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Thursday, March 1, 2001 / 10:48 p.m.
Bad habits are hard to break. ^^ *sheepishly unrepentant*
Thursday, March 1, 2001 / 10:00 p.m.
A friend of mine lent me Gundam F-91 the VCD, but it failed to work on my computer. C'est la vie.
I also kicked my little sisters butt in Pocket Fighters last Saturday, thus regaining my throne as Pocket Fighter queen of the family! Bwahahaha!
God give me a Saturday...
Now if you excuse me, I must remember that sayur-sayuran means vegetables and...and...eek, I forgot what fruits is in Indonesian. Bah.
Sunday, February 25, 2001 / 06:22 p.m.
I really don't have much to write about nowadays. ^^' Oh, but I do have a new layout coming up--but what else is new?
Saturday, February 24, 2001 / 06:27 p.m.
I better experiment with layouts that need little to no pics at all. Maybe I'll just fuss with the colors...bah, we'll see.
Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / 09:19 p.m.
# 1 Ferio
Wheeeeee~! My favorite boys! Well, not so much for Ascot...but heck, he's still adorable!
Tuesday, February 20, 2001 / 09:57 p.m.
Oh, and Tin? Joseph the Dreamer IS a Llyod-Webber production. T'was one of his earier works. This production your sister was in has the King of Egypt doing an Elvis 'impersonation', right? Or is it a more serious play...?
(I have a humongous crush on someone and I swore never to have a crush while in Indonesia...I'm in the expatville for crying out loud, people come and go, too painful! Ugh. -_-')
Tuesday, February 20, 2001 / 09:26 p.m.
The weekend just sped by. Played Final Fantasy 9 on my friend's playstation; I do adore it, wish I got my own console so I could finish it. :]
I'm not sure if I'll be blogging in too regularly - midterms are coming. *shudder* Unit tests, here they come! @.@; And school is just getting more and more demanding as time progresses. It's only February and I'm already looking forward to the 3-week break in April, that'll be such a relief!
Friday, February 16, 2001 / 09:15 p.m.
CCS! Daisuki! :D Enough said.
Oh, and I happen to like Powerpuff girls too. :DLex, where did you get those pyjamas? :D
Little tidbit for the happy lovers on V-day...Valentines Day started because St. Valentine was executed for sending out letters. That's love for ya.
Wednesday, February 14, 2001 / 06:55 p.m.
Single, available, playing, whatever - Valentines day is still more commercial venture than anything else. The only thing that keeps it alive are good, true intentions on this day.
So, what did I do today on Valentines? Nothing. It was just an ordinary day. A schoolday at that.
An ordinary day wherein I received Card Captor Sakura (in Indonesian) volume 12 - YEHEYYYYY!!!
Tuesday, February 13, 2001 / 07:12 p.m.
Lex, get a picture in your head of the H.O.T. boys [preferbly] at their most manliness...and dress them into kiddy amusement park mascot costumes.
Monday, February 12, 2001 / 08:49 p.m.
I borrowed Gundam F-91 from a friend, but I've been too lazy and/or stressed to really sit down and watch it. The pains of being a lower high school senior, ugh!
Lex - thanks for the link back! :) What a pretty, pretty layout, who's the main character on the banner? Looks like Squall from FF8, is it? ^^
H.O.T. seems to be making the rounds among various blogs nowadays! I only have two or three songs by them on my mp3 playlist though...oh, but I have this immense affection for 'We are the Future'. So catchy. :9
To end on a more pleasent note - I came across WhiteCat's blog! Oh yay! :) I better get around to updating my 'Reads' list!
Wednesday, February 7, 2001 / 10:50 p.m.
Jin x Hwaorang conversations part 2!
Noelle, nice lecturer. *rofls* Goodness, I can fill you in with numerous stories about uhm, accents. *grin* I had one religion teacher who was Visayan and studied in Italy, then came back to the Philippines as a teacher.
Now my favorite victim--I mean, uhm, my favorite accent from a teacher, would be my math teacher. He's Canadian. No offense intended to the Canadians - but I have just watched the South Park movie, and anytime I hear my math teacher talk I'm two seconds away from asking him to say 'aboot'.
Tin, say what you'd like about your mom's obssesiveness with everything being spick and span. My mom is worse, I swear. Well, she hasn't thought of dismantling the sink yet. Though I won't be surprised if ever she attempts to.
Monday, February 5, 2001 / 08:31 p.m.
