Location: Desktop at home
Mood: "Ahhh" sort of mood
Yup. I still feel completely freaked out. I was in this dark city that I often go to in my dreams. Looked like a part of Malaysia. Then I met my friends there, and it was after getting our Chinese results, I think. We were sitting down, and one of my friends was crying about failing her paper. Then...stuff happened. Non-violence. I really really don't want to recount in full. And I'm not naming people.
Urgh...with that off my mind, I shall now ramble! Whee, I think Bakugan Battle Brawlers is actually quite nice! And so's Storm Hawks. Have I mentioned this before? It's gonna show in half an hour's time.
Anyway, I'm writing another story right now. Typing, actually. So bye for now.
...
24.2.09
BIG sigh.
Yay. I just ranked third for a fanfic contest. I feel so disappointed in myself. Couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate, couldn't stop feeling completely horrible and fed-up with myself.
Really, I was so hoping that I could at least rank second, or score over 90/100. Know what? I scored 89, and I ranked third. BIG SIGH.
Anyway, let us all just ignore my disappointment and all, okay?
Hmhm, a few things. First, I just started reading Fullmetal Alchemist, as recommended by a whole load of people. Guess what? It's really really REALLY good! I can't wait to borrow book 3 from my god-god-mortal!!
Yup, and I also started watching D. Grayman, which i was already catching bits of before this. But I decided to start watching it seriously, since Avatar just ended (waaaah), and I decided that it was good. Now a regular watcher.
Oh and Avatar was great. GREAT. Seriously. I can't describe it in words, which is about all I can say about it.
Hm, gotta go already. Sorry for the short post.
Really, I was so hoping that I could at least rank second, or score over 90/100. Know what? I scored 89, and I ranked third. BIG SIGH.
Anyway, let us all just ignore my disappointment and all, okay?
Hmhm, a few things. First, I just started reading Fullmetal Alchemist, as recommended by a whole load of people. Guess what? It's really really REALLY good! I can't wait to borrow book 3 from my god-god-mortal!!
Yup, and I also started watching D. Grayman, which i was already catching bits of before this. But I decided to start watching it seriously, since Avatar just ended (waaaah), and I decided that it was good. Now a regular watcher.
Oh and Avatar was great. GREAT. Seriously. I can't describe it in words, which is about all I can say about it.
Hm, gotta go already. Sorry for the short post.
24.12.08
Back from Malaysia!
Location: Desktop computer at home
Mood: Excited
Yay, I'm headed for Leafre in MapleStory right now!! At level 36!
Anyway, yeah. I've just come back from Malaysia, and BOY, was it tiring. We actually went to Chiang Mai before that, but it wasn't too interesting. Just a lot of shopping and buying and stuff like that.
*Checks on Maple window* STILL on the blue bird...
Like I was saying, let me summarise my holiday in 1 phrase: Pruning bamboo shoots. Yeah. We planted two bamboo trees in our backyard a year ago. When we came today, they were both 2 storeys tall, and had the proportions of cotton candy (cotton=leaves and paper stick=trunk). It was SOOO bushy it hung over into our neighbours' gardens, and WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING!
*Checks on Maple window again* Ohmygoodness I'm in LEAFREEEE!!!! It's SO NICE!!
I just walked around a bit in Leafre, which happens to be a level 90 area. SCARY. But it's got nice background music, and great scenery!
Back to my holiday. Well, we did something about it. My father chopped down most of the shoots, then I demolished the canopy with a pair of pruning scissors. I worked for 3 hours and got it down to half size!
Sidenote: Of course I'm only at Leafre to do a quest. I'm leaving right now!
Main story cont'd: My hand hurts.
Last 2 things:
1. I am officially Guzheng Diploma! Most of you people would probably know this by now. But I only got 71/100, so it...wasn't so good. But still!
2. I'm thinking of taking part in the ABRSM composition competition with Starry Journey (title pending still). It's about Grade 8 standard, with a whole load of modulations and sections. Working on it.
Hope you people are having a nice holiday! Mine wasn't too eventful...
10.12.08
Anyone out there watches Avatar?!
Location: Laptop at home
Mood: Relaxed
Really relaxed.
Anyway, I now watch Avatar: The Legend of Aang!! It's a super COOL show. I simply can't summarise it here, but let's just say it's the coolest thing I've watched since Oban Star-Racers. WHOO!! Great shows!! If anyone who reads this actually watches, PLEASE TELL ME!!!!
You may have noticed that the number of affiliates has grown. Oh, I also tidied it up.
Doing a poem about Salamence right now...Shall go and surf my friends' blogs.
Mood: Relaxed
Really relaxed.
Anyway, I now watch Avatar: The Legend of Aang!! It's a super COOL show. I simply can't summarise it here, but let's just say it's the coolest thing I've watched since Oban Star-Racers. WHOO!! Great shows!! If anyone who reads this actually watches, PLEASE TELL ME!!!!
You may have noticed that the number of affiliates has grown. Oh, I also tidied it up.
Doing a poem about Salamence right now...Shall go and surf my friends' blogs.
12.11.08
A week into the holidays!
Location: Laptop
Mood: Dunno?
Whoo!! Day before yesterday was FUN. I went to Science Centre with HT and Flo, and there was a whole load of super cool defence stuff, like missile launchers and spy planes that allow the watching of enemies without detection. Oh MANNN. It was cool!!! And we got to try carrying a rifle used by soldiers in this shootout game. Heh, that was the MOST fun.
