-ing APR/MAY 2013

Hello My Precious Earthling Babies! (Okay, that does sound weird but hey! It's me.)

Another -ing. I feel like I haven'e done one in ages and I really haven't. I have been doing so much lately and here's my attempt to tell you what I am doing at the moment that's not school-related. Or exam-related. Or revision-related.

Joining: GOODREADS! and Pulseit

Reading: --------> Goodreads sidebar

Listening (Audio Book): Seriously... I'm Kidding - Ellen DeGeneres

Watching (TV series): The Mentalist

Watching (Anime): Post coming soon! ^_^ 

Magazine-ing: 

• Ray - Jan 2013
• Vivi - August 2012
• Company - February & April 2013

Searching: Artsy/Drawing Materials

Last Day @ School and Developing a Habit?

Annyeong! How are you?

I had my last official day of Year 11 today! I finished at 12:30 today and from now on, I am on study leave and no more school. I should miss Year 11 but I am just happy at the moment. I have had my last Biology, English, Geography and French lessons! (I probably am dropping more subjects but those came to mind first.) It sort of feel strange saying goodbye to another school year. However, since I still have exams so it is technically not over yet. Year 11 probably deserve another goodbye when all my exams are over. 

I had an interesting (last) History lesson today. My so-called strict teacher bought the entire class cake! A chocolate cake! Okay, it's my second chocolate cake of the week since my Biology teacher baked us a cake but still, we had chocolate cake and went outside to play cricket. Cricket was...... FUN! (That's me being sarcastic.) The weather was not great today. Like seriously, yesterday was so hot that it was suffocating. Today was like: Hello! HAVE SOME RAIN! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~ It wasn't raining that bad, but compared to yesterday, it's like we got hit by a storm. The ground just went Blargh -dies- and got super slippery. I was already pretty terrible at cricket, it's been nearly 5 years since I last played, and wearing full school uniform with a skirt DID NOT HELP! I was destined to fail. Because: Failure = Awful skills + Skirt + Slippery. Being the last person to bat was totally no pressure. NO PRESSURE AT ALL. I was terrible but I had a friend who just slipped over, so I feel much better (because I am evil like that) and claimed that he did worse than me because he totally did. What made my failure even more apparent was the fact that all the boys on the other team took like 10 steps towards me when I bat. That made my awful batting looks more apparent than the word apparent. 

Discovery: I think I am developing a habit. Do people even develop habits yet my age? Wow, that made me sound old. I am seriously just 16. Anyway, I am developing a habit of clapping. Sort of like this:

My face sometimes does that. But I look 70% less pretty.

Example 1: Oh really? That's great! -clap-

Example 2: Haha (laughs) -clap-

Example 3: Woo~ Fighting! -clap-

Example 4: YAY~ -clap- 

Am I weird?

Laugh of the day: (If you are not laughing, you no know music!)

                    

Sweet 16 With Awesome Pressies!

Hey! Yes, I am 16 now. Not that it makes a difference because I pretty much look the same and just about everything else is the same. Life doesn't stop or get better as you officially get a year older. The day before my birthday, because my lovely English teacher was making us do an extra 40 minutes of English in the morning of my birthday, I just went full on depressing mode. It was not pretty. But English didn't turn out so bad and I had an amazing birthday. So you don't just get a year older, you also have a hell of a time while changing a number. I am not going to go SUPER SWEET 16! BUT I am going to go -insert GIF-

This is a tiny bit over the top. You get my drift!

Here's some Wikipedia facts on 16:

• 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 
• 16 is a composite number and a square number, being the square number of 4.
• It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, them being 1, 2, 4 and 8. 
• The atomic number of sulfur.
• Group 16 of the periodic table are the chalcogens. 

My day:

School was pretty much the same. Lesson, break, more lessons, lunch then sport. I should have done yoga in Games but not enough people showed up and my teacher was awesome so we just all chilled. I got home and guess what movie I watched? Guess. You probably got it wrong. I watched Silver Linings Playbook!

