The Chamber of Mazarbul

2006-11-01T00:29:00.001+08:00

See, yet another sign that the world as we know it is doomed. Ive updated.

Rant time. THe place to see really interesting (note: look its MY opinion) people is in PC bunk. Its this place in Dhoby Ghaut MRT that ppl play NOTHING but asiasoft games. Thaaaats right ppl. Maple Story, PAngya, Audition (sense the overwhelming hypocrisy) and other MMORPGs. The place where if youre less than lv 110 in Maple (i cant imagine for one, how long theyve been playing) you are considered noob. The sad thing? They built it over the old X-Square, and didnt bother to renovate so its still the same counter, (ceilings fixed tho, i never got used to seeeing the inner workings of the building) the same sofas, such that the place evokes such nostalgia.

(Before anyone says anything, this was the place i conquered universes with nothing but a double-sided red lightsaber and a really evil intent. Oh, and regularly humiliated people in Street Soccer. And crashed cars with wild abandon. SLiced and diced interesting looking demons from hell. Made gravity defying, hover-in-the-air-for-twenty-seconds-while-doing-stunts-wif-the-ball dunks. Cursed through the entirety of LOTR: THe third Age cos there were so many discrepancies realting to the book. If anyone even knows what games im reffering to, ill be surprised.)

Rant over (entirely self-sreving, i need to blow off some steam since As are looming. Crap, steam just built up again)

In any case, As are in two days. Good luck all and if anyone wants to commit seppenku with me, theyre greatly appreciated.

CHeers,
Imppala

P.S. I STILL havent found out what they did with all the old X-boxes when they closed X-square down. God knows i spent enough money there to get an honorary one.

2006-10-22T22:45:00.000+08:00

Its been a month (well, more actually.) since i updated. Bowing to peer pressure (boredom helps too), i hereby present oyu with this set of day to day musings since i cant find my drafted blog entry anymore about how i became so... anti-social. (or rather why i dont talk much except to a select group of ppl that somehow excludes darn near my whole class).

Had my eye check-up today, where my optometrist informed me i had been wearing glasses wrongly for the better part of two years and my focal point was all screwed up. He also added up that my degree had shot up (400 to 900ish *_*). Strange, the old ones still work ><. And my mom informed me on the bus back that the assistant thought i was handsome (insert obvious myopic joke here.) In any case im getting new glasses next week, which should placate some of the people who forever see me and go "do you know your glasses are crooked?"

Got the letter sometime back, im starting NS on 8 Dec. Atleast its after grad night... and i do mean AFTER.

It's two weeks to the A levels, jy everybody... for me i quote what i read in the new paper today. "ascent is the preferred direction, but i have made general allowances for descent or even freefall"

Cheers,
Imppala the "yes he finally updated"

2006-09-17T01:29:00.000+08:00

well i finally updated... and juz when allan stopped bugging me too.

Prelims were horrible, died a young (hmmm izzat the right adjective? ah who cares) death for maths and physics (paper 1 for both subjects were 0_0), but in any case if i fail both it wont be the end of the world (it cant come again rite? Juz checking). Chem was better than usual (not saying much) and the jurys still out on bio...

Zzzzzz i swear dota kills console gaming skills, juz played burnout revenge and the controller itself alr felt unfamiliar, muz have been three months since ive handled one... in any case, took me some time to rekindle the skills, then it was back to plain efficient killing... I LOVE burnout revenge, has to be the only racing game tt lets u take out cars the old-fashioned way ( crash em into cars, trucks, buses, bulldozers, trailers, off the highway, smashing down on em from THREE STOREYS HIGH and countless oth fun ways)

The teasing and rumours abt me has at least gone down, for tt im grateful -_-. One less thing to burst a vein about is always good...

My on-off insomnia is back wif a vengeance, mom found me at six in the morning exactly as she left me when she went to sleep... reaction wasnt as entertaining as bowen and allan during tt sleepover last time, and she wouldnt believe i wasnt playing games (playuh karma i deem it...)

In any case, lifes bearable. *nods*

Cheers
Imppala

Prob getting a new template soon, watch this space

2006-08-15T23:46:00.000+08:00

koped off michelle's blog, who in turn grabbed off peiss's blog.. tis a chain i tell ye.

I miss somebody right now. [nods...]
I don't watch much TV these days. [mebbe catch a show here and there]
I love olives. [nv tried]
I own lots of books. [Hell yes.]
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games. [GUILTY XD]
I've tried marijuana. [=.=" tell me ur kidding...]
I've watched porn movies. [riiiiight]
I have been in a threesome. [...runs]
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I curse sometimes. [shrugs sometimes its warranted...]
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
I'm TOTALLY smart. [no one is =.="]
I've broken someone's bones. [dislocated doesnt count rite?]
I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal. [secret yes, ashamed, nah]
I hate the rain. [depends on my basketball mood]
I'm paranoid at times. [ooo yea]
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now. [treasurer!]
I love sushi.
I talk really, really fast.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas. [nv been, nv will]
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I can't survive without Caller I.D. [ bah its juz useful]
I like the way that I look.
I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
I know how to cornrow. [dont even know wad it means]
I am usually pessimistic. [swing between both, but usu]
I have a lot of mood swings.
I think prostitution should be legalized.
I think Britney Spears is pretty. [oooook-looking]
I slept with a Suitemate. [no comment.]
I have a hidden talent. [mastering mundane games XD]
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have. [when im playing games, adrenaline alone keeps me pumpin]
I have a lot of friends. [contrary to popular opinion]
I am currently single. [aaand available! =D]
I have pecked someone of the same sex. [shrugs]
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop. [Juz not for the run of mill stuff]
I enjoy window shopping. [see above]
I would rather shop than eat.
I would classify myself as ghetto.
I'm obsessed with my Blogger or Livejournal.
I don't hate anyone. I dislike them.
I'm a pretty good dancer. [...bah]
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. [no but yest i was embarassed to b heard wif her]
I have a cell phone.
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I want to have children in the future.
I currently like someone. [Not telling! *grins*]
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life. [Guilty.]
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I am a member of the Tom Green fan club. [who?]
I'm not allergic to anything. [nth i know of, yet.]
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex. [depends who, but generally yes]
I'm online 24/7, even as an away message. [nope, but quite close]
I have at least 5 away messages saved.
I have tried alcohol or drugs before. [champagne's taste sux]
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.
I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Blogger or Livejournal.
When I was a kid I played "the birds and the bees" with a neighbour or chum.
I enjoy some country music. [ooooyea.]
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza. [on the whole, yes]
I watch soap operas whenever I can. [if i tune in and its on]
I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
I know all the words to Slick Rick's "Children's Story".
I think Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it. [i have a soft spot for slapstick humour]
I have dated a close friend's ex.
I like surveys/memes. [fun to do, easy to post]
I am happy at this moment. [fine lah...]
I'm obsessed with guys. [NONONONO]
I am a Democrat.
I am a Conservative Republican.
I am punk rockish. [like the music]
I go for older guys/girls, not younger. [age doesnt matter, except in extreme cases (duh.)]
I study for tests most of the time. [nope, bad habit i noe]
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.
I love my job.I am comfortable with who I am right now. [quite. :)]
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
I believe in prophetic dreams. [had a few.]
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient in a musical instrument. [tried piano, bombed.]
I worked at a McDonald's restaurant before.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies. [gogogo]
I think water rules. [im a PYRO at heart. BRING ON THE FIRE!!]
I went to college out of state.
I am adopted.
I like sausage. [its fine]
I have thrown up from crying too much.
I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colors.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I think school is awesome.
I think pigtails serve a purpose.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.
I usually like covers better than originals.
I don't like multi-textured ice cream.
I watch Food Network way too much.
I love coaching youth sports.
I can pick up things with my toes. [bends, tries... yep.]
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither. [oooook....]
I have ridden/owned a horse. [after a while, bolted. I fell and was lucky not to do a Reeves]
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet. [duh.]
I talk in my sleep.
I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions. [guilty.]
I think climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I would not be friends if they weren't family.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I know who Santos L. Halper is.
I read trashy romance novels and I am ashamed.[read b4, not ashamed]
I love wrestling. [after a while, got way too monotonous.]
I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.
If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is. [dont do it, know it.]
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.
I'm an artist.
I have a goal to collect every Johnny Depp movie ever made.
I have an unhealthy Taco Bell obsession.
I have had a crush on a cartoon character when I was a kid. [...]
I have spent more on anime and manga than many spend on computers or other high end products. [entirely possible]
I only clean my room when necessary. [ and sometimes even nt then]
I am always daydreaming. [too true.]

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2006-08-07T22:33:00.000+08:00

I	Important
M	Misunderstood
P	Perfect
P	Pretty
A	Amazing
L	Luxurious
A	Arty

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

I have objections to two of those... ill leave u to decide which two.

Cheers,
Imppala

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AND DONT U FORGET IT ^^

2006-08-01T11:03:00.000+08:00

Well my first blog using my own account for a LONG time.. bwahaha. Bitching to the VP abt the veri long hiatus my account took since March has its advantages. They stormed the unoffically illegal DOTA session there, and i almost got owned, but anywya took the opportunity to complain... so yeah.

KoL's been trying my patience cos Im not used to mys classes... no godly moxie, spell dmg so-so compared to LTsynergy of the Seal Clubber, and it doesnt have the nice bonuses of the TT and AT. Sianz... perservere! Imppala's on a 2nd ascension run as a hardcore Seal Clubber... IKUZO!!! Mandos as a pastamancer keeps getting beaten up as i try to adv above level... haiz

Got introed to a new MMORPG that i like to call GIant Robot Deathmatch ^^. ATC-Raycrash... its basically a semi 3D piloting game ( dont ask me how that works out) Allans pickeed it up and now he wants the gang to join as well... and Bowen blames ME 0_0. Tho revelation... Zeids the friggin easiest to use. Juz spam missiles and close combaT... clutch ftw!

Grad nite tix selling today... zz need to give ct rep money... got dragged along by my class.. shld b fun tho. But dont know wad tp wear le... theme is Midnight In Manhattan... juz normal fu zhuang lorz

hm short update... but then agin not much to wirte ( note the deliberate omission of prelims looming)

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-07-10T23:34:00.000+08:00

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Imppala!

The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of Imppala is blue!
You should always open Imppala at least an hour before drinking him!
Red Imppala at night, shepherd's delight. Red Imppala at morning, shepherd's warning.
Imppala has four noses.
A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are individually known as Imppala!
Antarctica is the only continent without Imppala.
The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Imppala.
New Zealand was the first place to allow Imppala to vote.
If your ear itches, this means that someone is talking about Imppala.
Imppala will give a higher yield if milked when listening to music.

waaaaaad on earth.... for pure humour

2006-07-04T11:33:00.000+08:00

Hey hey, its the first day of sch... Nothing much has changed, except that im actually blogging....

KoL is FUN nowadays... din noe accordion was so imba. I DOUBLED my moxie wif a very nice build self done... theres nothing like watching him dodge EVERYTHING to uplift the senses.... MY THIEF REFUSES TO BE HIT! LOLROFLMAO! OWNZ PWNZ U! Ranting again... ANd i sound like those guys in the Valley of Rofl'mao... bwahaha. Bandit STILL cant fight NS... juz have to wait and see.

All tired now, wad wif activities yest and today.... no i din overnight lan again. This lan shop i frequent (read: practically live in to the point where the keepers know me on a first name basis) has a sweet deal on off peak days Mon - Thurs... My friend calls it the CYberdome Insanity. For $21, you can play for 21 hours. Ultra cheap (by relevant standards) and wif good comps, uits beta than my slow comp and arguing with my mom about broadband... So I played from 8 am to about 11pm, cue the mad call here... Played like 9 dota sessions, 6-3 ^^. The 3 came from when bowen, woo and yock joined... haiz. To be fiar, woos not a serious gamer like us, so he gets fed on quite easily. THen Im still not that good, altho im much beta (i better be, with all the prac). And Bowen and Yock are slightly abv average, but not enuf i guess... i still prefer the online friends i made... they at least combo skills together zzzz...

Today played basketball, so im really thankful for the aircon. Think i upset the balance fo their games tho, cos they already have two layers then can dominate the inside... so have three ppl under the hoop, then the team wif the majority usu wins... then rebounding to scoring will dominate, so dunno if i shld cont... or maybe im juz thinking too much zz. Cant help it lah, told u im self conscious.

