Wednesday, August 25, 2010

and school officially starts

and so school starts this week. and my schedule is alright, I'm kind of testing something, like, take one more module and see if I can take the load. I don't exactly know why I'm taking this one more mod, but one of the major reasons would probabaly be how my some of my friends are taking it too, so I was thinking I could take it with them. and because of this I had to shift my japanese lessons to evening periods, which is really totally fine by me, its just I don't know if I can take the load. so I'm gonna try out this schedule next week, and if it doesn't work out, I guess I just switch back to my original plan. but here's the problem: I have zero idea if there will still be vacancies for my initially-desired japanese lessons slot.its like a challenge of sorts, to myself. so that's the plan. every single semester is important to me, for alot of reaons which I won't state here for fear it might ruin my determination heheheh. I have this thing about saying out loud my personal academic decisions.

anyways, that's that, and on to other stuff. so its 5 plus right now, I'm at the clubhouse doing this blogpost (since I know I probably will dilly-dally at home lulz), enjoying the aircon while its blazing hot outside. mom says the early afternoon sun is one of the worst for skin. hmm. I'm probably gonna be occupied for the whole evening, I really PRAY that I'll not laze around lol.

so as you all know by now, I'm sporting a new hairstyle and contacts too, which alot of people go "OMG. I COULDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU!" at in school xDDD I take it as a compliment >.> so yeah, I really do look really different. but no way in hell does it change my personality ;p so don't you guys worry, I'm still your sarcastic little devil cum naive angel <3

first week of school is always the most relaxed since there aren't any tutorials or lab sessions. and you can say I'm satisfied with the lectures that I've attended so far; I'm learning alot of things from my courses. I'm kinda looking forward to improving my japanese ;p hopefully it'll be alright. basically I'm looking forward to all of my classes, since I'm learning new (academic) things.

oh and the last picture blog post will be up anytime soon. I hope I'll be able to split my time well between school and life.
actually right now I'm just crapping out anything I can for no reason. guess I might just as welll log off now.

so I'll see you guys again (;

on a side note, I wonder how many of you lurk around my blog. heheh. but it doesn't really stop me from blogging since I really don't intend to shut this blog down. I haven't started on the new layout yet, gotta find the right time to draw the stuff out on my drawing block heheh.

posted August 31, 2010

これわただのランダムのポーストだよ~

as the title says, this is just a random post xD of picture spam. just stuff.

EDIT: I cut my hair the other day and I have bangs now, so its different from the pictures now >_<

FIRSTLY, LO' AND BEHOLD, BECKA (and me)!!!!



I finally went out with Kay and WL for once during this WHOLE break LOL. And so here are the little snapshots of our lunch at Chef Daniel's Kitchen that I took with my pathetic 2MP phone camera HAHA.



Soup of the day with herb er...bread. Corn soup. It was pretty alright. But one thing I didn't like was how they served our main course while we were still having our appetizer. That's poor judgement. And we thought the cafe was kind of the reputable type. Ah well. And the orange juice was horrid. Its like just concentrate added with water. No freshness; artificial D: < Even the orange juice I make tastes a thousand times better -.-;



And that was what I had. Which was pretty nice. Minced chicken burger. I'm glad I changed my mind and tried this instead haha >_>;



WL's. She said it was too sour and not filling enough >w< i.e. it had no meat -.-



Kay's. She said it was alright. Though she noted the crinkle fries were bad. I didn't xD She seems to be pretty particular about fries o.o



Dessert!!! It was pretty delicious, like peach yoghurt cheese cake <3 We couldn't figuer out exactly what it was, so I just said that HAHA. But it was really nice.

And next I tried on this green dress while with Daphne at FEP that day~
1 2

Never knew I really did look alright in green. Mom always said it. And also the halter neck portion. So yeah I'm like on the lookout these things now.

picture blog post iii

so what did I say I would do for this post? oh right, Kobato. and LOVELESS~ so here ya go~

note: ALL pictures are LINKED to said better quality images, unless otherwise stated.



so that's the front cover of these two beyond wonderful artbooks. oh off the topic, I just finished watching Hakuouki's anime's first season (next coming in october, thanks to Kay for the news, can't wait!), and I'm like "...I want an artbook for this." HAHAHA. I saw it the other day before I watched it but didn't get it since I really don't know what's really in it, and its still the same now. Its 62$ :\ Really expensive ): I think they(kinokuniya) have two kinds, can't remember what the other one was like hmm...

ANYWAYS! On to Kobato.!



