I'm bored, so I did these

1. Upload the song above.

2. Read my Undang-undang booklet.

3. Play Dragonball Z: Infinite World

4. Play Devil May Cry 3

5. Play Warriors Orochi

6. Watch Nabari no Ou.

7. Download 100, Ale's Japan, and Eurobeat.

Jey... Forget it...

Okay, I'm outta ideas.

I went to Prangin Mall yesterday and got my copy of Dragonball Z: Infinite World at last! I can also check Nabari no Ou off my list now.

They have ParaPara 2nd Mix at Prangin too and it costs half the price of the ParaPara at Gurney. Man, I wanna go there again.

YEEpee Yay Yay! YEEpee YEEpee yay!

Yeah, that's your name, retarded bunny. I know it's getting VERY VERY lame, but I want to at least mock everyone on my link list. And there's still half to go! Sigh...

Now then, I've finished Final Fantasy Tactics after 5 days of intense gaming! And I find it disappointing. It was as fun and addictive as the FFTA series, but how did this game end up on the list of the top 10 longest games?!

Sure, the list wasn't made by a renown game reviewer, but you'd have to be damn stupid to put this on the list! 70 hours, including sidequests and the optional dungeon. That's about how long it takes to finish the storyline of a mainstream Final Fantasy, without the sidequests!

The longest game I've ever played was Star Ocean 3. Now, THAT was long. 200 hours of storyline and another 200 hours worth of sidequests. I'm not kidding. You have a dungeon with 211 floors, optional bosses with 8-digit HPs and the strongest optional boss took me 6 hours to beat. Even the final boss made me run around in circles on the battlefield for 2 hours.

As for storyline... Well, it's nothing unique and has a bittersweet ending. In fact, it tells a simple tale of a legend never told. The protagonist was the real hero behind the prevention of a huge war that swept Ivalice, but someone else took the credit and the protagonist was named an anarchist. Sad? No. He preferred it that way.

The most fun I had was discovering the truth about St. Ajora (the equivalent of Jesus Christ in our world). He/she/it was actually a normal human who started his own religion. He then sold his own soul and 12 others to Lucavi (the devil) by collecting Zodiac Stones so that he could 'save the world'. I totally enjoyed beating the crap out of him/her/it during the final battle.

Lastly, Orlandu makes the game waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to easy. Putting him in the game is like giving us a free ticket to see the ending. Why? Because his stats are insane, his damage is insane, his skills are insane (high damage + destroy enemy equipment/inflict status effects), his equipment is top-notched and he has Haste (in other words, he can move twice in a turn). How biased is that!? It's like giving us a final boss for a character!

Rainfall in the hills!

Okay, there was only one hill. But still, that rocked! We hiked and hiked and half the members decided to give up, so we settled it in 2 games of cards. In the end, my side won and we continued up! Yeah!

And then, it started to get misty and cold. And then it started to rain. Ah... haven't hiked in the rain for a long time. But before I could really enjoy it, it got way too heavy for my liking. So, we rushed up to shelter, ignoring the many other places we could have taken for shelter for hell knows why!

The sad thing was we never got to hike down... again. Instead, we took the eeeeaaasssy way out and sat a car down. Yes, I ain't happy about that! Where's the fighting spirit in that!? I would've climbed down by myself, but they'd probably leave me behind and go home first and my phone was out of batteries. And if they waited for me, I'd feel bad, sort of.

Oh, and I take back what I said. THAT hike was not the most ridiculous. The most ridiculous one was when I hiked up the hill at night (9pm) and it started to rain, not as heavy as the one yesterday, but was still enough to get me soaking wet. The most ridiculous downhill hike was during a Scout camp when of the 11 of us, 8 got frozen limbs and 3 felt like we were standing in Byakuya's Bankai. No joke, no exaggeration.

I didn't mock somebody's name in the title because I'm rushing to finish this post so I can play FFT.

Yeong Taiyaki!! （酿鯛焼き）

Yes, I made the title up. There is no such thing. I just put together Yong Tauhu and Taiyaki. Y'all best not have any opinion about that!

Well, my Internet line went down for the past three days, which would explain my absence these few days. Of course, I may also be gaming so much that I forgot to come online. Social relationships are so forgettable, unlike video games, especially Final Fantasy.

Anyway, I'll start with a record of the past few days:

Friday (21 Nov)
Red Box, oh, Red Box!!! It's been a while since I last sang/heard “黑色毛衣”. And I can't believe they really had Kyonkyon's "Kogarashi ni Dakarete" and ZARD's "Makenaide"! Singing them was nice.

Then, of course, I had to give "Cha-la Head Cha-la" a go! I literaly screamed into the mic like Konata, but something felt wrong. Maybe because I screwed up some of the lyrics, or maybe that high-pitch screeching the PA system made when I shout into the mic. The next time I sing this one, I have to make sure that I ignore the screeching and shout louder!

After that, we headed to the arcade. Haha! Once exams are over, my focus seriously improved in ParaPara. I can handle almost all the 6-star songs now. Beat that, Winger!

Finally, I went to pick a present for Pikaby since it was his birthday. I haven't had the chance to go out to buy his present all thanks to exams. Unfortunately, that gift I had in mind wasn't there. So, I gues I owe him lunch the next time we meet.

