands other than the honour band..... it's quite shocking. But if i dont get into honour band i'll try not to focus too much on the music aspect T___T

Here are the long awaited band videos to promote tune in! I wonder how many sec4s will see them even if i post the videos here -__- nevermind! Haha please take a look at the videos, only 55 seconds each so wont take up much time =D Starring Hilary in the 1st video and Liqiang in the 2nd one XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBSKL5xAO3M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0HR1SB-mg

Level E X Koukou debut

I love the national library board's digital database =)

Currently reading this slightly old manga by Togashi. Alright.. it's quite old, published in shonen jump from 1995 to 1997. That makes it even older than hunter x O_o well anyway the title's Level E and it's about aliens living on earth and stuff. For those who have seen my msn personal message 'Level E-- brilliant!', i really think that it's a brilliant piece of work.

Even though i dont see any bishies around or even a hint of characters like Kurapica or Kurama, the drawings are still quite pleasing to the eye. Some kind of transition state between Yu yu hakusho and hunter x i guess. The background drawings are largely similar to hxh ones though, squiggly lines with little shadings. A continued style from yyh and extended to hxh, Level E is extremely wordy.

Surprised to see this in a manga eh? Still, i strained my eyes to read and gosh the diary (yes it's a diary) was so funny and explained clearly what the whole mystery was about.

This makes me doubt what a chapter in Bakuman mentioned about cutting down on words in a manga series to attract readers.

Aesthetics aside, the plot's engaging even for people who have no special interest in aliens (like me) with pinches of humour here and there. XDXD from this we can see that Level E focusses more on humour and development of plot rather than beautiful characters and drawings. Level E also has a little bit of horror in it. Haha i mean, Togashi + aliens.. i wouldnt be expecting flowers and fluff.

I've also been reading Koukou debut aka high school debut and it's really good! Kept me entertained every chapter haha here are some pics which i thought were really funny with classic expressions. Lol i already can imagine a thousand scenarios from these 2 pictures.

Haruna (girl at the front): I meant to tell you this before you went on stage in front of the whole school this morning.... you forgot to zip your pants ^^ *giggles*

Haruna: Hey ppl, i added rat poison to today's dinner just to see how it would taste! Is it salty enough?

Eh well, i made up the speech myself lah, Haruna spoke about other things in the manga. Oh yes, so to those who have read this post, do give Level E and Koukou debut a try!!

Note: i've added a new link from a tag last time and finally changed pam's link to the correct blog.

doing gp homework is a chore X Hunter X

But i still have to do it =( Jiayou and hope i can finish it soon.

There's band at nie starting from 3pm.. I have a feeling i'll reach home around 9pm tmr. Maybe 8pm+ if Mr Ho releases us on time. Yufei, you never mentioned anything about the long prac hours T__T I should have guessed anyway. But i like the SYF pieces so it wont be too boring for me =D Wheewhee~~

Mum bought a bottle of Sunsilk 'smooth and silky' hair conditioner and the bottle's a delightful yellow XD I remember using the same kind of conditioner back when i was in sec 2. The brand was known as Organic(s?) then. It's the same fragrance and gosh, brings back lots of memories. I was totally crazy over Shalnark and hxh at that point in time. So smelling it again now makes me want to re-read the entire manga and take the silly quizilla 'which hxh character are you' quizzes again hahaha. Alright. I've got to stop my fangirling and do gp now.

New hxh chapter up. After looking at that distorted mutated drawing of Yupi, Akira immediately came to mind. There's a term for this kind of graphics or drawings but i can't remember it for nuts suddenly. X__X Oh yes, 'body horror', where the body undergoes horrible and incompatible transformations. Of course hxh wasnt that bad. But Yupi's rage condition really made me think of Tetsuo's little transformation near the end of Akira movie. Togashi had better not venture more into where i think he's going. Haha hope that i'm just reading too much into it (small pun intended). Ehh... will not post a picture of it here so dont worry =D

Last wednesday after band, i was on the bus going to boonlay interchange when i saw this guy reading a manga. It was quite new judging from the whiteness of the page.

