since everytime i blog i lament on how i haven't updated in ages, so for once I shan't lament on how I havent updated since i left for my taiwan trip :D
2008 has passed and 2009 is now here, and what's a 2009 post without some reflecting on the past year? 2008 has been a pretty tiring and eventful year, what with the passing of my two grandfathers & my last year in IP (well technically it isn't my last, but its the last year that i'll really be in IP alone). i think i've done lots of things that i regret the past year, and i wish i could change because i know i could have done it better or a different way, so my 2009 resolution is to stop doing things that i know i'll regret in the future. JE has also pretty much taken over my life this year, so i have to tone it down. i'm determined to study this year, and i shall :D
now looking back, i think 2008 was a pretty wasted year for me, in more than one way that i shan't elaborate, but all in all, 2008 was a pretty bad year. for me & the whole world, what with the recession etc. 2009 may not be better, but i'll make it better. at least for me, i hope :D but the friends that i've gained this year is something that i'll treasure and not throw away.
okay! enough of the self reflecting :D on to the good parts of 2008: the holidays :D i think the year end break after EOYs were a pretty awesome period, what with me lazing my ass off and slacking around, but it was good in the sense that i did lots of stuff that i wanted to do personally, and i caught up with many friends, which i'm thankful for. the zoo attachment was great and left a deep impression on me, and so was catching up with church friends & dhs friends. and so was watching vids/dramas/anime the whole day, but that's something that i'll try to drop ^^;
taiwan trip was a pretty good one, not awesome awesome, but still pretty good (: though i didnt do much shopping there, im glad that i went taiwan :D for one, the hotels were awesome :D we stayed in 5 star hotels most of the time, with one or two 4 star ones. my favourite part of the trip :D as well as the 100 over channels that taiwan tv has :DD i spent many a good nights flipping channels in the hotel room.
this week's been a hectic and pretty crazy week, being the last week before school reopens, and i'm really sad that holiday's over, but no point looking back. i shall look forward from now on :D
recap!
monday was outing with tzuhsiang to the ZOO :D wonderful, wonderful day. we covered the entire zoo and stayed there till closing time. it was great catching up with her again and we finally made our zoo outing come true. next up is cooking session at either one of our houses, underwater world and finally
JAPAN :D we have it all planned! looking forward to fellow great times with you (:
two of us at the entrance of the zoo. please ignore my arm at the side of the photo cause we were too paiseh to ask passerbys to help us take a photo xD
tuesday was spent lazing around at home which i'm happy for, since i love lazing around at home and spending the whole day on the com :D
wednesday was 2A class chalet! i originally didn't really want to go for it, but got coerced into going and i am so glad that i went. it was fabulous catching up with the rest and seeing people that i haven't seen for two whole years, and catching up with people that i've only spoken to once or twice in the two years that i left dunman high.
i forgot how much fun 2A was, and why i was so sad to leave dunman high in sectwo, and it's because of the class. we spent the entire night playing cards and screaming and laughing till we all lost our voices- i'm still trying to recover my voice now! and i am so glad that the NPCC people crashed our chalet, because i got to know dawnlee there :D it was totally awesome!
they were in the bedroom, and i was going in to get my charger so that i can charge and watch soul eater outside in the living room while the others were watching iron man, and she saw my class jersey. i had chinen on it, and she asked me if it was chinen yuri. that was the exact moment we bonded xD and we spent almost two hours just fangirling over JE. best thing? she's really into arashi now, like me. and we both love massu :D and all in all, we pretty much love and hate the same things, which is awesome.
I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON, FELLOW JEFANGIRL :D
thursday i was a zombie, cause i only got less than two hours of sleep the previous night, and the bed i was sleeping on squashed like 7 people. and only my head was on the bed while my body was on two chairs. so it was a highly uncomfortable position and i couldn't get much sleep then. which sucked cause i was a zombie the next day, even after a bath.
those that needed to go to school left the chalet first and me, shenmei, yi'an, sandra, benjamin and bolong went to burger king for breakfast before we left. i went to meet siling, amanda & chris after that to play pool, and i apologize for making them wait 45 minutes xD
we played pool for awhile, but i couldn't properly appreciate it cause i couldn't keep my eyes open and well. like i said, i was a zombie. went to east point to get lunch after that before we went to siling's house for mahjong session :D i forgot how fun it was to play mahjong and i won twice :D so i haven't really lost my touch for it yet! the mahjong session was awesomely fun even though i had to have a tissue box next to me the entire time.