SO yes im realli tired liao, who knew armchair parade for 16 hrs ( i think i came at 7 not sure, but my schedule was for 8) and basketball for like 40 min would tire me out so... guess im realli unfit. NS!!!!! NNOOOOO!

Oh yeah my old senior in AJ Chinese drama juz sent an email, alumnis doing a play and all invited (or requested to show some interest, half full half empty%

2006-07-04T11:03:00.000+08:00

2006-06-27T22:37:00.000+08:00

Heh... its the CTs, and everyones taking bets on how badly ill screw uo this time... The odds are quite stacked, since my holidays consisted of a single question realli... "What should I play today?" and thus you observe the magnitude of my... folly. Yep, thats appropos.

KOL ACSENSION! WOOTAGE! Actually i didnt think itll be this soon, but anywayz... Took a rather long while tho, since I had to train two familiars to lvl 10 from scratch and farm 4000 meat to buy a barbed wire fence (cost me 2500 in the end zzz) but the Naughty Sorcress turned out to be easier than thought... so im now a fem Accordion Thief... got saboed by an accompanying friend, nvm he doesnt know about the gender change ops in the Back Alley, so thats settled. Hardcore Oxygenarian is HARD indeed, no food or booze to be consumed. On the other hand i get imba stuff so im not exactly complaining =P. My disco's up next if I can swing it.... need star stuff and he cant farm there yet zzz...

Sigh my mom juz downloaded the main theme from Love in Harvard, and as usual with songs, once I listen to them for a few, I CANT GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD! Its been playing in my head since paper time... argh!!! Then again, ppl may not know it.... I estimate im four or six months ahead of Ch 8 for romance dramas... and its ALL MY MOMS FAULT FOR COLONISING THE TUBE!!!!! Im possibly the onli guy to have watched Chang Jin THRICE. And its scary considering Ch 8 onli juz showed Xi Guan Da Shao Ye.... I watched that like last yr... 0_0 its all my moms fault zzz...

Random entry and totally exam unrelated. Ah well, this is the story of my life... Cheers all! Luck for the exams!

I rmb when we were angels.... DAMMIT!

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-06-23T00:10:00.000+08:00

Zzzzz... its been a month and as one of my fren's MSN nick goes...

What movies have i watched? What girls have I dated? WHAT HAVE I MUGGED?!!

...Actually juz the last one, I was juz having fun going with the whole hysterical thing.

So yeah, as most ppl who know me can attest, Im patentedly ignoring the semi urgent need to mug (there, i said it) and going on to live the day as if nothing had happened. Oh yeah, school closed.

Juz figured out how to transfer old contacts to my not so new email account (started olorinimppala@hotmail.com in the AJ comp lab, do the math from here) so ive been answering IMs about who the hell is this, and sending approximately the equal no. back.

KoL is still going strong, im prepping for the final quest already. By my estimation, i still need some stuff and a boost to perhaps lvl 12 b4 i can finish tho... and im planning a hardcore ascension, this time as a sauceror. THis is for the benefit of ppl playing the same MMORPG, so dont burst any vessels understandng this.

And speaking of which, Jean if ur reading this, ive got a lot to tell u, cos the last time we had an online convo I was LEVEL 4 and now ill lvl 11... so we'll have a lotta catch up =P. Ur onli lvl 9 now... tho nice work getting the cocoabo.

Ill update soon, got some hilarious quiz results to put up.

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-05-25T23:07:00.000+08:00

Sianz.

You ppl realli nothing better to do rite? Everyday suan me on rumours that have no grounding whatsoever.... grrrr. It doesnt help that I juz won a 2.5 v 3 dm ar sm matchup against jiawei, colin and justin with you guessed wad -_-. THo that was dam lucky lor... after making diffusal for pl then get... yar. After that Colin had the idiocy to make divine rapier, then died. Even then Jiawei gotit then got killed by me again (double kill ^^). got the rapier, damage jumped to FIVE FREAKIN HUNDRED ^^. W00tage no? Pushed down bottom tower, the two tree towers and the world tree in one fell swoop... dam i love myself ^^. Had able support from Tan Long too.. Slayer killed a coupla ppl. Too bad yock had to left, vs and bane could have owned from start to end.... esp when justin burned thru all the good late game str heroes =D

And for heaven's sake larhz... For me Im a very interest-based person. If there is common ground, can talk until tian liang (proven). If not, prepare to get stonewalled with monosyllabic answers. So ppl i can talk with I generally become quite friendly wif em... if that generates any misunderstandings its probably cos I treat ppl equally genderwise... get tt colin? Shoot he wont read this anyway...

Juz finished Kingdom of Loathing adventures, its a better game than ppl give it credit for ^^. It's lame but fun, there can be a mix of the two.

Tmr last day of sch then I have to bear my mom's constant reminding to study... ah well update nxt time.

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-05-05T15:37:00.000+08:00

Loneliness Quotient: 54%

Your Personalized Assessment Report:

Because your LQ is above 50, it is clear there is significant loneliness in your life. On the bright side, there are things you can do to reduce your LQ. We will take a look at some specific areas where loneliness may stem from. One spot of weakness is your friend situation. Difficulties in this area are having an impact on your loneliness, and this is something that needs improvement. Luckily in your case, your family situation is not causing you any troubles. A positive family situation is definitely helpful. Your romantic life, however, needs work. There is a lot of room for improvement there, and you really need to search for that girl of your dreams. In order to find true love and friendships you must learn to defeat your shyness and increase your interactions with people. Compounding the shyness problem is the lack of people in your area who you can get along with. It's difficult, but you must look that much harder to find people to interact with. On a final note, there seem to be some insecurity issues that you need to work through. Improving self-esteem will aid you in lowering your LQ.

Take the Loneliness Quotient Test at Dating Diversions

LOLz... actually nth much i didnt already know... shrugs lah.

You Are 18 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

So i act my age.... thats good rite?

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion		33%
Stability		33%
Orderliness		26%
Accommodation		23%
Interdependence		70%
Intellectual		30%
Mystical		36%
Artistic		10%
Religious		10%
Hedonism		10%
Materialism		76%
Narcissism		10%
Adventurousness		83%
Work ethic		36%
Self absorbed		63%
Conflict seeking		56%
Need to dominate		63%

Romantic		30%
Avoidant		36%
Anti-authority		76%
Wealth		50%
Dependency		56%
Change averse		70%
Cautiousness		70%
Individuality		56%
Sexuality		63%
Peter pan complex		63%
Physical security		76%
Physical Fitness		17%
Histrionic		43%
Paranoia		43%
Vanity		50%
Hypersensitivity		63%
Female cliche		30%

Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

Insecure? hmmmmmm... but the orderliness stuff is rather spot on,n as some of my classmates can attest =.="

Dating Strengths	Dating Weaknesses
1. Adventurousness - 66.7% 2. Sense of Humor - 57.1% 3. Varied Interests - 57.1% 4. Open-Mindedness - 54.5% 5. Kindness - 54.5%	1. Shyness - 70.8% 2. Appearance - 66.7% 3. Pessimism - 66.7% 4. Lack of Essentials - 58.3% 5. Insecurity - 53.8%

Dating Strengths Explained
Adventurousness - You are willing to try new things and be spontaneous. You want to get out there and really live, and you will attract people with a similar love of life. Sense of Humor - Girls are attracted to people with a good sense of humor. Be sure to put yours on display! Varied Interests - You don't limit yourself, and that's a dating asset. Your varied interests make you available and interesting to a wider range of girls. Open-Mindedness - You are open to trying new things and entertaining new ideas, and this widens your pool of available girls. Kindness - You treat other people with empathy and goodwill. This positive trait helps you stand out and draw people into your warmth.
Dating Weaknesses Explained
Shyness - You know all too well the limits shyness places on you. Putting yourself out there in social situations may be difficult, but essential to your dating success. Appearance - Devoting a greater effort at making good first impressions is a must. Try to be fit and develop a style if you want to catch a girl's attention. Pessimism - Too much cynicism can be a turn-off. Try to see the brighter side of things and people will be attracted to your positive outlook. Lack of Essentials - Dating is difficult for you because you lack certain key things, which may include private space, a car, money, or a nice wardrobe. Work toward obtaining these essentials! Insecurity - Your insecurity makes you doubt yourself, but you must learn to love and trust yourself if you want to succeed in dating.
Take This Dating Quiz

Bah, got twisted into doing this by a friend... tot ill post it up anywayz

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-05-05T08:19:00.000+08:00

Loneliness Quotient: 54%

Your Personalized Assessment Report:

LOLz... actually nth much i didnt already know... shrugs lah.

You Are 18 Years Old

What Age Do You Act?

So i act my age.... thats good rite?

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion		33%
Stability		33%
Orderliness		26%
Accommodation		23%
Interdependence		70%
Intellectual		30%
Mystical		36%
Artistic		10%
Religious		10%
Hedonism		10%
Materialism		76%
Narcissism		10%
Adventurousness		83%
Work ethic		36%
Self absorbed		63%
Conflict seeking		56%
Need to dominate		63%

Romantic		30%
Avoidant		36%
Anti-authority		76%
Wealth		50%
Dependency		56%
Change averse		70%
Cautiousness		70%
Individuality		56%
Sexuality		63%
Peter pan complex		63%
Physical security		76%
Physical Fitness		17%
Histrionic		43%
Paranoia		43%
Vanity		50%
Hypersensitivity		63%
Female cliche		30%

Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

Insecure? hmmmmmm... but the orderliness stuff is rather spot on,n as some of my classmates can attest =.="

Dating Strengths	Dating Weaknesses
1. Adventurousness - 66.7% 2. Sense of Humor - 57.1% 3. Varied Interests - 57.1% 4. Open-Mindedness - 54.5% 5. Kindness - 54.5%	1. Shyness - 70.8% 2. Appearance - 66.7% 3. Pessimism - 66.7% 4. Lack of Essentials - 58.3% 5. Insecurity - 53.8%

Dating Strengths Explained
Adventurousness - You are willing to try new things and be spontaneous. You want to get out there and really live, and you will attract people with a similar love of life. Sense of Humor - Girls are attracted to people with a good sense of humor. Be sure to put yours on display! Varied Interests - You don't limit yourself, and that's a dating asset. Your varied interests make you available and interesting to a wider range of girls. Open-Mindedness - You are open to trying new things and entertaining new ideas, and this widens your pool of available girls. Kindness - You treat other people with empathy and goodwill. This positive trait helps you stand out and draw people into your warmth.
Dating Weaknesses Explained
Shyness - You know all too well the limits shyness places on you. Putting yourself out there in social situations may be difficult, but essential to your dating success. Appearance - Devoting a greater effort at making good first impressions is a must. Try to be fit and develop a style if you want to catch a girl's attention. Pessimism - Too much cynicism can be a turn-off. Try to see the brighter side of things and people will be attracted to your positive outlook. Lack of Essentials - Dating is difficult for you because you lack certain key things, which may include private space, a car, money, or a nice wardrobe. Work toward obtaining these essentials! Insecurity - Your insecurity makes you doubt yourself, but you must learn to love and trust yourself if you want to succeed in dating.
Take This Dating Quiz

Bah, got twisted into doing this by a friend... tot ill post it up anywayz

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-04-25T11:07:00.000+08:00

I'M BACK! AND BADDER THAN EVAH!!!!

A kewpie doll to anyone who can guess the origin of the quote.

Its been a VERY long while. Apologies, Chamber infested with little orcs called homework, games, and other distractions. Juz finished exterminating 'em...

Anyways, went to AJ Family Day on Saturday. Too most ppl couldnt made it, would have been more fun. As it was, I was the onli one, since Michelle was sick, Jie Kai had guitar practice, and Wee Min juz simply couldnt make it. =.=". Ah well... THey set up some kind of gladiator's ring in the centre of the hall, and it was pretty funny seeing ppl trying to knock off the paper ball taped to the helmet... then it got expanded to FFA for 4 ppl. THing is, it had a tendency to degen to a 3 v 1, and with some smart tactics usually reserved for Def Jam FFAs, or WWE Royal Rumbles, a guy can juz win liddat. THe 09 booth was selling balloon hats and cotton candy, bought one hat (exploded on the train :() and i think 2 sticks of cotton candy... THen bought some food from Huiping and Xinyi's class booth... pizza wasnt bad. Walked all over the funfair searching for the gaming points (like u dont know me by noiw? ;)) b4 realising i was reading the dam map upside down... SCORE ONE FOR THE BAKA (BAKE?) MONO!!! In any case, watched a Winning Eleven 3v4 (the power of multi-tap) and a few DOTA matches, b4 going back to mix with the crowd... Watched some karaoke, dunking (no clement ong this yr?) and generally had a blast.