1st glance: alerted me that it was a manga he was reading.
2nd glance: Was that Feitan's face i saw?!
3rd glance: OMG it's Hunter x hunter! XDXD hahaha

Hahaha ok you must be thinking that i was glancing too much but it was quite obvious if i were to stare because of where i was standing. =D Soo...that manga he bought contains genei ryodan's adventure in NGI. Cool =D

Clover CLAMP deluxe edition

Sooo i started on koukou debut which Bao recommended. It's... nice, better than some other shoujo series i've tried last time. But 'Beauty is the beast' still ranks number 1! XD I'm sure Janice agrees haha.
I dont understand this feeling.. why am i reading shoujo manga now?! The plots are almost 70% similar to each other and some parts can really bore me to tears. The amazingly good looking male characters obviously play a part in this attraction, they may not be perfect like edward cullen but i still glomp at them. I suppose it's my own imagination and fatasy that keeps me reading. ^///^ yes, i want to meet someone like that and fall in love. Doesn't have to be so drama lah, but isnt it nice haha =)

Oh man, i found this incident so amusing lol. Long long ago when my pw group was practising for OP, midzung popped over to hand me my birthday present (thanks midzung *love*) and she was frantically looking for a smaller box to put the present in cos she had this ridiculously large plastic bag containing the present haha. She acted quite secretively and refused let me see it or tell anyone what it was. Zhung How offered his empty pocky box and she used it. Zhung How was like 'what is it! come on, let us see it!' -__- it seemed like the guys were more interested in the present than gowri or I were. After Midzung left, Henry suddenly asked 'is it a panty?' OMG ROFL hahahaha he said he got the idea from anime. Then i must say he watched too much anime haha even then i dont recall any anime where a girl passes a panty to a friend in a pocky box. Haha the others were shocked too XD

Haha speaking of birthday presents, here's my bday present from Janice!!

Clover 1 deluxe edition! Rare rare rare!!! And nope, she didn't get it from comics connection =D

Isnt t pretty! Suu on the cover page

Kazuhiko at the back

Here's my CLAMP collection. Only X and Clover haha. Bao gave me X book 4 in chinese which her senior found in school. It's super old and yellow. I bought the other X from a second hand sale in school. The X illustrated collection was the 1st illustrated collection i ever bought, it's also my favourite =D

Trinity blood! Anime and books 1-5. Maybe i'll get 6-10 in the future =D

And cowboy bebop whee~ You might be wondering why i have 2 sets of the anime. That's because the 1st set (right) ceased to work one year after i bought it =(( And look at the beautiful illustrated collection at the back... *love*

Ahh hunter x hunter. My favourite but i seem to have the least stuff for hxh. The official guide book was also given by Janice who bought it in japan!! Thanks again janice XD. Hxh book 9 was also the 1st ever manga i bought, in sec 2. So it's also yellowish now hehe

These are the single items. From top to bottom: Samurai7 anime, Hellsing dvd, Mushishi dvd +soundtrack, 12 kingdoms dvd, black lagoon dvd, rave dvd. Vassalord manga, lonesome eden manga(one shot) and naruto book 27. At least, i think it's book 27

Saiyuki reload books 1-7. I remember Bao was the kind soul who helped me buy books 2 and 3 from popular. Book 1 was out of stock so i had to get it myself from comics connection =D Thanks bao!

There's also this gintama illustrated collection i got recently. Lazy to post the picture haha. It's quite a scary pile if you put my anime manga stuff together eh? I also have the anime magazines posters and cds (all not shown) from china! Mum will freak and forbid me to buy anymore if she saw my collection T__T

Will i get to eat delipotato tmr?

'Are you going to call me a scam too?'
'No, you're the best deal i've ever made'

Hunter x hunter is late and i'm sick of shoujo manga.. they're so draggy.

I want to stop dreaming about weird things X Clover CLAMP

Not worth mentioning here but the dreams were rather nightmare-ish for a period of time.

Op ended on tuesday and i did ok, just didnt answer the question well =( Had a pw group outing after that and we went to orchard. Zhung how couldnt join us cos he had training. (note to self: never allow my children to join canoeing).

So it was just henry, kokwah, gowri and i! 1st stop, we went to kino at takashimaya. Chionged straight to the manga section and searched for the CLAMP stuff. And i spotted my birthday present there: CLOVER 4!!!! Wheeeeee~ 9bucks, slightly ex but who cares XD Walked around more and no one found anything they want so we went off to have lunch. Had the teriyaki chicken student meal at yoshinoya, the waffle fries tasted weird..

