Tuesday, April 3, 2001, 12:06 a.m.

[[clt : Neri Per Caso's Angelo Blu album ]]

Going to change this layout tomorrow 0_o I'm done with it, just too lazy to HTML-ized it.

Lately everywhere I go people has been asking me whether I have started studying for exams. I haven't AT ALL. I still have 2 weeks until the first one, so err... I'm still slacking. I'm a terribly relax person, I know ^^ I guess I just don't care enough.

Lately I have gotten very nostalgic *amused* For a few days I noticed when I woke up there were birds chirping loudly outside and I suddenly thought that I haven't been to Australia in a while. Because the only place I ever woke up with sounds of birds chirping was in Australia. I used to spend my holidays there a lot. I have relatives both in Sydney and Perth and tons of friends in Melbourne. One thing I love about Australia is how close to nature it is. My aunt's house in Sydney is right in front of a small cove and it's just so beautiful. We feed the seagulls regularly too. They'd fly across the water towards us when they see us coming. And in Perth we used to stay at this place which is 5 minutes walk to the beach. When I was small I didn't care to join the adults for shopping so I prefered walking on the beach on my own. *sigh* I suddenly want to go to Australia so much. I want to go fishing in countryside in the middle of the night (I don't fish, my uncles do!), star-gaze, catch crabs, go on a picnic, pick strawberries, walk on the beach, and eat DECENT FISH & CHIPS! Does this mean I really need a holiday? ^0^

Anne, I watched ep 2!! *proud* Now, if I can d/l the 3rd one now...

Sunday, April 1, 2001, 11:03 p.m.

I, um, er... was on a shopping rampage although I've sworn I wouldn't buy a manga again until sometime next week. I even bought a $6 Pocky..... It's an made-in-Japan Almond Crush Pocky, OK? (Blackie, Blackie, I finally found it!!!) I'm quite sure the supermarket was blackmailing me.... I'm feeling a bit guilty with my money-spending lately, especially since my trip to Japan will cost a lot, and I'm buying a new PC for my room in Jakarta, PLUS we're going to rebuild our 23-year old house in Jakarta so you can imagine how much money my parents will need to fork out this year. And did I mention that my brother is still jobless, spends money like water, and is moving to San Fransisco? *takes a deep breath* I sound so money-minded >.< Someone in this family should, I guess *laughs* My parents are as careless with money as my brother. And they all think I don't spend enough!! They do think I should EAT and BUY CLOTHES instead of buying mangas and books, though.

What is with this hotdog ad banner at the bottom of this pitas entry page???!!!!! It gets sickening looking at it after a while.

Mia, I totally agree with you. Whoever said our law enforcements are trusty?? One of the reasons why I never learn how to drive is because I don't want to have a run-in with those damned police when driving on my own. Believe me, my chaffeur and I have had a lot of those encounters. I usually let my chaffeur sort it out. I DID had to pay them some money from my own pocket -_- 250,000 rups is a LOT, you know. I think he was taking advantage of you because you are foreigners. I'm not sure what's the "market price" (yes, there is such a thing, you know) now, but last I know it should be around 50,000? The bribe price goes up along with inflation rate, you see ^_^ Anyway, just be sure to take care when driving on that spot again. You get better with experience, trust me ^^ My chaffeur and I never got caught again lately. Unless if they operate on different spots now. And always be careful when you see those ugly policemen around.

Elyse, my friend Icha here is a big fan of musicals and she got me hooked on them, so yeah, I know the song ^^ And when I like a song, I absolutely have to know how to sing it, although not perfectly hahaha.. ^^ I like Eponine's dying song more (forgot the title), One More Day, and of course, the Finale =) Glad to know the show was great. I have never watch it myself ;_;

Sunday, April 1, 2001, 01:38 p.m.

*reading Syat's blog* You mean when you drove me around in KL you haven't gotten your permanent license yet????????? *horrified* No wonder..... But the rooster pig with a permanent license is an even scarier thought....

