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Friday Gong Xi Fa Cai!! My this year bring you lots and lots of happiness and prosperity and in general be a good year for you XD ... imprisoned within my blood ... Mad tiring but fun day. 10 - 12: Finishing packing and finalising transfer forms 12 - 4: Lunch with department at Clementi Arcade Food was yum but service showed they weren't prepared for a crowd. Wines were excellent but was horrified when I asked the waitress what the white was and she said Shiraz. OH mY goodness ... a shiraz is an indisputable red grape (groans) but other than that, it was really funny. Sat with the secretaries and everyone had loads of fun ... very few female associates today so it literally became a guys vs girls table. By slip of tongue asked YL to "borrow" the white wine and when BL reminded me I had used the word borrow, I happily pointed to the water jug ^___^ Great fun. Found a fab wine shop there as well and an absolutely delicious 25 year old port to add to dinner tonite. My aunt prepared so much food ^___^;; fortunately the apple juice and sparkling pinot noir made great drinks to go with chinese food - I'm so glad my folks loved the drinks - I must thank sooks for the pn, sparkling red champagnes are not easy to find in Singapore so she got me one while at Hunter's valley. The port was fabulous. OH MY goodness gracious, I've got to go back for more - it was an absolute favorite with my uncle. The wine lady I was chatting to was really nice and she was amused I kept going back to the restaurant to drag my colleagues there to look at her wines. Cheap and good. Went back and it was quite an adventure - distracted DS so much with stories we took a wrong turn and ended up at Molmein Rd instead of Shenton way :P Finally made it back, packed stuff, cleared things with the firm, said our goodbyes and drafted some letters. It was really funny coz everyone had shoved their packing until today - yours truly had to do so by last Sat as one of the lawyers needed space for this humogous file I had to leave behind - so I was the only one who had finished packing. Fortunately, coz I'm the only lawyer who was able to settle my clearance by 6. DS needed someone to draft some procedural letters and was panicking when she couldn't find help so promised to do so for her. Unfortunately, was held up by HR so she thought I'd disappeared and sent a pupil to find me. Teased her by saying I was no longer hired by my present firm and not yet by the new one so I was technically not obliged to draft the letters ^___^ .... she barricaded the door with her body and said I couldn't go until I'd finished - what a hoot ... we all had great fun really and I quite like DS ... YL was hilarious today because I called him Mr C (surname) instead of YL and threatened to punish me with files - also because I make chocolates when stressed :{ DS was laughing as I told her of my ATM being eaten by one Bangsar machine - I never do have a dull moment do I? Well even Y tried to make peace somewhat - so I'll bury the hatchet for a while ... the outfit isn't perfect but it seems fun for the moment. Just feel bad about the people we're leaving behind - they'll quite lonely and celebrating while not wrong, ain't helping ... I think I'll make something nice after CNY for them - they're my friends still, even if we're not under the same establishment after 1 Feb. In general am incoherent now coz typing very quickly as I think ... damn it's hot ... I want a good bathe. thank goodness my sis is quite considerate and is hurrying for my sake. she is the best! (no I actually typed she was taking too long and she changed this sentence while I was in the loo). Anyhow, I so need to revise my Jap - classes start next Sunday. Want more Integra Hellsing really. Eriol is mad with me coz he's supposed to be coverboy but I don't think I have the time - forgive me mad kamikaze sheep dear. It was a lovely nite. As I walked home from my aunt's I caught a lot of stars - there's this dark monsoon drain I have to cut thru and coz it's so dark you see so much stars. There was a lovely nite breeze and guess what, I saw a bunch of cactii in bloom - the white flower was so delicate and beautiful. Couldn't smell anything tho and I hear cactus flowers are rare but incredibly fragrant. Going to sleep now. Need to play ball tomorrow and El dear, hope you get well ... hmm, but a quick game of Jade Cocoon 2 would be nice - game's damn good. ~ kitten, with enuff liquor in her to set off a fireball Happy New Year to all ... have a good trip home Reins ... imprisoned within my blood ... Thursday Hohoho! Going home eastward tonight... wishin ya Gong Xi Fa Chai in advance, just in case I forget^^ I hope you'll have a stress-free gathering. Get ready them buckets of water.. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Ange n El, 12 noon at Liang Court? Bad news tho' - Salty Dog 2 won't be out this week. Last day here ... tomorrow is a full day and then I start work on Tues. I'm queasy coz ah well. But everything will be alright ... daijoubu ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Anti-lawyer sentiments are an occupational hazard for us >.< I remember when I first got into law and went to a friend's BBQ all happy about it. The moment the engineering guys found out what course I was going in, out came the bad lawyer jokes. It entertained them for the rest of the afternoon. Then I dumped a bucket of water on them XD And here's just the recent one ... Friend flipping thru 'Dungeons and Dragons' guidebook: Hey, this spells are interesting. 'Protection Against Evil, Protection Against Good .... hey, look at this one! 'Protection Against Law. We should put one around the Engineering Department! Leareth: *mock glarez* Grrrr. Friend 2: Hmm, but shouldn't 'Protection Against Evil' be better? Friend 1: Nah. 'Protection Against Law' would include that by default XDXD Leareth: ........... *jabs finger into friend's ribs* Friend: x_x;;; ... imprisoned within my blood ... Wednesday Eh? You've been trying my SMS? *narrowed-eyed glare at Optus network* Ooh, sure, Hellsing in Chinese would be fun, sil vous plait? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Bag and Baggage and Unbillable Hours are great reads on American lawyers. Especially UH's take on the article quoted (click link above). I swear anti-lawyer sentiments must be one of the longest running occupational jokes. The fact people can behave so differently when they find out you're in practice never ceases to amaze me. It truly ranges from revulsion to fawning ... disgusting. Of course they are people who act normally - those are fortunately, the ones I can call friends. Look, it's just a job ... I'm not different from a highly paid clerk. For the record, not paid enuff based on the hours I put in - my hourly rates considering I work 15 hours a day most of the year puts me roughly on par with your teenager selling burgers at Macs, no kidding. ... imprisoned within my blood ... I should keep off the net. I've just blown another 100USD internet shopping. El, are you just joining me for Liang Court or will you be interested in going to Boon Lay too? What about 12 noon - then we have lunch too? Ange you joining us? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Very long post got eaten, blogging quickly as much as I can remember: FF net - more Hellsing fics but the only Hellsing thing about them is that the names Alucard and Integra are mentioned. As Lise said, Alucard X Integra is NOT waffy - please, it's violent, mentally if not physically abusive and probably messy. No Integra being read bedtime stories by Alucard please. As SF said, chain smoking blondes have it tough. ---------------------------------------- Political rant To my friends across the causeway, please note this rant is not aimed at you or your people. It merely states my frustration surrounding the 1961 water agreement. 1. The water agreement is a creature of international law. It is a treaty, it is most surprising that a country can insist that it can create a domestic rule to render a treaty it has signed "null and void". With all due respect, any attempt to change one's domestic law to get out of an international treaty is like a child screeching when he is caught misbehaving, hoping that if he screams enough, he will get what he wants instead. 2. Under the terms of the water agreement, while it is true M is bound to sell water to S at a fixed price this must be considered in the light that S is equally bound to sell processed water back to M at a fixed price undisputably below market price too. Now but if M had been unhappy with the arrangement, it should not have disregarded the provision in the agreement for it to revise prices in the 1980s. It is most interesting to note that in your raising of arguments against your own treaty, you ignore this fact and have not mentioned the point S is also selling you processed water below cost - don't ignore these 2 points when accusing S of trying to take advantage of you. I'm sick of your people being under the misconception that you are suffering and that we are taking advantage of you. 3. It is most disgusting for you to threaten war and to "skin S like a drain cat" then turn round and say you said no such thing but that S is an unfriendly, dishonorable nation. I would have more choice words for you but my standards of decency prevent me from full expression of my personal opinion. 4. For the record, when you wanted to submit the water dispute for arbitration, we said "fine". You then backed off yourself saying that we were litigous and aggressive. Why are you now accusing us of being afraid to go to court? Interestingly enough, not that you have no more excuses, you are threatening to change your laws to affect the arbitration. 