The Moomba's World

Tears Don't Fall - Start Stop Animation

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:21:30 GMT

It's been about 2 years since me and moggy made a start-stop animation video of our dolls - so we spent the weekend making one of our updated outfits, including new crew members, weapons and props! I wanted to use trance music, but it didnt fit well with our angsty storyline and character relationships, so we went with emo music - "Tears Don't Fall" by A bullet for my valentine.

Here are some of my fav shots from the project:

Edelia with her battle-outfit and new scythe

Ruin's muscles (lol <3)

Carnage with a sneak-preview of his massive claw-weapons.

Raven took quite abit of movie time XD

And the movie:

Feedback is appreciated so we can make improvements in the next movie :)

Trip to South Lake Tahoe

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:52:32 GMT

Weee, just came back from spending 3 days up in South Lake Tahoe (I drove 4 hours there and back - the drive was very enjoyable despite going round mountains). Me, mog and our mom brought Abyss (our 1 year old Siberian Husky), as well as Raven and Celes (our two newest dolls) with us.

We lived in the coolest inn/ suite ever! Three-Peaks Resorts was dog-friendly; their rooms were decorated with wood walls and wooden furniture, and surrounded by really tall pine trees. It's too bad we only took pics of our dolls indoors, since summer time was making all the pines dust EVERYTHING with green/ yellow pine seeds.(it's really kinda gross lol, it got into our clothes, stained the car, into our food etc etc)

We brought our dolls in Raven's new & very large box:

Celes on the cute table

Too much wood LOL, Raven's getting a headache.

Raven enjoying the dark bedroom:

Celes brings light to the darkness

They finally have time-off together away from the rest of the noisy crew XD

Thanks for looking :)

Dawn of the Raven

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:17:56 GMT

Raven arrived this morning at 9am - I had to chase down the mailman in my pajamas after he all but pressed the doorbell ONCE! No no, I don't need to wait another day or two trying to track Raven down in the returned-mail at the post office!

Silver Dream of Doll box! (Lunaris' was purple in his time, two years ago)

I was so happy DOD met my request of giving him yellow eyes!

Ordered this outfit specially for him - I had no idea DOD's outfits were so high quality!

Celes, Raven's most precious person of the crew. (Like Celes, we painted Raven's nails too)

Weee, they're finally together in resin form~

I got to work immediately on his hair - been having many ideas on what it should be decorated with. Moggy was a tremendous help with the thread-braiding, I'm so happy with the results!

He has this insane dark aura about him, it's so hard to not stare at him! Welcome home, our dark Raven!

LOL Raven

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:53:55 GMT

Mmmm... Raven's already causing trouble (and he's not even out of his box!)

USSFOA = United States Sorting Facility OA, based in San Francisco. I can just imagine the people seeing a scan of his package and going "WTF is that!!" LOL

And Graduation was today! I miss wearing that gown already, it's made of synthetic stuff so it was so hot under the morning sun during the ceremony, but it reminds me of my S'pore MGS potato-sack uniform!

Once again, grats to everyone that graduated!

!!! Raven is on his way!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:56:59 GMT

Nothing makes me happier (at this point in my life anyway) on the morning of my last Final exam in university life, than to see that my newest doll has just been shipped out from Korea - YESYESYES Dream of Doll finally just shipped out my Raven, after 8 weeks of waiting! The last 4 days of waiting at the mail isn't gonna be half as bad now that I know he's actually coming!!

Raven is my most anticipated doll since Glade actually - aside from being a homme ducan (I love love love that mold so much - havent been so crazy over a mold since Lunaris came home TWO years ago), I've got so much to experiment with on him! His hair's gonna be crazy, and yes, the wings - oh god, haven't made them yet but it's gonna be an ambitious project XD

For those who dunno what the default Ducan is:

He's coming with default face-up too - i love DOD faceups too much! (Lunaris still has his from DOD, just in brown not default)

Raven is gonna be the 2nd full vampire after Arcia (she's his sire btw), but he's a messed up one because he betrayed the Phantom Sentinel Organization (which Lunaris and Celes are part of) to become a vampire - weeee gonna have more drama in our crew with him in the picture! <3

Now... good thing I finished studying for my final last night - i dont think my brain can absorb anymore in this excitement XD

Lunaris gets Wings

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:53:48 GMT

I've made human-sized feathered wings for cosplay before, so it's definitely about time I made a pair for aBJDs! I coincided making them with the Dream of Doll Anniversary Contest event that ended a week ago.

It was a challenge to make it as light as possible, and i'm still figuring out what's the best way for a doll to wear them without using something obvious like straps or ribbons.