When I saw that On My Own lyrics at Elyse's log, I immediately began to sing with my just-wake-up-from-bed voice. LOL. Good warm-up, since I'm singing in the choir at today's service ^_~

Talking about choir, pssmukie is competing at PH next week. Tepie just e-mailed me telling how bad their stage test was, so alums, keep praying for them, ok? :) It's been a long time since our choir won first prize in anything @_@ We kept getting cheated, didn't we? *mutterings*

BTW, Kara, where does South Border come from? This song I d/led from you, Love of My Life, reminds me of Michael Jackson songs ^0^ The singer sometimes sounds like MJ too hahaha...

Sunday, April 1, 2001, 02:34 a.m.

Damn, I'm hungry. Oh wait, is this April Fool's Day? ^_~ Well.. happy being sabo-ed today. Oh and my university pop mail is down, so I haven't been able to read my latest e-mails. I've re-routed all my mails now to another pop account I have, so it shouldn't be a problem now. Except, well, that gnawing feeling that I have unread e-mails stuck in the system somewhere -_-

This morning I went for my volunteer work. It was this children's reading programme thing and because I was the eldest volunteer around, the superintendent gave me a VERY VERY tough kid to work with @_@ He was very uncooperative and I drove myself hoarse trying to persuade him to read. What's more, he's Malay and apparently his English is not very good, so is his reading skill. He kept saying the things name in Malay, which I luckily understood since it's almost like Indonesian, but the poor girl working with me didn't have a single idea on what was going on. I think she was very disheartened by the whole thing ^_^

Then I went down to Suntec because Minli told me to check out this Travel Fair thing for the Japan packages and I brought home lots and lots of brochures. It's one plastic bag full. Luckily, it just so happened that the Japan National Tourism set up a booth (well, several booths) there and it's very big. It has a booth for every prefecture so I ended up taking lots of brochures. But some of them are quite useful, I think. I even got a Tokyo map! Now the London map on my wall can go down to make way for it ^^

What exactly does BBS stand for??
Anne, I was typing my opinions on Argento Samo ep 1 here but then it became too long and full of spoilers for other people who haven't watched it, so I sent to to your e-mail instead ^_^x
Jen, Jen, Jen, doko ni iruuuuuu?
Icha, ni zhai na li? (ok I probably misspelt those, whatever..)
J, I'll write you tomorrow. Err yeah, Sarah too *sweatdrops* I owe too many people e-mails.
And YOU! YIN!! where are youuuuu?
Farmies, make an entry at our log. NOW!

Saturday, March 31, 2001, 10:56 p.m.

Bloop / Oink / Moo has been revamped! Go make an entry now, farmies!!!

Friday, March 30, 2001, 02:07 p.m.

Anne will be happy to know that I'm d/ling Argento Soma ep 1 now.

A few days ago, Nicholas, a blockmate of mine, had this Rurouni Kenshin-related nick on the MSN Messenger so I commented on it and we got to talk about RK and I was forced to reveal my *koff, koff* RK knowledge. Then suddenly he is all over the block telling other guys who are currently watching RK on their computers that there's this girl who knows all Kenshin's techniques by heart and has an extensive collection of RK mangas in her room @_@ I don't know whether this is good or not *laugh*

I was browsing through our NUS Anime Club site yesterday when I noticed most of our reviews are of shoujo genre. *grin* Can't blame us, most of the reviewers are girls and even the male reviewers sometimes review shoujo titles. There have been requests that we diversify our review, but we just can't find the reviewers. Adeline and CK, our main reviewers (Club Secretary and Chairperson, respectively), mostly review shoujo titles. And I've only wrote one review myself, but all the titles I have in mind for my future reviews are all shoujo, as well (tinkering wirh HanaKimi and X now ^^). Most of the mangas translated in Indonesian are Kodansha shoujos, so I read lots of it. I might even review one obsecure old title one day. David (Vice-chair) thought it was good that I'm the only avid shoujo reader, since he thinks shoujo genre is the best-selling genre and there should be at least someone who knows it well. But seriously, I think we need more male reviewers *grin*

If you haven't visit the NUS Anime Club site, do visit it. It's a well-designed website and the reviews are an interesting read. Both Adeline and CK happen to be excellent writers, and so is OSYIM. And our mascot Shoryuu is very cute *grin*

Thursday, March 29, 2001, 05:48 p.m.

