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The End of the Road, the Beginning of Another

2011-08-12T10:35:00.003-05:00

Hi all

This will be my last post of this blog.

This blog was started when I was in my senior year of high school and it has been with me all through that time and through all my university years.

Looking over these posts is like going down memory lane. There are many cherished moments with friends and family logged. There are also (and I would say for the most part), much pain and anguish that were incredibly important to me at the time, but in looking back, simply seem petty.

I would like to close this blog now. It has served its purpose. I have completed my Secondary schooling. I have completed my undergraduate and I have completed my Masters. I have sought a professional designation within my field and am now full time employed at a world renowned organization. My formal school days are over, and along with them, the worries that came with those times. However, my journey of learning has only just begun. This is where the serious matters will start.

I'll leave the blog on the internet for the curious to observe, but since I have no amount of popularity or presence on the internet, it is unlikely that people will come back and read this blog.

My blogging days are not over. I will start a new one that marks a new chapter of my life. My adult years.

The structure of the new blog will be a little different. It will have more structure and the purpose will be not only to share my experiences with the world (as I'm sure there will be plenty of), but also to share ideas and to collaborate with the world. I want to spread ideas and initiate thoughts of self-improvement, motivate myself and those around me that Yes, we CAN do anything we set our minds to. It will be my journey to become a better person, but I don't want to make this journey alone. I'll be taking people with me and my hope is that I can inspire people to better themselves as well (or vice versa, they may inspire me when I am on the brink of giving up).

With that goal in mind. I will set forth on a new journey.

See you soon.

The last stretch, fourth year, and all things bad with it.

2009-11-30T18:18:00.001-05:00

This term is absolutely killing me.

I don't even know where to start. I know I make lots of comments about failing each term and it never happened, but this is getting too close for comfort.

I seriously need to pull a miracle for the finals or I'm royally screwed.

There's about 17 days to go until I'm done undergraduate... this will essentially make or break me.

I'm feeling incredibly down today, but that's okay. I'll pull through somehow. This is going to be just studying like no tomorrow. There's nothing for it now but try my best for this last stretch.

Will update as I progress...

Yuy

Watchmen and Duplicity

2009-07-26T13:41:00.002-05:00

Saw Watchmen on the plane to Calgary.

Saw Duplicity on the plane back from Calgary.

Duplicity was fun and entertaining. Incredibly light hearted and confusing in my opinion. It presented nothing new.

Watchmen.... I didn't like it. Aside from the fact that its a reconnaissance of old Super Heroes, which was cool in and of itself, but it, to me, aroused no emotion in watching it. The whole movie was simply made for people who liked the characters from the comic books. Dare I say, it's like the Dragonball movie, only with slightly better acting, and a much much larger budget. I would have thought Watchmen was awesome under either of the two conditions:

1. I grew up with the comic books and love and know these characters inside and out and can't get more of them.
2. I have never before seen a movie in my life and the concept of friend turned foe, clash of idealism versus reality, the nerd getting the girl, and random grotesque psychobabbling blood curling antagonism was completely and utterly new to me (aka: I lived in a bubble).

Since I fall under neither of those two cases, I can safely say that I thought Watchmen was "just another movie."

Cheers,

Yuy

A horrid website.

2009-07-11T21:40:00.002-05:00

http://www.torontotutors.com/ <-- this is the website.

This is my message to the webmasters... to see this kind of listing on the CMA Student Employment Opportunities is.....

This website is a joke right? It not only presents horrid grammar, punctuation, and the most easily fixed typos as it is quite evident that nobody even bothered to proof read this work, but it does not stir an ounce of belief in this website being anything but a troll. Even scams put more effort into their work.

This is a great idea and everything, but the portrayed business acumen is terrible. I would not pay 60 bucks to get tutored by people who can't spell, can't use a word processor (or at least make any effort to show that they can), and whose only competency appears to be in the writing of simple php scripts easily performed by the average twelve year old.

There are no testimonials or any evidence of success. There are no actual names of people and credentials. The About page was absolutely, and dare I say it, bullshit.

Sorry about this. I know you don't care about some random person's opinion. But it angers me when I see trolls like this one on professional listings. It is a waste of time, harddrive space, and bandwidth.

G'day.

Uneasy.

2009-07-06T00:08:00.002-05:00

There's an uneasy feeling in my stomach.

I'm feeling really really antsy. I should be asleep right now. I did go to bed, turned off the lights, but couldn't fall asleep.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

Well, I do.

But I don't know what to do about it. I'm going slightly insane. The tension is a little too much right now.

I tried describing it to my mom the other day, and it went something like this:

You know when you watch a scary movie? Horror movie? And you know at some point something is going to jump out at you and make you scream with terror but you don't know when? You know its coming, but not when... any moment now... maybe later?... maybe now? That tension of anticipation? After you've seen a horror movie once, it isn't all that scary the second time around because you know what to expect.

I don't think it went across very well.... I don't think my mother watches enough scary movies. But that's essentially what I'm feeling like for most of the days these days. I'm waiting in eager (or not so eager) anticipation of something happening (I think I don't have to explain what the something is.... my story is not a new one) but it hasn't come yet. It keeps me awake for the most part, depressed for the other, and alert and antsy for whatever is left.

I only have one thing left to say.

FML.

Yuy Ren

Omg, new Crazeeeeee

2009-05-26T21:50:00.002-05:00

So I know I'm supposed to be gung ho about studying... but I got tired recently....

And... found a new craze o.O

I am absolutely in love w/ ABJD T____________T

It's insane.

I need a life.

I'm going to start making my own ABJDs.... after my exams.

The first 2 will be Hikaru and Sai from Hikaru no Go, complete with a mini go board set. Look forward to it.

Yuy

Ima phail.

2009-05-13T00:38:00.000-05:00

I"M GOING TO FAIL!!

I know, we hear that a lot from me, and yet somehow I end up being just fine. I've lost all credibility because I've cried wolf so often.

But seriously? 73 chapters? 6 volumes? I'm... currently on chapter 50... but I need to review and take notes for the first 28 once I'm done thru chapter 73. THEN I have to try out the problems for ALL the chapters (which I haven't touched a single one of) and then memorize my notes like mad.

How much time? The exam is June 6th.

I'm going to Guelph next week, and possibly for half of the week after.

The only way this'll work is if SOMEHOW (and I DO mean to stress SOMEHOW) finish up to chapter 73 by this sunday or saturday. Somehow. :S

That leaves me monday and maybe a couple weekday evenings (~3-4?) to make notes for the first 28 chapters. Then my notes would be complete. That would give me about two weeks to review and memorize like CRAZY.

Lets not forget this full time job and GOING TO GUELPH thing.... I'm not even going to mention my eye doctor's appointment on the 29th now.... oh wait. I did T_T. Well then... 29th I'm going to get a retinal scan and see if I'm going blind or not (yes, I sound nonchalant, but trust me, it occupies about 80% of my brain capacity, and the other 20% currently is just filled with an image of a slinky going down endless flights of stairs. But yeah... I have to leave work early that day and somehow make it to Toronto by 5 pm...I don't suspect I'll be back until 9-ish. That leaves me maybe 3 hours of work, during which I can usually finish 2 chapters at the speed I'm going.... but I need to average like 4-5 a day to make it...

I did 4 today... I was supposed to finish up an entire volume tho... leaving it to tml... bad... but I kinda fell asleep.

Bah.

Goal for this weekend: Reading a 643 page book.

2009-05-02T17:07:00.002-05:00

CFA Level 1 2009, Financial Reporting and Analysis. Volume 3.

Using Power Reading Techniques, I will attempt to read this entire book by Monday.

It is currently Saturday 6 pm. Most of Tomorrow will be spent in Toronto.

So without further Ado, here we go. Results will be posted by Monday.

EXAMS ARE DONE!

2009-04-25T01:28:00.001-05:00

YEAH!

*Looks at below post*

Er... the next few days after that was spent studying like crazy (mostly w/ other smart ppl who can teach me) :D

DONE!!!

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 13

2009-04-14T01:41:00.002-05:00

Top Note
NOT ENOUGH!!!! So basically... MSCI exam Thursday. Econ exam FRIDAY, German SATURDAY. I haven't studied for german at all... don't plan to til after ECON. WRT to MSCI, Tomorrow will be dedicated mostly to doing MSCI.
Made an appointment with Audit prof on Wednesday to discuss some of my questions. The rest of wednesday will probably be dedicated to msci again, depending on how much of it I get tomorrow T_T. Study group tomorrow night for MSCI.

Location: Bedroom - Waterloo
Time: 2:44 AM
Mood: Hasty.

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 5 + my own notes for Chapter 5
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 17
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 16 & Appendix18A&B
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 15
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 16
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 13
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 14
Read AFM 481 Notes: R2
Do AFM 481 Problems chapter 7
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 17
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 18
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 19
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 20
Do AFM 481 Problems Chapter 8
Do AFM 481 Problems Chapter 9
Do AFM 481 Problems Chapter 10
MSCI: Go through the slides *NEW*
MSCI: try all tutorial problems *NEW*
MSCI: try assigned book problems *NEW*
MSCI: Go through my own notes *NEW*
Audit: Prepare for questions to ask prof. *NEW*
Read AFM 481: R-6
Read AFM 481: R-7
Do AFM 481 problems chapter 13
Work through problems for Chapter 10 (audit)
Work through problems for Chapter 15 (audit)
Peer Leader Reflection Due April 17th!
Find out all the other due dates for PL and meet with Tracy
Read Chapter 12 for MSCi
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 15
Work through problems for chapter 9 (audit)
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
~~Read D for MSCI and take notes~~
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
Subtask 3.2 for German.
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
Just not good enough.... T________T;;

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 11

2009-04-11T23:21:00.003-05:00

Top Note
Mada mada desu!!!

Location: Bedroom - Burlington
Time: 12:24 AM
Mood: Scared.

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 5 + my own notes for Chapter 5
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 17
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 16 & Appendix18A&B
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 15
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 16
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 13
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 14
Read AFM 481 Notes: R2
Do AFM 481 Problems chapter 7
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 17 *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 18 *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 19 *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 20 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 Problems Chapter 8 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 Problems Chapter 9 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 Problems Chapter 10 *NEW*
Read AFM 481: R-6 *NEW*
Read AFM 481: R-7 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 problems chapter 13
Work through problems for Chapter 10 (audit)
Work through problems for Chapter 15 (audit)
Peer Leader Reflection Due April 17th!
Find out all the other due dates for PL and meet with Tracy *NEW*
Read Chapter 12 for MSCi
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 15
Work through problems for chapter 9 (audit)
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
~~Read D for MSCI and take notes~~
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
Subtask 3.2 for German.
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
Ganbatte!!

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 9

2009-04-10T00:39:00.002-05:00

Top Note
I'm serious.... if I don't like... super cram and pull a miracle here I AM GOING TO FAIL! And I'm not just saying that like I usually do... I usually rant about failing... but seriously... I'm getting the "threshold butterfly" in my stomach that is usually a good indication of "THE BEAR IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU, IF YOU DON'T RUN NOW YOU WILL BE EATEN!"

