Yes! I'm finally done with my NaNoWriMo submission! I feel so accomplished! I feel so alive! I feel...that I should probably go and do something more productive with my time now. *strikes one item off my Mission 101 List*



I can't wait for the clock to strike twelve midnight soon so that I can shave the pathetic excuse of a mustache that has grown throughout November. (TT^TT) Don't worry, I'll take a picture first before I kill it with a razor.

1. Reached KL Sentral with much comfort today, purposely reloaded RM30 to keep myself busy even though I swear Maxis mobile internet is freaking expensive.
2. Contrary to my simple birthday dinner of burger patties and savory pancakes, the lunch at Ming Palace was incredibly lavish and delicious, especially the braised salted fish chicken <3 And 3 types of dessert too WTF @_@;
3. Didn't had time at all to buy a new camera so my photos now will be taken by my 2MP Nokia 5130 cellphone for the moment. Left the Olympus battery in the car, will retrieve it later.
4. Tune's Hotel room is amazingly small and yet packed with features (that one needs to pay here and there), it amuses me. Reminds me of my hostel days in Puncak.
5. Hence why I'm roaming out here, utilizing the free net until I can find something more useful to do. Oh, and I forgot to charge my MP3 player, or bring it, having depended on my cell too much. FML.
6. You know you are a horrible GAME addict when you're on holiday and at the first encounter of free net, the first thing you open is Cafe World =_=
7. I still haven't convert my money ASDFDGF ok seriously can't go shop in Australia now X_X

You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

If you feel so inclined, please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration.

NAME: My real name is Kristen, but only people at work and my mom's side of the family call me that. To most people I'm Romy. My initials are KO, because I'm such a damn knockout video game geek.

AGE: Twenty-two.

LOCATION: South Portland, Maine, United States

OCCUPATION: Front-end (read: cashier) at a grocery store. Also, I guess you could say artist, though shit, I never draw enough anymore... but I should be getting a new tablet pen soon, so!...

PARTNER: I've accepted that I am now and likely forever will be a spinster. It's cool. Fingers are fine, too.

KIDS: I don't have any, if that's what this question is after. Although I love precocious little girls. They're just so damn cute. I like smiling and waving at the babies at work. Any other interaction doesn't particularly appeal to me, though. Don't really want any of my own- I'd be a pretty unfit mother. "You want a juice box? Get one yourself. They're over by the knives. Now shut up, I'm watching Tabitha's Salon Takeover."

BROTHERS/SISTERS: I have one sister; Pamela, who is older than me by 16 months, I think? Then I have a half sister; Sophia, who is seven.

PETS: I have a cat that lives with my mom. Her name is Kitty, and she's soooo cuuuuuuteeeee~! She's a bitch, I admit, but my mom slanders her so everyone thinks she's worse than she actually is. I miss her. They say pets are like their owners, and she's lazy and temperamental and gluttonous. Oops. She is cute though, so...?

3-5 THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE: Not much! Three things... working, I guess- that's most of what I do. Borderlands could be considered another one, I suppose... I do play it fairly regularly. A third... hmm... I'm on a quest to draw a really badass Guilty Gear fanart, so I've been sketching a lot of delicious Zato-1 lately. So those are the three things in my life right now. Work, Borderlands, and Zato-1 sketches. Huh.

PARENTS: My mom is rad as hell. She's a project manager for the State (read: idk what she does, really), and is a bit of a shameless bitch. Not in a mean way; in a brutally honest way. She has good taste in music. My dad is a freelance website designer/media somethingorother/other junk. He is neurotic and OCD. He also has good taste in music. They are divorced. Recently I have realized that I am like, a perfect 50/50 split between the two of them. Physically and personality-wise. It's weird. I AM MY PARENTS D:

CLOSE FRIENDS: My best friend since fifth grade is Kit (not her real name, just what everyone calls her). We are now housemates, along with another of her good friends Ali. I'm also very close to my sister Pam. And of course, my waifu Sam, who DOES NOT POST OFTEN.



So how was everyone's Thanksgivings? Mine went pretty well, with the exclusion of the fact that I was sick. (I had started up with a mild flu/bad cold a couple days prior, and was in a bad way for like, 4 days straight.) (Also, I woke up that morning with crippling menstrual cramps, which just added to the fun!) Mom, her boyfriend Bob, and Pam came over to my place. I made them cook, derp, since neither they nor I are under the delusion that the task of preparing large quantities of food should be left to me. We all know better. We ended up watching The Proposal twice, which still baffles me. It was a loud, obnoxious time. Just what I had expected from my clan. Also, I am a terrible hostess, but we all expected that. (As Pam told me, "I figured you wouldn't be a very good hostess when you invited me by telling me 'you're coming to my house for Thanksgiving, whore. Make pie.'")