[[cl&st : Adieu, Call Me Call Me, & Ave Maria from Cowboy Bebop's Blue album ]]

I just spent the last half an hour scrubbing the pots I used from making puddings for tonight's Final Year Supper >.< I can be a mean clean-freak when the mood kicks in. You wouldn't believe what a mess I made to my nails from all those scrubbings.

I just received my first mail ever from the Conan fic ml 0_0 And it's a great fic from Krista Perry! Ureshii :)

Wednesday, March 28, 2001, 09:33 p.m.

I just realized Elyse linked me. Thank you :) And I just realized Wami has a new layout ^^ That's a REALLY sexy guy you have there....... I rarely see you around on ICQ nowadays... myaahh.. miss ya, my I-Don't-Know-How-Many-Tails-You-Have-Now Silver Fox! and TIN! I want more HanaKimi! But knowing you, it might take a long time to finish, ne? ^^ Hnn.. Mizuki seems a bit OOC, particularly her reaction to Sano's revelation. Maybe because I like to think of her as very naive and child-like. Err.. anyway, I still want to read more of it!!

Wednesday, March 28, 2001, 08:32 p.m.

Currently still at my aunt's. They have a wonderful computer now! and cable connection! *cackles*

For once Kino is actually faster than Maru with Asuka 5 out. The front cover is Arashi & Sorata and the huge headline about the OVA ^^ And Kino was selling it at an exorbitant price of $11.52 -_- It's selling fast, last time I checked... only one copy left.... but I didn't buy it ^^ I did buy Hanakimi 5 and 6 today. SANOOOOOOOO--! *_*

Icha, your darling Russell Crowe looked like a parrot on Oscar night *wicked laugh* I STILL don't get what's good about him...

Anne, I saw your Yami no Matsuei Sketch Book at Kino today, selling at $24 something if I'm not wrong. I've been looking at too many prices today so I'm a bit unsure about it ^^ I also saw the Character Book.

Tin, I waiting e-a-g-e-r-l-y for your HanaKimi fic *hopeful look*

Tuesday, March 27, 2001, 04:06 a.m.

One last entry before I go to bed. I just signed up for a new host for ZS, so I'll be moving soon, and by God, I might even actually work on it. I need to write some new content for it, and I won't be able to do it tomorrow's night since I'll be staying over at my aunt's place, away from my cable connection, my laptop and all these sinful things. So I was thinking I should probably handwrite it. Then it occured to me that I hate handwriting anything. Especially if I have to type it out later. I usually just mentally compose everything which I'll end up forgetting, of course, but it's fun, especially when I'm on a long trip sitting alone on the bus or train ^^ Plus handwriting and I never got along well. When I was in primary school, the report card would have a grade on HANDWRITING. The nicer your handwriting is, the higher it is. And I always got a 6 or a 6.5, which was NOT okay, since most girls would get 7 or more. And it was really destructive to my overall total point that my mother would tell me "Now, dear, if your handwriting were a BIT nicer, you might actually get a higher rank than this." (In high school it was, "Now, dear, if only you had gotten an 8 instead of a 6 for Physical Education, you might actually be on top of your class." I am the most uncoordinated, unathletic person you'll ever see. Trust me. Sarah knows what it's like, don't you, dear? ^^) Anyway, I tried to improve on my handwriting but my hand just wouldn't cooperate. Even until high school people still tell me my scrawling looked like a kindergarden's >.< I gave up all attempts of having an elegant handwriting now. I'll just stick to a computer and a printer. So err... yeah, those of you who actually might get something handwritten by me, do not be surprise. I repeat, Do NOT be surprise. I'm 19, really. I am. (Although I wish I'm not.)

Today's mentionables :
Here's a new site by one of IASC's members. Very cool with loads of Flash animation. It's in Indonesian though. And I've always like the pretty simple layouts atAngela's, also a member of IASC

Bed time.

Monday, March 26, 2001, 08:27 p.m.