Or something to that extent.... I will be working for realz now. Most likely, things will start disappearing from this list and new ones will be added much more quickly.

Location: Bedroom - Waterloo
Time: 1:41 AM
Mood: Scared.

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 5 + my own notes for Chapter 5
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 17
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 16 & Appendix18A&B
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 15 *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 16 *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 13
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 14
Read AFM 481 Notes: R2 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 Problems chapter 7 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 problems chapter 13
Work through problems for Chapter 10 (audit)
Work through problems for Chapter 15 (audit)
Peer Leader Reflection Due April 17th!
Read Chapter 12 for MSCi
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 15
Work through problems for chapter 9 (audit)
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
~~Read D for MSCI and take notes~~
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
Subtask 3.2 for German.
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
Nothing to say.

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 8

2009-04-08T23:07:00.002-05:00

Top Note
Seriously... TOMORROW ALL THE ITEMS ON THIS LIST WILL BE CLEARED YOU HEAR!! ALL OF THEM!!

Location: Classroom 207 in RCH (Rod Coutts Hall).
Time: 12:08 PM
Mood: Pissed off that I didn't get as much work done as I'd hoped!.

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 5 + my own notes for Chapter 5
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 17
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 16 & Appendix18A&B
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 13
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 14
Do AFM 481 problems chapter 13
Work through problems for Chapter 10 (audit)
Work through problems for Chapter 11 (audit)
Peer Leader Reflection Due April 17th!
Read Chapter 12 for MSCi
~~Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 15~~
Work through problems for chapter 9 (audit)
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
~~Read D for MSCI and take notes~~
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
Subtask 3.2 for German.
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
WHY CAN"T I GET MORE WORK DONE IN ONE DAY?? AT THIS RATE I REALLY WILL FAIL!! AHHHHHHHH!!!

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 7

2009-04-07T22:41:00.004-05:00

Top Note
So in order to keep pace and keep myself working, I basically read out loud the chapters and made recordings. After doing like... 4 chapters I was totally happy and hoping that I could be ahead! I could like... listen to the recording again during review, before I go to sleep... on my way to something.... I can submerge myself into academia!

but! When I finally plugged in my mp3 player to load the recordings onto my comp... i found out that the mic on the machine was BROKEN! I recorded hours of NOTHING!! T_T

Phail!

Location: bedroom- Waterloo.
Time: 11:44 PM
Mood: Feeling that my ears are hot and that I need to piss.

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 5 + my own notes for Chapter 5 *NEW*
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 17 *NEW*
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 16 & Appendix18A&B *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 13 *NEW*
Read AFM 481 Notes: Session 14 *NEW*
Do AFM 481 problems chapter 13 *NEW*
Work through problems for Chapter 10 (audit) *NEW*
Work through problems for Chapter 11 (audit) *NEW*
Peer Leader Reflection Due April 17th! *NEW*
Read Chapter 12 for MSCi
~~Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 15~~
Work through problems for chapter 9 (audit)
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
~~Read D for MSCI and take notes~~
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
Subtask 3.2 for German.
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
FYI, I fixed my mp3 player earlier this evening :D

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 6

2009-04-06T23:24:00.002-05:00

Top Note
Some updates... clearly not enough... dmmit!
Location: bedroom- Burlington.
Time: 12:25 AM
Mood: Feeling rather jovial, but utterly misplaced mood...

The To Do List
Read Chapter 12 for MSCi *NEW*
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 15 *NEW*
Work through problems for chapter 9 (audit) *NEW*
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
~~Read D for MSCI and take notes~~
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
~~Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.~~
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
~~Subtask 3.2 for German.~~
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
I actually did print AFm 451 slides, just didn't do margin notes or finish printing the last two lectures T_T... will do that tomorrow so this can finally disappear off my list!

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 3

2009-04-03T23:30:00.004-05:00

Top Note
So today was mostly uneventful. I went to a group meeting, did some work for that said group, but not enough. More to do for that later. I created an exam studying scheduler for my students. http://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/~y6ren/Exam_Study_Planner.pdf
Location: Bedroom.
Time: 12:32 AM
Mood: Starting to get hungry and sleepy, a deadly combination.

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9
Read D for MSCI and take notes
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes.
~~German Main Task 3.2~~
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432.
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
~~Subtask 3.2 for German.~~
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
Yeah, I'm not going to add anything new to this list tonight... not until more things disappear from it.

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 2.75

2009-04-02T23:47:00.002-05:00

Top Note
The reason it is 2.75 is because although technically Day 3, it's only 48 minutes into the day and it shouldn't count until I've actually slept and woke up the next day.

Location: EIT - Environment and Information Technology (a pretty building with dinosaur displays all over the place, one of the best architectural designs on campus.)
Time: 12:48 am
Mood: Indifferent, plus a slight feeling of inferiority I get every time I come back from the Go club T_T

The To Do List
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 11 *NEW*
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 10 *NEW*
Read AFM 451 Slides for Chapter 9 *NEW*
Read D for MSCI and take notes *NEW*
Printing of the Cost AFM 481 Slides plus margin notes. *NEW*
German Main Task 3.2 *NEW*
Chapter 4 - Forecasting, for Msci 432. *NEW*
Printing of the slides for AFM 451 and margin notes.
~~Subtask 3.2 for German.~~
~~Chapter 17 for Econ notes.~~

Bottom Note
So basically I added some new stuff. Hoping to do Chapter 4 tonight before I go home and print out the notes tomorrow. Hopeing to Read D tml as well (yes, the chapter is called D for some strange reason). Maybe get 9 and 10 of the slides out of the way as well. We shall see.

Yuy

Day to Day Happenings of Impending Uber Phailure - Day 1

2009-04-01T16:27:00.002-05:00

Hello,

So I'm getting back into blogging. I will be using this as a tool for tracking my progress for my exams coming up. The way it works is like this, I will set out a goal of what I have accomplished today, and then what I hope to accomplish the next day. Then the next day I will write how much of what I said the previous day had actually been done. Since I'm starting this today there's going to be a bit of overlap so I might have to post twice today.

First off, I plan to finish reading chapter 17 and taking notes of chapter 17 for my ECON class.
I plan to print out all my notes for the second half of the course for AFM 451 Audit Strategy class and write in the margin all the notes that I took during class on the PPT file on my laptop.

Bonus: I will do German 101 Subtask.

Okay, that's that.

Cheers.

Yuy

Snow snow snow

2008-12-08T09:40:00.001-05:00

holy camoly.
It is snowing like there's no tomorrow....
Ok, less than that.
It is snowing like there isn't another year....
of snow.
Let it snow let it snow let it snow... (NOT... GAH, SO F***ING COLD)
No such thing at 'Snow Day' when you're working is there? =_=
Sooooonnnn.... and I'll have to go back to school. Which will be really confusing (because I'm scared and happy at the same time... scared for certain aspects of school (specifically, peer leader-ing... I don't want to interact w/ other ppl! It goes against all principles of hermit-ing that I so adore and practice)... happy for the rest (13 hours of class?! Don't have to start class til 4 pm on mon/wed?! German 101?! FUUNNN!!!) ... therefore confused overall) :(
Yuy Ren

Oh yeah, forgot... winnar goodies mmmmmm

2008-12-04T21:57:00.002-05:00

Word War~!

2008-11-26T12:07:00.002-05:00

Lophyte, fellow nanoer, and I are taking the last week and ploughing thru 20k worth of words AT LEAST.

To motivate us both to write, we are WWing against each other. Lophyte announced he will reach 35k tonight.

My USB died on me. So I can't do anything at this point. Tonite however, I shall be writing... though I am set back by 1k due to the loss of work from my USB.... that's no problemo :D

Yuy, you can do it~! :D

Tales of Phantasia GBA

2008-10-29T10:24:00.003-05:00

So,

Recently, (read: last week), I reformatted by Flash Card for my GBA Micro.

And now, I'm enjoying Tales of Phantasia. Well, not RIGHT now, but of recent (read:last night).

I played the Super Nintendo version. I was saddened by some of the changes, and very iffy about some of the NON changes.

Changes:
- The Menu Window (dunno what its called, its the window in every RPG game where you can equip, check status, items, save game etc etc) layout has been changed. They added cool stuff to that status page, with actuall drawings of what the sprites look like NON chibi. That was fun. BUT, they forgot to put in the $$ somewhere, nor can you see your gametime (unless you save). So after fighting in a dungeon, I have absolutely NO clue how much money I've accumulated (unless I've been keeping tabs on each battle) until I go into town and into a store and ask to buy or sell something.

- Mini events are gone. Tales of Phantasia is filled with little nifty events that are really there just for fun. For example, when the game starts, you can do the following before leaving town:
- Go to the grocers and get an apple for Ami, Chester's sister
- Go to the Inn and move the statue of a bushbaby to receive some items from the receptionist
- talk to people in town and learn of their happenings, and relate back to it when they get MURDERED IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OF GAMEPLAY.

The GBA version, you can only get Ami her apple. You can move the bushbaby, but the receptionist isn't going to give you anything. And when everyone dies, instead of mourning going "noo! You were going to get married next month!" you'll just go "they're dead." How very impersonal for a town you grew up in.

There's a lot of other things along the way (I've only played very little yesterday) so I'm hoping they'll keep some of the later stuff.

- another change is Title and Cooking. You can now cook stuff with a mix of recipes which you collect throughout the land. You can gain random titles (which does nothing for you stats) for fun...

NON Changes:
- Game play in fight scenes is still very stiff... movements aren't very free and the only strategy that seems to be able to keep you alive (as it did in the Super Nintendo one) is by standing very very far away and running at the enemy, then running back w/o getting hit (once you're hit, you can't run back... you can only walk... at about the same speed the enemy can chase you... to the corner of the screen, where you'll be clobbered).

Changes I wish to see:
- in the original one, you leave chester behind, but he joins the party again at a later (much much much later) point in the game.. and he's STILL the same level and in the exact condition that you left him. I suppose in a way it makes SENSE, because the way the story goes, time hasn't passed much for Chester while you were away... but... it makes having him on the party absolutely useless (you'd have a mix of level 30, 33, 40, and 3....)

Ok, that's my bit on gaming.... very rare, I know :P

Yuy Ren

Skip Beat! is now an Anime!!!

2008-10-17T23:26:00.001-05:00

That is all. Rejoice!!
*dances around in sheer excitement*

I'm getting old.

2008-10-07T09:20:00.002-05:00

The skin on my hands are sagging and starting to get wrinkly. I have a crinkle when I laugh and I can see lines forming on my forehead.

As my dad says, the only time you're not dying, is when you're growing.

I've stopped growing a while back....

BOOOOO!!!!!

Life sucks.

Yuy Ren

School has fried my BRAIN~!

2008-09-29T22:26:00.001-05:00

I was going through some of the stuff I drew many years ago (mini comics, sketches, etc). And was going through some of the stuff I've written years ago.