We went into Science Centre after that, and we found the library! It's been there this whole time, and we haven't realised?!?!? Oh, and I read a really great book on the human mind and creativity. Too bad it's a reference library; couldn't borrow anything to read at home.
Then at night, I met Nicole at Singapore Conference Hall for the Vocal Mania concert! For those who don't know, I met her on FanFiction.net. At the concert, we got to watch Benjamin, another person we met on FanFiction.net, sing. But we actually didn't know which was him, and we had to guess. An Nic guessed right! We met him after the concert.
Got home at almost 11 pm.
Alright, I know I've been asking you people to read my writing for a while. Maybe I should post one story here for you people to read. I wrote this about three months ago. It really is fan fiction, but you probably can't tell. It applies to real life too.
It’s not much, really.
Every time I wake up, it’s the same—the car engines my alarm clock, and the oceans of gas and smoke the very air that I breathe. Right from dawn, it’s ugly, a horrible, disgusting land that no one from outside, I’m sure, would want to live in for all their lives.
The sunrises are marred by smoke and dirt, which flies up from factory chimneys. The only scenery that we have, the towering structures of skyscrapers and antennae, which make the skyline jagged, the clouds look like pincushions.
The sounds…where there might be the awe-inspiring calls of wild animals, there is only the raucous shriek of horns and railways, of machinery and of the grey and brown that is a part of everyone’s lives.
Including mine. How long, …how long since I last saw true nature, true wild greenery, I am not sure. My eyes are now accustomed to the greyscale of the city, now readily taking in the smoke and colourless sunsets that take hold of every evening. How much I must be missing, I am sure. It’s ugly here.
Everything needs cleansing, all the polluted streets and skies and waters. But even a century of scrubbing would never reverse the dirt and damage that has been inflicted, like wounds, upon the monuments of old, and on the “trees”, those old, gnarled figures, like decrepit old men, reaching helplessly for some true light, not streetlight, if “trees” they can even be called.
Unbearable, you think…so unbearable, no bird flies; no animal even roams the streets, unless it is chained to a man’s hand. The only sounds you hear are those produced by things not living, the voices of the few surviving leaves drowned out by the dreary voices of men.
Pure insult to nature. This is the land in which I have lived for years.
Sunset draws steadily on into night. Now, my real life begins. I am a thief, and thieves have to work at night, only at night. Life is ugly for us; we hide, steal, and throw our consciences against the wall when it pricks us. We ignore the teachings of good and true, turning to crime and dishonesty to sustain our meager lives.
Worth it?
Waiting atop the peak of a skyscraper for daylight.
I have stolen what I need for the day. The skies, brown in smoke and in the city lights, cloud over my head like an endless blanket.
Home…home? Is this what I can call home? Is this life what I can call…life? Truly?
I’m as good as dead. It’s only a matter of when. Is this even worth living for?
Waiting on the roof, for the break of daylight.
Before me, the rooftops are lit, half the windows still glowing with the light of those who will not stop working till they have earned what they need. Every streetlamp still a bright beacon for the travelers who use the roads, every street a row of orderly starlight.
A painting, a painting…The streets make a pattern. A pattern like a spiderweb, a huge web in which thousands, millions of humans are trapped. Me included.
But can I rightfully turn away from this land, my world, and say that it is not my home? It is ugly, horrible, smelly, dirty, hellish. But is has brought me up, watched me, held me every step of the way, as I grew up. Is that not a sign that it can give life?
Dawn has broken. It lights up every street of the city, the windows, paints bright life over the windows and spires, fills the skies with sunshine. Simultaneously, the lights flicker to darkness, bowing down to a greater brightness overhead.
Everyone has a home, isn’t that right? Home is where the heart is. For you, it might be a top-class condominium, or a hut on stilts, or a warm nest where your mother brought you up; a true place, rich or poor, which you can call your home, no matter what it looks like.
For all the smiles and tears I have shed, for all whom I have met and passed, for the place that brought me up, the lights, the life, the excitement, this is where my heart lies.
It’s not much, really. But it’s my home. I don’t care what others think of it; appearances mask reality.
I think it’s beautiful.
Mood: Dunno?
Whoo!! Day before yesterday was FUN. I went to Science Centre with HT and Flo, and there was a whole load of super cool defence stuff, like missile launchers and spy planes that allow the watching of enemies without detection. Oh MANNN. It was cool!!! And we got to try carrying a rifle used by soldiers in this shootout game. Heh, that was the MOST fun.
We went into Science Centre after that, and we found the library! It's been there this whole time, and we haven't realised?!?!? Oh, and I read a really great book on the human mind and creativity. Too bad it's a reference library; couldn't borrow anything to read at home.
Then at night, I met Nicole at Singapore Conference Hall for the Vocal Mania concert! For those who don't know, I met her on FanFiction.net. At the concert, we got to watch Benjamin, another person we met on FanFiction.net, sing. But we actually didn't know which was him, and we had to guess. An Nic guessed right! We met him after the concert.
Got home at almost 11 pm.
Alright, I know I've been asking you people to read my writing for a while. Maybe I should post one story here for you people to read. I wrote this about three months ago. It really is fan fiction, but you probably can't tell. It applies to real life too.
† daylight breaking †
It’s not much, really.
Every time I wake up, it’s the same—the car engines my alarm clock, and the oceans of gas and smoke the very air that I breathe. Right from dawn, it’s ugly, a horrible, disgusting land that no one from outside, I’m sure, would want to live in for all their lives.