Myahahaha... IASC has been updated! Our coverboy *cough, cough* is Nicholas D. Wolfwood of Trigun ^_~ I think the cause why it took me a long time to make this one was because I kept staring at him >.< Well, of course, then there was also that hazardaous thing called Photoshop 6 -_- Anyway, comments, minna? ^^

My parents are in town! With bags of Hershey's with them as well! And David Eddings' The Redemption of Althalus! I know it's been out since forever, but cheapskate me never buy hardcover. My brother bought this one and passed it to me MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Selene is in a weird mood today, yes she is.....

Monday, March 26, 2001, 01:42 p.m.

Hmm.. I'm supposed to read about this US vs Microsoft thing for my Econs tutorial, and for my final exam as well. It also includes the IE vs NS thing. But sadly the resources I've been pointed to seem to be outdated, because we all now know which one is leading ^_^

Those of you out there still using Netscape, get yourself an IE 5.5 immediately :P

Hey, the Oscar results are out! Crouching Tiger and Ang Lee should've won :P I remember I watch Crouching Tiger with my block, the rest of the block were watching another movie while the 5 of us opted for Crouching Tiger instead. My friends were all Chinese-speaking Singaporeans, but when the dialogue started, they were laughing like crazy and I asked them what was wrong. I thought it was Michelles Yeoh's strange accent, as she couldn't speak Mandarin well and it showed, even to me. Then they said their Chinese sucked, because they couldn't understand what the characters were talking about 0_0 I guess it was a very high-level Chinese?? Chinese is a very, very difficult language. Especially for me ^_^

Monday, March 26, 2001, 01:27 p.m.

I finally figure out where the things I want in Photoshop 6 are! MWAHAHAHAHA! Time to play!

Exams? In 3 weeks? Oh really........??

Monday, March 26, 2001, 12:40 a.m.

[[ clt : all of Cowboy Bebop OSTs -- 74 songs in 5 CDs @_@ ]]

It's quite amazing how today's sermon echoed my entry last night *laugh* I also find it amazing that my questions are actually answered. I feel truly enlightened and blessed =D

Did I mention I'll be going to Japan in May? XD I'll be going with Minli and a friend of hers. Come to think of it, we're being very impulsive. I mean, I barely know her. She's a fellow committee member of the Anime Club and although I had seen her a few times in meetings and such, I've only talked to her once during the screening. We talked a lot and we both found out that we wanted to go to Japan, but we had never been able to find someone to go with us! So, here we are! We're still planning things out now. We are thinking of joining a tour package first, since both of us have never been to Japan before, then we'll extend by ourselves. I have to say Minli's been very enthusiastic about the whole thing, even more than me. She's been the one searching the tour packages for us. We e-mail each other everyday, sometimes even hourly. We'll be having lunch together at Arts on Tuesday and discuss our plans. I'll also be meeting the friend of hers who will be going with us.

Jen, where are you, my darling seal? I need your advice on where to shop in Tokyo! (Then I'll end up dressing up like you 0_0)
J, congratulations on graduating high school!!!!!!!! ^_~
Anne, what exactly is Terminal Dogma? *sheepish look*

Sunday, March 25, 2001, 02:34 a.m.

I always wonder about the people who proudly claim they are free-thinkers or religionless, or simply, people who say they don't believe in the existence of a god. Because everytime I think about my own life, I can't imagine what or where I would be now, if I hadn't had my faith then. I am not saying these people are wrong and I'm right, but I just can't help wondering how they live their life. Do they hope? Because often in the past, I have lost hope, but I always find hope again in my belief. I can not, really can not, imagine where else I can find such _hope_. Certainly not from myself, not from friends, not from family, not from something in this world.

Some people think a religion or a belief is just a delusion. An opium. But I feel there is nothing to lose in believing. When you die, you lose every earthly possession you have, so what else do you have to lose? I also know some people have a hard time accepting that God allows bad things to happen to people, even people who love Him more than anything. But what's hard to accept, when He even allowed His son to die? OK, so I'm talking from Christianity's POV, because I'm not familiar with other religions. But I believe that everything happens for a good cause. It might be long in coming, it might take a whole lifetime, but it will.