Saturday (22 Nov)
Since my line was still down, and I didn't bother to fix it, I spent the whole day playing the very first Final Fantasy Tactics. And it is as addictive as ever. But I do hate the fact that boss characters are so insanely powerful. The final battle against Gafgarion was so hard at first that I had to try 5 times before I won.

Sunday (23 Nov)
More gaming! I spent the whole morning and afternoon training my characters and unlocking skills. At night, my family and I went to New World Park for dinner. Since it was so close, we decided to go to Young Ones and FINALLY, I've got my own Go set. No wooden board to play on, though. Only a piece of plastic, but it's better than nothing.

Today (24 Nov)
We called Streamyx to fix the problem. And for some reason, it decided to work just when we were just going to ask someone to come fix it. Stupid modem is messing with us. Anyway, whole day of Final Fantasy Tactics again.

Today's battles were tougher than ever! They had me fight four battles in a row without a chance to restock. That means if I went in at too low a level, I'd be dead and would have to restart the whole game from the beginning since there's no way to leave that place the moment I enter.

First, I had to solo Wiegraf, which was hard. He needed three hits to kill me. I needed 2 hits with my strongest attack to kill him. And he always has the first turn, so my strategy was just to bet on the chance that my attacks hit the turn it is used (sometimes, I have to wait a turn if he's faster).

And then I had to fight Velius which deals massive damage to my whole party! Once again, I just spammed all my powerful techniques and most of my luck to win this one.

Just when I thought it was over, they threw me into a third bout! Good thing I only had to damage one of the bosses to critical HP and the battle is over, or I would've DIED there!

Phew... well, I'm off to download anime and back to more FFT!

Chi! Hao the hell am I gonna survive tomorrow?!

Damn, my brain is saturated already. I can't squeeze anything in anymore. Oh boy, and I'm still quite inexperienced.

There aren't enough synapses in my brain for A2 Bio.

Damn! And tomorrow is supposed to be the last paper. I wanted to finish in style, but I guess that ain't possible now.

Unless the paper is very very easy.

Oh well, as Jaden Yuki would say, "Time to get my game on!"

P.S. Chi as in "Tchi!". Sorry, Youngblood. That was the only title I could think of.

无伟雄（尾熊）饼干

Shin-chan likes to eat this, I think. And that reminds me of the time when his mother tricked him using that snack. She called him over saying that there were snacks for him. And when he came, his mother told him that they were in the cupboard and she would get them for him if he did some chores.

And right now, I feel like Shin-chan then. Why? Because I got tricked by Bio Paper 2 that today was gonna be a good day. It wasn't. Sure I breezed through Bio Paper 2, but the moment I looked at Bio Paper 5, I felt the table continuously jumping up and banging my forehead. Or was that me?

Heck! I don't even know if Bio Paper 2 went well. Several past year questions came out, but I remember none of the answers. Great, huh?

The title is read as "Wu Wei Xiong Bing Gan", which means "Koala Biscuit".

Krystle Clear...

I slept at 1 am last night and woke up at 8am. So, you can probably guess what my head feels like right now. Yep, most probably like hers.

So tired... but once I wake up in the morning, it's very hard for me to go back to sleep.

Guess I'll watch some anime. Maybe Vampire Knight Guilty. I haven't watched them even after downloading them for so long.

Oh and here's a pic of my anime collection.


From left:
Final Fantasy VII: AC
Inuyasha Movie 1: Affections Touching Across Time
Inuyasha Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Inuyasha Movie 3: Swords of An Honourable Ruler
Rental Magica
Lucky Star
Chrno Crusade
Kaze no Stigma
Neon Genesis Evangelion (includes End of Evangelion)
.hack//ROOTS
Mai-Hime + Mai-Otome
Code Geass
Code Geass R2

The box on top contains anime I've downloaded, but I'm too lazy to run back upstairs to check what's inside them.

The LOONy LOONy Bugs Bunny Movie

I was watching that show with my lil' bro again. It consists of one short, and 3 movies that are actually just several episodes linked together.

The short is about Bugs Bunny fighting against the Black Knight. Hilarious dialogues include:

Bugs Bunny saying, "Looney Tunes presents an award-winning short. The director got an Oscar and I got a carrot..." in the opening.

King Arthur: "Who dares to challenge the Black Knight and claim back our Singing Sword?"
Bugs Bunny (the court jester): "Hya hya hya! Only a fool would go against the Black Knight!"
King Arthur: "A good idea... FOOL!"
Bugs Bunny: "Huh?"
King Arthur: "Unless you bring back the Singing Sword, you will be put to the racks, burned at the stake, and beheaded!"
Bugs Bunny: "Be-beheaded? Ahahahahahaha (laughing)! Wahahaha-ha (crying)!"

The first movie is about Bugs Bunny vs Yosemite Sam. Hilarious dialogues include:

Sam: "When I marry that rich widow, I'll buy the old lady's home and kick the old lady out. I'll have the orphanage torn down and I'll get rid of the police department."

Sam: "You darn dude! I'll give you a taste of leather!" *slaps Bugs with a glove*
Bugs: "Hah, you have insulted the great LeVair. Take zis!" *slaps Sam with glove containing brick* *pours dust fragments of brick out of glove*

And many more.

The second one is about Bugs as Elliot Ness vs. Rocky the gangster. Hilarious scenes include:

Rocky: "Step on the gas, Mutsy!"
Mutsy drives off without Rocky.
Rocky: "Stop the car, you nitwit! Wait for me, stupit!"

