Adele is sad...

Not very pleased with the timetable for sem 2. The lecture times are so *@%#. Most of them are either early in the morning (9 a.m.), or late afternoon (3.pm.).

My off days and partially free days for next sem also doesn't synchronize with Jason's... so we can only meet during weekends.

Even then, it's only if he's free as he's usually quite a busy bee on Saturdays and Sundays.

Thus instead of getting to spend Wednesdays with him, I'll get to watch cartoons/F1 VCDs with little Ken on Mondays and Friday afternoons.

Gah!! I'm such a whiner. Sorry guys >_<

Just got back from a 2 day trip to PD. Still in the process of uploading the holiday photos, so here's some random ones I've yet to post up.




Got these two lovelies from Black Queen in Asian Avenue. Definitely a steal @ RM 1 each.



Yellow necklace from Asian Avenue. It's the secret ingredient to spicing up black outfits!

*butterfly shape courtesy of moi*

Chicken Katsu Don. My all-time fav Sushi Groove dish.

*messy hair XD *

After KBU's Rave Party. Had a wild time there dancing & hanging out + got to meet Jason... so it was definitely worth going to. Thanks Bernie!

Cawaii for the Taiwanese market. There was a feature of Cecil McBee's fashion items... how could I resist not getting it?



Kevin! He's coming back from Russia for a holiday real soon. Time to start planning a group hang out.

Currently reading:




★ It's an interesting book which drew me in immediately, striking a chord within this long-time curious observer of both Japan's pop culture and traditional heritage.


Despite (or perhaps because of) Peter Carey being a 2-time Booker prize recipient, Wrong About Japan is an entertaining read (big fonts, thin book this is going to make so many people happy ) which will not twist your mind around like a ball of yarn and then spit it out all rolled up.


Thus, it's definitely a must read for anyone with a remote interest in manga and anime. Get ready for this... anime talked about and analyzed in the book include Blood: The Last Vampire, a lot of Mobile Suit Gundam (fanboys, you may scream now ), Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro and Astro Boy. Tantalizing?


Even if you're not a fan of manga and anime, perhaps the travelogue side of the book will appeal to the adventurer in you. The route of Japanese pop culture is, after all, a pretty interesting one that comes with complimentary neon lights and an underlying sense of wackiness that is hard to resist.


A concurrent theme of the book is also a foreigner's exploration of the impact World War 2 might have had on anime and manga. This ultimately ensures that all fluff and no substance is a tag that will not be affixed to Wrong About Japan.


An extra bonus would be the cute cover, and artwork from various manga and anime included within the book.

I was once again very nice bored, and went game hunting!! =P

Luunie, this one's dedicated to you. I do mention you, see?



Sunny Day Sky's graphics are so adorable!

Basically, you're in control of a bear and clicking on the bear will make him fly. Once air-borne, keep clicking to remain in the air, and try to avoid birds whilst looking out for delicious red apples.

Keep an eye on the meter at the top right corner of the screen as well, as that's your "umbrella power" - how long more you're able to stay up in the air.

When your meter is running low, now's the time to start planning to land on one of those cute looking vehicles under you. Bear in mind (excuse the pun ) that once you land on the road, it's game over.

The total score is calculated based on how many cars you're able to pass while in the air. Landing on vehicles will earn you extra points as well.




Eyemaze's latest offering is Seek Ver. 0

While not a run-of-the-mill casual game, I was a little disappointed. Seek is not particularly interesting, although it's sufficient as a boredom buster.

The aim of the game is to observe the letters at the top of the conveyor belt, and click the matching letters on the word grid underneath.

To make your life difficult up the challenge factor, numbers are thrown in and letters on the grid are in various stages of rotation as you proceed to higher levels.

Clicking the wrong letters/numbers will crush one of the hearts (heart breaker XD ) on the left of the grid. Missing letters/numbers also produce the same effect.

The thing is, Seek is just not very re-playable unless you're one of those who absolutely have to beat a game.

Nevertheless, do give it a try and you just might end up with a soft spot for it.

Ahem. Noticed anything different? *big sly grin* :D

Yup yup, I succumbed to the dark side. I sold my soul to Nuffnang.

"Your blog does not even get much readers"

I agree XD Would you believe me if I said I placed an ad on this blog only for the visuals?