I'm not trying to tell people what to do, or force my beliefs on them, but I'm just feeling I have to say something. I am far from being a saint and my life isn't perfect, but at least I know, whenever things go wrong, I have something to turn to. Which is why I feel so sad when I see these kinds of people, because they probably don't know where to turn.

N, you don't know me, but I'll be praying for you.

Sunday, March 25, 2001, 12:07 a.m.

AAAAAAAAAHHHH!! I was happily mentally designing ZS v3.0 the whole night and then when I was about to really make it and scan the image I want, I just realized I left that particular tankouban in Jakarta. And I can't find the image I want anywhere on the Net. AAAAAAAAHH!! Now I have to think of something else *angry mutters*

Saturday, March 24, 2001, 06:32 p.m.

[[clt : Cowboy Bebop OSTs -- ALL of them @_@ ]

I watched episode 1 and 2 of Kaikan Phrase today while having my first meal ^^; and I desperately want to watch the next episodes, but I can't find a place where I can download it directly -_- I really, REALLY HATE downloading from those myspace.com thing. They _never_ work. I threw a fit at Blackie because of it then I cheered myself up by cleaning my long-neglected room. I am pleased to tell you that I've cleared up my desk, so I can actually use it for studying, rearranged all my stuff (my mangas are lying neatly in order!), and cleaned up all the dust ^^ The desk and the floor are uncluttered. *pause* I'm a bit uncomfortable with the lack of clutter. It feels so orderly. Ah well, give it a day or two and it'll be back to its previous state. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother to put things back in their place when I'll just put them anywhere I want later on after I use them. I still need to clear up my drawers, do my laundry, iron my clothes, and take a shower ^^ This is just my snack break LOL

Tin's pitas has a new layout and a new name! 0_0 Is it just me who's been seeing a lot of Touya/Yukito around the Net lately? Suddenly they're just everywhere! *laughs* But I like this layout, Tin-sama! Niaiserie has a new layout too! You've been busy, ne? ^^ How's the ankle?

Saturday, March 24, 2001, 12:19 a.m.

Oh my God.... this is damn scary! You should see it.

*continues to watch Cowboy Bebop*

Friday, March 23, 2001, 11:38 a.m.

Currently at the computer lab, making our OM presentation Powerpoint slides but I finished my part already so I'm surfing hehehehe... *niko, niko*

Interesting keywords that brought people to my site : "hermaphrodite site" (when have I mention that word??!!) and "ateneo final exam schedule" (excuse me? I don't even know my own! try this :P)

Sarah just e-mailed me *niko niko*
Mommy, where are you?
Yin, I just saw this Stephen King book called Dreamcatcher! *laugh* I think he copied it from you *nods, nods* Stephen King sucks >.< I need to write you an e-mail soon ^^
Pei-yi, Neutrality's layout looks nice :) I like simple, pretty layouts ^^
Anne, I like the back cover a lot. I think the Magami sisters are veryyyy pretty. Of course, all CLAMP bishoujous are pretty... I wonder whether I can use the back cover as a layout *thinks*

I still have my dreaded finance tutorial at 4 >.< I hate my tutor :P She's a witch and Finance is my worst subject.
*pause* I'm thinking of taking up fanfic writing again. Lately I have this urge to WRITE but I have no idea what to write. I'm toying with a CCS fanfic idea but it's going to be a long, multi-part story and I don't write multi-parts because I can never finish it. I'm just too lazy or lost my interest in it. Or I usually have a brilliant idea which I then don't know how to continue.

Friday, March 23, 2001, 02:37 a.m.

Just came back from nearly 6 hours of Command Performance @_@ which was, btw, GREAT. Drag shows, sleazy acts, cross-dressing, skits, home-made videos, insider's lame jokes, sex, violence, and all kinds of things that just made you laugh for almost 6 hours. Our Final Years are wonderful, awe-inspiring people!! ^_^ Thanks for the wonderful night, seniors. I'll even forgive you for keeping me awake for hours the night before my midterm because you were so noisy filming that funny video right below my window, and all those times you woke me up at 7.30 AM because of your gossiping in the bathroom ^^

Need. Sleep. Now. Project. Meeting. Early. Morning.