Here's Lunaris, my pretty emo battle-priest modelling them - I think it suits him so well I might as well give it to him (although in my story he isn't suppossed to have wings at all lol)

I haven't been playing with Lunaris as much as I should - he's way prettier than I'd remembered o_O

Celes and Glade

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:16:53 GMT

LUTS delivers fast again! Moggy's CP White skin DELF Miyu arrived not 4 days after she was paid for with paypal! (A similar story of how Carnage, our CP EL, arrived within a week after payment 1.5 years ago) We spent most of Friday and Saturday giving her a faceup (mog messed up on the first try so we had to erase everything) - I also took the time to redo Glade's faceup - and I am so pleased with it XD It's prolly my best faceup so far

Anyhow, pics! Celes is quite the pouty one (cos she's very haughty) but she can smile a little too :)

Glade in new face + cherry wig from Luts:

Edelia wasn't too happy when Celes did this - they don't get along well at all XD

Celes is a "Chiron" like Lunaris - she's not a combat type like him, but rather, a stealth-support kind. That makes our crew consist of: 3 angels, 2 vampires, 2 chiron. We have 1 more vampire incoming, but that won't be for another 4 weeks or so :D

Shaf in KH cosplay outfit

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:40:19 GMT

Had a really fun night watching disturbing Gackt videos with Shaf and Moggy - and Shaf stumbled upon Moggy's neglected fanime Kingdom Hearts II Kairi outfit! She put it on for us, and looked absoluely marvelous! And we have a VIDEO of it, except that it was taken crooked...

uh, I need someone movie-program-savvy to help me fix it, but it's still funny so watch it anyways! And yeah, Moggy's excited laughing squeals in the background is music to it =D

Car = Freedom

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:13:57 GMT

My car's back! (well, technically, I named it Vinny, but I've never called it that) The past 2 days have been utter joyfulnes for me, no more walking under swealtering summer heat to get to places, and no more walking past my empty spot in the parking lot outside the apartment ^___^

The autobody shop did a marvellous polishing job (metallic colored cars need alot of polishing to bring out the 'shine') to make up for the 3 week extension of hogging my car. My car's definitely one of my highest loved possessions (thanks mum, thanks papa! <3) - I'm gonna drive it so much this coming week before going back to Sing (I don't dare drive in Sing - the roads are overrun with scary drivers that don't give you slack in changing lanes), and definitely work off my bumper-phobia.

it's like an evil dinosaur didn't take a chunk out of it in the first place!

And I haven't forgotten how to drive, despite the lack of practice - it's back to improving my driving skillz again!

PSO!

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:16:32 GMT

koped quizzes from Moggy!

I am a FOmar to know what you are take the quiz here.

hahaaa, I have to admit I was 80% sure I would get this results cos of the answers I gave - the questions need more choices dammit! and FOmars rock!!! (i miss Glacier ;_; but he's on Mike's memory card!)

I am a Gol Dragon to know what you are take the quiz here.

who the wha? Is this the dragon that pwned me, mog and adam while mike single-handedly took him out? (evil high lvl haxxing! >=x ) this quiz made so little sense, i feel like a PSO noob!!!

anyhows, had an interesting experience squishing minced beef (with spring onions and chillies) with moggy just now - they've become the 15+ tiny meatballs in my spaghetti noodles for dinner! so yummy!!! gonna be a geek and update dollfie site again with an intro page - seriously, i've never put so much work into a site since Cerulean Wings, which has been retired since at least 2 years ago... but yeah, Lunaris there looks alot like Lunaris Frozenwrath (my Lahoo dollfie) ^^;; And I suddenly realized the uber similiarities in looks of Kyokou -> Glade, and Callie -> Edelia! OMG!!!!!!! and i still have maybe 6 chapters of the Cerulean story in my old computer somewhere, which i'd never found fit to be posted online - because it has shounen-ai! Ahahahahaaaaa XD (oh dear... i see so much sappy stuff in the galleries there, nuuuu, project Netherwind Embrace better not become like that! (Rofl, getting evil giggles thinking of how moggy had even agreed to CG 2 topless guys!)

Weeee We Wiiii

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:38:52 GMT

Ok, so I'm suddenly thinking of getting a Gamecube - for PSO of course! naybe Super Smash Bros Melee, but not as much as PSO. then moggy reminded me that the new Gamecube ~~Revolution~~Wii was coming out soon and I went to look up details on it being released - I'm soo amused by the 84 pages of comments (many deleted/ edited by moderators) in the gamespot page about Wii's awesome name! I'm reading page 3, and my stomach is hurting from all the giggling.

If i get the Wii, I have to wait... and the new Zelda is prolly the only game I care/know the slightest about for that system. getting a cheap used Gamecube still sounds like a more ideal plan. *still deciding*

recap for friday

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:07:56 GMT

I like phantasy Star! played so much of it yesterday, and i wanna play more XD Been awhile since i'd last gotten into 4 player games, despite this one splitting the tv screen into 4 - i dunno whether to be stupefied or impressed at how me, moggy, mike and adam played so long just squinting at the small section of each of our screens! darn, and levelling is tough! my char was a magey (hee i like magic) and he's kinda falling behind on the other chars, but I'm gonna deal with it anwyays - It's the hard things/ character classes I always go for (even thinking back on cosplay choices... i'm such a happy fool)

trying to juggle time now with replying lj-comments (My other lj account is always so busy! just trying to keep up with lj-friends' dollfie activities (Hii-chan's dollfie is sooo pretty!) is hard work, although i've never found myself happier and more amused reading blogs that eagerly either) - have a little bit of religion class reading for summer school to do before monday, but it shouldnt be that hard so i'll do it later, and then i also wanna complete Valkyrie profile since i bought it when mike spotted it in valleyfair mall several months ago. 12 hours into the game, currently at chapter 3 out of 8 chapters - it should be over and done with soon, pretty fun game but i guess i wanna complete it and have more time for dollfie projects and phantasy star (I miss it already! XD it's more fun than FF crystal chronicles, and keeps us all more busy than in Tales of Symphonia!) - I wanna see how strong a force (magic) character can really get, and how I fare in the patience/ endurance test of levelling him!