And all I have to say is this:

Education has rotten my brain. Compared to what I create now, the stuff I used to do were SOO much better. I mean sure, my "technical" skills have improved, no doubt about that, but in return, I've sacrificed creativity, thought, and wit.

Stuff I make are all bland now.

GAH~! Here's to hoping I can somehow claw back some of what I used to have....

I hate myself.

Yuy

My life thus far.

2008-09-15T15:10:00.000-05:00

Third week into co-op.

Work is pretty good. I feel pretty relaxed and much more comfortable in this position than my previous co-op job.

Theonly real complaint I have is the fact that I have to get up so early to commute >.>

That, and the fact that I feel there isn't enough time in a day to do what I want. Here's my list of random things I'm TRYING to do, tho a lot of it is currently in the backburner....

Givens:
- Co-op. Full Time Job. Leave house at 7:00 am, get home around 6:30 pm.
- Certain things that are a natural waste of time and can't be avoided (these items include a MODEST dose of TV and Anime, Chatting with parents, working on random projects to assist friends (read: Yang's movie), sitting around staring into space, daydreaming, [over]sleeping... etc)

Things I'm doing:
Studying for CFA Exam: I read on the Go Train for about 30 minutes one way. So for about 1 hour on the road. I study, or at least try very hard to, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On the weekend, if I'm not doing other stuff (read: Yang's film), then I'll be studying (read: trying really hard to study) for the CFA exam. Sadly to say, this SHOULD be my one and only Things to Do, because it technically is supposed to suck the life out of me alone (or so they say).

Keyboarding: So for some crazy reason, I've taken up keyboarding. My parents got me one for christmas and I've been playing with it whenever I'm home. Which isn't saying a lot, since after I got it for christmas, I went to school for 8 months and just got back in August. But nevertheless, I finally learned Fur Elise and moved on to "The Entertainer". I'm hoping to get good enough to play some Anime tunes... all in good time, all in good time.

Learning to play Go: So this one....is kinda on hiatus. I TRY, I really do, but its hard to do everything. Whenever, I remember and have the time to, I pull out my life and death problem book and plow through 4 or 5 questions. Because I'm a beginner and utterly retarded when it comes to "seeing" things, 4-5 questions take me about 30-45 minutes... In terms of playing with an actual person, I always lose.

Working on Duh!!: Dun dun dun~! Fanfare~! W0w. So like, after HOW MANY YEARS?? I've finally finally started to work on this project, and SURPRISINGLY, haven't gotten sick of it yet (I'm usually really prone to get sick of stuff fairly quickly).

TCP: Oh, Tcp TCp...... *sigh* Why am I still doing this? Because.... I don't know... I just am. I'm [semi] committed to release about a chapter a MONTH.... that's a long time, but also quite a bit of work for me.

Things I want to do:
Read more Books: I recently read the first book of Homecoming of Orson Scott Card. I think I will stop there. From the reviews I've read, I'm in for a dissapointing ending. The first book rocks my socks. I'll just keep it like that and let me imagination fill out the rest of the story. I don't want to be dissapointed by anything Card writes. That is all. But that aside, I do wish I have the time to read more books.

Painting: My tablet is majorly collecting dust... I've a paiting half finished that's about a YEAR overdue...oh gee. I wish I could just get off my butt and actually find the TIME to do this...

Learn Japanese: Huh.... erm... does watching Anime count? :P Yeah, I don't know what happened to this one. I used to listen to Pimsleur whenever I make long trips whereever (Go Train, Greyhound etc), but since I've dedicated my train time to STUDYING CFA EXAM, I can't really learn japanese at the same time... I suppose the only other time is when I'm working on Duh!! and doing major inking, drawing, or toning (anything that doesn't really require me to THINK) (read: when I'm not writing the story, panelling, or editing script). I'll look into that.

Learn Chinese: That, is even most uneventful that learning Japanese. Because learning Chinese involves learning how to read and write, which involves heavy brain power and TIME, both of which I don't want to really spare at this moment... We will see. I shall keep this on the list, and see if I can squeeze it in at a later date.

Juggling: I don't know where to put this, but I'm kinda still juggling. I haven't learned any new tricks in a long long time, but I'd LIKE to... this is ALSO a time consuming task that involves a lot of patience, and practice...

After a while, you realize...

There just isn't enough time. There's never enough time. It's sad. It makes me sad that I have to prioritize T_T

Laundry....and condoms

2008-07-21T00:36:00.002-05:00

So I was doing laundry the other day. I think it was around 3 in the morning or so. I was also cleaning house and cooking food for myself (yes, I hold weird hours, bite me).

So I got downstairs to the laundry room in about half hour after I set the load to move it into the dryer. All cool. So I go back upstairs and do my cooking and cleaning. About 50 minutes later, I go downstairs to grab my clothes. I open the dryer and start to carefully fold my clothes into my laundry basket so I don't have to do it when I get upstairs and can directly put it into the drawer. I start with my whites. Everything's cool.

I finish the whites, and pop open the dryer with my darks. I start folding and folding. I stick my hand into the dryer to pull out socks, jeans, sweaters... and a condom.

It was still in its packaging, and looked relatively new. I hold it in my hand, eyebrows raised. So here I am, at 3 in the morning, wondering how the hell a condom got into my laundry load. Now the easy explanation is that I had it in my pocket and forgot to take it out when I did my load. I mean, that's how I found coins, dollar bills, watches, keys... in my dryer before....

But this is a condom we're talking about. I don't own such ... er... stuff. The girl sitting in the laundry room reading her book looked up and stared at me as I puzzled over this condom. I gave her a funny look, and almost entertained the idea that she put it there to see my reaction. But quickly ruled that out with the look she gave me.

I couldn't figure it out. So I put it back in the dryer and took my clothes and left.

Then it occurred to me. The next person using the dryer is going to have something to puzzle over when s/he takes out her load...

Yuy Ren

Rant

2008-07-02T21:53:00.003-05:00

I'm doing so badly this term.... and worse than any term I've ever done.... I just browsed through my previous entries, and it seems that despite the fact that I complain about failing a lot, I didn't complain as much as thought I did. There were only 3 posts (out of like 200 sumthing) that had to do with failing....

So I'd decided to dedicate this post specifically on failing.

I'm going to have to try and work harder.

There is an old man living in my head. (keep reading, this isn't as random as it sounds). He's my wisdom mind guide person...... He lives on a road. A sort of dirt road in the countryside. It's not a very wide road, about a little wider than a sidewalk. All around the road is just grass and plains. It is always twilight. The road goes into the horizon and doesn't actually wind much.

I see this road before I go to sleep (sometimes). I would start walking towards this road, and eventually, I will meet this old man who is walking in the opposite direction. He looks like a wise old saint dude. He doesn't talk, but uses gestures to communicate and I can [usually] infer the word meaning of his gestures, and he'll nod as confirmation. When I meet him, I would usually ask him a question that has been plaguing me (and there will always be something plaguing me, else the old man on the road won't actually show up). I ask him a question, and he answers it in sort of a riddle without words.

The other day, I was very not motivated to work. It's the "what's the point in life?" spell that has me trapped. But then I end up doing poorly in school and its really negatively affecting my performance.

I met the old man about a week ago. I asked him "I'm not motivated to do work at all. This is just so mundane. Grades don't really matter, but I'd feel extremely terrible if I don't do well. What should I do?"

He asked me a question (which took me a few minutes to decipher) and the inferred meaning was "do you have the energy to do work?"

I answered, Yes, but I'm just not motivated.

Then he inferred another one word answer. "Sprint."

Sprint. What is sprint? Well, let's see.

sprint [sprint] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used without object)

1.	to race or move at full speed, esp. for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to traverse in sprinting: to sprint a half mile.

–noun

3.	a short race at full speed.

4.	a burst of speed at any point during a long race, as near the finish line.

5.	a brief spell of great activity.

He's telling me that even though I don't want to do something, I should hold my breath and do it quickly. There's only about 1 month and a bit left of the term. That's not a long sprint. I can go at full force for the next month, and then it's another term over. He's not telling me to fight an epic war against all negative forces of life, which was what I viewed it as, and which is why I had no motivation (because there is no end, and its really all mundane). But if I just focus on giving it my all for every individual battle, and "sprint" through this term. I should be just fine.

So a lot of my colleagues think I'm weird, when, at the brink of giving up, I perk up and shout "sprint!" and then produce some solid work for the next little while.

It's been my recent mantra, and I guess my inner self is somehow at peace with it, since I haven't seen the old man yet.

Although, with the recent turn of events of getting back midterms, that might change. The reason I did poorly is because I didn't spend as much time studying as I should have. That was mainly because I simply wasn't motivated to do the work. I knew I was going to do bad, but it held almost no value to me. I planned the studying poorly, and thus was the result.

Right now, I'll continue sprinting, and see what happens next. I usually somehow pull through (though not because of lack of trying).

Yuy Ren

Tax

2008-06-19T19:15:00.002-05:00

Here's some food for thought.

(tried to make this as easy sounding as possible without losing the "huh, that's fucked up" feeling of the content")

Preamble:
You have an income. You have to pay tax on it. It's called income tax. There are certain things that you can subtract from the income (called expenses) to make your income seem smaller so you can pay less tax. One of the things you CANNOT subtract is transportation to and from work, since that's considered a personal expenses and not a business expense. However, if you own a company, and you travel a lot due to your job (going to client site, business trips etc), that can be subtracted from income.

The funny part:
If you're a disabled person, who spends a LOT of money trying to get to and from work every day, you can't subtract that from your income.

If you are a doctor who has an office in his home, and also does clinic duties at the local hospital, the travel between his home and the hospital can be subtracted.

Fair?

Yuy Ren

Work....

2008-06-15T15:12:00.003-05:00

I can't focus... the weather is so nice~! I don't want to do work...

I can't focus on school... I'm going to phail...

Last week was crazy... 2 midterms, 2 interview, 1 assignment submission, classes, and finally, that public talk that I've been working on for the school happened on thursday.... I went to the Go club after my midterm, it was fun. I completely suck compared to most of the other club members, but it was still fun :)

Gah. This week is crazy too.... I've got 4 interviews, 1 midterm, 1 group submission, classes, work for the school, and er... clubs (probably not going to go juggling, but will probably go to the Go club after my midterm)...

And there's a lot of stuff happening~! I'm starting to feel a bit swamped >.< (but its so fun! >.<)

I hate it when...

2008-06-09T09:39:00.002-05:00

Today's theme is I hate it when...

1. You've done all the pre-readings, pre-assigned problems & exercises and all gung ho about attending class and participating when you realize, you slept in and missed class.
2. You've done all the pre-readings, pre-assigned problems & exercises and all gung ho about attending class and participating when you realize, you read the wrong section and did the wrong problems.
3. The above two events happen like fucking 3 times.
4. The egg breaks before you can get it out of the box, making a mess all over the casing.
5. The fire alarm goes off just when you're in the shower.
6. The telephone company makes you pay a service charge EVEN THOUGH YOU DON"T ACTUALLY OWN A LANDPHONE.
7. You come out of an exam realizing that you just majorly misread a Qs worth a shitload of marks.
8. All of the above happens in 4 consequtive days

Yes, I had a great weekend, how about you?