Speaking of which, there was no pie. I delegated pie to Pam, because she makes a really fabu crust. I told her I didn't even care if there was anything in it- I just like the crust. And I was also considering making a cake, just because I got my new cake tray and wanted to use it. So she didn't end up making a pie, which I didn't know until they got here. Meanwhile, the night before when doing some shopping for things, I opted out of buying cake things, because I figured pie AND cake would be overkill. ಠ_ಠ It's okay, though. We were plenty full, anyway, and Mom and Bob bought a thing of ice cream at the Circle K. It was all rather fun, and desperately tiring.

I'm not sick anymore, though! Not really. Thankfully.

Woot~ finally a DoukokuxDayu pairing centric episode~

Yes I'm biased... XD

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger 40

( Fufufufufufu... XD )

Kamen Rider W Episode 12

( Trigger... EXPLOSION! XD )

Ahahahahahah~

Went to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale at Amcorp. As much as I liked the fact the venue was easily found and not like last time where Nao ended up having to round the area like several times to figure out how to enter the area where the warehouse sale was at, I don't like how they managed the queues. It's like you cannot even check out the books without having to brush across the queueing people. :(
So... at first I had several books at hand... until I cut it to two... and then one book~ being the survivor~

The title was Dead Guilty by Beverly Connor. *shrugs* Had thought I might try to find that Dexter book that I had to let go in favor of Monkey King.... but din found it. But then I did... but it's the version that was BIG. How wanna fit into my book rack huh? PIF... Anyway... the book sounds like a good crime novel... XDDDD I think later I might get the rest of the books in this set. Most of the manga an books there looked like most of those unpopular titles also... so I consider self lucky to find a book that caught my interest. XD

Later went to KLCC and to Kino. Bumped onto Gyps but din hang long as I go stalk books. And later browse the usual area as I orzed. There a RM 160++ magazine about Kamen Rider BELTS up to W! So yeah lol... if any of you guys wanna kumpul money buy me a bday pressie... get me that oso I satisfied dy~ XD (I won't mind getting rider belts oso maaa.... but then again some of the flist and dei got some and I could always borrow when I think I wannat use for cosplay~~~ XP) Aside of that... been ogling at some other mags with Kato Kazuki on the covers and Mizushima Hiro~~~ the day I could find Bacchi or Tori stuffs there... for sure I'll go fangirl then and there hahahahahaa, come to think... I wonder when Hamka wanna change his FB pic since the one he had there made him look like Tuti. LOL

So yeah... new blingbling book! XDDDD.

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Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

And another birthday present contender appears!

Naaaaak sangat ;_; *stares at her resolution to be stingy* Though the price will definitely be a bit of a setback. Daisy by MJ also costed around RM220 in Malaysia so I assumed the price for this baby should be somewhere around there too. Sigh. Must..remain..kedekut..save for camera..or not.

Edit : Saw the price while browsing through Malaysian e-zines..RM270 for 50 ml?! ITS ALMOST COMPARABLE TO JUICY COUTURE WHICH COSTS JUST AS MUCH. But then it's EDP...the price range for EDP's higher compared to EDT, and of course most of the time, it smells nicer too and lasts longer. Oh well. Have to put this on the bottom of my want-list. I have a cut off point for purchasing fragrances :3

Compare this (from the Star Online) to the one below:

S’gor rejects ‘racist, indoctrinating’ BTN

The Selangor government today announced that its civil servants, students in state-owned higher learning institutions and employees in state subsidiaries will be barred from attending nation-building programmes carried out by Biro Tatanegara.

The programmes were described as tools of indoctrination, peppered with racist ideas.

State exco in charge of education and higher education Dr Halimah Ali said the new policy would be implemented with immediate effect after the state government issues formal instructions to the institutions involved.

She told reporters in Shah Alam that the decision was made based on feedback from participants.

“The participants told us that BTN is used as a tool by the Barisan Nasional government to indoctrinate the youth,” she said, adding that the ‘racism’ espoused would divide the people.

Among the institutions involved are Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel), Kolej Universiti Antarabangsa Selangor (Kuis), Inpens International College, Institut Kemahiran Yayasan Negeri Selangor.

‘Hate the oppositions’ booklets

Speaking of her own experience, Halimah said one of her children, who had attended such a programme, was given a booklet that contained information “to hate the oppositions”.

“So the state government has decided to stop this programme completely because it does not provide anything positive to young minds.

“Instead of wasting people’s money on this, it is better for the state government to give opportunities to students and civil servants by providing courses that contribute to unity and harmony in Selangor,” she added.

Last week, Selangor Pakatan Rakyat’s youth leaders urged the state government to stop sending students for the BTN programmes.

According to PKR state assemblyperson Amiruddin Shari, nation-building programmes organised by the PM’s department had become tools to spread “Umno/BN political ideology and racial politics”.

“From the feedback we received from participants, they were indoctrinated in Malay supremacy propaganda and outside influences,” he said.

The emphasis is mine. Interesting, isn’t it, what’s missing from the Star’s report? You can also check out The Malaysian Insider’s coverage of the same issue.