The third movie is about Bugs vs. Daffy Duck in obtaining the Oswald Award (parody of Oscar). There are hilarious scenes, but none can be described clearly here.

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Good ol' comedy for stress relief. Hah! Gotcha! What stress? I'm breezing through the exam! Whether I can do the papers or not is a completely different matter.

Gooitings!

I'm bored, so I'll make fun of my friends' names by putting them in the title as above. Oh, don't worry, as long as you're my friend, I'll think of a title that fits your name. Either that, or I don't know you name even though I know you.

Wahahahahahaha!!!

Alright! In 2 days, it will be time of my kessen! I can't afford to screw this up. I just have to get past 18-20 Nov and I'm a free man... as long as I don't repeat again.

But... I've yet to do anything for Bio Paper 4.

My Bio paper 2 is messed up like KTCZ's life, and don't even get me started on Bio paper 5.

And Chemistry Paper 1 is on a completely different level compared to Bio Paper 1.

Anime Review: Code Geass R2

Plot Summary: It's been one year since the failure of the Black Rebellion and the supposed death of Zero. Britannia has assigned Area 11 a "correctional education" status, where Elevens are made an example of by brute force, to try to prevent any future uprisings and suppress rebellious thoughts. Unsuspecting high school student Lelouch, oblivious to his rebellious past as Zero, stumbles upon a scheme on his life and the life of a mysterious woman known as C.C., who reveals to him his forgotten purpose and his "true" self. Destroying his assailants and declaring himself Zero once again, Lelouch sets out to finish what he started.

Storyline: 9.7/10. R2 sets out to correct the mistakes they made in the first season and they did an excellent job at it. Every episode is a continuation of another, and almost every episode throws at you something you've never expected, be it a plot twist or a fact you never noticed. The ending, I believe, was the highlight of the series. I marvel at its excellence and place it as the best anime ending I've ever watched.

Music: 7/10. This did not improve. But it still is nice to hear a song playing during battles than just classic BGMs.

Art: 8.5/10. This seemed to deteriorate in the first few episodes. Lelouch's expressions became less extreme, which kinda takes away the thrill one feels when plans go his way. However, Knightmare battle animations have become clearer and more fluent.

Overall: 9.5/10. Screw the art and the music. The storyline rules here. The whole series should take pride in having one of the longest chain of great twists I've seen in any anime and video game. I herald this as the best anime for storyline twists since Death Note!

Anime Review: Code Geass

Plot summary: High school student Lelouch Lamperouge is given Geass, a power which makes anyone obeys any order he gives. He then takes on the identity Zero and leads a group of rebels against the Brittanian Empire to liberate Japan and at the same time, get his revenge aganist the royal family of Brittania.

Storyline: 7.5/10. I wasn't impressed when I realised that the first half of the series consisted of slightly altered strategies from Death Note and one from Detective Conan. But it starts to get original after that.

Music: 7/10. Nothing I liked, but it does set the atmosphere.

Art: 9/10. Lelouch looks just like Kamui from X... because the same artist drew them! That's right! It's CLAMP and CLAMP almost always impressed me with their art. I also liked the scenes when Lelouch uses his Geass.

Overall: 8/10. Code Geass boasts a lot on storyline. Unfortunately, half of it felt like deja vu, especially in Lelouch's character.

As I have said before, Lelouch is like a lesser version of Light Yagami. They are both driven by the desire to change the world, but Lelouch is more easily affected by emotions than Light. And Lelouch makes a lot more mistakes than Light. Lelouch was unable to stop an irregular like Lancelot, but Light was able to prepare for the appearance of characters like 'L'.

裂神

Yawn... good morning to y'all. Last night I had another nice dream. Hah... 4 demons slain single-handedly. Then again, I usually play solo.

Bio has been hell for me. Not being allowed to eat sweets during studying makes it worse. And not playing a single video game for 2 weeks makes it the worst. Well, I just have to get past next week. Then, I can game all I want until my parents decide on the list chores they'll want me to do during the holidays.

Oh, and keep the game going! I wanna see how long the game can go on and how many people remember techniques they've seen from anime and games!

The title reads 'Resshin!" from Flame of Recca. Finally, the last dragon!

Ahh... Clannad is nice...

I just watched several episodes of Clannad ~After Story~ and it's still as good as it used to be. It still is so simple, light-hearted and touching. A nice break for me after watching Code Geass.

Kanon and Clannad... the two series from a genre I usually don't like. However, these two have caught my attention so much that I've watched them twice. Watching it makes me feel that the world is such a nice, comfortable place, contrary to what it really is. But, I guess it's because both series throw in some fairy-tale fantasy (Sawatari Makoto and Ibuki Fuuko are good examples).

If y'all find that life seems to suck, try watching either one of these. It's always managed to negate my dark side, like right now. Just a few hours ago, I was still viewing the world from Lelouch's point of view. Rotten. Rotten to the core. And now, the world seems so peaceful... after watching Clannad ~After Story~.

The first few episodes weren't as good as before, but episode 5 and 6 truly brings back the Clannad I know and love. I hope they keep it like this. A swet illusion of a world with no evil...

Hah... so relaxing...

虚空！

Looks like people are playing a nice game in my chatbox. So now, I'll just make it an official game. The rules are simple. Keep throwing techniques at each other until someone runs out of them. You are not allowed to repeat techniques that have been used. Last one remaining wins. And I intend to!