Visited HMV next and glomped at the super expensive ost and jap singers albums. The special chemistry song collection album with live performances recoreded in a dvd made me drool but it was $55 and i have most of the songs in there.. so maybe another time =) No one bought anything haha we're just a bunch of penniless school kids.

It was near 5 when we headed home. The guys took bus while gowri and i took the mrt. Unwrapped clover4 on the train and amazed Gowri with the plot and beeeeaaautifuuulll drawings. Hahaha honestly i think she was very interested. Perhaps i can get her to read another manga soon. Here are some pics of clover2 and 3. The full version is on facebook.

That's clover3 on top and clover2 behind

Lookie at the transclucent cover XD

Suu, dont cry!

=DD

1st of all, i would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has wished me happy birthday. The messages and wishes really made my day, i feel so loved that people remember and make the effort to wish me happy birthday =D

Honourable mention: Pam was the 1st person to wish me happy birthday, using msn. Followed by Janice XD Happy now, pam? haha
And especially yufei and yuhsuan who dedicated posts to me on their blog with flattering pictures!!! I'm really touched T__T thanks ppl

I realised my computer clock was slow by 1 entire hour! No wonder happy birthday wishes started flooding in at '11pm'. I was even wondering why people show such kiasu behaviour nowadays lol. Appeared offline after that cos i was going to sleep soon anyway.

It rained really really heavily this morning.. I allowed myself extra 15 minutes of sleep and woke up at 9.15am.

Oh man, it excites me to have my blog visited by ppl i dont know and especially if they leave comments XD What i meant in the previous post 'mouryou no hako was typical of a clamp production' was that it contains hints of romance between the same gender. But since CLAMP was only involved in the character designs, the shoujo ai part has to be a coincidence huh? Anyway thanks to anonymous i've cleared my doubts on mouryou no hako! =D

I've got to make a trip to school for OP dry run 3.. how troublesome but if neo offers his time and suggestions, we've got to make full use of it. Jiayou NJ069! 3 members still owe me $7 from the printing of written report X_X broke!

Yesterday Mr Ho showed us a dvd of Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra performing our SYF piece. Let's just say 'Oh no!' It sounds grand, like a movie soundtrack but gosh the running notes. Throughout the entire piece and accidentals everywhere! Triplets, chromatics @__@

Sherin wanted to see this XD everything is just FAAABULOUS!!

From hxh. I think Togashi had some trouble coming up with chapter 284. It's ok, i still love hxh XD

Happy deepavali!

Watching Mouryou no hako, this anime adapted from a clamp manga. Erm actually i'm pretty confused about it's origin but it has potential XD Mixture of horror and action. Cool opening song by nightmare. This guy also sang Death note anime songs.

*Edit: Read comments for more info about it's adaptation. Ignore the 1st sentence

There are so many cool anime to watch this season, so many that i'm going to be very strict in my selection. Seems that the only romance anime which got through is Earl and Fairy. I dont even know what it is about =X hopefully nothing too corny.

Gundam 00 season 2 is coming out. Nodame cantabile season2 is already out and i've watched 2 episodes. Kinda boring T__T i hope it picks up soon or i might stop following. Skip beat anime is out, not surprising since the manga was so popular.. might watch it if i have the time.
Blades of immortal.. it has the best storyline among those released recently but the anime is a far cry from the manga.. i dont feel like watching. Love the ending song though, 'wants' by grapevine XDD
Kurozuka, like blades of the immortal, belongs to the more gory genre. But the 1st episode of Kurozuka got alot of O_o reactions from me. I dont see any purpose in the violence and the graphics arent nice =( So it's thumbs down for now until something more exciting happens.
Garei, another anime with potential haha but somehow i dont feel like watching it. Same goes for Yozakura quartet and Shikabana hime. Cos they all seem so cliche T__T Will only watch when i have the time. Jigoku shoujo mitsuganae.. Won't watch it since i totally ignored the 2nd season.