Because it's a really lame reason, and totally true. Siau already, this girl.

Adele is perpetually lazy to snap and upload photos... so she lets the ads annoy the hell outta you brighten up your day instead :D

Isn't that ingenious? XD

You know how I really like to waste time in front of an inanimate screen?
And how I really, really like to do that especially during exam season?

I swear, my mind is conditioned to crave the Internet when there's an exam just around the corner.

I just stare at the screen not knowing what to do next on usual days. But when I should be studying, I'm bound to discover all sorts of engrossing time-wasting things that keep me away from the books that should be getting my undivided attention instead.

Case in point: I'm here blogging at 1 a.m. when I've a Japanese exam at 7 p.m.

And not like the exam is as simple as taming a rabbit.

Someone, feed me horror stories of Japanese exams gone wrong. Fast.

Took out the Last.fm widget from the side bar since I rarely use my desktop computer these days, and there isn't much incentive to install the program on my laptop.

Instead, I added Shelfari and Twitter :) Now you can keep tabs on what Adele is reading and doing.

Oh, Jason came up with a new way to pronounce my name XD Instead of A-dell, he calls me A-de-li. Says it's cuter + special since he's the first and only one to do so ^^

Oh dear. It's only the start of the holidays and... Adele is b-o-r-e-d. XD

I've finished reading 3 books, and am left with only one more. Have to make a trip to the Monash library after Monday's Japanese exam to borrow more books.

Thankfully, there's also crunchyroll and lots and lots of j-doramas. I've also enough time to kill that I can practically get drunk on room escape games.

Have to brush up on my driving as well, so that I can drive on my own to KBU and meet up with Jason. It's only 10 mins away, but a 10 minute distance might as well be driving to the North Pole when you've barely any driving experience.

It's funny how you look forward to having free time during the exam season, and when you actually have free time, you feel so very much like a blatant time-waster and couch potato. Ouch.

Yay!

Exams are over. Fin. Done. so let's not talk about it anymore =P

Went to Pyramid with my Monash pals after the exam. Haha... girly outing... watched Kung Fu Panda and shopped for accessories. Asian Avenue is so cool! ^^

Kung Fu Panda'a a great show. Not only is it inspirational, it made me both cry and laugh at the same time. My fav type XD

Will post up pics of the stuff I bought if there's time =)

Oh, and today is Firefox Download Day 2008. Be part of the record setting event by downloading Firefox 3!

MOVED

For now, all new posts will be made at LiveJournal

This may or may not be temporary, while I decide where's best to have my blog.

Sorry amigos, and see ya over at LJ =)

P/S: Monday's SAM 2007 Ed Board steamboat gathering was quite fun. We ate yummy seafood and other steamboat ingredients, dashed like mad for the uber-popular honey chicken (no kidding, Eric timed it and the whole tray was gone in 11 seconds) , took random pics (all the guys were ooh-ing and aah-ing Jonah's camera... haha), and basically chatted and caught up with each other.

Then Ren-Yi suggested we go to Borneo Rainforest, which is this nice al-fresco place at Sunway, and a few of us proceeded there for a further round of chatting XD

Ended up we spent quite a bit of time having a photography session outside Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel as well =P

Okie Dokie... New plans.

I think I might eventually stop using this blog. Personally, I dislike Blogger. It has nil useful outstanding features other blog services do not have.

I used to have a music rotation (Strawberry Vinyl) on LiveJournal, and that blog is no longer updated. Currently, I'm planning to tentatively turn that into my new personal blog.

I do have another blog (ichigo_ramen) on LJ as well, but currently it's functioning more as an avenue for me to cross-post entries from my Vox idol blog, since LJ is another place with a strong JE community.

The next post may very well be a notice on moving to LJ =)

Just a quick note to say that since I've designated my Vox blog as the blog for my fangirlistic ramblings, and I'm still in my JE mood... a few posts have been made recently on Vox instead of here.

So daijoubu, it's not that I've abandoned this blog... real life's just been pretty routine lately, filled mostly with playing Zelda on my DS, reading Mary Higgins Clark, anime/manga-ing and NEWS related stuff. If you're interested in my JE fangirling (which I doubt XD ), just head on over to Vox.

