Did I say last post? I lied. XD

Hmmm second last exam today. Exams are always a pain...worrying about them doesn't help either. :( Will have to go shower and study for the last one later. On the good side, lots of stuff arrived today! The Kagamiku Figma I won from alafista-san -- shipping seems to have been a whopping $30+ SGD. Thank you so much! :) The shiny colourful thing I got niisama, and I'm making more of it, as well as Daniel Merriwether's new CD, Love and War.

It remains to see whether I'll like it -- not all that impressed by the cover and lyric book. But his work was interesting the last time I heard it, so..:)

Last post here!

I have to finish something up in an hour's time before niisama comes, but I figured might as well post...this'll be my last post on the blogspot blog, since Scribefire doesn't work well with it. I might sporadically post, but I'll probably do it on LJ instead. Friend me if you know me.

Those who've noticed this blog languishing should know that I spend most of my blogging time/energy on my anime blog, [*Anime By the Books*]. Yes, I post once a day there. Yes, I'm grateful about getting paid to post. XD If you'd like to know more about it, please leave a comment with your email and I'll get in touch..(not expecting many to be) I get 5USD for referring people, which I can route back to you.

In any case, I'm once again happy that I know both Chinese and English. It makes watching ChiSubs..possible. -wry- And somehow Chinese subbers are relentless and super fast. I mean, I just got Koukaku 10...should go and watch that. And almost done with Kemono 10.

I remember in school a lot of us used to drag our feet learning Chinese, but in Australia now, my middling-standard Chinese and even my half-bucket Cantonese is a lot more than most people can speak. Surprising, really...I don't want my brother to turn out like a typical only-English-speaking ABC, but I guess aside from dumping him in Chinese school..

Books with no ending --

Lately I realise I've become dissatisfied with books. I don't know what happened..but somewhere along the line I've become tired of the mundane. Romance thriller homicide FBI? Yawn. Epic quest and dark villain? Been there, read that, skipped on the T shirt.

And now I'm encountering yet another species of books - the No Endings. The past three or four books I've read (and held -- i.e. not ebooks) have had no decipherable ending. They just dropped the reader at the end. Granted, two of them are biographies of sorts (Grant Stoddard's Working Stiff and Belle de Jour - diary of a working call girl) -- the other two, were, however, just normal chick lit. That didn't really have an ending.

It's sad, really. I did enjoy the books. Not so much Stoddard's -- he writes like a guy, and does rather dumb things a guy would do; shows no visible character development; and writes in semi-linked. While Belle de Jour does much the same thing, the protagonist is at least greatly likable to me. Not to mention her life's more interesting. -wry-

Now, I know it's the nature of life to be unfinished. But sigh. What books have you guys been reading?

Personalised USB gifts~

As Christmas approaches, more people are scrambling for gifts. It's probably too late for you if you're looking for something that'll be delivered before Christmas, but why not consider personalized holiday gifts for future presents? :) It adds a touch of 'hey I bought this just for you!' to any gift...unless, of course, you know five people with the same name. XD

Pexagon is offering 20% off from now until the end of the year (that's just one week left!) for the below four gift options: personalised thumb drives, personalized pens, business card flash drives, and wooden usb flash drives.

I was mainly interested in the personalized thumb drive, since giving someone a pen seems a bit...well...free stuff given out. XD A 512MB personalised USB pen goes for $7.99, 1GB for $9.59, all the way up to $55.99 (16GB). I personally loved the 14 colours available (I liked that rose colour!), but the exchange rate is still pretty horrible here. On the other hand..I think shipping is available only to US or Canada. :( Sighs! Ah well, might as well look at the rest available.

Personalised pens don't get as many styles, only four styles with 1-4 colours. (Striped, dimpled, or sure grip, or wooden) Personalise it with up to 30 characters (I think the USB pen allows images too). It is, however, certainly cheaper at $1.59 per. Ironically enough, the personalised business card drive is cheaper than the usb pen -- only one option for $5.99 for 2GB. Maybe because it's larger...? Lastly, the wooden USBs come in two colours (dark or light wood) -- $5.99 for 2GB, and $8.99 for 4GB. Now I'm really wondering why the USB pen is cheaper. ._.

Productive day~

Yay! I finally got Christmas cards mailed out (I fear they'll be late...sigh XD), and went to Westfield to get the rest of niisama's Christmas presents. Unfortunately, the Ben 10 briefs at the Korean Artbox place were sold out. :( Guess I'll have to get bro just the Bakugan books for his Christmas. :)

So now, everyone's gifts are set! :D I think this year I'll only get one gift...even though it's my 21st. It makes me feel kinda lonely, but then I remember I have niisama and that's all that matters. (Well not really, but I'm super duper ultra zoongly grateful for having him. -hugs imaginary niisama-)

Sigh. This week has seemed strangely empty. :( Because of work, didn't get to see niisama until Friday. Though staying over the weekend was awesome, even though I was emo. Sorry, dear. -sighs-

I found and posted to this singing competition thing...if you ask me, Nami is the best singer, though I like Ms. Newman's voice as well (potential!), and Rumi-ka really should have done it with a better karaoke version, cos her voice is awesome. I entered as Lady Jezebel, singing Sakura Kiss. Was tired and only got to it on the night of the day it was due. But if you like it, please vote for me!~ XD

Movie galore~

I've been watching many many movies these days, mainly since when at home with niisama/eating, it's the easiest thing to do. :) Let's see if I can come up with short summaries for them.

Don't Mess With The Zohan: This was obviously poking fun at Israeli/Palestinians. -wry- Adam Sandler was funny, but as a film it didn't make me all that attached. Not to mention I wonder how the groups of people parodied feel...
Kung Fu Panda: Very fun romp. Wonderful colours, great animation, sweet story, likeable panda (Jack Black, haha!), and awesome action sequences. Watch! ^^
Dragon Hunter: Another animation, but not as likeable as Kung Fu Panda. (The girl is kinda annoying) Still rather cute, and whimsical besides. All I can say is - knitting needles.
Hancock: Three words - Too Many Loopholes. It wasn't bad, I just didn't really get this one. And the chemistry between Will Smith and Charlize Theron was dubious at most; torturous more than anything. Loophole bit: still don't get the pair/lose power thing. -wry-

I think there were a few others but I forgot. XD Gonna watch Titanic this weekend, yay~~

Random weekend.

This weekend has been kinda hrm.

First anniversary was a bit short cos niisama had work, but it was still great anyway, and I've been reading Belle de Jour and it's awesome. XD Now to get him stuff from bookdepository...as soon as I get that bloody credit card of mine. -sighs- -now sighs as she thinks of niisama- I hope he's alright, he said he wasn't feeling well earlier. That boy seems to not feel well a lot. :(

...At the moment Avast is scanning my comp; 60k files and still only 1% completed. ._. What else..was watching Lazytown videos (the cake one) on youtube earlier, they're quite awesome. Julianna Rose Mauriello looked rather like Natalie Portman, as Stephanie. Also finally released Marioholic chapter four; people who haven't read it, proceed to my anime blog to read a review on it, which I will write in half an hour, and or to the JE site to get scans.

Nothing much else..gonna spam on a forum soon so I can get paid, lol. XD