The sunrises are marred by smoke and dirt, which flies up from factory chimneys. The only scenery that we have, the towering structures of skyscrapers and antennae, which make the skyline jagged, the clouds look like pincushions.
The sounds…where there might be the awe-inspiring calls of wild animals, there is only the raucous shriek of horns and railways, of machinery and of the grey and brown that is a part of everyone’s lives.
Including mine. How long, …how long since I last saw true nature, true wild greenery, I am not sure. My eyes are now accustomed to the greyscale of the city, now readily taking in the smoke and colourless sunsets that take hold of every evening. How much I must be missing, I am sure. It’s ugly here.
Everything needs cleansing, all the polluted streets and skies and waters. But even a century of scrubbing would never reverse the dirt and damage that has been inflicted, like wounds, upon the monuments of old, and on the “trees”, those old, gnarled figures, like decrepit old men, reaching helplessly for some true light, not streetlight, if “trees” they can even be called.
Unbearable, you think…so unbearable, no bird flies; no animal even roams the streets, unless it is chained to a man’s hand. The only sounds you hear are those produced by things not living, the voices of the few surviving leaves drowned out by the dreary voices of men.
Pure insult to nature. This is the land in which I have lived for years.
Sunset draws steadily on into night. Now, my real life begins. I am a thief, and thieves have to work at night, only at night. Life is ugly for us; we hide, steal, and throw our consciences against the wall when it pricks us. We ignore the teachings of good and true, turning to crime and dishonesty to sustain our meager lives.
Worth it?
Waiting atop the peak of a skyscraper for daylight.
I have stolen what I need for the day. The skies, brown in smoke and in the city lights, cloud over my head like an endless blanket.
Home…home? Is this what I can call home? Is this life what I can call…life? Truly?
I’m as good as dead. It’s only a matter of when. Is this even worth living for?
Waiting on the roof, for the break of daylight.
Before me, the rooftops are lit, half the windows still glowing with the light of those who will not stop working till they have earned what they need. Every streetlamp still a bright beacon for the travelers who use the roads, every street a row of orderly starlight.
A painting, a painting…The streets make a pattern. A pattern like a spiderweb, a huge web in which thousands, millions of humans are trapped. Me included.
But can I rightfully turn away from this land, my world, and say that it is not my home? It is ugly, horrible, smelly, dirty, hellish. But is has brought me up, watched me, held me every step of the way, as I grew up. Is that not a sign that it can give life?
Dawn has broken. It lights up every street of the city, the windows, paints bright life over the windows and spires, fills the skies with sunshine. Simultaneously, the lights flicker to darkness, bowing down to a greater brightness overhead.
Everyone has a home, isn’t that right? Home is where the heart is. For you, it might be a top-class condominium, or a hut on stilts, or a warm nest where your mother brought you up; a true place, rich or poor, which you can call your home, no matter what it looks like.
For all the smiles and tears I have shed, for all whom I have met and passed, for the place that brought me up, the lights, the life, the excitement, this is where my heart lies.
It’s not much, really. But it’s my home. I don’t care what others think of it; appearances mask reality.
I think it’s beautiful.
Reviews here, please. Thanks. If you have any comments to make, make them here, not on my tagboard.
Well, will be going to type "In my Life" now, another fanfic (albeit a Fire Emblem one this time). AF, HT and Flo should recognise it.
8.11.08
Half a week into the holidays...
Location: Laptop
Mood: Not much
Another of those times when you don't actually feel any particular feeling, just contentment. And all you're thinking about is what to type next on your blog.
Well, my time is limited. I'm using illegally, and it'll be doubly bad if my parents find out, for
1) Knowing the password and not telling my parents
2) Using the com without permission
Well, I really really hope I don't get caught.
Am working on a Fire Emblem fanfic right now. I have slowed down a little, because Epic Thing is taking a lot of my effort (it's quite complicated). I spend a lot of my time pondering over what to write for the next scene of Epic Thing nowadays.
Whew! I thought I just heard my parents' car... Anyway, I hope to be posting this fic some time next week, provided I get to use the computer.
Guzheng diploma is on 27th November! That's 19 days away...and I'm completely screwing 临冲夜奔. But I think 幻想曲 is pretty good. That piece ROCKS! It involves hitting the guzheng, hitting the strings with my palm, playing the strings across the bridge (the untuned ones), harmonics, strumming of the lowest notes...you get the idea, right?
Oh well, I have to stop now, in case I get caught. Bye!
Mood: Not much
Another of those times when you don't actually feel any particular feeling, just contentment. And all you're thinking about is what to type next on your blog.
Well, my time is limited. I'm using illegally, and it'll be doubly bad if my parents find out, for
1) Knowing the password and not telling my parents
2) Using the com without permission
Well, I really really hope I don't get caught.
Am working on a Fire Emblem fanfic right now. I have slowed down a little, because Epic Thing is taking a lot of my effort (it's quite complicated). I spend a lot of my time pondering over what to write for the next scene of Epic Thing nowadays.
Whew! I thought I just heard my parents' car... Anyway, I hope to be posting this fic some time next week, provided I get to use the computer.
Guzheng diploma is on 27th November! That's 19 days away...and I'm completely screwing 临冲夜奔. But I think 幻想曲 is pretty good. That piece ROCKS! It involves hitting the guzheng, hitting the strings with my palm, playing the strings across the bridge (the untuned ones), harmonics, strumming of the lowest notes...you get the idea, right?