As busy in school as ever, I havent slept earlier than 2 am this entire 2 weeks.... nvm, i make up for it at lects *grins*

Oh well, time for Chemn tutorial, be updating in a while.

Cheers,
Imppala

2006-01-04T10:11:00.000+08:00

Oh well, was gonna post this last week... all hail grand master of procrastination and forgetfulness.

This just isnt my week. In the last week of holidays, I now find myself minus one Playstation 2. Apparently, the modifier (a small lil chip) got broken, so it cant play coughcoughpiratedcoughcough games... which basicalluy constitutes my entire damn collection... *sigh* nvmz, still got my old PS! :D I know I kept it safe and treasured for a reason. Shame though, I was about to try out the two new PS2 games I bought yesterday...

On a brighter note, went to Jeremy's house for CHristmas party, he's me old bio tutor in AJ, went to Adelaide to further his studies. Met some old frens from the old 09/05 and his old/present classmates. Food was great, the only problem being that since it was for fifteen ppl, and onli ten showed up, he's going to fact leftover overdose of potato salad, curry chicken, about 40 sticks of otah, and a hellotta ham. Never mind, I finished the log cake fir him, muahahahaz...

After that, we adjourned to his PS2, he's got quite a good collection. Anyways, the three of us duked it out in Winning Eleven, while the rest of them played bluff. The rest of the ppl went off at like 5 or sth, we continued to face off until Jeremy's fake controller broke. Jeremy poonzed the two of us 4-0 each, then again I conceded a penalty AND a red card in the 3rd minute... rox rite.

Its gonna ba a long week *looks at PS1* well, maybe not. Now where did I put my old FF rpgs...

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-12-24T11:43:00.000+08:00

Ive been procrastinating for a long time now on the assignment Michelle gave me... sigh. Couldnt think of much, Im actually a rather boring person, and since not many ppl read this blog... I think I wont spread the cheer elsewhere.

Well, here goes...

1. My name came to my mom in a dream. No seriously. By her account, about a week b4 i was born, she had a dream seeing someone in a dark room. When asked who was it, it(?_?) replied "Im Joey". Dunno if its true tho...

2. I was a child performer once for the Jerry Jinglebird thingie. Cant really rmb much about it... I think I was what, 6 at the time... I onli rmb that thanks to that, I developed a liking for the carrot cake at Newton Circus, everytime finish rehearsal go and eat ;)

3. I have an insane number of hobbies. This is mainly because as my friend once said, Im probably the world's greatest consumer. Get me interested (i.e. hold my attention span for more than five seconds) and I just go crazy over it. Plus these hobbies are usually excruciatingly boring to the uninitiated (like my Marvel/DC comic history, study of the history of Middle-earth and other LOTR stuff, and my neverending Gundam fascination)

4. Im a very lazy person dresswise. I have like just one template for casual: T-shirt and bermudas. I dont really care how it looks, just whether it feels comfortable.

5. (tries to think of some more) Im a very avid comic reader. Currently, Im following about 9 different series, even some that have to be flown in from Taiwan and Hong Kong cause Chuang Yi never bothered to publish them... which is murder on my wallet (thank god for Comic Connections membership card: 30% discount on all Taiwan/Hong Kong comic books $11 becomes roughly the price of a normal Singapore comic book, for just $10/ year... I sound like Im advertising). My mom's never very happy about this as Im liable to go without lunch and buy all these comic books (thereby "wasting" her money) My collection now numbers a good 50/60 books with the average price being about 7 bucks... you do the math. No wonder she's pissed... And my bookshelf's a bit overflowing, hopefully i can clear out one of the cupboards in my bedroom for storage purposes, room looks like a paper tsuanmi claimed it.

Whew, thats finished. 5 weird and random facts about me!

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-12-21T23:16:00.000+08:00

WHen all inspiration for blog entries fail... quizzes take over.
You are an assassin. That means you are a proffessional and do your job without mixing any emotions in it. In your life you have probably been hurt many times and have gotten some mental scars. This results in you being distant from people. Though many think that you are evil, you are not. What you really are is a person, trying to forget your pain and past. You are the person who never seems to care and that is why being an assassin fits you good. Atleast, that's what people think. Even if you don't care that much for your victims, you still have the ability to care and to generally feel. It is not lost, just a little forgotten. In crowds you tend to not get to noticed, and dress in black or other discrete colours. You don't being in the spotlight and wish people would just leave you alone. But once you do get close to someone you have a hard time letting go and get real down if you loose him/her. Main weapon: Sniper Quote: "The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy" -Jim Rohn Facial expression: Narrowed eyesWhat Type of Killer Are You? [cool pictures] brought to you by Quizilla always thought i would make a good assasin/sniper ... goes to show... 7: Squirtle - After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth. Of the Original 150, Which Pokemon Are You?

...you reading this, alvis?

Well, its christmas in 4 days time.

More importantly, it'll be the new Year in what, ten days? Argh. The year of the 'A'pocalypse/'A'gony (yes, Im being extremely lame here) as I call it.

I had this fleeting thought of where has the precious two months gone, and my brain answers with the distinct image of me lying on the couch (work with me here) with a PS2 controller in hand, frying my eyes out as I mindlessly (as my mother says) press buttons watching a display that is sooo gonna worsen my myopia. Truth hurts, doesn't it?

Ah well, to all a merry christmas and a happy new year! As for those who have 'A' levels nxt year (Alvis, this doesnt mean you) jia you!

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-12-11T21:54:00.000+08:00

Well, I finally dragged whats left of my sorry hide away from the PS2 and got down to blogging. Sorry i didnt get back to this earlier, as on the days I wasnt home frying my eyes out, I grabbed some of my hard-saved money that I hadnt already used to buy the THREE new comic series (flown in from Taiwan, too and loads more ex... thank god for Comic Connections privilege cards... digressing here...) and went to X-square to fry my eyes out again, albeit with a different console. Too bad Street Basketball doesnt have a PS2 version, else Ill buy it. For a basketball fanatic, its just fun to see how many times you can DUNK over that sorry guy there with the task of guarding you. Do a few tricks, send him sprawling, then do a DOUBLE alleyoop dunk. In other words, I leaped as if to dunk, passed to another guy in mid-air, who then passed again to my last team-mate, who smashed it home. Loads of fun.

On the PS2 front, just finished Star Ocean 3 for the third time anbd finally finished Shadow HEarts: Covenant... heh. About 100 hours of gaming in total, thank god for coffee, and a tolerant mom who yells at me to sleep onli if she still finds me at three in the morning. I might grab another RPG to finish during the holidays...

Sianz, my social schedule for the holidays ROX. My class juz cancelled their chalet, and 09 the reunion, both citing lack of participation. Sadly, after PW, apart from the chance meeting at bishan mrt, I havent seen a singe classmate so far this whole hols. Meh...

I need to finish up some hliday hw, ciao for now.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-11-19T12:34:00.000+08:00

Good Lord, its been a while, since Ive blogged. Been playing PS2 too much I guessed... After unlocking everything (read: EVERYTHING) in the two Gundam SEED ganmes I bought earlier this month, I then went about completing Shadoww Hearts Covenant, a RPG i was SUPPOSED to have completed LAST year *takes a bow* all hail king of procrastination. And after 40+ hours of gameplay, starting from last thursday, Ive finished it! Now to play thru one more time to unlock some of the goodies... i need another 30-pack instant coffee... everyday wake up at around 7, play until 2, realise time for lunch, make instant stuff, play until 6... after mum done with TV at 10, play until 1... diaoz...
Now watching first volume of Full Metal Alchemist, pretty cool battle scenes and some hilarious antics. Which just translates to more time spent on the tube... oh the humanity...
Dropped by Takashimaya to check the Bandai Action Cup, some of the models there are just awesome, ill post some pics when i get the chance.
Urgh, died for pw op q&a, presentation was ok, a little nervous but thats normal. The teacher asked the question, i froze for 2 seconds, asked him to repeat it, then froze again for a good 5 seconds. and after that, i found my answer was out of point anyway. SO sad.. so very sad.
Haiz, theres about it for now. Ill update later, gtg for lunch.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-10-11T19:28:00.000+08:00

*yawn*

havent been sleeping well these few days... my gaming schedule's booked diamond solid. With the purchase of two shiny new PS2 games, and some more to follow suit once i get the moneys... not to mention a 100% completion of Riviera: the Promised Land, playing Fire Emblem 8: The Sacred Stones repeatedly to get supports... good lord, it'll be a miracle if i get any semblance of decent sleep. Expect me to not leave my houjse (yes Alvis, I cant spell it.) until two weeks from now, with the possible exception of this sat's aj open house. Any1 else planning to go?

Finally found the two games I've been looking for, after some searching, a lot of arguing and about a month worth of savings, the two games released this year on Gundam SEED and affilated series are now purchased and extensively played. Generation of C.E. still hasnt an English version out, but with the long wait for the US version of Neverending Tomorrow (an entire friggin' year to dub and translate the Japanese dialogue. ), i decided to risk it. Now Im jostling with my mom for the TV, and the shows she watches are ALL drama series, which miraculously ended last week, and she doesnt like the successors, so guess who's colonising the use of the TV in her absence ^^.

Oh yeah, and anyone wanting to go as well to aj open house leave a tag here, we'll work out the details later.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-10-08T14:22:00.001+08:00

Finally, I have the time to kick back, escape from certain commitments defiantly not study-based and write an entry for a blog that hasnt been updated in well, EONS. Was debugging the template yesterday, then had to eat dinner, chat with frens on MSN, and generally do stuff that wouldnt have been possible two months ago. With promos over, and the usual flood of belated birthday greetings from frens too busy mugging to notice 2nd October has passed and gone, i have an absolute MOUNTAIN of stuff to do, and not all of it academic.

prep for PW oral pres
tie up loose ends on games, for those im currently playing see my profile.
convince mom to buy Animax channel on Starhub Digital Cable
darn near commit to memory the first volume of Gundam SEED Destiny VCDs
trawl video games stores to buy the US version of Neverending Tomorrow and Generation of C.E. both being Gundam SEED PS2 games which inexplicably cant be found anywhere
build the models of several Gundam mechas, which will take up considerable amounts of time and money
play Maple Story until I bleed from both eyes and ears.
somehow smuggle my PS2 to my best friend's hojuse and thrash him in every game I own until WE both bleed from head to toe
start planning how to celebrate my dad's birthday
finish my holiday comic reading list

like i said, a veritable mountain of tasks to do XD

Promos were survivable, but Im pretty worried abt my maths. Spent the entire time mugging for my 3 sciences, and then onli started cramming on maths the night before. sianzzz. But never mind, it's over! Woot! Let the good times roll! Let all regrets go until the release of results!

And Alvis, if you're reading this, the tsm doesnt exist anymore. Juz heard from xavier. The hallowed corner of the Gryphon's Lair is now bare, empty, dead. One of the reasons for my continued sanity (or insanity, depending on the way you look at it) during the 4 years of my secondary education has just been crushed, filleted and deep-sixed. All the wonderful memories of thrashing noobs, blissful duels and non-stop jamming (record: five hours on one 50-cent coin)... Part of my soul just died.

Yeah well, continuing the reminiscing (did I spell that correctly?), hopefully 09 gets together again, really miss the bunch of ppl. In fact, I even feel like visiting AJ some time, anyone else interested?

My mom's off the TV now, gotta go watch Gundam SEED DEstiyn for the fourth time, will blog again in the foreseeable future.

Cheers,

Imppala

2005-08-17T10:19:00.000+08:00

My dear subject teachers, next time colloborate before setting test dates, in order to avoid this tupid mss next week is gonna be. ANyone who saw my MSN nick has a faint idea of this, so Ill just elaborate. For next week, all the six subjects I take at JC have highly important (i.e. life-death) stuff coming up. Lets run thru it, shall we?

-GP: Project, supposed to come up with "interactive media presentation" on a quote by Benjamin Franklin "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." It would have been more fun if we could choose the quote, but oh well...

-Bio - Skills CD SPA nuff said.

-Physics - Lect test + remedial test

-Chem - mock SPA BD

-Maths - Tutorial test

-PW - EOM + written report draft

... Case in point

Isnt the workload supposed to get lighter as we go into promos? If I didnt know better (lets face it, I dont), its atually getting heavier.

Ah well, next week's gonna be a fiasco of grand proportions. See ya.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-08-16T10:33:00.000+08:00

It's been a long week and the promos are looming. 6 weeks to go...