ANOTHER POOL/MAHJONG SESSION AGAIN PLEASE :D
today was supposed to go for class outing, but didn't really feel well so i stayed at home. gotta keep in good health for my interview on tuesday anyway. olevel results out on monday, so good luck to everyone who took olevels. i'll be praying for you (: and well, i really hope that i can pass my olevel chinese, but i'll just leave it in God's hands i guess. but i really do hope that i can pass and get at least a C. that would be enough for me.
on to lighter topics. i've been back to anime again :D how can i ever forget it? it's my first love and will forever stay my first love, even though JE has pretty taken over my life right now. i've been watching great animes these holidays :D
most recent anime i watched was SOUL EATER and it is absolutely fantastic.
now i know why the rest kept talking about it. it's awesome! :D i downloaded it to see how good it was since everyone kept talking about it and telling me to watch, and honestly i got bored to tears the first few episodes, and i didn't really like the character animations. but i stubbornly clung on and i am so glad that i did. after like episode 6 i was completely hooked on it and i finished it up till episode 38 in like 3 days :D i absolutely love the character designs now, and the whole plot and concept and the characters especially.
i like that the good guys dont always win here, and there are tons of plot twisters that leave me pulling my hair out when i realize that something i totally didn't even think of happens :D and i adore maka/soul. and kid with his obsessive compulsive disorder with symmetry :D and to a twisted extent, i really like Dr Stein too :D it's supposed to run for 51 episodes, but so far episode 38 is the last subbed one. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LAST THE WAIT TILL THE FINALE T_T that's why i hate watching incomplete dramas/animes. but i cant wait for it :D
i watched special A, but it wasnt a very good anime to me so i shan't mention it. i finally got around to watching La Corda D' Oro and it was pretty good. kinda boring at some parts though, and i didn't really like the slow moving pace. but it was a pretty good series :D and the boys didn't disappoint at all :D (which was my main reason for watching but oh well :D)
another anime that completely blew my socks off was lovely complex :D i watched a bit of the movie earlier, which starred teippei, but i didnt like the female lead, so i ditched it. but after the theme park and before dinner in taiwan, i had three free hours in the hotel room so i was watching tv, and i caught one episode of lovely complex and i was completely hooked.
it is super duper funny, and had me laughing till i almost cried the entire series, and i adore the pairing of risa/otani. they are one of the best couples in anime history ever, and that's saying alot :D many people dont like the kansai accent, but i love it here because it's so cute and kinda apt :D and the faces that risa and otani pull here in the anime. had me laughing to the point of tears. its too awesome to describe, you have to watch it for yourself :D and they are one of the few couples that really made me squee when they kissed. risa/otani ftw! :D
and of course, the height difference is epic xD
another plus point is that the opening and closing songs were all sung by tegomassu & heysay7 :D
check out the awesome faces that they pull here. this is only a teaser :D
amatsuki is another anime i watched, pretty short only 13 episodes though the manga is longer. i watched it for the bishies, i admit, recommended by alicia, but the plot hooked me. it was pretty good and i love the princess. and bon :D
next anime on my list is dgray man & bleach. i still remember, i watched bleach until episode 4 and deleted the 150 episodes i downloaded cause i was too impatient to finish watching and it took up 11GB, which i couldn't spare. so im watching it online :D
i'm still waiting for hitsugaya, but its a looong way. im only on episode 5 T_T
dgray man is in the midst of downloading now :D i still remember when i went to japan last last year, i bought tons of D gray man stuff cause i fell in love with allen walker even though i had no idea what dgray man was about xD
this is the guilty man :D allen walker!
im starting ryusei no kizuna too now, because it's finished airing and sakurai storm subs just released the last three subbed episodes :D can't wait, i bet its as good as maou :D the reviews are all raving about it and well. its nino :D and ryo :D
oh wow. its a really long post :D kinda makes up for the time i didnt blog i guess xD and i forgot to mention that me, steph & renjie played for the boon lay countdown. we accompanied vj harmonica band and it was a pretty good experience ^^
okay i shall stop here. i have to finish watching my bleach episode 5 :D