Oh well, I have to stop now, in case I get caught. Bye!
4.11.08
Lala Last day of school
Location: Desktop in 210'08 classroom
Mood: Sweaty
Whee. Today is officially the last day of school at RGS! I'm currently in school, waiting for my mother to come at 4.30 pm. Currently listening to La Mer: Jeux de Vagues by Claude Debussy, the greatest composing genius in the history of mankind (that I know of).
This is the greatest orchestral piece I have ever heard before. First heard it at the LA Philharmonic with Sarah Chang concert. Hearing it in a concert hall is very different from hearing it on a lousy computer speaker, but the piece is just as amazing. Debussy FTW! (Now that sounded funny. And weird.)
Can you believe it? Last day of school!!! That means:
a) I can play MapleStory
b) No morefor two whole months
c) I can catch almost all the episodes of Avatar with no problems
d) All of the above
The answer is d), silly!
Hm. Now I wonder how my subject combination will work out. Will I have familiar classmates? I'm doing Physics+Chemistry+History+Literature. Anyone else doing that? Oh well.
Now about my results. Once again, I got only one GPA 4, and that is MEP. I got 76% for the first semester and 88% for the second semester, which brought my score to 84% overall. Remember the MEP practical I was complaining about some time ago? I SCORED 48/50. That's 96%, if you still don't get the picture. I'M SO HAPPY! Debussy just got higher on my favourite composers list. And he's not supposed to, because he's already number 1.
As for the rest:
English: 71% (CURSE THOSE COMPRES and the lack of Compos)
Chinese: 60% (WHOOOOO No fail!!!)
Mathematics: 62% (40% for Semester 1 and 75% for Semester 2; saved myself!)
Geography: 75% (Improvement!)
History: 76% (Improvement too!)
Literature: 69% (Oops, missed GPA 3.6 by 1%)
Science: 73% (Integrated science is screwed, and we had a lousy teacher)
MEP: 84% (Haven't I said this already?)
Japanese: 74% (Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah)
(To all you non-RGS people reading this, just for your info, RGS papers are killers. So before you gloat about your high 90% in Math to me, note that these papers are extremely hard. Also note that you probably slept less than I did in class, which is because I stay up very late at night very often to draw, while you probably don't. As a result, you absorbed more than I did during your lessons this year.)
Anyway...I am going for a concert on 10th November! It's by the choirs of a few schools (excluding RGS) and one of my FanFiction.net friends is performing there. That's how I got to know about it, anyway.
La Mer: Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer now. Really. I don't even know if it's possible to compose like that. Well, but it is, seeing that it has been done. La Mer is pure genius.
You know my story, Of the Dragon, of the Stars? It's currently 91 Microsoft Word pages/50k words long. And it's still at the fourth chapter. That's the thing about fan fiction. Each chapter is ultra-long.
Ah well, I've run out of things to say. Bye.
Mood: Sweaty
Whee. Today is officially the last day of school at RGS! I'm currently in school, waiting for my mother to come at 4.30 pm. Currently listening to La Mer: Jeux de Vagues by Claude Debussy, the greatest composing genius in the history of mankind (that I know of).
This is the greatest orchestral piece I have ever heard before. First heard it at the LA Philharmonic with Sarah Chang concert. Hearing it in a concert hall is very different from hearing it on a lousy computer speaker, but the piece is just as amazing. Debussy FTW! (Now that sounded funny. And weird.)
Can you believe it? Last day of school!!! That means:
a) I can play MapleStory
b) No more
c) I can catch almost all the episodes of Avatar with no problems
d) All of the above
The answer is d), silly!
Hm. Now I wonder how my subject combination will work out. Will I have familiar classmates? I'm doing Physics+Chemistry+History+Literature. Anyone else doing that? Oh well.
Now about my results. Once again, I got only one GPA 4, and that is MEP. I got 76% for the first semester and 88% for the second semester, which brought my score to 84% overall. Remember the MEP practical I was complaining about some time ago? I SCORED 48/50. That's 96%, if you still don't get the picture. I'M SO HAPPY! Debussy just got higher on my favourite composers list. And he's not supposed to, because he's already number 1.
As for the rest:
English: 71% (CURSE THOSE COMPRES and the lack of Compos)
Chinese: 60% (WHOOOOO No fail!!!)
Mathematics: 62% (40% for Semester 1 and 75% for Semester 2; saved myself!)
Geography: 75% (Improvement!)
History: 76% (Improvement too!)
Literature: 69% (Oops, missed GPA 3.6 by 1%)
Science: 73% (Integrated science is screwed, and we had a lousy teacher)
MEP: 84% (Haven't I said this already?)
Japanese: 74% (Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah)
(To all you non-RGS people reading this, just for your info, RGS papers are killers. So before you gloat about your high 90% in Math to me, note that these papers are extremely hard. Also note that you probably slept less than I did in class, which is because I stay up very late at night very often to draw, while you probably don't. As a result, you absorbed more than I did during your lessons this year.)
Anyway...I am going for a concert on 10th November! It's by the choirs of a few schools (excluding RGS) and one of my FanFiction.net friends is performing there. That's how I got to know about it, anyway.
La Mer: Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer now. Really. I don't even know if it's possible to compose like that. Well, but it is, seeing that it has been done. La Mer is pure genius.