Yes, that was my reaction at the end of the movie. It was so cute. Actually to be fair, that's my reaction to quality rom-coms (Not The Notebook). I have been told by so many people how good the movie was and I finally got a chance to to watch it and OHMYGOSH! It's such a good movie. I have now turned into one of those people who will recommend this movie to anyone I know. 

I have to talk about my pressies! I am not bragging or anything. I just want to share my love and excitement and that little bit of awesomeness with everyone. :)

Dr Martens 1460 W in Red a.k.a. FAVOURITE PRESENT!

Dr Martens 1460 W Boots in Red, a.k.a. FAVOURITE PRESENT! I have been talking about getting a pair of red Dr Martens boots since Christmas and I am so happy I finally got it. They look so awesome. I need to give 4 years old mini-Ching a highfive! -self-five!-

Ignore the orange socks. I love those orange socks but they clearly doesn't match with the blue, either blues. Shoes seems to be a recurring theme in my present but apart from me loving shoes and getting two pairs for my birthday, I don't have that big a thing for shoes. I must say... I LOVE CREEPERS! They are so much more comfy than I thought. They also look awesome because I have been complimented a few times.  -cheeky grin-

Two very thoughtful presents from my parents. The lovely Paddington Bear bag is for my school next year because I am going to get so many folders and books and my mother is always the most awesome person in the world when it comes to getting things I actually need. Also my mother knows how much I FREAKING LOVE NOTEBOOKS! I have declare my love for pretty notebooks on this blog before, so I won't go into it again. So Thanks Mummy! 

The present from my little sister, and father (sort of). Everything about my little sister is food related. EVERYTHING. I can guarantee it. I am quite sure the cupcake maker is 30% mine and 60% hers. 

L: Little Sister's Card. R: Parent's Card.

My parents give me a numbered age card every year since I was 13. So I have 4 in my yearly increasing collection.

Presents from Beth. The sketch book is g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s! The paper has amazing quality. But what is with me and flower this year?! I have no idea either. Those are 3 bookmarks on the right there. Plus she gave me a little string devil keyring this. Apparently it's me wrapped up in a little keyring. Cheers Beth! She knows I LOVE FOOD~ Those chocolate are going to last me like... 2 days? Probably less.

I love this card! Because WITH GREAT HAIR ALWAYS COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. 

Conclusion: I love my birthday!

A Little Bit of Awesome Goes a Long Way

Hey! 

Want to know how "bubbly" and "lively" I am? Well, here it is.

Erin and I were sort of late to afternoon registration. We were about 2 minutes late. So we walked in and Beth told us to tell our form supervisor we were here so he would mark us present. Then I went and did something "hilarious" (according to my entire class). I went up to my teacher and spread my arms out and went: Hi Sir! Like seriously a bit too cheerful for a Thursday afternoon. The entire class burst into laughter and I was sent out by my teacher.

The best bit is yet to come. 

So I was standing outside having no idea what he is going to say to me and the entire class laughing. I have to admit, it's not the proudest moment of my life. About a minute later, my form supervisor came out and wait-for-it... he said: Hi Ka-Ching! and gave me the jazz hands. Well, sort of just putting his hands up. His expression was so defeated. Defeated is the only word you can really use in that situation. It was seriously funny, especially after just about every person in the class asked me what happened and I told them and they laughed really hard. It was hilarious because my form supervisor usually appears really strict but is actually secretly awesome. Like ninja awesome with the ninja bit. He has an interesting sense of humour. Apparently the randomness and hilariousness of that made people's day. 

Anyway the important thing is, that's exactly how you become the class clown. I guarantee it will work, because I am pretty sure I am labelled that now. I am still being laughed at. I am not even going to go into my previous incident with the door. That was sheer embarrassment.  

Here's Erin and I's daily dose of randomness! 