Met Wen E today on the MRT, she's seems to be doing quite well. Seems that this week, I keep meeting ppl from AJ, what with yesterday seeing Christy (?) from CLDDS, and today. Talk about consecutive coincidences.

ARGH! chinagba.com has problems, and I need to redownload my Riviera rom. Woohoo. Any beneficiaries of my tip on where to get it, please help. Having your removable disk (My Creative Zen) conk out on you sucks. Big time.

It's gonna be a long and boring week ahead, see ya guys when I have something else to actually update on.

CHeers,
Imppala

2005-08-11T13:30:00.000+08:00

Ah well, just when I thought my life couldnt get any worse, it has. Then again, if it didnt, I suppose I wont be blogging. :P

Account got banned at comp labs. Anyone who knows me should say it was a long time coming, but in the first place, comp techs arent paid enough to understand that even though I was surfing blogs next to two idiots playing dota of all things (Ive NEVAH played dota ><) JKust for once, ill like to get busted for something I did do, but like homework, this somehow will never happen. Ah well, I was planning to start cutting back anyway.

THe patriarch and matriarch are still at each other throats, thereby inducing me to spend minimum time in the place I sadly call home for the time being. For justification, Ill probably study better at school anyway.

Zenebas conked out on me, hard drive ended up corrupted. Five months of hard work (no, not pw) down the ^%&^*& drain! nvmz, holidays are gonna be epic, anyway I didnt lose the FE data. Other than that, no loss. Got a new one, with new headphones. Life art fair, at least this time.

Great, progress report coming out and I WILLNOT be looking forward to passing it to my mom. Given recent ballistics, shes not exactly in the optimum mental state to see it. Outburst of anger and disappointment expected to stretch two hours, while I try to remind her that for the love of God, this is RJ. Of course, since I spent 4 yrs in RI, this arguments been wearing a bit thin, but now more true than ever.

In two remedials, which actually can be counted as a miracle that I only failked two (dont tell me mom that) so Ill probably be even busier than before. I fully expect to be on game hiatus spanning until the weekends, which are now being limited by two extra tuition sessions. Sometimes life aint worth living.

Gotta go for bio, see ya

Cheers,
Imppala

The fiasco that is my sad life and test results

2005-07-13T10:08:00.000+08:00

Yeah well, an update into my sad, infinitesimal life as of today...

Got Chem and Bio CTs back, CHem was an unheralded disaster, al you need to know is I got F, that and a double-digit score. Bio was slightly better, Ill probably get a B after the results update, but knowing me parents, aint gonna be enough to save my hide.

Otherwise, gonna be busy with academic stuff, what with PW looming and a top-grade selection of homework chosen to bombard us until we dont remember our own names. Games will probably be shelved. (rrrrrright...., knowing me.)

Thats all for now, ja ne!

CHeers,
Imppala

2005-07-05T10:21:00.000+08:00

man, i sure am lazy... havent updated in a LONG while. i had a few half entries in draft, but nothing really worth publishing, really. Plus, since the CTs are over (not yet they arent, results are going to drag my whole life down kicking and screaming), I now have the chance to actually kick back, relax somewhat, and get out a decent-sized entry.

In the past month , ive been pretty busy, what with the eighth (yes, the eighth) version of Fire Emblem out, not to mention Heli Attack 3 from miniclip, and my consideration of duty to not leave those things until I had played through them at least *thrice* and since the mean playthrough time for a normal Fire Emblem game for me is at least 20 hours... you do the math, I dont want to see an academic subject for the rest of this break.

And yes in other words, I bombed for my CTs. My parents are gonna be so ticked at me when the results come out. My physics mcq has already been received (10/30) and the rest ofthe paper is due to follow suit in a week, im officially gone, dead and buried in a week's time. Ok maybe not literally but Ill be wishing I had been. (no games, TV, come on man, life just wont be worth livin' :P) Knowing them, theyll lock me up in a room filled with TYSes and throw away the key. Just joking, but the fact would be that the only thing stopping them would be that its against the law.

On a brighter note, been following up on my hobby of building robot models, Gundams now specfically. Finished the ZGMF-X10A Freedom last night, i swear if it wasnt one of the best designed gundams i ever saw and my favourite gundam in Gundam Seed to boot, i would have chucked it including the fragile-hard to pose-wings, curse 'em. In the end, after fifteen minutes of wrist-wrenching, finger-blistering action, its now properly and nicely displayed in my room, together with the first gundam I ever built the GAT X-105 Strike with three interchangeable modes (Striker Weapon System). I swear, the way it's going, my room's going to be full of these stuff, then again its defiantly not a bad thing :P

The hoilday was pretty fun, went on an eight-day trip to Yunnam in the south of China. Beautiful scenery there, including the first bend of the changjiang and many interesting historical landmarks. Food was good, the hotels OMEGA rocked (maid to take care of your needs and FREE broadband, whats not to like? ^^) the only problem being that their bathtubs are designed for (to be politically correct here) ppl painfully obviously smaller than me. Otherwise, a really fun trip.

Been playing a really fun game on GBA recently, Golden Sun fans should try this. It's a RPG called Riviera, pretty fun. It's based quite a bit on Norse mythology and what not, and the gameplay's really unique. Though ya gotta wonder about the um, ratio in this game.... For those who dont get it, go play.

Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed Destiny... the new albeit Japanese game's out! A nice upgrade with some decent voice acting... must-try for GS fans...

That's 'bout it, see ya next time!

CHeers,
Imppala

2005-05-17T10:32:00.000+08:00

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion		36%
Stability		40%
Orderliness		16%
Empathy		30%
Interdependence		30%
Intellectual		43%
Mystical		63%
Artistic		30%
Religious		10%
Hedonism		10%
Materialism		90%
Narcissism		23%
Adventurousness		76%
Work ethic		56%
Self absorbed		83%
Conflict seeking		50%
Need to dominate		63%

Romantic		43%
Avoidant		70%
Anti-authority		76%
Wealth		50%
Dependency		63%
Change averse		63%
Cautiousness		83%
Individuality		70%
Sexuality		43%
Peter pan complex		90%
Physical security		83%
Food indulgent		83%
Histrionic		76%
Paranoia		83%
Vanity		63%
Hypersensitivity		50%
Female cliche		30%

Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

fun stuff, ill leave you to tell me whether its accurate... ;)

2005-05-16T08:16:00.000+08:00

YO, it's me again.

I was bored these few days and took some online quizzes. This are some of them...

Your #1 Match: ISFP

The Artist
You are a gifted artist or musician (though your talents may be dormant right now).You enjoy spending your free time in nature, and you are good with animals and children.Simply put, you enjoy bueaty in all its forms and live for the simple pleasures in life.Gentle, sensitive, and compassionate - you are good at recognizing people's unspoken needs.
You would make a good veterinarian, pediatrician, or composer.

Your #2 Match: ESFP

The Performer
You are a natural performer and happiest when you're entertaining others.A great friend, you are generous, fun-loving and optimistic.You love to laugh - and you like almost all people equally.You accept life as it is, and you do your best to make each day fantastic.
You would make a good actor, designer, or counselor.

Your #3 Match: ISTP

The Mechanic
You are calm and collected, even in the most difficult of situations.A person of action and self-direction, you love being independent.To outsiders yous eem impulsive, surprising, and unpredictable.You are good at understanding how all things work, except for people.
You would make an excellent pilot, forensic pathologist, or athlete.

What's" Your Personality Type?

Well, considering I wanna be a forensic scientist... yeah.

What Your Dreams Mean...

Your dreams seem to show that you're a bit disturbed... but nothing serious.
You may have a problem you're trying to work out in your sleep.
You have a very vivid imagination and a rich creative mind.
You secretly want to hide your dreams from your waking mind.

What Do Your Dreams Mean?

interesting stuff, but Im not really surprised...

Your Birthdate: October 2

Your birth on the 2nd day of the month adds a degree of emotion, sensitivity, and intuition to your life.
The 2 is a very social number allowing you to make friends easily and quickly.
Yet you are apt to have a rather nervous air in the company of a large group.

You have a warmhearted nature and emotional understanding that constantly seeks affection.
You are more prone than most to become depressed and moody, as emotions can turn inward and cause anxiety and mental turmoil.
It can be hard for you to bounce back to reality when depression sets in.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Im quite divided whether this is true, decide for yourselves...

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage pessimistically. You don't think happy marriages exist anymore.

In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

fehdom... ill leave you to read about it.

You Are 45% Normal
(Somewhat Normal)

While some of your behavior is quite normal...
Other things you do are downright strange
You've got a little of your freak going on
But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

How Normal Are You?

and... yeah, well...

You Are 16 Years Old

16

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

lol... i act my age...

You Will Die at Age 67

67

You're pretty average when it comes to how you live...
And how you'll die as well.

What Age Will You Die?

Remember this... ill probably die a lot earlier though...

You Know You're Addicted to LotR When...

You start quoting from the movie as part of regular conversation.
You like to tell your mom that you are hungry by quoting: "Merry, I'm hungry."
She used to just laugh, but now she says, "What would you like to eat, Pippin?"
You continually ask your parents for second breakfast.
All the staff at your local cinema knows you by your first name and even before you open your mouth to speak, they say "Ticket for 'Fellowship of The Ring?'"
You hate Burger King food, butyou ate nothing else for a month to get the toys.
You've crammed up your computer's memory by downloading every single screensaver from http://www.lordoftherings.net/
You wander around the house in a knee length nightie, pyjama trousers and an unfastened dressing gown (to give you a train). You are trying to be an elf, and actually manage to forget that the nightie is blue with dolphins, the trousers have teddies on and the dressing gown is tartan.
Your Lord of the Rings shirt has not yet met the washing machine.
You don't have enough money to buy groceries for the next week before payday, yet you charge £50 on your credit card to get a three year charter membership in the official LOTR fan club. Who needs food anyway?
You refer to parts of your town as parts of Middle-Earth.
You wear hobbitish clothing as part of your normal wardrobe.
You sometimes let your hair go curly after a wash, and then run around the house in bare feet yelling "I'm a hobbit!"
You hate it when Elves are only thought of as 'Santa's little helpers' and have tried to explain the difference between Santa-elves and Syrian Elves to your 5-year old cousins.
You speak in Quenya just to annoy your friends.
You refer to regular elephants as oliphaunts.
While buttering a piece of bread, you suddenly think of Bilbo (remember when he was talking to Gandalf about feeling tired) saying that he felt 'like butter spread over too much bread.'
You renamed your car the Wraith-mobile.
You have a replica of The One Ring.
You are beginning to resemble a panda due to the fact that you've stayed up until 2 am reading and re-reading the great books.
You actually managed to read the Silmarillion without being tempted to give up on this whole middle earth malarkey.
You now have a lifetime fear of black horses!
You haven't removed the soundtrack from your CD player since you bought it.
You have sssudenly developed a hisssing lisssp every time you sssay the letter ssss.
You have looked both on the net and in the phone book to see if archery and sword fighting lessions are offered in your area.
You have begun calling your husband / wife / girlfriend/ boyfriend / animal or kid my precioussss.
You happily traveled over an hour to the next town to see "it" because that theater has a better sound system than the one 5 minutes down the road.
You have called every theatrical or specialty makeup company in town looking for pointy ear or hairy feet prosthetics.
You've worn your plastic "one ring" that came on your Legolas bookmark so much the gold is completely worn off.
You've begun drafting a letter to the Webster's dictionary people requesting that they include "Ringers" in their next edition.
At Christmas time relatives find you chatting with the tree and sharing eggnog draughts
Single ads with the description," short plump and big hairy feet" seem much more appealing.
You know The LoTR history better then your family history.
You have a mouse named Frodo, a bird named Gollum, and a dog named Gandalf. And that cat that keeps coming around to be petted is Legolas.
You know Elvish better then English.
Whenever something goes wrong, it's Sauron's fault.
When you sing in the shower, it's always about Gil-Galad or hobbit walking songs...
You know everything about Middle Earth geography, but you can't get someone from your house to the ice cream parlor. Now the nearest movie theater, that is a different story.
You think the names of the 7 dwarves from Snow White are: Gimli, Gloin, Thorin, Gili, Nili, Ori, and Bambour.
You have developed your own special Tolkien handwriting. "A firm, flowing script..."
Words like "Yrch" make sense to you.
You've become strangely obsessed with mushrooms.
Whenever you close a door, you say "They have a cave troll!"
When you come to a dead end you're still convinced that the road goes ever on and on.
There's a sign on your door saying "Speak Friend and enter!"
Whenever you get a chance, you burst into song. Preferably one that has more than 20 verses.
You change your name by deed poll to a Tolkien character and seriously consider naming your children after LOTR characters.
Every time you see birds in the sky you have the urge to say "Fly you fools!"
When someone knocks on your door you grab them, pull them inside and ask "Are you frightend?... Not nearly frightend enough!"
Your computer's screensaver is a marquee reading, "Ennyn Durin atan Moria: pedo mellon a mino" and the password is actually "mellon".
You cannot see a beer without blurting out "It comes in pints? I'm getting one!"
You just can't keep yourself from saying "nobody tosses a Dwarf" at inappropriate moments.
A shadow and a threat is growing in your mind.
You now referring to your friends as your 'Fellowship' and insist that you have epic adventures.
You stand in the doorway and tell your cat that he 'Can not pass'.
You wash your face in the sink and expect to see things that are, that have been or that will be.
Your wedding band has started to weigh you down with it's evil powers.
Spending $35 at the grocery store seems expensive but its Perfectly fine to spend $70 on the Hardcover LOTR book with Alan Lee Illustrations.
You start keeping a LOTR Journal to write poems and inklings in.
You face every difficult decision with the thought "now what would Gandalf advise me to do?"
You know what Entmoot, Ent draught, or an Ent is for that matter
You've gained 20 pounds because you've started eating a "Second Breakfast"
A walking stick... you never leave home with out it.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to Lord of the Rings.