Erin's graduation

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:26:01 GMT

Early morning today from 6am, where me and mog got to meet Mike's cousin paul, a 50+ unmarried guy that's close to their family - he was really friendly and entertained us conversationally in the earlier part of the SCU's 2006 graduation ceremony cos the perez family came late. the ceremony itself was really similiar to my MGS graduation one, except the chairs were alot harder (it was held outdoors in the small football stadium) and the sun was almost cruel on everyone (although the lack of humidity was always appreciated). anyhow, mike joined us soon, and we stayed at the graduation till erin's name was called and she went up on stage to receive her diploma.

had a minor car start-up problem after that cos i'd carelessly left my headlights on (2nd time so far in driving history) and had to call AAA for them to send someone over. the guy was incapable of jump-starting my car, so campus safety came instead. in the meantime, i got him to drabble on about what car parts were important (he pried the bonnet open so we could see everything) and how the car basically works - good learning experience, and i tipped him anyway for his informative service. darn, i was lucky in the accident from last week cos the front was smashed, but the fragile radiator + battery + fusebox that were all shifted from the impact did not get damaged! the expensive inner frame wasnt damaged either, so the repairs won't go any higher than the body-shell estimate from the autobody shop. car problem was cleared within an hour - seems i'm getting waay too familiar with my dear AAA friends, they prolly know my car by heart now. ><;

anyhow, made a quick trip to Anime palace (thanks Mike for letting me have Kratos XD )before meeting up with the other extended perez family for lunch in santana row - gah like 12 people at the table, and it split into 2 sides that interacted independently from each other cos of the seating distance and the food being ordered in 2 sets. i had no idea mexican food could be so yummy... usually just the idea of beans, beans, sour cream, burritos, beans, beans, minced meat, beans, beans and random flour wrappings was enough to make me lose my appetite. i've definitely seen the brighter side of that cuisine though ^^ Much thanks to the perez's treat!

after lunch, the extended perez family left, and me and moggy tagged along with mike and his immediate family to one of Mr perez's friend's places - she was selling antique dolls for charity. although some of the larger felt/porcelain dolls caught my interest slightly, they did not look half as expensive, keepable, playable, exquisite or full of expression as the super dollfies me and moggy collect. i'm definitely biased when i said that, but it's hard to compare unique-according-to-your-modification dollfies with mass made dolls that have eyes all turning in one direction, all painted with one same expression, or have very much less detailed facemolds - i mean, there's not much of a different look u can get from a painted flat-faced doll no matter how many angles u look at it. i don't fancy dolls that look worn and oldish after years either =( i guess i like things that change little from when i first get them, not degrade into something i'd probably wanna sell or throw away.

talk about dollfies, a random post from DoA forums caught my attention My sweet Angelique arrived today ...oh dear, I just HAD to check out that doll cos it was named after a friend i know here irl =x i'm sorta glad my name isn't that easily succeptible to being the same as another doll owner's dollfie... i find it hard to like most other dollfie peoples' tastes...

anyhow, past few days i've been burying my nose in Anne Rice books, and some other vampire books from barnes and nobles - i'd finally seen the light as to what Glade's personality is, as well as come up with a new chapter and a more detailed past for him - introduction of 2 new characters in the Netherwind Embrace project as well - maybe once i've written enough and worked on the project somemore during summer, then i'll think of possibly expanding our dollfie family again. maybe ^^ *shrugs* i'll worry about it when the time comes.

time to wash dishes, gotta get used to it, and i'm glad moggy's cooking will be what we consume in the next 2+ weeks while the car's being fixed ^^ less junk food and more healthy home cooked ones - moggy's becoming a really good cook!although i still cower from her curry/chilli dishes...

3rd car accident

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:58:30 GMT

My 3rd and biggest car accident happened earlier this afternoon while heading home from school... was nearing the freeway entrance traffic light, at rush hour, when the traffic light change caused all the cars to stop abruptly and I simply couldnt stop in time and crashed into the rear of the SUV in front of me... glad that the other driver was a really nice african american lady though. i guess the damage could've been worse, and the other party could've been a mean person, it was good that no one got hurt and all, and the car still seems to be working fine and survived the freeway drive home, but...

*sigh* the shiny black helps hide the front damage but still...

side-view damage is most obvious.

I dared not lift the hood, something is bound to fall off.

yeah, hard styrofoam thingy is what u see in the front, i left a chunk of it at the accident site.