Get your game on!

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And here's another report of this year's GameFAQs Character Battle:

Round 2:

Division 1
Group 1:
Zack Fair *Victor*
Wario
Link *Victor*
Zidane

Group 2:
Marth
Duke Nukem *Victor*
Altair *Victor*
Lucario

Division 2
Group 1:
Luigi *Victor*
Liquid Snake *Victor*
Bowser
Phoenix Wright

Group 2:
Mario *Victor*
Zelda
Megaman X *Victor*
Mudkip

Division 3
Group 1:
Samus Aran *Victor*
Nightmare
Ganondorf *Victor*
Frog

Group 2:
Vincent Valentine *Victor*
Falco Lombardi
Scorpion
Gordon Freeman *Victor*

Division 4
Group 1:
Crono *Victor*
Amaterasu
L-Block *Victor*
Ryu (Street Fighter)

Group 2:
Alucard *Victor*
Captain Falcon
Arthas Menethil
Pikachu *Victor*

Division 5
Group 1:
Weighted Companion Cube *Victor*
Tidus
Megaman *Victor*
Nero

Group 2:
Ryu Hayabusa
Zero *Victor*
Solid Snake *Victor*
Vivi

Division 6
Group 1:
Sora *Victor*
Fox McCloud
Squall Leonhart *Victor*
Yoshi

Group 2:
Cloud *Victor*
Mewtwo *Victor*
Midna
Pac-Man

Division 7
Group 1:
Big Boss
Kirby *Victor*
Master Chief *Victor*
Raiden

Group 2:
Leon Kennedy *Victor*
Riku
Dante *Victor*
Hogger

Division 8
Group 1:
Sonic the Hedgehog *Victor*
Sandbag
Auron *Victor*
Sub-Zero

Group 2:
Sephiroth *Victor*
Tifa
Jill
Kratos *Victor*

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The title reads "Kokuu!" from Flame of Recca

Overdrive!

Today, I finished Code Geass R2. That's right, you heard correctly. I finished watching Code Geass R2. I took 1 day to complete what some of you took more than half a year to finish!

Hahahahahaha!!! Hahahahaha!!!! Hahahahaha!!!!

Well, that's settled. Funny though. My eyes aren't hurting. The last time I did this, my eyelids felt very heavy. This probably means that I've achieved a whole new level of otaku power. Wahahaha!!!

Anyway, I'll write the review on both Code Geass R1 and R2 soon. But I will give some comments now.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!






As I have said before, Lelouch is very similar to Light Yagami. In fact, half of R1 was practically a restyled Death Note. Everything up to the final showdown with Mao had so many things similar to the events in Death Note. In fact, I got really bored watching it. After all, Death Note put forth much more complex strategies that could be explained so easily. Code Geass lacked that.

However, I was impressed by R2. Unlike a lot of other anime, this one did not include showdowns of "special power" users. Meaning, there was very little Geass vs Geass.

Finally, I never thought that there was such a way to change the world into a much more peaceful place, or rather, I never thought anyone could do it. Light and Lelouch had the same idea. They wanted to create a new, peaceful world. Both of them used wicked means, but each of them chose a different ending. Lelouch's plan was brilliant, not as perfect as Light's, but a lot less risky. Light's plan failed because he was the only one who could carry out the plan. Lelouch's plan succeeded because he entrusted his plan to someone else. For that, I salute you, Lelouch.

BUT, I still prefer Light's plan. It's more effective as long as a successor continues to exist. But I guess I'd be considered a genocidal psychopath, huh?










SPOILER END!!

Now then, because I'm typing this from a computer without Japanese word capabilities, I can't place a Japanese title. Too bad.

塁!

I intended to type this last night, but my sis was hoggin' the computer. Well, doesn't make a difference as long as I get to type it.

Yeehaw! I've finished watching Code Geass! Yep, full throttle yesterday from episode 9 to episode 25. And I still had time to watch 2 more episodes of R2.

Oops. Outta time. Well, Guess I'll end it here.

The title reads "Rui!" from Flame of Recca

崩！

Well, that settles A2 Chemistry. I did below expectations as usual.

And Code Geass is very similar to Death Note in a lot of things. The main characters (Light and Lelouch) have more similarities than I can remember. The obvious ones are they both gained mysterious powers, they both have good tactical minds, they both want to change the world in the name of justice, they both have the person who gave them the powers living in their house etc.

I do think that Lelouch is less brilliant than Light or L or Near though.

Well, I'll save the rest of the criticism for the anime review once I finish watching.

And ef- A Tale of Melodies is just as confusing and traumatic as ever, much more, in fact, than ef- A Tale of Memories. It isn't as effective at sharing the character's emotions with the audience as Evangelion was, but it still gives you one hell of a psychological downfall.

And I love their opening credits. Both series had an artistic opening that always captures me. Ef - A Tale of Memories was the first anime I downloaded which I didn't skip the opening credits. Now, I'm doing the same for Melodies. Kinda the same for Persona 3 too.

I guess I just like art like that. I get headaches watching the credits, but I can't help wanting to watch again. Ah... so nice, so nice...

The title reads "Nadare!" from Flame of Recca.

焔！

I'm doomed! Doomed, I say, doomed!! Damn, I sound like that rooster from Looney Tunes.

