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School week

Monday, 29 June 2009

Great... school's back. >.> Oh, as to why I am blogging at this time when I normally would be in school is simple, I don't have lessons today. When school is back tomorrow, I would have to stay in school for 3 extra hours everyday again. So my schedule is as such, 9am to 12noon is Consumer lifestyle research and from 12 to 3pm... nothing, waste time, then finally 3pm to 6pm would then be Professional Communicating Design Ideas. Man... they should really plan timetables better, I hate it when there's 3hours of nothing to do. This semester especially, I've got loads of 'waste time' on my hands and have to think of ways to entertain myself.

I've got a new drawing up by the side. Looks good, if I do say so myself again. When I was done with the drawing, I realised that the girl in the drawing somewhat looks similar to a character in an anime I've watched recently. Hmm... Anyway, I'm proud of myself for a job well done. It's probably one of the better drawing out there that I've done. =3 Oh yes, the lines weren't supposed to be this dark, I've edited the picture in some photoshop-like thingy or else it would be a rather light shade of grey, since it's drawn using pencil.

Oh well, I guess I must go back to my anime again as I wouldn't have that much time for them anymore when I go back to school for lessons tomorrow onwards.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 08:13

Censor..?

Thursday, 25 June 2009

I have been using the laptop for most of the time at home as usual. Anime anime anime. That is especially true for the past three days as all of my sisters are not home until late afternoon or evening. My eldest sister has... work, my younger sister has some workshop to attend to (Adam Khoo's, since she's sec 4 already), and my youngest sister has Chinese dance. Now that I think back, it doesn't feel like it's Thursday already.

Re-watched some anime that I watched before and noted something... It's some censor thing that could be found in some anime. An example would be the one found at the bottom.

That lady looks as though she's lying in a pool of ~~shit water~~ liquid waste but it's actually blood. Yes, black blood. I don't understand much point in that since it makes the blood look... shitty. But I guess it does 'desaturate' the bright red into a less... contrasting colour thus making the scene less disturbing.

There are many other types of censoring that could be found in anime including some very very unique ones. If I come across those, I'll have to remember to blog it in. Which also reminds me, my previous post on the dead ~~loli~~ girl, the crows also act as a kind of censor don't they? So, it's one unique way of censoring down.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 16:15

Sunday, 21 June 2009

On Friday, 19 June 2009, I was unable to use the internet until about 12pm. Maybe it's because of not paying the fees or something, but the cable TV seemed to be cut as well. So, I informed my mum about it for her to tell my dad and then, I waited... It was a long boring wait. No internet... no cable TV, terrible terrible. What's worse, there is a subject selection thing opening at 10am, which meant by the time I got to use the laptop, I was already 2 hours plus late. Luckily it did not drag on any longer and I was able to continue reading my manga online.

I have watched before some anime with pretty bloody scenes. I guess I have became more 'used to' watching the blood fly all over the place, but it does still make me feel uncomfortable, even though it is 'animation'.

A scene from the anime I watched recently. Pretty horrifying I must say. Adding the fact that the one dead is a ~~loli~~ kid... That said it's still anime, I doubt I'll be able to 'adapt' if it is 'live-action'.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 17:37

What to do...

Thursday, 18 June 2009

There was APEL 2 yesterday from 1 to 5pm, talked about stuff... quite a lot of information since it was a 2 session combined to one. One of the more interesting topics was the "Love Language" thing. It is said that we have different ways of showing affection to others and receiving affection from people. It is also said that there are 5 Love Languages, namely: Quality time, Physical Touch, Service, Words of affirmation and Gifts.

Just a brief explanation for each so that it won't be so long winded.

Quality time, obviously is spending time with either loved ones or friends, shopping... or just spending time together.
Physical touch, is people who like to touch others to show affection (in a healthy sort of way), either, a pat on the back, hugs, holding hands etc.
Service, doing things for the one you love. Be it chores or stuff like that.
Words of affirmation, encouraging words.
Gifts. Says it all.

I'm more of a Words of affirmation person, so I expect Words of affirmation from others to show affection. That is for the giving part, one may have difference when giving but I am also someone who gives Words of affirmation to show that I care.

Anyway, that part pretty much sums up what I remember from APEL. So, after APEL, my dad came to fetch me home. When he was 'unloading' stuff to bring home, I saw a lot of durians at the back and I went "Wow! That's a lot of durians!"

