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.

It's Christmas Eve for some of you and Christmas Day for the folks down here, so:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! ♪



MASTER LIST OF CHRISTMAS GIFT FICS

+ AIR GEAR. Feral child raised by puppets. (for lyra_star)
+ BLACK LAGOON. (for annotate)
+ BLEACH. Questions that never breathe. (for mlina)
+ COWBOY BEBOP. Love me little, love me long. (for icecream_parade)
+ DARKER THAN BLACK. Dreams of the impossible. (for _sabriel)
+ DEVIL MAY CRY. Wine not found. (for salavin)
+ FULL METAL ALCHEMIST. I’ve squandered all these years. (for questofdreams and tasogareika)
+ GINTAMA. Stop whispering; start shouting. (for nonartisan)
+ HOUSE M.D. I know it well, the nakedness of truth. (for braidedstars)
+ HUNTER X HUNTER. The proof of living that you gave me. (for kye_kestrel)
+ KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! And may tomorrow be wonderful too. (for umarekawareru)
+ KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! Lay me down in a field of flame and heather. (for kasugai_gummie)
+ KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! Snow falling on cedars. (for audiopain and tyreling)
+ KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! The rope to the ivory tower. (for starkissed)
+ KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! The sun of life's morning. (for signifies)
+ KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! We are but weaklings pretending to be tough. (for rodickparker)
+ KINGDOM HEARTS. Something pure and out of my hands. (for g3ssh0ku)
+ METAL GEAR SOLID. Morning glories make a roof. (for mushroom18)
+ OOKIKU FURIKABUTTE. No dust upon the furniture of love. (for istrill)
+ OOKIKU FURIKABUTTE. Ownership of such fragile devices. (for tsunekipanda, special flag to factorielle)
+ RPG FANFICTION: KHR - PUBLISHING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. All the little things. (for redmoonmurder)
+ RPG FANFICTION: KHR - PUBLISHING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. Lost in a dream from which I can’t awaken. (for desumethis and akaru_hana)
+ RPG FANFICTION: THE SKYTIDES. And he chants the hate of a million years. (for schmot_gurl)
+ RPG FANFICTION: THE SKYTIDES. Under the shade of flowers. (for fae_of_the_rose)
+ SOUL EATER. Xanadu. (for foxarashi)
+ SUIKODEN II. I thought I'd stop and say hello. (for jusrecht)
+ SUIKODEN II. Instruction through interpretative dance. (for osmalic)
+ SUIKODEN TIERKREIS. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. (for factorielle)
+ THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU. I believe in peace, b*tch. (for mienaihoshi, special flag to factorielle)
+ XENOGEARS. In praise of surfaces. (for ukefied)


Everything is up on stitchedophelia, as always!

Still working on my gifts for psychoshoujo and yukitsu. Sob, those ones take a lot more time and thought. ;^;

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I also want to pimp out the wonderful things that people posted for me!

SenBasa: Kojuurou Masamune x Date Masamune from kasugai_gummie!
KHR: 1896 from desumethis!
TST: 691896 and the Vongola from signifies!
KHR: D6918 from lyra_star!

Kudos as well to audiopain, who gave me an FST for Return on Investment and scanned a lovely 1880 doujin for me. And then to mushroom18, who drew me giftart for Flik & Viktor! *A*



Much love to all of you, your friends and your families. ♥♥♥

Hurrrr pretty much prepared for Singapore now, I think.

Now it's just a matter of boarding that plane.

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HAVE SOME MORE FICS, GUYS.

+ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Rose, oh pure contradiction (Hibari & Kyoko, for starkissed)
+ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Private star systems (Hibari & Kyoko, for starkissed)
+ Katekyo Hitman Reborn! The heart of your gesture (Hibari & Kyoko, for starkissed)
+ Gintama. As if tired from their pilgrimage (Mitsuba)
+ Gintama. Snow falling on corpses (Gintoki & Takasugi, for nique)
+ Gintama. The way the blue sky suited her (Hijikata & Mitsuba)
+ Gintama. And within every dewdrop a world of struggle (Kihetai)
+ Magna Carta: Tears of Blood. Voicing out the words he cannot say (Calintz, for kitsune_jade)
+ Towards the Terra. They slip away, across the universe (Soldier Blue & Physis, for kitsune_jade)


Might be slower with the writing this coming month, with NaNoWriMo and all. Return on Investment will be back on the block.

INTERNET I HAVE MISSED YOU--

See, I should be talking about the relatively kick-ass weekend I had, but the connection at home has been dead since Saturday and I'm still drowning under the backlog. orzzzzz

Good news is that the phone guys have apparently come around to fix the line. I'm not home to oversee their work, though, so I'm admittedly a little worried. If it doesn't work out, I'll be camping out at the office for a very long time.

Apologies to all the people that I unceremoniously dumped. I'VE CAUGHT UP NOW THOUGH, SO I'M OPEN FOR ABUSE AGAIN.

To be honest, though, the lack of a connection was a bit of a blessing. Managed to marathon a lot of stuff, and I've pretty much finished off all the subbed episodes of Gintama.










There are no words for the awesome.

Oh, I also managed to put in some stuff for khrminibang.

( Here, have a preview. )

:D