Ahh how could i forget Kuroshitsuji XDXD the black butler, charming sebastian. To be honest, i got to know about this manga at the start of the year cos i saw a girl reading the online manga in school. The art looked so attractive, i strained my eyes to read the title.. from like 2 computers away haha. Glad the anime's out =D
Mouryou is scary O_O and it's..... typical of a clamp production. Ok no more comments until i finish the 1st episode =X

Visited the library yesterday, it wasnt very crowded but i couldnt find any seats. Had to settle for some random place in the middle of nowhere. Could only borrow 4 books T__T the borrow-8-books thing only starts in nov. Good news: I think i will enjoy all 4 books, good choices this time. Bad news: I've already finished 3 of the 4 books and it has only been 2 days!

If you guys decide to try some of the anime i listed above, bear this in mind: Shoujo ai or even yuri pops out unexpectedly X__X

Edit* Dam reverse harlem. Should i continue watching earl and fairy? Cliche romance but oh bishies and the fangirl in me! XD

I'm tired

I'm a lazy girl.. did not post for quite some time
Will be visiting the library tmr and hopefully i'll be able to find lots of books to keep me off the comp. I've been using the comp way too often these few days.

Visited OCS the other day and i shot at targets using a super heavy gun! My arms were still aching 2 days after the visit X_X It was tough lifting the weapon up, and even harder to aim by looking through that hole-with-a-crosshair thing. Anyway, pictures! =D

This picture is quite cool! Cos you can see part of the gun and i dont look like an idiot

This is what i mean by looking silly. I look hunched. Hunch-back of NJ -__-

Also went to Pam's house on friday with Bao. Rushed home after op dry run to bathe and took mrt to bishan. Then took bus 410green to pam's house. We cooked chocolate panna cotta and spaghetti!! It was super fun and i loved eating the panna cotta whee~ It tasted great even though the 1st try was kinda a flop since the chocolate was still in liquid form.

I think that was bao trying to twirl the spaghetti. FAIL XD

The most successful attempt at getting the panna cotta out of the container which it froze in. Looks yummy right! Wahaha Bao pam and i ate 3 of these with mashed raspberries and vanilla syrup we made ourselves!

Then Pam kinda forced us to go into the deep dark and evil jungle at macritchie near her house. Aim: To feed turtles and fish some bread. WTH i was really reluctant to risk my life just to feed things i hate but we still went in anyway. And bao got bitten by mosquitoes even before we stepped into the forest XD haha

Reading bokurano. I will stop soon. It's super depressing and the art isnt even nice. Dang, every one is just going to die. I dont want to continue anymore.

No school today

But i have tech run and some pw talk in school tmr.

Yesterday was entirely lost to project work. But it's worthwhile cos my group's written report is finally completed and i'm satisfied with it. Met up with groupmates and went to national library around bugis area. Zhung how didnt go =( I actually feel kinda slack for pw cos my group has never had an external pw group meeting before. We used to do everything during pw lessons. We're quite an efficient bunch, considering how much we've done haha.
The library was freezing cold~ it was raining quite heavily and i was the only sane person who brought an umbrella. Offered to share it with gowri so we were more or less dry but the guys had to run in the rain. Kok Wah stuck to his weird idea of not running in the rain. So he looked as if he washed his hair after we reached the library.

Did pw from 3 till 6+pm. The guys stayed to have dinner but mum has already cooked and i felt quite drained so went home 1st. Gowri was a smart girl to leave around 4pm for tuition.. intense pwing is really tiring XD
After dinner, switched on computer and did pw again. Substantiated and explained stuff here and there. Only Henry was online T__T 2 brains= slower progress but yay! NO MORE WR FROM TODAY ONWARDS.
Op's fine, Neo said to just add in more pictures and be more familiar with our scripts.

I'm hooked to 'Wants' by grapevine. Ever since the 1st time i heard this song on gendou radio. Taking special interest in this band Grapevine now. Dont think they're as awesome as Chemistry but there should be plenty of good songs =D Grapevine is a rock band formed in 1993. Wow i've not listened to rock music for quite some time. I wonder how old the main vocalist is, he still looks quite young XD

Took this from bao

Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.

How does the world see you?
Simple as that-- melody
(i'm a simple girl =D)

Will I have a happy life?
The garden of everything--Maaya Sakamoto and steve conte. From Rahxephon movie
(Maybe i'll have a gigantic garden in the future which can make me happy)

What do my friends really think of me?
Shoelace-- unknown singer T__T from a random maho shoujo anime
(So my ugly shoelaces outshine me T__T)

What do people secretly think of me?
Falco--Shimatani Hitomi. The law of ueki
(Bird..brained?)

