I actually started writing this one from my cousin’s flat – it’s the place I’ve been staying in for nearly a week now. As those of you on plurk already know, there’s no net access from home yet. Planned on making this entry when I was actually online, but whenever I get online, I end up doing a whole bunch of other things instead. XD

So! Singapore. Where do I begin?


( Watch out for them teal deers. )

Summary: it’s been a pretty crazy trip so far. I have no doubt that it’ll just get crazier from here.

I told yukitsu, khursten, kye_kestrel and a few others this before, but back before I left home, I knew that somehow this trip would be good for me. So far, I’m right. There is a special joy that comes with being on your own, with no one to really rely on but yourself – sure, you have to do all of your stuff on your own and plan all of this stuff on your own and worry about your cash and your laundry and your room and your commuting route, but god, it’s glorious.

It’s the little things that are best about independence, I realize. Standing around at the bus station while you wait for your ride home, listening to Nine Inch Nails on your mobile and absorbing the noise and heat of the city, wandering outside to the balcony of the place you’re staying in to light up and enjoy the breeze… that sort of stuff. Take note: I’m the 25-year-old girl who’s still living with her parents and therefore subject to all sorts of loving but ultimately ridiculous rules. I don’t love my family any less, but I am starting to see that I really need to get out there already. And Singapore is the first step.

I do miss my cat my cat, though. Like, really, really, really miss her. There are lots of friendly strays that are beautiful looking and plump and stuff, but they just make me wish that I could’ve brought Gouto with me. And I kind of really wish my girl friends from home were down here with me too. ._.

Anyway, I previously mentioned that having no internet at home is really good for me. This applies in more than just one direction. For one, so far, I’ve managed to read half of the huge-ass pile of unread comics and doujinshi that have just been piling up on my hard drive for the past year and a half. For another, I’ve managed to catch up on a lot of anime and tv shows, and watch some movies that have also been idling around in my collection. Something tells me that if I had brought my PS3 along, I would’ve been able to play through some of the games that I’ve had to set aside too – but it’s a good thing that I didn’t, else I’d be distracted. Forever.

Oh, and I’ve gotten a lot of writing done. Like, a lot of writing. Let me show you. :3

FIC DUMP!

† DURARARA! Izaya, Kida, rendezvous. // The possibility of zero.
† COUNT CAIN/GODCHILD. Riff, Cain, watching. // And yes, the way you look at me.
† FINAL FANTASY 7. Aerith, ghosts. // A new iconography of resurrection.
† GINTAMA. Gintoki, Katsura, how things have changed. // Faith is a series of calculations.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Vergil, Yuna and a bottle of booze. // Women do have an affinity for evil
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Genesis, Vergil, black mail. // Only enemies speak the truth
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Phoenix, Edgeworth, Soul Talk. // Sic probo
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Date, Dante, getting crazy. // Scuse me while I kiss this guy.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Dojima, Roy, taking the next step. // When a heart must go where it belongs
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Mukuro, Adah, experimentation. // Given the scalpel, they dissect a kiss.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Shizuo, Nanako, babysitting. // The quiet moments while the city’s still dark.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Roy, Vergil, discipline. // Nous sommes fucked.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Vergil, Kurapika, treating ladies right. // Confusion that is so hard to be avoided.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Pedosun, Voyeurmoon and creeper!Adah. // Things in heavenly bodies.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Roy, Celty, silence. // You can either hold on or let go.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Rhode, Chrome, tension is sex. // I (don’t) hate you.
† SOUL CAMPAIGN (RP). Mukuro, Rhode, ten years later. // She got a buttermilk smile and a thorny touch.

Week Three, here I come.

Yesterday was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster~ my Dad and the doctor had the predicted showdown in the latter's office first thing in the morning, and Dad walked out of the encounter doing his usual thing: ranting and venting and basically doing the usual, condescending "Me against the world because my methods work all the effing time!" act. I kinda didn't want to hear it, so I kinda snapped. He lost his temper. It wasn't pretty. We were supposed to eat lunch out together, but Mom ended up going with my Dad to Tiendesitas and I was left to go home alone and try and compose myself in the car. That didn't work out as planned.

Skipped lunch as soon as I got back and slept most of the afternoon away because I srsly needed it -- woke up a little past four feeling groggy as heck. Talked it out a bit with kye_kestrel (that really, really helped), and then I started on RahXephon, whose second episode can be summarized in a single sentence: "OH MAH GEE FREAKOUT TIEM MY MUM BLEEDS BLUE!". Peter came around to bug me, so we ended up watching all our backlogged episodes of Dr. Who. I'm kinda thankful for the delay now, though, as apparently the series won't be showing a new episode until next week or so.

Things appeared to have blown over in the evening, when Dad and Mom finally came home. The apology this morning sealed it further. All is well.

If the marathoning and all wasn't enough to get my spirits back up, saythatyougetme certainly was. She's a great artist and her doujinshi circle is doing a project, and she signed me up to write the script for a D18 KHR doujin. *A* I've spent pretty much the whole day working on it so far -- progress is a little slow but otherwise good. I've really improved my script-writing skills for comic books.

According to Kimmy, we'll be selling our doujin during Lights Out 2008 -- it will also be sold online. Please support us when it comes out!

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Since I'm occupied with the doujin script and fixing other music, I haven't been able to work on the mixes this weekend. In order to keep you guys occupied, though, here's Reason for crying, an album from a J-Rock/Visual K band named GIRUGAMESH. rainy_takako and I are hueg fans of this band, and now I'm hell bent on spreading the ♥ to the flist.

REASON FOR CRYING
1. Real my place
2. crime ~tsumi~
3. smash!!
4. Melody
5. Freesia
6. Omae ni Sasageru Minikui Koe
DOWNLOAD THE ZIP @ MEDIAFIRE


Also, I've posted two FF7 fics up on stitchedophelia. They're Crisis Core-inspired, but you don't need to have played the game in order to appreciate these ones.


Final Fantasy 7. Heroes have it easy. [Tseng & Rufus, that Last Order]

Final Fantasy 7. When a woman learns to walk, she's not dependent any more. [Tseng, Aerith, the color pink]

...I am greatly shamed by the fact that I resorted to a massive fic/shorts dump over at reuk_schitz because I was just too lazy to cross-post all the stuff I've written between now and March. SHAME ON YOU, SELF.

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Defragging my laptop's main drive took the whole day. *only realized it now*

Mwr, dizzy. I think I better take a break and work on the script again later.