I didnt have much problems knowing what info to exchange when we pulled over, and reporting the accident to my insurance company went smoothly too - not like my earlier time where I was a total newb stuttering over what to do ><; I'm just really upset my car got smashed, and dreading the week i send it in for fixing. next tuesday's the appointment for the insurance co. representative to take a look and make a damage cost estimate before i can actually fix the car, hope nothing internal was damaged too. Dang, I wish I were already 21 so I could rent a car while it goes for fixing =( at least this fixing would remove the damages from my 2nd accident too; talk about accidents, a summary of what my poor car has been thru...

Accident Record
1) backed into a wooden fence, minor paint scratches in the back (1.5 years ago)
2) guy hit my car's front right side when he dashed out his driveway, shell damage only (1 yr ago)
3) this one, where my car's hood and front bumper took the toll badly D=

anyhow, what I found most astonishing about the whole accident was that my car got so badly damaged, and that SUV's (It was a GMC Envoy ) bumper didn;t have much/any visible damage or dent to it! OMG, talk about unfair! I'm definitely taking driving an SUV into consideration now.. =\

dangit, and I need to be a much better driver.. getting into an accident once every 6-9 months is not something I'm looking forward to.

random quiz again

Tue, 23 May 2006 19:55:13 GMT

ganked this quiz off Mike:

You scored as Kuchiki Byakuya. You're Kuchiki Byakuya, Captain of the Sixth Division!
Some people think that you have just been emotionless your whole life, but that's just because they don't know your inner workings. However, people recognize your strength, and a good number of those people are intimidated by it. There are some, however, that recognize your strength and would like to, instead, defeat you.

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Kuchiki Byakuya

92%

Unohana Retsu

67%

Tousen Kaname

58%

Ichimaru Gin

58%

Yamamoto Genryuusai

58%

Aizen Sousuke

50%

Zaraki Kenpachi

50%

Komamura Sajin

42%

Ukitake Jyuushiro

42%

Kurotsuchi Mayuri

33%

Soi Fong

33%

Kyouraku Shunsui

25%

Hitsugaya Toushirou

17%

Which of the Thirteen Division Captains (from Bleach) are you?
created with QuizFarm.com

this quiz's results definitely made me happy ^_^ not only cos Byakuya is my fav char, but cos the quiz didn't have obvious answers to getting certain people (it's actually a good quiz!) and i answered the questions truthfully. funny how answering the questions made me realize what kind of a person i am more... can't say i'm overly happy or disappointed at who i am... it's a complicated balance =(

and i just noticed the char that Mike, Adam & lindsay got (Hitsugaya) is the least like me *shrugz*

random quizes

Tue, 16 May 2006 07:35:49 GMT

I really wonder how some people determine quiz results according to LJ usernames.. oh well, just posting for fun because it's a bunch of Bleach quizzes (taken from Hii-chan)

I said I like Byakuya, not Hitsugaya!

Dangit, gimmie someone else already!

Yesh! finally Byakuya's piccie - sad results though, but they're expected from him ><;

this account is collecting dust Oo

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:41:48 GMT

*jabs this account and realizes it still works* some lame quizzes i've found actually motivated me to do a LJ entry - posting here instead of my dollfie account since it's not dollfie related-

took this from Hunted

What Organization XIII member are you? Find out Here!

koped another from Hii_Chan23

Name 20 ppl you can think of right now at the top of yr head.Dont read the questions underneath until you write the names of all 20 ppl. ok tag at least 5 ppl..Ready? Start!

#1. Moggy
#2. Mike
#3. Adam
#4. Eric
#5. Chico
#6. Hii-chan
#7. Ivan
#8. Lindsay
#9. Will
#10. Quigon
#11. Moogle
#12. Pupu
#13. Nick N.
#14. Nathan
#15. Zio
#16. Erin
#17. Peiying
#18. Strife
#19. Yachiru
#20. Fumiko

ok, now for the questions

1. How did u meet #14?
ANS: Japanese Language class 1, he played WOW!

2. What would you do if u've never met #1?
ANS: MANY MANY THINGS. It's scary to think too deep on this.

3. What would u do if #20 and #9 dated?
ANS: ROFLMAO HELL NO!

4. Did u ever like #19?
ANS: Yes... alot for a period of 2 months actually, more than a friend, but it didn't work out.

5. Would #6 and #17 make a good couple?
ANS: if they were crossplaying, i would say yes.

6. Describe #3.
ANS: heee, he's funnie! could grow his hair out more, but funny!

7. Do u tink #8 is attractive?
ANS: for a girl, yes, but i'm straight!

8. Tell me sth about #7.
ANS: This guy is having too much fun in Japan... still no news on my dollfie hands >.>

9. Do you know any of #12's family?
ANS: almost nothing about...

10. What's #8's favourite?
ANS: Dgray man, bleach, naruto gah too many anime series.

11. What would u do if #18 just confessed he/she likes you?
ANS: This person likes too many, and is liked by too many too XD