P/S: I had my first driving lesson today! Not going to regurgitate my thoughts about it but Friendster user 'Lost', aka Mr Aaron Yip Jun Hoe's comment box has a a few lines about how I found driving to be, if you're interested =P

P/P/S: Adele is going to learn Japanese! Lessons will start, at the very latest, before CNY ( :

P/P/P/S: More Aus trip photos coming up soon

Sydney: Part 1

Tullamarine Airport - Melbourne


Was so exciting to see all the Qantas jets lined up in a row XD


Star City - Sydney

Star City's main Christmas piece. Everything looks so nicely snow-ish, and do note the absolutely adorable kangaroo sleigh at the bottom right =)

More on Star City, Sydney Opera House and the Darling Harbor next post...

Listening: Cherish ~ Hoshimura Mai [it's a great song with good lyrics <3 ]
Reading: 23:00 (Nijuusanji)
Watching: Yukan Club

I may be joining a Japanese language class soon, with the money I earned from my stint in Melbourne. It's something I've wanted to do since young, and to be able to pay for it myself is a good feeling =) I've yet to sign up, but here's hoping it'll happen.

I may not be spending Chinese New Year with my maternal relatives in Malacca this year. Arrangements are being made for me to go on holiday instead to either Bali or Thailand with my dad and paternal grandmother. I've never in 18 years been on a holiday with them, or spend time overnight with them for that matter. It'll be an experience, hopefully one to cherish.

And either Bali or Thailand's great. Bali has the sea, culture and history. Thailand has CDs and other stuff I want to get (haha... there's Thai music [Golf-Mike, Dan and Beam, etc], and also a huge Japanese and Korean fanbase XD ) , culture and history and some Thai guys are cute =P. It'll also be nice to go back to Bali again.

Everyone, stay well and happy =)

Information: Top Secret
Mission: Warbears Propaganda M1

I love Warbears. They're cute, funny, sassy and smart. Not to mention that they're the stars of a really awesome series of online flash missions.

Warning: The Warbear games seem to make time fly by in a flash. So addictive are they, and so challenging they can be, that keeping track of time gets pushed down the list of priorities XD

Anyway, space and time is of concern. Thus, do check out http://www.warbears.com for the juicy details on the lovable creations of a creative Italian mind.

Up Close and Personal

Accent: Malaysian-British-Australian... yup, I know that's bad XD
Beverage of choice: Sky juice
Chore I hate: Taking out the rubbish >_<
Dog or Cat: I like stuffed toys
Essential Electronics: Every single one I own
Favorite perfume/cologne: Miracle by Lancome... alternately, Annick Goutal
Gold or Silver: Gold
Hometown: Melaka
Insomnia: No
ob Title: Procrastinating Student
Kids: Maybe one day =P
Living arrangement: Double Storey house in Dee-Jay, and moving away soon
Most Admired Trait: Selflessness
Number of countries visited: 4, I think
Overnight Hospital Stays: None since after I was born
Phobia: If you know, you know XD
Quote: "To give up is to fail"
Religion: Modern Buddhism
Siblings: 1 (much) younger brother
Time I wake up: anything between 4.30a.m. to 12 p.m.
Unusual talent/skill: Making simple sentences/ideas un-simple
Vegetable I refuse to eat: Brinjal
Worst Habit: Procrastination
X-rays: 1
Yummy foods I make: Boiled eggs... honestly, I make them just right
Zodiac sign: L-E-O

Whoot! I passed my undang test with 46/50. I know, I know. Probably almost everyone in my circle has taken it AND got their driving license... but I'm so relieved my one day of studying got me through =)

Laziness has got me engulfed in its rather tight folds. I regret to say that even the simple task of plugging my camera into the USB port and enduring the slow and torturous process of uploading my holiday pics and posting them up is hard.

How I spent approx. RM 40 today:

RM10 - Picture for my L license (horrible shot *shudders* )
RM10 - Lunch at A&W
RM20 - Letter from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien

Got that from XCESS bookshop at Amcorp Mall. Great place. Prices are not as good as Atria's book warehouse, but ambiance for a bargain bookshop is 'wow!'. Went there together with Joann from G14, while we were waiting with two other girls to sit for the test.