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You Know You're Addicted to Anime When...

You call your dog Shinji.
You perform a canon ball dive into a pool while yelling "Spirit Bomb!"
Your house has an anime room.
You and your friends flash peace signs and take girlish poses when you are happy.
You get an anime tattoo. even though you're scared of needles.
Your walls are covered in wallscrolls and posters from your favorite series.
If you use the term 'Kawaii' for describing everything.
You try to convince your girlfriend that 'cat ears' and 'tail' really looks good on them.
You can sing songs from your favorite shows, in Japanese, even though you dont speek Japanese...
You spent hours looking through your library for a copy of "The Universe of Four Gods"
You have legally changed your name to that of your favorite charcter.
You wear a necklace and fall down everytime someone says sit boy.
You insist on having an entrance that includes spotlights, music, and raining cherry blossoms (while you hold a rose if you're a guy). Your only dream is to attend Tokyo U with a girl you haven't seen in 15 years.
You play an instrument and you nick name it Inuyasha
For valinetines day you buy a stuffed dog and make up your on japanese name for it
If you get mad at you teacher and draw a picture of her as a anime demon cat
You wtch Iron Chef constanly to pick up great recipes ( haven't done it but plan to )
You've bought a twenty dollar ring in the shaped of a dragon to show off at school.
You always have your hair covering your left eye and always fliping it so you look like a anime character.
You think that falling flat on your back with your legs in the air is a normal reaction to big news.
You are worried because you don't have several desirable members of the opposite sex frantically trying to make you fall in love with them.
You shave a cresent moon onto your cats head, dye the cat purple, then take it to school and insist it's Luna, your talking cat.
You go around town trying to eat donuts and act all crazy-like, all the while saying you're Vash the Stampede.
To resolve a conflict, you insist in a duel.
The employees at Gamestop know you, and tell you when you walk in if they've gotten a new shipment of anime DVDs.
You've gotten angry at someone and placed two fingers on your forehead shouted the word "Makanekasopo!" (specail beam cannon or light of death) and then poked them in the eye.
You waste countless amounts of hair gel to get that "Goku look"
You map out points in Tokyo where the Dragons of Earth might attack
You believe it is possible for a person to be severly beaten in the head with a large hammer, stick, etc...and still come out alive.
You have a moment of confusion whenever you go to school because there are no girls in those tiny little skirts that come with their school uniform
You yell out 'Baka hanyou Inu-Yasha!' at your birthday party and everyone (except your parents) knows you're talking to your boyfriend.
You tell your parents you need to stay out past curfew to save the colonies.
Each time you see a stray animal, you turn your hat sideways and throw one of those plastic Pokeballs Burger King was giving out in their kids' meals yelling, "POKEBALL, GO!"
You add "no da" to the end of all statements you make
The majority of your CDs are Japanese or the English version of a Japanese soundtrack or the English soundtrack of an anime that just decided that it would use English in its songs.
You misplace your manga and someone at school you don't even know gives it to you saying they knew it was yours.
You incorporate Japanese, somehow, into every class.
You can sing songs from your favorite shows, in Japanese, even though you dont speek Japanese...
You use random Japanese words such as baka, kawaii, and hentai.
You try to read every book from right to left
You take a break from watching anime to go to your computer (nicknamed Lord Conti) to download anime (for previewing purposes only! ;) ), while visiting your favorite anime forum, while listening to Japanese webradio...
You call your parents Oka-san and Otou-san
You say ITADAKIMASU!! before you eat your meals
You think that locket your boyfriend gave you will turn you into a magical girl
You'll risk grounding to get a good new fanfic.
You constantly say "w00p" after almost every sentance.
You insist on chopsticks for everyday use.
Your bookshelf is filled with anime boxed sets and no books
You stop listening to the radio because english makes no sense to you anymore and it's your first spoken language
You call yourself "otaku."
All of your family portraits have been altered to the proper super large eye size.
Random battles seem to erupt wherever you go.
You take the time to write messages on your cigarettes, only to burn them right away.
Your dreams are animated.
You naru punch all the guys at school, and then wonder why they don't follow you around like keitaro follows naru.
You hold your eyes really wide all day trying to make them stay big
Duct tape is really funny to you and most of your threats involve taping people to walls.
When you're washing dishes you yell out "SUPAH WAVE SMASHUH!" or any water attack.
You run out of space on your computer because the hard drive is taken up by hundreds of anime pics, mp3s, midis, and music videos.
You spend all night trying to figure out how many people you can get to go in with you on buying the complete collection of Sailor Moon episodes in Japanese.
You spend your whole spring break working on an anime webpage.
You expect to see a teardrop over someone's head when they get embarressed.
You start to speak with an odd accent.
You can watch two animes in the same room at the same time and still have the TV off.
You know your favorite character's bloodtype.
Knowing Sailor Moon helps you on an Astronomy test.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to anime.

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some for LOTR... this seems to be made by a girl who watches Love Hina though... and in can sing (badly) most of the songs from the soundtrack of GUndam Seed... so yeah.

And if anyone decides to rake me, I WAS BORED, i admit it.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-05-09T09:00:00.000+08:00

Okay. First off, Ill like to apologise. I do realise Ive not updated for a good week, an eternity by my standards. It's been a busy week, both ways :).

I haven't had the time nor focus to kick back and actually write an entry. Interestingly, the one day I did, its (technically) 09/05's birthday. Look to the date this is published, and youll know why. ^_^. Really miss those guys, hopefully we'll be able to get together soon, probably during June.

It's been a real busy week, with two projects, about three roms, and a certain elitist MMORPG >_<. Can about say sayonara to one of those projects pretty soon though... not complaining Been trying like anyhting to get the rom for Pokemon Emerald, found a coula sites. Thing is, they dont work and the solution is viable only in VIsualboy Advance... and the comp techs just outlawed it in the comp labs, making it impossible to open anything using it... fate is so cruel... never mind, that's what my HOME comp is for anywayz ;) Well, it's been a truth for a long time. But I just got reminded about it. I HATE NAPFA. No seriously. I failed three stations. THREE stations. SIgh... and I havent even done 2.4 yet... Games front still going strong, just finished ZOids: lEgacy. However, I wouldnt recommend it for non-fans of the anime and manga, as the dialogue sucks (mis-translated, Im told), the story is just SO cliched (baddie wants to destroy world, people gang up to beat the living out of him). For fans, it will just be like opening presents on CHristmas, with the insane variety of ZOids present.

Just finished the main story for Zoids: lEgacy, the only thing now is to fill up the database, grab some killer weapons, then sit back and exhale as I bask in the glory of finishing yet another rom. After this, probably converting to AQuest and some other stuff... not to mention GUndam Seed nostalgic marathon. (In other words, a episode by episode viewing of the ENTIRE series.) :D

Bleah, for civics we were doing some discussion about well, romance. No one really took this seriously (well, except for the teacher, but he doesnt count ;)). For me, if i actually LIKE someone, ill probably take the secret to the grave. No, really. Im just that way, no comment about it

Onwards, Ill probably be very busy this week, so Ill probably update some other time.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-04-29T08:07:00.000+08:00

Woo. It's me again. I seem to be updating just about every day... im just diligent that way ^^.

Still havent joined a cca here, I just dont know what to join. Sports are definitely out, given my err... physical condition, Im music illiterate, and cybergamerz don't play the kind of games Im interested in. They play those WGC games, in other words RTS (real-time strategy) games like Warcraft and Starcraft, although a friend of mine did mention something about a Dead or Alive competition, Im not into that either. My preferences, as far as I can make out, are RPG, Action/Adventure games such as Star Ocean and Golden Sun, with some turn-based strategy on the side like FIre Emblem. I was considering Library or Alchemy (CHemistry) club, but im not really that good at chemistry, and I dont like the library. Im might join the Japanese club though, if they cover anime ^^. But seriously, if Im going to join a cca that Ill enjoy, Ill probably have to organise my own, and we all know how that will go. Its a real headache, believe me. RJ doesnt even organise a cca carnival for second intakers like me... which just makes it worse. :(

Gawd, Im sitting here at eight-thirty in the morning in the comp lab, and Im just feeling all the boredom and sadness seep in. I cant really have a good talk with anyone here, except for a few notables which I dont exactly see a lot of. Ive made some friends here, true, but none of them are really that close to me. Most (read: all) of them are in different classes, and I never know where I can find them, except by chance encounters. I find that the only way to really say what I want to is this blog, so forgive me if I sound like Im whining here, I just need an outlet. I just feel so screwed up.

I cant really continue any further, Ill just end here.

Imppala

2005-04-28T09:42:00.000+08:00

Yoz.

First house meeting today, kinda boring. And for some demented reason we've all supposed to wear colured ribbons with our badges. Not advisable :(. Wonder whos gonna be house captain this year... probably ilman. ah wellz...

Saw Yanyi and Shirley again this morning, probably will quite frequently too, given our schedules.

It's just like I predicted for GP group work, they do next to nothing and I end up with all the legwork, haiiiiz... nvmz. This time it's on euthanasia... which shouldn't be worse than the previous one.

Still playing AQuest and Megaman Battle Network, with the GUndam Seed soundtrack blaring in my ears... with a bit of FE on the side. Pity I wont be able to keep this up for much longer, work's piling up...

Still trying to find a good site with Meteor for my background music for the blog, anyone can help pls let me know...

Since its nearing the end of the month, chuangyi published some early new volumes of series. Bless them, they've FINALLY got Pokemon Adventures vol. 19 out. I've been waiting for that for a good three months. :)

Nothing much else, c ya guys later.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-04-27T11:03:00.000+08:00

YOz.

Forgot totally about this, but I met Yanyi and Shirley at Bishan MRT yesterday morning ^^. Its good to see they're still doing well. Really miss the old class... *sighz*. The fire of memories...

Been really busy over this week, what with Project Work. We've got an interesting topic, put up by one of our members, a PRC from China. Seems she saw that we were teaching Chinese quite creatively here, and she wanted to apply that to teaching English in CHina >_<. Comments anyone?

Really satisfied with my new template, except for the avatar. It's a bit blurry, definitely need to change. I had to pick one to replace the old one after *grimaces* peer pressure. *Takes out Launcher Strike AGNI impulse cannon and levels it at two hapless guys*

Nothing much else... see yaz!

Cheers,
Imppala

New template

2005-04-26T15:16:00.000+08:00

Yo, it's me again.

Well, if you haven't noticed yet (for some probably very funny reason), i've got a new template. Customising it to my needs however, was a bit of a problem, considering im HTML illiterate. Im still trying to figure out how to put in background music... ideas anyone? Got my own avatar for the posts, a real nice picture of Lacus Clyne. However, I think it's a little weird for a guy to use it, probably get another one when I find a better one. Put up some links too, if you want me to link you people (or remove link) tell me.

Edit: OK, dammit, removed it. Happy now? New avatar's the GAT X-105 Strike from the same series. geez. For those who didn't see it, never mind.

Just had chem spa, and from the tagboard (underused except for ST and me) you can see how well I did. As if I needed another depressing agent this week.