Yuy Ren

Le Tired

2008-05-22T07:07:00.002-05:00

The summer term is now in full swing.

And I'm not quite catching up to the necessary speed.

This is very difficult :(

Bleh.

New Term...

2008-05-05T11:23:00.003-05:00

Not sure what to make of it. Today's the first day, so there's really not much to say about it, but so far, it seems ok.

Nothing's really started yet, and I've only had one class so far, so that's not much to judge by. Probably by the end of the week, I'll be more depressed.

The past two weeks have been kinda nice. I didn't really do anything, I watched a lot of One Piece... a LOT of One Piece...

Then spent some time riding the Unicycle, playing Go, goofing off and just having some plain old fun. I feel rather rested after these two weeks.

The new apartment looks really nice. It's a 4 bedroom apartment, but its got 2 bathrooms and stuff.... here's a pic, It's actually not to scale... the living room area is a lot bigger than depicted, and the rooms are more squarish and a lot roomier than it looks in the picture.....

Since my parents are moving again, the house is kind of in a mess as everything is getting cleaned up so it can be moved. Half of my room is in boxes and the basement is barely step-in-able....

I just bought books this morning... cost me about... 500 bucks? Something like that :S Its pretty steep. I'm so numb to the value of money now, because my expenditures are so high *sigh*. It's like, "What's a couple hundred bucks? *swipe*" T_____T

And I did end up F-ing up my last exam. I was just not in a mood to study, so I kinda gave up. But my term grade was good, so in the end, the results weren't that bad.

Overall term average 83.4. I think that's acceptable.

Later,

Yuy Ren

ANGER~! [management]

2008-04-20T03:50:00.002-05:00

I have not been so angry at technology for a really really long time. Back when I was working on cyber projects and stuff kept on crashing on me, and its due the next day.

Something like that I haven't felt for a long time. But right now, I really really feel like throwing my computer out the window~!

Seriously..... how can technology be sooo messed up sometimes. It slow as mother-fucking hell~! Nothing's loading right, or is it just me? Maybe its because I touched it that its fucked up, because my GBA is fucking up too.... I was playing Go on it, and the game got to a point where I CLEARLY won... but no, the game just won't END~!

WTF??

GAH~!

Its fucking 5 am sunday morning. I have an exam monday morning. I need to finish a fucking paper before I can go to sleep. Get up in a few hours and finish studying for that fucking exam on monday~!

My mood hasn't much improved since the last post of being really pissed (ok that's a lie, I was feeling pretty jolly on Thursday and most of Friday.... Marking funny exams and lots and lots of anime had something to do with that....).

BLAH~!

Yuy

ROYALLY PISSED

2008-04-10T19:23:00.000-05:00

I'm angry, everything is making me pissed. GAH~!

Tuition..

2008-04-06T20:12:00.001-05:00

So I got the invoice today.
There's tuition, and residence, and co-op fee, and student union fee, and some other fee and whatever else they threw in.

Grand Total (for the summer term) of:
$9,120.38

*Sigh*

Yuy Ren

Still in the red..

2008-03-05T13:16:00.002-05:00

A few midterms and assignments later, I'm still in the red. RED, BLOODY RED..

Though in my spreadsheet its more like a murky orange color, but still not so appealing as the happy bappy neon green.

Which translates to: I'm failing.

I got another midterm back today. And it does a pretty job of dragging me down into deeper red~!

Blah.

Yuy

Yuy makes Ramen

2008-02-16T17:21:00.002-05:00

Ahhh, Ramen that could possibly make Naruto proud :D I think it turned out pretty good. And tasted great :D.

Yuy Ren

Time table

2008-02-07T22:24:00.000-05:00

My Timetable for the summer is out.

And it is NOT pretty.

NOT AT ALL.

HORRIBLE~!

I HATE MORNING CLASSES~!

WITH A PASSION~!

That aside it looks like 3rd year is going to be my toughest year yet~! Why? Because not only are all the courses harder, but I also have to do TA/RA and next term, I have to look for jobs again for co-op. That in itself is really time consuming (going to interviews, writing resumes, we all know writing resumes is REALLY time consuming, but lest not forget that I had 9 interviews in 2 weeks, which happened to be midterm weeks last summer.... it was hell.... and at least I didn't have to TA....).

I'm kicking myself now for going to pick such hard electives.... WHY??? What was I thinking? T_T

I decided to do a minor in economics, which is why all my electives are economics courses.... WHY??

Gah, its so difficult, I have no bird courses... I'm going to f*ing die next term T_T and this term, I'm dying now too.... but I have a distance ed course (online) and there's reading week..... so its not that bad actually T_T.

BLAH.

Yuy Ren

Tired~!

2008-02-05T20:35:00.000-05:00

Oh man,

I'm soooo f***ing tired right now....... and this is just the beginning.....

I'm going to be soo happy when its next wednesday.

Because next wednesday marks the end of the insane pile of work.

And then there's reading week. But before then, I have so much stuff to do~! The only way I can get out of all of this feeling GOOD is if I reap in some good results. Today was the first of the line of results.... today's result was good.

Tomorrow, I have a quiz, I'm going to go study for it. Hopefully, that will have good results. Just one step at a time. If tomorrow brings good results, then its the next one.

I just know if I don't get good results, my energy is going to be sapped like crazy.

Yuy Ren

Reply

2008-02-03T13:34:00.000-05:00

*cracks knuckles*

So what do geeks rule? An underground domain? The world? Their own self?
The world. Bill Gates is the riches man on earth. Windows OS is the foundation of every business large and small.

If geeks create the coolest things, how does it equate them to ruling? Whose to say that the coolest things are then used by power hungry madmen to take over the world? What if the geeks were manipulated, do they rule then?

Einstein created the atomic bomb, it was used by power hungry madmen to take over the world. But that doesn't make him rule any less. His name is known to every little kid in town, he's immortal. He's a genius, but also a geek. If you were only smart, but had no interest in creating stuff, that wouldn't get you anywhere. So yes, he rules.

Who says what the geeks create are the coolest things? What if I and the rest of the population think it sucks?

Nobody needs to say that geek create the coolest things. The coolest things are created by geeks *by definition*. Backed by empirical evidence. Can't deny the evidence. When I have more time, I'll make a truncated list of the evidence if you so wish to see.

Have I done enough damage yet?
Bring it on.

Yuy Ren

Geeks Rule

2008-02-01T23:04:00.001-05:00

The coolest things on earth are created by geeks.

Therefore, geeks rule.

:D

Google Me....

2008-01-24T14:54:00.000-05:00

So after the last release of TCP, I've gotten some emails, as usual, following my releases.

One interesting one is that someone said they found my email address through googling me and said I was "easily googled"

So then I did, I googled me. And DAMN, was I easily googled =_=;;

There's no hiding from the world is there? Anything I've ever said anywhere, its all on the internet. Gasp~!

And for the record, I had no Idea I had a drunkduck account T_T. I think it was way back when when I thought I could actually get a webcomic going. How jokes is that.

Well, you never know. Perhaps one day.

Yuy Ren

P.S. You can probably google this post T_T

Third Year

2008-01-13T16:42:00.000-05:00

One week has passed since I moved into my new residence here at Waterloo. This will be the beginning of my 8 month study term. The next time I have co-op will be in September 2008.

This is good news and bad news. The good news is that I don't have to look for jobs for a while. The bad news is that I need to look for jobs again in the summer.

I have also gotten the RA position that I applied for. RA stands for Research Assistant, for those that don't know.

Overall, I feel this term is going to be tough, but not impossible. It will, however, require a lot of investment on time on my part.

During the first week, I pretty much wasted it doing nothing..... I did very little reading and am already behind.

Great.

Today, I plan to finish the chapter for tomorrow's class, and we'll see from there.

See ya'll later.

Yuy Ren

Revisiting old posts...

2007-12-27T11:42:00.000-05:00

So I'm revisiting old posts.. the ones I wrote at the very beginning and I realized something. They are really entertaining :| I was **ing funny. I really was~!

Or maybe I'm just that bored.....

I talked a lot about school and having no time to do anything and projects and procrastination. I really sounded like a bubbly naive kid that I was. I realized that in the 3 years, a lot has changed and actually very little remained the same. I am no longer living in the same house, hanging out with the same people, or valuing the same ideals as I did when I was 17.

*ahem* Here's a couple glaringly obvious changes (picked up from my old posts):

I think I made some really bad decisions in life. Well, for example. About two month ago, "Witch Hunter Robin" was first premiering on TV. I was uber excited about the idea of being able to watch a new anime. I then decided that I wanted to tape it.
So I went out.. bought VHS tapes. Learned how to use our new DVD/VCR thing for timing without commercials and all. Happily knowing that it works, I go to school............. only to be greeted with "Witch Hunter Robin? I have it on CD. I'll lend it to you and you can copy." Sunday, November 14, 2004

Change in Scope: If that is my idea of a bad decision in life.... oh boy.

I like to continue to live in my fake unbreakable bubble of pretense that my parents will feed me forever.
I know... but I never thought about growing big enough to move out of the house... it's so weird. I'm not old enough to drink.. but I can live on my own? That strikes me a little odd. Ok I don't know where that drinking comment came from.. it's not like I'm going to abuse my rights when I *DO* get it.... Thursday, November 25, 2004

Change of Perspective: The above is no longer an issue for me. Now, I can barely remember what its like to live at home and completely depend on my parents... and yes, I have not yet abused by drinking rights.

I just bought some new blank CDs. I've currently got 120CDs at my disposal. Time for some uber CD burning MUAHAHHAHAHHAHA. Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Change of Technology: 120 CDs? Oh dear God...... sad truth is, I think I did burn all of them. And more... before I switched to DVDs...

I think teenagers get depressed once in a while because they are figuring things out. Once you get older, and once you have stuff figured out, you'll either be chronically depressed, or just normal....ah, who am I kidding? You'll never figure stuff out. It's like this, once you're older you'll be TIRED of trying to figure stuff out and you'll either be chronically depressed, or just dumb to all the events around you and hence conform into a socially stable ....stability..... called the norm. Saturday, December 25, 2004

Change of Psychobabble: I don't think I'll get tired of trying to figure stuff out. I think I'm still trying to figure stuff out and probably will for a while to come. But there, I talk like I'm above all of that... which I'm so not.

Abeshi-chan....I don't know what to say to you. But it seems like you enjoy fighting with others. It's not that fun for the other people you know... so *uses mariemaia voice* please be more careful in the future. *mariemaia giggle* Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Change of Behaviour: Beshi is no longer an aggravating fool. Of that I am sincerely glad. And I don't use Gundam Wing references anymore... of that I am sincerely glad as well.