You know my story, Of the Dragon, of the Stars? It's currently 91 Microsoft Word pages/50k words long. And it's still at the fourth chapter. That's the thing about fan fiction. Each chapter is ultra-long.
Ah well, I've run out of things to say. Bye.
7.10.08
3 more days...
Location: Desktop (the same one)
Mood: Relaxed
I really don't see why people stress themselves to death over exams. Guess what--I reached my record for largest number of fanfics posted in a week, this week. That is 3 fanfics.
Okay, stuff I have done this week:
I found out about the Temple of Time, a new city only available in Korea MapleStory. It looks cool, plus the background music rocks (not literally). Listen to the music, seriously. For you non-Maplers, it is completely NOT like other RPG background music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYGJxt9fiMh?v=azYGJxt9fiMh?v=azYGJxt9fiM
The bosses...
This is Lilino, from the Road of Regrets (directly translated from Korean).
This would be Raika, from the Road of Oblivion.
This is Dodo (yeah, it's a stupid name), from the Road of Remembrance.
And *drum roll*
This is the most powerful monster in the Temple of Time AND in the whole of MapleStory.
Aw man. I can't believe this.
It's guarded by these birds...
Okay, I have to go now...I've got History to revise.
Mood: Relaxed
I really don't see why people stress themselves to death over exams. Guess what--I reached my record for largest number of fanfics posted in a week, this week. That is 3 fanfics.
Okay, stuff I have done this week:
I found out about the Temple of Time, a new city only available in Korea MapleStory. It looks cool, plus the background music rocks (not literally). Listen to the music, seriously. For you non-Maplers, it is completely NOT like other RPG background music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYGJxt9fiMh?v=azYGJxt9fiMh?v=azYGJxt9fiM
The bosses...
This is Lilino, from the Road of Regrets (directly translated from Korean).
This would be Raika, from the Road of Oblivion.
This is Dodo (yeah, it's a stupid name), from the Road of Remembrance.And *drum roll*
This is the most powerful monster in the Temple of Time AND in the whole of MapleStory.
Aw man. I can't believe this.
Huigin
Munin
It's guarded by these birds...
Okay, I have to go now...I've got History to revise.
27.9.08
Supposed to be doing RS...
Location: Desktop at home
Mood: Dunno...
I have been in a bad mood for a few days. Haven't been sleeping enough. Always like that.
Anyway, you get the idea, from the title. I am slacking.
Lala, playing Runescape now, under Delia's instruction...
Stopped playing. Doing work now, and working secretly on 2 fanfics for CrapPishh's fanfic challenge.
Yay, done with HW. Can slack more now.
Mood: Dunno...
I have been in a bad mood for a few days. Haven't been sleeping enough. Always like that.
Anyway, you get the idea, from the title. I am slacking.
Lala, playing Runescape now, under Delia's instruction...
Stopped playing. Doing work now, and working secretly on 2 fanfics for CrapPishh's fanfic challenge.
Yay, done with HW. Can slack more now.
16.9.08
Slacking once more.
Location: Desktop at home
Mood: Worried again, taht I'll get caught
Better make this post a short one; don't want to get caught. my sis simply loves to report to my parents whenever she catches me not doing homework.
Yay, I just posted my 66th fanfic on FanFiction.net! I reached 2000 hits on my profile today :D This piece was entitled Ellinia Station. Link. Maple players will understand it.
Since I'm on this topic (fanfics), let me go on a bit.
Of the Dragon, of the Stars is now currently 26ooo words long (approx), excluding the rest that has not been posted yet. It's only 2 chapters long!
Ah yes, Hands of the Clock has 14 reviews now :D I hope more people review it!
I should go now. REALLY. Bye.
Mood: Worried again, taht I'll get caught
Better make this post a short one; don't want to get caught. my sis simply loves to report to my parents whenever she catches me not doing homework.
Yay, I just posted my 66th fanfic on FanFiction.net! I reached 2000 hits on my profile today :D This piece was entitled Ellinia Station. Link. Maple players will understand it.
Since I'm on this topic (fanfics), let me go on a bit.
Of the Dragon, of the Stars is now currently 26ooo words long (approx), excluding the rest that has not been posted yet. It's only 2 chapters long!
Ah yes, Hands of the Clock has 14 reviews now :D I hope more people review it!
I should go now. REALLY. Bye.
15.9.08
Ahhhhh. BMT is wonderful
Location: Desktop at home
Other stuff--I watched WALL•E!!! Yay THE ANIMATION WAS AMAZING, so detailed...and the story plot was really shockingly GOOD! I didn't think Disney Pixar could keep up the standard (after Finding Nemo and Ratatouille!), but they did! Ahaha, Eve was such a nice robot, even though she was a robot. All the robots had such nice, unrobotic personalities...simply amazed me. The beginning scene really scared me. All that rubbish...I think the message was very obvious and very true. I loved the impact it made on me :D
Mood: Worried...(THAT I'LL GET CAUGHT!!)
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I'm supposed to be doing my homework now...but I decided to sneak a blog post, since I have the chance and I haven't blogged for so long...so Shhhh everyone (unless you're one of my parents, then the secret is out...)
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Black Magician Trilogy
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Okay. I just finished reading the Black Magician Trilogy at 3.50 am on 13th September 2008. ARGH!!! You may be wondering why I was up that late. I simply could not stop thinking about the story!!! I stopped at the point when Akkarin adn Sonea had been exiled, and they were currently travelling. I was really so excited and anxious about the fate of Kyralia, I couldn't sleep, and decided to sneak down into the kitchen to read!
