January 4, 2002

AAAAAAARGHHHHHH brain overheated ><;;; Okay... calm down... still got an oral presentation and two more research essays... and exams... and then... I'm done... caaaaaaallmmm.... dooooownnn..... *sighs*

Humm... I notice an increasing number of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fans? XP~ I think both series are getting way too commercialized... which I don't like O_o; I mean, I was re-reading Harry Potter #3 for the third time and was wondering how come nobody else knew/talked about such a good series~ Then suddenly it became this new worldwide trend? *_*;;; And Lord of the Rings... well, it's been around for more than two decades, and I never saw it sold in bookstores like the bestseller it was, and nobody around me knew or talked about them... I was like, whoa, so I'm the only Harry-Potter-and-Lord-of-the-Rings maniac around here? Bleh... now you can see both practically EVERYWHERE. Try going to Borders or Barnes & Noble. If there were to be only two highlight stands in the store, they'll be for Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. If there was only one? Harry Potter, because it's said to be children's book (and we know everyone LOVES children's books -- people with more shallow minds would not get intimidated by them), and because, even before the series finishes, it's just so bloody COMMERCIALIZED, dammit!

02:54 AM

Oh, I've got to say that I'm actually quite happy, despite all the schoolwork: both my English essay exam and my Drama Night performance got excellent (as in, not full marks, but close ^.~) marks~! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA~~! <-- unable to express happiness in words >D~

03:04 AM

Don't you just LOVE the weather in Melbourne. Though it's summer here, we had ice rain yesterday. Several days ago it reached 35+ degree C, but the next day it dropped to 20-. And to think that Canberra and Sydney are having bushfires while we're freezing here...

10:29 AM

January 8, 2002

I'm seriously pondering getting pamelaramali.com~ The only thing holding me back is... why should I? I mean, duh, I had cross-moline.com, and it was as cool a name I could think up of, and I dumped it simply because I didn't know what to do with it. I also have chronopolis.cc which I now set to forward to apsylus.com, because, again, I don't know what to do with it. I wanted to get ramali.com for the sake of reserving my family's name, but, holy cow, some stupid guy with some stolen credit card number bought it, and is not using it for a damn single thing. Why, from the WHOIS registry I make out that the guy's Indonesian. For heaven's sake, Indonesian credit card rippers can DIE. Honestly. *cough* Back to the point... oh, I also wanted to get pyreon.com, but it was taken by some domain-selling corporation that bought the domain solely for the sake of being able to AUCTION IT OFF. For $ 50,000. Now THAT is @)#!$%^&@*$((#!!! I hope the freakin' company can never get it sold. I came up with the name, dammit! I deserve the domain name. Buuuuut... now that I think of it, it might actually be for my own good. I mean, even if pyreon.com was still available, what am I supposed to do with it? Bweh... anyway, concerning the owned-but-unused chronopolis.cc, does any of you have a good idea what to use it for? Or do you feel like you might actually use it for something good? Tell me~!

01:54 AM

January 10, 2002

My dream is that one day I will be able to attend Otakon T_T;; I want to live in the US...

08:20 AM

January 12, 2002

I really hate guilty feeling. Especially when you're not supposed to feel guilty, but you do. I also hate it when you have to tell someone something that is sure to hurt his/her feelings. You know, for his/her own sake, that you HAVE to say it, but you're afraid that he/she would hate you if you did. Ooooooh, how I HATE the way girls' sensitive feelings work. Especially mine.

10:00 PM

Oh, and I'm seriously thinking of installing GreyMatter and ditching Blogger... mainly because Blogger's servers have been a pain in the butt lately @_@;; But I can do that after the final exams, can't I?

