Happy Ramadhan.
This is the month where you can truly be yourself.
Pray sincerely and avoid anything that can make your fast worth less than it should.
Keep on smiling
Blueeee
Sunday 31 August 2008
Sunday 17 August 2008
Of Genshiken and lifearts and me
Its 4am here and I just finished reading Genshiken. Granted its not the kind of manga I usually read but reading about the many antics of the "Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture" or easier known as Genshiken, has reminded me of my days in the Lifearts club.
Yes, I do drop by the clubhouse these days, but I refer to the times when I was there. How I joined the club. How I dragged Rahayu along. How I met Hong Chen, Richard, Bryan, Huijie, Maurice, Jojo, Simon, Grace, Shaun, Kelvin, Pearl, Xiao Hui and Jarvis, Jeff, Cheryl, Pei Boon and so many others as I practically lived in the clubhouse in my days at SP.
Reading Genshiken is like a guilty pleasure for me as I'm not as an acclaimed otaku as the rest of my friends are. I'm more into manga. But as I read the comic, the number of references which I understood made me feel ashamed and proud at myself. And thus I continued to the next chapter and onto the next and onto the next.
What I liked most about this is the many varieties of people inside the club. There's the plain but hardworking president-protag (Sasahara), the ultimate Yaoi fangirl (Oribe), the-I'm-just-hanging-around (Kasukabe). Then there's also the very enthusiastic but veryveryvery weird member (Kuchiki) which I think is a staple in every club. *laughs*
Those mentioned above are so very similar to the many personages that walked through the doors of the clubhouse. We all had our own interests in joining the club. But one thing for sure, none of us came out unchanged.
And we all became a family. I miss you guys. ^_^
Yes, I do drop by the clubhouse these days, but I refer to the times when I was there. How I joined the club. How I dragged Rahayu along. How I met Hong Chen, Richard, Bryan, Huijie, Maurice, Jojo, Simon, Grace, Shaun, Kelvin, Pearl, Xiao Hui and Jarvis, Jeff, Cheryl, Pei Boon and so many others as I practically lived in the clubhouse in my days at SP.
Reading Genshiken is like a guilty pleasure for me as I'm not as an acclaimed otaku as the rest of my friends are. I'm more into manga. But as I read the comic, the number of references which I understood made me feel ashamed and proud at myself. And thus I continued to the next chapter and onto the next and onto the next.
What I liked most about this is the many varieties of people inside the club. There's the plain but hardworking president-protag (Sasahara), the ultimate Yaoi fangirl (Oribe), the-I'm-just-hanging-around (Kasukabe). Then there's also the very enthusiastic but veryveryvery weird member (Kuchiki) which I think is a staple in every club. *laughs*
Those mentioned above are so very similar to the many personages that walked through the doors of the clubhouse. We all had our own interests in joining the club. But one thing for sure, none of us came out unchanged.
And we all became a family. I miss you guys. ^_^
Saturday 16 August 2008
When Cows bark...
My week has been hectic really. It was a depressing start with the death of my only grandfather left. We had to tell my parents where were on their nth honeymoon to Jordan. It was tough. Next day was the funeral which after that I had school.
I was moping around a bit, still putting my feelings in order. When I went to the lt for tutorial I was told I was an hour late. GOD! So I had like 2 hours until my next lecture. Btw, my schedule sucks. Start very late.
On Wednesday, I had my right bottom wisdom tooth removed. It was causing me nerve damage and a heck of a tooth ache. So yeah. The excavation cost me $400 but I can talk easily on that day itself. So I feel that he did do a good job. No bruising at all. Food for me though has been soft foods cause I can't open big and my other side hurts more than my stitched gums.
Thursday. School again but I had a meeting in the afternoon before my class.
Friday, today. Felt like more than a week has passed. My mother came back from Dubai this morning. Did a little research for my FYP (I think I found some things!) And went shopping with my family.
Plans:
Saturday. Mage as usual and date Huijie. *loves*
Sunday. Mage again to teach. New people, new faces and same hyper kid.
I was moping around a bit, still putting my feelings in order. When I went to the lt for tutorial I was told I was an hour late. GOD! So I had like 2 hours until my next lecture. Btw, my schedule sucks. Start very late.
On Wednesday, I had my right bottom wisdom tooth removed. It was causing me nerve damage and a heck of a tooth ache. So yeah. The excavation cost me $400 but I can talk easily on that day itself. So I feel that he did do a good job. No bruising at all. Food for me though has been soft foods cause I can't open big and my other side hurts more than my stitched gums.
Thursday. School again but I had a meeting in the afternoon before my class.
Friday, today. Felt like more than a week has passed. My mother came back from Dubai this morning. Did a little research for my FYP (I think I found some things!) And went shopping with my family.
Plans:
Saturday. Mage as usual and date Huijie. *loves*
Sunday. Mage again to teach. New people, new faces and same hyper kid.
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