Original entry as appearing at Reach Into Your Soul.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I WON! Ok now to the actual business of finishing that monster.

Original entry as appearing at Reach Into Your Soul.

Now awaiting verification to open so I can actually verify. And finish this novel.

Original entry as appearing at Reach Into Your Soul.

Power cables were loose the other day. Don’t know how it happened, but it did. Took out everything, put the cables back, had to restart comp twice as one cable was loose.

Comp was fine that night, but when I woke up this morning, I was greeted with the Blue Screen of Doom. Thanks to Raz walking me through the troubleshooting process, I determined that my SeaGate drive (Kuro) is acting up. AGAIN. Argh bad power surge maybe? I don’t know.

Wondering whether to take him in for warranty. Definitely have to replace, I’m seeing all the signs of imminent HDD failure. :S Should I? I just Kuro changed ONCE this year. SeaGates suck. And no, before you think it, I’m pretty sure it’s not a PSU failure. The decision to get SeaGate is biting me back badly now.

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Thanks to LadySeishou for finding the actual quote and otter_nanowrimo on Dreamwidth for mentioning it:

Yeah, well, the inspiration of a new story is exciting. But if you wind up not finishing ninety percent of what you start, guess what happens. After a few years you’ll have written 100 beginnings, 40 middles, and only 10 endings. Which means you’ll be great at writing beginnings, only so-so at middles, and you’ll suck at endings. Which means you will almost certainly keep faltering between the middle and the end of every story, which means you’ll keep giving up and not finishing . . . Rinse, repeat.

And that’s a hole you don’t want to fall into. So finish, even if you know this story isn’t going to win you the Nobel Prize—it’s good practice to type THE END.

It’s a great writing tip from Scott Westerfield.

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AFA09's concerts in one word = EPIC

Detailed report and thoughts by this week...promise! Interviews will appear on Geek Eet! Views, Thrills, and Spills IT News Portal (http://geekeet.wordpress.com) Check it out throughout the week!

Shakes head...

Referring to this post
http://koala1297.livejournal.com/8723.html

Emphasis on Bacchi's particular calendar picture for September (wall calender) to a certain calender pic of Tori...
Shakes head... I love my fandom for their randomness~

This weekend has been a tiring but magical one for me.

I've not smiled, laughed, joked, said stupid things, ate dinner together with someone, etc this much in a long time. And I guess no matter where you are, as long as the company is there, it feels just right at home. *Right* at home.

Getting a charming smile from a bishie guy (HURHURHURRRRRRRRRRR KANAMEEEEEEE) and good times with friends? Absolutely IRREPLACEABLE.

Also I have a love/hate relationship with airports, I really do.

Love you guys so much (distance has made me realise that) and hope you guys are all back safe and sound in our motherland. :) Even to the ones I am not so close with but that I know, it feels so good to see your faces again.

Thanks guys. <3

(proper AFA post will be up soon when I am not DEAD tired! sleepy time is now)

Heh... I am right. The actual episode wasn't even looking like what the wankers think the episode was implying. Pif... It's not even about TakeruMako. Wankers... >_>

Over dramatic... it's more like the only pairing that was felt being the focus atm in the episode was.... DoukokuDayuu~ XD

LUL... Shinken vs Go-onger movie ad is out ~

Random... I swear it's because I've mention AFA somewhere...

Went yesterday for GempakStars. And as always... ended up having to distribute flyers. XDD Attracted lolis and shotas an unofficial fanboy club stalking along the way. I'll blame it on Lacus LOL. But really... I love to kacau lolis... all went nyaa at me being so pink. You could even imagine their eyes go sparkles~ Yeahahahahaha cue parents getting their children to pose with me for pics. Yeaaa I cannot go AFA so the lolis are my compensation I tell ya! XD

Haha old fandom people still remembers~ made me each to drag dear old Roy outta the closet. Haha. But nah.... later kena bombarded by prolly newfags who now into the series because of Brotherhood. Not saying anything... but too long dy since last catching up manga. (Not following Brotherhood atm since I had something else distracting me. What the... I don't even-- what these noobs talking about the 'in' animes? Buh... I watch anime/toku read manga not because they were 'in'. I read Seikon no Gwaser last time oso because of chemistry lul. Same as other series... and man, the day they made MPDPsycho into an anime... I'd definitely pounce on it no question!) I prolly take him out wen I finally get a proper 'standard edition' short black wig. I owe Roy that much... and seriously, considering many of my plans involved either short black or brown wig, I need to get one. But ya know me... black brown meaning more common in local shops so can imagine I become so kecchi.

Not taking pics... but then it's Lacus with Pink-chan that henshined into Orenji and got injured so much~ half of the flist saw dy~
SuddenlyfeellikewannamakeagreenonefortheDaishokkalulzaftermakinganewPink-chan~

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The autobiography of the sword is done. 8D Now shoo~

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