I have half-baked theory and raw application. I lose like 20 marks from the theory section and practically everything from application (except those that were taught in Biology). Holy hell (wow, haven't used that in a while)! What am I gonna do now!?

Oh, and Youngblood, thank you very much for lending me your notes. You really saved me for those drug delivery chapters and environmental remediation stuff. But you just made me realise how much I don't know. Boohoo... *chibi crying face*

I hope I see the whole Crossburn Knight brigade again tonight.

The title reads "Homura!" from Flame of Recca

砕羽！

It came pretty late this time, but I've finally got the inspiration for a new story. It's another addition to the Light and Dark trilogy with two new characters, Teresa Crossburn and a remade Terry Crossburn.

Wait... Why the hell am I telling you this?! Y'all have never read what I've written. Well, some of you might have read the earliest version of the first Light and Dark, but you've never read the rest. Well, guess I'll start typing again.

Ha! Maybe I'll change the title from "Light and Dark" to "Crossburn" since everyone of them focuses on a Crossburn. Seth Crossburn was the first; Corrent Crossburn was the second; Seth and Corrent Crossburn was third; Max, Carlos and Lora Crossburn was fourth; and this fifth one will be back to Seth Crossburn along with Terry Crossburn.

Oh, and did I mention that none of you know these people? And Seth Crossburn makes an appearance in everyone of the 5 stories, just because he's the first and my favourite of the Crossburns.

And once again, why am I telling you all this? Better stop here. If I continue anymore, I'll probably give y'all a list of Crossburns who have appeared in the story as supporting characters, like Louis Crossburn, Arif Crossburn, Luke Crossburn...

Okay, I just did it again. Must stop now. But not before the usual last sentence.

The title reads "Saiha!" from Flame of Recca.

刹！

Odd. I had anti-God sentiments all morning. Well, whatever it may be, it's gone now... for now actually.

I took the liberty of tidying up my bookshelf today and I'm disappointed at my anime collection. Considering how much I've watched, the number of discs I bought don't even fill one layer of one level of my bookshelf (my bookshelf should be able to hold 2 layers). And I was aiming to fill the top shelf this year... Sigh... looks like that's not possible now.

I only put the original anime I bought, of course. I didn't put my Flame of Recca and Chobits there since I bought them from street vendors and they look very untidy with the boxes. As for the anime I've downloaded. I've only got 18 discs (each can fill about 25 episodes) in my 40-disc album. Disappointing, huh? Oh well, I guess it's time to mass download some more. Too bad I still can't, and probably never will find Shin Hakkenden anywhere.

The title reads "Setsuna" from Flame of Recca.

円！

The cases are getting tougher and tougher in Detective Conan. I haven't been able to solve a case ever since Shuichi Akai (the FBI agent) died. Gosho Aoyama is really, really good at these things. Almost every case will strain your brain if you try to solve it before Conan does.

I wonder when Gosho Aoyama will end the series. Maybe his 1000th chapter? After all, he already has 671 chapters. Only 300+ to go.

The title reads "Madoka" from Flame of Recca.

シャードウーエジ！

Yesterday was not my day. Apparently, I was not supposed to be happy yesterday. Here's an outline of things that went down yesterday.

First, I screwed Physics. As hard as I prepared, I still screwed it. So, mood went down.

Then, I went to the library to get some studying done for Statistics. I felt glad when I got a perfect score in a past year!

And then, exam time came. For some weird reason, the moment exam started, I got a sore back. I had to bear it for 1 hour!

When I was done (and I rocked the paper), I immediately requested to leave early. And the invigilators said, "15 minutes only. Wait lah!" Damn. Sore back, back aches... for another 15 minutes.

Then, they let us go. I rushed out and started stretching until the aching went away. And then we went to Gurney. I even found Code Geass at 18 bucks. Yes!

And then I went home and caught a fever and a stomach ache. I've been sleeping since 7pm yesterday. Just great! A whole evening of relaxation wasted!

The title reads "Shadow Edge" from Gatekeepers. KAGEYAMA!!

奇跡の光

I feel refreshed today.

That either means my brain is empty or I'm gonna rock Bio Paper 1 today.

The title reads "Kiseki no Hikari" (Light of Miracles) from Gatekeepers

Top 5 songs that have left an impression on me.

These songs do not necessarily have to be good. However, they will always remain in my head because they suit the atmosphere so well when I heard them or if they were just so unexpected.

#5 You're the Inspiration - Chicago (from Elite Beat Agents)
The very song that drove me to EBA. Not only was it a beautiful song, in EBA, it gave me an absolutely simple, yet touching scene that blended the atmosphere and the song so well. To this day, "You're the Inspiration" remains as the best of all the oldies I've heard.

#4 White Tiger - Nobuyuki Hiyama (Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories)
To explain this would take a long time, so I'll simplify it as much as I can. This is the BGM for your final showdown with Axel the Dark Hero. Axel used to be a famous idol known as the Dark Hero. However, his fame dropped one day. It dropped so low that everyone thought he was dead, even his family. And when he announces to the world that he's not dead, nobody believed and called him an imposter, once again including his family (especially his mom). Since then, he was willing to do anything just to regain his fame, including acts of kindness (which is not something a Dark Hero usually does). You face him a number of times in the game and easily clobber him flat. He was so pathetic that his best friend (his manager) said, "You are no longer the Dark Hero I once knew." Finally, Axel realises this and challenges the main characters one last time. The moment the battle started, this music plays. At that moment, I somehow knew that Axel is no longer the wimpy moron I've faced so many times. And I was right, he gains cool new attacks, which mostly involves guitar solos and his sword. It felt like he was the one playing the song as he fought us. Even after he lost, he was still cool. The Dark Hero had returned.