This is the full cover page. Kobato-chan is SO CUTE <3



And this is one side of the pull-out poster which, of course, I did not pull out HAHA. It'd be such a waste. And its not like I have enough space to display it anyway xD Sadly.. >.>;



So these are the character pages of the three main characters, with pretty screenshots -haRt- Kobato-chan is obviously the really cute girl in the dress. She's a clumsy but pure-hearted warm girl who's always so cheery she'll brighten your day once you set eyes upon her. Isn't that great? Someone who's always cheerful~ I'm glad I have people like her in my life xD And the tall guy in the glasses is Fujimoto Kiyokazu-kun. The love-interest obviously. Gosh I have a really soft spot for this guy, he's really cute, and his friend Doumoto-kun, whose picture I didn't take, is also an ikemen(beautiful man, literally). Doumoto-kun is a REALLY nice guy, I wouldn't mind having him for a boyfriend xD He has more of a role in the anime, unlike the manga, which is still ongoing. So basically the anime has its own original ending (which wasn't THAT bad). And the blue stuffed animal is the bad-mouthed Ioryogi-san! He's like the really strict guard of Kobato-chan, but he's good a heart. Gosh in the latest chapters of the manga, some of his connections with Kobato-chan is revealed, and I gotta say its heartbreaking to an extent. The poor guy ;_;

And now, on to the LOVELESS shots~



And these are the full front and back covers of the book. Love the character designs -haRt-



And these are just examples of the character pages. The first is Ritsuka-kun, the main protagonist, and Soubi-kun is also the other protagonist but I didn't take a photo of his character page. He's in the character sketches (third picture). And the girls there are Kouya and Yamato, yes, they're a couple. And they're the only yuri couple whom I don't disapprove of. I love this couple xD



And that is the last picture for this post! And again, here's a teaser for the final blog post that'll be on Kuroshitsuji:



Posted August 26, 2010

devil in the deep blue sea

So school's starting soon and I gotta get back on track to prepare for the new semester and new year.

Watched Prince of Persia, Clash of the Titans, and also re-watched Step Up (the first). The first two? Trash. So what if you have great action scenes? So what if you showcase the latest and most cutting-edge technology that creates all those magnificent CGs? IF THERE IS NO SOLID GOOD PLOT, YOU SUCK, AND YOU SHOULD JUST READ MORE GOOD BOOKS. Honestly, the only real good stories you ever get are either smart movies, or good dramas(for you drama-lovers out there), or anime. But even so there are also those that phail. But animes tell stories in a way that are better than movies sometimes. You have episodes that flash out characters and plotlines. How good is that?

Step Up...Well, I just watched it on a whim while trimming my nails HAHA. But...there's something good that came out of it,

If you want something, you give it your all and fight for it.

I'm talking about anything and everything. The overseas students here at NTU, especially those who hail from China, they're giving everything they have, they're working so hard. I don't think I can afford to be laid back, I gotta fight as hard as they do, to get what I want. I want to be eligible for a good job that can support me in the future. That's reality. Sure, a certificate is not everything..but its a means TO something.

Study hard, and play hard.

So I have a little plan for the upcoming 4-5 years, aside from the studying. I decided to invest in contacts as you all probably already know, since it'll be sometime till I have the money for LASIK. And also I really do want to visit Ben, like, after I graduate. I've been saying it again and again. I remember when I wanted to do it when I turned 18, but it turned out that I was still schooling, and it was also an important schooling year. Then I said 20 or 21, and now I deem that impossible, because I don't exactly have alot of money. Well I could take up jobs, but I think it'll be alot better if I visited him when I've graduated so I don't have to worry about any more schooling stuff haha xD

I wonder if I'll have a boyfriend by then. Because if I do, then..well I could stil visit Ben, but I think I'm going to feel restrained? But, well, I will never know how I'm like 4-5 years later. What do you guys think?

Reflections post coming up in a few days. Gonna work on the next picture blog post now (;

Look forward to it! (How many times have I said that anyway? xD)

Oh right, I might work on a new layout soon. Depends. Its not top priority.