Erin: I need one of those coffee shots.
Me: I smell carrots. 

-thumbs up to us for being weird as hell-

My conclusion of the "incident" and lesson of the day: A little bit of awesome/laughter goes a long way.

Confessions!

Hey!

I am sort of bored, so here's something kind of interesting!

School Confessions

[x] Talked back to a teacher.
[x] Been kicked out of a class.

[x] Worn your pyjamas to school. It was pyjamas' day! You would wear pyjamas, duh! 
[ ] Had your tooth fall out during school.
[x] Gotten yourself lost in your school.
[x] Broken the dress code in your school. About all girls break the dress code. 
[ ] Completely and utterly failed a test. I guess 33% doesn't count? 
[x] Left your class without asking anybody.
[ ] Missed a whole week of school for something stupid.
[x] Throw up your lunch in school.

Home Life Confessions

[x] Argue with your parents a lot. Not seriously, just things really pointless.  
[ ] Argue with your brother(s) a lot. I don't have a brother.
[x] Argue with your sister(s) a lot. I have one rather antagonising little sister.
[ ] Do your own laundry.
[x] Cook dinner once in a while. My 'while' is quite long. 
[ ] Are loud and obnoxious at home.

[x] Wear pyjamas when you are not going to go anywhere. That or sweatpants and a t-shirt. 

[x] You sleep in very long. 
[x] All you do is watch television/go on the internet. Internet = YES. TV = No. 
[ ] Your parents are divorced.
[ ] Your family makes you cry a lot.
[ ] One or both of your grandparents live with you.
[ ] You can't stand being with your parents. 

Friend Confessions

[ ] You currently dislike one or more of your friends. If I don't like them, I don't call them my 'friend'. 
[ ] You are jealous of one or more of your friends. Jealousy makes a friendship falls apart, we shouldn't be jealous of our friends in any way. 
[x] You have known a friend your whole life. 
[ ] Your friends are all taller than you. Thanks Erin! You are shorter than me :P But you know I love you really. 
[x] You have been ditched by a friend.
[x] You have memorized a friend’s phone number.
[x] You have lost/forgotten a friend’s phone number.
[x] You have been to most of your friend’s houses.
[x] You love most of your friends. As I have said, if I don't like them, then they are not my friend.

Habit Confessions

[x] You bite your nails.

[x] You have an odd obsession with knives. Yes, but more so with fire. I love fire. Ask any of my friends and they will tell you how much I am obsessed with fire. 

[ ] You cannot sleep with the door closed.
[x] You cannot sleep with the door open.
[x] There is at least one sound you cannot stand.
[ ] You write stories about mad cannibalistic serial killers.
[x] You are good at telling lies. Sort of? You can't really tell that yourself.  

Love Confessions

[ ] You currently like/love someone. 
[ ] You want to kill one of your Ex. 
[ ] You can't stay committed for an unusually long time.
[ ] You get bored of your crush/BF/GF easily.
[ ] A crush/BF/GF has called you self-centered before.
[ ] Your Ex has dumped you for another person. 
[x] You don't want a bf/gf at the moment. Yes, I am a boring person. Nothing close to romantic happens in my life.

Personal Opinion Confessions

[ ] You hate George Bush. Maybe?  
[ ] Gay marriage is fine by you. Don't really have an opinion on gay marriage. So maybe?  
[ ] Boys make better friends than girls do. My best friends are girls... So I guess not. But in some areas, boys are easier to talk to. 
[ ] Pink is an ugly colour. Pink generally is not ugly, some shades are worst than others, but I think it's fine. 
[x] Needles aren't so horrible.
[ ] Human flesh tastes like fine aged veal. I will be shocked if anyone have had human flesh and is admitting it. I will never eat human flesh, even the thought of it is disgusting. 
[ ] You have plenty of secrets. SHHH! I am not going tell you, because then it would be ruined.

