I Offer a Reward...

...for those who can suggest an effective solution so that I can wake up tomorrow at 7a.m. and not be late for college.

Seriously I have no idea how can I wake up that early cuz these days I've been waking up at 11a.m. the earliest and 1.30p.m. the latest.

So HOW AM I GOING TO WAKE UP AT 9A.M.???

Oh I got a solution here, that will be --- don't sleep tonight XD.

Oh man someone help me please~~~

Yvonne..

My College Haven't Even Start and yet..

...I've spotted some gorgeous in the college. XDXDXD~~

Today I saw a guy who looks 95% like Lee Hom in the college, only younger and doesn't dress like Lee Hom.

*Must control self*

Luckily I didn't see any Shou lookalikes. If not you can bet I'm definitely going to hunt him down in the college and make my best effort to get near him XD (I sounded like some hunter now XD).

Wait. Why am I saying "luckily"?? I should *wish* that THERE IS a Shou lookalike in the college!! What am I doing?! XDXDXD.

And the food in the cafeteria's nice, love the tandoori chicken, but I hate the price. Totally expensive and unreasonable.

And thanks Nadia for showing me around the college, I really appreciate it ^^. At least now I know where to get food while I'm in the college.

Yvonne..

Finally...

...I'm here.

The environment's nice, and the view outside the balcony is a good one.

Plus, it's always so cool here as compared to my home even if it's in the middle of the day.

And my room's always so dark even if it's 12pm in the afternoon. Thus makes it all the easier to sleep XD.

My housemates are night cats and they're so friendly. They chatted in the living room until 1a.m. while me in my room surfing the Internet like there's no tomorrow (college's starting in two days ya know). But I did chat a little bit with them, just not that much since I was so nervous to talk to them (my goodness my "making new friends" skill had been rusting all this time).

Everything seems nice except for the flush...it's spoilt and I have to flush manually T___T.

Can't wait for college to start ^o^~~ Although I do feel scared and nervous and stuff.

Yvonne..

My Dad...

...weeps like a baby when he watch those touching romantic movies.

He loves to watch them too XD.

Don't accuse me of betraying my dad, I just think it's very cute of a guy to weep like a baby while watching romance movies even if it's my dad.

And sometimes it's not just romance movies...he weeps whenever he watches something relatively touching =___________=ll. While me, the supposed-to-be-emotional daughter, can't find a reason to cry over fake touching scenes in movies (okay not all just some).

Maybe I inherited my mom's gene for this trait. She don't cry in movies as well XD.

Yvonne..

Interesting Facts XD

I got this in a forwarded e-mail. Actually I've read this years ago but back then I didn't have a blog and so now years later I got this e-mail again so I thought I'd share it here since it's pretty funny in a way.

INTERESTING FACTS

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
(Hardly seems worth it.)



If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
(Now that's more like it!)



The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
(O.M.G.!)



A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
(In my next life, I want to be a pig.) <-------LOL



A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)
(I'm still not over the pig.)



Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
(Don't try this at home, maybe at work)



The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
(Honey, I'm home. What the. ..?!)



The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes... Lucky pig! Can you imagine?)



The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)



Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)



Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Something I always wanted to know.)



The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hmmmmmm......) <------What's with the "Hmm"??



Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)



Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
(Okay, so that would be a good thing)



A cat's urine glows under a black light.
(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)



An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that.)



Starfish have no brains.
(I know some people like that too.)



Polar bears are left-handed.
(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)



Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(What about that pig??)

***

End of forwarded mail. Tell me if you didn't laugh when you read ("What about that pig??"). XD.

Yvonne..

xxxHOLiC Review

Before you read this review, let me tell you that I am not, in any way affiliated with the production and anything related to xxxHOLiC (get what I really mean?) XD. But I really like this anime a lot. A whole lot. And this anime made me realize that I dig humorous animes which can make me laugh in every single episode. And am I delighted to find out that xxxHOLiC: Kei (sequel) is out just as I finished watching the first season! You can bet your last penny that I'm totally getting the sequel since everyone (every anime addict, that is) is talking about it and giving it the thumbs up after watching the latest sequel.

Like some of the animes which I love, this anime made me go laughing-out-loud from the very first episode of it. But there's one thing I don't really understand - why're all the characters have extra long legs and hands? Yet even though they have long legs and hands they still look human (not ape XD). Besides that, unrelated characters in the anime are always grayed out, literally. Maybe CLAMP's too lazy to draw the whole package? By the way, Mokona's really cute - round, black, eats up bad spirits and loves to bully Watanuki (actually I quite enjoyed watching Watanuki got bullied by Yuuko, Mokona and the twin girls XD) with Yuuko-san all the time ^^ll.