Posted August 25, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

and blah blah blah xD

here I am, with another (probably) long blog post.

so last week I thought to have a random chitchat meet up with my girls, and w00t we all met on saturday at 2am:dessertbar! Sadly Jo and HY couldn't make it in the end..But nonetheless, it was reaaaaaally awesome! The desserts <3 I proposed this meet up since well, it was something Jo and I discussed before, about us girls having random chitchat meet ups for fun~

and then on monday I was out with Daphne on some random fun xD So we went to IKEA and had these wonderful meatballs. yes, its THOSE meatballs. it was my first time trying them, and they were heavenly ;D So before that we just went around IKEA and chitchat-ed about the furniture and our future home aspirations and whatnot. then we headed to FEP and she tried on this really gorgeous purple maxi dress that looked even more gorgeous and heavenly on her ;DDD she was beautiful ;D I wonder if I'm the first person to see her try on a dress like this? >.>;; I think not but xD

then came tuesday and my ladies Kay and WL and I met up FINALLY in this long long holiday, at bugis, and had some pretty nice lunch at Chef Daniel's Kitchen at iluma. then we just walked around and stuff, and WL suggested to head to Bugis Street. And in my head I was like, "Bugis Street?? I wanna go! I haven't been there in AGES AND AGES, and it seems like everyone's going there. I wanna check it out >
so this long holiday is gonna come to an end soon, and I must say even though it wasn't really productive on the work side, I think it was still pretty well spent and all. its about time for me to get my studious momentum back online when school restarts >< I probably will post a general reflections about this long break in the next few days.

so until then, ciao!

Posted August 19, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

sexy. sensual. smooth.

You're listening to Lush 99.5 FM.

So right now I'm eating a kinda late lunch - instant mushroom pizza that I toasted, and some leftover pulpy fruit juice. Enjoyable even though it sounds pathetic ^^;

So Tuesday I watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Daphne, Lynn, and Claris; it was surprisingly good for a Disney film. Enjoyable at least (; And I also collected and wore out my contacts for that day. Gosh it was just overwhelmingly spectacular and beautiful to be able to see so clearly everything that's around me without glasses. I just couldn't believe that I wasn't wearing glasses. So I thank God for giving me contacts. It was just magical, like a once in a life time opportunity. Absorbing all those sights around me without feeling like I was wearing glasses. Its just a little sad that I can't read well with the contacts, after all it isn't to my degree, it was the highest they could go with contacts. And I was also in luck when I went to contact it because I got serviced by this pretty cute glasses-wearing guy <3 Even though he was a bit..unfriendly of sorts. Like a teacher-attitude. :\

And wednesday I met up Kay and started on our report. Nothing much to say~ Just that I spent like an hour just LOOKING at nail polish, because I couldn't find/decide which color I should get for french manicure. So I exited the shop without buying ANYTHING ): Butttttt, I made a short trip to SASA and got two colors I thought was suitable (; So I'm gonna try them out soon enough.

So the itinery:

1. French Manicure
2. Watch my anime/jap-drama(that Heng Min gave me)
3. Continue with the journal review and report -.-;
4. Anything else I wanna do but can't remember right now HAHA

Posted August 5th, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010

^^

おはいようごさあいます皆さん!
Morning everybody!

Yes, its morning at the time I'm typing this. Thanks to the nice old lady who rang my doorbell half an hour ago, I am now fully awake and ready to start my day! (: Noooo, I'm not being sarcastic ^^;

Tiffy's happiness percentage for the past three days: at 80-100% ! (;

So! After doing all my first essentials to starting any day, today's basic itinery is:

1. Remove my nail polish and trim my nails to get them ready for french manicure. I still have to buy the natural nail color polish, which I'll probably get on tuesday or wednesday (;

2. DO MY JOURNAL REVIEWS!!! I'm SO out of time >< Because I gotta meet Kay on wednesday for report writing, and I've only done one out of four reviews x.x I've been sooo occupied with stuff for the past few days ever since I got my __(1)__!

3. Remember to get lunch! And probably milk and cereal too!

4. Prepare for Heng Min's arrival at around 3-4 pm. (;

5. Definitely MUST watch Angel Beats! 12 today!

So yup, that should be about it. So what's (1)? MY NEW GLASSES! Yes, I broke them on monday, the lenses shattered on the floor, so I had to live out a whole week literally without proper glasses. I was really, really, lucky that Daphne was gonna come later and I went down to the optics shop I always frequented to order new glasses and decided also, to invest in contacts, THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU SAVED MY LIFE! ;_;!! But at least I could find one of my super ancient pairs HAHA. So my vision was at half its best but I could still read off the comp, that's why I could do journal reviews LOL.