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(It's the only room in the house where I can turn on the light and no one can see it)
So. OH MY GOODNESS the ending was...AWESOME!!!!!! It was amazing. Everything tied up, and not too rushed, like many reviewers say. The battle of Imardin is the best battle scene I've everrrr read. It was so excited that I didn't feel sleepy at all, though it was way past midnight!!!
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But there were some things about it that I didn't really like. For one, there were too many...ERMHERM scenes. Yeah, the author made it so obvious I knew what she was talking about. Makes me want to puke. The waterfall scene was the WORST.
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And besides, I don't like the pairing AkkarinxSonea...I really think DorrienxSonea was sooooooo much better. He's nicer, more cheerful and less commanding--GAH why did it have to be like that!!??! Yeah, the second thing I didn't like. But I think the ending implies that Sonea got together with Dorrien again--otherwise, why didn't he go back to his village at South Pass? Ah, what a relief.
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And Akkarin died! Somehow, it didn't move me too much. Maybe because I don't like him.
Overall, YOU MUST READ THE SERIES! Sorry for the spoilers. I had too many spoilers, maybe that spoilt it a little for me (they're not called spoilers for nothing, you know). Overall, favourite book was The Novice (not too dark like The High Lord, and not too slow like The Magician's Guild), and favourite characters were Dorrien, Rothen and Tayend (argh but they ruined him by making him gayyyyy but I still like his personality and the fact that he's a scholar)
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Other stuff--I watched WALL•E!!! Yay THE ANIMATION WAS AMAZING, so detailed...and the story plot was really shockingly GOOD! I didn't think Disney Pixar could keep up the standard (after Finding Nemo and Ratatouille!), but they did! Ahaha, Eve was such a nice robot, even though she was a robot. All the robots had such nice, unrobotic personalities...simply amazed me. The beginning scene really scared me. All that rubbish...I think the message was very obvious and very true. I loved the impact it made on me :D-
And today was quote recitation!!! Everyone in class chose gold. I decided to choose gold too! It's the same as Azura's, and I didn't do as well--she got 20/20, I only got 18/20. But I'm still very happy! Here it is:
"I have possess'd your Grace of what I purpose,
And by our holy Sabbath have I sworn
To have the due and forfeit of my bond.
If you deny it, let the danger light
Upon your charter and your city's freedom.
You'll ask me, why I rather choose to have
A weight of carrion flesh, than to receive
Three thousand ducats; I'll not answer that,
But, say, 'It is my humour'; is it answered?
What if my house be troubled by a rat,
And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats
To have it baned? What, are you answer'd yet?
Some men there are love not a gaping pig
Some, that are mad if they behold a cat,
And others, when the bagpipe sings i'th'nose,
Cannot contain their urine, for affection,
Mistress of passion, sways it to the mood
Of what it likes or loathes. Now for your answer;
As there is no firm reason to be rendered,
Why he cannot abide a gaping pig,
Why he, a harmless necessary cat,
Why he, a woolen bagpipe, but of force
Must yield to such inevitable shame
As to offend, himself being offended.
So can I give no reason, nor I will not.
More than a lodged hate and a certain loathing
I bear Antonio, that I follow thus
A losing suit against him. Are you answered?"
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Ah. There. I recited the whole thing in front of the class, and screwed up only one bit--I said "have" instead of "receive" (7th line). Hooray!!! :D
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Yeah. That's it. My MEP practical is this thursday! I'm scared scared scared. Arabesque I by Debussy is a piece I've been learning since APRIL LAST YEAR (With many major lapses in practice, of course). I perfected it in December last year, but...completely (or half) washed it away by not practicing it. Well, it's a really amazing piano piece, and I think I can get the emotion right! It's just the pedalling...my pedalling is all blurrrrry and bad... ...
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Ah yeah! I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!!!! Why did I forget to mention this? I RANKED 6TH IN THE LEVEL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MATH COMPETITION!!!!! With a score of 104/135.
I really don't get it. I hate math. I think I do. My math is HORRIBLE. I failed both the 1st term and the midyears. I fall asleep during class. SO WHY DID I RANK SO HIGH? HOWWWWWWW TELL ME
Zhang Aidi topped us all with a perfect score, as expected. AF beat me at 3rd position (which is expected too). BUT ME, SIXTH???!?!?!??!? Sometimes, I wonder if this is just a waking dream! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!
*gasps repeatedly*
[as an after-note, i feel so stupid, cos i forgot to fill in my year of birth in the amc personal particulars form.]
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That was a good shout.
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I just got found out. WHICH ONE OF YOU ALERTED MY PARENTS?!
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so...back to work again. Ooh, it's "tomorrow" already. 12.13 am. Okay. really gotta go then. And a random piece of art I did on Paint (yeah, the Microsoft one) out of boredom during computer studies:
17.7.08
Whee Holidays :D
Location: Desktop Computer
Mood: Happy-ish, distracted
I'm supposed to be doing my MEP PT and printing my History PT. Shall slack for a while :D
RGS girls get a free holiday because of some Gifted Education summit! Yeahh this rocks. But there's that staggering pile of homework to finish, along with all those Performance Tasks xD
I might have died already, if not for the fact that I get to play Maple :D I'm at Eos Tower now! That place is so ANNOYING. Gotta go down, one level at a time, and the worst thing is that there are 100 LEVELS. I started from level 100, and I am trying to get to Omega Sector at level 1. It's horribly annoying, especially with those Blocktopuses and planes and whatnot -_- *annoyed look*
Anyway, I've just composed 2 new MIDI's! Under the Cedar Tree and Frozen Bluebells :D:D:D I like them both, for some reason, though they're both not that catchy. They're both experimentations with chord progressions (argh, MEP is getting to me, like heat from the sun on a hot day, it's affecting my brains).