Yuuko's actually one of the main characters in the anime (she's smart! hats off to her). She's operates a shop which offers to realize client's wishes and the client has to pay back an equivalent price for it (not necessarily to be money). I love one of her favourite welcome line, "There is no coincidence in this world, only the inevitable (必然)". And let me tell you, I sort of enjoy watching Yuuko's fashion show in this anime. She changes outfit in every episode XD (and her outfits are all so nice! Especially the yukata *__*). Kinda refreshing you ask me, because I totally hate anime in which the character never ever get a second outfit. And it's always a pleasure for me to watch Watanuki being bullied by Yuuko XD. Much as Yuuko enjoyed it so do I (I love it the most when she bullied Watanuki with this ^___^ face XD).

Another reason I like this anime a lot is the theme of this anime's exactly the type I like to watch - supernatural and full of weird stuff. Actually it reminds me a bit of Mushishi, but Mushishi's not as funny as this one. Besides, it's good that there's a nice deep meaning behind every episodes of it... Plus the story's original and creative. I can't predict what's going to happen in the next 10 minutes even if I wanted to because there's no cliché at all in this.

And oh besides Yuuko, Doumeki seems to enjoy bullying Watanuki as well because Watanuki's reactions are simply too amusing to watch after he got bullied. Oh how I love DoumekixWatanuki (I mean friendship, not yaoi, don't think too far). And by the way Doumeki reminds me of a friend of mine with the stony facial expressions and the way he treated Watanuki (the same way she treated me XD). Doumeki~~♥~~ (why do I always fall for anime characters who're in Japanese Archery Club?? orz).

Man I was so worried for Watanuki in episode 23. I nearly thought he's gonna die or something if it hasn't been for Doumeki who saved him at the last minute. Although Watanuki's always shouting here and there like a maniac, but when he fell sick everyone's so worried for him ヾ(≧Д≦)ノ~ Watanuki's another main character in the movie and since he's young he's been "attracting" supernatural beings like spirits and stuff. So one day he stepped into Yuuko's shop and Yuuko practically forced him to work for her in the shop XD. Although he's a guy but he knows how to cook, bake, clean the house and all plus his food's all so delicious (he's like the perfect guy XD). But how can he be so dense? He can't even get it when Zashiki Warashi's (I love Zashiki Warashi's cute little followers who wear sunnies by the way XD) trying to confess to him by giving the ohagi to him in earlier episodes.

Episode 18 in this anime's my personal favourite. I don't know why but this episode reminds me a lot of Miyazaki's Spirited Away. Maybe it's because of those monsters of all all kinds? *Laughs*. And Episode 22's kinda touching as well. Last but not least is the last episode. It's a nice finishing episode which tells us a little bit of Watanuki's history with supernatural beings. Warming and rounds up the whole anime really well ^^.

Soundtrack of this anime's superb and matching. Especially one of the soundtracks which is named "Shizuka na Hibi". Somehow this soundtrack reminds me of Japan during autumn and I wish that I can listen to this soundtrack while watching red maple leaves and drinking red tea (´ー｀) (but too bad that will never happen I think orz). Final verdict for the soundtrack and the theme songs of this anime: 8.2 out of 10 ^o^.

Overall anime rating: 8.6 out of 10. Too bad the artwork seems to be a little bit not that perfect, but the story's really good. And I'd recommend it to anybody who like Honey and Clover or Mushishi or anything with supernatural things. My next anime would be the 13-episode Bartender. Stay tuned for my review XD.

Yvonne..

Thanks for recommending, Kohaku-san!~

Today I went out with my dad to do some PC accessories shopping (this is NOT the main point).

And then! We had our lunch at Xi Men Ting (西门町) Taiwan Food Restaurant!

Thanks to Kohaku-san, I've discovered one more nice restaurants to go to when I need some decent chinese food.

Now, show-time!~

This is what I ordered (控肉饭).

This is what my dad ordered (XXX排骨饭).

My dad's order looked better than mine XD. But mine tasted better than my dad's XD. I love the sweet taste in the meat. It went very well with the rice and the veggie.

I have no idea why it's called 控肉 actually. Can someone please kindly enlighten me?

Oh and I've got a college bag as well. Actually I'm sort of lazy to take a picture of it since it looks super ordinary and normal but someone (*Ahem*) wanted to see it so here it is, the legendary bag (=____=).

It looks ordinary right?? Told ya. But I bought it because it's big and I can put a lot of things in it (hehe). Plus I don't want some flashy bag to show off to everybody and make people hate me XD.

I'm beginning to love this bag~~~ ^o^~

Yvonne..

Takoyaki is Loved

I have six balls of takoyaki sitting in my stomach now~~


And also 90% of happiness in my brain as well.

^o^~~

Diet plan will start next week. 頑張ります!!

Yvonne..

A Few More Days...

...and I'm off living in my own place.

So for now, I'm eating all the food I like as if there's no tomorrow. XD. Home-cooked food as well.

Did I tell you guys that I love McDonald's apple pie a lot?

And Spicy McDeluxe and Fillet O' Fish and Cheeseburger as well.


^o^~~

I got a feeling that I should stop this habit soon. X___X.

Yvonne..