"Have You Ever" Confessions

[x] Fallen up the stairs. Of course you fall up stairs! That's how normal people do it! 
[x] Had your shoelaces tied together.
[x] Had a nail fall off. 
[x] Captured, Manipulated, or Destroyed a soul. It's fun. 
[x] Slapped someone across the face. Slapping people is fun! Sort of. 
[ ] Killed someone. In my head, many people have died many times. Not in reality.  
[x] Worn something inside out for a whole day.

Anyone interested, totally do it about yourself. It's quite fun.  

Roller coaster of Life

Hey! 

I am just chilling here with delicious apple pie and vanilla ice-cream and my awesome blog. I haven't wrote anything here for 2 weeks, give or take a day or two. I have just been so busy lately and I really wish I have time to blog more often. I found time now so I am going to spend some quality time with my buddy.  

I think life can often be described as a roller coaster. It has it's up and down. Some times in a different order to how you think it will happen. Life is a series of unexpected events. Or moments. It makes you reflect on your life and how you have made the most of it or ruined and wasted it. 

It's 18 days until my birthday. 18 days until I turn 16. I want to reflect on what I have done with my life and what I can do better or differently. Reality basically smashed into my face when I got my exam time table yesterday. I am not the smartest student. Nor do I have the most exam papers in the summer. I will do the best I can but exam seriously takes like 3 years off our lives. It's still 2 months until I have to start my first exam, but pressure is definitely on. School, teachers, peers and parents give you an overwhelming amount of stress and pressure that you don't really realise. It is hard to handle and it can drain and slowly kill you. Don't keep it all in. It's not good for you. Let it all out. All of it. Cry, scream, punch. Do whatever you want to let it out. It will make you feel better and you deserve to feel better. I think it's best in life to stay positive and think about the beauty of the world you are in and your life, but still be sort of realistic about it. I am not a person who let myself feel emotions easily, so I don't get stressed or pressured as easily as other people. But I hope all of you out there who are pressured or upset as exams and revision is coming up to feel better. You need to relax and think about all the things you have achieved and what a great person you are. As a person who recently dealt with a part failure, I understand life is not easy. However, you have to make the most it. Take time out for yourself so you can think back in like 30 years time and still remember life was not all that bad back when you though it's all doom and hell. 

That's enough of my rambling and "You just sound so mysterious whenever you try to sound philosophical" quoted from my dear friend Beth. I have an art exam in like 2 weeks and I have a ridiculous amount of art coursework I still have to do. So I should get going to do that. I am actually quite motivated in art as my art teacher complimented me and called me an "artist" for doing things that she wouldn't have thought of. I think it's nice get motivated sometimes, it cheers me up. To all you artists, you are all very talented. Art is about expressing yourself in the way you want. Like words. Don't let anyone or anything get you down.  

I wish all of you out there, stressed or not, good luck with whatever you are doing! ^_^

P.S. Erin and Beth, this one is for you guys. You know I love you guys to bits so cheer up! Be happy :)  

Can't Think of A Title So... Equilibrium?

Hey! 

Don't ask about the title. I have no idea either. 

It feels like it has been forever since I have done a half decent post with words. School needs to be less stressful and give us time to do things we want. Blargh.

It's been so cold recently and it snowed today. I feel like half of my posts is about snow. I can't help it. The weather has just been like that. But I think it's just slush now. I think I am starting to get bored of the snow, like people in Canada. 

So... what have I been up to for the past week?... -put on thinking cap-

-put on a thinking top hat on top of the cap- I have no memory. I don't remember anything.  (I know I look ridiculous.)

I had like 3 tests and quite a few homeworks. I sort of tidied my room. I got lots chocolates and sweets because I am a snack junkie. I had parents' evening yesterday. (I am not even going to get into that.) I have been doing things that required using my brain, and all the jazz.  (Hence the thinking cap and top hat.) 

