Anne, that stupid name games gives the same answer to every name =D The layout is scaryyyyyyyyyy~~~~! But I got bored of Towa anyway so.... XD
Sister Laura, I was wondering the same thing this afternoon. Who, I wonder, would choose Red? We should wait and see!
Mia, take care there in my ever-turbulent-topsy-turvy-messy home country! Stay at home and start hoarding canned food and instant noodles! LOL J/K! Utada Hikaru definitely rules over Ayumi =D Ayumi's just popular among *koff, koff* teenage boys. Her voice is annoying too. And I keep getting confused with her remixes, best albums, greatest hits albums and all those marketing ploys to make people buy more (sadly, it works). My friends usually buy J-pop albums at Citraland. There's a shop there which sells lots of imported CDs. Then again, I live on that other side of the city ^^ *koff* There are also lots of hentai VCD sellers there *koff* But I swear, I never dabbled in it, it's just my best friends are... well... ecchis >.<

selene is strangely too genki on Tuesday, May 1, 2001, 12:08 a.m.

Fel, I miss Australia. I can't get a decent fish and chips here. I want fresh Australian fish & chips!!! Ooh, I'm chatting with my lil cousin who goes to school here as well and he just said "Are you going with us to Perth in June?" Wai! Nobody asked me!! -.-
Nee-chan, you're in Jakarta, ma... can have all the Indonesian food you want anytime, unlike us *lapsing into Singlish*
WAI! Another IASC member, Kenchan has a pitas now. Thanks for linking me! An IPEKA high-er, huh? *thinks* I think one of my cousins goes to school there too. He should be around your age. His name is Jason, do you know him? If you do, don't mention Selene to him, please, that's not my real name XD I myself was an SMUK 1-er (Once a Smukie, always a Smukie *sings Smukie anthem : "SMUK 1 lah cinta kamiiii.. SMUK 1 lah tempat kamiiiii...."* that songs sucks actually, but it keeps coming back to my mind at odd times that I find myself singing it >.<)

Today is Maruzen's last open day so I went down to see whether there's still anything left. It was almost completely bare after 10 days of sale and the only thing I could snatch was Michiyo Akaishi's Towa Kamoshirenai 7 & 8. Now I have to find vol 1-6 hahahaha... Shoot, I have so many series I have to complete now *looks at her mostly incomplete manga collection*. I found Silent Eye 1 & 4 at Kino, but they're so expensive, compared to Maru's price =P Maybe I really will stop buying mangas from now on. This morning I saw Mary's log, which has a Fruits Basket layout *yum* And I saw on Hana to Yume 9 cover that the anime will be out this summer. Weee--! Sarah, are you reading????!!!!! Where are you anyway... ;_;

*goes off to add new links*

selene on day 1 of 3-month holiday on Monday, April 30, 2001, 07:59 p.m.

Heh, Elyse and Felisha were talking about Indonesian food, while *points at the entry down there somewhere* I was saying I missed food from home. I don't really like traditional Indonesian food myself. Various animal insides gross me and I hate spicy food (this is the point where people will widened their eyes at me and say "I thought all Indonesians like spicy food!"). But I like those "kaki lima" stuff, which are the kind of food you can buy by the side of the street off a pushable cart or a makeshift tent. "Kaki lima" itself literally means "five-footed", referring to the seller's two feet, the cart's two wheels, and the cart's one wooden foot it rests upon when it's stopping. Yaw, I have a craving for gorengan, which means "fried" and refers to everything that's, well, fried >.< Stuff like fried tofu, fried tempe, fried sweet potato, fried cassava, fried banana.... They're terribly bad for the throat and I tend to get a sore throat immediately after eating them, but I love them anyway *salivating* I feel like eating ropang too now. Ack, I wanna go home!!!!!!!

Hikaru, hee sorry for not being around when you called me. I was at my friend's room studying.
Sister Laura, thanks for your comment on the new layout at Sora. It was originally for something else, then I decided to use it for Sora instead and it doesn't look very good >.< I'll be changing it again next week, I guess.