10:05 PM

January 15, 2002

How come is it that no matter how many times I tried to take this test and tried different answers to the questions that I was not sure of, I always end up in Gryffindor? Not that I'm complaining (hey, Gryffindors are "brave" and "honest" and all that~), but I thought I wasn't that... much of a Gryffindor. Okay, I'm a little bit off... *wanders back to work on essay*

02:15 AM

January 16, 2002

Been watching Weiß Kreuz~~ Oh. My. GAWD. This series is loaded with seriously yummy bishies~ @____@;;;;;;; I can't stop drooling over Aya. And Ken. And Schuldich. And Nagi. Nagi is cute ^^~ Buuuut... nevermind him. Aya is DA GUY. Aya. Ayaayaayaayaayaayaayaayaaya. I believe I should stop now O.o;;

Anyway, I'm really happy today~~ My two Computer and Information Management assignments got full marks >D~ And... I've been watching lots of Aya! How can I not be happy?? *ducks* Okay, okay! Seriously... thing is, I've got final exams in a week, and if I do badly on those, I might not be able to get into university this year. Humm... shouldn't be watching so many anime and coloring so many drawings *_*;;; Urg. Nevermind... I decided that I would relax this week, have fun and enjoy life; then, and only then, can I voluntarily sacrifice my brains in the exam week. Yeah right, like I'll ever do that. I have to, though... T____T;;;

I'll be going back to Indonesia on 2 Feb, right after I'm finished with my finals. I'll be coming back here to Melbourne on 18 Feb and start university life (hopefully ^^;), which, I suppose, *should* be a bit more relaxed than this stupid fast track foundation studies program. Then I'll start renting more anime... heh... been wanting to watch Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, Flame of Recca, Yami no Matsuei, Gravitation, etc... then, and only then, can I start filling up my other fan arts gallery with lots of anime-related schtuff~! (...that sentence sounds familiar.) MWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!! <-- fangirl-ish manic laughter >D~~~

05:55 PM

January 18, 2002

Just finished watching the entire Weiß Kreuz series, plus the OVAs @_@;;;;; I seriously think it's one of the best anime series I've ever seen... but then again, I've not really seen a lot of anime series (aside from Trigun, Evangelion, Rurouni Kenshin, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Ranma, Pokémon, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, CCS, and... what else? It's not uncountable, unlike the list of manga I've watched; I'm more of a manga fans than an anime fans, really ^^;;;;). The art is super (though it gets a bit oogly in the later episodes -- but that's after I'm already thoroughly captivated, so it doesn't matter), the characters are just wow (I mean, AYA!!! And Ken! And Schuldich! And Crawford! And Nagi!), and the story is... I dunno, interesting? The story's really great, but when it came to the last episode, right before the ending, I was like, WTH?!?!?!?! It SURE wasn't going to end like THAT, right??? Then that split-second glimpse in the ending... kinda confusing, really, but after I saw the OVA... Gawd, I was practically drooling all over my futon ^^;;;; Especially the last part with Schuldich and Crawford... that part is simply (1) very clarifying, and (2) very droolable XD~ That kind of ending is the one I love most ^____^~ No wonder WK fanfic writers are all over the place XP~

I'm confused with just this one thing though... what happened after Nagi and Tot *spoilerspoilerspoiler* in episode 23? How come Nagi is *spoiler* in episode 24, looking like his usual, healthy, normal-looking, CUTE self?? *blinks*

01:14 AM

I must also say that I liked the original version of Weiß Kreuz' opening and closing songs more... the new ones are okay, but somehow I found them to be less catchy. The original opening sequence is really cool, too~~ I really loved the part with Schwarz XD~ The only good thing about the new opening sequence is the last part, after the "Weiß Kreuz" logo thingie. As for the ending sequence, well... the new ending sequence is very nicely done, but since the original ending sequence's song's been stuck in my head for hours now, I still favor the original one -- just for the sake of the song ^^;;

BTW, yah... I know Aya has his various weaknesses (i.e. problems with revenge), but to me, they simply make him all the more interesting >D~

09:50 AM

January 19, 2002

I'm in deep Weiß Kreuz worshipping ><;; The music is just so great... I can't stop listening to "Beautiful Alone" and "Velvet Underworld" XP~ I also like "Aya"... AAAAAHHHH! T____T;;; This is not good... I'm obsessed *_*;;;;;;;

09:34 AM

January 20, 2002

I like Aya/Ran's theme... it has this... "soul" in it... beautiful, stoic, yet sad... I dunno, it's very much indescribable *_*;; I never thought I could be so carried away by a character theme song...