I'm Impressed ^^

Lately I've been digging more and more Coldplay's stuff (thanks to Saga who mentioned it in his blog, making me ever so curious to see what Coldplay's got to show me).

First, I started off by doing a thorough research on this group. OK, not really thorough, but the achievements do impressed me a lot.

And as I'm listening to their latest album, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends", their rock sounds softer than usual J-Rock I used to listen to. And I love Violet Hill a lot. I always love songs in which the music brings about a hint of danger (that's the best I can describe the feel Violet Hill's music gave me).


No wonder Violet Hill's such a hit. Plus I love the lyrics XD.

♪ If you love me won't you let me know...

Yvonne..

Sudden Burning Desire

I have this sudden craving for Korean food these few days.

I MISS BI BIM BAP AND KIMCHI CHIGAE TERRIBLY!!

Bi Bim Bap (Cute name eh?)

(Rice and a lot of ingredients mixed together in a HOT STONE bowl.)

Kimchi Chigae with Rice

(Kimchi soup with lots of stuff in it and it's SUPER good with rice.)

*Stomach growling like mad*

Myeong-i~~~ Please please please let's go get korean food again?? You don't get this often from your Japanese-obsessed friend ya know? XD.

Yvonne..

Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure Review

Although this movie came out last year, I've just watched it 2 days ago. And don't get me wrong, I'm still the biggest fan of Detective Conan. It's just that, well, when you have all the time in the world to enjoy something nice, why rush? XD. OK that's an excuse I know, I can't believe I've postpone watching a movie for one YEAR. I really should stop getting more and more animes so that I can finish the ones on my hands first before I postpone them to even later. Overall, I quite like the theme of this movie - Friendship. It's been some time since Aoyama sensei uses something so delicate as a main theme and I can't say that I'm not happy for it. Although the minus point of this movie is that it reminds me a lot of another movie of Detective Conan - Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths. OK, maybe not a lot, but still the setting is somewhere near the sea and all. I expected something different ya know, unless of course the creator loves the sea so much then of course I have nothing else to say.

The movie starts off well from the witnessing of murder in water by Ran and her best buddy Sonoko, at least from here I can tell that Gosho's trying to add more suspense into the game and it's clicking well. Plus, I can see the improvement in this movie as new elements and that "ohm feeling" is in the movie as well. And I say the production of the movie's quite detailed and precise since I can't really pick out any huge flaws in this movie, from smooth animation to echo voices in the cave, I love the whole package of it ^^. I was actually sighing with contentment because it's been some time since there's a high-quality mystery in this anime instead of those pathetic mystery cases where I can solve with my imagination and can even spot some huge defect in the theory.

Anyway, if you're a Conan fan and is trying to get more of RanxShinichi or AixConan out of this movie, get something else instead of this. Seriously, there's very little of those romance stuff in this movie *coughmaybebecausethecretorgotdivorcedlastyearcough*. *Ahem*. Anyhow, I like the way Conan and Haibara cooperated in this movie. Finally Haibara is acting like herself unlike in those TV episodes where I keep watching with mild frustration since Conan and Haibara're busy trying to act like kids all the time.

Let's get back to the main topic. Artwork in this anime is good as usual (very Gosho style) and basically I've got nothing to say about its artwork since I'm so used to Detective Conan already. So I'm not in a place to criticize about its artwork since I will be seriously biased in my judgment. As for the storyline however, the story's well constructed, but somehow the story's kinda lagging in the middle if I'm not mistaken. It's like, the murder in the water is so exciting that it waters down the rest of the movie except for the end. I hope you get what I mean XD. But the setting is totally not my taste. I always loved mysteries which involve mansion, castle, secret tunnels, underground chamber and stuffs. But this, with sunny beach and sparkling sea as the setting, is not really my cup of tea. But it's still good nevertheless. It's just that I'm not one who have extra affection for the sea that's all.

The epilogue after the rolling credits is SO NICE! X) LOL OK I know it's because of Shinichi but... but... OK, it's just because of Shinichi. XD. I think I would hyperventilate if Gosho Aoyama produce a movie with NO Conan but JUST Shinichi in it. But I don't think that ever likely to happen since the name of the anime is Detective CONAN not Detective Shinichi OTL *sighs*. Oh well.

Besides, I totally *heart* the theme song of the anime! "Nanatsunoumi o Wataru Kaze no you ni (七つの海を渡る風のように)" by Rina Aiuchi & U-ka Saegusa!! Both my favourite female Japanese singer! XDXDXD. Is it a coincidence that this time it's two person instead of one who did the theme song? I don't think so ^^. And the acoustic guitar at the end of the movie is a nice touch to the anime *thumbs up*. So my rating for the soundtracks and theme songs of the anime is 8.2 out of 10.

For this movie, I'd give a rating of 7.8 out of 10. I would've give it an 8 if the story's not watered down in the middle. But anyway it's a nice movie overall *wink*.

Now I'm watching xxxHolic. So far, so good XD. I'll do the review when I'm done with it ^^.

Yvonne..