That's another book for the Tolkien section of my bookshelf! and thankfully one that I actually want to read and not just to collect because it's a Tolkien XD

P/S: Adele is watching Yamada Taro Monogatari... and loves the show so far =)

Visited Monash Malaysia today, and I'm happy... because the campus is really nice! It'll be horrible to spend 3 years of your life studying somewhere that didn't feel 'right', wouldn't it? ( :

On a not so happy note, my driving undang test will probably be tomorrow or the day after. Ouch. I've forgotten most of what was discussed during the 5 hour talk, since it's been a month. Oh well... the book beckons ) =

My blog goal for 2008: Make my entries shorter and sweeter... like Pi and Kei-chan's J-web entries.

Adele fighting! (Lol... this is what happens when you're into East Asian pop culture... XD )

During my future outdoor by the beach or garden wedding party, I'll want to play Kinki Kids' 薄荷キャンディー (Hakka [Peppermint] Candy) <3

Bonus marks for it being a popular karaoke song among KK's fellow JE groups =)


静かに満ちてくる　波のつづれ织り
何度も泣かせたね　ごめん
饴玉持ってないかな？　これが最後なの
白い歯舌见せて　微笑う

君しか　You're the one
见えない　For love and one
ほんとだよ

薄荷の匂いの　运命のひとさ
ぼくの瞳は　君しか映らない

ごらんよ　あの光る星
北极星だよ
横には三日月の　小舟

心の计算机　そんなものないわ
无邪気に言い切った　君

I found my way

可爱い　You're the one
くせして　For love and one
芯がある

未来を预ける　価値のあるひとさ
嘘じゃない　君しか映らない

凉しい海风に　このまま抱かれて
君だけ…　You're the one　For love and one
君だけが　ぼくが选ぶひと

竜巻みたいな　时代に生きても
君となら　上手にやれるさ

You're the one　君しか
For love and one　见えない
ほんとだよ

薄荷の匂いの　运命のひとさ
ぼくの瞳は　君しか映らない
君しか映らない

Translation here


Catching up with Koyama Kei-chan's Member Love Nikki posts, I found out he has a 3 year-old nephew name Haruta! Such a nice name (:

Haru-chan is 3 years old (just 1 year older than my bro! XD ) and they seem pretty close. Kei clearly adores the little guy (:

Mi amigos, I'm back!

Hiatus : Over!

Melbourne was GREAT, and the little excursion to Sydney was FUN!

Flying Qantas during turbulence was like riding a roller coaster XD

And you know what? I'm happy with my results! Well, I was kinda disappointed at first, one reason being I fell a little short of my TER 85 goal, gaining a TER of 84.05. And falling sick during the bloody English exam. But.... everyone else seems to be overjoyed I did alright in my Math and exceeded the fore casted grade (and expectations) for accounting AND apparently got a higher TER than they expected, that the marginal difference didn't matter anymore. I'm at peace.

Feels good to know that you've made people happy and proud of you.

I did loads of things, including

• Visiting the Sydney Opera House, this time spending more time there
• Going for a lovely ferry ride across the Darling Habour, Sydney
  
• Going into the private rooms of two casinos - Crown's Mahogany Room and Star City's Endeavour Room
• I sat for and aced the test to obtain an RSA (Responsible Serving of Alcohol) certificate... which means I can sell/serve alcohol in the state of Victoria XD
• Boxing Day Sale shopping! I morph into a shopper in Australia whilst hating shopping back here in Malaysia
• Getting to know Melbourne's CBD... I've got a good idea where everything of importance is
  
• Spending time in my relatives' bottle shop.... fun!
• Rediscovering and falling in love with the maritime and Japanese aspect of Sydney
• Knowing that my relatives care enough to worry when I've been out on my own for 4 hours
• Lol.... finding out that a bottle shop's a hot place to get asked out... I received two requests
  
• Finding myself again... I swear, every trip to Australia's like a pilgrimage for the soul
• Loads more.... XD

My Christmas presents were GREAT too. A Nintendo DS + Zelda:Legend of the Phantom Hourglass (2007's most awesome game for the DS) included ^^

I've got a few perfumes, lippies and chocolates as well.

The end of this post is near, and therefore... farewell for now =)