K8 is still not well yet from her tonsilitis *worried* Get well soon, Noo darling!! I hope your illness won't get any serious or worse than this. And Schumacher YAY! Hehehe...................... Myah, Susan has moved her blog. Which is good, since Digitalrice.com is always down and (I heard) so is Blogger.

Oh wow. Indonesia emerged as group winner for the first World Cup 2002 qualifying round. There is SOME hope, after all.

Anyway, I'm going to bed for a few hours before I start studying again. Do wish me luck on my Finance exam. I have to pass. I have to pass. I have to pass. *chanting*

selene needs to pass Finance badly on Monday, April 30, 2001, 01:15 a.m.

Nee-chan, thank you so much for the song list XD I have something to call the songs now! My favourites are Bike and Bells for Her. Oh and I'm okay, thanks for the concern =D

selene sedai turned Rand into a frog on Sunday, April 29, 2001, 12:24 a.m.

Long overdued BBS (I'm too lazy with e-mails so.... ^^;):
Anne, the concert sounds soooo fun! I wish I could see it. NPC's newest album is called Uno Indonesia? *blink* That sounds bad. LOL. It sounds like a bad marketing ploy to me. But as long as the songs in it are as good as always, then I guess it's ok. NPC's mp3? I don't know where to d/l it. I have one here, just Quello Che Vuoi, though. I got it from my friend. I found Arjuna OST 1 mp3s on someone's computer and I've been listening to it. It's Yoko Kanno, yes? and Maaya Sakamoto? Is there a website about it (either about the anime or the soundtrack)? The file IDs are in Jap and my Winamp can't read it so I don't know the titles of the song >.< I want lyrics, too! =)
Hikaru, thanks so much =D Did you watch the trailers, BTW? I love watching trailers, more than the movie itself ^^ I like to get myself all hyped up about a movie before I actually watch it LOL
Laura, I haven't replied your message yet because I've been err... sorta busy. That idea was just an idea. I don't really feel like doing it, but it did sound like a good idea so I told you about it. Maybe you might want to do it someday? *grin* Hey you forgot the Yellow Ajah! They're the healers, right? And I don't think the purple one exists. I better start thinking which Ajah I want to be in right now =D
Noeru, I still need to reply your e-mail. And Jessica's. Ack.
Yin, when you're back online and the layout's uploaded, SMS me immediately!!!!!! I insist!
Tin-sama finds her old fics!!! I've read most of them, but I don't mind reading them again =D Ne, You're not continuing the HanaKimi fic? =( But I'd really love to see where it goes. WAA~~~HH! Or, at least, write another HanaKimi? Maybe a super WAFFY, one-shot? Come to think of it, I never found any other HanaKimi fanfics... I should look for them later.
Daine, that's a rather strict principle. Worried to run into perverts and psychos online? They all live in chat rooms, so I heard. LOL. Anyway, it's okay with me. I hope I can still talk to you through my log, if you DO check it out. No problem with the scans, I'll scan them and send them over sometime next week. There aren't many, anyway.

Study. Yes.

selene wants to watch the newly borrowed Vandread cds (but she can't) on Saturday, April 28, 2001, 12:35 p.m.

Must study today! Ganbatte, Selene! You can do it! *attempting self-encouragement* Happy studying and good luck to those who are having their final exams too. If I can do it, you should be able to do more than me ^_^x

An interesting read : Time Asia's current issue, entitled "How The World Sees Japan".

selene hates stomach cramps (and all other PMS) on Friday, April 27, 2001, 01:08 p.m.

Anyone believe in ghost? Or know a real, spooky ghost story? Or better yet, *whispers* seen a real ghost? I feel like scaring myself with ghost stories lately XD When I was in high school, there were times when we had an "empty" period (because of absent teacher) and we spent it by sharing ghost stories with the entire class. It was fun =D I had trouble falling asleep yesterday and ended up scaring myself by remembering various horror stories I've heard. Yeah, I do that LOL *pause* Anyone seen the super-famous, super-spooky Jap horror movie The Ring? It's not frightening people by surprising them with suspenseful moments, but the images and scenes are DAMN creepy and so disturbing I still remember them clearly even after over a year of watching it. I got paranoid when I slept in a room with a TV for several days after watching it >.< But, I really recommend it XD Just... don't watch it alone hahahaha...