Project work's going slightly better, got my grouping already. We've got a really fascinating topic, which Ill probably deal with tomorrow. One thing I can say though, my June holiday's SCREWED. Now not only I have to mug for the damn Common Test, now i gotta do PW...

Sadly havent advanced much in Fire Emblem 6, still caught up in Megaman Battle Network 4, do try it, its ogles of fun :)

Just got up to lvl 50 in AQuest, gaineed access to some of the higher-end weapons... really fun. Eye of the Sphinx ROCKS.

Cheers,
Imppala

FAE! IGRENE! HAWKEYE!

2005-04-22T12:32:00.000+08:00

This damn week gets better and better by the moment.

Firstly, today had two tests, impending status not conferred to me. In other words, I had no idea they were going to happen. GP essay wasnt TOO bad, least I wrote two sides for it. The Maths tutorial quiz was weird, either I am going to do damn well in it or damn badly in it, wish I knew which...

GP group work's back... guess what, they ant EXACTLY the same group. Gee, as if things couldn't get any better, they're probably gonna shovel it ALL back on me again. As the English say, bloody hell (insert false English accent).

Guy introduced me to a nice site for GBA roms, they even have some really, really old games. Here:

www.chinagba.com

It's in Chinese, but anyway pretty easy to navigate.

Try Megaman Battle Network 4 if you have the time, really addictive.

Cheers,
Imppala

Fun day today...

2005-04-20T10:05:00.000+08:00

lol... got back my bio lecture test. BOmbed for it... 11.5/30... oh well, expected. Cant really say it was a easy test, though... posed a hell lot of weird questions. Ah well, c'est la vie...

got a pair of headphones, so now playing Fire Emblem and AdventureQuest with Gundam Seed songs blaring in my ears, lol.... tis fun, really.

Discovered in Fire Emblem I accidentally triggered the same storyline (two of them in FE6), still probably going to play it through anyway... a bit far to play again, im just lazy that way ^o^.

Just rediscovered AQuest, its been really upgraded, from the last time I saw it (like THREE YEARS AGO). Animation still sucks though...

Still no idea for what to do for PW... any ideas anyone?

Cheers,
Imppala

Make-ups, make-ups...

2005-04-19T09:18:00.000+08:00

Woooo... long week ahead.

Make-up lectures everyday, with some make-up prac on the side... been going home at like six, six thirty... damn tired...

Sad thing is that the syllabus for AJ is so much different in RJ, so a lot of stuff to make up for. Plus, the homework. The diligence of the teachers in absolutely piling homework on us is astonishing in itself. They must think we're superhuman. >_<.

Ah well, at least like one of my friends said, I've coped with it so far...

Just had PW today, still no idea what to do. I still have to pass up damn PI next week... prepares to die...

Mock Chem SPA came back got lvl 7 in both B and C, not too shabby. Of course, I bombed for the conclusion stuff...

Short update today...

CHeers,
Imppala

No rest for the weary...

2005-04-18T10:57:00.000+08:00

Man, it's been a rough week.

Finally bid farewell to that INFERNAL GP group work, must say I think I did a pretty good job on the presentation, if a little monotonous. By the way I STILL can't remember for the life of me who are my group members, gives you a good idea of how much THEY did.

FINALLY finished the frigging make-up tutorials for Physics and Biology. Ill like to thank the celebrated natives of South America who discovered grinding beans of a certain plant into powder and adding it to boiling water makes a good drink. More importantly, it's caffeine rich.

I swear, the RNG hates my Lillina for my second playthrough of Fire Emblem 6.

Here:
Name: Lillina
Class: Mage
Level: 17
EXP: 93

HP: 28
Magic: 20
Skill: 10
Speed:10
Luck: 17
Defence: 4
Resistance: 16

For the uninitiated, the skill and speed SUCK. Okay, maybe nopt that much, but this is so much worse than the first time I played through.

Saw doctor for flu (again), got roughly the same medicine. Sad thing is, it causes drowsiness, so I wouldn't be surprised if I nod off during lectures.

Ah wellz, gotta go.

Cheers,
Imppala

Sleep... a wonderful word, an impossible dream right now...

2005-04-14T16:56:00.000+08:00

Actually I didnt feel up to blogging today... but coffee, as it invariably does, helps me in a long way towards the mustering of energy for periodic contraction and expansion of muscles in fingers such that they impact on a white board with a lot of buttons. Still with me? Good.

Slept at 4 am lasyt night, already (almost) a record for staying up late. Did presentation for GP, improved handout, and still the only contribution my group has made so far is to hand me a list of names telling me what to put in the section Done by... Life stinks.

I practically dragged myself through this day, Ive been keeping (barely) awake, by imbibing said caffeine-rich product. People have already been commenting on my eye-bags, and for once I haven't played much in the comp lab today. Still many things to refine before presentation tomorrow... *sighz* Plus, my Physics teacher's been presurring me to hand up said make-up tutorials, GP homework on an application question to be done, and STILL have enzyme tutorial, mcqs, structured qns and essays to boot. At this rate, I need to buy extra toothpaste for my brown-stained teeth.

Flu came back again, together with my dear omnipresent sore throat right now... my nose is running enough to cover ten miles by now. Im coughing fit to burst, and Im feeling really miserable right now.

Oh yeah, my mom made a special dinner last night. Baked chicken in white wine sauce. Pity I had the flu, or I would have enjoyed it more. She usually makes it for Christmas, but since last year she hadn't, and she had the day off... yeah. Plus she tried making her own rosti (for those people who never have gone to Marche, its basically thin potato strips fried and served with sausages and (in my own opinion) black pepper sauce. I usually eat about three plates of it whenever I hit Marche. :) Not too bad in my opinion, though the potato strips were thicker than usual. But the ol' black pepper sauce was there, fit to make someone breathe fire :D. Suffice to say, lots of water needed to douse imaginary fire currently engaging itself in one's buccal cavity :). (JARGON!)

Anyways, thats about it in my life.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-04-13T10:55:00.000+08:00

Guess what, its getting even better. Just had PW, got NO idea what to do whatsoever. If anyone wants to go to the class yahoogroups to discuss ideas, please do.

GP group work's at least getting better, my dear group mates (finally) help me out a bit, especially when I complained about their research, since it helped in nothing whatsoever.

Just had mock Chem spa, barely finished my working and conclusion, did okay I guess, didnt make any really serious mistakes (at least none yet discovered...), but I have a nagging suspicion I misread my graph though. Ah well, at least I finished it, no complains there.

Doing pretty good at Fire Emblem 6, just arrived at arena. Got a MEGA-GOOD HERO, even I cant believe his stats. Here:

Name: Dieck
Class: Hero
HP: 44
Strength: 19
Skill: 18
Speed: 19
Luck: 16
Defence: 12
Resistance: 6
Movement: 6
Constitution: 14

For the uninitiated, he'll pretty much be a very solid fighter, but wont be able to do the level of damage that a promoted Fir would do. In other words, not bad-assed spectacular, but definitely among my top ten fighters now. Plus his big-time constitution will mean he can wield axes now with the best of them.

Okayz, gotta go for Physics Lecture.

Cheers,
Imppala

My time is my own... to sacrifice x_x

2005-04-12T10:19:00.000+08:00

Boy, Im tired. Slept at 2am last night and not because I was staying up late reading.

Just finished doing outline and structure of said GP group work, it has to be ready by Thursday. Ive pretty much done everything in thuis project, considering all the research Ive received so far can be said to be a subset of the research Ive done myself. In other words, Ive been suckered... *sigh*... To top it all off, theyve just reminded me to include their names in the hand out... mein gott...

Whats worst, I still have to finish up the make-up Physics tutorials, which just mean about twelve working hours in three days, instead of probably five, counting the GP group work... life sux at the moment...

On the other hand, its not like I havent done such hours before, mainly for Star Ocean and a few other rpgs... ;) I should be fine with a lot of coffee...

Speaking of which, the second playing of Fire Emblem is coming along well, got some early good stat growth. Units like Wolt and Lot have got really good ones, including one where 5 out of 7 possible stats recieved a boost, although Wolt's Resistance to magic remains at a paltry 1. (Boooo...) By the way, set a new record in Fire Emblem. THREE cosecutive critical hits at 9 percent crit rate... the odds are 729 to 1000000... in other words, Im lucky. Thank you Thany!
Already at Chapter 7... planning to get a Hero (Dieck), Paladin (Alan) and other promoted units... ill be saying more about this later.

Anyways, gotta go for Chem prac.

Cheers,
Imppala

I hate html.

2005-04-11T11:43:00.000+08:00

Well... its official. I hate html.
For a bit of time now, ive been wanted to improve my blog. The thing is, I have no idea how to.

My profile, links, maybe some background music... but guess what, the only thing I have to show for trying is to to accidentally turn my font blue. If anyone can help on this, please let me know.

Had fun in GP tuition yesterday, as we had a discussionnon the effect on technology on the printed book (how we might switch it with some electronic book and why not, yadda.) Being a bit of a bookworm myself, the discussion was pretty relevant and fun.

Fire Emblem 6 just got a HELL lot better. Found a patch for the Japanese dialogue so now I finally understand the dialogue *kowtows to Eaichu* for those who want it (Alvis):

http://eaichu250.superbusnet.com/trans/fe6.ips

After that, just make sure it has the same name as the rom... and FE6 recieves a GREAT boost storywise. If not, I would have to flip to and fro from VBA to Game script translation. Again, kowtows to Eaichu.

Which is why, Ive started my second game of FIre Emblem 6 ^o^.

Decided to use some differnet characthers, but partywise key characthers are going to remain the same (Lillina, Fir, Wendy, WOLT [I refuse to use Dorothy OR Bors]) but Ill probably use Ellen instead of Saul, Ray instead of Lugh.

Probably posting up critique and review of Fire EMblem 6 next time, my mom says its a shame I cant be this in depth for my GP ^o^.

Nothing much else in my boring life, gotta go have fun with ENGLISH version of FE6. (Woohoo!)

Cheers,
Imppala

Edit: Well... its also official. I hate my GP group. Theyve just shovelled most (read:ALL the impt) work on me. All they did was research (which guess what, I did too) and now Im supposed to be compiler AND presenter... life sux... better still they added if I didnt do it, they'd never return me my new comic... geez...

On a even worse note, I probably died for bio lecture test... *starts laying out handgun, hangman's noose, and about every lethal poison I know* They asked a lot of weird structured questions which even when I mugged, couldnt answered anyway... so technically I spent that entire time for nothing... *doh!*

Yeah well, life sux...

CELEBRATION OF DELIRIOUSNESS

2005-04-07T17:28:00.000+08:00

ok... sorry abt the double blog... but I felt this really deserved it...

Well... this is it. The big one. The thing you've all been waiting for. Ok, maybe not, but I just wanted to say that.

After 36 hours, 4 minutes and 9 seconds (to the very second) and 26 chapters, I've finally completed Fire Emblem 6: Fuushin no ken! Huzzah! All praise!

It was pretty easy, considering at the end all you had to do was swing said legendary weapons around to decapitate mamkutes everywhere... plus the final boss needed only TWO hits from the Sword of Seals to well, be defeated. (NOT killed.) Man, Im good. (always wanted to say that)
In the end, when all's said and done, I achieved a B-rank in the game, pretty good when you consider I played it for the first time. Ok, so maybe Ive played its... successor (Fire Emblem 7 :Rekka no ken or Fire Emblem US for those who played the English version) ten (or more) times over, know all the tips and tricks of the trade, but its still a good rank, considering I used the arena (got D for Tactics, A for Funds, A for survival, A for Battle, B for experience (how much you train your troops) and B for strength (average attack strength, im told.).

I would consider Fire Emblem 6 to actually be better than its... successor. (sounds weird I know) The maps are DEFINITELY more challenging, enemies has finally some semblance of strategy, and additional funstuff like the legendary weapons (which could have been better but Ill say more in the full review). The only map I ever considered remotely challenging was Cog of Destiny and like I said, remotely.

My only regret is that I never did get to see the legendary dark tome, Apocalypse (Silencing Darkness), since I never did train my shamans to S-level in Dark magic. Remediable, of course. Im already preparing to play a SECOND time. *grins with Dan-like intensity* (Dan: character from Street Fighter, or else go play Puzzle Fighter 2, youll get what I mean.)

Okay, gtg. Comp lab's closing soon. Ill be updating soon with more details. Watch this space.

Cheers,
Imppala

Just some minor admin stuff...

2005-04-07T10:12:00.000+08:00

To all the RJ ppl who read this...

So you found my blog, good for you. Just please remember a few things...