Thursday, March 22, 2001, 05:00 p.m.

*takes a deep breath* I AM NOT going to dance in tomorrow's Xperience no matter what. I don't want to dance ever again. Dance has put me under a lot of pressure, wracking my mental and physical health. So I'd rather not.

I'm REALLY trying to pull myself together here. If only exams would come! People think exam period is the most stressful time. I find it the most relaxing time, simply because there are no other classes and that I don't have to do anything else except studying (well, supposedly ^^)

Thursday, March 22, 2001, 01:08 p.m.

Can anyone suggest a relatively cheap and reliable web-hosting provider? I found some cheap ones, but I don't know how reliable they are, so anyone have any recommendations? I know what Wami would suggest, and believe me, her suggestion is on top oy my list right now ^^ I'm not getting it soon, but there's no hurt in finding it first. Then when I happen to be in a situation where I can easily persuade someone to pay it for me, I can just easily sign up before that person change his mind, ne? ^^

Thursday, March 22, 2001, 12:08 a.m.

*laughs* Anne, Okashi no Uta is definitely MY song. *munching on a Pocky Strawberry* It's a very funny song ^^ *singing along : "okashi! oishii! ureshii! tanoshii! yoroshii!"*

Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 09:13 p.m.

[[ clt : Xenogears' Faraway Promise -- I love this game so much but I never got to finish it ;_; ]]

Pei-yi, I just finished Hanakimi 4, and you're right, Nakatsu IS underappreciated. Maybe you're interested in making a shrine for him? ^_^x I like Nanba-senpai --- he's cool, and very pretty as a girl ^^; I usually use PSP 6 and am trying to figure out how Photoshop works @_@ Thanks for your comments on SORA though! =D

Seishirou's mother is veeeeeeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyy beautiful! *envy*

Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 05:54 p.m.

Today's Window-shopping Sightings (or, the Stuff I'd Buy Were I Not a Poor, Struggling International Student from an Equally Poor, Struggling Country):
- Meitantei Conan 31. It's out, it's out! *hysterical*
- Watase Yuu's Imadoki 3. I don't like Watase Yuu, but Sabs deifinitely would want it
- Michiyo Akaishi's Silent Eyes 5. I don't know what it's about, couldn't find vol 1-4, but I LOVE Michiyo Akaishi, although all her mangas have this same recurrent theme.
- Asuka 4. I like the stylish white-black-red cover, compared to the regular bubble gum, popping bright covers of other manga telephone books.
- Lala 4. The cover is Tsubasa and Kazuma! KareKano 11, please come out soooooonnn!
- Jostein Gardner's The Christmas Story.
- Harry Potter 4. When will the paperback come out!
- Wallpaper mag, one of my favourite magazines, but it's so expensive, so I always end up reading it in the book store ^^

What I DID buy :
- X 16. Turned out it arrived on Maruzen right on the 17th. I LOVE Maruzen!! It's cheap and fast. Kinokuniya is a tad slower and more expensive. I guess being the largest book-store in SE Asia has its price.... Anne, jealous? ^_^x
- Hanakimi 4.

Last night Toshi called me from US to give me some of his "fatherly" advices, which basically told me to get a life and a healthy life on top of that. Anyway, I'm *trying*, OK?! I'll even eat breakfast and attend lectures. I can't promise you about doing my homeworks, though.

I think I have an obsession with reading. I always need to have something to read anytime. I buy newspapers and magazines before I get on the bus, train or plane. I read while I eat. Whenever I go to someone's place, the first thing I'll look for is his/her reading collection. When I do find it, I'll sit in a corner and read something from it. When I know the place I'm going to won't have anything to read, I bring my own books. Which is why you'll find me reading while others are having a conversation. When I travel abroad, the first thing I look for is the book stores. The only place you'll find books in my house is my bedroom. My biggest spending is on books. Give me a book for my birthday and I'll be happy. When I was small, my parents used to leave me in a book store for hours while they shopped. Indeed, I am happiest in a place with a lot of books I can read. Thankfully, my parents always support my reading obsession. To think, how much money I have spent on books alone >.<

0_0 Can you tell I'm having a guilt attack on having buying so many mangas in the space of one week? ...... And damn, Indonesian Rupiah is still falling. And oh, my parents are flying in from US on Monday and no doubt they'll be checking my dorm room, so do you think I should hide my manga collections?