*frown* Now I know what happened to my touchpad. Someone was copying something from my computer (probably the mp3s or some movies I shared through the network). It slows things down when someone is accessing a file in my harddisk.

Anne, how was the concert?????!!!!! *currently listening to NPC's Angelo Blu*

JUST what I need! Kodocha 59 is OUT! =D Kodocha first before bed. Ooh, someone just dropped by to my room to give me a piece of bread his parents just brought from Indonesia *happy happy* Food from home is still the best *munching coconut-filled bread* Especially if it's bought at the side of the street from a man who pushes a cart around to sell the food. Yum. Bubur ayam. Bakmi. Soto. Martabak. Nasi goreng 1/4 pake telor! Gorengan! Ack, I miss those food =)

selene is rambling aimlessly on Thursday, April 26, 2001, 10:48 p.m.

I'm going to bed soon for four hours then I'll get up to hit the books once again. I have been so lazy, yes I have. Now I have to play catch up in one night.

Two movies I *have* to see : Lord of the Rings and Final Fantasy the Movie. I love spiffy movie websites with equally spiffy trailers =D Demo, Final Fantasy games trailers always created such an impact, it's a shame the movie trailer is so flat and unimpressive. Moulin Rouge site looks so cool!

selene is so stressed on Thursday, April 26, 2001, 12:26 a.m.

Nee, *thinks* I think I want to make an Amakusa 1637 site! *grin* A Michiyo Akaishi site would be great, but I don't have all her mangas. I only know ONE Ten mo Yori Hoshi mo Yori page and it's not even a real site! It's just a page of summary. Ten mo Yori Hoshi mo Yori deserves one decent site of its own since it's, IMO, one of the best manga I've ever read.

But....... I still have ZS to update (and I'm lagging behind my own schedule >.< I suppose I'll push back the update date) and submit a review for the Club's website before April 30th. And I still have 3 exams! My last exam is on the 30th, it's the ever-most-dreaded Finance. So much I want to do in so little time, and I'm stuck with studying. Pah. Life is so unfair.

selene has finished studying for the night on Wednesday, April 25, 2001, 12:24 a.m.

A couple BBS before I go back to my books :
Anne, yes Koyasu is playing a narcissistic over-dramatic bishounen ^^; Check out his Bishounen Ai no Messeji! (Umeda : "Kuso! Himejima no yatsu... Eien to SANJUPPUN shaberi agatte!!!" LOL)
WAI! Hikaru-chan is a HanaKimi fan too! XD Oh and Hikaru, I'm a Neri Per Caso fan too. They're very big in Indonesia =) Since you know Italian, maybe you can translate one of their songs for me... ^_^x
Yin, where are youuuu?
J, blog more often!! ^^ I owe you an e-mail... after Thursday, ok?

I swear I must have forgotten one or two person I need to BBS =P Ack. Never mind. I'm going back to my despicable Operations Management book -_- and try to discern what exactly is written in there.

selene is in panic on Tuesday, April 24, 2001, 08:12 p.m.

Benkyou shinakya, benkyou shinakya, benkyou shinakya... *trying to convince self to study* Maybe I should take a shower first....

selene is REALLY going to study (after this) on Monday, April 23, 2001, 08:26 p.m.