No undue flames or quotations. The last time I had a blog, you guys flamed me, and I was treated with quotations from my blog everywhere. Seriously, we're not going thru that again
Information from this blog will be discussed DISCREETLY. The whole incident of switching classes is IN THE PAST, it's blown over, and it better stay that way. I dont want to bring the entire matter up again, its better this way for me, and more importantly you. Im getting along pretty fine with my class, thank you very much, and the last thing I want is to rake up all the stuff that happened before.

Now that's all said and done, Im going on to the usual stuff...

Have a funny incident yesterday, nearly (repeat: NEARLY) banged into wall while reading new comics. I sorta twisted out of the way... oh well. That means I maintain a proud record of not banging into anything while reading and walking, unless you count one time I walked smack into a road sign while playing my friend's Neo Geo Pocket (a handheld console) during a humanities trip in Malaysia...

Didn't make much headway on Fire Emblem yesterday, chapters getting REALLY difficult. If anyone playing Fire Emblem US version (i.e. Fire Emblem 7: Rekka no ken or the English Fire Emblem by Intelligent Systems), if you thought Chapter 26 (I think) : Cog of Destiny was challenging, you ain't seen nothing yet. Worse still, Fazilla (or just Fae) keeps dying on me :(. Character reviews probably coming in tomorrow or next week, depending on my work ethic.

Having to study the ENTIRE unit of Cell Biology and Microscopy is NOT fun. When you face a note of about thirty pages that you've got to study for a test next mon, you really feel suicidal.

New comics! New comics! Hopefully PA vol 19 comes along soon...

Anywayz, bye for now.

Cheers,

Imppala

2005-04-06T10:06:00.000+08:00

Oh well yet another entry into the chronicle of my life...

Been busy playing Fire Emblem 6: Fuushin no Ken (what's new?) Just finished Chapter 21 Gaiden, gearing up for a final showdown with Zephiel (how dare you summon dragons back into this world! DIE!) After that, Ill probably go on to the secret ending, as I got all the legendary items (woohoo!) Yep, all of them.

Durandal (the blazing sword wielded by Roland and Eliwood of Lycia)
Armads (the axe of lightning, used by Durban the Berserker of the Western Isles and Hector)
Forblaze (the infernal element (?) wielded by Athos the Archsage from the Nabata Desert)
Aureola (the Pinnacle of Light used by Saint Elimine from Etruria, also the founder of the Church of Elimine)
Mulgre (The bow of the Winds used by Hanon from the plains of Sacae)
Marte (The SPear of Snow and Ice, used by Barrigan from Ilia [for those who played the Ilia maps, say a nice loud DUH here])
Apocalypse (the Silencing Darkness, wielded by Bramimond, most mysterious of the Eight Legendary Heroes. No one knows who Brammimond is, or anything abt [him? her? it?] anyway)
The Sword of the Seals (the title weapon, wielded by Hartmut from Bern and Roy from Lycia)

*whew* this took a bit of research, as the ENTiRE thing is Japanese.

On the whole, life's been ok... but busy. Im going to have to study the entire unit of Cell Structure all by myself in time for the test, as makeup lects dont start until nxt week, and the test is this coming mon... waaaahz...

Just had first PW session, for my reaction see tagboard...

One of my friends made a list of what she missed in aj, just adding my own stuff:

Library. No offense, but the librarians here are just plain stuffy.
Free Access Room. Comp labs here are good, but I miss killing ppl at Little Fighter 2 here.
MY. CLASS. 09/05. No comment on this, if you wanna know check out some of the previous entries before this
The teachers. If Alvis's Gp tutor is a cure for insomnia, mine is a cure for initiative.
THe canteen. At least the western stall at AJ was nice, down here the food just plain SUX.
CLDDS. I really miss you guys, man. Havent joined any new cca yet, havent figured what to join.

thats abt it in my life. Namarie! (farewell in Elvish... Quenya I think)

Cheers,

Imppala

Re-opening (sort of) of the Chamber

2005-04-05T10:27:00.000+08:00

Woo... havent updated in a while. Seems the only ppl who come here though are just Matthew, Alvis, and Yun Long. At least, that's what the tagboard says.

Got to mug for bio, lecture test next mon... got tons to study for, since the test even covers bio mol, cell str, AND enzymes. Im damn lucky I get tuition, if not I wouldnt understand a thing abt cell structure. Very suay leh, 1st three months in AJ, study enzymes. COme to RJ, study enzymes... They finished cell structure already for some reason... And the worst thing is I have to find someone to lend me the notes on it to photocopy, as they didnt give us anything on it. Plus, with the upcoming test, no one seemed to want to lend me... thankfully, found someone not so mugger, borrow then find out not enough money to photocopy... SUAY. Had to bring it back home to photocopy, ribbon damn ex leh...

Still havent got RJ uni yet, got the pants lah, but no shirts, and b4 u ask, YES there is a difference, ther's a pleat (Ithink that's what its called) at the back of the shirt... or sth like that lah...Bibi and Baba somehow dont have my size...

Fire Emblem just got most of the legendary weapons, abt 6 chapters to go. Posting review and other stuff soon...

Found site to download Gundam Seed Destiny episodes, but comp damn slow leh... at this rate might as well wait for vcd to come out.

Life in general damn monotonous, guess its that way lah... everyone here mug like hell or slack like hell... think Im in btwn...

Anyways, gotta go. Got abt an hour b4 have to go for Chem prac... see ya peeps later

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

2005-04-01T12:08:00.000+08:00

*BITTER ENTRY WARNING*

just was listening to this song by Green Day: American Idiot, thinks it really realtes to my situation now at rj...

"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone

Read between the lines
What's f***ed up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone

Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah

I walk alone
I walk a...

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...

*sigh* now that applications to transfers to other clases is almost coming, Im bugged with about three separate requests to change with someone else. Thing is, they dont seem to care whether I know anyone in the class at all, just whether Im going.

Im getting REALLY miserable in RJ, there's frigging no one to talk to at all. Most of my friends are either in other classes with much different schedules, or out of the school entirely. TO be honest, the only reason I was able to keep sane here is by mugging like crazy and playing like crazy whenever I have the chance. Seriously, Im starting to regret coming here at all. I really miss anderson, the place was like a family in its closeness, and the people were very friendly...

*SIgh* nvmz...

*END BITTER ENTRY WARNING*

Fire Emblem's going well, got Durandal and Armads, Forblaze is next. Promoted Wendy to a general, Lilina is now a sage, and Ive also got a wyvern lord, name's Miredy (??).

Oh well, gtg. Got abt 3 hrs to burn and abt 20 chapters to go...

Imppala

Another (fine) day.

2005-03-31T16:15:00.000+08:00

*Sigh*. Its four fifteen in the comp lab, and I have come to the usual inevitable conclusion we all reach at some point of time in our lives...

Life sucks.

Im (slowly) coming to dislike my class. True, I usually dont hang out with them, but then again I dont feel obliged to when Im asked near CONTINUOUSLY whether I want to switch classes with one of their friends/probably ex-classmates, thereby denoting me as one of the people they feel peripheral in the class. Talk abt thrusting the dagger in and twisting it to extend the agony. I thought this crap would be over when I said no last week, but to cut the ovrwhelming long and painful story short, NO.

Lessons are going on quite well, I still can follow up. But bio I sometimes feel lucky I had tuition on bio prior to this. AJ didnt teach cell structure in the first three months, RJ did and fully expected us second-intakers to understand the tutorials when most of us didnt know much abt it in the first place. (NO disrespect to AJ, RJ's bio syllabus is in a different order, and a weird one. WHo on earth teachees cell structure first then goes on to proteins and enzymes? Seriously, theres sth wrong abt this...)

lol... didnt mean to sound so bitter. now that that's off my chest, lets get on to more cheerful stuff.

Finally got a diskette so that now even if someone deletes the (hidden, password-protected) folder containing my gba stuff, I wont kill them. THe comps are so fast nowadays that I can download what I need to play FE6 within ten minutes, so doesnt matter anyway.

Fire Emblem 6's coming along nicely, just finished Chapter 12 gaiden and got the legendary axe Armads (Heavenly Thunder)! Huzzah! All praise! :)

ANyone whos bored in the comp lab should visit this site www.faind.com some really nice online games in there. I challenge anyone to a game of Siege, anytime! Muahahahahahahaz....

Trying today to download Gundam Seed Destiny episodes, getting tired of witing (and waiting and waiting...) for the VCDs to come out. :mad:

Oh well, routine update.

Cheers,
Imppala

Fire Emblem trance in progress...

2005-03-30T13:42:00.000+08:00

*Sigh* I wanted to update yesterday... but guess what happened. I think Im getting hooked on Fire Emblem again, this time a new (or old) version of it. Its just so addictive, plus fun seeing all the new characthers, seeing familiar features, getting the old adrenaline rush... nvmz.

Fire emblem's been going well. All my units are *DAMN* overpowered. I have never seen stats like these on any of my old games on FE7. The ony problem is promoting all these good units so they can continue to grow though. I calculate, I still have four missions to go before I can promote all my units (except for Roy). Just got some really good units, like the myrmidon Fir and the armour knight Wendy, both are which very easy to train and max out stats. Wendy's already maxing out defense at lvl 17! Im getting a Falcoknight(Tate) , a Berserker (Geese, apparently Geitz's younger brother) , a Nomadic Trooper (Sue), a Sniper (Wolt). All promoted units. Nifty, nae?

Been busy studying too. Just had bio prac, which I almost fell on my face. They are already usuing microscopes, and I clean forgot how to use one. Oh well, did pretty well for that though.

My class is ok, but really boring. I dont really have anyone to talk to, since none of them really share my interests. Made some good friends in comp lab and orientation though, met one guy in comp lab who was also playing FE ( what are the odds?), and still arguing with another guy abt whether Freedom could kick Justice's butt in combat. On the whole, life is good, but boring.

Finishing first few maps of Star Ocean on my walkthrough, but on the whole getting very slow. Need to play the game thorugh to confirm some details, and the PS2 is STILL locked up.

Oh well, short update. Then again, nothing much happening anywayz.

Cheers,
Imppala

First day in class

2005-03-28T09:24:00.000+08:00

I know, I know... long time no update. But with the Good Friday holiday and the weekend, I havent been able to surf until now. Besides, YOU try having a mom who cant stand surfing for what she deems "leisure"...

First day in class today. Theyre all right I guess, considering I STILL dont know them very well. Know a few of them by face from the old RI days, but thats abt it.

On the other hand, one of them asked me straight out whether I wanted to switch class with one of their friends :(.

Oh well. These few days had sore throat, doctor said got throat infection, been coughing like siao for abt a week.

On Friday, went to East Coast Park to cycle again. Quite sad turnout, but hey twas a lot of fun. Spent close to an hour teaching Huiping and Chungs how to cycle. In the end though, we just gave up and got two tandem bikes. Cycled for abt 2 hours... hehe... pretty fun, then we went down to the beach and played card games. Two-deck bluff and 99... Woon Ling eneded up holding close to one full deck of cards cos she luan called bluff... and Jie Kai killed me TWICE in 99! grrr... nvmz, I killed him when it mattered. Got like eight power cards then started draining his power cards, then used the Joker (straight to 98) to kill him. Hehe...

Oh yeah, found out Woon Ling knows Alvis too... in same OG some more! SHe claims ALvis and I have the same conversation pattern... cant blame her...

playing FE6 in comp lab now, got abt 30 chapters to go... gonna be damn busy...

Still helping out ShadowedTactician with his fic Pokemon Emblem, expect to be seen there as an extra tactician SOON (hopefully...)

Trying to find Gundam Seed Destiny on vcd, apparently some seque of Gundam Seed, hopefully I can save up some money soon to buy it... geting VERY bored with Gundam Seed.

Writing walkthrough for Star Ocean now... just for kicks, I dont think it is very good though *sigh*. Anyways, Ive pretty much finished up all the preliminaries (controls, battle stufff), now on to the main story. In other words, Im gonna be REALLY busy this term, and Ive still got to figure out how to fit mugging into this schedule... This is gonna be a long term...

Already starting to miss my class in AJ... my present class is a far cry from it. I know 2nd intakers usually feel like this, but well... nvmz...

Anyways, gtg. Fire Emblem 6 : Fuushin no Ken calls! Anon!

Cheers,
Imppala

First Day in RJ

2005-03-23T12:10:00.000+08:00

Well... its my first day here.