5. Notwithstanding our position that you have no right to revise the water prices, we were willing to consider the issue under negotiations as a matter of commercial practicality. A new price was reached and you happily signed the treaty. Less than a month thereafter, you revised the price announcing the treaty null and void notwithstanding the fact it was properly signed. This has happened not once but 3 times in which your increase in price has been without basis other than perhaps to screw us. Your excuse each time? Your designated preferred treaty signing man had asked a minister to sign on his behalf but obviously that wasn't sufficient for you, /he/ had to sign it before it's valid right or your domestic laws dictated that the treaty had to be revised. I fail to see any logic in the arguments and you must seriously think S is governed by fools and morons. International lawyers, you having fun with this yet? 6. Negotiations documents are privileged until the contract is signed. You signed the contract - the documents are open documents and can be revealed - your talk about us showing such documents being evidence of bad faith is as hollow as your excuses for reneging on the water treaty time and time again. 7. Stop telling us what to do and how we should run S. You sold us to the East Indian Trading Company in 1819, you rejected us in 1965 - don't come now and try to "retake" us back - see point 3 above. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Tuesday LW asked me yesterday why I love Hellsing so much. I made up an excuse on the spot which on retrospect amuses me to no end. LW: So Kit, why do you like Hellsing so much? When was the last time you were so crazy about an anime? Kit: Hee hee ... poor Hakkai and Clow. Anyhow, doesn't Hellsing remind you of work? LW: Say what? Kit: Like Integra, you're a gal working in a man's domain. She fights ghouls and has to watch her ass against pissy knights, lousy journalists and rival hunters. You work as a lawyer, watching your ass against backstabbing colleagues, nosy journalists and rival lawyers. You ocassionally get saboed by clients ... it's a dirty job. You both wear black and scream at people the whole day. LW: Now that you put it that way. Kit: And the queen? The shadowy figure that is supposed to look after you but sits there doing nothing and claiming your credit? When shit hits the ceiling fan, she just exists stage left and leaves you to clean up? Does that remind you of partners? LW: LOL Kit: My point exactly. ~ Fellow practioners / law students with knowledge of Hellsing - comments? PS: Leareth, I've been trying to get you on SMS ... do you want Hellsing Chinese version? My oniichan is going to release it (can't hold on too long) soon if you don't want it. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Thank you - but are you referring to the fact I have 2 blogs or the fact Integra is now the covergal? Congrats on the new job. Bleach blog crew? Wow, that manga is way cool ... can I play a random monster / restless soul or something? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Public service announcement: Zero Sum Feb (sea) is here. Salty Dog 2 (air) should be arriving either on Thurs or Fri. El, I'm going to Liang Court on Friday at about 11 to get my ZS, my cups and hopefully my Salty Dog 2 before trooping off to Boon Lay to get my manga. Do you want to meet me at Liang Court (leave it to you whether you want to go to Boon Lay too)? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Monday 8. Went to cafe. After meal asked if I could buy the coffee set. Managed to persuade the manager to order some for me from Japan and sell at cost value. Happy but obviously not common request. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Nothing like trial. Wow ... he's correct, neglecting the exercise regime was a BAD idea. Am confused like hell. Maybe I’m tired. The weird countdown over the weekend: 1. Bought a cactus the size of a child’s head. Won’t have been so strange if I hadn’t put a wooden skewer through a paper doll with Xs for eyes and stuck skewer into soil with cactus. Am planning to leave it at new place and add more paper dolls ala Alucard style every time /that someone/ pisses me off. 2. Made fishmonger open stall 1 hour ahead of time ~___~;; made them sashimi my stuff too ... am bad inconsiderate kitty. 3. For the BIG members who think I cross the road too dangerously, well I’ve just gotten worse. FYI I just dashed into a busy street today, walking right into the path of oncoming cars. I don’t recommend anyone try this and I don’t know what the hell I was thinking but I just walked with my body instinctively moving and stopping to weave thru heavy traffic. On reaching the other side, I realized what I had done and the first thought to my head was “gosh, I hope those guys aren’t too upset with me”. The second thought was “why didn’t I get hit, then I’ll have an excuse to miss Chinese New Year”. 4. Want to move out again, Bel is keen ^___^ long story ... it sounds fun but we’re worried we might end up quarrelling if we settle the house rules first. 5. Pestered Jap seller to sell doujin. In the end, she offered to send me a picture instead – I must have made her desperate to get rid of me – gomen nasai – I need help, I really want the doujin but feel bad to pester her some more. Can someone offer to help me buy her doujin if the aforesaid resides in Japan? 6. Walked round today feeling like absolutely crap – I don’t feel alive ... I actually feel undead. The world just passes you surreally. Then again, it’s time to see a shrink? 7. Am dreading Chinese New Year. Hate it! I’m probably going to hear my relatives brag about their kids’ accomplishment instead. When we were younger (and this is a perpetual peeve) I got compared to all my cousins were who awfully richer, better looking, smarter, thinner etc. etc. than me. I don’t pretend that my sadistic and competitive nature is a somewhat mixture of my own fault and their goading ... Bet their mums are going to tell me this year either that my over-achieving cousins have a steady or have had kids blah blah blah since I suppose there’s only so many ways you can impress on someone your kids are better than they will ever be ... However, unlike most kids, instead of nursing my ego quietly in the corner, I would (a) pour water into their shoes by the door or (b) give a “death” glare – personally less satisfying but it was such a bad waste of water. I wonder if my mum will kill me if I retort with a “Oh, so it was/is going to be a shotgun is it? Wow, I admire [insert name]’s guts. Congrats on the kid, I hope the father is not married to someone else.” That’s bitchy ... and too crass, I think I’ll just stay in my room and sleep the event thru. Then again, if I had my way, a glass of sewage water down their head would be nice except it might get onto the sofa as well. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Angel has got a new Hellsing fic ... go read!!! ... imprisoned within my blood ... Sob, me want doujin from Kadan but the artist will not ship overseas. Sigh ... I'm willing to pay in yen and take shipping risks and still they're afraid the darn thing will get lost in the mail ^ ^;; I ask again, anyone with Jap contacts? Didn't go for breakfast dim sum yesterday, gran wasn't keen to go too early and cousin and me had lunch appointments so we're rescheduling ~__~ Met with Jap class for lunch ... fun!!! Adjourned to Starbucks and yakked until about 5. Finally went flower shopping with aunt and cousin ^___^ fun ... My doujin from DJ box including the first issue of ZS has arrived ^___^ *cheers*. El, has Serene called you to pick up Feb's ZS yet? Am popped, finally packed manga etc somewhat ... now to pack my clothes ^____^ but Integra is sooooo distracting me. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Sunday Is okay. Am used to people being anywhere from half an hour to one hour late. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Saturday Sorry for being late yesterday ~___~;; ... imprisoned within my blood ... Eh? What about? If it twere the CD, don't worry; I couldn't have afforded it anyway. I literally blew the last of this month's allowance out of my wallet today. Not a single dollar left... ;_;. ... imprisoned within my blood ... My personality is rated 30. What is yours? "Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out." Yeah right :P ... imprisoned within my blood ... Based on the daily referrals, I should have: Alucard x Integra fanart Alucard x Integra fanfics Alucard x Integra doujin Hellsing doujin Hellsing wallpaper Artemis Fowl fanart NUS Law [I don't know what] ~ Well honey, I have them all, they're just not on this blog but if you can convince me ... Part of me wonders whether after Feb, I'll have as much time for online activities ... I've seen people come and go, I guess I might have to cut down but I probably won't cut out. Sites are not finished, not restored and probably never will be. Fanart and doujins are NOT scanned and probably won't be ... so that's that and part me feels a little sad, part of me says what the heck. ~ Humming the song in "Much Ado about Nothing" ... imprisoned within my blood ... nice photos new layout ... weeee!!! ... imprisoned within my blood ... Sorry SF ... sorry ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Was at our favorite Sembawang Canal again. New member to the BIG, Grace *waves* Had loads of fun. Thanks for the treat 'fish. Poor Ange, remember where the secret meeting spot in the Canal is next time OK *snerk* I think it's confirmed that this kitty is hardly sane. I'm looking forward to my Zero Sum issue 1 as well as my Hellsing doujin *claps hands happily* - will have party when it arrives ^___^ Met aunt and family at noodle shop and it was pretty strange thereafter cos I was trying to suss out whether there was space at one coffee watering hole and 2 guys started waving to me like crazy from the balcony ... ex-JC classmates, what a surprise. Actually, I did get on fine with the guys from my JC class but the gals made life so miserable that I hardly hung out with the class at all and instead spent more time with the other classes ... *shrugs* Of course 'fish, SF and Alex are of the view that anyone beside me looks like an absolute angel instead ... resent that!!! Lost spectacularly at chess to 'fish again ^___^;; Going to sleep now ... am incoherent. El, send me the addy so I will send on the mooch. Party on Sunday ^_____^ plus brunch with family in the morning *cheers* ~ kitty who has a higher haemoglobin count than most people and thus an un-naturally higher energy level somewhat ... imprisoned within my blood ... Friday If only all criminals were stupid. The lawyers would get more clients, the injured parties justice against the right people, and the media would get boring with nothing truly sensationalising to headline. And Integra is perhaps the most kick-ass female character in anime existence. Hmm ... Kit, you got any of the Hellsing DVD's yet? ... imprisoned within my blood ... As much as I love Clow, my motto in life can no longer be "it's alright as long as it's fun". Which may explain my recent insane obsession with Integra and her "it's not over until the fat lady sings" attitude. The woman doesn't give up. She's almost fanatical and is willing to bet her life on her believes even if there is otherwise an easy way out. She's mad, inherently bad and is a dangerous survivor - and I adore her. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Excerpts from a recent High Court decision in New Zealand: "What is the modern world coming to when a gang of thieves arrive at the place they are going to rob in a taxi?" Justice Morris asked the defendants in robbery case at the Auckland High court. "I despair of the future for our country when a group of louts like you lack the intelligence to take even basic precautions to avoid detection." Before sentencing Singeli Senivuga and Veileba Jobesa (two illegal Fijian immigrants) for their part in the robbery of 5 protective helmets and 400 puncture repair kits from a Mt Eden bicycle shop, Justice Morris continued: "It has been put to me that the reason you were so easily apprehended after the robbery was that you had no getaway car. According to your defence counsel, that is because you forgot to ask the taxi to wait for you while you committed the crime. But even more stupidly, you had telephoned the taxi service in the first place and asked to be picked up at your home, so even if you had got away it would have been a simple matter to locate and arrest you later." The judge then added: "Why couldn't you steal a car beforehand, like everybody else? You tell me it's because you don't have licences, but I preside daily over cases involving professional criminals who don't care about such trivial matters. You are imbeciles. I hereby sentence you both to five years imprisonment." Southland Times (New Zealand), 4/8/96. Spotter - Chris Wilmot And it gets better, taken from the Straits Times today, the story of a woman bemoaning the lack of civic concerns when she was robbed. The woman in question had been robbed at a relatively populated place. Mistake no. 1 "fortunately" compensated by the fact a bulk of Singaporeans tend to suffer from the "not my business" character flaw (not all mind you but most). The robber then forced her to the ATM and made her withdraw the money at knife point. Mistake no. 2 - duh, there are security cameras at all ATM machines, it's not that hard to recover footage if you inform the bank immediately. Mistake no. 3 which led to his arrest - the idiot gave the victim his bank account number asking her to transfer more money to him tomorrow as the daily withdrawal limit had been exceeded. ~ Here ends kitty's report on STUPID criminals ... imprisoned within my blood ... I have your dj - nearly forgot to bring it out today ^ ^;; I'm not working, spent the whole morning at the coffee house ... yatta ... altho I am tempted to just skive and go off to NUS. Yay, canal tonite ... we are such brains in the gutter (BIG club R us). Meeting Bel for lunch in a while ^____^ going Daimaru ... see if books are out before returning to change money. Alex can I get the shop's number off you? I accidentally deleted it off my mobile :P ... imprisoned within my blood ... Thursday This is a must see!!! Trust me but you have to know that Chinese New Year i.e. new year for the Chinese people is coming up and the "next" year will be the year of the goat/sheep. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Applying to the Rolls of Solicitors in UK, wish me luck. ... imprisoned within my blood ... I'm going to get lots of Integra doujin - yiipeee ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Aaaaw, poor kitty had to endure much b*****t. Have a hug from Alucard? *holds up Alucard plushie* Am working on an Integral layout... yeah, which do you prefer? Anime or manga? Darn, hard to get good images of yer lady obsession la. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Welcome back Val - how was France? Thanks for the hugs Masako. SF, Goldfish, Alex, Ange and El: The "Sembawang Canal" tomorrow at 7:30? I have a craving for magaritas but shall we meet at the Chicken Noodle House for dinner first? Must show Goldfish my new chess set. El, Serene says our shipped ZS should be out this weekend. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Feeling marginally better. Don't worry. If a number could be used to describe me, it would be 13. I know it's considered bad luck by European/American people but I'm Cantonese so I think the Cantonese rules of numbers apply to me over and above the usual 13 is unlucky rule. 13 in Cantonese sounds like "will live no matter what". That's me. I'll get into a million scraps, I'll fall but I haven't given up on myself yet nor do I plan to. In the words of Alucard about Integra Hellsing: "She knows once she gives up, she's as good as dead." ... imprisoned within my blood ... "When things go bad, either stick it out and see what you can do with it, or make a sharp U-turn and see where it takes you. Either way and whatever you choose, just remember you have your own cheerleading squad that'll support you now matter what" *waves her GABATTE, KIT!! pom-poms* ^_^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Wednesday Thanks 'fish. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Let me declare my undying love for the 4 E-lins in my life: (1) Eline (2) Eileen (EK) (3) Eeleen (my secretary) (4) SF (your real name is close enuff) ... imprisoned within my blood ... As played on a radio show: DJ: Okay you know the rules, you've got to guess the word X has told me. Y: Okay DJ: Alright, your first clue. More than 1000 people have touched this. Y: Oh that's difficult. DJ: Okay, second clue. You've probably touched one in 7 days. Y: I have no idea. DJ: You're supposed to ask me questions and I can say yes or no. Y: I don't know. DJ: Sigh. Okay, it's wrapped in paper. Y: Is it a lollipop? DJ: No, it's not but it's food. Y: I don't know. DJ: Ask me questions! Y: I don't know. *Buzz* DJ: Sorry time's up, it's a burger. DUH ... one should have asked: "is it edible?", "is it hot?" and one would have guessed it much earlier but no, Y just had to say "I don't know". *bangs head on table* I'm obviously in a bitchy mood here but still was that a lack of intelligence or WHAT? And then she tried to excuse herself by saying she was tired - duh, lame! Ange, your badge is so perfect for this moment ^__^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Mega rant: I was close to tears. For someone who doesn't cry even when everyone is pulling out the hanky, for someone who doesn't finch even for the close to death accidents she has had, for someone who grins out most situations, I was close to tears. Not of fear but frustration. DO NOT scold me for something client did. DO NOT scold me when the papers are clearly filed properly and clients by some miracle did not open their mail. DO NOT blame my secretary when nothing is wrong. DO NOT yell and me and then call me back 15 minutes later to try to tell me you trust me over clients and that you hoped that you did not sound too harsh coz I don't buy that bullshit. I don't regard you as a fucking asshole who yells for no reason, I regard you as a MEGA FUCKING asshole who's out of his mind. I don't claim to be a great boss but I've always treated my subordinates and juniors with respect, I don't fuck them for no good reason like you screw me. The sound of your name or your caller ID on my phone is now invoking feelings of dread. Screw you. I don't swear online much but shove that today. And I don't buy the "let's talk when I get back from HK if you think I've been harsh" coz I won't tell you what's wrong, I'll just quit when I've served my time and when I've learnt enuff from you without giving a toss as to what you think. I'm thinking, am I that bad? Well, I handle other partners' files without difficulty. The painful thing is socially the relationship is great but when it comes to work, why is it you can treat the other associates with more sense but with me it's forever my tooting fault? Screw it, I'm leaving when my time is up. Don't try to then salvage the situation by saying that my employment with the new firm was never in issue or that you are not mad at me coz while I was tempted to call the other senior partner who is not leaving and find out if his offer to join his team and remain in this firm still good, I'm not that stupid - I need to learn international work if I want to be able to work anywhere in the world as I please (while I love Singapore, I don't plan on working locally only forever) and if I have to put up with your crap so be it, no pain no gain, I'm just going to pretend you're a mad dog barking away and come freedom day, I'll be out of here faster than you can say 'what gives'. And for good measure, go soak your head in the toilet bowl and flush. To the office it looks like I'm pissed with the client but bud' I'm not done with you yet - revenge will be doubly sweet. ~ kitten who hopes to be able to look back at this post one day and laugh ... imprisoned within my blood ... Yes Reins I do want the Integral version for your wallpaper site. The perfect picture? One of her absolutely devastated or in control. There's a nice one of her in full uniform with mini whip, saber and all. HP 5 ... mmm ...That sounds good. I wonder what's going to happen tho' both in the bookstore and in the book world too. I've got Hellsing doujin ^___^ one of the sellers was so sweet. She sent me a lovely hand-drawn new year card ... kawaii. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Hmm... you want an Integral version for my wallpaper site? Hmmm... NEED TO FIND THE PERFECT PIC. *nudge nudge wink wink* Oh, about the HP 5... Eisu, Aimo and I are planning to pre-order it. Kino accept pre-orders in March. *waiting...* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Masako-chan, that picture of Integra is taken from the manga ^___^ How do I do it? It's 2 blogs :P but I'm glad you liked it. I like the idea of "lovers" blogs *LOL* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Tuesday Am feeling slightly better. A visit to EK's tailor and the prospect of long black clothes that would make an assassin proud helped. Came home saw uncle sent over chess set and was marginally happier. I have to buck up but EK assures me that I'm not the only one feeling stupid so that helps. Bel couldn't join us - sends evil vibes her boss' way. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has finally got a release date. I can imagine the mayhem on the day of release which is about 5 months from now already ^ ^;; ------ rant ahead --------- Ah well, it's been a bad time the last 2 days, I'm starting to cave in a little mentally. I may be laid back and I may live with losing at times but I hate it when things go wrong, seemingly due to my fault and seemingly due to factors out of my hands. I suppose I'm a closet perfectionist? I like my hong kong boss here but I can't help but feel he thinks I'm an absolute idiot. I feel so wretched coz I just feel so stupid. He's nice really so I can't blame him either. I try to rationalise that maybe it's his high standards rather than me being absolutely stupid but I sure ain't selling the idea to myself well. I guess I should try to be a little more careful but not let myself get down ... but it seems all the files I do with him is mega jinxed ~__~;; I hope this works out. I really want to do well on his files coz they're interesting and I'm learning things from him but it just seems so "difficult". >_<;; I'm going to snap out of this, I'm going to snap out of this ... don't worry, I sometimes get depressed by work and ah well, I ain't dead yet so I'm okay ... *drinks from genki juice bottle and perks up* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Monday She looked at him. "What is it you want? What do you want from me? When will you consent to let me live my life in peace?" "Never," he replied. "Not until you agree to my proposal." "No," she answered, burying her head in her lap. "No, do not ask that of me. I cannot promise." "Even if you love me?" he prompted. She said nothing but stared impassively out of the window. "Take your prize and leave." He walked sullenly to the door. Almost slamming it, he caught it just in time. Before closing it, he said sadly, "I want your heart." She waited until she was sure that he had left. Breaking down quietly, she sobbed, "But you do. You already do..." ... imprisoned within my blood ...  ... imprisoned within my blood ... New layout ... It's been fun the last week but it's now time to return to the salt mines ^___^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Saturday Am glad to be back. KL was fun but the air quality was … ayyyeee … dusty … Spent the whole morning rather nicely. Had piano, went down my fav staircase and then went to Boon Lay to get books. Oniichan reserved a VERY special manga for me … yatta … it’s the café manga – it’s finally out in Chinese ^___^ Must prepare for EK’s party. I found Bae Yong Jun posters for her, I can’t wait to see her reaction when she sees it. Going to laze around this weekend before worrying about stuff … I just need to also pack up my stuff and fix a few things. Want my Hellsing doujin, the last auction closes tomorrow morning and I think I should get it so I can send a letter to ask for shipping soon. Eline, I’ll give you yours stuff on Wednesday? Leareth, you got my SMS? Want Hellsing manga? Alex, I misplaced the card, I’ll drop by tomorrow at her shop and ask her for the number later. Goldfish, I didn’t see a chess set in KL, I’ll check with my cousin if he managed to buy the one at Pasir Panjang. GTG … see you guys later. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Friday Hi all. Yes Reins, the sheets were nice and comfy ^__^ So tired tho' ... we went to a Jap restuarant boy ... food in Malaysia is salty. I miss the less salty miso soup at home. I'm quite sure it's not supposed to be so salty coz I eat at establishments run by Japs not locals back home and the food tastes different. Finishing work. Learnt quite a bit about oil rigging these few days. It's fun being a construction lawyer even if more tiring than the other legal fields. I want my Hellsing doujin. I want my Integra (Watari successful with a major side-effect of turning cranky). My dream last night about ... is freaking me still, I need doujin!!! ... imprisoned within my blood ... Wednesday Hello I passed my Jap test – at least I think I did, my classmate SMSed to say she’s registered me for the next class which must mean I passed the last. The question is now – how were the results. I don’t expect too much, I didn’t study much and there were silly mistakes left and right ~__~ Am in KL now … arrived on Monday and will be leaving Friday. UGH, so much work, parties galore on the weekend and so little time. Been bugging Reins. FUN ^__^ Met Lin, Zhin and Masako for dinner today fun – work wise I’m exhausted but it’s good meeting my clients’ legal in charge again. She’s an English lady now living in Norway with a great interest in local cuisine. I like my work even if I bitch to high hell about it. Sigh, the Malaysian ATM just swallowed my ATM card >_<;; Was feeling very irritated I waited for my aunt to do the necessary arrangements to cancel the card – I mean whatcha mean I can only get my card back in the morning? As Zhin mentioned there was this ATM card stealing scheme here, I decided to cancel my card, my bank must be irritated by me now but I’m a good customer so there … speaking of which my ex-bank called me but I told them I would call back when in Singapore. Speaking of which I better inform my present bank that while I can call the emergency credit card center quite easily, it’s a pain trying to reach the ATM one. I wonder why? Nevermind, I’ll go bug them when I home – which reminds me, my frequent flier’s card is missing. As I said, I was feeling so miserable waiting for my aunt to call back and confirm the cancellation *shakes fist at bank* when boss called. Well he distracted me with instructions for work long enuff to take my mind off feeling lousy and he’s going to bring me money when he comes tomorrow so I’m saved – sniffles, anyway they didn’t get my best friend *hugs credit card*. The taxi driver driving me back to KL city was very interested in my work and in Singapore so chatting with him the journey back preventing me from moping too much too. Ah well … after a hot soak in the bath and confirming I still have enuff in Singapore dollars to survive – although no more splurging until YL arrives or only by credit card. Bought shoes today. A pair of guy boots at Bata and a pretty pair of floral scandals – there’re so not me but so pretty and they are helping me balance good thing bad thing today – actually I do have my suspicions about the price, the price tag said 19.90 but the shop assistant said it was a mistake and it was 29.90. Bought it in the end coz it was like what the heck but am slightly miffed, slightly. Okay I confess, I had a ciggie to really calm down *hides from El* - this is bad, I really like idea of a smoldering stick and playing with the smoke but ciggies are really bad – El they were 1% ciggies and BJ told me they were the least unhealthy way to smoke *hides from El and the fairy of rational thinking*. Okay I’ll stop … it’s really bad and I have had my fun. Spoke to Masako’s sister today, she sounds really nice but the poor miss was working – I guess it’s the norm these days to work late but it doesn’t make it easier. Must trot back to work now. Bought my new court bag am pleased. Actually I realize the things in KL are sooooo expensive, the only thing that prevents me from feeling the pinch is the exchange rate but still, it’s costly. I’m speaking Cantonese as much as I can to avoid being ripped off but I am not sure how effective that is. The cabs here are so hard to get. The drivers are pretty picky where they want to go so that’s not too nice. Coming from a place where cabs only refuse to go to places they don’t know how to go to, it’s a cultural shock. I like my hotel. I suppose I’ll stay here. The room is nice and it’s a walking distance from Rajah Chulan and the shopping area. Okay, I like the fact if the cab doesn’t drive me I’ll just walk to work. SF, Serene needs the Chinese title of Hellsing, can you help her out there? Doujin Box messed up one of my auctions and I finally lost some of my auctions – the latter weren’t for the books I really wanted – more of a by the way so I’m not too upset but still not pleased about the first. Oh well, I hope they did get the ones I really wanted. Should ask them for the books bought so far. I’m on a high here, someone slap some sense into me. Oh speaking of which I better tell my other boss about something another client bitched about him. This is the client I can’t figure likes me or not. I can live with clients not liking my working style coz it’s personal but this woman seems to adore us one point and the next minute she acts like we were the world’s most irritating and incompetent morons *scratches head* Okay, back to work … anything interesting happen in blogland recently? And must repay Reins for her money … YL is like a godsend, I’ve never been so anxious to see a boss ever ^__^;; Watching Jap news while I work … I know, I won’t pick up much but I’m hoping. - typed 14 Jan 2003 but posted the next day ^__^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Sunday MY GRIEF! The test is hard but I don't know ... good grief. I hope I pass. The sensei was very nice tho' and gave me in general a few 2nd chances in the oral exam - oh well I hope I pass ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Oh I forgot - I solemnly swear I will get a certain miss drunk, seriously drunk before the end of March is true. So help Eriol if I don't ... hee hee, I'm swearing at his expense ^___^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Lost Memories won't win any Oscars but it was entertaining. The story base was not too bad but the movie's flaw was it tried to deal with too many teams resulting in everything not being dealt properly with. Also, there were many inside "fanfic/anime/manga" cliches which non-manga anime people won't catch - namely, the idea of an AU. But it was not too bad. We all loved the Jap guy even if EK and I did start off thinking the Korean cop was cuter. Ahh ... Then went with gang to look for chess board - UGH, the "Sembawang