How can I be happy?
Little wing --JAM Project featuring Masami Okui. Scrapped princess
(Travel around?)

What should I do with my life?
Ship of fools --Yuki kajiura. Tsubasa
(hang around with a bunch of fools haha)

Will I ever have children?
Jinsei no merry go round. From howl's moving castle

What is some good advice for me?
Silly go round --FictionJunction YUUKA. From hack.//roots
(i seem to have affinity with fools and merry go rounds)

How will I be remembered?
The reason --Hoobastank
(i hope it's a good one)

What is my signature dancing song?
Kazemachi Jet (wind waiting jet) -- maaya sakamoto. Tsubasa chronicles
(i cant dance for nuts)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Hitotoshite Jiku ga Bureteiru (super twisted person)--Kenji Ohtsuki. Sayonara zetsubo sensei
(Not sure if the translation is accurate. =X)

What song will play at my funeral?
Kutsuzure (Foot blister) --matsuda ryouji. Black cat
(OUCH X_X)

What type of men/women do you like?
Over night -- aya. Le Chevalier
(Hahahaha no i dont have such taste)

What does next year have in store for you?
Baragoku otome (imprisoned rose maiden)-- Ali project. Rozen maiden overture
(Darn, A level leaves me imprisoned in school or at home)

What does your love life look like next year?
Kanashimini Mekenaide--Mikuni Shimokawa. Grenadier
(i think the title means 'dont be sad, look forward')

What do you say when life gets hard?
Akatsuki no Kuruma (wheel of dawn) --fiction junction yuuka. Gundam seed
(Hmm that's meaningful)

What do you think when you get up in the morning?
Solid dream-- chemistry
(I think about my vivid dreams lol)

Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
Rolling star-- yui
(oookkk..)

Your favourite saying?
Tsuki no shijima (silence of the moon)-- yui makino. Tsubasa chronicle
(I'll try saying that more in the future..)

Most Missed Memory?
Misosoup-- tegomass
(not really.. i've only tried it a few times)

What song describes your best friend?
Akai namida (Red tear drops)-- Kawada Mami. Shakugan no shana
(Dont cry! T__T)

What song describes your ex?
Yawarakai Kaze no Naka de (in the gentle wind)-- eufonius
(ghost?!)

What song describes yourself?
Hold on-- chemistry
(It describes the procrastinating side)

Where will you be in 10 years?
Rookie -- FLOW
(i will be a noob somewhere T__T)

Your love life right now?
キミがいる (erm.. you are here?)-- chemistry
(ehehe.. wrong person?)

What is your state of mind like at the moment?
Tomorrow--Mikuni Shimokawa. Full metal panic!
(Yes. Tmr i have op dry run. Wish me all the best!)

What motivates me to blog-- Hunter X

Was about to leave a tag saying that i'm lazy to blog. Then i saw that hxh chapter 282 has been released and i was like 'OMGOMG I MUST BLOG ABOUT THIS' haha so yeap, motivation for me. And i'm very happy cos i see clean neat drawings, not those sketchy lines. Thankyou Mr Togashi, i really appreciate that! =D

Supposed to be doing op stuff right now and maybe touching up on wr but i have decided to finish reading the chapter first. Too bad there are only at most 15 pages in each chapter..
Yay, I've significantly reduced the number or words in the wr by deleting a whole chunk of useless stuff and getting rid of flowery expressions haha. Hopefully my group mates will be ok with the changes i've made.
Ok shall end here cos i'm really quite lazy to blog

Only Hunter X can have this effect on me

The long awaited chapter 281 is finally out and it focuses on killua. I've missed you so much!

/T ^T/ Taken from the manga itself. Go killua! His hair still looks normal here but it became kinda weird in the middle.
Oh gosh i have so many pictures.. including funny typos from my notes. I only noticed them while mugging haha. Guess i'll leave them for another day.