Pretty okay so far, but seriously boring. There isnt anything much to do around here, and since I dont know anyone well enough, Im REALLY getting bored. Almost wish I was back in AJ...

Got a pleasant surprise when I found Wee Min had also been posted here. I didnt think anyone in my class would have followed me here to RJ. Anyways, RJ have an OK comp lab, if anything worse than the Free Access Room at AJ.

My OG's OK, but I still dont know half of them, so I cant talk abt them. Its quite disturbing that all of them seem to know each other, and Im left... well, hanging. Oh wellz.

Been planning to replay Star Ocean (again!) but with all the stuff happening in RJ, guess those plans have to be shelved. *Sigh* wonder Ill ever get to see all the endings. I know there's one way to get them all, but hen I tried it, I accidentally triggered one extra Private Action that TOTALLY messed up all the point totals. Geez, you would think you were allowed to do anything you liked in a RPG, but nooooooooo... its DAMN frustrating.

Playing Fire Emblem 6 : Fuushin no Tsuruigi now. However, Ie given up trying to understand the Japanese dialogue, so Im straightaway referring to the translated script I downloaded before. However, its brilliant having new units to evaluate and use, I was getting bored of Fire Emblem 7: Rekka no Ken. The new maps, the new story (albeit UNTRANSLATED), I think Im getting hooked again.

*Sigh* Im getting REALLY, REALLY bored here. Hopefully, this will be remedied. Preparing to dowload LF2 here and challenge ppl... see yaz

Cheers,
Imppala

Last Day in AJC

2005-03-22T09:01:00.000+08:00

Well... this is it.

Ive been posted to RJ. Frankly, it wasnt much of a shock, considering I met all the criteria to get there.

Im gonna miss this place, the people in it, all the stuff here (a nice library, a Free Access Room you can play games in, whats not to like?)...

I would miss my class. Theyve been a great bunch of people, and Ive made many friends there that Im unlikely to forget. We've bonded really well as a class, tis a shame we have to go our separate ways.

My CCA group too. Despite the LONG hours, I still managed to have fun with them. Good luck with An Yu.

These days been EXTREMELY busy with Little FIghter 2 Reinforced. Its a fan version of said popular computer fighting game. All the characters are overpowered, with extra moves requiring insane, INSANE button combinations to pull off. In consequence, they are exceddingly overpowered. Land any of thekm, and at least half of the enemy's HP goes flying away... These are called Hell Moves. Ive pretty much mastered all of them, save FIrzen, whom I dont see the point, he's too overpowered already.

Ill update more soon.

Cheers,
Imppala

The Reopening of the Chamber

2005-03-21T11:09:00.000+08:00

Its been a while. A long, long while.

Oh well, March holidays ended. pretty enjoyable. I used a variety of excuses to get out of home, visited my friend's house twice, and went to X-Square. For those who dont know, its basically an X-box rental place. Nice hardware, opens early, had a great offer (top-up $20, get $20 again)... what's not to like.

Gonna be busy over this year, and NOT with mugging *grins*. My friend downloaded the GBA rom for Fire Emblem 6: Sword of Seals. Granted, its not translated, but I know enough Japanese to get a good idea of whats going on. Plus I downloaded the translated script for the game for kicks. :-) So far, its been pretty much a sequel to Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken (Fire Emblem US), so its really fun, seeing the children of the characthers Ive used, evaluating units, writing walkthrough already (hehe...)s Ill submit a charcther guide soon and other stuff. Watch this space for debates pertaining to FE. :-)

Been having fun in X-Square these few days. Played Ninja Gaiden, Fifa Street and other great games. In a year or so, X-Box is going to be a heavyweight in the games industry. They already are publishing some great games. As for PS2, saving up for Full Metal Alchemist, I hear its sth like Kingdom Hearts. Looking forward to it.

Been busy proof-reading my friends fanfic Pokemon Emblem. Im due for my debut as an extra tactician.

Thats about it in my life (yeah, i noe i have no life...)

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-03-10T09:03:00.000+08:00

Man.

Its gonna be a looooooooong day.

PE, three prac SPAs...

On another note, finhished watching Gundam Seed. A pretty good job, marred by a few things:
1. Like Ive said b4, Mwu sounds in his forties. He's supposed to be some big brother figure, not a father figure!

2. Battle scenes, although impressively done, are reproduced too often for my liking. It was nice seeing Buster slamming his two cannons together to produce an impulse cannon, but after repeated times of seeing it, its time to move on. Too much of a good thing is still a bad thing.

3. Weird idea. Its conceivable enough when you see Kira and Athrun carrying the Seed (when the jewel explodes and their irises expand to cover the whole eye) but Cagalli and Lacus too? What, is it transferable?

On the other hand...

1. Bloody good Gundam design. I particularly like the Buster impulse cannon thing and the Multiple Targeting System of the Freedom and Justice. Plus, whoever thought of the Darth Maul lightsaber trick for the ZGMF Gundams was a genius.

2. Great music. Gundam Seed has four different opening themes and three different ending themes and all of them rock. In fact I got my friend to burn the soundtrack into a CD, im that impressed.

3. A moving story about some social issues, such as how wars never solve anything, cloning issues, blah blah....

Been helping my friend write his fanfic crossover Pokemon Emblem, a cross of the GBA turn-based strategy game Fire Emblem and well, Pokemon. A pretty good job if I say so, see it at fanfiction.net. A pretty refreshing viewpoint of Fire Emblem. Author is ShadowedTactician, a friend of mine. Anyways, bye for this entire week, as I cant post this March holidays.

Cheers,
Imppala

Post O deliriousness

2005-03-07T11:18:00.000+08:00

It's been a while.

I havent been able to post cos AJ closed for one week, and well, my comp's off limits again. Chamber hasnt been visited in a week...smells kinda musty

My O level results have come back. Better than I had hoped. 4A1s, 3A2s, 1B3 and 1C5. My Chinese teacher is trying to hunt me down as I speak. But then again an A1 and A2 in Humanities isnt to be sneezed at, considering I was bottom of the entire cohort for Geog duing the Prelims.

My entire class is splitting, some of them going to NJ, others staying here, and some others going to VJ, with one going to RJ (heh heh). Its been fun guys, keep in touch. You were the first class I ever enjoyed myself in. Hopefully in RJ, I get a class like you guys. Ill miss you, man.

Futuristic nostalgia aside, Ive just got enough money to buy the last volume of Gundam Seed. Now the trouble is to find a GODDAMN STORE that sells it.

Cant talk much, gotta go for GP.

Cheers,
Imppala

2005-02-24T09:23:00.000+08:00

heh...long week ahead. THe O level results are coming out probably nxt monday, which just means Im *dead*. Plus, with everybody asking me where im going...I confess Ive not given it much thought. I guess Ill get grey hairs abt it when I actually *get* my results. On a better note, my tests came back. Bio i scored an A2, which isnt bad considering HALF the class failed...plus I didnt think i would have scored that wll in physics (A1) that was jcertainly a pleasant surprise. Oh yeah...I think I failed my chem test, not surprising, considering that my chem tutor SUCKS. She's like Yaksy and Mdm Cheah combined for the people from RJ who's reading this. New gotham short comics coming out, should be pretty busy this few weeks. GP Speak Ezee programme coming up gtg

2005-02-21T12:23:00.000+08:00

man...Im so lazy. Havent updated in a while. Its been a busy week, what with the funfair and all. Had to parade up and down in an ice-cream sandwich board, advertising the fact that we were selling ice cream. On top of that I had to prepare for this casino presentation thing, which went pretty well, considering I was shaking like crazy. There must have been 200 ppl in the damn LT...and the Principal to boot. Whats more there's a Chem test this afternoon...This Monday's damn busy. Ah well nothing much else, gotta go!

Just another day.

2005-02-14T12:33:00.000+08:00

Oh well, standard updates. Its the middle of the month, which I hate, cos there sure as hell aint gonna be any new comics until March. Today's V Day, the girls pretty much gave everyone chocolate and stuff, which was quite a lot, considering my class consists of 18 girls and 7 boys. V Day felt more like Halloween... Some git in Sec 4 gave my classmate 521 origami birds o.O He must have a hell lot of free time... Anyways, watched the first 13 episodes of Gundam Seed twice in three days, at an estimate, I've spent nearly eleven hours at it. The only regret is that they never did include the English translation in it, which was a shame. The dubbing was done almost perfectly. There are even some improvements, as the given age of Mwu La Fllaga is in his late twenties (or early thirties, Im not too sure) yet he sounds almost forty in the (original) Japanese version. And Im sure as hell not watching the Chinese version, it sucks. Kira is reffered to as "Huang"...I noe thats his name in Kanji, but it sounds bloody weird... If my full name was Huang Da He, I would pretty much kill myself.

Just came from PE, ran abt 10 rounds. In fact the only thing I have to complain abt this sch, apart from the SLOW computers, is that the PE just stops short of murder. In fact, Ive modified the LOTR staves to suit it.

Arise, arise, glucagon and glycogen,
Fell deeds await, exhaustion and panting!
Skin shall be sweaty, throat shall be dry!
A sweat-day, a red-faced day, ere the lesson ends!
Run now! Run now! Run to oblivion!

2005-02-11T13:04:00.000+08:00

Hehe...long time since I revisited the Chamber. All hail the new comic arrivals, from Pokemon Adventures 18 to the newest issue of Celestial Zone II CNY celebrations were fun in school, got dismissed at abt 9 am. The skit was ok, but someone coulda told me I would be performing to that many people -_-. I was trembling like shit. Ah well, least I didn't forget my lines or something. Went back to sec sch to bai nian, ended up playing table soccer until abt 3pm :-) old habits die hard. But I cant believe those sec1s. The year Im out, they manage to do in one month what we never did in four years: wreck the machine. NO, Im not talking abt the many 50cts becomes 10cts or anything, those are forgivable. Im talking abt real wreckage. Now the b;lue side is really handicapped. Their goalie got his legs chopped off, the blue midfielder lost both his headf and the legs, plus the blue striker is totally missing, sent off I guess. Oh well, at least it makes for intriguing handicap play. The sec 1s are still not too good, I can beat them one handed using the handicapped side PLUS talking on the handphone. Guerss I still havent lost the touch ;-). Its been a fun CNY, esp since my mom let me use some of my hongbao money to buy the first volume of CDs of Gundam Seed. Stayed up until 3am last night watching it. Of course, I slept in class today. Maths nowadays is pretty boring, my Chem teachers cant teach a fish to swim and I never did like Physics much. In fact, the only lessons I enjoy much are the GP lessons and Bio, sadly my tutor's leaving for Adelaide medical course on Wednesday. :-( Today was his last lesson. We still dont know whos his replacement, hopefully someone as good as him, if not better. GP is fun, then again I always liked arguing (never a good thing, according to my mom. THen agaijn, it never is). We're studying the casino issue stuff. My class is pretty fun, the people inside actually like anime too, plus they are quite friendly. Im still not too sure, where I'll go after I get my results, AJ's really fun. *Sigh* guess I'll worry abt it after I get my results. Oh well, gotta go. I'm due for Project Work, the equivalent of IRS.

Cheers,
Imppala

Arise, arise Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds await, fire and slaughter!
Spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered!
A sword-day, a red day,. ere the sun arises!
Ride now! Ride now! Ride to Gondor!

2005-02-04T08:52:00.000+08:00

Wah, yesterday stayed up until 1 in the morning, finishing my library book. For some reason, I started reading at about ten, and when I finished it felt like no time went by, although my clock showed it was way, WAY past my usual sleeping time. Oh well. Anyways, today would most probably mark the 10th consecutive time I'm coming home at seven thirty or later, seeing as ther's any full-dress rehearsal for the skit for the CHinese New Year celebrations. Man, you'd think the first three months should have been rerlaxing, but noooooo, the homework is already reaching burying point and I have quite a few tests in mid Feb. This is going to be a fun CHinerse New Year

Cheers,
Imppala

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
The old that is strong do not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
From the shadows a light shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

Building of the Chamber

2005-02-03T13:44:00.000+08:00

I've been planning to start a blog for some time now, after some disastrous attempts way, way back in Secondary 4. I've been hindered by some things, namely a computer that still uses a 56k modem insterad of broadband (i.e. less time for surfing) and also some of my... leisure commitments (i.e. when I'm free I do other stuff.) Oh well, finally I got down to it. Anyway, I'm a Singaporean, 16 years old. THe Chamber of Mazarbul was the Chamber of Records in Moria. For more details see The Lord of Rings. My interests are pretty wide-ranged, from anime to games to comics. I'll be updating again soon