Oh and the new posters made me laugh this morning :

Tuesday, March 20, 2001, 11:51 a.m.

[[ clt : this St Matthew's Passion song called Wir setzen uns mir Tranen nied -- gosh, I'd LOVE to sing this in a choir and I'd give anything to be able to sing it properly ]]

More about Sora's current layout. Yes, I said I was going to use Fuuma but he proved to be damn obstinate (it's his damn hair!) and for the life of me, I still can't use my Photoshop 6 properly >.< I don't even know how to draw a proper line. Kamui was strategically located behind Fuuma, so he became the victim.

Anyway, still rushing my Stats project...... I grew moody and restless last night and didn't work on it. Yay, last-minute-procrastinator I am. And I still have 2 homeworks for today, which I'll end up not doing, as always =D

I'm hungry~~~~!!

Monday, March 19, 2001, 08:35 p.m.

Sora has been updated and it's purple. I honestly didn't realize it until it's done >.<

Now I can rush my Stats project in peace ^_^

Monday, March 19, 2001, 01:44 p.m.

I'm discussing Pocky with Blackie right now and came up with the idea of making my own Pocky shrine. Pocky is going to rule the world! Too bad there are so few flavours sold here now. I remember when I was small, Singapore had lot of Pocky flavours, all imported from Japan. I miss my Giant Pocky! and my Marble Pocky! I think I'll be shopping for Pocky, along with manga, when I go to Japan.

Monday, March 19, 2001, 01:01 p.m.

I'm going to eat today. Yes, I'll bear the crowded lunch hour canteens, the queue, the boring food and everything else. So people who's been nagging me to eat properly can be happy now :P

Monday, March 19, 2001, 12:27 a.m.

oh look, Hisaya Nakajo, the author of Hanakimi, has her own log ^^ It's in Jap though.

Anne, X 16 is out? It's published quite fast lately ^^ Hnn.. I think it should be available here in a week or so, depends on the arrival schedule.

Sunday, March 18, 2001, 09:44 p.m.

[[ currently : watching Cowboy Bebop and browsing pages in between episodes ]]

Why are there so few HanaKimi English pages out there? Maybe I should make one........

Sunday, March 18, 2001, 08:32 p.m.

Mommy, I'm going to watch Ndaru Darsono performing in Bach's St Matthew Passion on April 8 *cackles* Are you jealous yet? ^_~ Don't know whether it'll be good, but Ndaru was quite excited talking about it (he even mentioned he joined a class about Matthew Passion once) so it sounds quite interesting.

Oh and I guessed wrongly. Because of my cold, my ears felt as if they're air-pressurized for the past few days. Thanks to it, I couldn't hear a note properly and kept going off-note. I couldn't sing properly either -_- I sound stuffed when I speak. *blows nose*

Sunday, March 18, 2001, 01:07 p.m.

[[ clt : Cowboy Bebop's Blue album -- I like some of the songs in this one, though not all ]]

My brother has graduated. He's now officially a jobless BBA *evil cackles*

Last night's Coppelia was wonderful! It was very funny and well-performed. The sound was not very good, since they used recorded music and there was just this static going on in the background. I would have prefer to have a real orchestra playing the music, but it would have been costly. At least they could have had a better sound system.

I finally cleared my mailboxes last night and wrote about a dozen e-mails =) I still owe Yin an e-mail though. Sarah, I can't remember whose turn it is to write an e-mail *laugh* But I'll drop you a line soon, since you've been MIA lately. Hope you're doing fine.

I think I might even be able to sing properly in choir practice today *blowing nose* Err.. hopefully ^_^

Saturday, March 17, 2001, 03:40 p.m.