I went to the Maruzen sale on Saturday after my exam and it was PACKED. The queue on the cashier was so long and everyone was swiping entire series of books @.@ I should've come earlier....!! Somebody swiped the entire HanaKimi collection, leaving me with vol 9 only. And all X volumes were gone except for vol 16!! All items were at half price, so it's no wonder some people bought one shopping basket full of books. ;_; I ended up not buying mangas to complete my existing collection of mangas, but adding more series to collect >.< I haven't read D N Angel, but I bought vol 5 and I'm a bit clueless on what's going on 0.0

I bought Michiyo Akaishi's Silent Eye vol 5 and her newest series, Amakusa 1637 vol 1. Amakusa 1637 is quite interesting. It's unsurprisingly the typical Michiyo Akaishi storyline ^_^x (which I like, LOL). It's about a group of high school students who found themselves in historical Japan circa 1630-something in Shimabara because of an accident during their school trip. But they're not thrown back to the exact same time, so when they met again, some of them have been living there for years and have grown up. The main character, as usual, is a girl with courage and spunk. The so-called bad guy is, of course, the guy who has a crush on the main character. And the guy the girl likes suffers from amnesia. Fun, right? =D But to my dismay, both Michiyo Akaishi mangas I bought have no little hiraganas written next to the kanji @.@

Anne, d/l-ed the Hanakimi drama yet? It's very very funny. I think the seiyuus were great. I can imagine every character in my mind while listening to it. I love all HanaKimi bishounens now! I can't made up my mind who's my favourite... ^^;
Syat and Laura, your ICQ messages were the first thing I saw when my network went back up just now. Thank you =)
Why does Pei-yi's CD collection eeriely resembled mine? 0.0

Oh, and I'm glad people like this layout =) Right now I really, really need to study. But I'm so bored and lazy.... *ack!*

selene is BACK! on Monday, April 23, 2001, 03:32 p.m.

I won't be flying home at all since my parents think I should just concentrate on my exams. My other cousin who goes to school here won't be going back as well. I think none of the grandchildren living abroad will be coming back to attend the burial.

I have an exam in 3 hours. Better study, I guess.

selene is still in mourning on Saturday, April 21, 2001, 10:44 a.m.

Bye, grandma. I'll miss you.

selene is mourning on Friday, April 20, 2001, 11:05 a.m.

Anne-nee-chan, be-te? 0.o I can't find a perfect translation of it *laugh* Usually I'll just say "feeling down".

selene faces the new day on Friday, April 20, 2001, 10:03 a.m.

My parents also told me casually that Singaporean dollar is currently at a high Rp. 6,100 (it's usually around 5500 something), US dollar is at Rp. 11,000; and Japan yen is at Rp. 91; and yes, they've bought me all the Yen I need for my trip >.< Now I feel so guilty. And I won't be spending as much as I want on Saturday on that Maruzen sale. *brightens up* But my Singaporean dollar was bought at the price of Rp 5,500 something, yes? And I still have a lot of those in my bank account.

Voice-in-Head : You're a finance student currently, aren't you?
Me : 0.o Yes, so.....?
Voice-in-Head : Familiar with the time value of money, interest rate, and so on....?
Me : Shimatta. I'm doomed!!

Moving on to another matter. Everyone is convinced that the university is going to ban our chat programs, since they're all not working properly now!!! Whenever someone finds a way to get it working, it will stop working after a while due to "overload" or maybe, because they disabled it >.< Although the Comp Center has said that they have no intention to do so, but a lot of people are still sceptical. Petitions are still going around. SOME people are convinced this is a communist country >.< Meanwhile, the Computing students are in the works to figure out the back alleys of the network system.

Rei-chan, I'm glad you like this layout =) The mysterious thing is, now the lines disappear altogether when I open the page. And yes, I set everything to 0. It usually works with my other layouts, but how come it's not working with this one? Is it the alignment, maybe??

I'm getting more and more troubled. Fuan kanjiteru yo!! I wish I have a whole bucket of icecream with me right now.

selene is upset on Friday, April 20, 2001, 12:21 a.m.

Anyone who can help me fix the codes will get a huge glomp. ^_^x

This layout features Namie Amuro, J-pop songstress =D The title "Taikou Ame" means "pink candy" or "pink rain" ^_^x Pick your choice. It's raining hard right now... 0.o Ame ga daisukiiiiii!!

selene just uploaded this new layout! on Thu, 19/o4/o1, o5:o3 p.m.