So, living a whole week like this, I kinda felt like I slowed my life down for a good time. I felt in touch with my being, and I did things everyday that I enjoyed, although it was kind of frustrating by the third day, because I couldn't watch anything nor play any games properly. I told myself, "NO WAY. I will -not- watch ANYTHING until I get my new glasses. I want to enjoy it FULLY!" So yup. Not having good glasses also made me work/play on my laptop in the living room, which made me rest my eyes more often since I just have to turn left and look out into the window. So yes, I'm still on my laptop right now because I really do prefer using it in the living room. I don't feel cropped up unlike in my room, its windy and all here, its just perfect basically. Well, almost HAHA. AND THERE'S ALSO A RADIO TOO! So I've been tuning in to LUSH 99.5FM everyday HAHA.

What've I been up to the past 3-4 days? DOWNLOADING OTOME GAMES LIKE CRAZY! =DD!! Well, *ahem* not like crazy, but you get the idea ;D And of course spending proper time with my family and stuff. That's the (probably inexcusable) reason for me not having worked on my journals >_>;; So right now I have the full version of Riddle Garden(the first otome game ever that got me into the genre, and the first one that I wanted but didn't get, well, legally anyway). Along with the Vampire Knight DS (which I have been actively playing, first route only though, and I'm aiming for Kaname! =DD!! There are sooo many bachelors to choose from >< I had a hard time choosing; whether Zero, or Kaname. But since I've always preferred Kaname from the beginning (manga- and anime-wise), I decided on Kaname. My experience with it coming later.) Edel Blume, and Will o' Wisp too. Those two are PS2 games, so I'm going to need a PS2 emulator (to play it on the PC) which I haven't looked up yet. There are quite a few other games that I'm gonna download too ;D Like Hakuouki, Death Connection, Hakushaku to Yousei, yup! They're all otome games, basically, maiden games for a direct translation, and games-aimed-at-female-audiences for another literal translation, and the ones I have now are the reverse harems type. I don't think I'm gonna get BL(boys-love) ones, it feels like I'm manipulating the boys ><

Okay, so on to my experience with the Vampire Knight game. So yes, obviously, I used a DS emulator to play the game on my comp. Its original platform is the, yes, Gameboy DS or whatever. So far, the game is really enjoyable, but hard at times because of the japanese-english translation I have to do myself. And there's alot of kanji that I can't read, but it makes me learn so its all good. Its not hard work at all when there're walkthroughs. Although! Walkthroughs = playing a proper route; not being able to really explore the game myself; confirm get the guy you want for that route. Aside from that, its doki doki and giggle indusive HAHA. I'm going for Kaname right now for my first play, gosh it was hard to choose between him and Zero, but I stated my reasons for choosing the former previously. There're mini games as usual, so this is my first real encounter with an otome game. What's it like? Its fun. Really, really fun. There's a mini game where you HAVE, I repeat, HAVE, to WINDOW STALK, yes I REPEAT AGAIN, WINDOW STALK , your guy using BINOCULARS you found. You're all living on school grounds, separated by Day Class and Night class dorms. Long story, not going into it. So you have to stalk your guy, EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT. Yes, its true. And its not really easy, but kinda fun with the different endings you get if you fail to get the full stalk-meter, or he spots you three times, or you get the full stalk-meter PLUS NO HIM SPOTTING YOU! Haha, there are a few more combinations but you figure it out for yourself. He says such "bad" stuff at the end of the mini-game xD!!!! Melts my heart xD! So the rest of the game, well, it'll take a long time for me to type everything I've done so far with the game, so next time maybe. This is just a short review of my first hour with VK DS. I swear I'm going for Zero next, then Shiki! MUHAHAHAHA! And of course Kain, Ichijou, and then Aidou.

Oh and I realized, playing otome games doesn't mean you're lonely in your heart. Well, for me its not. I used to think people would think that way, but I figured out during the past few days that that's their business. They don't understand my fetish for otome games. You make the guy you fancy fall for you, you play around with the game, explore, FANGIRL, get all KYAAA!!! and doki-doki whenever he says sweet/romantic/sarcastic/playful/naughty/semi-bad-but-you-still-love-it-and-can-forgive-him phrases to you etc etc etc HAHAHAHA. Its not an art, its a hobby. I might still continue with it even if I had a boyfriend. And yes, that does happen to alot of girls (; Am I ever going to buy the games legally? Depends. Which translates to, probably not. HAHA. Its a hobby, and I really enjoy it, because its me. But of course I can control myself (;

Oh yes, the other picture blog posts. Probably won't be up in a few days. It'll take time. I haven't been working on it, but its not like anyone really looks at it anyway. I think. >.>; But I will do it, I don't have the slightest intention of giving up on this lol. just only two more posts anyway.

So anyway, that's all for now, I need to do my daily-essentials lol! CIAO MINNA-SAN!