Went to get manga with Janice yesterday after band! We had delipotato for lunch. The trip from nj to paragon didnt take as long as i expected but the amount of time wasted on getting delipotato was crazy -__- nevermind XD i enjoyed delipotato very much! Cos i've not eaten it for months.
Went to kino at taka and hunted for twilight which was moved to some ulu place. The price was still high.. i thought it had dropped to below $30 the last time we saw it. Anyway, went to the manga section which was quite crowded and got my saiyuki book7 and trinity blood 6,7,8 as planned. Wasnt planning on getting anything else (my poor wallet T_T) but who can resist the shelves of manga calling out to you XD So janice and i wandered around that area ooing and ahhing at random titles. I dont understand why the CLAMP books were placed separatly but i was kinda disappointed to see only tsubasa and xxxholic at the 1st clamp section. Not even X O_o
Went to another shelf and was looking at some prince of tennis manga then i spotted more xxx holic and tsubasa. I bent down. I saw Wish, a less known CLAMP title. I saw magic knights rayearth. I saw RG veda. AND THEN I SPOTTED CLOVER

KGN@$*&@LKKL@$#JF*Q#@$ Clover, which i've been hunting for since.. dunno when. I've finally found it! $8+ for one book which is thinner than the usual manga but it doesnt matter. Volume 1 and 4 are missing but it's alright too. I've finally found clover ~~ =D I've taken lots and lots of pictures of the precious 2 books that are now on my table but i'll post them another day so be patient k! XD So much for being out of print. I dont know why new books are being printed again but i guess clover manga should still be considered rare.

Oh dear i seem to be neglecting saiyuki. Here's a paragraph on it. Quite disappointing actually. I would consider book 7 a filler volume cos nothing significant happened. Goku went into his Seiten Taisei mode and fought with hakkai and gojyo who managed to get goku's limiter on again. Sanzo went off to look for nii to kill him so the gang kinda splitted. The drawing seemed slightly off standard and there was a lack of close up pictures which make the characters look so good. The previous volumes all had enough of these drawings, i call it the 'swoon factor' haha nevermind, i will continue to support the saiyuki reload manga and cant wait for book 8!

XD SUZAKU HAHA he should just go and die.

Yea please come back alive even if you die

Worse than terrorists, we have the badass air conditioner

Meme tagged by karene

Pick your birth month
→ Copy to your blog
→ Strike out anything that doesn’t apply to you
→ Bold the 5 - 10 things that best apply to you
→ Tag 10 people from your friends list
I tag anyone who wants to do this.. =D

JANUARY: Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people’s flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

FEBRUARY: Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

MARCH: Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

APRIL: Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see. Consoling, friendly and solves people’s problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous.

MAY: Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic. Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

JUNE: Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

JULY: Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood.Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people’s feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

AUGUST: Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

SEPTEMBER: Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people’s mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

OCTOBER: Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn’t pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children.

NOVEMBER: Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

DECEMBER: Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egotistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor. Logical.

How inflexible am i.. bolded exactly 10 qualities.

Movies adapted from manga are cool!

We see alot of these movies around nowadays. The current one is Kurosagi. And nope, it isnt about kurosagi ichigo in bleach haha -__- nvm no one gets the joke.

I've also seen the advertisement for 20th century boys on tv! WOW the moment i saw the sign i was like '!!!!!' Haha it was abit of an over reaction for my part cos i'm not a great fan of the manga. It's quite an old series so the art doesnt appeal to me much. The art was done by the same guy who did Monster. I've mentioned monster in one of my previous post, intriguing plot but again the graphics turn me off.. Yup, this is the sign i mentioned earlier. I dont know what it means cos i didnt read the manga but it's quite well known. Enough for me to recognise the movie after spotting it. Looks freaky ne? XD

I chanced upon Kurosagi few months before promos and started reading it. Quite excited that the movie's out haha such a nice coincident. About swindlers and it's super cool. The actor looks better than the manga character XD

Dragonball live action movie's coming too. This, i'm disgusted. They're just using the names and abilities of the manga characters, to attract more audience and attention. The actors in the movie looks nothing like the manga and i dont think dragonball is suitable to be adapted into a movie anyway. Let's just see how goku does his KAMEHAMEHA or goes into his super saiyan mode. =( Nevermind, the movie might turn out to be a great hit despite my pessimist views.
Here are some natsume screenshots XD

HAHAHA! No, it's not shounen ai.

That certainly seems to be the case.

The person either isnt expecting an answer or wants to ask the blooming obvious