Damn that was long. And that's the shortened version. The full story would make him sound even cooler.

#3 One Winged Angel - Nobuo Uematsu (FFVII, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 2)
I believe I've explained this before. One-Winged Angel accompanies you through as you battle the greatest villain in video game history, in three different games! After having my ass handed to me on a silver platter so many times, I've learned, or rather, it has become my instinct, to despair when I hear this song being played as I play any video game, even if it is just ITunes playing while I play Maplestory.

#2 A Song of Storm and Fire - Yuki Kajiura (Tsubasa Chronicles)
How shall I put this? Well, first, I do admit that the characters in TC lack emotion, especially in the anime. Either the art was done poorly, or the characters had something to hide (which is true for almost all of them if you follow the manga). Then, comes A Song of Storm and Fire as well as a whole OST of Yuki Kajiura's works and the emotions have been filled. Although it is mainly melancholy, I can feel Shaoran's strong will, Kurogane's absolute power and determination, Fye's hidden sadness and secrets, and Sakura's struggle. No OST has ever given me a better impression than Tsubasa Chronicles's. I picked A Song of Storm and Fire because I can feel the most from it.

#1 Cha La Head Cha La (Lucky Star version) - Aya Hirano (Lucky Star)
Tell me you did not expect this. Well, I guess some people would have. Anyway, I've never paid attention to any of the Dragon Ball songs until this one came. There are several reasons that this song has left a very deep impression in me.

1. It sounds like what a lot of people sound like when they go karaoke and decide to act like idiots (in a good way)
2. From 2:22, that is possibly the best part of the song. Rather than singing, Konata has started to just plain shout.
3. It's unique that it sounds so nice considering how it was sung.
4. Konata sang this. (joking)

I'd list a few more like Aletheia (BGM for final operation in Trauma Centre 2), Otherworld (FFX) and Coite- Bodher Battlefield (.hack//G.U.), but I can't really rank them here.

光の箭

My Top 10 Most Favorite Foods :

1) Apple
2) Pizza
3) My grandfather's belacan chicken
4) Mushroom soup
5) Pear
6) Sweets
7) Fettucine
8) Peanut butter
9) Char Hor Fun
10) Lor Mee
(not in order)

10 Things I Love Doing :

1) Gaming
2) Watching anime
3) Reading manga
4) Imagining fantasy stories
5) Writing fantasy stories
6) Reading fantasy storybooks
7) Listening to music
8) Sorting out my music
9) Blogging (well, sort of)
10) More gaming

5 Things I Love Doing When I'm EMO :

1) Listening to songs under 'Tension'
2) Play Warriors Orochi or Dynasty Warriors
3) Ignoring my friends, especially those that will react (like before Chem Paper 2)
4) Write happy stories
5) Dive into my imagination and picture myself fighting hordes of demons.
(I'll assume that I'm emo when I'm tense)

5 Types of Guys I Adore :
I'm not gay.

5 Characteristics of Girls I Adore :
1) Otaku and/or gamer (must be hardcore if only one)
2) Has long hair
3) Independent (I don't like girls who need a shoulder to cry on everyday)
4) Short (definitely has to be shorter than me)
5) Honest in thought, even the bad ones
(Ah well, read the post "I blame you, Winger!" and you'll see)

5 Things I Love Doing When I'm Happy :
1) Play video games
2) Write melancholic stories
3) Annoy Gooi
4) Laugh
5) Hare Hare Yukai (haven't done it so far)

5 Things I Wish To Happen :

1) Konata exists.
2) I can walk into TV shows
3) My theory about "we are in control of the reality we see" is true and proving it.
4) This world turns into a Final Fantasy-style world, preferably Spira (FFX).
5) I have every console, every game, every anime, every manga and every cosplay outfit I want.

My Top 10 Most Addicted Song :
(I'll list my overall top ten favourites)
1. Suteki Da Ne - Rikki (Final Fantasy X)
2. 1000 Words - Jade (Final Fantasy X-2)
3. To Zanarkand - Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy X)
4. Yume no Tsubasa (Duet version) - Miyu Irino and Yui Makino (Tsubasa Chronicles)
5. Memories - ANGELA (Shin Hakkenden)
6. You Are My Love - Yui Makino (Tsubasa Chronicles)
7. Itooshii Hito no Tame ni - Akemi Satou (Fushigi Yuugi)
8. Cha La Head Cha La (Lucky Star version) - Aya Hirano (Lucky Star)
9. Sore ga Ai Deshou (Lucky Star version) - Aya Hirano (Lucky Star)
10. Katayoku no Icarus - Yui Sakakibara (H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~)

5 People I Wish To Tag :
1. Retarded Bunny
2. Cubix
3. Winger
4. Krystle
5. Youngblood
(It says 'wish to tag', and I wish to tag these people. Ya got a problem?)

The title reads "Hikari no Sen" (Arrow of Light) from Gatekeepers

真空ミサイル！

Well, I did terrible today. I could've done a hell lot better than that for both papers, but I didn't. Oh well, at least they look better than the other papers I've taken, I think. Now, I'm tired and I have Physics Paper 4 coming up soon.