Canal" was closed earlier than expected so we had dinner and called it a day, the goldfish in my house should be honored as well as a certain shameless sheep. ^___^ Must ask dad to buy it for me or should I check out if KL has a nice chess set? Oh, must buy court bag too. Goodnite all, just finished studying Jap but it's a very brief run-thru. Will do one more round hopefully tomorrow just before the test. Got to settle one of my files. As EK very kindly reminded me, I am supposed to have finished with that file eonks ago and CY is going to kill me if he comes back and finds that I'm still on that file coz he wants to give me his work instead - which I also want since CY's work always ends up in Hong Kong and there's a chance to fly. Sister-in-law wants things if I ever go there so I MUST settle this file by the end of the month latest - unfortunately when dealing with a 400 page affidavit, one tends to not finish it so easily. Oh gosh, I'm snowed in again - must shovel way outta mess. Ange, you would be entertained to know our fellow friend awoke only about 5 pm today ... lucky gal you. I need to work, I need to study and UGH ... too much things, overload, mayday ... whatever. Part of the BIG club now - Brain in (the) Gutter. Will put up club badge soon. GTG now *runs off* ~ dies ... imprisoned within my blood ... Saturday Heheh ... went shopping for cloth this morning with EK. Had the most fab yong tau hu at People's Park Food Complex - it's the store without any English signboard and where the only thing you tell the man is how many number of bowls you want and where you are sitting - the last time someone asked for more rice (which they don't serve at all), the unfortunate customer was pointed to the next store 3 stores away. But they are good - and I've eaten from their store since I was a kid. Watching movie now. Tonite I'll worry about Jap test and work *dies* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Friday Yo, Kit. I'm back..... anyway, you're coming down? oooh goodie! Remind me to pass you your contract book ne? And pls enlighten me on your working situation... me blur la. Either you got promoted or you're doing international law now??? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Inevitably, when you're up on cloud 9 for too long, you can expect a hurricane to come by and dampen it. Damn client tried to pull the mat under my feet. Story is like this. I asked client if she wanted to carry out proposal 1 or 2. She wrote an email to say she did not want to carry out the proposal but she thinks proposal 2 would work. This was a tad confusing so I followed her email with a phone call to clarify that I should dump proposal 1 and start on 2. A draft was prepared and sent to her along these lines but the bitch wrote to my boss to complain she said she wanted neither proposals. He's twitchy now but I should be alright coz proposal 2 was only in the drafting stage and I think her email itself is NOT something which will support her - altho I do understand it's not entirely as favorable for me as I would have like it - I really should have followed it up with ONE more email to confirm things but seriously it would have been so anal at that time. Well in future as far as she is concerned, I'm going to do that even if it is not pleasant. So at the end of it I think it should be okay but I'm smarting and it's irritating to have to explain to your boss who is understandably concerned about the matter. I hate it when people cross me like this. Hmph. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Tentatively assume a-okay for 3 tix at prescribed place (Don't forget to bring food into the cinema...) and time. If you're going to check out the chess set, then dinner would be a good idea. I don't read the papers, and I don't really care about what the papers think either. Bombs and guys, yeah! XD How long is it? 2 hours? ... imprisoned within my blood ... To all concerned i.e. to all the people I know in real life and whom I've met before: GV is the only place showing Lost Memories so I propose catching it Plaza Singapura's cinema. Brief review: Lost Memories is a show about what if Japan had won WWII and Korea remained under its rule - the reviews are /not/ hot. The show has been described to have lots of blast but the storyline did not impress the reviewer concerned. However, as I will be brutally frank - I'm just there to look at the bombs and the guys. I'm going to catch the 14:45 show tomorrow. Interested parties can SMS me and place orders - as I'm booking the tickets online, the closing time is 19:30 today, failing which you have to get your own tickets. SF I understand you, Goldfish and Alex are keen - unless informed otherwise I shall assume the rather scant reviews in the papers today have not deterred you? Is the timing alright? What say we adjourn then for tea or even dinner altho in this regard, I am inclined to suggest we go to Pasir Panjang village coz I really want to check out the chess set and it's a nice place. I can't do lunch gomen. ~ In case anyone who needs to contact me next week urgently (tho' I doubt it) - I'm outstationed so it's SMS or dropping a note for help with someone who has my phone number. I need to work now so byes *runs off* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Honey that was my first and last cigar - the damn thing really dries your throat and the smell stays in your mouth for hours. It was just a "I've done that, got that out of the way and I decided smoking is overrated". But the one thing I like is holding it to which my friend called me a POSER which I do not deny XD ... imprisoned within my blood ... Thursday Last one I promise El ... last one. I finished the half left over and no more - my dad made me promise and it's a bitch getting the smell out of my breath and myself. --------- I'm still in disbelief over what has happened ... wow. And I just might be going to Hong Kong soon *keeps fingers crossed* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Eeep . . . I have so many blogs now . . . ... imprisoned within my blood ... What advice? I'm good for bad advice I know ... I have GAT on VCD and it's fine. I'm going to KL next week for ONE whole week. I'm flying in Monday and leaving 8pm on Friday - if you guys want to meet up after work it's fine (yes it's a business trip). And thanks for the kind words, I can tell you guys more when we meet. Reins are you back in KL by then? ... imprisoned within my blood ... I do declare, if they didn't quite smell so strong and if they didn't leave ash all over my black pants, cigars are really quite fun. I don't think I'll smoke one in the near future altho I might finish that half cigar soon - it leaves my mouth damn dry. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Wednesday nyah! Hello everyone! yes, I'm back. :) And I've got access to this blog. Purty. Thanks Kit! Cool night out. Made me feel semi-normal again. And I will eventually stop ranting about North Carolina et al. :) Neener! ... imprisoned within my blood ... *at 6 pm, kitten is about to leave coz she's meeting Ange and Eline for dinner and swears for once she will not be late - miracle, as Eline said* A: *pops head into Kit's cubicle - this is the cutie I've been mooning about for ages but he's taken so whil e I still think he's cute, it's purely platonic* So ... about today's news ... are you going? K: *smiles* What makes you think I was asked. A: Aw come on ... K: You my dear sir owe me a coffee and bunches of bananas, I'm not letting you off the debt so easily. My answer is the same as yours. *walk together out to the MRT station and kitten walks A to his platform before leaving for hers - at this point A's hand is on kitten's shoulder and before you get any bad ideas, it was in a buddy sort of way* A: See ya *at which point, A takes hand off K's shoulder and gives her a friendly punch* K: Don't forget, my coffee and bananas *walks off* A: Yes I won't forget. K: *who is by now three metres away towards her platform does one of those poser act cool back waves* A: If you can catch me tomorrow ... K: O_o;; as passerbys start looking in her direction. I'm going to kill A at work tomorrow. I will get back to you gals on the movie on Saturday. I'll get the tickets but since I can't be sure about lunch, what about tea instead? As stated above, me met Ange and Eline for dinner. Welcome back Ange. Hee hee ... we had fun tonite, thank you. Sorry if I phased out at times - for the entertainment of the rest of ya, I was smiling like an idiot the whole nite. I could have been eating grass for all I cared. On the other hand, Integra Hellsing must like stale coffee coz that's what her favorite cigars taste like. We were at the playground riding swings and the sight of me swaggering on a cigar had a lot of people staring. But I only smoked half ... after the realisation must liver must not be taxed further, I'm not about to start on my lungs. I'm not going to finish the remaining half or the rest of the box, at least not in the next few months ... bleh, it's strong and I'm too chicken to smoke it properly so I'm really wasting it. And tomorrow when I'll wake up, it'll be business as usual. Oh no, my test *freaks* ... imprisoned within my blood ... For those in the know. I'm over the moon. Eline, if I smile like a deranged monkey thru dinner tonite, you know where. The only sad thing is I'll having to give up my license in Singapore temporarily. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Kit, just got your SMS, CONGRATULATIONS!! That is SO wonderful, a great opportunity, and also of great interest to me since I've been toying over what field of law to go into and was wondering about international .... now you can tel me all about it and what exactly you do and everything!! OMG, wowowowow!! (Oh, and thank you thank you for helping me out with the stalker-thing *hugz*) ... imprisoned within my blood ... Ko - try one of those free servers. YACCS I like but they are not open for applications for new accounts at times. Just plaster the code as instructed and viola, a comment link to each post. ... imprisoned within my blood ... If you are a lawyer or a law student, you have to read the post at 9:09 pm on Monday ... Hades Convention ... *giggles* Ah, to the aforesaid blogger, you don't mind me linking to you I hope, I really like your take on practice as an American lawyer and there are some legal eagles in the crowd here. But if you do, drop me a note. On the other hand, I think I've just solved my problem with the Japanese mail - I just signed up for a Japanese mail account ^__^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Hobbit Personality Test You are most like Denethor, Son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Minas Tirith People like you are rare. Unfortunately the closest person is Denethor. His obsession with knowing the future and suspicion of others is characteristic. Everything that happens is important and you do not want to miss any of it. Others often look to you for courage, leadership, and wisdom. Social interaction energizes you. The more people the merrier. You have a tendency to introspection. While providing compassion and being considerate, you may have the tendency of being soft-hearted or even "too emotional" You like keeping your options open. Closure is probably not one of your strong suits. The Orcs display the evil side of this personality with their lengthy torture methods. Traits: Empathic, benevolent, looking to the future. On the dark side you could be sadistic. ~ Eh heh ... I like the sadistic part. ... imprisoned within my blood ... The story is as such. The big boss here has decided to leave the firm to join an international firm. Some will be asked to leave the firm i.e. to join him. That's why we all want to be fired. So we're supposed to see him one by one today ... it's like waiting to see the doctor on whether your test results show cancer. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, does anyone know how to ensure your yahoo account is able to allow you to read Jap characters in your mail? Need help here. And as you will note, there are more mad people here blogging *giggles* SF, about the movie, I need to run some errands with friends in the morning ... what if I meet you guys for the movie then we go for tea. Goldfish, wanna check out the chess set at Pasir Panjang? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Er... Okay.. w00! ... imprisoned within my blood ... Tuesday Whee, I am HERE!!! Kit, I checked out the store where I was told there was an Arucard plushie, and it's already been sold *makes face* sorry ... and no, Wendy not going to S'pore for CNY. ... imprisoned within my blood ... So it's been announced. The day of reckoning is tomorrow. Like I can get any sleep tonite ... last nite was nerve wrecking enuff. Bahhhh!!! *runs off and cries* ... imprisoned within my blood ... twitch twitch ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Had lunch with Bel, Sook and EK and bumped into Suen and AG whom I have not seen in ages too (10 years, fine I'm old) ... weeee ... now I've found two old friends again. It's amazing how out of a bunch of naughty childhood friends, only 3 are non-lawyers now - but for one banker, one chemist and one accountant, the rest of us are happy legalised gangsters. As I told EK, you expect your law classmates to become lawyers but when most of your childhood gang whom you've been hanging around since you were 10 are lawyers too, that's quite an achievement. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Aiiieeeeeee ... *runs around madly* HELLSING 5 IS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 2003!!! *whoops excitedly* ... imprisoned within my blood ... I don't think cruelty to animals is wrong but when people take to the other extremes, ignoring the fact that while it is great to be kind to animals, there are also more important things to do with life i.e. do the people who campaign cow rights give a toss about world poverty and real environmental preservation? I wish I could throw a tomatoe at them. Or maybe 2. ~ Still not fired and starting to panic (my cubicle is near central control i.e. bosses' rooms and hearing bits and pieces of the plan BUT not the whole thing is making me paranoid) Integra: *pat pat* Clow: *huggles* Kit: ^__^ I and C: It's only for today ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... No news yet *twitch twitch* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Haha ... I hadn't heard from Beniiro majutu tanteidan so long I was afraid they weren't going to sell their Hellsing doujin to me no more. But they've replied ... yipeeee!!! Solid & Etc. appears to be agreeable to selling doujin to overseas customers but the webmistresses refused to sell me the last one coz she said it was all text and no art and she was afraid I won't enjoy it unless I was able to understand the Jap language pretty well. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't have minded coz the cover is beautiful but it's amazing how nice the Jap sellers can be - I think they are a tad too honest at times. This is great but it works only where you meet honest customers and this is a common problem I see at work as a construction lawyer. The number of times Japanese contractors have been played out due to their over-trusting nature is amazing. To anyone who is interested, please tell Japanese managers or whoever in charge that in dealing and wheeling in Asia, there is no such thing as an in principle agreement over drinks to be ironed out in the morning over ocha - if I were you, bring your lawyer to all your business deals (and a sober one please) and watch what you promise coz once you agree there's no further haggling. The number of times Japanese businessmen promise to pay what they think is fair only to find out the next day they've been billed for everything but the kitchen sink is mind-boggling. While not a statement of truth and not intended to insult (disclaimer disclaimer), one opines that the honor system Japanese people feel so bound to work within really works only where Japanese deal with Japanese. It would appear that while Europeans and Americans play hard ball, their practice of reducing everything to writing to be safe is a catch-net of sorts. There is a somewhat cultural clash since EandAs then to be very rigid in contractual interpretation and if they feel that they should claim for the kitchen sink, they will - not really comfortable with the "give and take" approach Asian businesspeople employ, i.e. in return for you not quibbling about my increased claim for doing the carpet I won't charge you for the extra plug for the toilets etc. etc. However, it would appear the most controversies occur where it's an Asian-Jap arrangement. Why? Well, it would seem that this is coz while Asians tend to smile and act like your best friend, they tend to overcharge and let you haggle it down. Problem is the Japs tend not to realise this - their managers from Japan are usually the ones doing the negotiations NOT the Jap manager here or the Asian managers who would really be in the best position to realise if the other side is trying to take advantage. I'm not saying all Jap companies here are that innocent, some of them play punk too but having acted for both Asian and Jap companies, I tend to think they get taken for too much of a ride at times in comparison to EandA contractors or local ones. One would think with so many cases of contractual messes, someone would actually realise something is amiss ... I then to be of the view that for a strong world economy, most countries have to be doing well but the common lament is that the Asian dream is NOT taking off, Japan is almost on the brink of serious collapse. UAE is in deep shit and I have not idea with the EU and US are doing other than wallowing in lamentations. It is worrying coz if one looks back at history, economical woes inevitably are only cured by world wars and in this present uncertainty and turmoil ... But back to less serious topics in which I don't blow hot air. I want to draw doujin and make muchoes from it save that (a) not that much time (b) not that much talent. Anyhow I need to go send the money to her this afternoon before I see Bel for lunch. Meep ... today is the day ... I'm nervous, which is rare. Dad told me to hang it. It'll be great if I have to leave this firm but I should be able to survive if I don't have to. Confusing? I'm confused here too. So here I am huddling my coffee and attempting to do work but failing rather miserably. Ahhh ... The nice thing yesterday? My heel broke yesterday but the cobbler who mended it did it for free. Well it was kinda his fault too since the last time my heel broke, he mended it but it came loose yesterday on the second wear but I'm not sure he knew that coz I didn't tell him and I sure don't expect him to remember he mended this shoe 2 weeks back but he didn't want to take my money. I feel kinda bad since I got my coffee for free today - I feel like some bum on welfare. Hmmm ... I have had a lot of nice things happening today ... does this mean (a) nice things will continue to happen OR (b) I've used up my good luck already? *prays desperately* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Monday I feel like crying. I get all these reviews for Midsummer's Nightmare (my virgin fanfiction) and some say "Your characters are OOC but please continue ..." or something to that effect. O_o;; huh? It was a dream people, a dream ... Integra DID not go shopping happily with Seras, Alucard did not whimper and go to the supermarket to buy her sardines ... it was TWO bad dreams. Integra in her waking moments would NOT attempt to do Alucard in his coffin, it was a dream and neither did all the hanky panky wanky happen. UGH ... or is it my bad storytelling skills? It's almost as bad as getting compliments from people for my Mary Sue parodies who sound like they genuinely thought it was supposed to be a proper story ... ugh ... And when are they going to announce it? I'm getting very nervous since this means I'm going to need to readjust to a new firm after being here for barely 8 months but this suspended in limbo state is worse ... UGHHHH!!! ~ Movie on Sat afternoon gals? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Talk about upheavals, barely after getting my bonus, I think I'm going to be fired. But you know what, I would be really more upset if I wasn't going to be fired. Please, if the news is correct, I have to be fired ... pleaseee ... Don't worry, this is not a bad post ... I just am not saying more coz I don't know exactly what's happening but I'll find out tomorrow. ... imprisoned within my blood ... SF, any time dear save the hours I have to be pretending to be at work. Mura, if there are fireworks, please do let me know ... anyhow I just got a letter from the post office swearing they can't confirm if any of the stuff mailed to you has arrived. I'm inclined to not reply so soon and let the buggers sweat it out but if there's anything missing, please let me know so I can put in a claim. Ange ... call when back? Eline if misery loves company, dish it on ... we can have another mad Saiyuki fellowship meeting. Goldfish thanks, I can watch the thingee now and damn it's funny. I had to wear a skirt today, my pants all being crumpled and not ironed and now my colleagues swear it's going to rain frogs *makes face playfully at them*. I'm so unladilike I'm this close to being mistaken for a boy ... actually I get that abroad pretty often - in Paris in particular since I'm usually there when the temperature is 5 degrees and no way I'm wearing a skirt *sigh*. Damn I wish I was a certain English noble with platinum hair, gorgeous features, a wonderful butler just scratch the rabid pet vampire and I'm a happy gal. On a happier note, I got my bonus! It's going to be pro-rated but it's not on the lower end of the scale. Gosh, it was like waiting to get your exam results all over again while waiting in line outside the "announcement" room. It's so painful how they always announce the range and then tell you where you stand on the scale. READ: if you're near the lower end, it's a hint. *beams happily* Integra: Oh joy oh joy ... are you going to buy me some tea? Kit: Ahh, this calls for a celebration ... the tea spa my good woman and my good man. Clow: I still think you should stop wasting your money on doujin. Kit: But I tried, I just can't find any of you. Clow: ~_~;; Integra: ^___^ no wait a minute, I don't want anymore Hellsing doujin. Kit: But I do ^______^ and maybe I can get that chess set now. I should buy my family and my aunt and uncle and cousins dinner or something. Hee hee ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Sunday New Hellsing story by Angel H - who is one of the good ones there ^__^ waiii ... Ugh, I'm going to be late /again/. ... imprisoned within my blood ... Social blogging: Glad to hear that. Anyhow, I guess you're right, people come and go and while it's a little disheartening to lose friends, you'll always make new ones (hope that came off without sounding too callous). Lise I can't help but agree. But at least there isn't a floodgate of MS stories. Hmm, part of me guiltly enjoys reading the waffy AXI fics, part of me is horrified anyone could think Alucard sweet. Glad to know you had a good birthday. Nii is laid back but that could be a pretense ya know. Happy birthday to you too. Reins, uhm ... well ... I don't know what to say now but hope it'll be okay. T3-taichi - I haven't met you guys so long. I assume you're better Kaori? Good luck to you gals for J2. Dear ladies you guys starting a flame war? O_o;; oooh, a chance to profit *offers ammo on both sides evilly* *ducks nukes shot her way* Erjika - kawaii layout ... Considering I don't really keep up on American law, Denise's blog is a livesaver. And this is still the best. Eline - more doujin yes? Swipe some nice AXI if you see any? SF, can I have both? Goldfish thanks for the tip and Alex did you manage to solve your PS problem? Good luck to you and SF for the Jap lessons. And Ange see ya soon. ------------------ Oh well, that was 90 minutes of social blogging ... woooh, must finish work. Jap test next Sunday *groans* but looking forward to class party the week after that. Yeap, Bunka gave us a short 3 week break so we're going to PARTIE. Trying to catch a Jap Korean movie (Lost Memories) this Wed and will try to get Bae Yong Jun posters for EK. Hee hee ... chock pot of fun. And Goldfish, whatcha mean I'm anti-establishment *pretends to look hurt* Look at the time, aiiieee, must do work ... was seriously pissed off by the announcements made by a certain stupid banker who is now in charge of legal developments in this jurisdiction despite no experience, no brains and no tact. Bloody hell ... the things I told my dad cannot be repeated as it would probably lead to me being disbarred but someone should tell the idiot justice must prevail over efficiency - a**hole. This is my pet peeve - he mucks up the system then blames it on others and REFUSES to just go away. B*stard. I'll like to send the idiots in charge a bull's eyeball launched upon a satay stick. There fellowship girls, my new year resolution is to be bitchier on my blog. And yes Eline, your fellow teacher in training agrees I'm scarily mean when in the mood. Bahh ... ~ till next time people, keep a lookout for nice AxI Hellsing doujin for me no? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Had dinner with aunt's family. Damn, uncle got to the bill first at Lemongrass but that's not the point. It was fun altho I didn't think it was fair to make him foot the bill me having eaten like most of the food tonite. Oh Goldfish guess what, I found a bookstore that sells nice chess pieces, you know the opulent nice ones we were talking about. Granted the camel bone set is a whopping 468 but there may be some luck the other pieces are cheaper. My cousin is going to check out the price and then get back to me - you interested? It's on the 3rd floor of the building at Pasir Panjang Village - where Porcupine supermarket is. I had a good time reading Dilbert in my cousin's room today while he was surfing the net and my other cousin his sis was blasting music on his hi-fi while she read on the floor. Gosh, bumming around is TRULY my fav past-time ^___^ ... imprisoned within my blood ... Saturday Bhawaaahhhaa ... it's up ... my very own bad Saiyuki Mary Sue. *chottles madly* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Ahh ... my budgetting this month is NOT too good. Went out to buy stuff. Bought clothes, chokers and weird stuff. I think my credit card is burnt. And then I found more Hellsing doujin here - http://www.technoya.com/ except they don't sell to people outside Japan - what the heck is wrong with all these people, individuals I can understand but doujin rings? SIGH ... *sobs* ... imprisoned within my blood ... *GLOMP* You're back *glomp* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Friday Alright you guys win, so I'm meaner in real life than online but I never represented to the contrary either. Think I've got a career as an online con-artiste? And as I have mooted, the profits from SF tickets sales shall be divided as such: Kit - 24% Eline - 24% Alex - 24% Goldfish - 24% SF - 4% As SF's proposal is she gets 26% and we split the balance, Eline, Alex and Goldfish, vote wisely. SF, you might want to just give up and humor me considering some VERY VALUABLE merchandise which is out of stock world wide is in my hands now *evil grin* - thank my oniichan for it tho' plus I'll throw in 50% of the royalties on "No-N-Sense" (actually you should have taken by 22% offer when I first offered it *evil laughter*). Hee hee, as you can tell when I called ya, the insane kitten was at Comic Connection. After giving my poor overused credit card a good workout on Yahoo J Auction via Doujin Box (I know Eline but as you said Kusa-chan won't ship out and since I'm buying /tat/ much already, it might be worth it on Doujin Box and oh yeah, that's the line ... I couldn't quite remember but FS really reminds me of her - actually my mum's old computer game on an old abandoned sega set inspired me. Oh yes, before the playstation my mother was playing things like Sonic the Hedgehog etc. Name me another mum as whacky as mine and I'll like to meet the woman), I decided to enrich my fav manga shop. Goldfish dear ... help ... *makes pleading eyes* ... need dependable Japanese forwarding machinery *crawls 2 steps before dying* Oh, I downloaded the LOR parody thingee. EK and I were laughing to death but we couldn't see a picture, only heard the dialogue. Are there supposed to be pictures? Anyhow, Oniichan is so funny now that he's married - he behaves like a total mother chicken with my sister in law *giggles*. My sis in law was there tonite so had a good time chatting with her. Gave my bro, his wife and the people at the manga shop some chocolates and started yakking since they already locked me in (one bad thing about getting to know the staff too well is they don't mind locking you in with them ~_~;;) ... One of the manga I bought tonite /so/ totally broke my brain and I mean totally. And of all things, I just had to imagine the main female lead being substituted with by Integra - this resulted in an insane kit laughing so loud and so long I was so glad I was on a non-air conditioned 154 and that we were along a quiet stretch of the lake then. Oh boy ... I was still wheezing when I finally got home. Now, must try to forget it so I can get some sleep tonite (piano class early tomorrow and note to self to look for viola piano duet). Anyone plays the violin or something? Piano and viola player looking for violinist to form trio. Gosh, Integra is really costing me a lot ... English nobility, really ... *ducks irrate English boos* But I am so /head/ over heels with her ... I need help *sob* Had lunch with Deeps and Bel today ... was fun. Yakked nonstop for about an hour. Must do so again soon. Hmmm, seems from Deeps all my old friends are back in Singapore for a short holiday before returning to London, must try to catch up with them. Actually on retrospect, it's hilarious that out of a party of 5, 4 of us are lawyers and one is a chemist. We never quite planned to study in law school together and all went to different universities after junior college without telling each other - it's an amazing coincidence really. I guess the fact the 5 of us used to hang around each other and argue and talk nonsense non-stop was a good indication. I wonder why J became a chemist tho' altho it might have something to do with the fact that she swears her Korean is pretty poor having lived in Singapore her whole life until her dad made her go back to Korea to study in the uni - I mean put me in China and there is no way I could have gone thru Chinese law school, my Chinese is okay but not strong enuff. Good gracious, I wish my office would announce bonus soon, all departments have had their bonuses announced