Gah... I really should stop babbling about Weiß Kreuz... @_@;;; Been babbling about it for several days straight now *looks back at recent journal entries* Buuut... it's seriously a very droolable series... BTW, I got the first two chapters of the Weiß Kreuz manga translation scans... bwah... the art is VERY godly XP~~~~ I. Am. A. WK. Obsessee.

01:13 AM

January 22, 2002

Aaaaarghh... final exams start this Saturday ><;;;;;; I really wish time could just jump a week forward, and I was done with the exams~ Guuu~~~ I feel like playing a lot of games and seeing a lot of movies and anime right now, it's so NOT the time to study... TTTTTT;;;

08:20 PM

January 23, 2002

You're Yuna. You're hardworking and honest, and also a little naive. You can easily be lied to, but in the end your friends will look out for you. Kind and loving you'd never hurt a fly. You'd be willing to do anything to help others, even if it means some personal sacrifices for you.

Which Final Fantasy X Character would YOU be? Take thetest.

WTF?!?? @____@;;; I believe the only part of me that is Yuna-ish is... the length of my hair XP~~

02:58 PM

January 24, 2002

My Rurouni Kenshin Character Quiz results:

# 1 Shinomori Aoshi
# 2 Saitou Hajime
# 3 Hiko Seijuro
# 4 Yukishiro Enishi
# 5 Takani Megumi
# 6 Sagara Sanosuke
# 7 Yukishiro Tomoe
# 8 Myojin Yahiko
# 9 Makimachi Misao
# 10 Seta Soujiro
# 11 Kamiya Kaoru
# 12 Himura Kenshin
# 13 Shishio Makoto

Aoshi XD~~! Hrm... Saitou and Hiko are close, too... Am I really such an emotionless person? *shakes head* XP

11:43 PM

January 26, 2002

I finished reading the whole series of the Ayashi no Ceres manga ^^ Yes, even though I'm having my final exams~ ^^;;;; Anyway... ergh. Yû Watase is a goddess O_o;;; The manga does have its (extraordinarily high for a normal shoujo manga) dose of sex and angst; but it's certainly very well done. Correction: _Tooya_ is certainly very well done XD~~ I really can't help but swoon everytime Tooya is around... he's just so... PERFECT XP~ And the way the thing between him and Aya is conveyed is just so beautiful... must be Watase's specialty, I'm telling you ^^

What's it with me and red-haired damn-I'm-beautiful-but-I-am-a-murderer-I-don't-deserve-to-be-loved-and-I-shall-stay-expressionless-forever guys anyway??? I can't seem to stop drooling over Tooya and Weiß Kreuz's Aya... @_@;;

07:20 PM

I've also become severely addicted to DALnet's #mangaproject, and have been hunting for manga scans like crazy. Despite the fact that I'm having my final exams. Life is just great, isn't it??

Anyway, point is, Ayashi no Ceres aside, I also get to read D.N.Angel, Chobits, HxH, and many other manga that never gets to be translated into Indonesian ^^;;; Oh, and not to mention the amazingly-googily Weiß Kreuz manga. [insert mangaka name here] must be a GODDESS. Oh, and Koyasu Takehito rocks, too ^^

07:48 PM

January 28, 2002

Holy @)*#@)(*$@#*##! That is the most freakin' realistic realism I've ever seen. And it's done on an oekaki board, too.

02:42 PM

January 29, 2002

Rumiko Takahashi is GODLY @_@;;; I've just started to read the Inu Yasha manga... it's seriously very droolable XD~~~ Mweee... Angelic Layer is also cute (whoah... it's really MKR's Hikaru *_*;; CLAMP's doing synergy... erk...) and Flame of Recca is kind of interesting... but I've only read vol. 1, sooo... ^^;;;

Oh my gawd, I'm actually downloading and reading soooo many manga while having these friggin' final exams...

03:21 AM

January 30, 2002

Humm... now I feel like getting silentprayer.com; unfortunately (or fortunately?), it's taken O_o;; Of course, I can always get silent-prayer.com, but still... I also want pamelaramali.com and/or ramali.net XP~~

06:31 PM