I did get incredibly bored last Friday night (No, I am not going to break into the Katy Perry song because I don't like it) and I couldn't really be asked to do homeworks or read or play the piano and stuff so I ended up making cookies. By which I actually mean just making the cookie dough, not baking it all.  I have baked about 1/4 of it? I think I made too much cookie dough, considering I have made like 14 cookies already. The first batch was burnt, pretty badly because I set the temperature too high at the beginning. The second batch, which turned out okay was for my cousins and stuff and they liked it. I am going to make a batch for my friends tomorrow because I said I would for today, but I haven't. No, it's not for Valentine's Day, just no. They were Chocolate Sugar Cookies which didn't turn out very sweet, so everyone liked it. Yay for cookies not being ridiculously sweet. Yeah, mine weren't heart-shaped because 1. I am not making them for Valentine's Day and 2. I just couldn't shape them. They turned out like a very, very bad oval-shaped... thing. 

 

My uncle, aunt and 2 cousins came to visit my family and I. I haven't seen them since the summer of 2011. So I guess it's been a while. They stayed with us on Monday and Tuesday (Yesterday) night. My uncle and aunt are really nice people and have an... interesting sense of humour. My sister and I got on really well with my cousins even though we haven't really talked in ages. We did have a lot of food. Like seriously A LOT. I talked a lot about films with my uncle because he is into film and knows most of the awesome films. We did talk about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy because it's a great movie and... it's a great movie. They also gave us lots of awesome presents from Hong Kong. I am really enjoying my magazines and food and all the other jazz. 

OH MY GOSH! It's been 3 weeks since I have done a music post. I feel so bad and like a lazy ass. Okay, I am lazy but not an ass and I should have done one. Considering I put like 420-something songs on my iPod on Saturday, I should do a post on some (definitely not all) music that I added. It will be a stupidly long post. Probably. Or not. That will be up on Friday. I think. Because it's the LOVELY Valentine's Day tomorrow. Yes, the LOVELY is me being sarcastic. 

I Love Anime! Persona 4 and Star Driver

Trolololololololo~ -skip like a fairy- Aww, I miss my fellow fairies. 

Anime mode... ACTIVATE! 

Have I ever mentioned I love Anime? Like I seriously fricking LOVE IT! However, I did take a hiatus for about 4 months from watching any anime. That's like 30 years in my anime-watching time. I can list loads of reasons why but it's mainly I have ran out of brilliant animes and I have just sort of gone off it. It's no worry though, because I am back! -run and give anime a big hug-

Persona 4: The Animation

Studio: AIC ASTA and Aniplex

Year: 2011 - 2012

Episodes: 25 + 1 True ending

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Horror

Storyline: When Yu Narumaki moves to a rural country town of Inaba with his uncle and cousin for a year, he was expecting more peace and quiet than the big city. Instead, a series of mysterious murders and kidnappings occur in the town. Things get even crazier when he discovers the "Midnight Channel" and that he has the special ability to enter into TVs. Accompanied by his disbelieving friends, Yu discovers another world inside the TVs which seemed to be connected to the murders. They also gain "Persona", whose power can be used to fight the shadows that inhabit the TV world. Yu and his friends fight to figure out how everything is connected and try to solve the case before it's too late.

If case you haven't realised, it's based off the game and according to a friend of mine, the storyline stayed very close to the plot of the game. Unfortunately, I haven't played the game. I REALLY want to. But I just can't. I don't own a PS2 or PS Vita. It's such a shame, I know.

This isn't a review or anything, it's just my thoughts after I watched the entire series. Okay, it's like a review but 76% less serious. Let's start of with a graph. Graph, GO!

Please let me to explain this graph. An anime graph is pretty much exactly the same as a rom-com graph.

Normal--Increase in happiness--PEAK--Decrease by 70%--Goes back up and TADA! Happily every after

Paint sort of limit the graph I wanted to draw, but it turned out okay. So yay!