I have started a new project called Of the Dragon, of the Stars. Fanfic. It will be about as long as the Amber Spyglass, according to my calculations.
I now have 10 reviews for Hands of the Clock! And everyone who reads this and knows LT, aka Ho Li Ting, please remind her that she has not reviewed yet!!!!!
Mood: Happy-ish, distracted
I'm supposed to be doing my MEP PT and printing my History PT. Shall slack for a while :D
RGS girls get a free holiday because of some Gifted Education summit! Yeahh this rocks. But there's that staggering pile of homework to finish, along with all those Performance Tasks xD
I might have died already, if not for the fact that I get to play Maple :D I'm at Eos Tower now! That place is so ANNOYING. Gotta go down, one level at a time, and the worst thing is that there are 100 LEVELS. I started from level 100, and I am trying to get to Omega Sector at level 1. It's horribly annoying, especially with those Blocktopuses and planes and whatnot -_- *annoyed look*
Anyway, I've just composed 2 new MIDI's! Under the Cedar Tree and Frozen Bluebells :D:D:D I like them both, for some reason, though they're both not that catchy. They're both experimentations with chord progressions (argh, MEP is getting to me, like heat from the sun on a hot day, it's affecting my brains).
I have started a new project called Of the Dragon, of the Stars. Fanfic. It will be about as long as the Amber Spyglass, according to my calculations.
I now have 10 reviews for Hands of the Clock! And everyone who reads this and knows LT, aka Ho Li Ting, please remind her that she has not reviewed yet!!!!!
4.6.08
History again
Location: At home, desktop
Mood: Bored?
I don't really know what I'm feeling now. Just...emotionless. You know, there are times when you feel...nothing. Weird.
Anyway, this is the reason for the title: My FanFiction.net hit numbers again. You should see all the weird things they're doing! Countdowns, twins, triplets...amazes me. So here is the pic.
Yeah, you can see all my stats, like faves, c2s, chapters, words, alerts, etc. But I don't really care.
By the way, I am doing a(nother) fanfic now. It's MapleStory, about the origins of the four job masters. Going pretty well. 17 pages at the moment.
Oh yes, by the way, I'm currently trying to break a record for the one-chaptered MapleStory fanfic with the most reviews! The number to beat is 17.
So I'd be glad if you spared some time and reviewed it for me! You won't need any understanding of Maple to understand the story, you need only 10 minutes of your time. So here's the link. Thanks, everyone who is helping me do this :D
MapleStory is currently not working on my com now, and I have lost ALL saved copies of my games, including Fire Emblem and Pokemon. So I HAVE NOTHING TO DO. Except to blog, maybe. And work on this new site I have in mind (no, not another blog, don't worry). Should get working!
Yay, I watched Galactik Football again today :D I like it, I just decided. It really reminds me of Oban Star-Racers (made in France too, though OSR is a Japan-France co-production). Too bad I am going to Cameron Highlands on Friday, so I'll miss all the rest of the episodes. Never mind, I'll find them on YouTube or something.
Mood: Bored?
I don't really know what I'm feeling now. Just...emotionless. You know, there are times when you feel...nothing. Weird.
Anyway, this is the reason for the title: My FanFiction.net hit numbers again. You should see all the weird things they're doing! Countdowns, twins, triplets...amazes me. So here is the pic.
Yeah, you can see all my stats, like faves, c2s, chapters, words, alerts, etc. But I don't really care.By the way, I am doing a(nother) fanfic now. It's MapleStory, about the origins of the four job masters. Going pretty well. 17 pages at the moment.
Oh yes, by the way, I'm currently trying to break a record for the one-chaptered MapleStory fanfic with the most reviews! The number to beat is 17.
So I'd be glad if you spared some time and reviewed it for me! You won't need any understanding of Maple to understand the story, you need only 10 minutes of your time. So here's the link. Thanks, everyone who is helping me do this :D
MapleStory is currently not working on my com now, and I have lost ALL saved copies of my games, including Fire Emblem and Pokemon. So I HAVE NOTHING TO DO. Except to blog, maybe. And work on this new site I have in mind (no, not another blog, don't worry). Should get working!
Yay, I watched Galactik Football again today :D I like it, I just decided. It really reminds me of Oban Star-Racers (made in France too, though OSR is a Japan-France co-production). Too bad I am going to Cameron Highlands on Friday, so I'll miss all the rest of the episodes. Never mind, I'll find them on YouTube or something.
30.5.08
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
I can't believe it. Finally, after a whole YEAR of dreaming of it, I AM A SPEARMAN on Maple!
That's the job instructor and me
Yesterday, I finally did it. I can't believe that test! Killing Fire Boars and Lupins??? I died the first time, literally. I forgot to restock my potions, and I ended up doing the test wih 55 red pots and 15 orange. I redid it, remembering to put cheesecake on the Ctrl key. And I survived! 30 Dark Marbles!!!
Just something I discovered: The Lupins drop Dark Marbles about twice as much as the Fire Boars. So keep that in mind the next time you do it (if any Maplers read this).