12. What language does #15 speak?
ans: A language best understood by Moggy.

13. Who is #9 going out with?
ANS: Dunno, haven't been close with him of late.

14. How old is #16 now?
ANS: my age!

15. When's the last time u talked to #13?
ANS: yesterday.

16. What is #2's favourite band/singer?
ANS: too many visual k bands.

17. Would u ever date #4?
ANS: haha, nope.

18. Would u ever date #7?
ANS: No... *sweat*

19. Is #15 single?
ANS: LOL, no.

20. What is #10's last name?
ANS: I don't know XD I barely think i know his real first name

21. Would u ever be in a serious relationship with #11?
ANS: Er no.

22. What school does #3 go to?
ANS: my school.

23. Where does #6 live?
ANS: Singapore

24. What's your fav thing about #5?
ANS: fun times we had

25. Have u seen #1 naked?
ANS: Eh, no... oO

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:57:29 GMT

some peace before a chaotic and busy afternoon at the new apartment! ....actually i;m just waiting for my laundry to be done so i don't have to run around today in a ankle-length skirt.

Click here.
Take the quiz.
Post your results.
1) What planet should novix be from? a planet called Japan.
2) Does ddr_ray smoke? no
3) If novix and nemesisstrife were siamese twins, where would they be joined? rofl, 1 strand of hair
4) Which of your friends should novix go out with? I probably don;t know that friend.
5) Is elrondrivendell single? not sure
6) If dancing_blade had a superpower, what would it be? Super Saiyan Samurai, definitely.
7) orion_nightbane's hair color? black
8) Which president would nemesisstrife be likely to idolize? none rofl
9) Do you have moggy_kupo's screenname? yeah
10) What song/movie would you recommend to lil_kitt? gattaca
11) Has selrotta_rayne dyed their hair? yeah, several times
12) Does dancing_blade go to your school? haiz
13) Are novix and nemesisstrife going steady? rofl eeep no
14) Would nemesisstrife be a better ninja or pirate? pirate... she does things the straightforward-i'll-smash-your-balls way.
15) Is criticalhit related to ddr_ray? oO;;; personalities wise, i'd have thought they were siblings.
16) What do you disagree with ddr_ray about? nothing i can think of
17) How would dancing_blade kill moggy_kupo? moggy_kupo might be the one more capable of doing the killing.
18) Does selrotta_rayne travel a lot? hardly.
19) How long would orion_nightbane dating selrotta_rayne last? rofl hard to tell!
20) Is orion_nightbane athletic? i think so
21) How many monkeys could criticalhit fight at once and win against? as many as there are in the world.
22) What languages does moggy_kupo speak? the languages i speak.
23) Does orion_nightbane have a dog? eh can;t remember, prolly not.
24) Is elrondrivendell a college student? no
25) What flavor of jello would ddr_ray be? peach
26) If novix and ddr_ray were spliced together, what would be its name? ddr_master
27) What is orion_nightbane allergic to? setsuna. (and sara)
28) If elrondrivendell were hanging off a cliff, what would lil_kitt do? cheer for elrond to pull himself up cos he can.
29) Do selrotta_rayne and orion_nightbane go to the same school? nope
30) Would moggy_kupo go out with elrondrivendell? *cough choke die*

random update

Tue, 03 May 2005 03:00:14 GMT

Your Birthdate: December 22

While sometimes employing unorthodox approaches, you are capable of handling large scale undertakings.

You assume great responsibility and work long and hard toward completion.

Often, especially in the early part of life, there is rigidity or stubbornness, and a tendency to repress feelings.

Idealistic, you work for the greater good with a good deal of inner strength and charisma.

An extremely capable organizer, but likely to paint with broad strokes rather than detail.

You are very aware and intuitive.

You are subject to a good deal of nervous tension.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

gah so far the 2 pple that have posted their results for this quiz got the exact same result - Depressive warnings... how awful, they should make better quizzes and not put people down >>

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anyhow, random update --- school's really slack this quarter, but i'm so busy with the anime bunch (i love those guys XD hanging out everyday until i also abit siao liao ) and then some WOW guild members, especially a priest called Casios, who claims hes from canada, is 21 and is homeschooled. what;s with me and priests really.... he's awesome though, really really entertaining online (i can;t get away from people even in the weee hours of the morning in my room >< ) and now i'm actually tutoring him math for his homeschool homework XD oh well, yet another thing to keep me busy~

lol, flash class is interesting, and yeah i'm having a field time expressing my crappy ideas XD mummy's bugging me about alot of problems at home (><) and haiz, it seems i have plenty to do when i'm back in singapore... gah gonna miss everyone here and lotsa catching up to do... then again, i'm being paranoid since i still have several weeks more of school here... still have to look for storage areas for my dorm things, find someplace to store my car and other stuff before coming home. the quarter's more than 1/2way through, and for once i'm dreading that summer's coming compared to last year when i was all too eager to run home... CA is awesome ^___^ anyhow, gtg tutor Casios (his ingame name) math now; will update some other time!