Sigh... Good thing tomorrow is Bio Paper 1 aka objective paper. Even if I forget stuff, at least I get to choose.

And I think I'm coming down with a fever. Well, whatever, as long as it doesn't get in the way of my exams.

Alright, game on!

The title reads "Shinkuu Misairu!" (Vacuum Missile). Again, it's from Gatekeepers.

ゲート！オーパン！

Yeah, well. I went nuts yesterday. No matter how I try, my Physics is in hell.

I can't do any of the past year papers without having to look at the answers at least once for each question, which would mean I'm screwed when it comes to the actual exam.

And I can't finish within the time limit. They give me 1 hr 45 minutes, I need 2 hours 30 minutes to finish one paper! Which, of course, means that I'm even more screwed than I ever was.

Thank you, Maths paper 3! Thank you for your !@#$%^ curse! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have to worry so much about getting an 'A' for Physics, but, now I do! Congratulations, maths! You just gave me an extra reason to hate you.

In other news, I haven't played a single game (except Minesweeper) for the past 3 days. And it's seriously hurting my spirit!

P.S. the title reads "Gate! Open!" from the anime Gatekeepers.

Top 5 songs I like... currently.

Exam period is when I love my melancholic songs the most. And here's the 5 songs I love the most and haven't gotten tired of even though I've been playing it for 14 hours a day since 22 October.

#5 The World (.hack//SIGN)
.hack, both game and anime has provided me with one of the best melancholic OSTs I've heard. And this, so far, is my favourite of all the .hack anime soundtracks.

"Do you call it solitude or do you call it liberty when all the world turns away and leaves you lonely?"
"The fields are filled with desire. All hearts keep crying for freedom. But all in vain, they will fade away. There's only you, to answer you, forever."

These remain as one of my favourite lines in song lyrics. And the lyrics to this song are, so far, the best I've read.

#4 Ship of Fools (Tsubasa Chronicles)
The BGM when they show the Shaoran trapped in Fei Wong Reed's capsule. It's just so nice. Why? I can't explain it. It gives me a feel of horror and revelation.

#3 You Are My Love (Tsubasa Chronicles)
I prefer the Japanese version of the song. It builds up stress in me as I hold in my sadness when I hear this song.

#2 A Song of Storm and Fire (Tsubasa Chronicles)
Gooi may not understand this song. But I can feel it. At least, I feel something when I listen to this song. A powerful feeling. For me, I see an eternal entanglement of hope and despair. When I go towards hope, I see desperation. When I can only feel desperation, I see hope. And the cycle continues. But, despite all that, I still cling onto that chance of reaching hope one day. Sounds like Shaoran, doesn't it?

#1 One-Winged Angel (Final Fantasy VII)
Unlike #2, this has no hope. What I'm doing is fighting despair with no chance of winning. This is THE ultimate song to describe a futile struggle. Of course, I probably feel that way because I've played FFVII, Kingdom Hearts and KHII and have battled Sephiroth while listening to that song throughout the battle. I died 4 times in FFVII before I finally beat him, 8 times in KH, and 14 times in KHII. Haha... because of all that, I've always felt a cold chill down my spine when I hear that song being played while I play a game.

Holes!! Holes!!!

My Physics is seriously, seriously flawed!!! I have blank holes in almost every chapter, except the gravity and s.h.m. chapters!

Gah!!! Why can't I do better than this?! My Chemistry and Biology seems to be fine. Why only Physics?! Why not let everything be fine!? Screw my Physics-hating brain! Heck, I wouldn't even bother about Physics if it weren't for that screw-up in Maths last week!

DAMN IT!!!!!

First Death (part 5)

Night 5
I was in my master's room discussing matters, both official and personal. I was still unwilling to become the next leader, and I finally had a chance to directly voice out my objections.

"I'm only good at fighting battles, but when it comes down to strategy and administration, I believe a lot more people are better qualified than I am. Master, I request that you withdraw your decision."
"I picked you for a very good reason, [name] (I can't remember the names from my dreams if you haven't noticed yet). A reason which I believe you should find out yourself. I have taught you everything you could possibly learn from me, so I guess it's time you started learning things yourself."
"No, you haven't! If you really want me to succeed you, you should at least teach me some useful tactics for war."
"Haha! I have appointed talented and loyal men for those jobs. You just have to follow what you think is right and do it. At least, that's how I've done it so far..."
"That isn't very helpful..."
"I guess, but it is the truth. Now, enough about this. I will be leaving for a conference with the other leaders tomorrow. I will be gone for about a week. During that time, you're in charge. Depending on how you do, I'll decide whether you're fit or not as my successor."
"But...!"
"Upupup (I guess that's how it's spelled)! Not another word about it. I have made up my mind. Besides, that girl is also going to succeed her father. Wouldn't it be better if both of you were equal in status?"

I couldn't disagree, so I went with it. The next day, he departed. Deeply, I had wanted to stop him, but if I did, history would change so much that I would no longer be able to predict what would happen next.

As much as I prayed, events didn't change. 3 days later, I received the news. Although the meeting was kept a secret from almost everyone, mutant and humans, somebody found out and the place where they held the meeting was attacked by a mutant army.

I immediately led a rescue team. When we got there, not a single person had survived the assault. My master was also among the dead. The news spread to the other human armies. The successors had already been chosen for just a situation like this, so there was little panic. However, the mutant armies would definitely take this oppurtunity to strike while our morale was down, which they did.