I think there is a pattern in my ISU's. Here, let me list them for you so you may see the pattern too.
Grade 9 - Claymation
Grade 10 - Comic Book (Manga)
Grade 11 - Flash Animation
Grade 12 - 3D Animation

I think I've found what I'm really interested in doing~! :O

And I'm going to Engineering.. JUST great -_-. Monday, January 24, 2005

Change in Career: WRONG! BOTH TIMES! .... I'm in finance....

I should start on my poke art and tech ISUs (yes, it is pokin plural) and maybe I'll be able to get 6 hours of poke sleep each poke day, if i'm pokin lucky.

But honestly, I'm not very lucky, so I might just end up pokin failing and going to Pokecollege instead of pokeuniversity. Yes. Thursday, January 06, 2005

Change in...... yeah ok, I got nothing. That post was just WEIRD.

And of course, there are a few things that don't change:

You see, I have poor planning skills. Last night, I told myself that I would do my chemistry research project. Then I told myself that I would do my website for Art class. Then I told myself that I would work on my portfolio for Tech. However, they all landed onto the same answer:
"Meh, I'll do it tomorrow." Monday, November 15, 2004

The projects have changed. The procrastinations haven't.

Hello, I don't know if I want to share this...... ah, what the heck, might as well. I've been having really really scary/odd dreams. Wednesday, December 22, 2004

That hasn't changed. My subconscious is still beyond my comprehension (and the fact that I remember pretty much all my dreams hasn't changed [at least within the first 30 minutes of waking, will forget unless made recall within that period of time]).

That's it.

Retrospect time over.

And Out.

Yuy Ren

Fire Emblem

2007-12-25T23:55:00.001-05:00

I was curious today, as to how many posts I have made regarding Fire Emblem.

And so I did a search and a count.

16.

Sixteen times, have I spoken about Fire Emblem in this blog, out of I believe 230 posts.

Of course, this would be the 17th time.

What can I say? I love that game. There really is a point where its just pointless to keep on playing.... but I'm still doing it.

Will probably play the game a third time in Hector Hard Mode (because then all the recruits get extra boosts when they level up!). Still trying to get 100% support conversation for Sacred Stones. I think I'm at like 90% or something....

Currently playing Hector Mode, normal. Chapter 29. Almost done. I want the super cool ending, which involves getting some of the special side quests and finishing levels in an insanely short time.

Hopefully I can make it.

Ok, just wanted to say that.

Yuy Ren

WASTE of a weekend; NEW office; LIEDERHOSEN boy

2007-12-17T11:15:00.000-05:00

So its Monday again, but it doesn’t feel like it. It feels like it should be Saturday. Why? Because this weekend was a WASTE!!!

I should have finished the painting but I didn’t.

Well, to be fair, I won’t call it a complete waste. The weekend was well spent, but I wish it could have been longer, or at least more productive. I spent way too much time not doing what I was supposed to be doing.

Last night, I finished the background and added the vines that were supposed to go around the fountain. Now come the flowers, the field, the touch up and I’ll be done. Perhaps I can actually finish the whole piece tonight.

Tomorrow, I’ll touch up the painting, an on Wednesday I’ll get it printed.

New office. Today is the first day we moved to the new location because the lease at the old location ended. I am now on the twentieth floor above Eaton’s centre. Yes that’s right. Eaton’s centre. What’s great about that is, you go out of the lobby, and you can hit the shops! Hahahaha.

I want to buy a bag. Like a backpack, but one that has wheels as well.

Now, last point, liederhosen boy.

I went and checked out the whole thing. The queen of the night is a part from the Magic Flute by Mozart. The Queen of the Night is the scene where she disowns her daughter. The song is actually really dark and is all about murder and death.

I think I’m really liking these classical stories…. It all started with watching the Nutcracker, with all the interruptions of getting membership T_T.

Ok, that’s the end of this post, I’m going back to work :P

Yuy Ren

Gundam 00

2007-12-05T00:40:00.000-05:00

I've just finished watching the first 9 episodes of Gundam 00 and here's what I have to say.

Much better than the SeeD series. I think in terms of story, the quality is going back to the original gundam series. More focus on politics and logic, which is excellent. A lot of things that are classic to Gundam is in this series. We've got Haro, who hasn't made an appearance in Wing, but was around for most of the other ones (don't remember seeing Haro in Victory Gundam... yet).

The weapons again are very cool and new concepts are added. This time, we've got 4 Gundams. There's a lot of stuff I'm picking out from Gundam 00 that resembles Wing. For example, we've got this princess of this country that reminds me of Relena. The main gundam pilot reminds me of Heero... and Shin at the same time.

The battle tactics are really exciting and in my opinion the highlight of this series thus far. This was something I felt SeeD was lacking. SeeD was a lot of "charge in and blow up" kind of deal.

Overall, definitely a keeper.

Yuy Ren

One in five people foreign-born stats reveal as Canada struggles with overt racism

2007-12-04T17:59:00.000-05:00

OTTAWA - One-in-five people in Canada is foreign-born according to census numbers released Tuesday, an immigration surge unprecedented in a quarter-of-a-century and one that comes as the country grapples with acts of overt racism that fly in the face of Canada's reputation for tolerance. While the "neo-racism" that infects society through subtle, systemic practices has largely been the focus of anti-racism crusaders, recent reports of assaults against Asian fisherman in Ontario and open anti-Muslim sentiment in Quebec have become the subject of inquiries and commissions.
Canada garners kudos from around the world for laws promising equality for all, but experts say the true test of a tolerant nation is in day-to-day living.

So I keep on reading, and I come across this line:

Among Western nations, only Australia had a higher percentage of foreign-born residents (22.2 per cent) than Canada in 2006. The United States had 12.5 per cent foreign-born.

And I stopped dead.

I have two questions.

1. What is a Western Nation?

2. Is Australia a Western Nation according to the answer in question 1?

Bizzare.

Yuy Ren

Blood.

2007-12-04T11:39:00.000-05:00

Last friday, I had the blood sucked out of me.

Now I have a giant bruise on my arm. It doesn't hurt, but it sure looks like it does.

I don't actually have anything important to say.

Just wanted to say that APARTMENTS ARE THE SHITZ~!

(Yeah, you know it :D)

Alright, I'm done.

Yuy Ren

Count of Monte Cristo

2007-12-01T22:25:00.000-05:00

So I just finished watching the Count of Monte Cristo, aka. Gakutsuou.

All I have to say is, this is just me, but I see a lot of gayness in it.... but that's just cuz i'm tuned into that wavelength that I see it, I'm sure.

Other than that, I have to say that its very very very fucked up. Everyone is sleeping with everyone's mother, father, brother, uncle.... Friends are your enemies and enemies are your friends. Spacial dimensions get completely distorted and strangely, the story is really really coherent.

There's a lot of plot twists and god dammit, when I found out that ***** went instead of ***** to try and ****** ******, I was just in shock. It was building up to it, but I just totally couldn't tell until it happened.

Oh man.

I was CRYING!

Overall, a very good show. Unique in style, story, and fucked-up-ness.

I recommend it for those that are going crazy or want to go crazy. This story will get you there, no problemo.

Damn.

Ok, I'm done.

Yuy Ren

hotmail.com

2007-11-28T14:34:00.000-05:00

So...

there are few things i automatically type when my mind is drawing a blank, the first one always being hotmail.com

I do it without thinking. When I open a new browser window and haven't done any thinking, the first thing I would type is hotmail.com even though I never check my hotmail email anymore.

I still do it. I enter hotmail.com roughly fifteen times a day and navigate away from it afterwards when I thought of the reason I had opened the new browser window.

But that's not the reason I am blogging now. The reason I am blogging now is to talk about heart attacks. Or rather, moments of intense fear or anxiety that makes your heart beat faster. I had to ask my boss for a day off so I can go to a doctor's appointment and my heart was jumping out of my chest I swear. I stuttered and looked pretty damn nervous.

*sigh*

And I already have a habit of stuttering anyways. So next time you see me and I stutter when I speak, kindly remind me taht I am. I seriously need to stop doing that.

Ok, that's it.

Later Taters.

Yuy

I lied.

2007-11-23T11:38:00.001-05:00

So yesterday's post said I was going to work on the outline of the story all night.

I lied.

I fell asleep.

Damn.

Post 222

2007-11-22T11:47:00.000-05:00

So, I realized I'm very bad at pool.

Very bad.

Last night was a social event with NaNoWriMo and once again, I went. Its usually always the same crowd of people that show up. It was tons of fun and the food was great, but the service was really really slow.

It was fun though, and I'm happy.

Only it lasted very very long. I didn't get home until 1:30 in the morning.

But socials aside, I really need to do a lot of writing... I've decided that today I'm going to get a whole chunk of the outline finished and tomorrow and this weekend is going to be purely the cranking out of words :D

Can't wait, it shall be exciting. Its only a first draft, so the point is to first get the story on paper. Editing and revisions come later.

I've actually got nothing to report. I did not drink any alcohol, although everyone around me did.

Lots of fun.

Can't wait for the overnight writting session. Really need to crank out lots and lots of words.

Yay~! :D

Btw, how late can I stay at a peer tutoring office, I wonder...

Yuy Ren

And then I thought, "I should blog about that."

2007-11-09T10:32:00.000-05:00

So I'm trying to write the second draft of a proposal. And I'm stuck. Pretty much stuck.

And all I could think of is, "I should write a blog about that."

This reminds me, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you watching Ellen DeGeneres' stand up comedy "here and now" its posted on youtube in 7 installment, so you can either search it or search me "ayrren" and it'll be listed under my favorites.

Very interesting stuff and relates well to what I'm doing right now, procrastinating.

I've been putting this off for quite some time. So after I make this post, I have to go write the proposal, I want to finish it today.

Alright, later taters

P.S. You know I'm just adding a P.S. because I don't want to go back to writing the proposal.

Ok.. I'm going now....

Yuy Ren

*cries*

NaNoWriMo Day 7

2007-11-07T16:37:00.000-05:00

I'm still on 3562 words.

Well, I wrote some other stuff here and there so a bit more than that, but nothing solid yet.

I went to a writing session yesterday. Was lots of fun, met some new and interesting people.

Going to go to a writing session tomorrow at Toronto Reference Library from 6 to 8:30. Hopefully going to be plenty productive while I'm there.

Hopefully.

Alright, I'm off to finish some last minute work before I leave to go home tonite.

Yuy

NaNoWriMo Day 4.

2007-11-04T22:39:00.000-05:00

So if I'm supposed to be writing 1667 words a day, technically by day 4, i should have.... 1667 X4 words. I have 3652 words right now, which is definitely less than that. 3652 is more like 1667 X2.1 or something.

Ohman, I'm so screwed... and sooooo stuck. Its chapter three "Door". And I have no idea how to start the chapter :| no idea at all........

I've now got facebook live feeding the number of words I've written directly from my profile, which is pretty cool :D

Ok, I'm going to call this a night. I have to work tomorrow, and seeing how I have to arrive early. That means I have to leave at roughtly 6 am tomorrow. BOO.

Yuy Ren

NOOOOOO~!

2007-11-03T19:26:00.001-05:00

It's November 3rd and I have not written a single word yet!! WHat should I do?? I don't know whato write.