Study Weekend, with some WoW tossed in

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:44:01 GMT

bah, so sianz studying history for my finals next week. o well, WoW was a life-saver from driving me insane (moomba + history = disaster)

had a short 1 hour break on WoW where will and anthony-san took me to one of the higher level instance dungeons called the Scarlet Monastery to get me some new headgear and to farm gold (earn money) -- me need money cos in 2 levels time, i can finally buy a horse and ride it, so i can travel across Azeroth (WoW's world) faster: anyhows, got our gear from the final boss, but all the monsters started respawning, and we just ran for our lives, turns out me and anthony-san died halfway, but will made it to the exit (he's max lvl sia) -- bad thing is, me and anthony had to go into the dungeon to resurrect ourselves, and cos will had dragged all the mobs to the entrance, the min we entered to res ourselves, we died all over again cos the mobs were waiting for us at the door =( not cool! baka will-san should've told us earlier to enter a different entrance to resurrect =x

then me went back to the Undercity (the undead's main capital) where i saw several alliances (about 15+ of them, really high lvls) trying to kill our npcs, but then they all died in less than a few mins, cos the Horde guards spawned minions (was it 3 minions per guard), and they were all high lvl too, and sarbo-ed the alliances XD waaa, me didn;t even have the chance to fireball any alliance before they were trampled. o well, looks like the Undercity would be crowded with several extra guards now =)

enough fun for 1 hour, so me going back to study XD 1 more week of school (finals week) before it;s the 1 week spring break XD yayness

Fun sunday on WOW

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:25:47 GMT

haiz, WoW is so similiar to RO in it's fun aspects of grouping too *bounces up and down*
although i'm not really happy that group max size is only 5, although there can be no level limit to exp share. it just means that if u;re higher lvl in the group, and the monsters u're killing is nearest to ur lvl, u get the most exp -- likewise, if u;re a lowbie and tagging along in the group just to finish the quest, u gain less exp.

there's underwater fighting too!! and it's so similar to ffx's underwater battle mode that i get goosebumps. at least wow is decent enough to animate ur char's sprite to be swimming too, like in ffx

heheee, there's also a nice flying ship i got on to the other continent (me moving on from the undead lands to the orc lands, called Orgrimmar) --- very very similiar to FF9's flying ships. thing is, it's really cool to sit waaay in front near the edge, but if u're careless (like how clumsy i was when i was trying to switch camera angel for a screenie), u actually fall off and plummet to ur dead =x sobz, that was dumb, thank god i fell off before the ship was crossing the ocean, or i'd have a hard time getting to my corpse..

weeeeeeeeeeee, anthony-san's so nice (he's will's friend, and i've recently gotten to know him and nick better cos of WOW and hanging out sometimes too) cos he bought me a pet crimson snake!!! i can;t really get a snake as a pet irl (although they actually have them in petshops here!!!!!) but getting one on WoW is awesome!!! =3 <3 <3 <3 tiny red snakie =3

WOW

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 07:10:04 GMT

it's been 4 days since i started playing World of Warcraft (WOW) --- yep, all players call it 'wow', and i think the game deserves that name ^^ so far there's so many major differences between WOW and RO. both games are almost at the extreme ends of the scale in gameplay except that they're MMORPGS (multiplayer online games).

basically, everyone looks really different, because there're 6 job classes, and 8 races to choose from. 4 of these races belong to the good side (called the ALLIANCE) and the other belong to the darker more evil side (the HORDE). there's a long history for the game's background, but basically the Alliance and the Horde are like 2 parties with different ways of thinking (each wants to purge the world of the other), while they attack a similiar enemy (they attack each other in pvp -- pvp is EVERYWHERE, and you can even kill NPCs) --- mindless monsters that come from another dimension (your basic field monster).

Alliance races - Nightelves, Dwarves, humans and gnomes. (normal looking and live in brighter cities)
Horde races - undeads, goblins, tauren (look like bulls), trolls. (really scary and ugly looking)

That's my priest in an alliance server. nightelves are the most popular, followed by undeads, cos they're so pretty and people generally like elves over trolls and orcs etc. undeads are the most popular Horde class cos they look the most 'human'.

basically the world is so huge, and divided into 2 main continents, where all the main race's cities are spread out on either continent, and between them, you have contested lands, which are really scary to tresspass in, because u can get pvped by the oppossing team. you have several automatic chat channels that actually inform you if a certain territory under ur control is under invasion, and people hurry over to chase the invaders away. downside of this whole horde-alliance thing is that you cannot PM someone from an oppossing team, or communicate in any way except by pwning them or getting pwned. I joined Horde cos Will, anthony, nick and sherie were all in Horde. and it's no fun being a newb and not being able to communicate with them. (you can however, create diff characters from different groups, on different servers --- so many servers that have all the same worlds and quests, cos too many people play the game)

this game is also really diff from RO cos you dont really get to choose where u wanna lvl, and who u wanna lvl with, unles ur friend is of the same race as you, nevermind the class. cos you start off in the city of your class (my main character is an undead mage, so she started off near the Undercity, the city of undeads.) and they kick start you off with quests from different npcs. you basically complete the quests, gain items and level during and after the completion of the quests, and the game;s really smart that they track your level and make new quests suitable for your lvl available to you everytime you return to report your completed quests (aka.. lotsa chain quests from one npc may occur) --- you will level through questing, and be forced to explore new areas at the right time where mobs in that area are generally near your lvl. basically, if you start off as a tauren, and your friend is an undead, you guys might not meet each other in the game till you hit really high levels (max lvl is 60, and it;s crap hard to lvl.. must do tons of quests) and can explore much wider territory.