That is ME :D
I did the new level 30 Sleepywood Jump Quest today. It's HORRIBLE. It's got throwing stars and spinning saws and all, and I spent half an hour trying to get to the top!!! In the end I did, and I (thankfully) received good stuff for it. 2500 exp and a level 35 glove :D
No school now. Yay! I'm supposed to have guzheng today, but my teacher is helping the Nan Hua GZ ensemble prepare for their concert, so no lesson!
I am thinking of entering the National Chinese Music Competition with guzheng. I'm kinda scared, cos I'm doing the 18 and below age group. There'll be people 4 years older than me! Guess there's no harm trying. I'll get a cert if I get into the finals, and I am SERIOUSLY lacking in certs and trophies. So this would be good for me. Yeah, I am taking Diploma in Guzheng this year, and I think that means that I have a chance. But I'm still scared!
Today I was watching Galactik Football on TV, and it reminded me of Oban Star Racers, somehow. Maybe because last time when they played Galactik Football, its timeslot was taken over by OSR when it ended. But whatever it is, I suddenly realised how much I miss it--the great music, the excitement, the storyline--sigh.
Yayyyy! I have officially written 72 fanfics in my life! Plus 5 novels and a lot of school compos etc. I rock! (Haha, just kidding) Currently writing my 73rd one, and have my 74th planned in my head. Can't wait to do it, but I must finish my current one first...so much to do!
I have a History PT to do, about an ordinary person in WWII who is a hero in some way or another. Mine is going to be (surprise surprise) a poem. I am not telling you all what it's about, unless someone steals the idea..........
Everybody! LISTEN TO AARON COPLAND'S "EL SALON MEXICO"!!!!!!
That's about it for now. So till next time...
That's the job instructor and me
Yesterday, I finally did it. I can't believe that test! Killing Fire Boars and Lupins??? I died the first time, literally. I forgot to restock my potions, and I ended up doing the test wih 55 red pots and 15 orange. I redid it, remembering to put cheesecake on the Ctrl key. And I survived! 30 Dark Marbles!!!
Just something I discovered: The Lupins drop Dark Marbles about twice as much as the Fire Boars. So keep that in mind the next time you do it (if any Maplers read this).
That is ME :D
I did the new level 30 Sleepywood Jump Quest today. It's HORRIBLE. It's got throwing stars and spinning saws and all, and I spent half an hour trying to get to the top!!! In the end I did, and I (thankfully) received good stuff for it. 2500 exp and a level 35 glove :D
No school now. Yay! I'm supposed to have guzheng today, but my teacher is helping the Nan Hua GZ ensemble prepare for their concert, so no lesson!
I am thinking of entering the National Chinese Music Competition with guzheng. I'm kinda scared, cos I'm doing the 18 and below age group. There'll be people 4 years older than me! Guess there's no harm trying. I'll get a cert if I get into the finals, and I am SERIOUSLY lacking in certs and trophies. So this would be good for me. Yeah, I am taking Diploma in Guzheng this year, and I think that means that I have a chance. But I'm still scared!
Today I was watching Galactik Football on TV, and it reminded me of Oban Star Racers, somehow. Maybe because last time when they played Galactik Football, its timeslot was taken over by OSR when it ended. But whatever it is, I suddenly realised how much I miss it--the great music, the excitement, the storyline--sigh.
Yayyyy! I have officially written 72 fanfics in my life! Plus 5 novels and a lot of school compos etc. I rock! (Haha, just kidding) Currently writing my 73rd one, and have my 74th planned in my head. Can't wait to do it, but I must finish my current one first...so much to do!
I have a History PT to do, about an ordinary person in WWII who is a hero in some way or another. Mine is going to be (surprise surprise) a poem. I am not telling you all what it's about, unless someone steals the idea..........
Everybody! LISTEN TO AARON COPLAND'S "EL SALON MEXICO"!!!!!!
That's about it for now. So till next time...
21.5.08
A Historical Moment on 21/5/2008
Location: Father's laptop
Mood: VERY sleepy
Yay, it's American Idol finals tonight. I'm staying up to watch!
It's really unbelievable!!!!!
Haha, random stuff.
And LT? I do NOT sound like Mr Wong. NONONONOOOOOO. He says "yallow" and "dextrous fingers"! I don't!! And I say VOLUMINOUS, not VOLUMOUS. Hmph.
Ok, I am going now!
Mood: VERY sleepy
Yay, it's American Idol finals tonight. I'm staying up to watch!
Oh, I did badly for my exams. WAAH. I failed math. I got 50/100 for English. I got 60% each for History, Lit and Geography. All three Humanities subjects!!!!
But for the other subjects, I'm pretty happy. Chinese 64/90! 71.1%!!!!!! My personal best since P4! I really can't believe it. REALLY!!
For CHemistry, I got overall 77/100. Pretty happy, but I could have done better. I got 36/50 for the pen and paper, 18/20 for the practical (I lost both marks at the written questions!!!!) and 11/16 for the PT. :D:D:D
And MEP is my best!!! My ONLY 4.0. I can't believe it, I got a 4.0!!!! I heard that a lot of people didn't get a single 4.0. THat's why I'm so happy!
It's really unbelievable!!!!!Haha, random stuff.
And LT? I do NOT sound like Mr Wong. NONONONOOOOOO. He says "yallow" and "dextrous fingers"! I don't!! And I say VOLUMINOUS, not VOLUMOUS. Hmph.
Ok, I am going now!
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