Well, my irregularities in blogging are obvious. I don't foresee myself blogging as much as before due to schoolwork (studying hasn't eaten me, but it does mostly certainly chews on me day by day, Selene ^^'). Heck, I should be doing schoolwork now but I prefer to digest my dinner. I don't work well on an empty or full stomach. :P
Megumi, thanks for the comments! Oh language barriers. Yes, we all want to be linguists. I wouldn't have to worry about communication in Indonesia for one thing. ^^; Your situation is nothing alien...I've had to endure that more than a few times with my Japanese classmates. ^^; Makes you feel sheepish afterwards, ne?
My math textbook calls for me. Ta-ta...
Monday, February 5, 2001 / 07:59 p.m.
I hate piracy.
Remember before when I ranted about my Trigun and City Hunter VCDs (see archives) having screwed up? That's where it all started. Do not mess with a deprived fangirl - she can, and will get very vicious. Sides, from that experience, I can see the full picture of the whole piracy issue.
For one thing, there is no customer support whatsoever. So yes you paid for the VCD, but even if it doesnt work - you can't go up to the counter and ask for it to be fixed or exchanged. There's a risk with every other pirated VCD you buy, not everything will work perfectly as opposed to that of an original VCD. If by chance, an original doesn't work - you can still go back to the store and get customer service. You'll still get your money's worth.
I always hated the arrogant bastards who go "Oh hail bootlegs...they're cheap" or "I believe in free anime". I don't know why, but such statements offend me. First thing that comes to mind are the creators. They sweat blood for the anime onscreen and the manga you read; the money earned from their hard work brings food on the table, sends their kids to school, pays their bills, lets them live comfortably. The money encourages them to work harder, to make more series. The thought alone encourages me to buy original, legitimate merchendise. I want my money to get back to the creator; I'd say that would be the best compliment of all - for the money spent to go to someone who rightfully earned it.
Don't go whining about originals being expensive. It's not that painful a cost - an original VCD costs 20,000 rupiah, legitimate manga publications cost around 5000-6000 rupiah. If you choose to order from abroad, it could get costly but in any other hobby you choose to pursue from toys to trains to anime and manga - the hole in your wallet's part of it. So find some other way to budget, or find another hobby. By the way for the 'serious' collectors - Pirated VCDs and illegally published manga won't have much value in the future as opposed to originals.
I'm also itching to scream this at the certain annoying creeps who smirk and wave their bootleg and pirated merchendise around like medals of honor: CHEAPSKATES. The whole lot of you.
I feel very strongly about this issue, and it's only here I can rant about it. I'm afraid if I'll raise the hue and rant about this on some place like the Pinoy Otaku Mailing List, It'll be prepping the place for a very hostile environment. Here be my blog on the other hand, and blogs are meant for bitching.
Added aggravation is the word that there are illegally translated and published manga in the Philippines now. I have no doubt a lot of people will be supporting that, while I, on the other hand - grimace at the mere thought of it. 1) does it have to be black market? and 2) why didn't some legitimate businessman think of doing this? it's a good business venture since GMA started calling themselves anime. Cash in while you can, silly things!
So there. :p
Saturday, February 3, 2001 / 11:46 p.m.
School came and went. The first day was pretty much the most exciting part of the week, and the Student Representative Council meetings. Apparently, I am candidate for SRC president. Only because barely anyone else wants the job, I'm forced into it with two other students who have worked in SRC since last year or so. No big deal actually - I'll run, sure. If I'll win, I'll win. If I lose...no big deal. I do prefer working in a more low-key position where I can speak my mind whenever I'd like. The SRC president is supposed to remain unbiased towards the faculty and administration...
Lets see if I can actually look at my 'beloved' principal in the eye and smile sweetly, for real.
I have mentioned I was taking up Theory of Knowledge class. I do like my teacher there, and the subject matter is indeed very interesting - but then I'm reminded of what my old Religion teacher said to me: "You'll know you have a very good Philosophy teacher if you become atheist by the end of the year."
Hospitality Studies, while it has some promise - is generally dull compared to the other subjects. It's the more technical aspects of tourism: management and the business behind hotels, restaurants and those sort of things; The only thing that keeps the studies lively are my smart aleck classmates, and the promise that if you do persue ambitions involving Tourism and Hospitality one day - thats one very useful referral in your resume, with a certificate to boot. I won't consider it as a career, but it would be a pretty good experience.
Last Friday was very, very fun. As usual, little could go wrong on a Friday - and at the end of the day, Recreational Studies! Wall Climbing at Pondok Indah was the big event...and it was...quite the experience...
I was scared half to death on my way to the top! Halfway up, I for nervous, and further way up I started praying under my breath! While it was certainly exhilarating, I'm not eager to wallclimb for a second time around!
And that, everybody, is my first week of school. Bow. ;]
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