This isn't not a good thing. I'm not supposed to be stuck this early in the game T_T
OMAN, this is definitely going to NOT be 50, 000 words by the end of this month T_T
But I have to finish this .....

And working on a windows 98 really sucks. I don't see what I'm typing until like 30 seconds later after I've typed the word. Lag time is incredible T_+T... not on the word, I meant right now for the blog T_T

Sof if there are mistakes, its not because I didn't see them, its because I think it'll take too long to correct.

Ok, so I'm going toback to writing.

CHIAO!

NaNoWriMo Starts~~!

2007-11-01T09:33:00.001-05:00

Guess what? It's NaNoWriMo time :D

So the goal for this month is to write a 50,000 word novel[la]. Today is the first day of many days of writing. There's going to be many days of get togethers and writings within my region and I'm excited about all of the events.

Hoping that this year's NaNoWriMo will go well for me (and hopefully make November pass by a big faster, then all I have left is December, during which I have to finish a painting and learn to play Houki Boshi on the keyboard...) and then its back to school~!

Whee~! I can't wait :D

www.nanowrimo.org

Can't wait for school I mean. I'm eagerly looking forward for the new year :D

Yuy Ren

I feel sick

2007-10-25T10:28:00.000-05:00

My stomach is extremely upset. I woke up around 4 o'clock last night with excruciating pain. Currently only mobile due to the lovely wonders of DRUGS~! Ibuprofen, so be exact.

I've seen up to episode 24 of Eureka 7, which is the part when Renton leaves Charles and Ray's ship and meets William and is Despair ridden wife. Beyond that, I haven't watched more. Probably won't for a while. There are too many things that need to be done, and while Eureka is actually very entertaining, I feel like working on the painting these days, which, btw, hasn't happened yet since the last time I worked on it last Saturday at the hotel. I can only work on it until October 31st, because starting November is NaNoWriMo.

I've wanted to participate every year, but only this year does it look to be possible in terms of time. I mean, 50,000 words in a month is still a lot, and very time consuming, but much better than having November fall during a school term, which is what it was before this November... this is my first November where I'm not in school.

Once November is over and NaNoWriMo is done, I'll probably finish the painting sometime early December, get it framed and all that jazz... then maybe I'll finish watching Eureka 7.... maybe....

Well, that's it from me. Gotta Run

Yuy Ren

Hotel Life

2007-10-17T10:44:00.000-05:00

So, I'm about halfway through my stay at the hotel.

I found out that its very pleasant because of a few things.
1. There's free food.
2. The towels are changed every day.
3. Your bed is made everyday.
4. You get a new bar of hand soap and body soap every day.

Of course, its roughly $400 every day.... but I"M NOT THE ONE PAYING~! :D

The hotel has given me some ideas about what to do in terms of interior decor when I get my own house. I've always wanted a condominium, and I think the first real estate asset I'm going to buy is a condominium. There are a few reasons.

1. Real estate accend in value, so renting is like throwing your money away. Initial mortgage, assuming you didn't have a large initial down payment would still be cheaper (or at least the same) as the rent you would pay for an apartment. But when you move away, if you rent, you move away with nothing, while when you buy a condominium, that's your property and you can sell it.

Ok, you say, but why condo and not a house?

2. Because a condo is cheaper than a same size house. Without having a lot of accumulated wealth as a young person, the mortgage rate would naturally be ridiculously high. In such a case, buy a house, at the beginning, all your monthly payments would be going towards interest and none to the actual acquisition of the asset.

3. I just like living in a condo.....its warmer....

Yes, I think I've gone on a tangent, I was supposed to talk about my hotel stay.

I have internet again, that's more than I can say for the other place.....

And finally, I dloaded the first 10 eps of Eureka 7.

Maybe I'll watch a bit tonite... maybe.

Yuy Ren

Drinks...

2007-10-10T09:10:00.000-05:00

I've decided I don't particularly like alcohol, unless its fruity.

And since I had nothing fruity yesterday, I've decided that I don't like most drinks.

Not sure what it is with guys and beer.

I don't particularly care for beer either.

My stomach still feels like its got alcohol in it, even though its been effectively 10 hours since.

Next week is going to be INTERESTING. I'm going to go live in a hotel.

That'll be fun....

I have made over 200 posts?

2007-10-05T09:25:00.000-05:00

So like... when I made 100 posts, I celebrated, or at least, acknowledged myself in doing so. But this is post 212, and I didn't even noticed I passed into the 200s :O

Well.... there are certain things I'm doing this term (besides working). And they are as follows:

Drawing Chise (Stupid Background!)
Drawing Painting for Mom (Only have the outline done...)
Working on the Mushroom (I can see this finishing really quickly.. possibly this weekend :P)
Studying Corporate Finance (Its not really happening)
Practise Juggling (ceiling too low)
Writing story for NaNoWriMo (50,000 novel in one month? I have my doubts)
Learning Japanese (I'm on lesson 10 out of...erm... 90?)
Learning Chinese (This isn't going very well.)

As you can see, its not going too well ==;;

*sigh*

In the evenings, I really only have about 1.5-2 hours of solid time that I can do ANYTHING, which isn't a lot of time ==;;

*sigh*

I want to go back to school.

Yuy Ren

Thou must be honest in what thou art sending.....

2007-10-03T11:25:00.000-05:00

So, if I sent a package to the Philipines labeled... oh iuno... clothing, and instead, I sent... deadly insects. The first thing I'd be charged with is breaking the law by mislabeling my package..... if I sent the deadly insects and labelled it as such, I'd be alright? No criminal charges? Just as long as the contents are labelled correctly, its a go?

Check out this article for more information:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/071003/oddities/philippines_offbeat_mail

My advice, do NOT piss off your wife..... :P

Yuy Ren

P.S. Still stuck on the background for Chise ==;;

Men with deep voices have more kids than high-pitched counterparts: Tanzania study

2007-09-27T09:50:00.000-05:00

Provided by: Canadian Press
Written by: Lauren La Rose, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Sep. 24, 2007

TORONTO - Men, how low can you go?

Your voice, that is. As you hear yourself answer the question aloud, does the response come out Pee Wee Herman-squeaky or Barry White baritone smooth?

Studies suggest the pitch level of a man's voice could have an impact on his appeal to the opposite sex, with new research indicating women wanting to have children may favour a mate with more huskiness in his speech.....

....Yet a more recent study found men with lower voices had greater reproductive success and more children born to them, Feinberg said.....

Read The Article Here

Just a little of the interesting :P It's true though, guys with deeper voices are more attractive :P

ZOMGWTF~! It's Fire Emblem!! O_o

2007-09-20T12:15:00.000-05:00

Actually, I was very surprised, I had NO idea that Fire Emblem would have so many fanfics on fanfiction.net

I'm honestly honestly very much surprised :o

I haven't read any of them and I don't think I plan to ready any of them, but I think I'm just very surprised that they exist :P

Hm.... I can't do the background for Chise. I think it definitely needs a background, but I'm scared of ruining the picture... like perhaps making it too cluttery or have the colours clash or something.

I'll probably be able to finish it by the end of this week. Hopefully.
It'll be great, I hope......

Yes.

I want it to look great.....

Oh yes, I also worked on TCP. I cleaned up about 14 pages last night, took me roughly 25 minutes. Since I'm supposed to do a page a day, I've just recovered 14 days of work... but since I'm like a month behind, that means I still got 14 pages to go before I'm up to date (yes, I realize 14+14 is 28, and its not Frebruary, but I'm going by 4 weeks roughly equalling 1 month....)

*sigh* I wish I would get internet at my current residence ==;;

bleh.

Chise (or CHEESE to some)

2007-09-17T14:06:00.000-05:00

So, I've been drawing Chise.

She looks SOOOOO kickass~!!
It looks awesome!!

I need to add a background tho.

The tablet really is pretty cool. But I hope it lasts long enough to be used for a while. I don't know about cheap equipment, they tend to stop working really quickly. Actually, the tablet is fine, but I'm not so sure about the pen ==;;

ANYWAYS, Chise looks sooo awesome, I was thinking of putting her in this debris field with like fallen buildings and stuff... and smoke in the air and kind of a reddish hue... but I think a blue gray-ish hue would work equally well. Perhaps even more preferable since the blood on her is read, so it'll be nice contrast...

hmm.... now I don't know anymore....... decisions decisions... if its too much warm colours, it'll look monotone, but I don't want clashing colours either...

Opinions anyone?

My thoughts on Saikano

2007-09-13T07:39:00.000-05:00

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ SAIKANO, AND PLAN TO READ SAIKANO IN THE FUTURE, LET THY BE WARNED THAT HERE THERE BE SPOILERZZZZZZZZZ!!

Saikano is a pure shonen......

I read the first 3 volumes on wednesday night. I can't help but think of the technicality of this story. Aside from the fact that it is indeed a love story, the mechanics of "the ultimate weapon" very much confuse me. I mean, its mechanical, but then again, its not. She's not a machine, so where does she hide all those weapons when she's in regular human form? Is she just creating those things out of thin air? Are all those missiles in her body? Physically, that makes no sense, seeing how it doesn't fit....

In essence, its a pretty regular romance love story, but the way "the ultimate weapon" has been set up makes it blur the edges between science fiction and fantasy and really takes away from the focus of the love story that is supposed to be the center. I mean, I'm half expecting Shuji to go "KAMEHAMEHAAAA~!" and shoot someone....

So far, the only part I've found sad is the part where Chise went on a date with Shuji and as a result, Tetsu's team went kaboom. The part where Tetsu's team died was kinda sad.

But as a female, I can definitely say this story rouses very little within me. Cute clumsy girls are just soooooo overly done......

Saikano reminds me of "Voices of a Distant Star." In my opinion, when you have a story with a relationship that doesn't work due to the particular situation of either one partner, VoaDS did it right. That story was very heartfelt and emotional.

Saikano's focus is not the impossibility of Chise and Shuji's love, when I read it, I feel almost like its simply a 'cover' for more raunchy sex-me-up type of story. Its like the author went,

"Well, I wanna write a sad and heartwretching story about a couple. OOHHH, but I want to throw in lots of fan service to keep it interesting!"

BASICALLY, its a raunchy shonen in romance disguise.

To all male audiences, I would totally recommend this story. Shuji is a very good male character. If Shuji were a person, I think he would make a very good realistic male (not those dreamy guys in shojo manga, because those don't exist in real life...). Chise is a very UNREALISTIC female. Fuyumi actually isn't a bad portrayal of a very forward slutty woman... but CHISE! Chise would probably be every guy's dream (though maybe not the ultimate weapon part, and even so the ultimate weapon part, definitely not forever as ultimate weapon... imagine Chise being 60 and still flying around?? @_@)

From a girl's perspective, Chise is just........ I don't know. She's too stupid. I can't relate to the character. If I knew someone like Chise in real life, I can't acknoledge her personality as being real. I'd call her fake. If indeed her personality IS real (like, she has a doctor note proving she's demented), then I'd be sooooo very surprised that she's still alive.