My dad unloaded all the durians, 5 bags of them. Five big red plastic bag-ful of them. It's a bit exaggerating to have so many bags of durian, no matter how much we like durian, we can't finish THAT much. But after my dad went out, my mum said to my siblings and I that my dad probably got some of the durian for others. But because of my hollering... he had no choice but to unload all so that my mum would not be... 'upset'.

So... Now that the fridge smells of durian, and that we have bagful of durians at home is... my fault? *sigh* So, what to do with all the durian?

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 07:47

5th week!...?

Sunday, 14 June 2009

Sunday being the first day of the week... so today is officially the first day of week 5 of the holiday? *sigh*

My PSP is now officially back in action! After going to Sim Lim on Friday and walking around for hours and hours, I finally got to a shop on the ground floor and asked whether they know how to do the stuff. And they did, so... yeah! It's not 'free' though, they charged me $35 for the 'downgrade', an 'upgrade' and a screen protector. Kaya's guess on the value for fixing my PSP was $40 so it's $5 cheaper!

The trip to Sim Lim on Friday left me an urge to buy a console... a PS3. But the money!!$$ *sigh* Though I have the money to buy one... But the money!...

Yesterday evening, dark clouds covered the skies and fierce winds howled. I had noticed a rather 'light' distribution of clouds so I had guessed that there wouldn't be any rain... AND! I really forgot if it rained at all that evening... But earlier that afternoon, there was some rain activity and that air-conditioned the place. This morning... for once, I am using the laptop without turning the fan on. Instead, I am feeling rather cold... But this is definitely a nice change.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 07:51

4th week already!

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Somehow... It's already the 4th week of this holiday... Feels like I didn't really get to enjoy this break much since most of what I've been doing is... anime, manga... Oh yes, the housework as well...
I was browsing the web and came across something interesting...

Some people might have come across this on the web and knows what this is... Yes, it's a mousepad. The breasts are 3D'd so it acts as a rest for... the wrist? I don't know because I don't have one. Anyway, there's more...

A loli mousepad with smaller breasts! xD It's fairly amusing how they come up with things like that to 'satisfy' the lust of the male population out there. So... what's up for the female population? I have no idea, I've never seen anything for the girls... maybe also a bust of a male or something lower down...? =P Anyway, the ones up there are only mild at the 'perverse' meter. I think there are some topless mousepads as well...

I'd like to have one of those... (not the topless ones) But I've never seen any on sale before so... BUT! I doubt I'll buy one anyway since it'll be awkward... having all the other females in the house and all... >.> Argh... just forget it.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 09:42

great...

Sunday, 7 June 2009

I had thought that yesterday there was APEL and... I went to school. Turned out that there weren't any, and I only realised that an hour or so after waiting.

There was supposed to be an email sent by our careperson to the people in her caregroup. But I didn't receive any. So, wasted an hour ++ alone and bored. What's worse, I didn't even get to use the laptop yesterday! Even after I got home, the laptop has been booked by the two of my younger sisters. So, I watched TV... >.>

Oh yes, I remembered something. While I was walking to the school bus stop to wait for my bus to get home, there was an area with no shelter from the sun. That brief period exposed to the sun was horrid. Though it was only 10+ in the morning, the sun's rays felt like it was already noon and man...

The warm climate would only be expected to get worse, so... drink water.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 08:12

3rd week!

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Darn, how time flies. It's already the 3rd week of my 6 week 'holiday' and somehow it doesn't feel like 2 weeks had already gone past...

I did a stupid stupid thing yesterday. I went to 'update' some thing in my Psp and ended not being able to play my games in my memory stick. > > Luckily for me, there are solutions to that. I just need to get something called a 'Pandora battery' or something like that and it is said that I can change the state of my Psp back to when I first bought it (Which means I still can play my games from my memory stick). But to get the stuff needed for that, I'd have to make a trip to Sim Lim and I asked if Greg can go with me. He said that he'd be free from next week onwards so... I'll just have to wait till then.

Speaking of Psps', I saw a future model of Psp online.

I think it looks nice, but my youngest sister states otherwise.

Oh well, I guess it's back to back to anime for now and I'd have to wait for next week to arrive before I can do anything to my Psp.

[[ L-vin Tay ]]
at 16:40