to travel long distances, you have diff means of transport (you need $$ of course) depending on which city you're in and whether you're alliance or horde. Alliance members can travel by Gryphons, while Horde travel by huge Bats. other type of travel includes specific limited-to-each-race mounts, which you get at lvl 40. eg. Undeads get undead-horses, nightelves get nightsabres (snowy tiger things), trolls get raptors (those fast little dinosaurs) and humans get normal-horses.

haiz, and the number of pets u can have are weird... i thought RO was awesome, but WOW has even weirder pets =x they don;t do much either, although hunters have the ability to tame wild animals to use as pets that can attack, and druids can summon monsters that will follow them around for a long time and help them in battle.

WOW is like a much much darker version of RO, with many many new awesome places and npcs, pets, mounts and pvp-factor. but downfalls are that you spend an awful lot of time running from town to town (no agi up in existance, no mount till u;re lvl 40, no teleport, no flywing/bwing) and even when u die, you have to run back to ur corpse (which last infinitely even if u log off, which is jawesome) like here...

WOW is a really nice game, although u tend to be able to solo alot (till u get to higher levels) and there're no areas where people keep mobbing and staying for ages (like Ludes in niflheim, and bathorys and clocks in al de baran...) cos of the questing. i'm definitely sticking to WOW, but will go on RO when moggy plays. RO seems so lighthearted now, where all the sprites are so kawaii and you can tank ur char to insane levels in one day. i think RO made me too pampered in levelling~ o well, one more interesting thing just got added into my daily activities =3

hehee, random ramblings XD

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:57:47 GMT

Game of F*ck/Marry/Kill
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took this from donna's entry =3
i've decided to change the rules a little though (no... me dun wanna think of f*cking anyone >_> )

1. List five or more series that you love.
2. Slot your favorites into the categories of ~~Fuck~~ Flirt, Marry, and Kill and explain why.

Final Fantasy 7
Flirt: Vincent or Sephiroth XD Both sound really fun at the extreme eneds =3
Marry: Vincent (i love him XD)
Kill: HOJO, DIE BIOTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Final Fantasy 8
Flirt: Seifer (heheeee... he'd be a fun one to bully)
Marry: LAGUNA!!!! OMG, HE'S SO NICE AND FUNNIE!
Kill: Rinoa!!! no comments! T_T

Angel Sanctuary (ROFL!!! I just had to include this too! I love AS!!)
Flirt: Lucifiel/ Lucifer
Marry: --- (not sure, As guys are kakkoi but not the marrying type XD)
Kill: Sara! I absolutely hate her for all the trouble she causes!! I'd kill Setsuna too, but it'd make Kira-Sempai sad ;_;

Meine Liebe ---- heeee, another group from Donna's selection XD
Flirt: Opherus (dunno, just to check him out >=3 )
Marry: Ludwig (XD He's gorgeous and strong and cool and ..*kicks hereself for being rabid fangirl*)
Kill: ALL the badguys that try to harm a hair on the main cast XD

Devil May Cry
Flirt: Dante
Marry: none (funny reasons i'm not sure of --- they're just fun to play with ^^ )
Kill: hehee, all the monsters which i really DO get to kill using Dante =3

Full Metal Alchemist
Flirt: Roy
Marry: Hughes (hehee, it's be funny to have him in the family =D)
Kill: Archer (STUPID SOAB that put an eyepatch on Roy!!! I'd kill him!)

Gravitation
Flirt: Eiri Yuki (Hotness XD)
Marry: Hiro (Waaa, he's a more steady type than Eiri =3 )
Kill: Shuichi!!! Hands off from Eiri!!!! Eiri's mine!!!

Peacemaker Kurogane
Flirt: Hijikata, Susumu XD
Marry: Hijikata <3 <3 <3
Kill: no one in particular =3 Hijikata's too strong for them all XD

Slam Dunk
Flirt: Rukawa XD
Marry: Sendoh (Sendoh's kawaaaiiii!!!)
Kill: Sakuragi Hanamichi! Don;t get in the way of my SenRU!!!!

Gungrave
Flirt: no one ^^
Marry: Brandon aka Grave (I love his loyalty ;_;)
Kill: DIE HARRY MACDOWELL!!! (omfg i can actually remember his name >=o ) U KILLED BRANDON!!!

kk enough ranting for 1 day --- imma go sort out other stuff that needs more urgent attention (hugs car)

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 09:08:31 GMT

decided to take some quizzies i found from kitt's entry

In your eyes, people see kindness... You're just
so... so... so... Sweet! You're kind and love
to give others in need, a helping hand. You're
pretty shy but can be warm and friendly towards
those you know, and those who know you best.
Your sanctuary would just be any place that is
warm, cozy, and inviting to all people. You
love to show signs of affection to your lover
but a small simple talk does the trick as well
;) Sadly, your kindness can be used to your
disadvantage. People can use you, and take
advantage over your sweet and sensitive
mind.... But fear not! With you being so kind
and generous, people look up to you and adore
you ^-^ No one would dare hurt you because they
can't bear the thought of your sweet smile
turning into a frown :)