However, I have to admit, that Chise is a very good portrayal of a girl who is trying to 'do the act' in front of a guy she's interested in... but she's just too... fake... for me to REALLY get into the romantic story part that is SUPPOSED to be the primary driver of this story.

Yes, that's long enough. I'll write more once I finish reading. Perhaps my opinion will change?

Bugs.

2007-09-03T01:14:00.000-05:00

My grandparents' bathroom is bug infested.

They only come out at night.

Around 3 am in the morning.

They scramble when I turn on the lights.

They are not cockroaches.

Nobody believes me.

So I took a safety pin.

And a used train ticket.

And went bug hunting.

Now.

Beside me.

Is a dead bug.

Pinned to a train ticket.

Believe me.

Chicken-wuss

2007-09-02T23:26:00.000-05:00

Its 12:26 AM, and in less than 9 hours, I'll be making my way to my new temporary dwelling in Thornhill.

And I am scared shitless.

I was thinking about it, and I realized I've been telling everyone I'm scared because I'll be living by myself, and I won't know anyone and it'll be lonely as hell..... and I'm thinking... that's not true.

I am not scared of the move and living by myself.

I am actually afraid of the job.

The job's so formal, at an incredibly large company which makes you feel rather insignificant. But not only that, it makes asking questions harder, and unlike in my previous co op, where everything was really laid out for me, and even the stuff I had to figure out on my own didn't end up being very difficult.

But this is something else entirely. This is kinda like, you do your job, and once a week, you meet with your boss to tell him what you did and the progress. If you have any questions, you can ask him, but don't bother him too many times as he's busy, and you don't wanna sound like you don't know anything. And you look left and right and its just cubicles after cubicles..... and you don't really know where to start asking questions.....the random guy in the cubicle next to you? Or what?

GAH!

Yes, it is my firm believe that everything will work out in the end, but that doesn't make me panic any less. There's always the "this time, it'll be different" factor. Although it never is...because it somehow always works out, but I think its because of the thought that it wont that it does (does that make sense?).

Yes. Oh yah. You know I'm scared because...... I've been putting off doing anything moving related. I believe I started packing this afternoon. And only my clothes. Half of the stuff isn't even packed yet. And I'm scared. And I should be sleeping now, not worrying about packing, but I am. And I'm scared.

Oh well. I guess I'll re-commence packing now.....

Yuy Ren

Mythbuster Parody

2007-07-30T19:56:00.000-05:00

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42761395/

This is awesome~!

The workings of a subconscious mind.

2007-07-27T01:37:00.000-05:00

If anyone's ever interested in what goes on in my brain while I'm asleep, I direct you to my dream log, my dlog.

On livejournal.

http://yuy-ren.livejournal.com/

There are some significant entries already.

I'll try to write more, but I have to start writing as soon as I get up or I usually end up forgetting by around midday.....

Lark's Song!!

2007-07-26T17:56:00.001-05:00

Omg, I was listening to this on imeem, its totally Lark's song~! >.

Oscar the Shinigami...

2007-07-26T16:24:00.000-05:00

Nursing home cat can sense death?

Thu Jul 26, 9:43 AM

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Oscar the Cat visits residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, the staff jumps into action -- Oscar can sense within hours when someone is about to die.

In his two years living in Steere's end-stage dementia unit, Oscar has been at the bedside of more than 25 residents shortly before they died, according to Dr. David Dosa of Brown University in Providence.

He wrote about Oscar in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Read More

Now, I'm not one to discount the supernatural, but that's hella cool!! I wish I had such an ability.
Well, just a snippet of the interesting.

Tell me, pre-med students, what are your views on the phenomenon?

*tips hat*

Yuy Ren

The Perfect Stalker Song

2007-07-17T23:23:00.001-05:00

A beautiful beautiful a cappella. Beautiful.

If not a big stalkerish...

My Dream.

2007-07-08T11:12:00.001-05:00

So I went to bed last night, hoping to see the continuation of that dream....

You know, so I could find out what happens next, because I'm curious, and because I want to use the idea and take is as my own and write something.

But I thought, fat chance that's gonna happen!

and Lo and behold....!!!

It didn't.

Damn.

Perhaps tomorrow night? I don't know, its not like I've never had continuing dreams before, because I have, but I guess its not gonna happen everytime I want it to.... dreams are kinda spontaneous like that.

Oh well.

I had a dream last night.

2007-07-07T16:26:00.000-05:00

I had a dream last night.

It was very long, and very emotional, and very very entertaining. It was like reading or watching a fantasy romance story.....very funny.

It was very cool too. So I'm thinking of making a comic out of it. It not a comic, then at least write it and post it on Fictionpress.

The only problem I have with that is. Well.... I kinda woke up at a point where you just go, "NOOO, it can't end like that!!!!!"

Yah, like, it was totally building up to something important, but I woke up, so I don't know what happened. I guess I could MAKE UP an ending, but I don't trust my consciousness's creativity as well as I do my subconscious's. It probably won't be as good if I make up an ending just like that. I mean, its at a point in the story where there's a really perplexing problem. I really don't know how to solve it :S

Well, we shall see....

Yuy Ren.

Inventions

2007-07-03T00:57:00.000-05:00

Someone on irc had said this is the best invention in the world:

http://content.leenks.com/pics/random61/random-44.jpg

Your opinions?

Yuy Ren

ps. lol.

Winterbells

2007-07-02T03:26:00.000-05:00

Make that 464,603,510 :P

Winterbells

2007-07-02T02:03:00.001-05:00

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm

My high score: 175,821,330
Just try and beat it :P

8.19

2007-06-30T21:37:00.000-05:00

"We believe we can sell 10,000 home security devices per year at $35 apiece. They cost $20 each to manufacture (variable cost). Fixed production costs will run $30,000 per year. The necessary equipment costs $150,000 to buy and will be depreciated at a 20% CCA rate. The equipment will have zero salvage value after the five-year life of the project. When this project is over, there will still be other assets in the CCA class. We will need to invest $40,000 in net working capital up front, but no additional net working capital investment will be necessary. The discount rate is 16% and the tax rate is 43.5%. What do you think of the proposal?"

What do I think? I think I shouldn't need to do so many questions over the weeken where I just had my birthday and its a national holiday where everyone else went home to celebrate with their families. I think this proposal can wait until after this weekend. I think I need to sleep. I think I need to start working on the other sheits that I have due ASIDE from this thing called corporate finance.

I think.... Bah.

Yuy Ren

P.S. For those that are curious, after two lengthy pages of calculations, the correct answer is take the project because the net present value of this project is $84,791.63 (ie, it is positive).

FUCK

2007-06-25T12:09:00.000-05:00

Guys, I'm failing!!

And its not the fail I'm normally talking about. I'm REALLY failing.... as in waaaayyyy below class average fail. And I need to keep my scholarship which means I need at least an 80% average. I don't know if that's going to happen though....

Yuy REn

Rejoice~!

2007-06-12T09:35:00.000-05:00

Rejoice in heavenly music~!

THERE"S A SEQUEL TO W-JULIET!!!

erm, its called W-Juliet II.

I am SOOO getting that... but I don't know how I'll react to the story. I think its kinda turning bitter sweet, but more on the bitter side (for the sequel I mean... of what I've read of the synopsis at least...)

Its not out here in North America yet, I think... lemme go check the licenses...yeah, its not licensed in English.

Oh well, I can wait.

Its gonna be awesome~! :D

Damn, still missing volume 10 T_T

OH yeah, I released a chapter of TCP, even without Amy's edits... :(

Eagerly waiting for her return so I can get out a real kool release :D

Yuy Ren

Chrono Trigger

2007-06-09T19:57:00.000-05:00

I fail to see what's so great about that game.....

And someone tell me how to get past the sewer access!!

Step

2007-06-04T09:46:00.000-05:00

1. Find the song Red Fraction by MELL
2. Listen to it. DO NOT READ THE LYRICS.
3. Try to make out what they're saying. Yes, its English.
4. Find the lyrics.
5. Read the lyrics.
6. Listen to the song with the lyrics.
7. Point and Laugh.

Its a great song btw. Opening song of Black Lagoon :D

Yuy Ren

Ouran High School Host Club

2007-05-31T01:03:00.000-05:00

So Angela watched OHSHC..... in two days.

I'm very impressed. I found it got boring and I couldn't finish it.... T_T

Now Angela took my entire anime binder to her room, I'm curious as to what she will watch next.... I hope its Naruto.... I really hope its Naruto.

Still waiting for that MP3 Player to get here.....

W Juliet Ending.

2007-05-27T20:08:00.000-05:00

So I bought lots of manga at anime north:

Broken Angel Volume 1
The Demon Ororon Volume 1-4
W-Juliet 11-14
Immortal Rain 1-4
Voices of a Distant Star
Sequence
MS Gundam 0079 volume 3

Of that I read:
Voices of a Distant Star (on the go train on my way home)
Sequence (on the go train on my way home, and then finished when I got home)
W-Juliet (Saturday Night into Sunday Morning)

W-Juliet's ending was soo cute... I LOVED IT!!!!

I'm really tempted to buy the other first 10 volumes... tempted, but not going to.

I'm back in school now. I left all the manga at home... can't have that type of distraction here....

Well, I have a math assignment that isn't going to get done on its own...

Yuy Ren

MP3 Player...

2007-05-23T23:33:00.000-05:00

How does this sound?

Super Slim Stainless Steel Case Stylish Body Design
Built-in FM Radio and 4Go Flash Memory
Color:White
2.0 inch LCD Screen
65000 True Color Display
Speaker integrated inside
Firmware can be upgraded free from website
Able to act as a USB Flash Drive (Can store files other than music)
Support MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF, ACT audio frequency format
Convert WMV, MPG, MPEG I, MPEG II and AVI to AMV format (Software included)
Built-in Picture Viewer, support JPEG, GIF, SWF picture files to be viewed
Built-in stereo FM radio Tuner (87 - 108MHz): Can pre-set radio stations.
Clear Digital Voice Recording - record up to 14 hours
Repeat Mode: Repeat One, Repeat Folder, Repeat All, Random and Intro.
14 Multi-language Support: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Denmark, Polish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
7 Presets EQ for your Music: Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Jazz, Soft, DBB.
Support E-book function
Built-in rechargeable battery with adaptor
Battery power level display with low battery indication
ID3 Supported (Title Display, Lyrics Display)
Support Multi OS Platform: Supported Window XP; Window ME, Window 2000,No Driver needed (except Window 98SE)
no driver needed (except Window 98SE)
Audio Connector: 3.5mm headphone jack hold
Dimensions: 75 x 42 x13 mm

Arrives within 7-15 Business Days.... hope its not a lemon.

Also, yes, I'm working on that shopping list for AN.... I found out that a lot of the manga that I wanted to buy because I thought they were short and sweet are actually long and sweet... just that not that many volumes have been released in English to date.

Aie.