except construction. One would almost hope they are giving us extra to justify keeping ours until the last. I need either a good amount to cushion all this Hellsing doujin shopping spree or to get hold of Sanzo's Three Aspect credit card. I NEED MONEY *looks around desperately* to fund her *points at Integra* Integra: *glares* Clow: *cries* And I just lost some Kino cash vouchers *cries too* ~ it's late and bad grammar and bad spelling and no logic fairies have bitten kit before frothing and dropping dead like fliese ... imprisoned within my blood ... Because I can't seem to load it onto fanfiction.net: ---------- NO-N-SENSE An illegal fanfic third “parter” to fanfictions “No Angels” (http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=950586) and “No Devils” (http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1138399). Do not proceed without memorizing the above 2. This is a total waste of your time, read at your own risk. May the fates have mercy upon us all. ~ Inspired by SF, FS and eeFS (SAMA-taichi) *glomp glomp* ~ hazelnut coffee to Muse ---------- Sanzo sighed. It looked like it would be a good day. It was indeed a good idea to spike the monkey’s drink and to pick up suitable reading materials for the trip. Goku was fast asleep and Gojyo had not made a single rude remark since finding the porn magazine stashed in the back seat. Hakkai was not looking too pleased but Sanzo did not care. Something at the back of his head told him that it was too good to be true. Out of the blue, with the click of a mouse, Sanzo was plucked from his safe world of Togenkyo and ungraciously dumped into a chair in a room. “AOI)(#Qrnt” screamed Sanzo. “Ouch, my butt hurts.” “Sorry,” said a voice from nowhere, “But we need to make sure you don’t go anywhere for a while.” “What the F****?” fumed Sanzo. “No bad language,” said the voice. “Bad spelling is allowed but NO BAD LANGUAGE!!!” And with the swish of the wand of “NO LOGIC”, magic ropes appeared to bind a very miffed Sanzo from neck to toe. “#&*@^)(%~!!!” yelled Sanzo but to no avail. Just as he thought life could not get any worse, the door opened and FS bounded into the room. Ignoring the love of her life desperate attempts to escape, she happily plonked baby Fanzo (Fsanzo?) into the lap of the freaked out priest. Sanzo looked around desperately for help. There was nothing in the room, nothing except a stack of crates and two suspiciously familiar youkais hidden behind the said stack. “Sanzo-sama, I loooooveeee you,” FS squealed happily as she happily bear hugged the struggling priest. “I just want to squish you and love you and,” she paused. Scratching her head, she wondered, “Now why did that sound so familiar?” While Sanzo struggled to catch his breath, somewhere in the real world, a lawyer for a certain animation company and for the Muse made notes to sue this fanfic author for indiscriminate and blatant copyright infringement. Safely hidden behind the crates of pink yaoi R Us (TM) T-shirts, Hakkai and Gojyo who had followed Sanzo out of morbid curiosity watched nervously. Gojyo gulped. Sanzo looked like he was about to do his impression of a volcano and Gojyo wasn’t that keen to be caught in the aftermath. “Man, that’s one ugly baby,” winced Gojyo as he watched the moronic FS continue her cooing and squealing over baby Fanzo (Fsanzo?). “He’ll need a miracle to rescue him out of this,” muttered Hakkai. “Agreed but why bother. As soon as he gets out of one Mary Sue, we have to rescue him from another. It’s fate Hakkai, he’s blonde.” “What has being blonde got to do with this?” asked Hakkai curiously. “Well, you know what happens to violent chain smoking blondes in fanfic,” shrugged Gojyo. “OOC-ness is their bane. It’s almost like every fangurl out there wants to prove she is the one who can melt his icy facade. It won’t be quite so bad except they all have the same overused idea of Sanzo falling head over heels for them.” Gojyo was practically spitting out the last few words as he fought a laughing fit with little success. “Oh,” said Hakkai. “But surely they must credit Sanzo with better taste. Look at him. Does he look like the marrying type?” “Nope,” replied Gojyo. “Look, I’m getting really tired of this. Do you want to ... you know ... get some sleep?” Hakkai lifted one eyebrow disbelievingly. “So soon, we just had ... a nap and you’re tired again?” The redhead smirked. “You have that effect on me you know,” before winking rakishly. And because this is a Mary Sue, we shall just leave it at that. ---------- Sanzo glared at the two youkai sneaking off quietly. He would make them regret leaving him in the lurch. “If I didn’t no better,” he fumed, “This is where it gets worse.” If only Sanzo knew how right he was. Just as FS was about to launch on her new tirade about how difficult it was to find fashionable maternal wear, eeFS appeared angrily. Bumping FS into the pit of oblivion (which had mysteriously appeared under FS’s feet), she turned to face a stunned Sanzo with a screeching war cry “Now you’re mine D-I-E!!!” ---------- And because the author was too lazy to stay awake, we shall just have to wait till next time. TO BE CONTINUED ... OMAKE No. 1 of 99 Deleted scenes: If only Sanzo knew how right he was. Just as FS was about to launch on her new tirade about how difficult it was to find fashionable maternal wear, eeFS appeared angrily. Bumping FS into the pit of oblivion (which had mysteriously appeared under FS’s feet), she turned to face a stunned Sanzo with a screeching war cry “Now you’re mine D-I-E!!!” Sanzo cursed silently. When would all these stupid fangurls learn to write and spell properly. A lesson in plot, structure and canon would certainly be a marked improvement for once. [Deleted because Mary Sues can’t have morals ... ] ... imprisoned within my blood ... Oh and since I've been called "disreputable", I just remembered - Hands up all of you who think I'm meaner in real life than on this blog. *pays Legolas to (a) steal all Hellsing doujin in the world for her (b) block up half the roads in Singapore so she can jaywalk to her hearts content, (c) shoot all stupid cinema attendants and (d) sell tickets to the next "Meet SF" meeting* ~ and if you must know, I haven't obeyed a single traffic light signal today ... imprisoned within my blood ... If there is one reason being obsessed with Clow was cheaper than being obsessed with Integra was the fact I never found Clow doujin. *dies* ... imprisoned within my blood ... Twas your birthday? Many happy wishes to you! ... imprisoned within my blood ... Ange hon' we need one more mad one in the fellowship. I just realised I'm the oldest in the "Fellowship" which means I need to go for a facial and rebond my hair like mad. The only question is whether I start wearing green or white - who's older, pretty boy or the guy with the pointy hat? Must read the latest Secret Diaries and whooh, what did FF net do? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Do not believe SF-sama, kit was not being obnoxious last nite. She was being EXTREMELY obnoxious. SF fans, take note ... for a suitable bribe, I'll sell tickets to our next SF-sama worshipping session at the Sembawang Canal *snerks* And Eriol had a good time scaring everyone too. Must check on the goldfish, a certain Goldfish did scare them last nite. I didn't draw with you dear, I lost spectacularly plus the magarita in your blood was making you generous. Alex I found my Karekano guide book, wanna see it the next time? El got back her stuff so no worries guys. ~ establishing her position as "the mad one" in the Fellowship ... imprisoned within my blood ... Thursday Hahaha ... met SF sama, Goldfish sama, Alex sama and Eline sama for tea, dinner and snack. Fangurls of the above people, take note, we meet at the canal under the Sembawang wharf every Wednesday evening ... so find us there ^___^ Seriously, I now have 2 fanfic ideas, one for Saiyuki and one for LOTR. Hee hee. Will write as soon as I finish Jap homework and my affidavits for work. El, did you get back your stuff? Man, did we eat and booze today - my tummy is stuffed. Do you guys think the restuarants are freaked out by the dangerous 5 yet? It was fun today, see you guys again soon and take care until then. Goldfish, could I mooch that contact in Japan off you? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Oh joy oh joy ... that dj I wanted is being released by the original author ^___^ and it's a new work so I can get my grubby paws on it without paying anyone commission. *GRINS* Meet you guys in a while ... ... imprisoned within my blood ... Wednesday I forgot to mention ... V's cat is the loveliest black kitty ever and the best part? It behaves like a dog. It was quite cute as it wags its tail at people and when EK jokingly said he would make a great fur coat, he immediately ran away to J and hid behind him. Hee hee. Oh, btw V and I are planning to play a viola piano duet - anyone got any recommendations? ... imprisoned within my blood ... Happy New Year to All!!! Yes, I'm back. Great party tonite tho' it is not a good idea to go thru 3 bottles of wine and 1 bottle of sake when drugged up to your nose with flu medicine. I lost it after the dinner too - my medicine - rats. No other than a headache, I'm sober ^__^ Had a wonderful time. Had dinner at V's place - talked enuff rubbish to entertain ourselves and then trooped down to club street to pub crawl. Entered a nice pub Nirvana but it's too crowded so we left. On my way out I had this guy plaster a nice red hat on my head. Kinda cute but oh well ... Halfway thru, EK and I left since J looked like he was interested in V - no light bulbs. We're getting too good at this ... it's like the second set up in less than 2 mths. Maybe we should start a dating club. Going to sleep now. Man I reek of ciggies. One thing I find about smoke, it makes getting drunk so much the worse. When I drink with non-smokers, I don't get so bad a headache but they went thru 2 packs tonite in less than 4 hours ... man ... ok, at least I'm not tempted to smoke for a LONG WHILE. A blessed 2003 to you all, well wishes to all I know and to all who read this blog. ... imprisoned within my blood ... ... how long will it be before I lose control ... how long will it be before he finds me? ... oh preserve my soul, preserve my pride Preserve my sanity thru this nite ... |