Econs midterm today was a real headache. It was an open-book exam, but one of the 2 questions was an application of Coase's theory. What the...? There's no mention of it at all in my textbook except in the reference section -_- My fault for not attending lectures, I guess. I didn't know we were supposed to read it in the library. Bleh. Lucky there was a bit of info about it in my lecture notes, which was FORTUNATELY one among the only *three* notes (out of 11) I printed. Anyway, I cheered myself up by going out and buying myself HanaKimi 2 and 3. *drools on Sano* And I'm going out tonight to watch Coppelia ^_^x

I'm so broke.... and yes, I'm aware of the fact Rupiah keeps falling, making me poorer and poorer. Would Gus Dur open his eyes and see, please? Oh I forgot, he's blind.

Friday, March 16, 2001, 07:33 p.m.

Thought of the day : most of my layouts actually feature female characters *gasp* I wonder why. Never mind. My next layout (if I can make it look good enough) subject is...... Monou Fuuma! *drools*

Friday, March 16, 2001, 06:10 p.m.

The weather is being cruel to meeeeeeeee! What's with the humidity and the rain, damn it? Can't you see I'm still sick? -_- Oh ok, I shouldn't be saying that... next thing I know a thunder will strike me from above *peers up* But really, this kind of weather isn't really helping me much, you know.

I spoke to Daddy Toshi last night and he said I need to work on my bad mood. I guess I've been very depressed lately. I sleep a lot. I don't eat. I don't study or go to classes. I don't do anything but I feel restless. I have a midterm tomorrow and I'm supposed to study, damn it... But I don't feel like it :( Come to think of it, I don't feel like doing anything. I need to get a grip on my life >.< *whacks herself*

Me : Blackie's freaking depressed!
Toshi : so are you!!!!! -_-
Me : I'm genkily depressed. He's chronicly depressed. It's different!
Toshi : ..... You really need help, you know that? -_-

Friday, March 16, 2001, 01:14 p.m.

C (you know, that girl who stole something from ZS without permission), in her latest lame e-mail, claimed that "copying is also hard work, so appreciate it." Oro? Since when copying other people's work (plus it's not only my work, but my opinions, as well) is appreciated? If that is the case, then I should be appreciating the plagiarist of my fic's *hard work* as well? Or that we should appreciate a thief who claims he has worked hard stealing and therefore he shouldn't go to jail? >.< C just has no shame. Whatever. I'm in a better mood this week compared to last week so I don't want my good mood to get ruined by some thief.

*hums happily* Ne, Mommy, I think it's time to continue our defamating act.

Friday, March 16, 2001, 12:10 a.m.

I didn't want to study or do my projects, despite nearing deadlines. So out of pure boredom, I continued to watch this J-drama called Terms of a Witch. I don't know what the Jap title is. Can't read the kanji ^_^x I just finished episode 3 and I hate the series >.< It's this story about a student falling in love with his teacher and so on and so forth. It's just so damn depressing and ridiculous.

I like Matsushima Nanako, I think she's wonderful in GTO, but here she's being forced to take up the role of a weak, undecisive teacher who's afraid of her students *rolls eyes* And while Sabs and Kay might drool on Takizawa (or Tachizawa? err...) Hideaki, I found him terribly boring as the typical I-hate-my-mother-her-lover-and-the-rest-of-the-world kind of teenage. After reading these books about Oedipus complex and found out just about ANY story can be turned into an Oedipus story, I'm inclined to think this drama as one. Really, especially since the mother and the teacher looks a lot like each other and they wear the same kind of clothes.

The show uses Utada Hikaru's First Love song as its theme and sometimes it would use other Utada songs in the middle of the show and they're just not appropriate. I like Utada Hikaru and her songs are definitely NOT for this kind of gloomy, depressing, stupid show >.< ARGHH.. I'll just continue watching Cowboy Bebop next time.

Tin, I just found out that such a disorder exists. I mean, I know people with those characteristics exist, but I never thought of it as a disorder. I thought it's just the way they are ^_^ Ganbatte ne, Tin. I'm sure you can get better =)

Thursday, March 15, 2001, 07:27 p.m.

Hmm... the layout's purple *_* probably inspired by Tin-sama's current layout. The background was originally PINK but I misclicked something and it became purple. Since it looked good, I decided to keep it anyway.

I don't want to study or do my projects tonight =(