Yuy Ren

Examsssssssssssss

2007-05-21T13:39:00.000-05:00

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Yeah... that about wraps it up. :P

Yuy Ren

P.S. Honey and Clover was a good show.
P.P.S. Saiunkoku Monogatari was a good show.

Special Pawn Capture: En Passant

2007-05-18T19:55:00.000-05:00

I did not know you can do that.

Pretty cool.

What is it? Its when a pawn can take a pawn without actually sidestepping it... physically. Basically, consider this scenario. There's a black pawn coming down from the top. And a white pawn who has not yet moved from its starting position. If the white pawn moved one up, the black pawn can sidestep it and capture it. So, you think, well I'll move the white pawn TWO spaces up, so that I'm right beside that black pawn, so he can't side step me.

Wrong.

This is when En Passant comes in. The Black pawn can now choose to elect the option of side stepping your pawn, by occupying the space that the white pawn would have occupied, had it only moved one step forward. So now you're in a position where the black pawn is one row below the white pawn, the white pawn is removed from the board. It has been captured by en passant :D

Yuy Ren

This is a post I wrote a while ago, but the internet crapped out on me so I saved it on Notepad....

2007-05-13T23:51:00.000-05:00

First of all, I have really bad internet connection. Took me about ten tries to get to this page cuz it keeps timing out on me!!

Aiya.

Second, I think I've cracked the system of studying efficiently. Its all about maximization. Studying methods is a function, if you will. on the X axis we have the amount of time spent studying and on the Y axis we have the amount of detail in studying, if you will.... where at the origin, y states study one subject at a time, then move onto the next and take notes by hand on everything you read. In other words, very detailed.

Now take the derivative of this function and lo and behold, there is actually a maximum! That is, there's optimization involved.

Now, of course we all know that... we also know that the graph has diminishing returns. it starts at the origin, but as x approaches infinity, there's a limit on Y. Take the derivative of the function and you get...... the optimization!

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I have found. Not the theory that studying is fuction.. nono, that's a given. Its actually WHAT that optimization is! I'm incorporating a new way to study, plus a new way to take notes. Before, I used to take hand written notes for every thing, but the amount of time that goes into it doesn't really warrant the returns on that investment of time. Hence, some notes I take with the computer, takes less time, but I get less out of it (I lose learning through one less sensory... touch.)

Another thing is, actually, its faster to read only about 5-10 pages at a time, switch subjects, then read 5-10 pages of that subject, and switch again. Now, what you lose here is the continuity, so you actually have to refresh yourself and settling into that mindset of the subject (Which takes time... this is kinda like the "on the the last episode" review thing at the beginning of an episode). BUT, people tend to get bored after reading a while and start flipping thru the book to see how many pages are left, looking around, their mind wanders, they get a drink, go on the internet etc. SO, by switching every dozen pages or so, I keep my mind from wandering and actually I lose LESS time than sitting in one place and going through a whole chapter, then switching subjects!

Yes... that is all...

Later taters!

Yuy Ren

Sucker for the Bitter Sweet....

2007-05-09T23:46:00.000-05:00

I started watching Honey and Clover II....

I forgot how much of a sucker for bitter-sweet stories I was...

Seriously, I was just going "Awwww" for the whole thing.....

To be honest, I didn't like Honey and Clover at first. I thought it was pretty boring stuff, but then the more I watch, the show starts appealing to me on a completely different level....

Now, if only I can get the rest of the episodes of Saiunkoku to end season one, I can die peacefully!

Yuy Ren

Hanakimi Live Action Chinese

2007-05-08T12:57:00.000-05:00

Those two.... who are like.. part of the gang, the two skirt chasers....

Taiki, the guy who can see ghosts...

Sensei's Elder Sister... Mizuki's 'mother figure' while she was at school....

UMEDA SENSEI!!!

Makoto, Sano's Rival

That girl that caused Sano's accident with the leg thingy....

Rika, I think that's her name... erm.. Nanba's Aunt, The Sensei's Younger Sister...

Nanba Sempai!

Nakao, who likes Nanba.

Mizuki's Friend, Julia

Big Giant White Dog whose name I forgot....

Mizuki's Brother, he looks cooler as the singer...

Natsui, the Soccer Guy, I prolly got his name wrong

This is Mizuki

This is Sano

Major Lee Screwed

2007-05-07T12:50:00.000-05:00

Holy mother of Earl.

I have to really really really really really start hauling ASS if I wanna survive this semester :|

Due to a very busy weekend, I was unprepared for my class today and for that, I payed dearly... I now have picked a presentation date RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL MY MIDTERMS.

Holy shit. I really hope I can still go to AN......

I have to do some serious planning when I get home.

Later Taters.

Yuy Ren

Tax~!

2007-04-25T13:11:00.000-05:00

Got my tax file returns..... a shiny cheque of 500 odd dollars. Plus, I sold a couple books so there's a cheque of 180 bucks waiting for me, and another one of about 60 bucks waiting for me at the used book store to pick up :D

oh yeah, I should get about 200 bucks on GST refunds (come in 60 buck installments), I've received the first 60 of it, so that's a lot of extra cash.

Of course, still not as much as a paycheque, but that should cover the remainder of my books expenses AND anime north. Which means I don't have to touch my bank account for either... sweet.

I'm also considering putting a couple hundred (or maybe just one hundred) bucks on my student card for convenient on campus purchases (the waterloo student card acts like a bank debit card, if you will... you put money on your card, and whenever you wanna buy something on campus (bookstore, food, tim hortons, uw shop, printing, vending machine.... whatever...) all you have to do is swipe the card.... there's no pin number... so its a good idea not to lose the card....

I personally find it really convenient... so I'll prolly put in another hundred or so...

Hm...

My dorm is so small... :(

I was playing fire emblem yesterday... again... on chapter 20 now... sacred stones, hard mode, eirika's quest. Yes, I intend to level everyone up to 20 (everyone other than Myhrr).

But tonite... juggling practise, tomorrow's my last day here... I need to at least do a half decent short routine T_T

Blah.

Yuy Ren

ANOTHER SEMESTER IS ABOUT TO BEGINNNNN!!!

2007-04-24T10:03:00.000-05:00

CAN YOU TELL I"M EXCITED??

... i'm not really.

Well, I mean its alright, but not that excited. I'm hoping it will be a great semester. Summer always puts me in a better mood, so I'm sure that'll help in my academic endeavors.

Looking forward to an interesting semester. Although I think its kinda short :

Ok... about 5 hours later, I come back to here... This window is still open... guess I was busy T_T

someone in the office said I should show my juggling act before I go....

Great, now I know what I'll be doing tonite... practising juggling T_T

I can't get the neck catch to work 100% every time T_T I've only been able to get it to work half the time.....

mou

Yuy Ren

Darker than BLACK

2007-04-19T10:16:00.000-05:00

So my good friend Akshay says to me one day, "Chibi, watch Darker than BLACK, its hype!"*

So, my good friend Akshay was also the one that recommended Bleach and Naruto to me, and some other things as well. I say I'm relatively confident about his tastes regarding slapstick shounen, at least I know even if the show's overrated, I'll still like it because well... its slapstick shounen....

So...I went and got the first two episodes of Darker than BLACK..... and my honest opinion is.... its alright. But not as 'hype' as worthy of an exclamation mark. It seems kinda average...... people with supernatural powers, main character is a college student with a secret identity.... its been done (spiderman?).

Also the title? Darker than BLACK? Seems like some kinda overly enthusiastic broadcast that this is a cool show!!! WATCH IT!!! Might as well name is something like "Supernaturally Supernatural" or.. "Mysteriously Mysterious."....

Overall, not too impressed.... not even sure if I'll continue watching it. I'm not too fond of the art either, though I'm not very picky when it comes to style.

School's starting soon for me, I'm kind of excited, kind of sad....
Going back is definitely a much more relaxed routine than being at work, so I think I'll enjoy that. Have to work on the report this weekend, gotta get everything done T_T

Blah.

Yuy Ren

*I paraphrased... but I was using Akshay language...

Inuyasha

2007-04-12T12:49:00.000-05:00

So.... i was downloading inuyasha.... when i realized.... it was dubbed....
DUBBED!!!!

T_T

well, I can't really get my hands on the subs.... so erm... I GUESS dubs will have to do, because I'm not too keen on getting 170 eps off of IRC in the uber large file sizes.....

T_T

Yeah.

Nonsensical Nonsense... that strangely makes sense

2007-04-09T13:49:00.000-05:00

So on my google homepage, I added this gadget called the writer's Un-blocker....

It basically randomly takes phrases and pieces them together in this short poem like things that is supposed to give you ideas in writing... here's one:

You are sitting in a restaurant in Dubrovnia
with broken teeth and worn our shoes.
A choirboy is singing a hymn:
you are kissing someone half your age,
while vultures peck at the remains.

An interesting premise, if I do say so myself....
Of course, I'm not actually going to write about that....
In fact, I'm not actually going to write anything.....

AHHH, I want to watch more of Saiunkoku!!! But I have to wait at least until next MONTH and then some before I can even begin to download more episodes T_T

POO!

Oh well, I GUESS there's plenty of other things to keep me entertained T_T

Geh...

Yuy Ren

Saiunkoku Monogatari

2007-04-08T17:36:00.000-05:00

Tale of Saiunkoku:

What is it?

Definitely shoujo.

What does it include:
One female main character, and erm.... a bunch of male characters...... Well.... if you have ever seen Fushigi Yuugi or Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, then you can chalk this one up with them as well.

However, there's something much more appealing about this show that Fushigi Yuugi and Haruka don't have. And that is simply, the main female character isn't a ditzy selena-from-sailor-moon type character that colours so many of the other medieval stories. Here's a short synopsis:

Kou Shuurei always wanted to become a Court Official in the kingdom of Saiunkoku. So ever since she was young, she spent a lot of time and energy studying. When she realized that women were not allowed to take the Imperial Examination, she became a teacher of young children in a nearby temple. While technically considered a noble family, it is only by name, for her family is very poor that she and Seiran, a mysterious boy who Shuurei's father had taken in 13 years ago, have to always find odd jobs here and there. Her fate changed however, when one of the three grand masters of the imperial court, came to her house with a proposition. She would be paid 500 gold coins if she would enter the emperor's harem as a concubine....

EXCEPT. The reason is that ever since the emporer came into power half a year ago, he has not done any governing and it is merely by luck and the work of the ministers that his reign has not been overthrown. Her job is to convince him to resume his office. Plus, it is widely rumoured that the emporer is rather interested in men.....

Thus begins the tale of saiunkoku, where we follow a very colourful cast of characters through hardships, ploys, and betrayals. Politics plays a large part of this story, all inclusive with political assinations and assasins working in the shadows. Shuurei works hard to get the emporer to resume office and at the same time, finds herself closer and closer to achieving her dream to become a Court Official.

*drumroll please*

Saiunkoku is VASTLY entertaining, and includes many endearing characters that its scope on character is astounding. It does have the idealistic air that is common in anime that often softens the harsh reality, but is nonetheless heartfelt and entertaining.

Its not fluff, so if you're interested, check it out!

Yuy Ren