What Lies Behind Your Eyes? (With Pics, See All Results!)
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hmm... i thought i'd get the bright and shining one kitt got, but this isn;t too bad a result either? (considering most of my replies were pretty average and down-to-earth no-nonsense type)

Your dark side is centered around Destructive
Power. A strong powerful castel built above
broken fragile glass, behind this setteled
confident look there is a beautiful, innocent
child waiting for someone to play with. All you
want is an independent caring soul, completes
you, no more lies or worries, just a strong
connection bonded by trust so you can feel
special and confident, find a new meaning for
everything, life will be almost perfect like
you want. You will find what you want when know
that life is not always like we want it to be.

What is the center of your dark core? (updated)
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sweatdrop.... some of these quizzes have such depressing and awful choices in their questions...

o wells, today flew by really fast~ went for classes, after that me had to drive to my Ford dealer, who directed me to the Ford bodyshop (they do the bodywork for cars) to estimate the damages caused to my car so i can give a quotable amount to Mr baker as to how much i would be claiming from him -- wow.. it's mroe expensive that i'd thought... came out to about 2.7k for the front damages. costs include removing the whole front, removing all the side mirrors, the headlights, and then replacing the front metal, then spraying it black and then polishing it, then putting back the mirrors and the lights. so chim one o_O;; o well, i'll be claiming it from him over the next few days.

then came back to SCU by 2, to attend a friend's 'wedding' shortly, before making some phonecalls concerning the car again, and then head down to casa dorms to meet up with anthony, mike, dean, chad, nick, sherie, erin & some guy called Chris --- had a gamecube party (i was absent for the earlier part to talk to moggy on vRO) where we played 4-player challenge games liek F-Zero racing, mario world party and other mario 4 player games that included several nitendo chars like Zelda characters and Marth from Fire Emblem for nintendo. >_>; why can't PS2 have such multiplayer challenge games for FF characters? i mean, PS2 does have the capabilities of hooking up 4 players with a simple extension, but they just udn have the games for that. and i heard final fantasy crystal chronocles (for gamecube) sux pretty bad... i really hope they create more 2 or more player rpg games where u have teamwork, instead of only 1 player or all fighting against each other. had a good time though, until about 11 before we split. not bad friday, but me too tired to sleep late this friday night (dunno why), so it's gonna be a change that i do wake up early on saturday tml XD

OMG... today is Car Accident day...

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 04:06:26 GMT

haiz, took a short nap to calm my nerves, after getting advice from my driving instructor, i decided to head out to dinner to a chinese fast food place to try cheer up (anything's better than school cafeteria food...). for some reason, after the incident this afternoon, my brake foot is always itching to hit the brakes if i see anything remotely fishy... i glare hard at people waiting for red lights, cars slowly entering my lane from side roads, stare as far ahead as i can to see if anything is about to move itself in front of me or chance hitting me in the side... kao, i dun care, i need to get over this scared-of-things-that-will-damage-my-car phobia cos i like driving so much ;_; there's NO WAY i'll reduce my 3-4 times-a-week driving around ;_; i love the freedom of driving, and i love my car --- my precious present from my parents which i had a choice to choose from among other cars ;_; love it so much sobz... me no like it getting hurt..

anyhowz, me eating dinner at the fast food place, and doing my math homework (it's amazing how i can still do my homework straight..) and i hear a loud crash! oh jeez, then a lady came into the restuarant and announced "Does the gray van (phew..) parked outside belong to anyone here?" and immediately u hear a string of curses from a husband and wife, the dad running outside and the mom shouting at her 2 little sons to stay at their table... sweatdrop, not like i like eavsdropping, nor could i see anything outside in the dark, but i learnt that there was a lady (i know not her age) who was trying to back out of her parking space, and then she turned too early, and hit the car beside her while reversing, then she panicked and somehow backed into the bumper of another vehicle (the gray van). then she tried to do the hit-and-run technique but a witness (the lady who came in to announce abt it) ran in front of her to stop her successfully from driving away. kao, outside got so much scolding sia. they settled with exchanging insurance stuff like what i was doing earlier today, but apparently there was alot of raised voices (eep... scary sia) scolding the lady at fault for trying to run away.. the mother of the 2 kids spent the rest of the evening telling her sons about previous accidents she'd had with other drivers.. ugh, very nice to my ears lor...

kao, after that i no appetite liao, hurry finish homework and drive back to school. aiyooo... what;s with today ar... really jinx man. anyhow, me got down to taking photos of the damage to my car, and suddenly i realised that it isn;t that big of a damage? i made sure that the headlights and the signaling lights were still working, everything else seems fine too. it's just really ugly thats all, but Mr Baker told me to get him a quote of the damage and he'll pay for it ^^ our insurance companies shouldn't be dragged into such a 'minor accident', or else our premium rates will increase sia.. not mine probably, but his definitely. whatever lar, i just want my car to be pretty again ;_;