Before that happened, I had already requested a rendezvous with the other armies, so we would face the mutant army as a united force.

After that were more scenes of war. By the way, those war scenes allowed me to experience different kinds of pain. It didn't really matter to me in the dream world, but when I woke up, I shudder to think of the pain I suffered.

In the middle of that battle, we devised a plan to infiltrate and assassinate the mutant leaders. After so many battles, we had already known that it would take a pretty good fighter to beat even one of them. There were 3 here against us. So, we were to pick 6 people for the mission. I volunteered as one of them.

"You can't! You're our leader! What would happen if you..." Some of my subordinates obviously disagreed.
"I won't fail! I have no confidence when it comes to brainstorming, but when it comes to fighting, there's no chance I'll lose!"
"Then, I'll go as well." Guess who? Yep, it's her.
"No, you will not!" I objected instinctively.
"I can fight my way through a thousand mutants and wrestle their bosses just as well as you can! So, you don't have to worry about a thing."
"That still doesn't mean I'll let you go."

A very, very long argument ensued. I swear that the other people around us were either grinning or rolling their eyes. Finally...

"Here and now, I am a commander of this army just like you. We stand on equal ground and you have no authority to decide what I should or shouldn't do!" She said.

I couldn't rebuke that statement. I knew forcing her to stay was impossible now, so I complied, with a condition.

"We'll be split into 3 teams of 2, right? So, you'll be in the same team as me, alright?"
"I have no problems with that."

The operation commenced. We snuck past the guards and easily got into the target's office. The guy was most certainly shocked to see us. But before he could react, two swords had already pierced through him. I then ushered her to leave before someone notices.

Just as we left the enemy's camp, we suddenly heard a siren going off. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that one of the teams had failed. The logical action would be to quickly head back to our camp, but hell knows why, we turned back to try and save the other teams.

We found one of the teams and they managed to convince us to leave. But, we were trapped. We dodged as many mutants as we could, but we knew we couldn't keep it up forever. We needed a plan, and I knew what she was planning. As expected, her fist came flying towards me in an attempt to knock me out. The previous time, I failed to dodge, but this time, I was prepared. I blocked her punch. What I didn't expect was the other two guys had also been ordered to do the same. Their punches came and I was knocked out cold.

When I came to, I was already back at our camp. The two guys immediately knelt down and apologised.

"We're very sorry we did that. But she gave us strict orders to knock you unconscious should she fail to do so."
"When?!"
"She signalled us when we were running."
"Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!"

I knew this was going to happen. I was prepared for it. I already had another escape plan ready long before this day. And I still failed. Her plan was to let someone be the decoy. Hell knows why she picked herself. She knew I would object, so the first thing she had to do was knock me unconscious. But I didn't know that the other two had also been informed of the plan. I thought I would have known everything, but I guess I was wrong.

The two guys comforted me and assured me that she would be safe, but I knew they were wrong. She never came back.

In my anger, I immediately led an army to attack the mutant army. Since they had lost 2 leaders (the two guys succeded), their morale was at an all-time low. The human army instantly crushed them. But that was not enough for me. I pressed on the attack until not one mutant remained... just like I did the last time.

---

After that was wakey-wakey for me.

First Death (part 4)

Night 4
It starts with a few scenes of myself meeting the current leader of the anti-mutant army we were allying with as well as scenes of several people within the camp. Nothing really important, but it dragged on for quite some time.

As I went surveying the army's campgrounds, I saw her. She was as beautiful as ever and I could hardly contain myself from running towards her. I remember telling y'all about a human leader who had already died before the final battle. Yep, that was her. She wasn't the leader yet when I first met her, but she was the current leader's daughter.

Yes, IN THE DREAM, she was my lover. What? Didn't expect that?

Anyway, I walked up to her and just began talking to her. I don't remember what we talked about, but it did tie us together for a long time. There were many times during the conversation that I almost reached out to hold her. How I wished to do that so much, but I knew doing that would offset history by a long shot. Our romance would not begin for another few more months.

The sun went down and we bade each other farewell. More scenes of meeting with officers in the camp discussing strategies. It ended with us agreeing to unite all 9 anti-mutant armies into 1 powerful force. So, we planned out how we would contact and establish an alliance with the other armies.

More not-so-memorable scenes of battles. There were also scenes of meeting the leaders of the mutant army on the battlefield. Besides Shadow, we were about equal in terms of strength against the mutant armies, so both sides suffered quite a lot.

Months past, the alliance between the 9 armies was formed. My master was chosen as one of the 9 leaders of the army, and I was appointed as my master's successor, even though I strongly declined. Yeah, yeah, the romance began then too. And, I met the old witch too. She didn't seem to know about the time she reversed either, so I just acted out my part. Also, I hadn't known that she was a mutant then. In fact, I just realised how little I knew about things before I became leader.

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And that was it. I woke up after that. Weird, huh? My dreammakers probably took a break that night, so there wasn't anything significant that night.

Sayonara, bad exam luck!

Yes! At last! October 2008 has left the building! Finally, my bad exam luck streak will be over! Seriously, all 3 papers I took sucked! But that's all in the past! With my bad luck gone, I can finally take on the TOUGH exam papers at full swing!

Suddenly, that doesn't sound as nice as it did 5 minutes ago.