Before I really dive in, here's some Persona 4 images that you can enjoy:

Chibis FTW! They are adorable and hilarious.

From the Game

I am pretty sure everyone like Yu.

So I spent last weekend watching this entire anime in one go. Well, split into 2 days. It's been on my to-watch list for ages but I just haven't got around to watching it. To sum up my feelings... I LOVE IT! The entire anime was amazing. It was a quality action-packed good fantasy anime. It's probably because it's based off such a good game. So I am going to try to explain things I liked and didn't liked about it without spoiling.

Awesomeness:

• The art for the animation is brilliant. The eyes and hair are really well done.
• It's fantasy and they use personas while wearing glasses. Enough said.
• WATCH EP 7! It's so disturbing but hilarious at the same time. It's like the best episode in my opinion.
• All the main characters are so loveable and you can't really hate them. Well, you can. But they all undergo developments. 

Not-so-awesomeness:

• I am very good with predicting storylines. So it comes at no surprise that the entire plot didn't surprise me. I did predict just about all of it. That's just me. It might not be as predictable if you watch it yourself.
• The preview of the next episode at the end of each episode is awful. It seriously makes every episode look all scary and sad. -shiver-

I liked all the Arcanas cards. They aren't that special or different but I liked it. My favourite character was probably Naoto, for reasons I can not say, or Chie. Of all the personas, I like Himiko, Rise's persona the best. But Yukiko's persona Honohana Sakuya was the prettiest.

Overall rating: ... -drumroll- ... 8.4 / 10



This comic dub for Persona 4 is so funny. Seriously, even without knowing much about the anime or the game, it's still hilarious. It's like a parody of Persona 4, even when it's already funny. Enjoy~ 

Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto

This was the last anime I watched in September last year before my long hiatus. It's a seriously good anime.

Studio: Bones

Year: 2010 - 2011

Episodes: 25

Genre: Mecha, Action, Sci-fi, Comedy, Drama

Storyline: It takes place on the fictional Southern Cross Isle. One night, a boy named Takuto washes up on shore from swimming from the mainland. After being rescued by Wako, he later enrolls into the Southern Cross High School as a freshman and meet different people. However, underneath the school is a group of mysterious giants called Cybodies, which are controlled by humans in a dimension known as Zero Time. The story follows Takuto as The "Galactic Pretty Boy" as he fight against a group called "Glittering Crux Brigade". 

Here's some pictures of the anime:

The thing I loved most about this anime is the 4 maiden's songs. My rankings: 

1. Monochrome - Sakana-chan
2. Komorebi no Contact - Wako
3. Innocent Blue - Mizuno
4. Akiiro no Aria - Keito

Monochrome by Sakana-chan is one of my favourite Japanese song of all time. No jokes. I love it so much that I have it on my iPod and I did listen to it non-stop on replay for days. It was a little crazy obsession. Although I don't like Wako, her song was better than the other two. I suggest you either watch the anime or Youtube the songs to find out how pretty they are.  

There are a few complains I have for the anime:

• I hate love triangles. I absolutely loathe them. It's not much of a spoiler that Star Driver has a love triangle. I hate it. Garrr~ -shiver at how bad it is-
• I didn't like Wako. At all. Not even at the beginning. I should, because she is the female lead. But I just can't. I really just don't like her on many levels. 
• Some of the characters and sub-plot was just... what?! It was so random and weird that I don't really have words for it. 

The ending... my reaction was: Just... WHAT?! WHAT DID I JUST WATCH?! That was how bad the ending was. I can't even call it an ending. It was that bad. All those terrible things aside, I really enjoyed this anime. Luckily, I found out there is going to be a movie coming out! I am so exciting for it. Because it was a really good anime but the ending was terrible. I hope the movie makes up for the bad ending. It's coming out in 9 days! 9 days! Can't you wait? No, I can't either! Here are some posters for the movie: 

Overall rating: 7.5 / 10

Hope you will like the animes~